Contacts are transferred in one direction only - from SIM card to phone... There is no built-in function for copying contacts from a smartphone to a SIM card. But it is possible to make a backup of the phone book.
First, let's find out how on Nokia Lumia, Microsoft Lumia or other Windows 10 smartphone copy contacts from sim card... This is useful if, for example, you bought a new smartphone and need to import contacts from your old phone.
The procedure is quite simple, first go to the "People" section, then to the "Options", scroll down a little and see "Import from SIM-card".
Now select the SIM card from which you want to copy the contacts, as well as the save location (Account or Outlook). Click "Import", after which all contacts from the SIM card will be copied to "People" on your device, and also synchronized with your account.
How to transfer contacts to a SIM card in Windows 10 Mobile on Lumiya phones
Let's get back to the main question: how to save contacts to a SIM card in Lumiya's phone630, 520, 535, 625, 720 or any other Windows Phone smartphone. I was looking for a solution for a long time and in the end I found the Memiana program in the Windows store. It was installed in the smartphone, but it was not possible to register in it - the error “An error occurred while connecting to the server” was constantly popping up.
Others who would allow move contacts I did not find it on the sim card. There are various solutions with which you can backup contacts to the cloud and services. But the same functions are provided by the Windows Live web interface, so why install unnecessary programs, especially since many of them are paid.
Still, there is one useful program in the Windows Store, it is called contacts + message backup... The application was developed by Microsoft and allows you to make backup copies of SMS messages and contacts to a USB flash drive. This is convenient if, for example, there is no access to the network and it is impossible to restore the phone book from the cloud. Messages are saved in XML format, and contacts are saved in VCF.
Having made a backup using this program, you can then insert the USB flash drive into another device and restore the backup from the folder Backup + restore.
By the way, there is one thing - the application does not appear in the list of other programs, but becomes an item in the additional settings: "Options" → "Add-ons" (see photo).
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By the way, the entire contact database is synchronized in yours and you can access it on the website, or on another device, for example, from a computer on which Windows 8, 10 is installed and in which you are logged in with the same account.
Windows Live is your account control center. Here, in addition to other functions, you can manage all contacts, create them, export and import.
Now select the contacts you would like to export.
To import (restore), press the appropriate button and select the required service or file.
As you can see, the lack of a function for copying contacts from a phone to a SIM card is compensated by a convenient web interface. There you can restore contacts both from a file and from services, including from Google, which is convenient if you are transferring a phone book, for example, from a smartphone to Android.
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Without all the necessary entries in the phone book, even the most modern smartphone will turn into an almost unnecessary device. Therefore, it is important to know how to correctly and quickly move all entries from the address book, the procedure of which we will consider for different mobile platforms.
Transfer Contacts from Windows Phone to Android
If you decide to change Microsoft by joining the enemy army of green robot fans, replacing Windows smartphone with an Android device, you can use the following instruction to transfer contacts from the phone book to a new device:
In a moment, the contact information will be downloaded from the cloud and will appear in the phone book of the Android smartphone.
Transferring Contacts from Android to Windows Phone
Of course, the opposite is also possible, when the user of the Android device decides to emigrate to a smartphone running on the Windows platform. In this case, the instructions for transferring the phone book will look like this:
Transfer Contacts from Windows Phone to iPhone
The next option for data transfer will allow you to successfully transfer the address book entries to the "apple" gadgets. There are several ways to successfully transfer the file with contacts from the phone's memory and uploading it to the iPhone's memory, but the simplest way for the average user will be the way, the instructions for which we will consider below:
After completing the steps described above, in a minute all contacts from your old Windows phone will be in the phone book of the new iPhone.
Transfer Contacts from Windows Phone to Computer
Often, modern PC users need access to phone numbers from the contact book directly on their computer. Fortunately, Windows Phone users can get it very easily. To do this, you need to do the following:
Transferring Windows Phone Contacts to a SIM Card
The last question that remains to be paid attention to, concerns the saving of contacts from the phone book of a Windows smartphone directly in the memory of the SIM card. Such an operation may be required to transfer data to older push-button telephones that are still sometimes used by people today. Unfortunately, this function is not provided in modern Windows Phones, you can only copy numbers from the SIM card to the phone memory. Therefore, the only solution to this problem can be a very complex scheme of the following form:
- Export contacts from your Windows Phone to any Android device using the method described earlier in this article.
- On your Android device, go to the phone book.
- Press the button to open the context menu and go to the settings section of the phone's notebook.
- Go to the "Contact Management" item.
- Click Export & Transfer.
- Select all contacts and click on the button to select the final source of movement.
- Specify the SIM card as the storage for phonebook entries. Copying may take time.
These were all the ways to transfer contacts that Windows Phone owners can use.
