Leaving iOS... Couple questions

[Thisistip]

im also switching from iphone. is there an equivalent to facetime? my wife will be switching to the edge plus, and that's the biggest thing on her wishlist.

I use Google Hangouts to video chat.

 

[nrvna76]

I am considering the same switch for the first time since the iPhone 3gs. Google photos actually lets you offload photos from your phone? I still can't believe that iCloud doesn't do this. I've had to upgrade my cloud storage twice now. So now I have to pay a premium for a larger storage phone, but also a monthly payment for backups.

 

[whtchdr]

I am considering the same switch for the first time since the iPhone 3gs. Google photos actually lets you offload photos from your phone? I still can't believe that iCloud doesn't do this. I've had to upgrade my cloud storage twice now. So now I have to pay a premium for a larger storage phone, but also a monthly payment for backups.

iOS 9 does allow you to optimize your storage by deleting local photos and videos while keeping the originals in iCloud.

 

[anon(1733)]

I now track my 16 year old newly-minted-driver son on find my iphone. Is there an app to accomplish this on android, even though he'll continue to be iOS? Thanks

Use this. https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.appsinfinite.idevicesync&token=f90s87NL

I track my 16 daughter with it. Works great. She just started driving also.

 

[nrvna76]

I don't think it allows you to delete the photo. Only keep an 'optimized' version on your phone while keeping the full res version in iCloud. The only way I've heard to get around it is family sharing folders, which is not exactly intuitive.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Wow.... Freaking Awesome... THANKS!!!! some great fixes.

I checked out Pushbullet... PERFECT fix...

Google Keep... PERFECT fix...

Microsoft one note looks good too...

Thanks for all the advice!!!

First...welcome to the Dark side...we have Marshmallows and Nougat!! But seriously....I think I would suggest Hangouts as SMS and get the hangouts plug in for Chrome. Once you have that, I think it will work quite well.

I like Pushbullet....and maybe someone can correct me if I misunderstood what happened in the past year...but didn't PushBullet impose a text message limit unless you pay the monthly subscription rate they have?

 

[Golfdriver97]

The updates SUCK unless you have a Nexus.

I agree with this. The MM update for the Note 5 was about 3 months behind TMo.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I am considering the same switch for the first time since the iPhone 3gs. Google photos actually lets you offload photos from your phone? I still can't believe that iCloud doesn't do this. I've had to upgrade my cloud storage twice now. So now I have to pay a premium for a larger storage phone, but also a monthly payment for backups.

In Google Photos settings, there is an option of High quality. This is the option Google allows unlimited free storage on your Google Drive account. You can choose to upload at the Original quality but this counts against your space. Drive starts at 15 GB free and is pretty reasonable for extra space. 100 GB is $2/mo, and 1 TB is $10/mo. Keep an eye out in the news and the forums. Google sometimes offers temp upgrades if you buy certain products (I have some offers that will expire from buying a Chromebook and a couple other devices), and they were giving out permanent upgrades if you did Security and privacy checks on your account (I think this is still available, but I am not sure).

 

[Jude526]

My phone and my tablet can receive messages.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[shadoweave]

I have a couple questions. Making the move from iPhone 6+ S to the Note 7. Pre-ordered from Verizon. There are a few things I use a lot and I'm hoping to have some reasonable solutions.

1) I use the reminder app on my iPhone all the time. What are you using with Note phones?

2) I use Siri for making calls and sending text. Is there something similar?

3) I have over 6k pictures and have moved them to Google Photos. One thing I like about iOS is they are all organized by the date and time I took them. Can I do the same on my Note or in google photos?

4) This one is a bit troubling for me... One convenient thing about iOS is the ability to send and receive SMS messages from my phone or my Mac. Is there anything else like this with Note phones or Android in general.

Thanks in advance for the community involvement here. I hope to make this transition smooth with no regrets. I'm a small business owner and use my phone to run my business a lot during the day. I am very much looking forward to the freedom and change.

Thanks!!!

Don't install to many apps. Android cannot handle that as well as iOS. You'll need to pay attention to your memory and get a good malware scanner as well.

 

[amyf27]

Google Keep for simple notes, lists, and reminders.

Posted via the Android Central App on the Moto X Pure Edition

Google keep is awesome. I've been using that app for a few years now

 

[njshoremom4gurlz]

You can find your son on findmyiphone on Line- it does not need to be an iPhone or apple device

 

[njshoremom4gurlz]

Just like google device manager can be found on iPhone via safari lol

 

[amyf27]

Google photos is great. I believe it sorts default by date and you can view other ways as well, by main category and even simple search terms. I have probably 14000 photos in Google photos. I can search for "motorcycle" or "huskies" and it'll pull just those photos for viewing very quickly. I auto save mine so Google photos backs up all the photos I take at the reduced size for unlimited storage

 

[the game 161]

Only downside is I stop getting twitter notifications on my edge after like an hour or so while iPhone it's non stop

Don't know why

 

[anon(52425)]

If you didn't disable before hand you can use this site to shut iMessage off.

https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

While this method does work, it takes longer than doing it on the phone. So try and remember to take care of it on the iPhone. I forgot and it took Apple 5 days before it hit their servers. My messaging was all screwed up.

 

[anon(52425)]

im also switching from iphone. is there an equivalent to facetime? my wife will be switching to the edge plus, and that's the biggest thing on her wishlist.

Google Duo looks like it has potential.

 

[SteelGator]

Don't install to many apps. Android cannot handle that as well as iOS. You'll need to pay attention to your memory and get a good malware scanner as well.

While there have been a few ‘scares’ recently, reality has been different. As long as you are getting your apps through the Play Store and leave the security measures on the phone in place, you are going to be safe.

Alex and the AC crew have addressed this in the blog consistently. Here is the latest: QuadRooter vulnerability: 5 things to know about this Android security scare | Android Central

That said, I don’t object to folks scanning, but it is not like the move from iOS to Android has all of the sudden caused a huge malware risk for folks.

 

[VW Maverick]

Turn away from The Dark Side.

https://www.android.com/switch/

Mav.

 

[dsignori]

Don't install to many apps. Android cannot handle that as well as iOS. You'll need to pay attention to your memory and get a good malware scanner as well.

Respectfully, this is not the case anymore.

I have about 150 apps on my Note 5 and it runs great. I have never used a malware scanner. I have not once looked at my memory usage. These are all things that might have been a concern for older or lower end devices...