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Mytour has addressed the topic of copying contacts from iPhone to SIM card multiple times. In reality, backing up iPhone contacts to a SIM card is 'impossible' because Apple prohibits users from doing so. They want to prevent customers from switching to another phone by not allowing contact copying from iPhone to SIM card. Nevertheless, there are various alternative solutions to retrieve those contacts instead of copying them from iPhone to SIM card.
Copying Contacts from iPhone to SIM
Guide: Copy Contacts from iPhone to SIM Card
As mentioned above, we cannot copy contacts from iPhone to SIM card, so we have to find another solution. In this article, Mytour will divide into 2 parts, which are getting contacts for the new iPhone device or Android.
1. When Switching to a New iPhone
Actually, this case is very simple because users only need to synchronize contacts as well as other things from iCloud. Apple does this job quite well so there will be no problem with transferring contacts from this iPhone to another iPhone. Or readers can refer to other ways to retrieve contacts on iPhone for more details on alternative methods.
2. When Transitioning to an Android Phone
If you've grown tired of your iPhone and don't want to use any phone from the same brand anymore, Android will be your choice, and how to transfer contacts will be discussed here.
Step 1: To address this situation while still meeting the requirement of copying contacts from iPhone to SIM card, we need to access iCloud HERE.
Here, you need to sign in with the account your iPhone is using.
Step 2: On some devices that have enabled two-step verification, you'll need to activate it again, while for those that haven't, Mytour will provide instructions below.
Step 3: Agree to allow this browser to access your iCloud, this action will only appear once for one browser.
Step 4: Access the interface and click on the contacts section to proceed with backing up contacts.
Step 5: Next, select all the contacts you want to back up, then click on the Settings icon in the top left corner > choose Export vCard...
Step 6: After exporting the vCard, you can either copy it to your Android phone or send it via email, it's up to you. This file contains all of your contacts.
Step 7: On your Android device, after you've copied the file, simply go to contacts > manage contacts on your device.
Step 8: Finally, click on import/export contacts to import the vCard file we just downloaded.
Step 9: Here, select import and navigate to the location of the vCard file. That's it, we've completed copying contacts instead of copying contacts from iPhone to SIM card.
Apple always seeks exclusivity, they want their customers to adhere to their rules, so copying contacts from iPhone to SIM card will surely take a long time to be permitted. However, with the method above, it's not too difficult for you to get the contacts as desired.
In the section above, we can see that to log in to iCloud, you have to confirm one more time. This is entirely optional, but if you want to activate two-step security for iCloud as shown in the picture in the article, you can refer to it here with instructions on activating two-step security for iCloud from Mytour.
Not only iCloud but also Google's Gmail operates similarly. Google also prioritizes user security issues and provides two-step security for Gmail. Essentially, Gmail two-step security is quite similar to iCloud. Readers should also learn more and activate it for their accounts.