Have you decided to replace a simple Nokia Phone with an Android smartphone? In this case, you will most likely be interested in how to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android. There are actually several ways to accomplish this task, and they depend on the phone model you are using.
Method 1. Using MobileTrans
This method is relevant for Nokia phones equipped with Windows Phone 8, 8.1 and 10, as well as Symbian 40 and 60. This is a good way to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android without Google.
MobileTrans is an easy-to-use application that allows you to transfer data between IOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian platforms. The program helps you transfer contacts, photos, music, videos, messages, call history, applications and much more from one device to another. Such copying occurs with almost one mouse click.
How can this be done?
Download MobileTrans software on your Windows or Mac computer, install and run it. Then simultaneously synchronize your Nokia phone and your tablet or Android smartphone with your PC. In the program interface, find the menu items for searching for devices.
When both devices are found using the above software, the content that is supported from Nokia to Android will be available for selection in a list. So, check the box in front of the word "Contacts" if you want to copy them from "Nokia" to "Android".
Click the Start Copy button to start the data transfer process. When the process is complete, all contacts from your Nokia phone should be available on Android.
If you want to import content from a Nokia Lumia (running on Windows Phone 8, 8.1 or 10 Mobile) using this method, you first need to back up your contacts to your Microsoft account in the cloud. Typically, if you go into system settings, data is saved to the cloud automatically.
Method 2. Nokia Suite with Android File Transfer
This method is relevant for most Nokia phones, excluding Lumia brands. Nokia Suite and PC Suite are the official software for transferring content (such as contacts, photos, music, calendar, tasks, notes, bookmarks, and web feeds) between PCs and Nokia phones. These applications make it easy to create and restore backups. Nokia Suite is designed for the latest non-Lumia phones (eg Asha series). If you have an old device (say, you need to transfer contacts from Nokia 515 to Android), you should use PC Suite.
In turn, Android Transfer is a professional application for synchronizing and backing up data from phones and tablets to Android. Any content, including text messages (SMS), contacts, applications, music, photos and videos, using this program can be transferred both between Android devices and between such a device and a PC.
How to transfer contacts from "Nokia" to "Android" in this way?
In order to be able to synchronize contacts from a Nokia device to a PC, they need to be moved to the device memory from the SIM card. Therefore, you must first copy them to your phone.
Download, install and launch Nokia Suite on your PC. Open the "Service" program menu, from there go to "Options" and open the "Options" window. Click on the "Contacts" tab located on the left side. Select "Windows Contacts", then "Synchronize with Application Contacts" in the right pane, then click "OK" in the lower right corner.
Connect your Nokia phone to your computer. When opening the device memory using Nokia Suite, click on the contacts icon (second) in the navigation bar at the top. Click on the "Synchronize contacts" item when your phone data is open to start synchronizing data.
After everything is downloaded, download and install the Android File Transfer app. Open it and connect your smartphone or tablet on this platform to your computer. When the software has found a device, select its name under Devices and then Contacts in the left sidebar. In the contacts submenu, open the Import / Export\u003e Import Contacts from PC\u003e From Windows Address Book tabs located on the top bar. Once the pop-up window opens, click on "Import Contacts". After completing all the steps, contacts from your Windows phone will be displayed on your Android device.
Method 3. How to transfer contacts from "Nokia" to "Android" via bluetooth
Rainbow Contacts is specially designed for transferring contacts from old phones to Android devices. This service supports old models of various phones.
How to use Rainbow Contacts to copy contacts from Nokia to Android? Download and install the application on your new Android smartphone. There is no need to install the application to the device on Nokia.
Turn on Bluetooth and connect between old and new devices. Make sure the connection is reciprocal. The app will then copy all contacts from the old Nokia phone to the new Android smartphone automatically.
This software not only allows you to solve the problem of how to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android via bluetooth, but also makes it possible to copy data locally. To do this, you can also back up all contacts to the SD card and restore contacts from it to another device. It is also possible to use this function to transfer the address book when replacing the SD card.
Method 4. Using Nokia Suite, Android File Transfer with NBU Explorer
This answer to the question of how to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android is relevant for phones that do not belong to the Lumia lineup.
NBU Explorer is an open source application developed for older Nokia phones. It can be used to check the content in your device's content backup file created with Nokia Suite, PC Suite or Ovi Suite. The application allows you to extract content completely or selectively to your computer without restoring your smartphone. This is especially useful if you want to find only some lost data from the device, and not restore the entire contents of its memory.
What needs to be done for this?
Download and install Nokia Suite, NBU Explorer and Android File Transfer on your computer. Connect your Nokia phone to your PC using a USB cable and then launch Nokia Suite. Choose Tools\u003e Backup from the menu bar to back up the contents of your device. If you want to extract contacts from a previous Nokia backup, just go to the next step.
