How to import contacts from SIM card on Android

import contacts from sim card

Do you need to import contacts from the SIM?Have you purchased a Android smartphone recently and you want to copy all your contact book from the SIM card of your old mobile to the new one, where you can edit those contacts and add new records as a photograph, email, physical address, different telephone numbers, work, home.

With this android guide 2.3, let's see how this is done.

Import contacts from SIM card on Android

Copy contacts from SIM to Android

You can add some or all contacts from the card SIMs. to the Contacts app, how? let's see it.

  1. Open the contact list.
  2. Tap the menu key/button, and then tap Import/Export.
  3. Tap Import contacts from SIM card.
  4. If you have more than one account on your phone, tap the account you want to import contacts to.
  5. A list of SIM card contacts will appear.
  6. Touch and hold a contact and touch Import in the menu that opens, or select the contacts to import one by one. You can also press the menu key and select Import all.
  7. After this, all the contacts will have been copied to the phone. If you go to the contact list, you may see duplicate contacts, press menu and then view.
  8. On the «view contacts» screen, select the contacts to show, only those of the phone or those of the SIM.

We hope you find this guide to import SIM contacts to Android useful.

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  1.   abril09 said

    i cant import from sim
    hello I can not import export my contacts from the sim to the phone. It says that there are no contacts and when I synchronize only the contacts that appear on facebook appear. i have motorola bf5x

    Thank you

  2.   mobile devices said

    Google search stopped
    i can't speak voice search

  3.   butter said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    [quote name=”Mafaldagsr”]Thank you very much for the help, very useful.[/quote]
    You can help us by sharing on social networks. 😉

  4.   mafaldagsr said

    Excellent
    Thank you very much for the help, very useful.

  5.   android said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    [quote name=”laura17″]When I choose the phone account to which I want to import the contacts it says that it is looking for a business card and then it says that there was an error because no business card was found on the memory card. what can i do?[/quote]
    That is because the contact list has not been exported correctly to the SD.

  6.   android said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    [quote name=”TIBISAY”]THANK YOU, AFTER A WEEK WITH MY ANDROID I WAS ABLE TO PASS MY CONTACTS AND EDIT THEM TO MY TASTE… EXCELLENT[/quote]
    You're welcome 😉 you can follow us on Google+ and +1 button, that way you help us ;D regardsss

  7.   laura17 said

    I do not know what to do
    When I choose the phone account to which I want to import the contacts, it says that it is looking for a business card and then it says that there was an error because no business card was found on the memory card. What I can do?

  8.   TIBISAY said

    GREAT HELP!!!!!!
    THANK YOU SO MUCH, AFTER A WEEK WITH MY ANDROID I WAS ABLE TO PASS MY CONTACTS AND EDIT THEM TO MY TASTE… EXCELLENT

  9.   android said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    [quote name=”Emilio Iglesias”]In point no. 6 in the second paragraph, import all the contacts, pressing menu only brings up import, does only one matter since it doesn't say all?
    My problem is that in the SIM of the other phone I have many more phone numbers than those that appear in the new phone. Where are they? How can I use them?
    It's my headache. I am willing to go to the house of someone who knows how to do it so I don't have to copy them all, one by one. Thanks.
    I have not done something right in your method. But it is more, to all the places that I go there is no answer. There has to be a solution. The contacts must be able to be passed from one to another if it is the same SIM.[/quote]
    Easy, in the contacts app, go to the phone menu and click on see contacts, select which contacts you want to see, if those from the sim, those from the phone, all, those from gmail...

  10.   Emilio Iglesias said

    import the contacts
    In point no. 6 in the second paragraph, import all the contacts, pressing menu only brings up import, does only one matter since it does not say all?
    My problem is that in the SIM of the other phone I have many more phone numbers than those that appear in the new phone. Where are they? How can I use them?
    It's my headache. I am willing to go to the house of someone who knows how to do it so I don't have to copy them all, one by one. Thanks.
    I have not done something right in your method. But it is more, to all the places that I go there is no answer. There has to be a solution. The contacts must be able to pass from one to another if it is the same SIM.

  11.   Mandez said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    Thank you, it has been useful to me.

  12.   android said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    Great friends, we are glad that the article is useful to you 😉

  13.   shots of a said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    It has solved my problem.
    Thank you very much.

