The easiest way to transfer contacts from your Android to an iPhone

iOS (iPhones, iPods, and earlier iPads) has been steadily gaining ground on Android, the market leader, for many years.

Switching from Android to iOS to grasp what the hoopla is about requires an understanding of how the two systems vary significantly. This makes it challenging to move your information from one service to another.

Your contacts are an important part of your life that you should not leave behind. We have done the legwork for you and found the best methods for making the switch from Android to iPhone in terms of transferring contacts.

1. “Move to iOS” during the iPhone’s setup process to import your Android phone’s contacts.

Before doing anything else, you should utilize Apple’s “Move to iOS” program to make the transition to an iPhone. The major downside of this free software is that it can only be used when setting up a fresh new iPhone, but it’s worth it if you’re looking to move your Android stuff to a new iPhone.

You will need to utilize one of the other ways outlined here if you have already finished setting up your new iPhone.

• Switch to the Apple iOS app
• Move to iOS may move your contacts as well as your texts, images, videos, bookmarks, emails, and calendars.

Therefore, let’s have a look at how to utilize “Move to iOS” to move your contacts (and more) from Android to iPhone:

• In order to transfer to iOS, open the Google Play Store on your Android and search for the “Move to iOS” app (your device must be using Android 4.0 or higher).
• Get your hands on that brand new iPhone, power it up, and start reading those instructions. If asked, log on to your Wi-Fi network.
• The “Apps & Data” section will prompt you to move your data from Android, which you may do by clicking the “Move Data from Android” button. Transfer information from your Android device to your new iPhone while it’s being set up.
• Take down the iPhone’s security code right now.
• Launch “Move to iOS” on your Android, and provide the password if prompted to do so.
• Select the files you want to copy to your iPhone. For the sake of this tutorial, please choose Contacts.

2. Sync your Google account with your iPhone to access your Android contacts.

Use your Google account to sync and save your contacts in the cloud. Your Google Contacts will sync across all devices where you’ve logged into your Google Account.

Let’s take a look at how to import your Google Contacts from Android to your iPhone. Due to variations in Android versions and manufacturer tweaks, these instructions may need to be adjusted somewhat.

• Verify that your Android’s contact information is synchronized with Google.
• Use the menu item Settings > Accounts > Google > Sync to do this.
• Make sure “Sync Contacts” is turned on if you’re given the choice to sync certain data.
• To import your Android contacts into Google Now on your iPhone, go to your Settings > Google > Import Contacts.
• Select “Passwords & Accounts” from the drop-down menu.
• If you haven’t already done so, add your Google account by tapping the “Add Account” button.
• As part of the account setup process, be sure to check the Contacts box.

3. Transferring Contacts from Android to iPhone using Contact Transfer

The Contact Transfer mobile app is the backbone of our system. This useful app makes it simple to share contact information across iOS, Android, and Windows devices. If you have contacts on another device that you’d want to transfer to your iPhone, you may do it using this app.

The Windows program Contact Transfer may be used to transfer contacts from an Android to an iPhone using a personal computer without the requirement for a third-party cloud service. In addition to letting you manage your phone’s contacts from your computer, this program also allows you to sync with Gmail. 

If you want to move your contacts from Android to iPhone, you may do so right from your computer by following these steps.

• Get the Contact Transfer program set up on your Windows computer.
• Contact Transfer is a free program available in the Google Play Store that facilitates the transfer of contacts from your Android mobile to your computer.
• When using the computer’s Contact Transfer app, choose the Android phone as the “Source” and the iPhone as the “Destination” device. Please proceed by selecting Continue.
• Choose between Android and iOS
• Join your gadgets together:
• If you’re using an Android device, launch the Contact Transfer app and choose “Scan Contact Transfer QR Code.” Then, under Contact Transfer on your computer, scan the QR code using the camera on your mobile device.

4. Use Droid Transfer on a computer to move your Android phone’s contacts 

Keeping with the theme of computer programs, Droid Transfer is the best program for syncing our Android data with a computer. This Windows software has a ton of options for handling Android data on your computer.

Droid Transfer has several useful features, including the ability to export contacts to your computer, move them to another phone, erase them from your phone, and more.

We must first export the Android address book to the computer, and then sync the computer’s copy of the contacts with the iPhone through iTunes in order to move the contacts from Android to the iPhone.

• Move Android contacts to a computer
• Get Droid Transfer and hook up your phone using Wi-Fi or a USB cable.
• Go to your contacts by selecting them.
• Select all the contacts you want to import into Windows Contacts and click “Copy Contacts…” thereafter.
• Copy Contacts from Android Device
• If you don’t pick any contacts before selecting Copy Contacts, or if you click a contact and then press ctrl+a, all of those contacts will be copied.
• If you don’t want to move all of your contacts to your iPhone, you may choose which ones to export.

5. Transfer contacts from a SIM card to an iPhone

You can transfer contacts from your Android handset to your iPhone if your iPhone is SIM-card compatible. You should check what kind of SIM card your iPhone may use before proceeding.

If your SIM card is compatible with your iPhone, you may transfer your contacts directly from the card. Once again, your mileage may vary based on your phone’s manufacturer and Android release.

You can transfer your contacts from your Android handset to your SIM card if they aren’t already there.

• To accomplish this, launch the Android’s Contacts app, go to the app’s menu, tap Import, and then choose the SIM card.
• The iPhone will not recognize the SIM card until it is inserted.
• Select Contacts > Import SIM Contacts > Settings.
• Select a folder on your iPhone to store your imported contacts if requested to do so.
• In the meanwhile, your iPhone will import the contacts from your SIM card.

Conclusion

You can easily move your Android contacts to your iOS device in a number of different methods. Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide which approach is best.

Moving to iOS is your best chance if you haven’t already set up your iPhone. With any luck, this article has provided you with all the knowledge you need to successfully migrate your contacts from Android to iPhone.