Continuing to follow the instructions on how to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android vcf-format, launch NBU Explorer, go to File\u003e Open to view and open the .nbu backup file created by the Nokia application Suite. Highlight Contacts in the File Contents tab, then click File\u003e Export Selected File or Folder and select a directory to save the resulting .vcf file on your computer.
Launch the Android File Transfer service and connect your Android device to your PC. Open it in the app, and then find "Contacts" in the column on the left. Click the Import / Export\u003e Import Contacts from PC\u003e From vCard File buttons located in the top bar of the interface. This will allow you to import the .vcf files to Android.
Method 5. Using Android File Transfer and Outlook Apps
This method, how to transfer contacts from "Nokia" to "Android", works for all phones of the Lumia lineup on Window Phone 8 or Phone 7.
As you know, all contacts on your Nokia Lumia phone will automatically back up to your Microsoft account. This method will help you export contacts using Outlook (also known as Windows Live Mail) to your computer, and then sync them with your Android gadget.
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To do this, you need to perform the following steps. Back up your Lumia contacts to your PC. Visit outlook.com and log in with your Windows account. Click the arrow icon located next to the Outlook logo in the upper right corner
From the 4 square navigation icons that pop up on the screen, select the second one called People. If you are registered with people.live.com service, you can directly access this interface. Check All if you want to back up your full Nokia Lumia contact list, or select the people you want to transfer if you want to perform a selective backup.
Click the Manage\u003e Export buttons in the menu bar at the top, and all the selected contacts will be saved as a file called WLMContacts.csv on your computer. Open this file in Excel, click on "File"\u003e "Save As". You must save in CSV format. Close Excel.
Start Outlook, find Contacts and click File, then Open & Export, then Import / Export. In the window that opens, click on "Import from another program or file" and "Next". Then you need to click on "Browse" and select the WLMContacts.csv file, and then click on "OK". A window will open in which you must select the "Contacts" folder and click "Next", then - "Finish".
Continuing to answer the question of how to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android (Samsung or another manufacturer, it does not matter), we note that you need to launch the Android File Transfer service and synchronize your smartphone or tablet with your computer via a USB cable. Alternatively, you can scan the app's QR code to sync your device with the software over Wi-fi. After the Android device is connected, click on its name and then find "Contacts" in the interface column on the left. Click the Import / Export button and then the Import Contacts from Computer icon\u003e From Outlook 2003/2007/2010/2013 to start downloading contacts from Nokia.
Method 6. Cloud services
This option of how to transfer contacts from Nokia 515 to Android is very similar to the previous one, but involves the use of two cloud storages. Initially, you should follow the same steps as in the previous method, exporting all contacts through Outlook. Then you need to go to your Google profile, log in and go to the cloud storage. Select "Import" from the menu and copy the csv file obtained in the previous step there.
Continuing to follow the instructions on how to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android via Google, connect your device to your computer and synchronize them. All data will be automatically copied to your gadget.
Method 7. Alternative options
Other methods of copying data include SMS, sending via e-mail, and using various other services, including paid ones. Speaking of cloud storage, the possibilities are not limited to your Google account; other services are also available.
How to transfer contacts from Nokia to Android via Yandex.Disk? To do this, you need to install the Yandex.Moving application on your old phone, through which the content will be transferred to the online storage. Then, on a new smartphone or tablet, you need to download a program to work with the cloud storage of this service. As soon as this is done, your gadget will open access to the content of Yandex.Disk, and you can download any content. This method is suitable for all old phone models, since the application even supports outdated mobile OS distributions.
Thus, the transfer of contacts can be carried out without any great difficulty. Which method to choose depends on your wishes and device skills. The most reliable method is to use special applications.
In our time, there are still a large number of owners of Nokia mobile devices running the outdated Symbian operating system. Nevertheless, in an effort to keep pace with technology, we have to change outdated models to the current ones. In this regard, the first problem that can be encountered when replacing a smartphone is the transfer of contacts.
Method 1: Nokia Suite
The official program from Nokia, designed to synchronize your computer with phones of this brand.
- After the download is complete, install the program following the instructions of the installer. Then start Nokia Suite. The start window will show instructions for connecting the device, which you should read.
- After that, connect the smartphone with a USB cable to the PC and in the displayed panel select OVI Suite Mode.
- If the synchronization is successful, the program will automatically detect the phone, install the necessary drivers and connect it to the computer. Click the button "Done".
- To transfer phone numbers to PC, go to the tab "Contacts" and click on "Synchronizing contacts".
- In the next step, select all the numbers. To do this, right-click on any of the contacts and click "Choose all".
- Now that the contacts are highlighted in blue, go to "File" and then in "Export contacts".
- After that, specify the folder on your PC where you plan to save the phone numbers, and click on "OK".
- When the import is complete, a folder with saved contacts will open.
