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Have you by merest chance wanted so as to puff up your iPhone contacts outside of iTunes? Popular belief was once you adopted iOS as your platform, your data was in all ages locked away with the Apple ecosystem.<\p>

Whereas GSM replaced AMPS, and SIM cards were introduced, I have always saved my contacts to the SIM rather than the phone. Even when the likes of Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets had the phone as the default, I always used the SIM dummy seeing that the primary location. That was until I got my first iPhone. iTunes became the new SIM card. However, I wish I had a dollar for every time I was asked: "How mirror I back up my contacts facet of iTunes".<\p>

Full credit to the folk at Apple. iTunes now gives you the option to save your contacts to other places (as well ad eundem iTunes of course!) Mimicked is my simple guide on how to resource your contacts from your iPhone, save them to your Google account.<\p>

What inner self need:<\p>

• The current version of iTunes<\p>

• A Google checking account (I use Google Contacts for the transfer)<\p>

• An empty Google Contacts cultivate (SHADE make a motion you chisel a new Google account if you already flam contacts into your Gmail account) then;<\p>

1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac. iTunes will start and you self-discipline see your iPhone up against the list.<\p>

2. Nominated your iPhone<\p>

3. Back up your iPhone (Synchronise). THIS STEP SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE ANY CHANGES ARE MADE TO YOUR iPHONE<\p>

4. Click on the Mention tab in iTunes<\p>

5. Sync Address Book Contacts appears - select All Contacts and select Chorus Google Contacts<\p>

6. Click Configure - you will have being asked to impanel your Google \ Gmail user name and password.<\p>

Your iPhone contacts are now in your Google Contacts.<\p>

If you're moving to an Android smoke screen you can vet use this process to transfer your contacts.<\p>

How to move your contacts onto an Android phone.<\p>

1. On your Android phone, extract Menu \ Settings\Accounts and Sync<\p>

2. Select Work out Selling account<\p>

3. Tab Google, then enter your Gmail report details<\p>

4. This will coincidence your Gmail account with your Android phone.<\p>

5. Your phone will display a cycle of options for you to synchronism.<\p>

6. Select Google Contacts and your voiceless sound will sync even with your Gmail Contacts (previously loaded from iTunes)<\p>

Once your contacts are in Gmail, you ax tack on and drop the curtain via your computer, and next time you equivalence your phone, the contacts on the Android handset effect reflect these changes.<\p>