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Thanks to a special application from Google, you can copy selected contacts to other devices via email. This method is most suitable for transferring contacts between devices that you do not want to associate with a common account.

Contacts in the form of a single VCF file will be attached to the letter. The recipient can save this document on their computer or smartphone. To add the entries stored in the file to the phone book of another Android device, just open the received VCF document using the Contacts application.

Method 1: Using a computer

The web version of Google's Contacts app allows you to save selected contacts on your computer as a single file, which you can use to copy them to any iOS or Android device. It is not necessary to link devices with a common account. But this method will be convenient only if you have a computer at hand.

Launch a browser on your computer and open “Contacts”.
Log in to the account to which the desired contacts are linked.
In the menu on the left, click “More” → “Export”, and then “TO OLD VERSION”.
Mark the contacts you need, then click on the “More” button and select “Export”.
Complete the process using system prompts.

As a result, a document with contacts in the form of a VCF file will be downloaded to your computer.

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Contacts » on the iCloud website using the Apple ID to which you want to copy the entries.

Method 2: Using a Google Account

By connecting a new Android smartphone or iPhone to your Google account, you can immediately copy all the contacts linked to this account on your old device to the gadget. Unlike the previous method, you cannot choose which contacts will be copied. But you don't need a computer for this.

First, open the settings on the source smartphone, find the connected Google account and make sure that contact synchronization is activated.

If you are copying contacts to an Android smartphone:

Go to the settings of the target device and open the section dedicated to accounts.
Go back to the accounts section in settings and select Google.
Open the added account and sync its contacts with your device.

If you are copying contacts to iPhone:

Go to your iPhone settings and tap Contacts → Accounts → Add Account → Google.
Add a Google account to which the necessary contacts are linked.
Open the added account and sync its contacts with iPhone.

The Contacts web app lets you save selected contacts to your macOS or Windows computer as a single file that can be copied to any iOS or Android device. There is no need to link smartphones with a common account. But this method will be convenient only if you have a computer at hand.

Launch a browser on your computer and sign in to “Contacts” on the iCloud website using the Apple ID from which you want to copy the entries.
Select the desired contacts in the list.
Click on the gear in the lower left corner and select “Export vCard”.

The selected contacts will be saved on your computer as a VCF file.

If you are copying contacts to iPhone:

Launch a browser on your computer and sign in to “Contacts” on the iCloud website using the Apple ID to which you want to copy the contacts.
Click on the gear in the lower left corner and select “Import vCard”.
Specify the path to the contacts file and confirm the import.
Open the Contacts mobile app on the target iPhone and refresh the contact list by swiping from top to bottom.

If you are copying contacts on Android:

Send the file to the target device, for example via email.
Open the received document using the Contacts application.

How to copy contacts from iPhone to another iPhone

Method 1: Using the Contacts mobile application

The Contacts app allows you to share selected contacts via instant messengers, SMS and other services. This method is most suitable for copying single contacts to devices that you do not want to associate with a common Apple ID with the source device. You don't need a computer for this.

By connecting a new iPhone to your Apple ID, you can copy to the gadget all the contacts associated with this Apple ID on your old iPhone. Unlike the previous method, you cannot choose which data will be transferred. But this method copies the entire phone book at once.

Make sure the same Apple ID is connected to both devices.
Go to settings on the source device and click on the profile name at the very top.
Select iCloud and make sure that the switch next to “Contacts” is green.
Scroll down and tap “iCloud Backup” → “Backup.”
Make sure that in the iCloud settings on the target iPhone, the switch next to “Contacts” is also green.
Launch the Contacts app on the target iPhone and update the data by swiping from top to bottom.
Please wait a few minutes for the synchronization to complete.

How to copy contacts from an Android smartphone to a SIM card or vice versa

You will most likely find options for importing from and exporting to a SIM card in the contacts application preinstalled on your device. If not, then install the Contacts program from Google. Select “Export” or “Import” in its settings depending on your purpose and follow the prompts on the screen.

