How to Transfer Contacts from Android to iPhone

    Have you just changed your phone from an Android device to an iPhone? And you do not know how to transfer contacts from your Android device to your new iPhone? Here in this this article I have addressed this issue. After you go through this article, you will have learnt how to transfer contacts from your old Android phone to your new iPhone. It is easy as eating a piece of cake. There’s no risk involved and you it won’t take much of your time either. So, let us begin.

    Since, you already owned an Android phone, you might already know that you can sync your Android phone with your Google account. So even if you lose your contacts, you can always get them back from your Google account. So make sure you have backed up your contacts to your Google account. To do this, go to Settings, under the Accounts section tap on Add Account, enter your Gmail account details and finally enable synchronization (You do not have to do this, if you already have a Gmail account associated with your account). If you already had an account added, make sure that the contacts have been synchronized.

    After you have made sure that you have your contacts backed up, pick up your new iPhone and go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and add your Gmail account. See to that you have enabled Contacts for the account. You’ll now find all your Google accounts in your iPhone.

To make sure that you have made this permanent, so that your new iPhone contacts get synchronized with Google, perform the following steps.

1. Tap open Settings on your iPhone.
2. Select Mail,Contacts,Calenders and then tap on Add Account and then select Other.
3.  Now Select Add CardDAV Account.
4. Fill out the following information in the respective fields.

Server : google.com

User Name : Enter your Gmail address.

Password : Account password.

Description: Give a description (e.g. Personal Contacts).

      

     5.  Tap Next . Make sure that Contacts option is ON.

     6.  Open the Contacts app on your iPhone. Your Contacts will start syncing with Google.

Now when you change your smartphone, you can use your Google account to get all your contacts. This is how you can transfer your contacts from an Android phone to an iPhone. I hope you found this information helpful.

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Khurshid Kamar

    Khurshid Kamar is a student of Computer Science Engineering who has merged his passion for all things technological with his enthusiasm for writing. This computer geek spends most of his free time looking up the latest what’s what in technology and the rest, watching movies and anime, listening to rock music and Eminem, hanging out with other nerdy friends and quoting Fight Club. Connect with him on Google+.