Transfer contacts to new phone

[upnortheast]

Should be simple I know but
Old phone is locked to Orange so will not talk to new EE sim
Old sim is big size - so will not fit in new phone.

Tried transfer using bluetooth but will only send 1 record at a time so possible but tedious

Have transfered file of contacts out of phone onto `puter but can not work out how to get it onto new phone.

Any thoughts ?

 

[Netherfield]

Might help if you say what the phone models are,Android or not, not me , but someone who knows.

 

[upnortheast]

Aye sorry
SamsungB2710 > Samsung Galaxy J3

 

[Spudie]

My contacts are backed up on gmail. So easy moved

 

[Netherfield]

Try http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/ I'd be surprised if they don't have a simple way from the same make of phone.

 

[rollestonpark]

Yeah as said, try to get your contacts into google, then when you have new phone, put in account into it and down comes your contacts, emails and everything else.

 

[J B]

I wonder if you go here
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-B2710MOATMZ
and download Samsung Kies
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/kies/

Maybe (?) you could copy your contacts onto your PC and then from PC to the new phone?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

easiest way i find is a wire but dont know if that wilk work in your case

 

[JWL]

I've just upgraded my phone and the new Samsung has this all singing all dancing file transfer app, all very well but the old phone isn't modern enough to put the app on that one, bugger.
As I've got a Google account all my contacts are copied on there so when I signed into the goole account on the new phone the Googly thingy did its thing and all my contacts appeared straight away. The only thing I have "lost" is all my old text messages, not really a big thing but if you've got some important information in your text messages then make a note of them

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

save contacts to sim card, remove card, cut down to size fit in new fone, save contacts from card to fone

 

[Lofty]

save contacts to sim card, remove card, cut down to size fit in new fone, save contacts from card to fone

Yep, pretty easy to cut down a large sim to fit if you've got a small one to use as a pattern and a sharp Stanley knife but mind your fingers!

 

[f0ster]

all you need is a gmail account and all your contacts are automatically backed up on the pc, then when you get a new phone and enter the email account details on to it it will sync all the contacts back on to the new phone.

 

[J B]

save contacts to sim card, remove card, cut down to size fit in new fone, save contacts from card to fone

OK, as long as a) your contacts are saved on your sim and b) you have less contacts (200?) than your sim will hold.

all you need is a gmail account and all your contacts are automatically backed up on the pc, then when you get a new phone and enter the email account details on to it it will sync all the contacts back on to the new phone.

But, OP's phone wasn't a 'smart phone' so wouldn't have synched to Google.

 

[upnortheast]

Thanks for the suggestions folks.
As JB noted old phone was not a smart phone so not straightforward. also it`s contract was finished
Managed by connecting old phone to PC, finding folder holding contacts and pasting it to PC,
Connect new phone then pasting list of contacts to new phone, then in new phone - contacts -import and away we went.
These fancy smart phones weren`t designed for 67 year old agricultural fingers !!

 

[Netherfield]

Thanks for the suggestions folks.
As JB noted old phone was not a smart phone so not straightforward. also it`s contract was finished
Managed by connecting old phone to PC, finding folder holding contacts and pasting it to PC,
Connect new phone then pasting list of contacts to new phone, then in new phone - contacts -import and away we went.
These fancy smart phones weren`t designed for 67 year old agricultural fingers !!

I have that problem, so just throw it to my daughter to sort put.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

I have that problem, so just throw it to my daughter to sort put.

any jobs going at your place ?

i can cause lots of problems, then you can throw me to your daughter to sort out

 

[J B]

Connect new phone then pasting list of contacts to new phone, then in new phone - contacts -import and away we went.

Glad you got sorted.
Hopefully, your new phone is linked to your Google account and then will automatically back up your contacts to 'the cloud'.

 

[Netherfield]

any jobs going at your place ?

i can cause lots of problems, then you can throw me to your daughter to sort out

You could try, but i'm not sure her husband would understand

 

[nanniwan]

If your old sim can be connected to computer, you can use Coolmuster Android Assistant to help you export the contacts to pc, then connect the new phone to the same computer via usb cable. You can also use the tool to help you import contacts to it.