How to import contacts from my old phone?

Yeeze

Hello,

I had all my contacts on the internal memory of my old phone. Now I transmitted them via bluetooth to my M8. I can see them in my "recieved files" folder, it is a "vcf" file. How can I now import them as my normal contacts on my M8?

deepsilence

Try putting the file in "DISK\Contact\Backup" and then use the default method to import your backup contacts.

I'm not sure it'll work since M8 backup each contact in to a single ".vcf" file, but it's worth a try.

If that fails you can copy all you contacts to the SIM-card from your old phone, and then import them to you M8 that way.

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Yeeze

Okay now I can import it, but then its one contact with all numbers, adresses etc of all contact...

When copying to SIM, all extra information like pictures etc gets lost...

I will try to copy the contacts from my old phone to my computer and then put them on my M8, hope that works...

deepsilence

Since M8 can import contacts from Outlook with Active Sync, it should work if you can import your contacts to Outlook from your old phone. Not sure if the pictures will be copied though.

Yeeze

Well outlook couldn't take it either...

But I wrote a little java program, that takes the vcf file and splits it and then writes a file for every contact. So it works now with pictures and all.

jorge_regula

If you previously had a Sony Ericsson phone, it's best to use Float's Mobile Agent, and save all your contacts as singel .vcf's. I'm sure other brands have their own specific programs for this, just wanted to share :-)

balamurali

could you share that please i have more contact to transfer