Not long ago I wrote about how to transfer contacts from a SIM card to iPhone. That article was born as a result of the stupor into which I fell when the above-mentioned need arose. It seems like everything should be intuitive, but somehow I didn’t get it right the first time. A couple of days ago a similar situation arose... again with contacts.
This time, the contacts were saved from the old iPhone to the computer as .vcf files, and now they needed to be uploaded to the new iPhone 6+ . Today I will share with you the simplest solution to this issue. Go!
How can I import contacts directly to my iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad?
Importing contacts to your iPhone is very easy.
Click "Extract Contacts" in iPhone Backup Extractor, and then send the extracted file via email. Open email on your iPhone using the Apple Mail app and it will allow you to automatically import contacts into your address book. Just! If you don't sync your iPhone with an email or contacts client, you can restore contacts to your iPhone by simply emailing the VCard file to your phone. Once the phone receives the email, open the VCard attachment and the option to import data will appear.
The essence of the problem
It was like this... My close relatives purchased a brand new iPhone 6+. And the question arose about transferring contacts from the old iPhone 4S to the new one. Since they live in another city, they initially turned not to me, but to some familiar guy who sells phones.
As a result, this guy helped save contacts (more than 1500 pieces) to the computer as separate files with the vcf extension. I still can't understand why I couldn't use iCloud synchronization. Anyway…
VCF (Virtual Contact File), more commonly referred to as vCards, is the most common file format for storing contact information digitally. Typically a vcf file stores the contact person's name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number and other contact information.
This type of file is essentially a container for transferring contact data between address books of different devices. VCF files are supported and recognized by all popular operating systems (Windows, OS X, iOS and Android).
Having received more than 1,500 individual files in vcf format, the question arose of how to now transfer them to the new iPhone. The first thing we decided to do was use the contact synchronization feature built into iTunes.
If you click on Details in the left column while your iPhone is connected to your computer, you can synchronize iPhone contacts with Outlook contacts or Windows Contacts contacts. By adding contacts to Windows Contacts and synchronizing the iPhone with it, we got an address book full of hieroglyphs and quacks.
For an unknown reason, during the process of transferring contacts, an encoding failure occurred on the iPhone . As a result, all contacts filled in Cyrillic became unreadable... Delete everything! And start again!
- How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to iPhone - 3 Working Methods
- The method of creating a backup copy of Contacts using a flash drive for iPhone is described here
- How to transfer contacts from a SIM card to iPhone - Instructions
Transferring contacts via iTunes failed. I tried the same thing, but I didn’t want to use Outlook... Wait! After all, there are other ways to transfer contacts to iPhone. For example, through the online service icloud.com you can add contacts in vcf format directly to the cloud, which is then synchronized with the iPhone.
The trouble is that you can only add one file at a time... and we had 1500 of them. After digging around on foreign sites and forums, I found the best way to solve this issue.
If you also have a bunch of vcf files with contacts that need to be transferred to iPhone, follow these simple instructions.
How to Import vCard VCF Contacts to Gmail
If you are looking for a way to import vCard contacts into your Gmail account, this article will show you how to do it. vCard contacts are stored in a file name ending in .vcf (you can read more about this here) and can later be exported in a variety of ways, such as email.
Want to get iPhone or iCloud contacts as VCF?
We have a guide to walk you through the process. Check it.
