transfer contact info to new phone

all my information transferred to my new iphone except for contacts which is the most important. how do i transfer contacts from my old iphone to the new one?

iPhone SE

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 8:48 AM

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Posted on Jun 15, 2021 8:53 AM

That depends on how your were syncing or backing up contacts in the first place.


If you were syncing contacts with iCloud, you may have to enable it again in Settings>Your Name>iCloud>Apps using iCloud>Contacts>On.


If you were syncing contacts through an email account, you have to turn that on again the mai, settings of your email account. Settings>Mail>Accounts>Your email account>Contacts>On.


If you were backing up contacts rather than syncing them, you would have to restore the backup to get the contacts onto your device.

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Jun 15, 2021 8:53 AM in response to Jan1040

That depends on how your were syncing or backing up contacts in the first place.


If you were syncing contacts with iCloud, you may have to enable it again in Settings>Your Name>iCloud>Apps using iCloud>Contacts>On.


If you were syncing contacts through an email account, you have to turn that on again the mai, settings of your email account. Settings>Mail>Accounts>Your email account>Contacts>On.


If you were backing up contacts rather than syncing them, you would have to restore the backup to get the contacts onto your device.

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Jun 15, 2021 8:54 AM in response to Jan1040

Hi, if you have backup your old device to iCloud, Please follow this


Settings > Name > iCloud > Contact (ON) --Make sure that it is On.


If its still not getting your contacts, please this:


If you still have the old iPhone with you,

Settings > Name > iCloud > Contact (ON) --Make sure that it is On > Scroll up and look for iCloud backup then Tap BACK UP now. Wait till it gets finished..

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