A few years ago, the only way to transfer contacts from one phone to another was with a SIM card. However, some people still use such phones and when switching to iPhone You definitely wouldn't want to have to create contacts again. The second case where this tutorial might come in handy is if you found an old SIM card with contacts that you'd like to save to your device.
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Operating system iOS In today's internet age, it no longer supports exporting contacts to a card. However, the reverse process is still available for some users, allowing them to get contacts from a SIM card to their iPhone.
How to iPhone import contacts from SIM card
- Insert the old SIM into your device. In many cases, it will have to be trimmed due to an inappropriate size.
- Open Settings.
- Now go to the Contacts section (On older versions iOS you will find this section under the name Mail, Contacts, Calendars).
- Go down and click the button Import contacts from SIM.
- Choose an account. to which you want to save the contacts.
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After the process is complete, you can remove the old card and insert yours back. The whole process only takes a few seconds. Each contact from the card will be stored among the others and no contact should overwrite any existing one.
I have an XS, the contacts didn't move and disappeared from the SIM card. What happened to them and can something be done about it?