If for some reason you are unable to copy contacts using the pre-installed program and application from Google, look for alternatives on Google Play. For example, try the application “SIM cards and contacts. Broadcast".

How to copy contacts from a SIM card to iPhone

Insert the SIM card into the iPhone.
Go to settings and click “Contacts” → “Import SIM contacts”.
Wait for the import to complete.

Unfortunately, you cannot copy contacts from iPhone to SIM card without jailbreaking iOS.

One of the first questions that arises is how to transfer contacts from Android to Android, because manually transferring all the numbers from one Android device to another takes too long, especially if you have a lot of contacts in your phone book.

Below we will talk about several ways that will help resolve this issue in a matter of minutes.

Using a SIM card or flash drive (SD card)

If phone numbers are not stored in the SIM card memory, then we must first copy them to it. To do this, go to “ Contacts» (“Phone Book”) and open the section settings (on different smartphone models this can be a virtual button at the bottom of the display or three vertical dots or lines at the top of the screen). In the settings menu that opens, click “ Import/export", then select the item from where you want to copy the contacts.

If the contacts are saved in the phone's memory, click " Import from internal memory", and then select " Export to SIM card"(i.e. the point where we will copy):

If the contact numbers were saved in different places, for example, not only in the device’s memory, but also on the SD card, then we first copy the data from the smartphone, and then in the same way from the SD, and then export it to the SIM card.

After selecting the storage location, a list of contacts will open, from which you will be able to save the ones you really need, then press the “ OK"and this completes the transfer procedure. Now we move the SIM card into the new gadget and, if desired, transfer the data to the internal memory of the new phone in the same way or activate the display of contacts saved in the SIM card in the phone book. What you need to do for this: go to “ Contacts", open the settings (see above), click the contact filter and select the item " SIM card»:

To transfer contacts from one Android to another using an SD card, we perform the same steps, only instead of a SIM card we select a flash drive (SD).

Through synchronization with Google account

Most owners of Android devices have a Google account. This is necessary for downloading applications in the Play Store, but not only. Having a Google account, you can set up synchronization and save not only your contacts, but also other important data - various media files, messages, etc. This is very convenient if you need to restore important information if your phone is lost or broken.

To activate synchronization, go to the main settings of your smartphone, in the “ Personal information"find the item " Accounts", click and select your Google account, go in, and in the list that opens, mark the data to be synchronized, after which the selected information will be synchronized automatically and saved in your personal mailbox:

If synchronization has not been configured, then we will need to copy our contacts to the account. This is done in exactly the same way as copying from a SIM card: “ notebook", then " settings", then " import/export", select the source from where we will copy the contacts, and then click on the line with your account.

Now, to transfer saved phone numbers to a new Android smartphone, open a browser from it, turn on the full version and go to the website mail.google.com, click on the inscription in the upper left corner of the display Gmail and in the list that opens select “ Contacts" and then " All contacts»:

The pop-up window will display a complete list of numbers in the phone book. Select " All contacts"(or maybe "Select all") and click the line " More».

Now select " Export", and in the window that opens we indicate Google CSV(where CSV is the file format in which the contact list will be located). After this, all contacts will be saved on the device from which you logged into your account, in this case on a new smartphone.

If for some reason you were unable to log into your Google account from your new phone, then, and then.

*Note: if your smartphone model allows USB debugging to be enabled to transfer contacts using this method, do not forget to enable this option first:

There is another way in which your contacts will always be at hand on any device from which you can create an account with Google. To do this, after synchronization, all phone numbers must be saved in your Google account. For example, when creating a new contact, when the system asks where to save it, from three options - phone memory, SIM card memory or Google contacts, select the latter, and then you just need to log in to the new device and all contacts will automatically go to it:

Export contacts from Android to Android via Bluetooth

To use this method, all contacts must be in the phone's internal memory. If some of them are on the SIM card or on external media, then they need to be copied to the smartphone using the method described above.

