How To Copy, Transfer Or Transfer Contacts To An IPhone From A SIM Card, Another Iphone Or Smartphone (including Nokia)

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

How to Transfer Contacts to iPhone and iPad from Various Devices

If you need to transfer contacts from any device to iPhone or iPad, there are two ways to do this: overwrite all contacts manually or transfer them using a backup. Let's consider creating a file with contacts for Android, Windows Phone, iOS, Windows and Mac OS devices.

Content

• 1 How to Import Contacts to iPhone or iPad

• 2 How to create copies of contacts

  • 2.1 Android

    • 2.1.1 Application "Export Contacts and CSV Data"
    • 2.1.2 Video: How to Export Contacts from Android to Computer

  • 2.2 Windows Phone

    2.2.1 Contacts + message backup application

  • 2.3 Nokia

  • 2.4 IOS

    • 2.4.1 iCloud
    • 2.4.2 Gmail
    • 2.4.3 Video: How to Sync Contacts with Gmail
    • 2.4.4 iTunes and iBackupbot
    • 2.4.5 Mover
    • 2.4.6 iFunBox
    • 2.4.7 iTools
  • 2.5 On a computer
  • 2.6 From SIM-card to device memory
• 3 What to do if contacts are not exported or imported

How to import contacts to iPhone or iPad

If sequential manual rewriting of contacts is not for you, you can create a copy and transfer them to iPhone or iPad. Regardless of the device from which the contacts are copied, at the end a file will be received in vCard (vcf) or CSV format.

If you don't want to manually overwrite contacts, copy and transfer them to the desired device

VCard (vcf) or CSV formats are generic. Therefore, after transferring the file with contacts to the iPhone or iPad, you just need to open it, edit and save the result, thereby adding the necessary numbers to the phone book of the device.

How to create copies of contacts

Almost every device has built-in tools to create a copy of your contacts. If the standard functions are not enough, then you can use free third-party programs. Please note that contacts whose names are written in Russian may be entered in the file incorrectly, for example, their names may turn into incomprehensible hieroglyphs. This is due to a problem with the character encoding. However, this bug is extremely rare and not on all devices.

Android

To export contacts from Android:

1. Expand the Contacts app. It may have a different name, but in it you will find a list of your contacts.

   

   Expanding the contact list on Android

2. Expand the additional menu and select the "Import / Export" function.

   

   Open the "Import / Export" tab

3. Specify the location from which you want to copy contacts: phone, SIM card or SD card.

   

   Specify where to copy contacts from

4. Specify where to save contacts: to phone, SIM card or SD card. We are interested in the third option, since we need to get a file with contacts.

   

   We indicate where to send contacts

5. It remains to transfer the resulting vcf file to an IOS device, for example, by sending it over the Internet to your mail, and then downloading it from mail to iPhone or iPad.

Application "Export Contacts and CSV Data"

If, for some reason, you cannot use the above method, then go to the Play Market and enter "Export contacts" in the search bar. Select any of the proposed applications, install and create a file using it. For example, the application "Export contacts and CSV data", in which it is enough to press one button to get a csv file.

Click on the Export contacts button in the "Export contacts and CSV data" application

Video: How to Export Contacts from Android to Computer

Windows Phone

To export contacts from Windows Phone:

1. Open the built-in Data Transfer application. It is available on all Windows Phone devices. If you've manually uninstalled the app, please restore it from the store. In the main window of the program, open the additional menu and select "Export to SD card".

   

   We select the function "Export to SD-card" in the application "Data Transfer"

2. Indicate that you want to copy only contacts and finish the process. Done, the file is received, it remains to transfer it to the iPhone or iPad and open it.

   

   We indicate that we want to export contacts from Windows Phone

Contacts + message backup app

If the above method did not suit you, then you can use a third-party application - contacts + message backup. Download it from the store for free. After installation, the application will not appear in the list of third-party programs: it will only add an additional item of the same name to the system settings.

1. Expand the system settings and select the contacts + message backup section.

   

   Go to the section contacts + message backup

2. Accept the license agreement.

   

   We accept the license agreement contacts + message backup

3. Use the backup button.

   

   Click on the backup button

4. Indicate that you want to copy only contacts.

   

   We indicate that you need to copy contacts

5. Wait for the end of scanning and file creation. Done, it remains to transfer the resulting file to the Apple device and open it.

   

   We are waiting for the end of the copy creation

Nokia

To export contacts from a Nokia phone:

1. Use a USB adapter, a computer and a third-party application for it. Download Nokia PC Suite from the official website of the company and install it. Connect your phone to your computer using a USB cable and run the previously installed program.

   

   Open the Nokia PC Suite program

2. Click on the "Contacts" icon.

   

   Opening the "Contacts" section in Nokia PC Suite

3. Select the required number of contacts (Ctrl + A - select all) and expand the File menu.

   

   Mark the contacts and expand the File menu

4. Select the Export contacts function.

   

   Click on the Export contacts function

5. Choose where to save the file and name it. Done, you have received a copy, you can transfer it to your iPhone or iPad.

