I recently bought a Nexus 4 to replace my old iPhone 3GS. The transition has been smooth except for the transfer of the SMS from iPhone to Android which led me to write some code and this post. The most interesting article I found on this subject was iPhone SMS to Android Converter . Considering iSMS2droid has not been updated since October 2011 and does not seem to be compatible with iOS 6, if you choose this solution, you will have to upload your messages on Jan Grewe server. You decide for yourself if you are OK with sending your SMS database to his server. I chose to follow another path. After failing to find iSMS2droid or SMS Backup & Restore source code I started coding my own SMS transfer application . Limitations Only works with iOS 6 SMS Only works with Android having the sms:// content provider Does not handle attachments yet Requires Android SDK to build the Android app Step 1: Find your iPhone SMS database In short: Backup your iPhone with iT