Copying contacts from iPhone to SIM card is a task achievable by anyone using this device. However, the inability to directly copy iPhone contacts to a SIM card complicates the process of transitioning to a different device like Samsung Note 8. Recognizing this, Mytour.vn will guide you on how to copy contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8.
Guide: Copying Contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8
To execute the process of copying contacts from iPhone to Note 8, we undertake two main steps:
* Part 1: Saving iPhone Contacts
To begin copying iPhone contacts to Samsung Note 8, you need to back up your contacts as follows:
Step 1: Open the Settings app from the App Menu. Here, select the Accounts section at the top as shown below.
Here, we select iCloud account as shown above to back up iPhone contacts to iCloud before proceeding with the iPhone contacts copy.
Step 2: Next, within this iCloud section, locate and select iCloud Backup, then activate Backup Now to back up iPhone contacts to iCloud.
This process will take a few minutes, depending on the amount of data you have stored.
After successfully backing up, we will use a computer to retrieve the iPhone contacts.
* Part 2: Copy iPhone contacts to computer
Step 1 : To retrieve contacts from the iPhone backup, access the iCloud homepage HERE.
Step 2 : After successfully accessing the above address, proceed to log in to the iCloud account previously set up on the iPhone.
In case you forgot your iCloud password, you can recover it by referring to the article on iCloud password recovery previously provided by Mytour.vn.
Step 3 : The system will proceed to check if the iCloud account is valid or has been disabled. Upon completion of this process, we will be able to access the iCloud system as shown below.
Here, to retrieve the backed-up contacts on the iPhone, we select the Contacts section.
Step 4 : The program will lead us to the iCloud interface. Here, you select the contacts you want to copy from the iPhone to the Samsung Note 8.
You can also press Ctrl + A to select all contacts in this address book.
Step 5 : Now, to download these contacts, we need to tap on the Settings icon (gear icon) in the lower-left corner of the device screen as shown below.
Step 6 : A customizable form will appear, where we select Export vCard to download iPhone contacts to the computer.
Step 7 : And here is the result after we have exported the iPhone contacts.
* Part 3: Transfer iPhone Contacts to Samsung Note 8
After successfully copying iPhone contacts to the computer, we proceed as follows:
Step 1 : Connect the Samsung Note 8 device to the computer that stores the iPhone contacts via a USB connection cable.
Step 2 : Now, on the Samsung Note 8 screen, an Android System notification will appear as shown below.
Tap on this notification and set it to Media File Transfer to complete the process of connecting the Samsung Note 8 device to the computer.
Step 3 : At this point, the computer system will proceed to recognize the device. Once this process is complete, we will see a Galaxy Note 8 storage drive appear in My Computer.
Step 4 : Return to the folder containing the iPhone contacts file that was just downloaded, right-click on this contacts file , and choose Copy as shown below.
Step 5 : After copying the iPhone contacts, we access the Samsung Note 8 storage and select the Phone storage .
Step 6 : Finally, to copy iPhone contacts to Samsung Note 8, we right-click and choose Paste in the Phone storage as shown below to copy iPhone contacts to Samsung Note 8.
* Part 4: Import Contacts for Samsung Note 8
These are the final steps to complete the process of copying iPhone contacts to Samsung Note 8.
Step 1 : From the Samsung Note 8 app menu, we access the Contacts app to copy contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8.
In the contacts interface, we tap on the three-dot icon in the top right corner of the screen as shown above.
Step 2 : A form will appear for users to choose, we tap on the Contacts Manager option .
Next, we tap on Import/Export Contacts to perform the contact import.
Step 3 : Then, to copy contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8, we sequentially tap on Import as shown below.
Select Internal Storage to load the contact data, then tap Continue, select Phone to choose the location to save the contacts on the device, and then tap Import.
Step 4 : Immediately, the system will proceed to copy contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8 and send a notification confirming the successful copy.
And thus, we have completed all the steps to copy contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8. Although there are several steps involved, they are quite simple, and Mytour.vn believes that you will easily succeed in doing this.
In addition to connecting Samsung Note 8 to the computer to copy contacts from iPhone to Samsung Note 8, you can also choose the reverse, which is copying contacts from Android to iPhone to avoid saving each contact as before. For those transitioning from Android to iOS, the tip of copying contacts from Android to iPhone will be very helpful.