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Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: phone migration Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:41:16 +1000 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <op.2q4uy2hubyq249@pvr2.lan> References: <xn0oogpi840u91p006@reader443.eternal-september.org> <v7bus2$2j5p4$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net TB1MdOuBTdrBZaGs036VoQGEK/WgSKW6z5LzfdKKQHnNVpzBY= Cancel-Lock: sha1:bo96MhCVtG+qqgvu1V8bG9ek1NI= sha256:vfMeAmTf6razPjONCTfLQm4cbwX7dSbdx1+LchwQ/ic= User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Bytes: 2470 On Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:44:50 +1000, Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote: > On 2024-07-18 15:41:02 +0000, badgolferman said: >> Today my work phone was migrated from an iPhone 11 to an iPhone 14. >> Now I carry two iPhone 14 devices, a work and personal phone. >> Ironically a Microsoft program named Entune is used to manage an Apple >> device! This allows the IT Department to remotely manage, disable, >> erase the phone. It also manages certificates related to our PIV >> smartcards and email encryption. The work phone is on the VZW network >> whilst my personal phone is on the TMO network. >> I asked the IT technician which phones are easier to migrate, iPhone or >> Android. She told me they both have their idiosyncracies, but with the >> iPhone she can preload required apps and setup certain parameters >> before I ever show up to switch phones over. With Androids you have to >> set up the user first before doing anything. >> Make of that whatever you will. > > I have only ever tried to migrate an Android phone some time back, and > it was hopeless because there are a lot of user things that simply could > not be copied across (the expert staff in the Samsung store confirmed > they couldn't), which is utterly ridiculous, especially considering some > of the uncopyable user data was for widely used apps! Mate of mine has just added another samsung android to his fleet of android phones and tablets for his family with my help and it was almost effortless. The only extra was moving the WhatsApp pictures and texts as well but also very easy. > In contrast, migrating an iPad was very simple, quick, and all the user > data copied across. >