Syncing contacts from iPhone 3G to 3GS

I recently purchased a 3GS model of the iPhone, and was transfering my contacts from a 3G iPhone. My contacts swapped over correctly, but when I upgraded to 4.0 software, my contacts were deleted. I thought that they might refresh, but they have yet to. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be happening here?

Ok, sorry, let me correct myself.... Itunes recognizes my phone, but not my PC

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How do you Sync Contacts from iPhone to MacBook?
Hi, Does anyone know how to do this without the need for me to upgrade to Lion on my MAcBook Pro and use the iCloud?
I put all my contacts into my iPhone and I'd like them now on my MAcBook Pro.
Thanks,

Click on your iDevice on the sidebar of iTunes and then go to the info tab at the top. check the box shown here:
This will put the contacts from an iDevice to the computer. You can then check the same box on the (let's say iPad) that doens't have any contacts and they will go from your comp to your iPad.

Syncing contacts from iPhone back to iMac (Entourage)

Briefly, after both my Time Machine and hard drive failed, I lost all my data. My Entourage contacts re-main on my iPhone, and I want to sync them back to Entourage. I understand the process of "merging,"but I have run into a few obstacles: I am using the latest version of iTunes (7.6.2), by the way. First, under Preferences, I have no options available under "Syncing." Then, when I connect my iPhone, and select "Info," I have no options here, either. I do have a number of contacts in Entourage in my iMac, but, apparently, iTunes no longer recognizes the existence of this program, so I can go no-
where. (My Entourage Contacts have been duplicated in my Address Book, but that doesn't show up, either. Something must be terribly corrupted.) I'm both frustrated and perplexed, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. pah

Something to check when syncing contacts from iphone back to computer, make sure to open address book and enter at least one contact.
Then when you connect the iphone, you should get a message asking if you want to merge the data.
Click merge and this should copy all contacts from the iphone back into address book.
the same goes with ical also.
Make sure there is at least one event in ical.
Now to move the data in address book and ical to entourage is set in the entourage preferences in the sync services section.
Hope this helps.

How to sync contacts from iPhone back to ipad

How to sync contacts from iPhone back to ipad.

Using iCloud may be the easiest and in the long run will help keep them in synch.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ios.html

Syncing contacts FROM IPhone MANUAL. PC

So this is basically a continuation of bsohl's thread Syncing Contacts FROM iPhone?.
For those of you that are in a similar situation to this:
1. You're on a PC.
2. Your primary storage space for contacts is your phone.
3. Your email client isn't compatable with ITunes.
4. You want to back up your contacts.
Follow these few steps to make your backup happen:
1. Sign up for a new yahoo email address.
2. In the info tab in ITunes select Sync Contacts with Yahoo Address Book.
3. At the prompt enter in your new yahoo email address and password.
4. Hit 'apply'. At this point you may have to hit sync or it might just do it automatically. I can't remember.
Here comes the magic
5. You will see the following prompt: http://a425.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/89/l_dfc21c0b2fd5015780fbaad7fddb3 798.gif
6. Select 'merge'.
7. Wait a few seconds.
8. Check your contacts in your yahoo email account and they should all be there.
9. Sweet!
10. Good luck.
-Arthur
Dell Inspiron 9300 Windows XP Pro

You can also sync your contacts to Microsoft Address Book. Go to the info pane with your phone connected to change the settings.
Your iphone backup also contains your contact info. So before you sync, back up your phone manually, here's how to:
Disable autosync in iTunes/settings/devices, connect your phone to your new computer and right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your phone without syncing.
Do the same to transfer your purchases by choosing "transfer purchases" this time.
When you connect your phone for the first time, all media content will be erased. But you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
Don't forget to set up at least one contact and event on your new computer to be able to merge calendars and contacts when you sync the phone for the first time.
About backups and what's saved: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
How to back up and restore: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
How to download apps for free again: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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I wish to transfer my contacts from my iPhone to my macbook pro. I use system 10.9.4. Apparently I have to use iCloud.

