How to Transfer Contacts for BlackBerry and iPhone

Transfer BlackBerry contacts to iPhone

  1. Run the BlackBerry Desktop Software and connect your BlackBerry to the PC
  2. If you want you can make a full backup of your BlackBerry before transferring your contacts
  3. Once done, switch to the "Organizer" tab, select "Contacts -> Windwos Contacts" and click "Configure"

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  4. For the Sync direction make sure to select "One way to your computer only" and confirm with "OK"
  5. Back in the main window click "Sync Organizer", check once again the changes that will be made und start the "Sync"
  6. All your contacts have been saved to the Windows Contacts folder
  7. Now start CopyTrans Contacts and connect your iPhone to the PC
  8. Click "Import contacts" and navigate to your contacts folder
  9. Select all contacts and click "Open"
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  11. All your contacts have been successfully transferred from the BlackBerry to the iPhone

Transfer iPhone contacts to BlackBerry

  1. Run CopyTrans Contacts and connect your iPhone to the computer
  2. Once the iPhone contents show up, select the contacts that you want to transfer to the BlackBerry and click "Export selected"
  3. Next, select "BlackBerry" and make sure to save your iPhone contacts directly to the Windows Contacts folder (C:\Users\YOUR ACCOUNT\Contacts), as the BlackBerry Desktop Software will only look in this folder for your contacts
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  5. Now open the BlackBerry Desktop Software and connect your BlackBerry to the PC
  6. Switch to the tab named "Organizer" and check the option "Contacts -> Windows Contacts"
  7. Click "Configure" and set the Sync direction to "One way to your device only"
  8. Confirm with OK and back in the Organizer tab click "Sync Organizer"
  9. Check if the number of contacts that will be added to your BlackBerry corresponds to the number of contacts that you exported from your iPhone and click "Sync"
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  11. That's it, you successfully transferred your contacts from the iPhone to the BlackBerry handheld