HT1296 how do i separate the sync of the contacts on 2 iphones to one computer

Question

can someone please tell me the steps to use one computer to sync 2 iphones but keep the contacts separate. both sets of contacts have been merged. I have a dell not a mac thanx

Answer 1

If you sync both phones with Outlook the contacts will merge (as you have found out).  The only way to do this would be to put your contacts in one group within Outlook, and his in another.  Then you could set your sync settings on the Info tab to sync contacts with selected groups and each choose only your group to sync with.  Your contacts would still be merged within Outlook, but you would only be syncing your contact group to your phone.
The other option is to keep syncing contacts with Outlook on only one of the phones, and sync contacts on the other phone with a cloud service such as iCloud (by going to Settings>iCloud and setting Contacts to On) or Google (by setting up gmail as an exchange account on your phone as described here: http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740, and turning Contact syncing to On).  After confirming that you have successfully synced your contacts with either iCloud or Google, connect this phone to iTunes, go to the Info tab, uncheck Sync Contacts, and click Apply at the bottom.  This will stop the phone from syncing with Outlook in the future.