How to transfer contacts from phone to phone? Step-by-step instruction

Surely everyone after the purchase of a new smartphone wondered: "And how to transfer phone contacts to the phone?". Moreover, this is most painless for the gadget itself, as well as for the nervous system of the owner.

Let's try to understand and list the most popular ways to transfer contacts from the old to the new phone: through third-party software, personal computers and other improvised equipment.

Transferring contacts using a PC

Before you transfer contacts from your phone to your phone, we'll need an old gadget from which you need to export, a personal computer and a USB cable (preferably branded). As a tool, the utility MOBILedit will be used, which you can download from the official developer site.

The basic version of the software is not translated into Russian, and if someone has problems with this, you can search for amateur resources that took care of localization. In any case, all the functionality of the program is intuitive and should not lead you into a stupor.

Before you transfer contacts from the phone to your phone, the utility will first of all offer to download or update the drivers for your gadget. In order to speed up the process, you can choose your particular smartphone model and confirm the beginning of the installation.

After the installation of the drivers and other auxiliary software is complete, go to the "Cable Connection" tab and select "PC Sync" after the connection type request. Sometimes there may be another name - it all depends on the model of your gadget and the installed drivers.

Next, we need to configure the phone's functions, that is, enable debugging via USB :

1. Smartphone settings.
2. Parameters of the developers.
3. Click on the item "Debugging via USB".

These steps need to be done with gadgets on the Android platform with version below 4.2. In other cases, the instructions to the phone will be different:

1. The "System" tab.
2. "Device Information".
3. Item "Assembly number".
4. "Debugging over USB."

Then, already in the program "MOBILEDit", select the tab "Phonebook" on the left side of the utility and go to export. Before you transfer contacts from phone to phone, specify the type of exported file, as well as the place where it will be stored. Then in the menu we select "Import" and, following the instructions of the program, transfer old contacts to a new gadget. This can be done both via a USB cable, and through wireless protocols ("Wai-Fay", "Bluetooth").

Google Drive

If you had a simple phone without specific "problems" and there is access to the network, you can use the software from a well-known search engine. You can synchronize the service from "Google" with your phone book.

Such a synergy is also practical because you can make any changes to your data at any time without having the phone at hand. Before you transfer contacts from the old phone to a new gadget, you just need to log into the service account of "Google" on the new device and agree with the synchronization.

Among other things, the software gives its customers the opportunity to restore contacts that were for some reason lost in the last 30 days.

"Yandex.Disk"

Another simple way to transfer contacts from the old gadget to a simple phone is the domestic service from the search engine "Yandex.Disk" of the same name. Just like in the previous case, we need a connection to the network.

Before you start exporting, you need to install the appropriate software from "Yandex", which can be found in the corresponding section of the service "Google Play." After you install the application, you will need to copy all the contacts that you want to transfer.

Then, after your data is copied and the account on "Yandex.Disk" is activated, you should perform the following steps:

• Run the utility on the new phone and log into the account with the same data that you previously entered for export.
• Next, in the menu, go to the "Settings" (the name may change due to the model).
• Select the "Move from phone to phone" tab.
• The utility will ask for the secret code that you received earlier, enter it and confirm the move.
• After the application finishes its work, it notifies you of the end of the transfer operation.

Transfer of contacts without a PC

If you do not have the opportunity to connect to a personal computer, you can go another way: via the wireless protocol "Bluetooth". Follow these simple steps to transfer contacts:

• Turn on your phones.
• Activate the "Bluetooth" function on both devices (the instruction to the phone will indicate how).
• On the old gadget go to the settings menu "Bluetooth" and start the search for a new device.
• Confirm the synergy with the new gadget by typing the same pin codes.
• Go to the sections of your phone book and mark the contacts that you want to export.
• After transferring the data, the contacts will appear on your new gadget.

Data transfer using SD and SIM cards

If your old device supports this function, you can copy contacts using a SIM or SD card. The process only seems complicated, but in fact everything is simple enough. The main thing is to follow the instructions.

Export via SD card:

1. Insert your memory card into the old phone.
2. Through the menu and work with contacts, save the data to a CD-card.
3. Re-install the card to a new gadget.
4. Download contacts via "Contacts" -> "Options" -> "Export / import contacts" -> "Copy from SD card".

Export via SIM card

One of the oldest (but proven) ways to migrate contacts is to export using a SIM card. It is used only in the most emergency cases (without light, the Internet, removable media, etc.).

The main drawback of this method is the restriction on the symbols in the name. That is, you will be able to transfer contacts (no more than 200), but all of them will be "circumcised" to 8 characters, which is extremely inconvenient (it is necessary to subtilize with abbreviations of names and surnames).

In order to copy contacts through the SIM card, you must first make it export to the old phone via the menu, and then insert into the new gadget, transfer all the data to the phone book. It seems that everything is simple, but the restrictions greatly distort all the migrating information.