How to export contacts on Fairphone
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How to export your contacts on your Fairphone
We will see in this tutorial how export your contacts on your Fairphone. Contacts are a very important feature of your Fairphone and so you may want to export them from your Fairphone to another phone or the Cloud.
To make the best use of the features offered by the contacts it is very simple.
We will see how to export your contacts from your Fairphone to another smartphone first, from your Google account located in the ‘Cloud’ in a second step, thirdly from files in vCard format or VCF files, and to finish CSV files Editable with a spreadsheet application like Google Sheet.
Export your contacts from another device to your Fairphone
To export contacts from another device, you must first export them to your SIM card or an SD card.
To do this, you will need to insert a SIM or SD card into your new Fairphone.
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Once done, go to the "Contacts" category of your Fairphone.
In this menu, you can press the ‘Settings’ button at the bottom right of your Fairphone.
An ‘Export’ option to the SIM card or Memory card will be available.
Press it depending on your backup mode.
Follow the on-screen instructions and your contacts will be exported to your backup media inserted in your Fairphone.
Export your contacts from Google Cloud to your Fairphone
This is a little known but very interesting option for who knows how to do it: export your contacts from the Cloud to your Fairphone. To do this, go to the ‘Settings’ menu, accessible from the home screen of your Fairphone, then in ‘Account and Synchronization’. Once there, click on your Google Account.
This opens a new window that will allow you to check the synchronizations of contacts, emails and calendars.
Choose what you want to activate and it will automatically export your contacts to the Google Cloud.
Export your contacts to a VCF file on your Fairphone
Another option to export your contacts from Fairphone is to use the VCF file system. This option will allow you, along with CSV files, to share your contact lists from your Fairphone.
As in our first paragraph, go to the ‘Import / Export’ section of the ‘Contacts’ folder of your Fairphone.
From there, click on ‘Export’ and then choose the VCF format.
Once you have validated the operation and selected the source VCF file, you can export all your contacts from your Fairphone.
Conversely, you can import contacts to make a new backup on your Fairphone.
Export your contacts to a CSV file from your Fairphone
If you want your files to be in CSV format, then exporting them to your Fairphone will require you to export them from your Gmail account.
Once in your Gmail account, click ‘Contacts’ above the Email Dial button.
Then click ‘More Actions’ and finally ‘Export’. Choose the CSV file to which you want to export your contacts, and validate.
Once finished, you can synchronize any Fairphone with your Gmail account as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
How do I transfer data from Samsung to Fairphone?
– Go to Settings → Accounts (or Passwords & accounts).
– Set the Toggle to On (right) at Automatically sync app data.
– Tap on your Google account to open it.
How do I transfer my contacts from my old phone to my new phone?
– Open your phone’s Settings app.
– Tap Google.
– Tap Set up & restore.
– Tap Restore contacts.
– If you have multiple Google Accounts, to choose which account’s contacts to restore, tap From account.
– Tap the phone with the contacts to copy.
How to transfer data from Android to Android?
– Turn on your new device.
– Tap Start.
– When asked, make sure you connect to a Wi-Fi network.
– Choose to copy apps and data from your old device. Recommended: If you have a cable to connect your devices, follow the on-screen instructions to copy your data.
– Check your texts, photos, and videos.
How do I transfer contacts from one Android phone to another?
To do that, go to Settings > Accounts > Google and then enable “Sync Contacts”. On the destination device, add the same Google account and then go to Settings > Account >Google and then select “Contacts” from the Google Backups list. Tap on “Sync Now” and the contacts will be transferred to the destination device.
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3 related questions
Should I put SIM card in new phone before transferring?
If the phone you’re switching to is from the same carrier or it’s unlocked, you shouldn’t need a new SIM. But if you’re switching from one carrier to another, you’ll need a SIM card for your new carrier.
How do I get my iPhone contacts back?
– Sign in to iCloud.com.
– Scroll down to the bottom of the window, then select Data Recovery.
– Select Restore Contacts or Restore Bookmarks.
– Select Restore next to the date before you deleted the content.
– Select Restore again to confirm.
Why haven’t all my contacts transferred to new phone?
If the contacts option is unchecked, your contacts will not sync to your new devices and so your old iPhone contacts will never get transferred over to your new iPhone. It’s pretty easy to fix this issue. All you need to do is enable the contacts option in iCloud on your new iPhone and you will be good to go.