You can sync contacts from between your iPhone and Mac using iCloud.
Setup instructions > Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
Apple gives you 5GB's of free storage.
You can also sync Safari bookmarks, photos, calendars, and more > iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview

Unable to sync contacts from iPhone to Address Book...works the other way

I am unable to have changes on my iPhone reflect in my Mac's address book. For example, I would delete a contact on the iphone, but it stays there in the Mac's address book after sync. The worst part is that now on subsequent syncs, the contact is never added back to the phone or deleted from the computer. I am able to create as many contacts as I want on the phone and sync them to the address book, but just not delete modify them.
Creating/deleting contacts in the address book works.
So far, I have tried:
1. Resetting the sync history.
2. Replacing all my iPhone contacts with those in address book.
3. Unselecting and reselecting sync contacts from iTunes.
4. Archiving my address book, deleting everything in it, syncing, and then repopulating it.
5. Restoring my iPhone.
None of this has worked, and I am close to pulling my hair out. I just fixed issues with the new Safari bookmarks sync, and now this. Can anyone please help me fix this issue? Any help would be appreciated.
This is what my console looks like:
3/24/08 12:43:39 AM [0x0-0x11011].com.apple.iTunesHelper[143] InvalidHostID
3/24/08 12:43:39 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] InvalidHostID
3/24/08 12:44:48 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] Child: Can't read length for data
3/24/08 12:44:48 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] Child: NULL command dict read, exiting...
3/24/08 12:44:48 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] Created child to sync device with pid 1146...
3/24/08 12:45:00 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] Sending final status from child helper tool back to parent...
3/24/08 12:45:51 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] Created child to sync device with pid 1153...
3/24/08 12:45:58 AM [0x0-0xaa0aa].com.apple.iTunes[1121] Sending final status from child helper tool back to parent...
Thanks.
PS: Restoring my iPhone messed up the name in iTunes. Any way to get back the name I had earlier?
Message was edited by: Saurabh Garg
Message was edited by: Saurabh Garg

Thanks for the idea of looking at the Console. I've created new contacts on my MacBook and my iPhone, but neither is syncing to the other, in fact a new contact group I created in Address Book doesn't even show up in the list of groups in the Contacts sync window in iTunes. Here's what the Console says every time I sync:
3/28/08 2:45:54 AM AddressBookSync[315] AddressBookSync (client id: com.apple.AddressBook) error: Exception running AddressBookSync: CoreData could not fulfill a fault for '0x1a02fc0 <x-coredata://2123D5A6-CBBA-4900-B49B-0DDF0F8195A8/ABCDPostalAddress/p68>'
3/28/08 2:45:54 AM com.apple.syncservices.SyncServer[176] 2008-03-28 02:45:54.040 AddressBookSync[315:10b] AddressBookSync (client id: com.apple.AddressBook) error: Exception running AddressBookSync: CoreData could not fulfill a fault for '0x1a02fc0 <x-coredata://2123D5A6-CBBA-4900-B49B-0DDF0F8195A8/ABCDPostalAddress/p68>'

How to sync contacts from iphone to ipad

How do i sync my contacts from iphone to ipad?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Log into your iCloud account on both devices and enable contact syncing on each.

Syncing contacts from iphone to laptop where both devices have different lists

Some of my Contacts are stored on Outlook on my computer, however others are stored only on my iphone. How do I synch the two so both Outlook and iphone end up with the same set of contacts? Scared to synch in case one set is wiped out in the process. Also, can I do this without synching music?

Hi, JoBrem
iCloud is useful for a lot of things and backing up your iPhone's data is one of them. Included in the data and files that you can safely keep using iCloud are your contacts. The following instructions detail how to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer.
Step 1. On your iPhone, tap on Settings. On the "Settings" menu, select "iCloud". You will then be taken to the iCloud Settings.
Step 2. Enable the "Contacts" setting and should you be informed that you'll have to merge your contacts to iCloud, tap "Merge".
Step 3. Now on your computer, go to iCloud.com and login with your iCloud credentials.
Step 4. Once you're logged in, click on the Contacts icon to access your address book and all iCloud features for the contacts you've uploaded.
Step 5. In the address book, click on the cog icon at the lower-left portion, click "Select All", and "Export vCard" afterwards.
Step 6. iCloud will then give you a vCard that you can store on your computer. It contains all the contacts you've uploaded to iCloud using your iPhone.

Syncing contacts from Iphone to new pc, NO OUTLOOK , MobileMe?