We connect both Android devices and establish a Bluetooth connection on them: select in the settings and turn on the “Visibility to other devices” option. Then, on the old phone, through the Bluetooth settings, we find a new Android device.

In both gadgets (if necessary), we enter a single password, which should confirm that we are connecting via Bluetooth. Now we activate the “Transfer” option and wait for the process to complete.

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Exporting contacts using third-party software

If for some reason you were unable to use the described methods or simply do not want to synchronize your contacts, you can use special applications that easily solve such problems.

For example, application MCBackup - My Contacts Backup will make a quick backup of the necessary information and send the file in the format .vcf to your email. All you need to do is just log into your email client from a new device and open this file:

Another application - SM Backup - Secure Cloud will backup all your data (SMS messages, photos, calendar, etc.), including the phone book, and provide 5 GB of free space in cloud storage with the ability to restore it on the desired device:

With this, we believe that the question of how to transfer contacts from Android to another Android device is closed. There are plenty of ways to solve the problem, choose any one that is convenient for you. Good luck!

Sometimes, in the event of any problems with your Android device, you have to resort to such radical measures as, for example, resetting the settings (hard reset), thereby losing (sometimes irretrievably) all information, including contacts. Anyone who has encountered such a situation at least once wants to protect themselves and save numbers from their phone book on their PC.

In fact, there are many ways to perform this procedure, and now we will tell you about them.

Transfer contacts via Google account

First, you need to create an account on Google or create a Gmail.com email (which is basically the same thing). It must be said that the Android mobile device is closely connected with the Google service, so if you want to get 100% return on your smartphone, then creating this account is a must. You will have to do this procedure from your device, so you will need a network connection.

A window will open showing your account. Here, to start synchronization, you need to click on your account, or on the “Sync” button. everything" located at the bottom of the window:

So, we synchronize phone numbers from our gadget with gmail.com mail. (that is, with the Google service). Therefore, to start synchronization, click “Synchronize”:

It remains to wait a few minutes until the end of the procedure.

Three items will appear in the window that opens: Gmail, “Contacts” and “Tasks”.

By clicking “Contacts”, we open a list of data. Here, in addition to phone numbers, there will be a list of all friends from Google+. You can start saving data into a text document. To do this, click “Advanced”, after which the “Export” window will appear. By choosing the first option, saving will take place in Microsoft Excel, but you can save in any format convenient for you:

Transfer contacts via USB

It is possible that this method will be easier for you. What do we do in this case? First you need to connect your Android to your PC using a USB cable. Then open the phone book:

Now you need to open the context menu (display button at the bottom) and select “Import/export”:

A list of commands will open, from which you need to select “Export to SD memory card”, and then confirm by clicking “Yes”, which saves the data to the SD card:

Now open the external card with the computer. A file with the VCF extension (Microsoft Outlook format) appeared on it. This is where our copied information is located:

After this procedure, by setting up mail using Microsoft Outlook, the file will open in an easy-to-read format.

If you don’t have this program, or you use another email client, then without turning off your smartphone, go into your mail again, click “Advanced” and select “Import”. Then click “Select file” and find our file in CSV format via your computer:

Now, by clicking the blue “Import” button, we will receive the data, as in the first case. And by clicking the “Advanced” button and selecting “Print”, the data will be displayed in an easy-to-read format. Now you can select the list with the mouse or hot keys (Ctrl+A) and copy it to a Microsoft Word document or notepad.

It remains to add that there are also special applications that allow you to transfer contacts from Android to your computer. However, it’s probably not worth it to specifically take up gadget space to transfer contacts using a program, because the methods that we’ve just talked about cope with the task quite successfully.