  14.   wilson785412 said

    thank you
    very useful thanks!!!

  15.   Miguel Zepeda R. said

    Gratitude
    Thank you very much for your advice and input. I am new to this Android thing.

  16.   Edussssss said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    Thanks!

  17.   raguirre said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    excellent help. Thanks!!

  18.   gragra said

    gratitude
    great, thank you very much

  19.   Edward Louis said

    Copy SIM contacts
    Excellent, 2 days ago I was trying to copy and in less than a minute it was done!
    Thank you

  20.   Oscar avila said

    Thank you
    It was useful, thank you very much...

  21.   android said

    ty
    hey you!

  22.   ludaphone said

    how to transfer contacts from sim to phone
    I have a chinese android note ii and it doesn't allow me to see the contacts of any of the two sims and it doesn't allow me to import them either I have tried and nothing helps me please I am already desperate I have many numbers there in both I feel isolated

  23.   Leaf said

    Thank you
    excellent! thank you 🙂

  24.   Celestina said

    QUESTION
    How do I save contacts to the phone?

  25.   melishil said

    Error
    Hello, when you press import from sim card, a window appears that says "starting sim card..." And it stays there all the time, without copying the contacts or giving another solution. What would be the error in this case? Thank you very much

  26.   lana said

    Hello
    :-* hello, very good opportunity 😮

  27.   Salvador Gutierrez C. said

    import contacts
    😆 Effective orientation. Thanks
    I will continue using it for other doubts. hits

  28.   Oriana D. said

    RE: How to import contacts from SIM card on Android
    It does not let me click on the sim card, it appears in gray. the only one that leaves me is internal storage

  29.   Authorless said

    Thank you, very helpful

  30.   Awawa said

    Fantastic

  31.   said

    WOW 😛

  32.   david pers said

    great . Thank you very much, great work

  33.   Javier V. said

    Great post, it was very useful for me!

  34.   Hamish said

    Thanks! very useful

  35.   ragde said

    😆 finally I could see my contacts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

    THANK YOU 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

  36.   Black sheep said

    Excellent contribution, I did it in a simple way with this tutorial…

  37.   John Barbosa said

    I am brand new a Samsung galaxy S duo, I have been handling it for several hours and I cannot import the contacts from the Sim Cards to the phone, I open the contact lists but I cannot open the import/export option as indicated at the beginning of this Blog page, If you know of any way, I would appreciate the information. Thank you.

  38.   NAHUM REBOLLEDO said

    EXCELLENT CONTRIBUTION THANK YOU 😆

  39.   jebamazo said

    simple and uncomplicated without technical words we go for sockets like me THANK YOU.

  40.   taty said

    How do I transfer Android contacts to a Samsung cell phone?

  41.   mauro bar said

    😆 yes finally I could mannn very good info thank you
    haaaa clarifies when passing if they get double you have to go to (menu button iz de hay a más and then display options and then sim card and distill all the contacts and that's it, the sim's will no longer be seen thanks che

  42.   JULY1 said

    EXCELLENT THE INFORMATION IS APPLIED TO THE PHONE AND EVERYTHING WONDERFUL HEHEHE

  43.   berth said

    The truth is very useful, only that I did not find the option to see, to select only those of SIM or telephone:/

  44.   Grateful said

    Thank you very much, very good information.

  45.   Nelson Valerian said

    Very useful if it helped me a lot, I was struggling but thanks to you it's done.
    Thank you

  46.   Tito Alsina said

    Very useful site. Thank you for sharing it.

  47.   Asharty said

    Your instructions have been perfect, I had been trying to copy the contacts for more than half an hour until I read your blog, it was super easy and it didn't take long. Thank you very much and do not stop telling us more tricks. 😉

  48.   jonas said

    hello, I want to make a query, I have a samsung advance with android 2.3, and I want to know if it is possible to assign more than one phone number to a contact or add some additional data. Atte.!

  49.   lourdes65 said

    Hi, I can't pass the numbers from the memory card to the phone, it's a samsung galaxy mini.
    Please, can you help me.
    Thank you

    Heavy.

