Have you ever lost your phone filled with your contacts? I guess you felt really bad and sad because of your lost contacts. I have good news for you, you will no longer border or worry if your android phone or iPhone ever get damaged or lost.
In this article we will show you:
- How backup your Android contacts on your Gmail account/google drive and prevent any form of loss.
- How to restore Gmail contacts on another android phone.
- How to Sync and Backup Android Contacts to Google Gmail.
- How to Backup Android Contacts to Gmail on Computer
- How to export contacts from iPhone
- How to restore contacts to iPhone
- How to recover deleted contacts from iPhone
We will also give answers to these questions:
- How do I save all my contacts to google
- How do I sync my contacts to Gmail
- How I send all my contacts to Gmail.
Remember, you must have a Gmail or Google account before you can sync, backup, and restore your contacts on your android or iPhone. You can sign up for a Gmail account here if you don’t have one.
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How To Backup Contacts To Google Android
Follow these steps to backup your contacts if you haven’t added your google account to your android phone or tablet.
Step 1: Go to settings by swiping down from the top of the screen and click on the gear icon from the top right corner.
Step 2: Locate and click on “Accounts ”
Step 3: Click on “Add account” followed by “Google”.
Step 4: Touch on the sign in and enter your Gmail login credentials. If you do not have an existing Gmail account then touch on “Create new account” then fill in the form to make a new account.
Step 5: Next, click on sign in and tap on “Sync Contacts” and as soon it is done, tap on “Finish”.
This should perfectly save all contacts from your phone to the Gmail account and this will automatically sync any contact you save to the phone.
Another way to backup your Android contacts
- Open the contact list on your phone.
- Hit the menu button from your contact list.
- From the list that appears hit the export tab.
- This will bring up a list of accounts on your device.
- Select the account you want to export or copy your contacts from.
- Then, click ‘next’
- Choose where you want to copy those contacts to, either ‘Internal Shared storage or SD card’. Then click next.
- Next, choose the contacts you want to backup. Click ‘select all’ to back up all the contacts and click ok.
- Finally, your contacts will be exported to your device.
How to Backup Android Contacts to Gmail on Computer
You will be jubilant to know that it is possible to transfer Android contacts to Gmail using your computer or laptop. Simply follow these instruction properly and you should be able to back up your contacts to Gmail at the end of this guide.
Firstly, you need to open contacts application on your Android phone then tap on the menu button and click on “Import/Export”. Then on the following option tap on “Export to Storage” and save all contacts to your memory card or phone storage device. Next, connect your phone to PC and copy the “.vcf” file on your computer. Or, you may keep the phone connected and use the following steps.
Step 1: Go to Gmail.com and login with your email and password..
Step 2: Click on the drop-down icon from the top left corner that says “Gmail”.
Step 3 : From the drop-down options, click on “Contacts” followed by “More” and then click on “Import Contacts”.
Step 4: Now locate the “.vcf” file that is saved on your phone or computer and click on “Open” to start importing all contacts to Gmail account. (If the file is saved on your phone then choose the file from your phone storage path)
Step 5 : You may now check your Gmail contacts folder and you will find all the Android contacts are visible on your Gmail account.
How To Restore Contacts from backups
This is the easiest way to restore your contacts to your phone or a new phone.
Step 1: Go to settings by swiping down from the top of the screen and click on the gear icon from the top right corner.
Step 2: Click on “Accounts.”
Step 3: Click on “Add account” followed by “Google”.
Step 4: Touch on ‘sign in’ with the Gmail account you backup your account with. After that, all your contacts will automatically get restored.
If everything was perfectly done, you will find all your contacts on gmail contact list.
How to Backup/Export Contacts from iPhone To Gmail
This can be achieved in 3 ways:
- Export iPhone contacts to Gmail through iCloud,
- Using of Settings on your iPhone.
- Using iTunes.