The presence of synchronization on Android devices allows you to save all created contacts in storage on Google servers. At any time, these contacts can be transferred to another device or edited using the Gmail mail system interface. But even in this case, no one is safe from loss of contacts. Therefore, we recommend keeping a copy on your computer. How to copy contacts from Android to a computer and what do you need for this? This procedure is so simple that even a child can handle it - read the details in our review.

Local saving of contacts

The easiest way to save contacts is local. To do this, you need to go to your phone book and visit the settings item. Here you will find tools to export contacts in vCard format. Sometimes this item becomes available and visible after selecting one or more records. Having selected the recordings you want to save, you need to save them in the built-in memory, on a memory card, or send them by email. There are other ways to send contacts, but they are not of interest to us.

After you save your contacts, you need to connect your smartphone to your computer and copy the files to your hard drive. But the hard drive doesn't last forever, either, so we recommend creating another copy on more reliable media, such as a CD or USB drive (or cloud storage). Having several copies in several sources at once will allow you to be calm about the safety of your phone book.

We recommend copying contacts from Android to a computer at least once a month, since the data in subscriber phone books is periodically updated - new phones appear in them, and already recorded information changes.

If for some reason your phone does not have a function for exporting contacts (the manufacturer installed obviously clumsy software), then third-party “dialers” will help you cope with this task. Also in Playmarket you will find a huge number of programs that allow you to create backup copies of phone books. Some of them save data in the same vCard format (.vcf files), and some - in their own format. The resulting files can be saved on your computer or transferred to any other device.

Remotely saving contacts

You can transfer contacts from Android to your computer without using a smartphone. For this we can use a Google account. Saving is carried out in several stages:

We go to the website of the Gmail mail service (from here it is convenient to access the Google Contacts service);
Go to the “Contacts” section;
Select “More – Export”.

Next we are transferred to the old version of the Google Contacts service, where we can select the required records and export them as vCard. Thus, we will have at our disposal a backup file with all the necessary telephone records.

The same service also offers the reverse operation – importing contacts from a vCard file. It can come in handy when adding contacts to a new account or after editing files on your computer.

Working with a vCard file

Copying contacts from Android to computer is not that difficult. But what to do with this file next? If you want to edit your contact list, use appropriate editors such as vCardOrganizer. Also, vCard format files can be imported into some email programs, for example, Microsoft Outlook, The Bat and Mozilla Thunderbird.

Almost all users who try to work with vCard files on computers running Microsoft Windows are faced with the problem of incorrect encoding. The Android operating system generates files in UTF-8 format, while Windows uses the Windows-1251 encoding. As a result, the files you open may contain incorrectly displayed data. In this case, you need to change the encoding using one of the text editors. How to change the file encoding?

To do this, you will need the universal text editor Notepad++. It can work with many types of files and can change their encodings. Open the resulting contacts file in Notepad++, find the encoding change option in the top menu and select Windows-1251 encoding there. Next, save the file and try to open it with a program for working with vCard. If everything went well, the data will be displayed in Russian.

A typical sign of incorrect encoding is the correct display of English-language entries and incorrect display of Russian-language entries (names, surnames and other data written in Cyrillic are displayed incorrectly).

Purchasing a new phone, as a rule, is a joyful event for every modern person. After all, the new smartphone model provides more opportunities, additional functions and other interesting gizmos that were not included in the old one. However, people often rush to understand complex innovations and forget about the simplest things. For example, about how to transfer contacts from phone to phone. In addition, it is advisable to use a method that would help avoid a large number of complex actions. When theory gives way to practice, it turns out that there are several trivial ways to transfer contacts from phone to phone that absolutely anyone can handle.

Equipment for copying information using a computer

In order to transfer contacts from an old phone, you need to prepare the following technical devices:

An old phone from which data transfer will be carried out.
Desktop computer or laptop.
USB cable. It is advisable that it be original to avoid unforeseen circumstances.

PC Software

To solve the question of how to transfer contacts from your phone to your computer, it is recommended to use the MOBILedit program, which will make it easy to copy the necessary information.

