How to transfer contacts from a non-sim card phone to iphone

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How to transfer contacts from a non-sim card phone to iphone

Am I just out of luck and have to enter everything manually? Can I transfer contacts from an LG CDMA phone to iphone 3G via Bluetooth? Thanks

Powerbook 15" Al, IMAC 24" 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, iphone 3GS, Mac OS X (10.5.7), A crazy cat who likes to eat my wireless router cable

Posted on Dec 23, 2009 7:25 PM

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roaminggnome

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Dec 23, 2009 8:37 PM in response to mmajor

"Can I transfer contacts from an LG CDMA phone to iphone 3G via Bluetooth? "

NO. iphone does not support file transfer via bluetooth.

You need to get you contacts into outlook, address book, or another supported contact program, then sync to iphone.

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Answer 2

Dec 23, 2009 9:11 PM in response to mmajor

Contact info on your cell phone is not available in the Address Book on your Mac or in whatever you use for contact info on your Mac? If not, you manually entered all contact info on your cell phone? If so, you sound like the majority of Windoze users.

Try using the iSync application located in your Applications folder to see if you phone is supported by iSync for syncing contacts with the Address Book on your Mac via Bluetooth.

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edclange

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Dec 23, 2009 9:22 PM in response to mmajor

Any AT&T store should have a gadget that can pull the contacts out of nearly any phone, and dump them into your iPhone.

Usually they'll offer to do that for you when you buy a phone at their store. Whether or not they'll do that for you afterwards is up to them.

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mmajor Author

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Dec 23, 2009 10:03 PM in response to mmajor

Thanks everyone, I will try the iSync possibility. I was actually wondering how to sync my phone to outlook and then back to my iphone. And no I am not a windoz user:)

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Dec 23, 2009 10:13 PM in response to mmajor

You are if you use Outlook.

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Sean Dale1

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Dec 24, 2009 2:04 AM in response to mmajor

Why not give this http://mirasoftware.com/BPE2/ a try. You may find that it works even if your specific phone model isn't listed and you can even test it for free as there is a two week free trial.

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mmajor Author

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Dec 24, 2009 7:01 AM in response to Allan Sampson

I am not using Outlook, but will if there is a way to transfer my contacts via bluetooth to Outlook and then iSync to my iphone. I don't really care how or what I use except I prefer not to enter them manually.

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Dec 24, 2009 7:14 AM in response to mmajor

How did you get the contacts on your previous phone to begin with - all manually entered? If so, I don't blame you for not wanting to repeat that again - but it would be much faster doing so with the Address Book on your Mac - plus not having access to any of your cell phone contacts on your computer all this time.

Are you away from your Mac that you will be syncing your iPhone with? If not, have you not tried launching and trying the iSync application yet with Bluetooth access enabled on the Mac? There is a list of compatible cell phones (make and model) for the iSync version you have. Try a Google search or it may be available via iSync Help.

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Sean Dale1

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Dec 24, 2009 5:39 PM in response to mmajor

As Allan suggested you will need to sync your phone with your Mac and get your contacts into Apple's Address Book. Once they are in Address Book it is very simple to get them on to the iPhone. If your current phone is not supported by iSync then there may be third party plug-ins or applications that will allow you to do this like BluePhoneElite 2 which I suggested in my earlier post. If you specify the exact model of your phone someone on the Discussions here may be able to point you in the right direction to achieve this.

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