After acquiring a new iPhone, you will be faced with the worries of importing contacts to the new iPhone. Nevertheless, worry no more because there are a couple of methods you can employ when importing contacts from Android to iPhone or from iPhone to iPhone or other cases. For instance, Apple invented iCloud services back in 2011 to help users' backup contents such as contacts, music, videos, photos, bookmarks among others. This service allows users whenever they want to move contacts from one iPhone to another.
Besides, there are multiple third-party apps that one can use to import contacts to iPhone. Here are some of the methods to use:
When it comes importing contacts to iPhone from excel on computer, Coolmuster iOS Assistant is the best third party tool to use. It allows you to export contacts from iPhone to computer, and import contacts from computer to your iPhone. You can also add new contacts, edit and delete contacts on computer directly. The primary features of this program are as outlined below:
Key Features of Coolmuster iOS Assistant
Steps to import contacts from Excel files to iPhone using iOS Assistant:
01 After downloading and installing the program on your PC, launch it to access the main interface. Connect your iPhone to the PC using a working USB cable. Failed to connect?
02 Choose "Contacts" from the left side menu, the program will scan for the existing contacts on your iPhone automatically. After the scan, all contacts on your iPhone will be listed.
03 To import contacts from Excel to iPhone, simply click the "Import" button to preview and select the excel file of contacts and start the importation process.
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Some of you may be wondering how to import contacts only from Android phone to iPhone. Well, the best tool to use in this situation is Coolmuster Mobile Transfer. It supports data transfer between two devices, even if they are running different OSes. It is worth mentioning that it allows you to transfer only specific data categories, and also allows you to transfer all data in one click, according to your needs. The significant features of this program are as listed below:
Main Features of Mobile Transfer:
Here is how you can use Coolmuster Mobile Transfer to import contacts from Android to iPhone:
01 Launch the program after downloading and installing. Ensure that the source and destination devices are correctly connected to the computer.
02 Once the program detects the two devices, check the positions of them and make sure the iPhone is the destination device. Click the "Flip" option if they are not correctly inserted.
03 Check the contacts that you want to move and then hit the "Start Copy" button to begin the process instantly. Avoid disconnecting either device before the entire process completes.
You will get a notification that the process completed successfully after the entire process is finished.
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As I mentioned above, Coolmuster Mobile Transfer can also copy data between two iOS devices. Therefore, to import contacts from iPhone to iPhone, you can reply on this program, too. Here are the steps of using this program to transfer contacts between your two iOS devices:
1. Connect your two iOS devices to the PC using the right USB cable.
2. Select the files that you want to transfer (contacts).
3. Hit the "Start Copy" button to start the transferring process instantly.
Importing contacts from Mac to iPhone is no more a challenge. Coolmuster iOS Assistant in method 1 also makes the transfer process a walk in the park. Here are the steps to follow when using this method:
1. Connect your iPhone to the Mac and launch the program.
2. Go to the "Contacts" file tab.
3. Click the "Import" button and go to the files that you want to move to the iOS device.
4. Click the OK option to initiate the process.
iCloud is another option that iOS device users can employ when importing contacts. Besides, it is among the leading applications when it comes to transferring contacts between iPhone and iPhone. Here is how to import contacts from iCloud to iPhone:
1. Connect your two iPhones to a stable Wi-Fi connection and sign in to the same iCloud account.
2. Go to "Settings" from the source device, click the name at the top and hit "iCloud"; scroll down and ensure that the "Contacts" option is toggled ON.
3. After enabling contact syncing, scroll down to iCloud backup and click the "Back Up Now" option.
4. On your destination device, go to "Settings" then "iCloud" to ascertain that Contacts syncing is toggled ON.
5. If it's enabled, launch the contacts application. At the top of the list of contacts, pull down the page to refresh application.
6. Within a few minutes, the contacts from the source iDevice should begin showing on your destination iPhone.
The advent of technology has made it easy to import Google contacts to iPhone. Here is how to import contacts from Google contacts to iPhone. If you don't have a Google account yet, follow the following steps to set up one:
1. Go to "Settings", "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and then tap "Add Account" on your iPhone.
2. Click on the Google Logo to create a brand new Google Account.
3. Input your Gmail and password, and click "Next" to continue.
4. Tap "Accept" to allow iOS access your data and files.
5. Choose the information that you want to be displayed from Google. In this case, select "Contacts". Click the "Save" button. With this, all contacts from Google and Gmail accounts will be moved into your iPhone.
