Tips to transfer all contacts from iOS to Android without using an app

Today, thanks to the smart sync ability on smartphones, users should almost do nothing when upgrading the device, because most of their personal data such as contacts, messages, etc. will be synchronized one at a time. How to automatically when users log in to their accounts, specifically if using iPhone, they have iCloud, Android smartphones already have a Google account.

However, what if you just want to sync data, especially contacts from iOS to Android, but don't want to ask for the help of a third-party application due to concerns about personal account security issues? what to do? This article will give you a solution, specifically as follows.

Step 1: Check if the contact selection is enabled in iCloud or not, if not, proceed to activate it and wait for the data to be fully synced.

Step 2: Start a web browser on your computer and visit the website 'icloud.com', and proceed to log in to the iCloud account that you are using on the iOS device above.

Step 3: Sign in successfully, a list of iCloud apps you can review data will appear. Click Contacts.

The Contacts interface appears, you will see the list of contacts that you have synced appear here.

Now press CTRL A to select all contacts in Contacts.

Now click on the gear icon in the bottom left corner of the interface, then click on the 'Export vCard' option.

The window to choose a location to save the iCloud vCard file containing the contacts appears, choose a place to save it that is easy to manipulate and then click Save.

Step 4: Now open another browser window and go to 'contacts.google.com' website, then use the Google account you want to use on your smartphone to log in.

The Google Contact interface will appear.

After skipping the feature introduction of Google Contact, click on the More option and click on the Import option that appears below.

Step 5: Input selection dialog box appears, click 'CSV or vCard file' option.

With this option, Google will suggest you to convert the Google Contact interface to the old interface because the feature of importing data from CSV or vCard files is not currently supported by the new Google Contact interface. Now click on the 'GO TO OLE VERSION' option.

Google Contact will reload and switch to the old interface. When the download is complete, click 'More' and then click the 'Import…' option.

Import data window appears, tap on 'Choose File' and navigate to the iCloud vCard file you extracted above. Then press 'Import'.

The process of extracting data from the vCard file will take place, and when complete, the contact list will appear before your eyes. That's it, your remaining work is simply to sync the Contacts option on your Android device again.

Very simple, right?

Samuel Daniel

Update 01 February 2022