  50.   Gustavin said

    Great,! Thank you very much 😀

  51.   yanii said

    how about a question I have a motorola space in the export part I have contacts and in import no and when I put export contacts it copies all the contacts but they are still in the export part how do I delete them completely??

  52.   clueless said

    🙂 Excellent useful and simple information, thank you very much

  53.   kike2 said

    What version of android is that in the screenshot?
    I don't see that screen on mine.

  54.   JUANITO said

    hello, good afternoon, I have a samsung galaxie ace and I would like to set a different ringtone to 5 contacts to find out who it is just by listening to it.
    THANK YOU.

  55.   sofia44 said

    Thank you, very useful and simple information

  56.   an said

    thank you good post

  57.   Lucrecia said

    Hello! When I want to import the contacts from the card, it tells me an error, reason: the business card is not recognized, what do I do?

  58.   gustavo 1656 said

    🙂 Simple and practical explanation. Thanks

  59.   henryus said

    Excellent site, Thanks for the information, Valuable for newbies
    Now I am trying to connect internet from PC to Android.

  60.   I ANA said

    Very good advice, I already thought I had to do it one by one. Thank you

  61.   vvsegarr said

    I only care about the first contact. why can it happen?

  62.   Ponephite said

    😆 Good! thank you very much it was very useful very good page! 🙂

  63.   jojojoo said

    hehehe thank you for the clear and effective information

  64.   maitane said

    View sim/phone contacts. Samsung Galaxy S2

    Contacts – Menu – More – Screen Options – Select contacts to display.

  65.   maitane said

    Remove duplicates:

    Contacts – Menu – More – Display options – Select contacts to display – SIM – Uncheck “All contacts”
    Only the ones on the phone will be seen.

    I hope you serve.

  66.   GoriNt said

    It was fast and clear thanks.

  67.   federicofrade said

    Very useful 😀

  68.   romiii said

    I HAVE THE DUPLICATE CONTACTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IS "VIEW CONTACTS" TO CHOOSE IF I WANT TO PUT THE SIM OR CARD ONES. WHAT I CAN DO? WHERE DO I GIVE IT SO THERE ARE NO DUPLICATES?

  69.   romiii said

    I HAVE THE DUPLICATE CONTACTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IS THE “VIEW CONTACTS” THING TO CHOOSE IF I WANT TO PUT THE SIM OR CARD ONES.

  70.   Board said

    Thanks for the tutorial, but I followed each step and even so the contacts do not appear to be able to edit the photo and tone, what will it be? mine is a galaxy ace

  71.   Christian Mar said

    😆 excellent advice thank you

  72.   John Collazos said

    I'm glad I found this page
    so far I have solved my concerns
    i have a samsung galaxy ace and i am learning how to use it
    thank you very much

  73.   Charlie said

    Thank you

  74.   v3rtigp said

    just thank you very much, you passed! :Do

  75.   milton miranda said

    how to export from phone to sim? It can ?

  76.   Andrew.. said

    Sow mop in all... The info is great...

  77.   pipe said

    old man you passed Thank you

  78.   h2so4 said

    After doing this, is it possible to “format” the phone to return it to factory settings and then re-import the contacts?
    Thank you!!

  79.   pipiricua said

    I can't find a way to export the contacts… I go to contacts, click on the menu and accesses appear that say: contacts, phone, sim tools and tools. None gives me the option ... what am I doing wrong?

  80.   oturan1243 said

    but how to save phone contacts to sim card?

  81.   almargon said

    Perfect walkthrough.
    Thank you.

  82.   Samsung Galaxy Tab said

    ahahahahahahahaha 😀 😆 😛
    It's so simple and I didn't know how to do it!!!
    THANKS!

  83.   ankersun said

    It was great, thank you very much 🙄

  84.   luqiitas.bostero said

    Hello people, what I want to know is how to add the phone number or the contacts I have from Facebook. Please some rta!! I HAVE A DIFFY+

  85.   virginiaandrea said

    very good information clear and concrete

  86.   rtesi said

    Well, I must be dumb because I don't get the option to SEE after going through the contacts, I even get the ones from Facebook that I didn't even want to have in my agenda, anyway….

  87.   the samurai said

    thanks friend

  88.   Rosie Mantilla said

    😆 Thank you very much, it has been very useful to me!!! I can't be better...