It is best to find and download the utility on the developer’s official website, rather than resort to third-party sites and file sharing services. Otherwise, there will be a risk of a virus infecting your old and new smartphone, as well as your computer.

Before copying begins, the program may request a software update. To do this, you just need to choose the right phone model. Then you need to connect the old phone to the computer via a USB cable. A window will appear on the monitor asking you to select an action from several options. In this case, you need to enable synchronization.

In the program you need to select the phone book or contacts and set the export command. To do this, be sure to select a folder or file in which the information will be stored. Once your contacts are exported, you can transfer them to your new phone in the same way. Click the import button and wait for the copying to complete. In addition to USB, you can also use wireless means.

Using Google Virtual Storage

If you can access the Internet from both gadgets, you can take advantage of Google virtual storage. In this case, it is necessary to synchronize contacts and information with the phone book. It is worth noting that this method is very convenient, since you can make the necessary changes in contacts through an online connection. First, you need to authorize your Google account using your new phone, and then start syncing your contacts, accepting all the conditions. This is the easiest way to transfer contacts from Google to your phone.

Using virtual storage from Yandex

If we talk about using Yandex.Disk, the process is extremely similar. The only thing that is recommended to do is install the utility and select the moving tab. The application itself is always available on Google Play if the phone has an Android operating system. Therefore, if the user has a question about how to transfer contacts from a phone to an Android device, the Yandex application will be very useful.

In addition, you can install and download it to your phone absolutely free. Then all that is required is to follow the prompts that appear on the screen. You simply need to copy all the contacts that you plan to move in the future. After copying is completed, you must activate your Yandex account. To complete the entire process, you need to follow a number of simple steps:

Install the application on your new phone and log into your account, where all the saved information is already available.
Select the section called "Moving".
Perhaps the application will request a secret combination, which will be sent in advance via SMS or email. This is necessary in order to confirm your registration data.

Once the application completes the export process, a notification will appear on the screen.

Ways to copy contacts without the Internet

If the phone model is not very old, then, most likely, transferring and copying contacts using a SIM card or memory card is quite possible. In fact, the process will not take much time if you strictly follow the instructions.

Copying and transferring information using an SD card

You need to do the following:

Fix the memory card in the old phone.
Using the main menu, you need to copy contacts or move them to a memory card.
In safe mode, remove the memory card from the old phone and install it on the new device.
Select “Import contacts” in the main menu of the phone book and wait until the process is completed.

How to transfer contacts from phone to SIM card?

To make a copy using the Subscriber Identity Module, you first need to export the entire phone book from your old phone. Then turn off the old phone, remove the SIM card from it and insert it into the new gadget. How to transfer contacts from SIM to phone? To copy saved data, you need to go to the phone book settings and import the information.

What is the disadvantage of copying contacts via a SIM card?

If you remember the time when mobile phones just appeared, then even then it was easy to solve the problem of how to transfer contacts from phone to phone using a SIM card. Therefore, this method can be equated to a classic and proven method that always works. If there are no other options, there is nothing left to do but transfer contacts from your phone to a SIM card. Although this method is extremely easy to use, there is one drawback. The phone allows you to transmit only a certain number of characters, so after transmission, most often the names turn out to be unfinished, and you have to correct everything manually.

How to transfer contacts from phone to phone: modern methods

Most advanced users who use technology on their own actually use even simpler methods of transferring data. As a rule, they do not even involve the use of a USB cable. If technical devices are equipped with a function such as Bluetooth, then all that is required is to synchronize the devices and transfer data from one phone to another. The whole procedure takes a minimum amount of time, and it is simply impossible to make a mistake here.

The only precaution that every owner of a newfangled gadget should take is to install the application exclusively from trusted sources. It is worth understanding that the most harmless side effect will be the appearance of advertising banners or the installation of unnecessary applications. However, quite often they are disguised as Trojan viruses, which literally destroy equipment before our eyes.