Ok so I have an Iphone 3GS and my hardrive on my computer crashed losing all my itunes data. I was able to use 3rd party software to retrieve my music and video, and I was able to transfer all my purchases onto my new computer's itunes which runs windows 7.
However, the problem is that I know if I try to sync my contacts it will lose all 275 of my contacts. Also..because of how Office 2010 is, I don't have outlook on this new computer (I have home and student edition of windows). Can i even bring my contacts over if it no longer will be syncing with outlook?
I know MobileMe is a way of retaining contact information, however i haven't installed it or purchased it before my old harddrive crashed. If I purchase MobileMe now, and install it...If I try to sync my phone..will it pull over my contacts from my phone and keep them? Or will it also erase all my contacts and start from scratch.
Please help, I'm open to all suggestions.
Thanks,

You can sync contacts with Outlook, or with the address book application used by Outlook Express with XP and by Windows Mail with Vista and Windows 7 which I believe is called Windows Contacts or Windows address book.
Before syncing contacts with the Windows Contacts application, enter one contact in the application on your computer. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.

Syncing Contacts from iPhone to PC

Hi all
I am rapidly losing my patience with this and can't understand what I'm doing wring so I'd be grateful of any help.
I am trying to get my contacts off my Phone 3Gs and onto my PC ready for tranferiing onto my new HTC phone when it arrives. BUT no matter what try I can't get anything to work as it should.
I've tried syncing contacts using iTunes -
I tried syncing to my gmail account - but when I type in my Google ID and password it juts keeps opening up the same window again asking for ID and p/word again and again.
I tried syncing to windows contacts as we have Vista on the PC - it seems to be working but then theer is nothing in my windows contact folde on the PC when it's finished.
I tried using the google sync thing by creating the exchange account on the iPhone - the only thing that has happened is that in my contacts of the iPhone I now have a duplicated contacts list in a seperate group called "From my PC" Nothing has synced to my gmail contacts.
At this point I should say that I rarely use my gmail acount and the contact list is emply on there so there are no contacts to sync back to my iPhone (if you know what I mean)
I also then tried an app called Contacts Sync that is free from the App store. I set it up and set it to synchronise. It says it's done it but then shows no data has been transfered.
It's almost like none of these methods are finding any conatcts on my phone.
Anyone any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Many thanks

You can also sync your contacts to Microsoft Address Book. Go to the info pane with your phone connected to change the settings.
Your iphone backup also contains your contact info. So before you sync, back up your phone manually, here's how to:
Disable autosync in iTunes/settings/devices, connect your phone to your new computer and right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your phone without syncing.
Do the same to transfer your purchases by choosing "transfer purchases" this time.
When you connect your phone for the first time, all media content will be erased. But you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
Don't forget to set up at least one contact and event on your new computer to be able to merge calendars and contacts when you sync the phone for the first time.
About backups and what's saved: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
How to back up and restore: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
How to download apps for free again: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

Need help syncing contacts FROM iPhone to Address book

I'm trying to help my dad out here. He's got about 300 contacts on his iPhone that he wants to transfer onto his computer so he can have a saved/printed copy of them. I've tried to set the contacts to sync in iTunes, but it only resulted in wiping all the contacts off of the phone, which causes me to waste an hour restoring the iPhone from backup so he doesn't kill me -_____- I don't care about copying contacts from Address book to his phone, just from his phone to Address book. How do I do this?

I have a similar problem which should be easily fixed with the steps described but those are not working. I just got a iPhone 4GS and im trying to take the contacts off of my 3GS and onto my adress book so I can sync the 4GS with adress book and get all my contacts. I created the "dummy contact" on adress book and have tried to sync my phone a couple of times but it doesnt work. it just syncs the dummy contact onto my 3gs but doesnt transfer the contacts from my 3gs onto the adress book on the computer. it also doesnt give me the option to "merge". the kicker to this is that at the bottom of the "sync contacts with adress book tab" on itunes it tells me that my contacts are "being synced with mobileme over the air" when mobileme DOESNT EVEN EXIST ANYMORE.... help please! thank you

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I just bought the new iPhone 5 and I have a Nisaan Altima 2012. I wanted to sync my contacts to the cars's bluetooth. I tried to solve my issue a lot but I couldn't!

You don't need to sync contacts. The Altima can access your Contacts directly (I have a 2011 Maxima).
I rarely dial from the car so I don't remember how but the manual should tell you.
Here is a link to your manual. Bluetooth & Audio is in section 4
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How to sync Contacts from iPhone to iCal or MobileMe?

