Sony C1505, C1504 manual Using the PC Companion program to transfer contacts

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Your new Android™ phone

Using the PC Companion program to transfer contacts

If you are transferring contacts using a PC, use the PC Companion program. It's free, and the installation files are already saved on your new phone. PC Companion also offers a range of other features, including help with updating your phone software.

To install PC Companion

1New phone: Turn on your new Android™ phone and connect it to a PC using a USB cable.

2New phone: Tap Install to install PC Companion on the PC.

3Computer: If a popup window appears, select Run Startme.exe. In the new popup window that appears, click Install to start the installation and then follow the instructions to complete the installation.

To transfer contacts to your new phone using PC Companion

1Make sure that PC Companion is installed on your PC.

2Open the PC Companion program on the PC, then click Contacts Setup and follow the instructions to transfer your contacts.

 

Transferring contacts using an Apple® Mac® computer

 

For detailed instructions on how to use an Apple Mac computer to transfer contacts

 

from your old phone, go to Transfer your contacts.

 

Transferring contacts using synchronization accounts

 

Your phone works with popular online synchronization accounts such as Google

 

Sync™, Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®or Facebook™. If you have synced the

 

contacts in your old phone or your computer with an online account, you can transfer

 

your contacts to your new phone using that account. For more detailed information

 

about synchronization, see Synchronizing your corporate email, calendar and

 

contacts on page 93.

 

To synchronize your phone contacts with a synchronization account

1

From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Press , then tap Settings > Accounts & sync.

3To set up a synchronization account, tap Add account and follow the on-screen instructions. If you have already set up a synchronization account and you want to sync with that account, tap the account, press , and tap Sync now.

Transferring contacts from a SIM card

To import contacts from a SIM card

1From your Home screen, tap . , then tap

.

2Press . , then tap Import contacts > SIM card.

3If you have set up a synchronization account, you can choose to add the SIM card contacts under that account. Or you can choose to only use these contacts in the phone. Select your desired option.

4To import an individual contact, find and tap the contact. To import all contacts, tap Import all.

Transferring contacts from a memory card

To import contacts from a memory card

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