Can I transfer/import just my contacts from iPhone 5 to 6?

Are the contact in iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Mac Mail or just on your phone. So many possibilities come to mind.

Are your contacts on iCloud, and are you syncing them to your devices via that mechanism? If so, then Delete the iCloud account from your device - scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on Delete Account. Type in your Apple ID and Password when asked, then follow the prompts to delete the account. Then sign back onto the account. The Contacts should all download from iCloud.

Cheers,

GB

Well, you can see if they are in iCloud by going to iCloud.com on a computer and taking a look at your Contacts there. If they are all there, then doing the Delete and signing in again will do the trick. (Deleting sounds more ominous than it actually is. Deleting the iCloud account from your device is the iCloud version of signing out).

One other thing you might want to check first:

Open Contacts on your device, and see if you see "Accounts" in the top left-hand corner. If you do, click on that and make sure that iCloud is selected. If you see Groups, make sure that "All Contacts" is selected.

Cheers,

GB

Assuming you are running iOS7 on old phone,

On old phone: Setting > iCloud > Contacts on (green). Make sure you are logged into iCloud under account

Give it a few minutes

On new phone: Setting > iCloud > Account (same account as old phone) then Contacts on (green)

Give it a few minutes and contacts should sync. This could cause you to get some duplicate contacts and if so, you'll need to delete them from iCloud else the just keep coming back.

The method of transferring the missing contacts depends on where they're stored. You can determine where they're stored by doing the following:

1. Open Contacts.
2. Press Groups.
3. Examine the label above each list of groups.

Yes, you can merge the contacts from your iPhone 5 to your iCloud contacts as follows:

1. Go to Settings>iCloud and if "Contacts" is turned to ON, switch it off. Click on "Keep on My iPhone" when prompted.

2. Turn Contacts back on (or turn it on if it is not already on), and click on "Merge" when the message pops up. That should push all of the contacts on your iPhone 5 up to iCloud.

3. Go back to iCloud.com and make sure that the contacts you want to be there are there.

4. Once you are satisfied that the iCloud contacts are good to go, go to Settings>iCloud on your new device and turn Contacts on if they are not already on. If they are on already, turn them off, click on "Keep on My iPhone", then turn them back on again and click on "Merge". You should now see the same contacts on both of your iPhones and on iCloud.com

Cheers,

GB

You would need use an app to move them. The App Store has several. Here is one that is out there:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contact-mover/id456984826?mt=8

Go to the iTunes Store (it's easier on a computer), and select Apps, then do a search for "contact mover". You will see various apps designed to move contact from Exchange to iCloud.

Once you find the app you want to use, go to the App Store on your iPhone 5, and download it from there. Then you can get all of the contacts on your iPhone 5 into iCloud by following the same instructions I posted previously.

Best of luck!

Cheers,

GB

It may be something to do with the SD card. The contacts may not have backed up properly, and your phone is therefore only showing then contacts in which are saved in your SD card, and not your phone in itself

Well, the contacts are on the OP's phone, it is just that they are in the Exchange group. They need to be transferred to the iCloud group....

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GB

Most excellent Jean! Thank you for posting back with your results 🙂 Enjoy your new toy!!!

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GB

very good help!