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how to transfer contact from samsung galaxy s2 to iphone 5
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back everything up to your google contacts then, http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740
You have to back up your Samsung to something else first. Hopefully you are backing it up. Use Google, Hotmail, Outlook, Windows address book, any Exchange server. Something. Then sync with the iPhone.
Save them to your SIM and then use the Settings>Mail, Contacts and Calendars>Import SIM contacts option
Or if you have synced your contacts with Google or a Microsoft Exchange server
On your iPhone, open Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Tap Add Account and then select Microsoft Exchange. Enter your email address and login information. (If an Exchange server hosts your email, you'll also need to enter its domain; if you use Gmail, leave that field blank.) Enter a usernamea valid name if youre syncing with a real Exchange server, or your email address (if you like) if you use Gmail. In the Server field, enter the Exchange servers address or m.google.com for Gmail. On the last screen choose what you want to import, and then tap Accept.
Or if you have synced your contacts with Google or a Microsoft Exchange server
On your iPhone, open Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Tap Add Account and then select Microsoft Exchange. Enter your email address and login information. (If an Exchange server hosts your email, you'll also need to enter its domain; if you use Gmail, leave that field blank.) Enter a usernamea valid name if youre syncing with a real Exchange server, or your email address (if you like) if you use Gmail. In the Server field, enter the Exchange servers address or m.google.com for Gmail. On the last screen choose what you want to import, and then tap Accept.
To add to this, the data fields on the SIM card are fewer than on smart phones. So you can import phone numbers but might not be able to bring in other additional data in the address book.
Easy Phone Sync is a way easier way of transferring to Android if you've got a Samsung. did this yesterday myself, and it pulled all my contacts, messages, calendars, music, photos, videos and notes out of iTunes and organised them perfectly on my iPhone 4.
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Some guys published smartphone data transfer program, which lets you copy contacts from one phone to another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBiTa7RISmk
Some guys published smartphone data transfer program, which lets you copy contacts from one phone to another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBiTa7RISmk
I like setting up a Gmail account on the old phone, enabling calendar/contacts sync, and then setting up that same even on the new phone. All your contacts come streaming in.
The fly in the ointment with this method is custom labels. Google doesn't sync custom labels created in OSX/iOS very well.
The fly in the ointment with this method is custom labels. Google doesn't sync custom labels created in OSX/iOS very well.
I write them all down on a piece of paper and then laboriously type them in. It seems daunting but was all done and dusted in an hour.