Android 6 phone moving all my phone numbers to 10 phone.

[Android Central Question]

I have an old Motorola Phone (faithful and working like a dream) Model Moto G (2nd Generation) with 4G LTE. However, it will soon be replaced by another basic model phone (not decided what brand).

I am getting a new phone and want to most of all make sure I get all my phone numbers on the new one. It would be a pain to have to do this manually.

As I am pretty clueless about how all the Google stuff works, I like some help here.

If there is solution to do it (also) via a computer I am on a Mac, but cold always ask a Windooz friend.

 

[hallux]

If the phone numbers are saved in your contacts app and associated with your Google account they should just come over when you sign in to your new phone.

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[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! To see if your contacts were saved to your Google account, go to contacts.google.com on your computer browser and see if all of the contacts are there. If so, then there will be no problem -- once you sign into that Google account on the new phone, those contacts will be immediately synced there.

Otherwise, if the contacts are saved to the local Phone account of the old phone, then they didn't get synced anywhere automatically, which means you'd have to export the contacts and then import that contact file to your Google contacts. We can give you more guidance about that if it comes to that (but you'll need to register).

 

[ChangeAgent]

Sorry folk’s notification was of in my settings, came here to see if I should bump it, so hence the late response.
And BTW I have been registered since 2015 so no problem there.
@ Hallux thanks. I figured it micht be so but was not sure, I am not using the phone for anything but phoning, alarm clock and navigation. So, a bit ignorant as to all the ins and outs.

@ B. Diddy thanks. Good tip about contacts.google.com I did not know that. Problem is that I see only 9 of all my contacts (over 150) there. Not good. Is this because they are stored on the sim and not the phone? Or why is this so?

Anyway, how can I export them and import them on the new phone? FYI the phone is on Android 6.

Thanks for your help.

 

[hallux]

So, the contacts are saved in the phone, not on the SIM card or associated with your Google account. Android 6 SHOULD still be able to get the latest version of Google's Contacts app. I noticed in that app on my Pixel 4a 5G that there is an option for exporting contacts. In the search bar at the top tap the 3 lines at the left, scroll to settings and at the bottom will be an option for exporting. Make sure before you do this that you've tapped the account icon at the right end of the search bar and selected the phone account.

Sorry folk’s notification was of in my settings, came here to see if I should bump it, so hence the late response.
And BTW I have been registered since 2015 so no problem there.

You posted as a guest, hence the lack of notification and why we offered the registration info.

 

[ChangeAgent]

So, the contacts are saved in the phone, not on the SIM card or associated with your Google account. Android 6 SHOULD still be able to get the latest version of Google's Contacts app

I have Contacts 6.0.6 and see no updates as being available. is that the latest?

I also see that I have an option there to move addresses from the Sim to the App.

Is there an option to move them the other way? That would solve it and is how we did it in the past.

 

[hallux]

I have Contacts 6.0.6 and see no updates as being available. is that the latest?

I also see that I have an option there to move addresses from the Sim to the App.

Is there an option to move them the other way? That would solve it and is how we did it in the past.

That might be the Motorola contacts app, the Google one has a lower version number.

 

[B. Diddy]

See if this helps: https://motorola-mobility-en-xp.cus...prod_answer_detail/a_id/100136/p/30,6720,9151

 

[ChangeAgent]

That might be the Motorola contacts app, the Google one has a lower version number.View attachment 330116

aha could be.

 

[ChangeAgent]

See if this helps: https://motorola-mobility-en-xp.cus...prod_answer_detail/a_id/100136/p/30,6720,9151

Thanks, not really.

 

[B. Diddy]

Hmm, so no option to Export anywhere? That's really the main way to do this -- export the locally saved contacts to a CSV or VCF file, and then import that file into Google Contacts.

 

[ChangeAgent]

I think we have a crossed wire, I have an option to expert to a VCF file.

 

[B. Diddy]

Ok, see if there's an option to export all contacts as a single VCF file (as opposed to only exporting a single contact at a time). Then import it to your Google Contacts as described here: https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/1069522?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en

 

[ChangeAgent]

Ok, see if there's an option to export all contacts as a single VCF file (as opposed to only exporting a single contact at a time). Then import it to your Google Contacts as described here: https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/1069522?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en

Yes that export option is there. so that is the way forward!

thanks for your help!