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To synchronize your iPhone with your favorite Email account, please refer to the corresponding tutorial
- Sync iPhone emails with Computer
- Sync iPhone emails with Outlook
- Sync iPhone emails with Gmail
- Sync iPhone emails with FaceBook Messages
- Sync iPhone emails with Yahoo!
- Sync iPhone emails with Hotmail
- Sync iPhone emails with Thunderbird
For Mac, please refer to Sync iPhone emails with Mac
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Being able to export iPhone contacts to a .CSV file is very useful in many situations
For example to sync iPhone contacts TO Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!, Hotmail,...
So, let's get started
Export .CSV
- Connect your iPhone to your Computer ( iTunes should open up automatically. If not, launch it from Start->All Programs->iTunes->iTunes )
- Click your iPhone in the "Devices" section on the left
- Click the "Info" tab
- Check the "Sync contacts with" option and select "Windows Contacts"
- Press the Windows + R keys from your keyboard and type wab
Now, the rest of the procedure slightly differs depending on your operating system
XP
- Click File->Export->Other Address Book
- Then, select Text File ( Comma Separated Values ) and select Export
- Give a name to the export file ( typically "Desktop" ) and browse for its location
- Click Next and select the fields you want to export
- Click Finish and then Close
Vista / 7
- Click the arrows >> next to "Share with" and select Export
- Select CSV ( Comma Separated Values ) and click Export
- Give a name to the export file ( typically "Desktop" ) and browse for its location
- Click Next and select the fields you want to export
- Click Finish and then Close
All set !
Now, in case you need to Restore iPhone contacts from computer, the .CSV you just exported will be very useful
But, first, you need to import your .CSV to either Gmail or Yahoo
Import .CSV to Gmail
- In your Gmail account, click "Contacts"
- From the "More actions" dropdown menu, select "Import"
- Click "Choose File", locate your .CSV and finally click "Import"
- From now on, you can Sync iPhone contacts with Gmail contacts
Import .CSV to Yahoo
- In your Yahoo account, click Options->Mail options->Contacts options
- Then, click "Import / Export"
- Click "Browse", locate your .CSV and finally "Import now"
- You can now Sync iPhone contacts with Yahoo! contacts
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- On your iPhone, go to Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Add Account->Other->Add CalDAV Account
- Fill the 4 required fields as follows:
- Domain: carddav.address.yahoo.com
- Username: your Yahoo! ID, for example your.name@yahoo.com
- Password: your password for this Yahoo! account
- Description: Yahoo
- Tap "Next" and you should be all set
Notes & possible issues
- This solution does not require Outlook
- Depending on your iPhone version, some characters in the password may cause problems to set up a CalDAV account ( typically "#" and white spaces )
- Once you complete the above procedure, your iPhone will synchronize with Yahoo! Contacts every time you connect your iPhone to your Computer
- In case of any iPhone Contacts synchronization problems, on your iPhone go to Settings->Safari->Clear Cookies and restart the Contacts application ( if your iPhone supports multi-tasking, make sure you have actually closed the Contacts app )
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- On your iPhone, go to Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Add Account->Microsoft Exchange
- Fill the 4 required fields as follows:
- Email: your Hotmail address, for example your.name@hotmail.com
- Domain: [ Leave this blank ]
- Username: your Hotmail address again
- Password: your password for this Hotmail account
- Tap "Next"
- A new field called "Server" appears. Fill it as follows:
- Server: m.hotmail.com
- Tap "Next"
- Select the Hotmail services you wish to sync ( Mail, Calendar, Contacts )
- Tap "Done"
Notes & possible issues
- In case of any iPhone Contacts synchronization problems, on your iPhone go to Settings->Safari->Clear Cookies and restart the Contacts application ( if your iPhone supports multi-tasking, make sure you have actually closed the Contacts app )
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Your best bet to keep iPhone Contacts, Calendars and Notes synchronized with Gmail is to use Google Sync
Let's start with Contacts
Before attempting the follwing procedure, for more safety, please consider our tutorial
Backup iPhone Contacts
Sync iPhone with Google Contacts
- On your iPhone, go to Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Add Account->Microsoft Exchange
- Fill the 4 required fields as follows:
- Email: your Gmail address, for example your.name@gmail.com
- Domain: [ Leave this blank ]
- Username: your Gmail address again
- Password: your password for this Gmail account
- Tap "Next"
- A new field called "Server" appears. Fill it as follows:
- Server: m.google.com
- Tap "Next" again
- Select the Google services ( Mail, Contacts, Calendars ) you wish to sync
- Tap "Done"
- Tap "Keep on my iPhone", so that your existing iPhone Contacts and Calendars are preserved
Sync iPhone with Google Calendar
Unlike for Outlook, setting up iPhone Calendar to sync with Google Calendar isn't that simple, particularly when trying to perform this without any additional software
This tutorial provides a simple solution that works without installing any third party application
- On your iPhone, go to Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Add Account->Other->Add CalDAV Account
- Fill the 4 required fields as follows:
- Server: www.google.com
- Username: your email address, for example your.name@gmail.com
- Password: your password for this email account
- Description: Google Calendar
- Hit "Next" and you should be all set
Notes & possible issues
- iPhone 4 users: your iPhone Notes will show up in your Gmail Account with the "Notes" label
- Refer to this tutorial to Transfer existing iPhone Notes to Gmail
- Once the above procedure is completed, your iPhone will synchronize with Google Calendars every time you connect your iPhone to your Computer
- Your iPhone system must be 3.0 or above
To check your current iPhone version, go to Settings->General->About->Version
If you need to update your iPhone firmware, just follow these instructions - In case of any iPhone Contacts synchronization problems. On your iPhone go to Settings->Safari->Clear Cookies and restart the Contacts application ( if your iPhone supports multi-tasking, make sure you have actually closed the Contacts app )
- Depending on your iPhone version, some characters in the password may cause problems to set up a CalDAV account ( typically "#" and white spaces )
- If Gmail keeps asking for your Exchange password, the problem is that you don’t see the captcha. Visit this page to see and unlock the captcha
- If your iPhone Calendar events don't show up in your Gmail Calendar, make sure to set your Gmail account as your default Calendar (Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Scroll down to the Calendars section and under Default Calendar, choose Gmail)
If the problem remains, edit your Calendar settings for each of your events (Select an event, click Edit, Scroll down and click Calendar, under Exchange select Gmail, hit Done twice) - This solution allows to sync Gmail contacts with iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
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Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
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