Newsroom Update

Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in Canada. Learn more >

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

i want to transfer my vCard contacts to my iphone 5

How can i transfer my backup vCard file contacts to My iPhone 5. I dont have any phone data left with me.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Aug 31, 2013 3:58 AM

Reply
Question marked as Best reply

Posted on Aug 31, 2013 4:03 AM

If in one file, email it to yourself, open the attachment & import to your contacts.

5 replies

Aug 31, 2013 4:45 AM in response to ShivNeil

Hi ShivNeil,


There are a many ways of doing this:

1) sending the file to yourself to an email account(s) your iPhone uses

2) importing them via www.icloud.com (via "Import vCard..")

3) using iTunes

4) using 3rd Party apps.


The best soulution is to send the vCard file to your own email address as an attachment.

Do the following:

1) form the computer where the contacts are stored, create a new email with the vCard attachment and send it t yourself (or rather the email(s) your iPhone uses)

2) open the email in the "Mail" app on your iPhone

3) tap the vCard (.vcf) attachment in the email

4) next tap on "Add All # Contacts" to import the contents of the vCard contacts to your iPhone.* **

5) Verify that the address book was moved over by launching either Phone and tapping Contacts or by launching the separate “Contacts” app on the iPhone.



* Notice the add option (in this case #) tells you how many contacts are stored within the vCard, making it easy to determine if all intended contact information is included.

** You can also manually select individual contacts from the list if you only wish to import one or two.

Sep 15, 2013 2:36 PM in response to iLightning

Very helpful! Thank you! I was on an Apple Care call for 50 minutes and they transferred me to FIVE different "specialists" who STILL did not know the answer. I followed your instructions and my contacts imported to my phone via email attachment, then synced to iCloud automatically and I was done in 5 five minutes! Thank you, thank you!


<Edited By Host>

i want to transfer my vCard contacts to my iphone 5

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple ID.