Way to back up iPhone contacts without iTunes/iCloud?

lippy76 wrote:

Iv been reading all the posts and couldnt be more confused!!! 😕 i have a new laptop and need to connect my old phone and content to my new laptop!! im not really bothered about the music as i have it all on cd anyway its all about not losing my contacts, messages and pictures!! does anyone have an easy way of doing this??? pls as im rubbish with computers 😟

Actually, I have the same confusion as you after reading the post, but my friend introduce iPhone Transfer to me. After I have a try and I wanna tell you it is practical to back up iPhone contacts if you follow the tutorial step by step.

Backup iPhone Contacts to Your Email

Apart from iCloud, Apple also gives you the power to backup contacts to some email address, like Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Exchange, and others. The tutorial to backup iPhone contacts to email is almost the same. Thus, I just take backing iPhone contacts to Exchange as an example.

Step 1. Go to Settings on your iPhone. Find Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Step 2. Click Add Account…. Then, you will find many email address are available. Tap Exchange.

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Step 3. Fill out the information about your name, email account, passwords and description.

Step 4. Tap Next. Make sure contacts icon is turned on. Then, click Save to save your iPhone contacts to Exchange.

You could use the free app My Contacts Backup, which has the option to export your iPhone contacts as a csv (Excel) file which can then be printed. It also will backup to a vcf file, which can be imported to another iOS device or mac Address Book.

If you don't want to backup your contacts to iTunes or iCloud, you can save them to Gmail account. Even though it requires iTunes, it is quick and simple way to backup iPhone contacts on the web is to export them to Gmail. For that, you can use iTunes. Select "Info," "Sync Contacts With," "Google Contacts." After you click "Configure," add your Google username and password and click "Apply," your contacts are exported directly to your Gmail account.

MercyBailey wrote:

If you don't want to backup your contacts to iTunes or iCloud, you can save them to Gmail account. Even though it requires iTunes, it is quick and simple way to backup iPhone contacts on the web is to export them to Gmail. For that, you can use iTunes. Select "Info," "Sync Contacts With," "Google Contacts." After you click "Configure," add your Google username and password and click "Apply," your contacts are exported directly to your Gmail account.

I think Alice method is better, since Google has its own contacts now.
Probably iCloud to iTunes would be a good opinion too.

Want to back up iPhone contacts without iTunes/iCloud, there is a transfer tool can help. You can download it on your computer, run the program after installing it. Connect your iPhone and click "Trust" to continue. When you see the "Backup Contacts" choice, click it, and all the contacts will be transferred to the computer.