How to register PanFone Data Transfer

Step 1. On the start-up interface of PanFone Toolkit, please choose Phone Transfer to download PanFone Data Transfer. After the installation, tap Phone Transfer again to launch it.

download data transfer

Step 2. Click on the key icon on the top right of the program.

Input the Registration Email and Code manually or copy and paste the Email and Code into the registration popup dialog.

register data transfer windows

Note: The registration contents are case sensitive. Please do not add blank at the beginning or the end of the word. (000's are number "0"s, not letter "O"s)

Transfer Contacts, Messages, Music, Photos and More between iOS and Android Devices

Step 1. Connect Two of Your Devices to Computer

To start with, run the program and connect two devices (they can be an Android phone or tablet, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) to your computer via USB cables. When your devices are connected and recognized by the program, your devices will show in the window as follow.

connect two phones

Here take iDevice for example. The names of your devices will be displayed in the places of "Source" and " Target". You can click "Flip" to change which one be the source and the targeted phone.

Step 2. Enable USB debugging mode - for Android device ONLY (Optional)

noticeFor iOS devices, please scroll down.

Android users may encounter below situations:

* Install USB Driver for Android

Generally, the computer will auto-install the proper driver when connecting your New Android smartphone or tablet via USB. Without the drivers or when they are not installed properly, the computer won't be able to detect your device.

Note: If you have installed a proper driver before, you can skip this step.

* Enable USB debugging

USB debugging mode must be enabled in order to let PanFone Data Transfer set up your android phone. For Android 6.0 or above, please refer to the tutorial below.

Note: If you have enabled USB debugging on your device before, you can skip this step.

*Click here to learn how to enable USB Debugging Mode in details >>

Step 3. Start to Transfer Data from One Phone to Another

After you connected two devices successfully, click on the "Next" button. Now, you are allowed to select your desired data to transfer. Check your desired data or select all, after the loading process is completed, click on "Next" to start the transfer process. The selected files would be fully copied to your target phone.

start transfer process

How to Backup Mobile Phone Data

Step 1. Firstly, run PanFone Data Transfer and select the "Backup" mode on the main interface.

Step 2. Connect your device to the computer with a USB cable, customize the backup folder if you want, and then click on the "Next" button. Then you are allowed to select your desired data to transfer.

backup device panel

Step 3. Check your desired data or select all, after loading completed, click on "Next" to start backup process. After a while, all selected contents will be backed up to the computer.

start backup process

How to Restore Data from Local/iTunes Backup/iCloud

Step 1. Launch PanFone Data Transfer and connect your mobile phone to the computer with a USB cable.

Step 2. Navigate to the "Restore" mode and choose the "Local Backup" option. Tap "Next" to continue.

select local backup data

Step 3. PanFone Data Transfer will display all backups you made previously. From there, you can select the backup file that you want and hit on "OK" to continue, then hit "Next" and select data to restore.

restore iphone from local backup file

After a while, PanFone will restore all of the selected backed up data from the computer to your mobile device.

Step 1. Similarly, run PanFone Data Transfer and connect your mobile device to the program.

Step 2. Go to the "Restore" mode and select the "iTunes Backup" option on the middle of the panel.

select itunes backup data

Step 3. Click on the "Next" button, the program starts to load iTunes backup you made previously. All saved iTunes backups are enlisted. Choose one backup according to its backup date or backup size. Then click on "OK".

restore data from itunes backup

Step 4. All data from the backup file including photos, contacts, messages, call history, WhatsApp, notes, calendar, reminders, Safari history, bookmark, voice mail are available to restore. Just select contents you need and then click on "Next" to load files.

transfer itunes backup

Step 5. Once the data is loaded completely, just choose the files you want and then click on the "Next" button to restore to the mobile phone.

Step 1. Similarly, run PanFone Data Transfer and connect your mobile device to the program.

Step 2. Go to the "Restore" mode and select the "iCloud" option on the middle of the panel.

select itunes backup data

Step 3. Then enter your iCloud account to sign in. When you do this, make sure that your internet connection is in good condition.

Note: It's totally safe to sign in your account here. We take your privacy seriously, and the program won't keep any record of your account and data at any time during your sessions.

sign in icloud

Step 4. Click on the "Next" option and you can see that photos, contacts, notes and calendars are all supported to access. Choose the one you want to access and then click on the "Next" button to start downloading. If it’s the first time you download the iCloud data via PanFone or there’re a large amount of files on it, it will take some time. Please wait till complete.

load icloud data

restore data from icloud

start load data

Step 5. Once the data is loaded completely, just choose the files you want and then click on the "Next" button to restore to the mobile phone.

browse icloud data

Transfer iTunes Music and Playlist to Mobile Phone

Step 1. Run PanFone Data Transfer and get yourmobile phone connected to the computer using a USB cable.

Step 2. Select the "Restore" mode on the main interface, click on the "iTunes Library" button, PanFone Data Transfer will display all the music/videos from iTunes Library as well as Playlists on the middle of the panel.

select itunes library

Step 3. Select music or playlist you need to transfer to the mobile phone and tap on the "OK" button. After that, click on "Next" to start syncing the selected iTunes music or playlists to mobile device.

restore itunes library