Follow the following steps if you already have Google Account on your iPhone:
1. Go to "Settings", then "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and choose Gmail account.
2. Ensure that contacts are turned ON. Your contacts will be transferred from Google and should instantly populate both the phone apps and contacts.
See more details on how to transfer Gmail contacts to iPhone.
You can easily import contacts from SIM to iPhone if the SIM card supports it. Here is how to do this:
1. If the new iPhone is not utilizing the SIM from the old phone; ensure that the SIM card from the old phone fits into the new iPhone, or remove the iPhone SIM card and replace with a SIM card from the old phone.
2. Go to "Settings", "Contacts" (or "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"), and then click "Import SIM Contacts".
3. Wait for the entire import process to complete.
4. If you swapped SIM cards as outlined in the first step, remove the SIM card and swap it with the previous iPhone SIM card.
5. Go to contacts to confirm that the contacts were actually imported.
If you are running iOS 10 and higher on your iPhone, here are the steps to follow to import outlook contacts to iPhone:
1. Go to "Settings", "Contacts", "Accounts" and then "Add Account".
2. Choose Outlook, and sign in to your Outlook account using the right credentials.
3. After signing in to your Outlook, you can access various options. Here, you need to toggle ON the "Contacts" option.
If using iOS 8 or 9, follow these steps:
1. Go to "Settings", "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and then "Add Account" option.
2. Click "Outlook" and sign in to your Outlook account.
3. Toggle ON the "Contacts" and click "Save" option to finish the process.
It is simple to import Facebook contacts to iPhone via Settings. By logging in to your Facebook account on your iOS device, you can comfortably sync Facebook contacts with your iPhone. Here is how to do it:
1. Go to Settings from your iPhone, and then tap Facebook (it is located at the bottom of this page).
2. Input your credentials and then tap "Sign In".
3. Turn ON contacts.
4. Click "Update All Contacts" to sync the iPhone contacts with the Facebook app.
iTunes program makes it easy yet quick to import CSV contacts to iPhone. Here are the steps to employ:
1. Move the CSV file having the contacts on your PC.
2. Use the best contact management program that synchronizes with your iOS device through iTunes. You can opt for Outlook, Google Contacts, as well as Yahoo Address Book:
3. Use a USB cable to connect your iPhone to PC.
4. Start up the iTunes application on your PC.
5. Tap on your iPhone's name from the top-left hand sidebar on the iTunes main window.
6. Tap "Info" tab on the iTunes window.
7. Tap "Sync contacts with" and then choose "Yahoo", "Google Contacts", or "Outlook" from the drop-down menu, and then hit "Apply".
8. After synchronizing your iPhone's contacts folder with iTunes, you will get the contacts you imported to the contacts program.
9. Tap the OK button on the pop-up window. It alerts you that the process has been completed successfully.
Learn more info on how to transfer VCF contacts to iPhone.
This method works perfectly, and one can use a vCard file coming from Google, contacts or any other address book manager. Here is how to import contacts to iPhone from VCF:
1. Create a new mail vCard attachment from the PC where the contacts are stored.
2. Send the VCF file attachment to your email address.
3. From the destination iPhone, open the email attachment and click on the vCard.vcf attachment.
4. Click on "Add all contacts" to initiate the import process. The process may take a couple of minutes depending on the size of the file.
It is recommended to select whether to "Add New" contacts or to "Merge" the existing contacts.
Now, whatever your reason for importing contacts, you can use any of the method outlined above. The methods discussed above are professionally proved and tested. However, if you want to get the best and smoothest import process, consider using Coolmuster iOS Assistant or Coolmuster Mobile Transfer apps for your task.
The two applications are proven to not only import contacts but also other files such as music, video, bookmarks, and images. With this, you now know what to use next when faced with issues when importing iPhone contacts.
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