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Last Updated On February 9, 2023 by Dave Briggs 51 Comments

Transfer Samsung Contacts from S3 to S5 Part 2

This is part two of how to transfer contacts from a Samsung Galaxy S2 to a Samsung galaxy S4. If you are looking for part one, then go through here – How to transfer contacts from a Samsung Galaxy S3 to a Samsung Galaxy S5. Remember, this method of transferring contacts between Android enabled Samsung phones with bluetooth works on all models, including the newer Samsung Galaxy S5. It take less than five minutes, and involves no downloading of software. In fact, it's quite surprising that Samsung don't actually mention how to transfer Samsung contacts from one phone to another!

Transfer Samsung Contacts Part 2

We had gotten up to step in the previous article. Here are the remaining steps.
 

 

6. On the new phone, you then simply choose to accept the import of the contacts, and that is it… Your contacts from your old Samsung Galaxy S2 have been transferred to your new Samsung Galaxy S4 !

 

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7. It really is as simple as that!

 

I hope you found this guide easy to use. I know from the kind comments that I have received that it has helped out quite a few people.

There is another things that may be of interest to you other than knowing how to transfer Samsung contacts from one phone to another. This is, is that the Samsung S4 has quite severe battery problems. It doesn't really show itself for the first few months of phone usage, but after that, the battery seems to run out in just an hour or two. Samsung have admitted that there is a fault with this, but it is probably just easier to buy a replacement battery. If you are noticing that your Samsung S4 is losing charge far too quickly, then you might like to read this article – Problem With Samsung S4 Battery

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Comments

  1. Anthony Horwood says

    November 6, 2017 at 2:48 pm

    That took me about 60 seconds after wasting about half an hour looking around. Thank you very much.

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      November 12, 2017 at 9:48 pm

      My pleasure! Glad this guide to transferring Samsung contacts is still proving useful after all these years!

      Reply
  2. David Coyle says

    September 20, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    Well, I was not getting Smart Switch to correctly transfer my contacts from a Galaxy S4 to a new Galaxy S8. Your solution was pretty far down in the search results, but your explanation was very clear and concise, and it worked like magic!

    On my S4 menu I did not have import/export in the menu but I found Contacts->Menu->Share Name Card. When you choose this the list comes up and you then hit the box to select all. Then select to share via Bluetooth.

    I did not try doing this, but if there are any problems with the Bluetooth connection I am pretty sure you can share to e-mail and just send the file to yourself. Then open the file attachment in the new phone. Anyway, I am grateful you took the time to provide this answer; the third party software might work well, but I had to gasp at the $40 price!

    Reply
  3. Carol Seymour Seymour says

    August 18, 2017 at 1:22 pm

    Hi will this work on the s6

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      August 22, 2017 at 9:02 pm

      Yes… this works on all Samsung phones.

      Reply
  4. John H says

    March 19, 2017 at 1:17 pm

    Awesome! Thank you Dave. So much simpler than trying to follow the phone instructions.

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      March 19, 2017 at 6:42 pm

      My pleasure! I wrote the article years ago – You think Samsung would have improved things by now! lol

      Reply
  5. Monique says

    January 26, 2016 at 5:20 am

    Thanks so much for this info. I was able to transfer my contacts from Samsung S to S5 very quickly. Samsung have the smartswitch feature but it doesn’t support older phones

    Reply
  6. Lorraine says

    November 15, 2015 at 4:56 am

    A million thanks. Your directions were very plain and easy to understand. You saved us a ton of time and work with your instructions. Thanks for posting them! πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      November 19, 2015 at 11:25 am

      My pleasure! Glad these instructions how to transfer contacts via bluetooth on Samsung phones are still proving useful!

      Reply
  7. Keith Waz says

    October 1, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    Spent two hours Googling how to transfer contacts from my S2 to S5 … tried three programs that did not work … and then used your free advice. It worked great!! Thank you my friend! Sincerely appreciate it.

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      October 2, 2015 at 1:50 pm

      My pleasure Keith – I know how frustrating it was when I did it, so thought I would share it when I found out! Golad you have your phone contacts transferred the easy way now!

      Reply
  8. Lorraine says

    September 19, 2015 at 2:49 am

    BRILLIANT!!!! Thank you so much. We had tried smartswitch and keis and another program, all of which would not completely do the transfer. I came across your site in one of my desperate searches. Thank goodness, as we really didn’t understand what to do next. You have helped two ‘over 50’s’ who are not very tech savvy.. Forever grateful.

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      September 20, 2015 at 1:16 am

      Very happy to have been able to help in transferring your contacts from one Android phone to another πŸ™‚

      Reply
  9. pbb says

    July 29, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    Awesome!!!!! Had somehow lost contacts on
    S5 and this was so easy to copy them from my S2!!
    Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      July 31, 2015 at 2:13 pm

      glad to be of help!

      Reply
  10. Jojo says

    June 1, 2015 at 9:30 am

    Thank you so much! Couldn’t find anywhere how to transfer from Galaxy S2 to S6. This worked brilliantly. You’re a life saver!

