Transferring SMS from iphone 4s to Lumia 920

[kaoni42]

Hey,

I am totally sold on this lumia 920, HOWEVER... Its imperative that i am able to transfer over text messages / imessages from my iphone to my Lumia 920. This is easy and possible on android, but after many searches, i am unable to find a way to do so in windows phone 8. Please advise...

 

[rdubmu]

from what I can gather you can not do this. Immessage you can't as those are an apple service.

You can't even do it from Windows Phone 7 to Windows Phone 8.

 

[Coolknight1968]

Ask your provider, some have databases. Here in Switzerland Orange has a service where you can get all your received SMS msg send again to your phone. Ask, it does exist.

 

[jacobjanzen]

I'm not sure how to get them onto the Windows Phone 8, however, there are many programs that will allow you to get the data off your iPhone... Here are 2 (I use iExplorer):

iExplorer: iExplorer - iPhone, iPad Music & File Transfer App - Mac & PC
TouchCopy: How to transfer music from iPod to iTunes, Transfer Music from iPhone to iTunes with TouchCopy 12

Both have PC & OSX versions with free trials.

Hope that helps!

Jake

 

[Bilalabiad@gmail.com]

I know this is an old thread but there is a very simple answer to this that im surprised no one else listed.. GO TO YOUR PROVIDER , they have software that can transfer everything from your old phone to your new, including SMS & MMS. IF you do not want to go to a corporate store, such as ATT or Verizon, Best Buy also provides this service free of charge if you buy the phone from them (I used to work there).

So this answer is for all those future folks that want to move over from Apple oLdphone to WP

 

[gurnishan]

hey man thanks for the great suggestion, just wondering does, virginmobile canada provide this service, i recently unlocked a rogers lumia 920 for use with virgin ( have been with virgin for 3 years now ) and want to get all my texts transferred from my old android to the 920. can they do it??

 

[tareefkhan]

In a seance how could I transfer messages from HTC One v to Lumia 920?

 

[Tyrion1984]

This should help you

Transfer my Data | Store di app e giochi per Windows Phone (Italia)

Transfer contact and sms from any other phone via bluetooth

 

[Andrew Chervatyuk]

This should help you

Transfer my Data | Store di app e giochi per Windows Phone (Italia)

Transfer contact and sms from any other phone via bluetooth

You cannot transfer SMS from android or iphone via that app, because sms transfer is supported only for several devices on s40 and s60
Nokia updates Transfer My Data app to support Pictures and Text Message import | WMPoweruser

 

[Phil Renwick]

You need to use an android phone as a "bridge" between the iphone and the windows phone.

Using the backup file from the iphone and isms2droid app on the android phone, you can convert isms messages to sms, and import them to the android phone.

There's a "how to" at techrepublic, you'll find it if you google "migrate sms from iphone to android"

Once your messages are safely copied to the android phone, use the Lumia data transfer option to copy the messages by bluetooth from the android phone to the windows phone.

It's a pain in the neck to have to do it this way, but trust me, it does work.