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From iphone to android app?
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outlaw777
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Hey does anyone know an app where you can transfer all your address book contacts from the iphone onto an android device?
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Via iTunes- Launch iTunes on your computer.
- Connect your iPhone to the computer.
- Your connected device will appear in iTunes. Click on it to open the device’s summary page
- Click the Info tab.
- Place a checkmark beside “Sync Contacts With” and select “Google Contacts” from the drop-down menu.
- Input your Google account and password, if you haven’t done so yet previously. Or, you can click Configure to change a previously set Google account.
- Click Apply. iTunes will then sync the existing contacts from your iPhone to your Google account.
- If you haven’t registered your Google account on your Android phone yet, add your Google account in Settings > Accounts.
- Allow your Google account to sync your contacts to your Android phone
- Using your desktop Internet browser, go to https://www.icloud.com/ and sign in with your iCloud account.
- Click Contacts to view a list of contacts.
- Select the contact(s) that you want to export.
- Click the cog wheel icon at the lower left and select Export vCard.
- Your computer will download a VCF file containing the exported contact(s).
- Import this VCF file to Google Contacts or copy the VCF to your Android phone’s /sdcard directory and import it to your phone through the People app or Contacts app.
- Install the My Contacts Backup app from the App Store.
- Launch the app and tap on Backup. This backup your current contacts on your iPhone.
- Once complete, tap Email to attach the VCF file to an email.
- Send the email with the attached VCF file to your Gmail account.
- On your Android phone, open the email with the attached VCF file and download the file to import the contacts to your phone.
- Install the Bump app on your Android phone and on your iPhone.
- Launch Bump on both phones. Allow permissions when prompted.
- On the sender device, which is the iPhone, swipe to the right until you reach the contacts section.
- You will see a list of all your contacts. Select those contacts that you want to share.
- A label “Bump now!” will appear at the upper-right corner.
- Lightly bump your two devices.
- Tap the Connect button on the popup dialog to let the two devices communicate.
- A copy of your selected contacts will be sent to the receiving device.
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