Summary: Do you need to import contacts from Samsung Galaxy phones to LG or LG to Samsung Galaxy for various reasons? This text shows you how to easily transfer contacts between Samsung Galaxy and LG phones just in few clicks!
With the great spread of Android mobile phones, you can see a lot of popular smartphones running Android OS in the mobile phone market. If you are using two Android phones at the same time, you often have to share your important photos, movies, music and contacts between the two devices. Contacts are very important for all phone users. A lot of people like to use Samsung or LG. Is this also your case? Even if you are ready to change data on your LG Optimus with Samsung Galaxy S9, one of the most annoying real problem would rather be transferring contacts from LG phone to Samsung (opens new window) .
You can try the methods below:
Method 1: How to sync contacts between LG and Samsung with password?
Here, we have to address a tool, called FonePaw for Android, and comprising 3 functions: Android Data Recovery (opens new window) , Android Data Backup & Restore (opens new window) , and Android Data Extraction (opens new window) . Download this software for free and find out more about it.
Follow these steps below to do contacts transfer between LG and Samsung cell phones..
Step 1. Connect your LG to PC and choose “Data Backup”.
After installing FonePaw for Android, start it on your computer. Click “Android Data Backup & Restore”> “Data Backup”. After that, connect your LG to PC via USB cable.
Step 2. Select “Contacts” for backup.
If your mobile phone is connected, you can choose “Contacts” (data types to back up) and then click “Start”. To properly protect your telephone directories, we choose "Encrypted backup". Enter a password to start the backup, please keep this password which will be requested during the restoration..
Step 3. End of backup and start of restore.
When the backup is finished, click “OK”, you will need to unplug the LG connection and then connect your Samsung. Select the contacts backup folder and press "Start".
Step 4. Restore contacts to your new Samsung.
This software will scan this backup folder, when finished, you could see contacts in detail. Check what you want to transfer to your Samsung and click “Restore”..
In a few moments, there will be a window telling you: you have successfully restored.
Method 2: How to manually copy contacts from LG to Samsung Galaxy?
Since LG and Samsung both work with Android OS, there is a good way to copy contacts from LG to Samsung without having to install additional apps. Just follow the steps below:
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First, you need to copy contacts from your LG phone to SIM card: Go to "Contacts"> touch "More"> choose "Export contacts"> export to SIM card.
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Take out the SIM card from your LG phone and insert it into the Samsung Galaxy phone.
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Finally, you can copy contacts from SIM card to Samsung Galaxy phone, for that: Go to "Contacts"> touch "More"> import contacts> do it from SIM card.
Note: You know that the storage of a SIM card is limited, not all contacts can be stored there, especially when you have a large number of numbers on your phone. In this case, you cannot synchronize the contacts by swapping the SIM card.
Method 3: How to transfer LG contacts from Gmail to Samsung phone?
Have you ever synced your LG phone contacts with your Gmail account? If so, it can make it easier to transfer contacts from LG phone to Samsung phone. You are able to sign in with the old Gmail account on the Samsung phone.
Note: If you don't know how to sync contacts from your LG phone with Gmail, we have provided a step by step guide to teach you how to sync Android contacts with Gmail.
Step 1: Tap “Settings” on your Samsung Galaxy phone, scroll down to select “Accounts & Sync” option, then choose “Account”> “Add Account”> “Google”. Then type your Gmail account email address and corresponding password into your Samsung phone.
Step 2: After adding the Google account, tap on it and then on the “Sync” button. Then the contact synchronization process will start automatically. Then please wait for a while and then you can see that all contacts have been synced to Samsung Galaxy phone.
Just try one of the above three methods, you can sync contacts between LG and Samsung Galaxy successfully. If you have any other suggestions, you can leave your comments in the space below.