I have ONE copy of Contacts that is correct: on my iPhone.
I really need to push the contacts from my iPhone to my empty MobileMe AddressBook or to my empty iCal AddressBook. I've spent an hour researching this on the Web. Does anyone know how to push the Contacts in this direction?
I had thought that iTunes Sync of Contacts was always two-way (KB article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386 says it is!); but apparently, with the iPhone, it is only one way (if a Mac Address Book or the MobileMe AddressBook is empty, the sync will wipe the contacts off the iphone).
Desperately need help. Thanks!

OK, I finally got it fixed. And I figured out my missteps, too. Here you go (I tested it three times, and part of the testing procedure included deleting ALL data in MobileMe AND the AddressBook on my Mac):
Procedure for Pushing Good Set of Contacts on iPhone to all other platforms
Problem: Your iPhone has your only good set of contacts. Your iCal and MobileMe (cloud) contacts are not there or corrupted.
Complication: If you try to delete your corrupted MobileMe Contacts on the cloud in preparation for pushing the valid set of contacts from the iPhone up to the MobileMe cloud, the system tends to do a one-way sync and immediately delete all your iPhone contacts (the good set!).
Solution and procedure:
For starters, forget about iTunes. We are not going to use it at all for this procedure.
Back up Address Book on the Mac. OK, so this copy might be corrupted or incomplete; do it anyway: File, Export, Address Book Archive. It keeps your groups and their member sets, too.
Go into MobileMe Settings on your Mac, then to the Sync tab. Make sure sync is set to Manual. You can leave Sync turned on; it won't sync until you tell it to, because you just set it to Manual.
OK, we're assuming your iPhone has the best, correct set of AddressBook Contacts, Groups, and Group member lists.
So now put your iPhone in Airplane mode. MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU DO THIS!!!
On the iPhone, go to Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars, MobileMe, and turn OFF Contacts in Settings on iPhone. The iPhone should immediately give you a prompt. Make sure you press "Keep contacts on iPhone," NOT "Delete." (And if you don't get that message, something is wrong.)
Check to make sure Contacts and Groups are still there on iPhone. They should be. Double check to make sure your iPhone is in Airplane Mode.
Now open AddressBook on Mac and delete all Contacts AND all Groups. (You can always recover these from the earlier backup you made.)
Then delete ALL contacts in MobileMe on the Web.
MAKE SURE MAC ADDRESS BOOK AND MOBILEME ADDRESS BOOK ARE EMPTY.
Log off MobileMe.
Check to see that Contacts are still on the iPhone, and that there is only ONE set of groups. And you should still be in Airplane Mode!
On iPhone, turn back ON Contacts. You may get the message "The contacts you previously synced with your Mac will be merged with Mobile Me." (This message is a bit confusing, but don't worry about that.) (If you don't get that message, something is wrong.) Click on "Merge" to turn back ON Contacts on iPhone.
Take iPhone out of Airplane Mode.
Go to iPhone desktop, double press the black menu button, and close all Apps.
Now reboot iPhone immediately. (Very important! Procedure doesn't always work unless you do this.)
Once rebooted, check to see that Contacts are still there on the iPhone, and that there is only ONE set of groups. If AddressBook starts syncing while you're doing this, let it finish before you do anything else.
Now open MobileMe. Go to Contacts. The procedure should have synced the Contacts properly. If you see zero Contracts in the All Contacts group, go to a subgroup, and then back; or go to a different part of MobileMe (Calendar, etc.), and then come back to AddressBook. All your contacts should then appear in the full Address Book.
Log off MobileMe.
Open Address Book on Mac. It should still be empty. Close it.
Open MobileMe settings on Mac. Go to Sync tab. Click on Advanced button on bottom right. Select the current computer you're on and make SURE it stays selected.
Now click "Reset Sync data."
Change graphic of platform sync to "Cloud---->Computer."
Set "Replace" to Contacts.
Hit Replace.
This should immediately populate your AddressBook on your Mac with the correct info from the MobileMe cloud. Open AddressBook and make sure it did, and that the groups are there and populated.
Now, if all three platforms have correct info, you can go to MobileMe settings on Mac, Sync tab, and change it to "Synchronize with MobileMe automatically" to keep MobileMe and iCal on your Mac in sync. (MobileMe and your iPhone are already set up to sync automatically per earlier steps in this procedure.)
Now that you have a good copy of your Contacts and Groups in AddressBook on your Mac, backup it up.

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Trying to moving all my contact info from iphone to imac address book. i select sync contacts on the info tab of itunes but it only moves over a handfull of my contacts - not all of them. anyone know why and how to fix?

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