How to Transfer Data/Phone Book from Blackberry To Samsung

A lot of my clients come to me requesting help in transferring their contacts from one smart phone device to another. If you have less than 250 contacts to transfer this can be easy because then it just means saving those details on your SIM Card (which only takes up to 250 contacts) and then removing the SIM and putting it in the new phone and copying the contacts to the new device.  But what if you have more than 250 contacts, say about 2000 contacts, how do you then go about transferring these to the new device.

Not to worry, a lot of the latest models of smartphones have inbuilt solutions for just such situations. One of which is Bluetooth.  If you are shifting from one smartphone to another, both with Bluetooth capability then you might be able to transfer those contacts without a problem.  

Today I cater to those of you who have just shifted from Blackberry OS7 (and below) to Samsung (Android Devices) and are wondering how to go about transferring your data. 

HERE WE GO!

STEP 1: Turn on Bluetooth for both devices and then match up both devices to each other.

                To Turn on Bluetooth in BLACKBERRY

1.       On the Home screen click Manage Connections.

2.       Toggle Bluetooth On.

                To Turn on Bluetooth in SAMSUNG

1.       Go to Settings > Connections.

2.       Tap Bluetooth, and then tap the ON/OFF

STEP 2: Pair up the two devices

On Blackberry

1.       On the Home screen click Manage Connections.

2.       Select Bluetooth Connections.

3.       Select Add New Device.

4.       Put the device to be paired into pairing mode.

o    Refer to the owner’s manual for instructions if needed.

5.       Select Search.

6.       Select the device from the list of available devices.

7.       Follow the on screen prompts to complete the pairing.

STEP 3: On the Blackberry's Bluetooth setup select the Samsung and then press the enter key or Trackpad, or the Blackberry Button and the device menu will simply pop up. Once done select on the option "Transfer Contacts"

STEP 4:  On the Samsung there will be a pop up request to allow you to accept a file named ‘Phonebook.vcf'. Select "ACCEPT."

STEP 4 (B): When the file ‘Phonebook.vcf' comes in on the Samsung, you might hear a notification sound but the file itself doesn’t pop up so you can ‘Accept’. 

1. Pull down the Notification menu (Swipe down the main screen to open window)
2. You will see a list of Notifications pending
3. Select the one requesting you to Accept File Transfer

STEP 5: Once you have accepted the file, it has been transferred successfully and it is now stored on your device….you need to find it and add those contacts to your phone book

1.       Go to Apps > My Files > All Files > sdcard0 > Bluetooth

2.        In the Bluetooth Folder Select the file phonebook.vcf

3.       Add to your phonebook and you are good to go.

NOTE: Slight variations and adjustments may need to be made in the instructions above depending make, model and operating system running on the devices being used. 

Please feel free to shoot me a question in case you get stuck somewhere, am glad to help.  

Tel: 0702 728 213 | Email: info@cptech.co.ke