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Help exporting flip phone contacts

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June 12, 2021, 10:45 AM
xantom
Help exporting flip phone contacts
My neighbor has about 6 pages of written contacts he is manually entering into his new phone. I was hoping to find a easier solution for him. Does anyone know how to export contacts from a Samsung SCH-U320 to a Verizon Orbic Journey L. Internet searches I've done were not very productive. I also noticed the reviews for his new are pretty horrible.

Thanks




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June 12, 2021, 11:20 AM
Bigbuck5
If they both have Bluetooth capability, you should be able to do it that way. You will need to pair them, then send the contacts from the old phone to the new one.
June 12, 2021, 11:23 AM
airbubba
if both are samsung phones, i'd recommend samsung smart switch, with both on wifi.

it'll xfer contacts, messages, home/lock screen pics.
June 12, 2021, 11:33 AM
BigSwede
You can also set up a google, gmail account and export the contacts. Just sign in to google for new import



June 12, 2021, 12:14 PM
ensigmatic
You guys are missing the fact these are both basic, inexpensive flip phones. No Internet connectivity. Any Bluetooth connectivity they have is almost certainly limited to earpieces.

If the OP's friend bought his phone from Verizon and Verizon couldn't sync the contacts: His friend is almost certainly SOL.

N.B.: All the above is just a SWAG, based on a brief perusal of those two phones on the web.

ETA: Here's a review of the Orbic Journey V: This is Verizon’s 2019 basic cellphone
quote:

The Orbic Journey V is Verizon’s newest “basic, simple phone” with no smartphone, Android, or iPhone features of which to speak. This is the phone which the average young person, or more likely their dad, will buy in defiance of smartphone trends ...

The Orbic Journey L is even more featureless.



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June 12, 2021, 03:23 PM
sigcrazy7
Verizon used to do it for you when you switched phones.



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June 12, 2021, 04:39 PM
Chowser
if it's a basic flip phone then they probably can't transfer the info.
in the old days we would save our contacts to our sim card and move it to the new phone.
i don't know if that's an option still.

i remember i used to export my phone contacts to an excel file then import them into the next phone before we could save to the sim card.

yeah, i'm old.



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June 12, 2021, 07:13 PM
xantom
Thanks the responses, he got them entered manually




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June 13, 2021, 07:29 AM
rbert0005
One more reason to have a real phone.

Bob


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