  89.   chubby said

    Excellent, it worked perfectly with my Samsung Galaxy And thank you…!!!!

  90.   Jonas said

    Thanks, I couldn't find how to do it.

  91.   fabian rocha said

    Ok thanks ..for the help 😆 😆

  92.   pj said

    excellent thank you very much for the info

  93.   Jane said

    Thank you very much, the explanation was very useful. 😆

  94.   Helena said

    Thank you, it has been of great help to me, I had not been able to do it until I found your guide.

  95.   Henry said

    😆 😆 😆 😆

    Very good, it worked for me!

  96.   beaver said

    thank you very much your help has helped me a lot

  97.   hatred said

    Excellent
    Thank you.

  98.   yopo said

    excellent!.. finally someone who REALLY helps!, THANK YOU! 😆

  99.   yooko1 said

    Thank you very much I did it and it was perfect and if many of us did not know this, thank you very much it was really useful for us.

  100.   Chamoy said

    Your information is very helpful, thank you.

  101.   patri17 said

    Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Super useful

  102.   Marco3 said

    Thanks for the guide!!
    I finally find all my contacts and numbers.

  103.   rosachurri said

    Thank you

  104.   Hugo said

    I thought it was great, because I didn't know how to do it. Thank you very much

  105.   lei said

    When I open the dropdown or direct link of 'Telephone' or 'phone' that appears on the desktop, I still see it duplicated even though I have marked it in contacts that I only want to see those of the phone. On the other hand, when I open the applications menu and open 'Contacts', I only get the ones from the phone.

    How can I solve that?

  106.   fer said

    great thanks

  107.   kendall-k said

    Ah, a question, how do I do if I want to put a photo of my contact?

  108.   kendall-k said

    I already did it, it helped me a lot because I did not understand why when I saved contacts it did not appear in my agenda and this has helped me a lot now it became easier for me BUT A QUESTION HOW DO I DO IF I WANT TO ENTER TO SEE THE CONTACTS THAT WERE IN MY CARD SIM? HOW DO I CAN'T I WANT TO DELETE SOME BUT FROM THE CARD

  109.   said

    thank you very much for the help if it wasn't for this I wouldn't know thanks xd 😆

  110.   andryala said

    Thank you very much! It has been very useful to me 🙂

  111.   MISTER said

    Very good contribution.

  112.   Don Xavier said

    Thank you very much man, it served me 100%.
    Very good contribution!

    1.    Angel said

      Good morning, what happens is that the import export option does not appear on my mobile, what do I do and thank you

  113.   Falu said

    Thanks mate, people like you make everything go great, greetings from Hispalis (Seville)

  114.   Electronix Krashdriv said

    Thank you very much!!! very useful!!! It was not exact to the version of android that I have, but it gave me the starting point to find the answer!!

    Thanks!!! 😆

  115.   Armando Tapia said

    Thank you very much for the help it was very useful

  116.   Lucbh said

    I did this and why the contacts do not appear in the gmail account???

    greetings and thanks

    1.    July said

      On my device the option to import from the sim does not appear and it is inserted

  117.   va said

    [quote name=”mantec”][quote name=”va”]doesn't appear on my galaxi mobile it has the option to see sim or phone contacts. and I have them all duplicated for having imported those from the sim to the phone. how do i do it?[/quote]

    When you are viewing the list of contacts, press the menu button and then on the screen press «view» there you can choose which contacts to see.[/quote]
    The case is that in the menu the option to see does not appear, only delete appears, my profile, data that will be synchronized, import-export, access information about... what do I do?

  118.   little girl27 said

    OKAY! very useful!!! Thank you

  119.   butter said

    [quote name = »va»] it does not appear on my mobile galaxi ace the option to see sim or phone contacts. and I have them all duplicated for having imported those from the sim to the phone. how do i do it?[/quote]

    When you are viewing the list of contacts, press the menu button and then on the screen press «view» there you can choose which contacts to see.

  120.   va said

    it doesn't appear on my mobile galaxi ace the option to see sim or phone contacts. and I have them all duplicated for having imported those from the sim to the phone. how do i do it?

  121.   cesar luis btc said

    It's very good, everything worked for me, ok, the problem was that I didn't have the sim on
    a little miss
    Yeah yeah
    :-* :-* 😳