How to Transfer Your Contacts from One Android Phone to Another Android

Friends if you are bored with your old phone or buyed a new phone and want to get your old phone conatct list on your new phone but have problem how to get your old phone contacts to new phone then this post is only for you here's how

we have two methods for you check :

1. Transferring phone contacts using Gmail (Recommended)
2. Manually transfer contacts

How to Transfer Contacts Using Your Gmail Account?

• On your android device go to contacts and tap on the more option icon.
• Now select Import/Export option.

• You will find various options to import and export contacts, Remember we need to export our contacts so tap on Export to .vcf file.

• Save the .vcf file in your SD card or internal storage, Where-ever possible.
• Now connect your android device to your computer using data cable and copy the .vcf file that we have exported in the previous step.
• Once the file is copied sign in to your Gmail account using your computer. On the left hand side click the drop down arrow and selectcontacts. Refer the below screenshot.

• A new windows will open where you can access all your Gmail contacts. Click on more option on the left side and select Import.

• You might get a popup as shown below, This is because the new version of google contacts doesn’t support importing contacts so we need to switch to the old Google Contacts. Click onGO TO OLD CONTACTS to proceed further.

• Again a new tab will open with old Google contacts interface. On the left hand side click on import contacts.

• Now choose the .vcf file which we have copied earlier from our android device and hit import.

• You’re done! Just sign in on your new android phone using this email and all your contacts will be imported automatically.

How to Manually Transfer Contacts from Android to Android

This method is quite similar as the first one. Here instead of importing contacts from your Gmail account we are directly importing the backup of contacts file (.vcf file) on your new android phone.

First Android Device (Contacts to be transferred From)

• Go to contacts and tap the options button.
• Click on Import/Export.

• Further click on Export to .vcf file and save the backup file on your SD card.

• Now copy the exported .vcf backup file to your new android phone where you want to transfer your current contacts.

Import the Backup File

• Again go to contacts on your android phone and tap on options icon.
• Click on Import/Export and further selectImport from .vcf file.

• Select the contacts backup file which we have copied from old android phone.
• That’s it! all your contacts will be transferred from your old android phone to your new android phone.