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Easily Import/Export Contacts between Android and Computer

Why Import/Export Android Contacts?

Imaging this: You just get a new Android phone, say Samsung Galaxy S3, and want to import hundreds of contacts to it. Don't panic. There's an easy way to import contacts to Android if you have a backup copy in your Gmail account or in vCard format.

It's always a good idea to export contacts from Android to your computer, and the other way around. You can import/export contacts between Android and computer when you accidentally delete or lose some important contacts on your Android phone or when you want to export contacts to PC.

Thankfully, with a little forethought and the help of Wondershare MobileGo for Android, transferring contacts to Android is as easy as a few simple clicks. If you use a Mac, you should turn to Wondershare MobileGo for Android Pro Mac.

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Note: The following steps use Windows version screenshots. The way to finish your task on your Mac is almost the same. Make sure you've downloaded the right version according to your situation.


Android Export Contacts to Computer

Step 1: Set up your Android phone

To get started, download and install MobileGo for Android on your PC. Once finishing the installation, you should run it. Then follow the connect wizard to connect your Android phone with your PC via a USB cable or Wi-Fi. This program will automatically detect your device and display it in home window.

Android Export Contacts to Computer

Note: MobileGo for Android fully supports all popular Android phones like Google/HTC/Motorola/Samsung. Here is a full list of supported Android phones.


Step 2. Export Android contacts to computer

Click on "Contacts" tab to enter the contact management window as below. Then select the contact(s) first and then click the "Import/Export" button. when pull-down list appears, choose "Export selected contacts to computer" or "Export all contacts to computer". In the pull-down list, you can export your Android contacts to vCard files, Outlook Express, Outlook 2003/2007/2010, Windows Address Book and Windows Live Mail.

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Android Import Contacts

MobileGo for Android comes handy if you have backup copy of all contacts in vCard format on your computer. Or if you have saved all contacts to your Gmail account, you can easily export them to vCard file and then use MobileGo for Android to do the Android import contacts job.

Please follow the step 1 in instructions above to set up your Android phone with this program. Once you finished the setting up, click on the "Contacts" tab to enter the contact management window as below. Then hit the "Import/Export" button to navigate to and import your contacts from vCard, Outlook, Windows Address book and Windows Live Mail.

Or, you can directly sync contacts to your Android phone as long as you have save them on your Gmail, Facebook, and account like that.

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Well, that's the guide about how to import/export Android contacts. In addtion, you can also install Android app, import and convert AVI to your Android, and capture Android screen.


Click the video below. It guides you about how to import/export Android contacts.

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  • Sagar khakhar  2013-05-15 00:12
    fuck this is actually too good.. problem solved :D
  • Thomas Jones  2013-04-01 01:57
    Well, you can delete or keep contacts in your Gmail account. It's up to you.
  • facebook-571299277  2013-03-31 00:41
    do u still need gmail account to keep the contacts after you transfer?
  • facebook-508382707  2013-03-28 09:59
    fine share.. brilliant software.. i am happy to pay for it.. cheers to the developer
  • Paul  2013-02-23 16:43
    this presumed a mobile phone, which I dont have,,have only a new nexus and a laptop with Internet Explorer and am as tech-savvy as I should...so be it, I will keeptryijng somethiing
  • google-edfd3265d1f4faee78252ca  2013-02-12 22:52
    Thanks for the useful post! Work like a charm!
  • Mattweb  2013-02-05 10:45
    Worked. Got us out of a tight corner. Very grateful. Considering mattbuying a copy now, especially for the sms back-up facility. Took quite a while to load the software pc to android phone, then downloaded contacts very quickly. Curiously, loading these contacts, now saved on the pc, to a new mobile phone took, much, much longer. I don't know why. Very handy software, because our ability to use mobile phone apps to do the back up will not work, because antenna on the phone has broken today after connecting and disconnecting a patch lead to the external antenna connection for 18 months on a Galaxy S2. Handy also for people who cannot use wifi or bluetooth to do the same thing because of an electrosensitivity that make use of an external mobile phone antenna essential.
  • Saxy78  2012-12-22 23:05
    This information was very useful! Thank you for posting how to do this!
  • Thomas Jones  2012-11-12 05:24
    If you want to view your text messages on PC, you must install and launch a phone manager tool, like MobileGo. Besides, since I'm not quite clear whether you only connect your phone to PC or you have launched a phone manager when the problem occurs, could you tell us more details about your question? Then we can solve your problem quickly.
  • Thomas Jones  2012-11-09 12:34
    If you want to view your text messages on PC, you must install and launch a phone manager tool, like MobileGo. Besides, since I'm not quite clear wehter you only connect your phone to PC or you have launched a phone manager when the problem occrs, could you tell us more details about your question? Then we can solve your problem quickly.

Import/Export Android Contacts