   

   We give a name to the contacts and indicate where to save them

IOS

If you want to transfer contacts from one iPhone or iPad to another iPhone or iPad, you can do it in a variety of ways.

iCloud

To transfer contacts using iCloud:

1. Open the iCloud official website through a browser. Log in to it and deploy the "Contacts" application. If you logged in from a device other than your own, remember to log out after completing the operation so that your account does not go to the owner of the device.

   

   Open the "Contacts" application on the iCloud website

2. Select all or some of the numbers, expand the additional menu by clicking on the gear icon in the lower left corner of the window, and select the "Export to vCard" function. Done, the file is received, transfer it to the desired Apple device and open.

   

   Click on the gear and click on the "Export to vCard" button

Gmail

If the first method does not work for some reason, you can use this option, but note that you will need a registered Gmail account:

1. Expand the settings of the device from which the contacts will be copied.

   

   Open iOS settings by clicking the "Settings" button

2. Go to the "Mail, Addresses, Calendars" tab.

   

   We open the section "Mail, addresses, calendars"

3. Proceed to add a new account and enter your Gmail account login details.

   

   Press the button "Add an account"

4. Indicate that you want to sync contacts.

   

   We indicate that contacts need to be synchronized

5. After activation and synchronization, go to your Gmail account through any browser on the device to which you want to transfer contacts. Click on the Gmail logo and select the Contacts function.

   

   Open the "Contacts" section in your Gmail account

6. Select all the contacts you need, expand the "More" section and select the "Export" function. Done, the file with contacts will be downloaded to the device and you can open it. Remember to sign out of your Gmail account if you're not signed in from your device.

   

   Expand the "More" column and select the "Export" function

Video: How to sync contacts with Gmail

iTunes and iBackupbot

To get a file with contacts from any iOS device, you can create a backup copy of the entire operating system, and then extract the necessary part from it. To do this, you need two third-party programs installed on your computer: iTunes and iBackupbot.

1. Connect the device from which you want to copy contacts to your computer using a USB adapter and launch iTunes. Wait while the device is synchronizing with the program, and open the section with information about the connected device. Click on the "Back up now" button and go through the backup procedure.

   

   Create a backup via iTunes

2. Open the iBackupbot program, specify the path to the previously created copy and select the User Information Manager item.

   

   Open the User Information Manager section

3. Highlight the required numbers and use the Export button to export them to a separate vCard file.

   

   Select the elements and use the Export button

Mover

Mover is a free iOS app. You can download it from the App Store. With Mover, you can transfer contacts from one device to another if they are both connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

1. Connect both devices to the same local network. Open Mover on the device you want to transfer contacts from.
2. After that, open Mover on the device to which the contacts will be transferred.

3. An arrow will appear in the application, click on it and wait for the transfer process to end.

   

   We connect devices and transfer contacts via Mover

iFunBox

To use this method, the device from which the contacts will be extracted must be jailbroken. Also, iTunes and iFunBox must be installed on the computer in advance.

1. Connect your iOS device to your computer via a USB adapter. Open iFunBox and navigate to the following path: Raw File System / var / mobile / Library / AddressBook.

   

   Go along the Raw File System / var / mobile / Library / AddressBook path

2. By following the path, you will find a complete list of contacts available on the device being viewed. Highlight the ones you want and use the Copy to Mac button to extract them to vCard files.

   

   Click on the "Copy to Mac" button

iTools

To copy contacts using iTools:

1. Install iTools on your computer, connect the device with a USB adapter. Open the Information block.

   

   Open the Information section

2. Expand the Contacts sub-item, select the required contacts and use the Export button to extract the previously selected numbers to vCard or CSV format.

   

   Exporting contacts via iTools

On the computer

Contacts on a computer are usually stored in Outlook. To export them to a file from it, just follow these steps:

1. Expand the File menu in Outlook.

   

   Open the "File" section

2. Go to the subsection "Open and Export" and click on the "Import and Export" function.

   

   Click on the "Import and Export" function in the Outlook menu

3. Indicate that you want to export contacts to a file.

   

   Choose the option "Export contacts to file"

4. Choose which folder to copy numbers from.

   

   Choosing where to export numbers from

5. Specify the name of the file, its location and wait for the program to finish forming it. Done, the file with contacts is received, you can transfer it to your iPhone or iPad.

   

   We are waiting for the end of exporting contacts from Outlook

From SIM card to device memory

If you need to transfer contacts stored on a SIM card to the phone memory, then no additional programs are needed. It is enough to expand the device settings, open the "Mail, addresses, calendars" tab and use the "Import SIM contacts" function.

We use the function "Import SIM contacts"

What to do if contacts are not exported or imported

If the process of exporting from a device or importing to a device is interrupted, then first of all check if all numbers and names are correctly recorded.

Try another export or import method. Please use another third party app. If all contacts are recorded correctly, and the SIM card is not damaged, then using one of the methods to export or import will definitely work out without problems. If an error occurs continuously during the process, remove and reinsert the SIM card. If this does not help, then you will have to rewrite the contacts manually, since the SIM card is most likely damaged.

Remove and reinsert the SIM card into the device

To import contacts to iPhone or iPad, you must first export them from any device that has a list of numbers. This can be done both using built-in methods and through third-party programs. The main thing is to get contacts in vcf format, which is supported on all devices, including those from Apple. The resulting file must be opened on an iPhone or iPad for the contacts to be added to the device's phone book.