How To Transfer Contacts From an Android Device to an iPhone
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If you’re one of those people who has a multitude of contacts on multiple devices, you’ll know how difficult it can be to locate a contact on a new device. Luckily, you can also transfer contacts from an Android phone to an iPhone.
If you’re an iPhone user, chances are you’ve already got a lot of contacts on your phone. This means that syncing your iPhone with another device is likely to cause you some problems. You’ll have to transfer contacts from your old device to your new one, and this can be time-consuming, especially if it’s your first time doing it.
While you can use a third-party app to transfer contacts, Apple’s own solution is just as effective and easy to do. Follow the steps below to transfer contacts from your Android phone to an iPhone.
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How to transfer contacts from Android to an iPhone
Cutting the rope is the first thing you’ll have to do if you want to transfer contacts from your Android device to an iPhone. You’ll need to jailbreak your phone if you’re jailbreaking, and you’ll have to root your phone if you’re rooted.
Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to connect your Android device to your computer. This will allow you to transfer everything from your phone onto your computer, including the data on your SD card.
You’ll also need to install a third-party app on your computer to sync the contacts from your computer with your phone. This app will help you with both aspects of transferring contacts from an Android device to an iPhone.
Once you’ve done that, it’s time to transfer contacts from an Android device to an iPhone.
To do this, you’ll need to connect your Android phone to your computer, then open the app you installed on both devices.
You’ll see a list of all the contacts on your phone, and a list of all the contacts on your computer. You’ll need to select the contacts you want to transfer, then click “Start” to transfer them to your iPhone.
Transfer contacts from iPhone to Android
You can also transfer contacts from an iPhone to an Android device by using iCloud or Google Contacts. You can transfer your contacts from iCloud or Google Contacts to your Android phone or tablet, and then use that device to transfer those contacts to an iPhone.
The Google Contacts app is particularly good for this, as it lets you import contacts from Gmail, G Suite, and Google accounts. If you’ve got a Gmail account, you can use this to import all of your contacts from your phone to your computer.
If you use iCloud for contacts, you can use iCloud to cut the rope and then import those contacts into your Google Contacts on your computer. After that, you can cut the rope again and transfer them to your phone.
Transfer contacts from iPhone to Android
If you’re not happy with how much space iCloud or Google Contacts take up on your device, you can use an app like iSyncr to transfer your contacts directly from an iPhone to your Android device.
That way, you won’t have to worry about your contacts taking up space on your phone, and you can transfer them to your computer instead.
How to Transfer All of Your Contacts at Once
If you’re transferring your contacts from multiple Android devices or iPhones, you might want to transfer them all at once. This will make it easier to keep track of who you’ve got in different formats, and you can cut the rope more easily once you’ve got everything on your computer.
This method is a lot more work, but the advantage is that you’ll only have to cut the rope once. With this method, you’ll need to purchase a third-party app called “Family File” to transfer your contacts.
Once you’ve installed this on your computer and phone, you’ll be able to transfer all of your contacts at once. You can use this app to cut the rope to transfer all of your contacts from multiple devices.
Summing up
If you’ve got contacts on multiple devices, transferring them to your iPhone can be a pain in the bum. Fortunately, there are a few different ways to solve this problem, and we’ll show you some of them here.
If you have an Android device and you’re looking to transfer your contacts to your iPhone, you can use a variety of third-party apps, such as Cut the Rope and iSyncr. You can also use iCloud or Google Contacts to sync your contacts across your devices.
Cutting the rope to transfer contacts between devices is a pretty involved process, which is why we’ve broken it down into bite-sized pieces.