    Reply
  11. Roby says

    May 22, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Thanks a lot bro…..it was so easy….I’ve been racking my brains out searching for a way to get this done for the past one day. You just saved me!!!

    Reply
  12. ramjet says

    May 19, 2015 at 12:42 pm

    “On the new phone, you then simply choose to accept the import of the contacts, and that is it…”
    Choose from where? how?

    you missed a few steps…but I worked it out
    like – ‘once you have checked ‘select all’ > press Done > select the device to connect (the new paired phone) > select the transfer option (bluetooth) > wait for the message on the recieving phone > press accept

    πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      May 19, 2015 at 12:46 pm

      Glad you got there in the end!

      Reply
  13. Paul & Victoria says

    April 8, 2015 at 12:11 am

    Thank you – your instructions were super simple and easy. We had googled how to transfer contacts and found a few sites that said we had to download software – glad we didn’t follow those instructions and found yours instead! Thank you!!!

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      April 8, 2015 at 5:29 am

      My pleasure… glad the tips were of some help!

      Reply
  14. Tracy says

    March 16, 2015 at 5:48 am

    Thanks thanks thanks ;-))
    It worked a treat

    Reply
  15. Sophie P says

    January 9, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH WHAT A LIFESAVER!!!! You wouldn’t have a few tricks up your sleeve for transferring messages and calendar by any chance would you??

    Reply
  16. Jules says

    December 31, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    Dave, I could kiss you! Many thanks hun, have a great new year xx

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      December 31, 2014 at 9:54 pm

      Its New Year!! Have a kiss from me…. tongues optional ! :p

      Reply
  17. veronica misty says

    December 29, 2014 at 1:02 am

    thank you! you have just saved me from making myself bald, thanks πŸ˜€ xx

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      December 29, 2014 at 1:11 am

      Hey, its too late for me, but glad to have done you a favour πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  18. Fay says

    December 12, 2014 at 1:01 am

    Many thanks for this. Worked perfectly.

    Reply
  19. Brenda Butcher says

    December 10, 2014 at 7:54 am

    I’ve just change my phone and i was just wondering was there a simple easy way of doing this.I’m really glad i found your website. Brilliant, easy step by step instructions. All contacts transferred Thankyou.

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      December 10, 2014 at 8:00 pm

      My pleasure Brenda – And thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it πŸ™‚

      Reply
  20. Jo says

    December 2, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    Thanks so much for this. Just followed your instructions to move contacts from s2 to s5 in no time at all. Brilliant.

    Reply
  21. Anthony says

    November 24, 2014 at 9:45 am

    Thanks heaps tried for an hour on KIES no help. Thanks to google and you done it in 3min. Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  22. Huw says

    November 21, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    Stunningly simple and quick. Thanks very much and Samsung could do with having a look at your website.!

    Reply
  23. Mike says

    November 10, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    Was looking for a simple solution….and you gave me that! Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      November 10, 2014 at 7:48 pm

      Always a pleasure to help!

      Reply
  24. Nic says

    October 29, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    Thank you so much! This helped and was so easy!

    Reply
  25. dilwyn j says

    October 18, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    many thanks, so simple instructions even I could do it.

    Reply
  26. brian monaghan says

    October 18, 2014 at 10:38 am

    U sir are a genius

    so simple, many thanks

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      October 21, 2014 at 5:23 pm

      Happy to have bee of help! Cheers from Athens.

      Reply
  27. SexySyl says

    October 8, 2014 at 3:39 pm

    Thanks so much Dave! So easy with your step by step! Good luck in your travels.

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      October 8, 2014 at 6:08 pm

      Always happy to help someone with Sexy in their name!!

      Reply
  28. DaintyAnnie says

    October 8, 2014 at 8:46 am

    FANTASTIC!!! I have spent three days trying to transfer my contacts using Smartswitch and Kies – none of which has worked. I found this by chance this morning and two minutes later my contacts are on my new Galaxy S5. Thank you so much. x

    Reply
    • Dave Briggs says

      October 8, 2014 at 6:07 pm

      So glad it was of help to you! I am still on the S4 at the moment… hoping to get the S5 soon!

      Reply
  29. john s says

    September 4, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    Thanks a lot my friend. You just saved the last 4 hairs on my head from a sudden death.

    Reply
  30. Laveena says

    August 18, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    Thanks a ton… Helped save a lot of time and effort… πŸ˜€

    Reply
  31. Helen says

    August 15, 2014 at 7:34 am

    Fantastic – all contacts transferred. Thank you so much πŸ™‚

    Reply
  32. Jeff says

    August 10, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    googled galaxy transfer contacts, found your post, success … tyvm.

    Reply
    • vanita says

      March 31, 2015 at 11:46 pm

      Fantastic – all contacts transferred. Thank you so much πŸ™‚

      Reply
    • Eileen says

      May 9, 2015 at 9:21 am

      Thanks Dave! that was easy and quick! Very simple πŸ™‚

      Reply
      • Dave Briggs says

        May 9, 2015 at 9:28 am

        Glad it helped!

        Reply

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