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Before you start

This guide will show you how to retrieve your contacts from your ""Google"" account if your last phone was a smartphone. If your last phone was a non smartphone, you can copy your contacts from the SIM card. Jump to step ""13"" in this guide, if you want to copy your contacts from the SIM card. NOTICE: SCREEN IMAGES MAY DIFFER FROM YOUR ACTUAL DEVICE.

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Select ""Apps""

Select Apps
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Scroll to and select ""Settings""

Scroll to and select Settings
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If you see this screen, select ""Accounts"" or ""General""

If you cannot find ""Accounts / General"", continue to the next step.

If you see this screen, select Accounts or General
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If you see this screen, select ""Personalisation""

If you cannot find ""Personalisation"", continue to the next step.

If you see this screen, select Personalisation
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Select ""Accounts""

If you cannot find ""Accounts"", continue to the next step.

Select Accounts
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Select ""Google""

Select Google
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Select your account

Select your account
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Make sure ""Sync Contacts"" is selected

Make sure Sync Contacts is selected
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If your screen looks like this, select ""Sync now""

If your screen looks like this, select Sync now
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If your screen looks like this, select the Menu button and select ""Sync now""

Note: The Menu button may be placed elsewhere on your screen or your device.

If your screen looks like this, select the Menu button and select Sync now
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Your contacts from ""Google"" will now be synced to your smartphone

Your contacts from Google will now be synced to your smartphone
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To copy your contacts from the SIM card, return to the Home screen and select ""Contacts""

To copy your contacts from the SIM card, return to the Home screen and select Contacts
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Select the Menu button

Note: The Menu button may be placed elsewhere on your screen or your device.

Select the Menu button
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If your screen looks like this, select ""Settings""

If you cannot find ""Settings"", continue to the next step.

If your screen looks like this, select Settings
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Select ""Contacts""

If you cannot find ""Contacts"", continue to the next step.

Select Contacts
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Select ""Import/Export / Import/export contacts""

Select Import/Export / Import/export contacts
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Select ""Import from SIM card""

Select Import from SIM card
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Select your ""Google"" account

Select your Google account
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Check the ""Select all / 0 selected"" checkbox

Check the Select all / 0 selected checkbox
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Select ""Done""

Your contacts will be saved to your ""Google"" account and saved to your phone the next time ""Google"" is synced.

Select Done
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