- Connect your Android device to your computer in USB storage mode and transfer the contacts folder to internal storage. To add them, go to the phone book menu on your smartphone and select "Import Export".
- Next click on "Import from storage".
- The phone will scan the memory for the presence of files of the corresponding type, after which a list of all that were found will open in the window. Tap the checkmark opposite "Choose all" and click on "OK".
- The smartphone will start copying contacts and after a while they will appear in its phone book.
This concludes the transfer of numbers using the PC and Nokia Suite. The following will describe methods requiring only two mobile devices.
Method 2: Copy via Bluetooth
- We remind you that an example is a device with Symbian Series 60 OS. First of all, turn on Bluetooth on your Nokia smartphone. To do this, open it "Parameters".
- Next go to the tab "Communication".
- Select item "Bluetooth".
- Tap on the first line and "Off" will change to "On".
- After turning on Bluetooth, go to contacts and click on the button "Functions" in the lower left corner of the screen.
- Next click on Check / Uncheck and "Select all".
- Next, hold down any contact for a couple of seconds until the line appears "Transfer card"... Click on it and a window will immediately pop up in which select "Via Bluetooth".
- The phone will convert contacts and show a list of available smartphones with Bluetooth enabled. Select your Android device. If it is not in the list, find the one you need using the button "New search".
- A file transfer window appears on the Android smartphone, in which click "To accept".
- After successful file transfer, notifications will display information about the operation performed.
- Since smartphones based on Symbian OS do not copy numbers as a single file, they will have to be saved to the phone book one by one. To do this, go to the notification about the received data, click on the required contact and select the place where you want to import it.
- After these actions, the transferred numbers will appear in the phone book list.
If there are a large number of contacts, it may take some time, but you do not need to resort to third-party programs and a personal computer.
Method 3: Copy via SIM card
Another quick and convenient transfer option if you have no more than 250 numbers and a SIM card that is suitable in size (standard) for modern devices.
This ends the transfer of contacts from Nokia to Android. Choose the method that suits you and do not torment yourself with exhausting manual rewriting of numbers.
Many people will think that the quickest and best way is to move contacts from phone to smartphone using a SIM card. This is partly true. Why? In the case when there are a lot of contacts, not all of them will fit on the SIM card, because it has its own limited memory. You can write each number on a piece of paper and then write it down, but it's such a hassle. Below are the best and comfortable options to transfer contacts from Nokia phone to Android.
Navigating Bluetooth
This option is one of the simpler ones. You will need to enable bluetooth on both devices and set up pairing.
- Next, go to contacts on Nokia. We select numbers, preferably everything. Press the "Functions" button.
- A menu will appear on the screen, in which you need to find "Send". Click "Via Bluetooth".
- Go to your smartphone and confirm the transfer of numbers.
After that, the android should add them to the database automatically.
Let's highlight the pros and cons of this method:
- + fast;
- + does not require knowledge from you;
- - in the case when the phone cannot transfer all available contacts, the operation will have to be repeated several times.
If you failed to move on bluetooth, let's move on.
Transfer via MOBILedit
This method is more difficult and takes more time than the previous one. In order to move numbers, you need to download a special program MobiLedit. It is paid, but there is a free trial period. You are kindly requested to download the utility from the official website, and also check the downloaded files with an antivirus. After that, we do the following steps:
- We turn on the program.
- We connect the phone via Usb cable and set up the connection and connection type in the MobiLedit menu.
- In the "Devices" menu, click "Export".
- Next, select "Import" after the phone connects to the PC.
Pros:
- + All contacts will be securely moved.
- + You will gain experience.
Minuses:
- - The program is completely in English.
- - It is not free, so you will have to quack it yourself.
Transfer using Nokia PC Suite and Google
This option is considered the best for porting numbers. However, the best does not mean easy. The program is supplied on CDs complete with Nokia. If it is not there, we will solve this problem. First of all, you need to download it on the Internet from the official website.
Install on your computer. It's good that it includes Russian. Below is how it looks when selected.
Then, we do the following:
Then the contacts will automatically move to Android. This option is considered excellent due to the fact that it suits most Nokia phones.
Pros:
- + Comfort in carrying.
- + Get experience.
- + Universal.
Minuses:
- - It takes time.
Import from SD card
If you are not satisfied with the above methods, we offer more. However, this option of transporting numbers is possible if Nokia supports a memory card. For this operation, you will need the same Google:
After that, we sync the smartphone and you're done.
Yandex.Move
We will not consider this option in detail, because the service provides the instruction itself, when choosing a phone model. You will need to download the application to your smartphone, select Nokia and follow the steps in sequence.
PC Suite is rightfully considered a universal option for transferring contacts from Nokia to Android. But if you don't want to bother, you will find additional ways in the article.
