Have you ever been in a situation where you lost all contacts on your iPhone? This is one of the worst feelings that can happen to anyone. Your phone can be replaced but how do you get back all those important numbers, emails and other information? Luckily there are ways to backup your contacts so this doesn’t happen again. In this article we will discuss how to backup contacts on iphone as well as how to restore them easily if anything goes wrong.
Is there a way to back up only my contacts on the iPhone?
It seems like there may be a way to back up all of our contact information. I’ll have see what kind of options we’ve got in terms for backing up my SIM card.
How to back up contacts on iPhone using iTunes?
First of all, let’s see how you can backup iPhone contents with the help of your computer and how it will be stored there. Connecting your phone to a PC/Mac enables file sharing between them out-of-the box (iTunes or other software may be required for this). You should find the connection options in Settings -> General -> USB . On Windows XP they are under My Computer , while Mac OS X shows an icon on its desktop. All files available here could be easily transferred either way later, by simply dragging&dropping them from one location to another – just as if copying any regular data storage device connected via eSATA or USB. After the backup is complete, you may delete all files on your phone to free some space if needed.
Using iCloud
There are a few different ways you can back up your iPhone contacts without using iCloud. One way is by connecting it to iTunes on desktop or laptop computer, then sync-ing them over Wi-Fi with only one tap of button!.You’ll also find that iPhones typically keep an automatic backup in the form if transactions saved locally onto this device – essentially having two copies .
It’s a good idea to back up your contacts, because if anything happens to them or you change devices and want those contacts on the new phone – then restoring from backup would be how it is done.
Apple keeps one iCloud account for each user signed in to their Apple ID – so all emails, calendars etc are synced across all devices linked with this account as well as any other data stored in iCloud such as photos or videos. In order for this restore process to work properly, both the old device must have been connected at least once to iTunes before canceling service (meaning that an automatic local backup was made).
In order to export all of your contacts from an iPhone, you will need the Apple ID email address and password.
Mobiles are great for keeping in touch but sometimes it can be difficult transferring numbers or getting a new number if they’re not already on that device with someone else’s information attached. Luckily there is always option 2: exporting! You might think this sounds counterintuitive at first since we want our pesky mobile devices as long-term storage solutions rather than temporary ones like Blackberrys were before…but what am I sayin’? With these three easy steps below (plus some patience), anyone who has ever suffered through losing their phone number under the pressure of a new phone will be able to backup contacts on iPhone.
