Backing Up Your iPhone Contacts Locally to .VCF in 3 steps.

By On July 20, 2012 · 1 Comment

hello guys , it’s been long since i last posted here. Just to share with you guys i would be enlisting in the army soon. Been busy with projects and thought the best way to interact with you guys would be facebook. For those who have subscribed to use on our facebook page , you would have been kept updated of new apps such as Google Chrome , iOS 6 , Speculated images of iPhone 5 as well as mobile payments. 

This blog post focus would be “How to backup your contacts locally? aka “How to backup to VCF” 

The reason i am writing this i realised many do not know how to backup their iPhone’s easily. (thanks wei cheow for bringing this up) 

Remember those days , where contacts would be as simple as backup to SIM

 

i understand it’s a nightmare to copy and paste stuff out of the iPhone for non-technical users. I totally believe Apple should have a one-click backup. Actually they do, which would iTunes . But what if let’s say you are in the following scenarios:

  • Changing to Android ( I see lots of women jumping over to the Galaxy S3, no offence if you are a guy)
  • Downgrading to Nokia 
  • Or perhaps “I just wanna throw my phone away , find out who is really there for me” 
  • Just dislike iTunes (Perhaps for audiophiles you use another program)

Alright , so perhaps this was Apple Master plans , let iPhone developers to work out solutions.

Steps to Back-up Contacts locally .VCF file format

Step one : Download My Contacts Backup , yeap it’s FREE as of now

Step two : Click Backup & Wait.

Step three : Email yourself the .vcf file (You can sign up a email here if you don’t have one)

Step four : Pop some champagnes , you have managed to successfully backup all your iPhone / iPad contacts 

Now , for Android Users ,

i already have this .VCF file how do i put it into my Android phone?? (Singlish)

how do i import the exported .VCF file into my Android Device. (English)

It’s very easy all you have to do is ,

Step 1: login to Google Contacts

Step 2: Import Contacts 

Step 3: Upload the file which you sent yourself previously (.VCF) and click IMPORT

 

There you go , that’s how to backup contacts , we are always seeking improvement to help others. tell us if there’s a better way to back to .VCF it in the comments below. (If there is)

Hope this help ! 

 

About: Alson Toh

Alson has been a iPhone Developer since Oct 2010 and felt that there is not enough light shinning on the Singapore Developers , thus he has created www.singaporeiphoneapps.com to feature apps programmed by the local talent in Singapore. For more enquiries , contact@singaporeiphoneapps.com

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  • Iphoneappsdeveloperssingapore

    Amazing! for last few days i was just thinking about that how do i save my contacts or having backup through my ipad . but now after read this blog i found my answer and am going to apply this steps.
    thank for posting this blog.