Method 1. Sync iPhone Contacts to Gmail via iCloud
Although this method involves more steps than the other two tips. The effectiveness of using iCloud to export your iPhone contacts to Gmail has been proven by many users. In addition, since you may encounter the issue “iPhone contacts not syncing to Gmail” while using Settings or iTunes, using iCloud is detailed first among the three ways.
Step 1. On your iPhone, go to “Settings” > [your name] > “iCloud” and toggle on “Contacts”.
Step 2. Visit iCloud.com on your computer and enter your Apple ID and password.
Step 3. Choose “Contacts” among the options and select the contacts you’d like to sync from your iPhone to Gmail.
Step 4. Tap on the “gear icon” and click “Export vCard”.
Step 5. Go to Google Contacts (https://www.google.com/contacts/) and sign in.
Step 6. Click “Import Contacts…” in the left panel of Google Contacts and click “Choose File” in the new window.
Step 7. Choose the vCard you exported from iCloud and click “Import”.
iCloud is one common solution to import iPhone contacts to Gmail, and with the iCloud Keychain technique, the exported contacts are 100% secure.
Method 2. How to transfer iPhone contacts to Gmail via Settings
If you intend to export iPhone contacts to Gmail without iCloud, the Settings app could be your choice. Via Settings, you can not only import your iPhone contacts to Gmail but also sync Gmail contacts to iPhone. (The following steps are performed on iPhone 8 Plus running iOS 12.)
Step 1. Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Step 2. Scroll down to choose “Passwords & Accounts”.
Step 3. Click “Add Account” and tap on “Google”.
Step 4. Enter the information required to add your Gmail account and click “Next”.
Step 5. Once your account is successfully verified, click “Save”.
Step 6. Turn on Contacts to sync your iPhone contacts to Gmail, then choose “Save” again.
Method 3. How to import iPhone contacts to Gmail with iTunes
Using iTunes is another way to sync iPhone contacts to Gmail without iCloud. If you have turned on iCloud contacts on your iPhone, you need to disable it before you follow the steps below to transfer iPhone contacts to Gmail.
Step 1. Download and install the latest version of iTunes on your computer.
Step 2. Connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable and run iTunes if it doesn’t open automatically.
Step 3. Click the “device” icon and choose “Info”.
Step 4. Make sure iCloud contacts is off on your iPhone so that you can see the “Sync Contacts with” option.
Step 5. Keep the option selected, choose Google Contacts from the drop-down menu, then follow the onscreen instructions to sync your iPhone contacts to Google.
You can certainly import your iPhone contacts to Gmail with the methods above. However, syncing iPhone contacts to Google is not the only way to back up your files. You can transfer your iPhone contacts to computer and vice versa at no cost if you need to.
How to Restore Contacts to iPhone
There are several options that allow you to restore your contacts, and undo any recent changes.
Restore via Google Contacts:
Your contacts are automatically backed up by Google. So if you ever need to restore your contacts to an earlier state, it’s very easy to do as long as your contacts were previously stored in Google. Follow these steps to restore your contacts:
- Go to https://contacts.google.com
- Find the settings (gear) icon at the top right, select it, and go to “Undo Changes.” Proceed to restore your Google contacts to an earlier state.
- Next, open the Contacts Sync app and sync once again, to restore the same contacts on your iPhone
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Restore via iCloud Contacts:
If your contacts were previously stored in iCloud, you can easily restore these contacts as well.
- From your computer, log into iCloud.com
- Go to Settings > Restore Contacts
- Then restore your contacts to a date & time when your contacts had not been deleted. Then sync again with this app. Now your contacts should be restored both on Google and iPhone.
Restore via device backup:
You can also restore one of your backups made by the Contacts Sync app. To do so, go to Contacts Sync > Contacts > Backups, select the desired backup, and proceed to restore it.
How To Recover deleted contacts from iPhone:
You can also restore any recently deleted contacts by going to Contacts Sync > Contacts > Recently Deleted Contacts.
That’s all on How To Backup/ restore Android or iPhone Contacts To Gmail and restore them,
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