So you just got a new iPhone, and want to transfer contacts from your old iPhone to the new iPhone so as to continue keeping in touch with your friends and family, but you are wondering if it is possible?
Yes! It is, and in this post, we are going to show you how. There are actually several ways of transferring contacts from iPhone to iPhone, and we will be listing the best methods in this article
So without any waste of your time, let’s get down to business.
Ways of transferring contacts from iPhone to iPhone
Transfer Contacts with iCloud Backup
iCloud is a cloud storage that automatically stores your files; videos, photos, documents, contacts, etc. So if you backed up your contacts in the old iPhone, you can easily restore them on the new one. Here’s how:
- Get your old iPhone and connect to a WiFi
- Launch the Settings app
- Tap your name > iCloud
- Toggle the “Contacts” on, if it is switched off
- Select “iCloud Backup”
- Tap “Back up now”
- Turn on your new iPhone and set it up until you access the “Apps & Data” screen
- Choose “Restore from iCloud”
- Choose the backup you just created and restore
How to Transfer Contacts from old iPhone to new iPhone with iTunes
- Get your old iPhone, connect it to a computer and launch iTunes
- Choose your iPhone and select “info”
- Select “Sync Contacts”
- Click “Apply” to begin syncing your iPhone and contacts with the computer
- When the sync is done, unplug your old iPhone, then plug in the new one
- Choose your new iPhone in iTunes, then click on “info”
- Confirm that the “sync contacts” is checked
- Go down to the “advanced menu”
- Check
- Check “Contacts” under “Replace information on this phone”
- Now click “apply” to begin syncing your contacts with your new iPhone
Transfer contacts from iPhone to iPhone through Sim Card
If you previously stored contacts on the sim card when it was in the old iPhone, you can import them to the new iPhone
- Remove the sim card from your old iPhone and insert it into the new iPhone
- Go to “Settings” and tap on “Contacts”
- You will see the “import sim contact”
- Click to import
Transfer contacts from old iPhone to new iPhone with iCloud Sync
- Get the two iPhones, and connect them to WiFi
- Sign in with the same Apple ID on both devices (Settings > [your name]).
- Open “Settings > [your name] > iCloud.”
- Toggle on “Contacts” on both devices
- Wait for the message to merge contacts, and then tap “Merge”
Transfer contacts from missing iPhone to New iPhone
If your old iPhone isn’t available anymore but you badly want to transfer the Contacts that were on it to the new iPhone, you can still do that. Just follow my lead and you will be fine.
- Sign in to icloud.com with your Apple ID
- Click on “Contacts.” From here, you can see the contacts synced with your iCloud account. You can transfer them to your new iPhone.
- Now scroll up to our first method (the iCloud Backup method), follow the steps to transfer your contacts.
If you didn’t backup your contacts to iCloud on your previous iPhone, check your iTunes. There may be a backup there. If found, you can restore your contacts from your iTunes backup in the following steps:
- Set up your new iPhone to the “Apps & Data” screen point
- Tap “Restore from iTunes Backup”
- Plug in your iPhone to a computer you previously may have used to backup your old iPhone
- Open iTunes and at the left of the screen, select your new iPhone
- Tap on “Restore Backup”
- Select the most recent backup
- Ensure that your iPhone is connected to iTunes and WiFi till the transfer is done
- And that’s it! You can complete the set up process on your new iPhone
There you have it! If you’ve been searching for how to transfer contacts from an old iPhone to a new iPhone, after following the steps above diligently, you should be able to restore your contacts on your new iPhone.
And if at any point, your contacts suddenly disappears from your iPhone, you can check out our guide on how to fix iPhone contacts not showing up.
