How to transfer to new iPhone without resetting the new one?

I have two phones and both have important data. I want to transfer from xs to 13 without losing the data that is already on 13. All I need are contacts. Both have different icloud accounts. 13 has important 2500 contacts.

Posted on Apr 12, 2025 9:56 AM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2025 10:13 AM

berkan72 wrote:

so should i get the contacts in 13 to xs then reset the 13 and transfer my data to 13?

This process should be done on a computer.


Log into icloud.com/contacts and sign in with your iPhone XS’s Apple Account credentials.


Click to select a contact in the contacts list. If you want to export multiple contacts, press and hold Command (on a Mac computer) or Control (on a Windows device), then click each contact you want to export.

Click  on the right, then choose Export vCard.


Then sign into iCloud.com/contacts with your iPhone 13’s Apple Account credentials.


Click + on the right, then choose Import Contact. Select a vCard to import.


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Apr 12, 2025 10:13 AM in response to berkan72

berkan72 wrote:

so should i get the contacts in 13 to xs then reset the 13 and transfer my data to 13?

This process should be done on a computer.


Log into icloud.com/contacts and sign in with your iPhone XS’s Apple Account credentials.


Click to select a contact in the contacts list. If you want to export multiple contacts, press and hold Command (on a Mac computer) or Control (on a Windows device), then click each contact you want to export.

Click  on the right, then choose Export vCard.


Then sign into iCloud.com/contacts with your iPhone 13’s Apple Account credentials.


Click + on the right, then choose Import Contact. Select a vCard to import.


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