I have an iPhone 4, which I regularly sync with iTunes so I always have a relatively recent backup from which to restore if I need to wipe and start fresh. From what I understand, this method is the ...

As high-tech and advanced as all our modern mobile devices are, there's no way of getting around basic user errors. Luckily, the makers of your mobile devices kept such errors in mind. That is why we ...

You can restore lost contacts on an iPhone from a recent backup using the iCloud website. Your existing local contacts on your iPhone will be backed up and replaced with the ones from iCloud. To ...

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Losing iPhone contacts can be frustrating, but there are several ways to recover them, especially if you act quickly. iPhones ...

To transfer contacts from an old iPhone to a new one, you can use iCloud syncing. You can also use an iCloud backup to sync contacts to a new iPhone during its initial setup. Another option to ...

So, believe it or not, I still have my main iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.1 (though I have another iPhone 4 on 5.0.1 used for development). I want to move it to 5.0.1 as well, but realized that I have some ...

A core part of moving phones is taking your contacts with you. Before Google was backing up contacts, the only contacts to follow you to a new phone were whatever you could store on your SIM. Today, a ...

As iPhone storage capacities increase each year with high-resolution photos and 4K videos, your iCloud storage and internal iPhone storage can fill up fast. Now it’s vital to ensure all your ...

It’s kind of a pain to back up the numbers in your phone even for people who know how, so imagine how your mother feels. Now you can skip the Google search to see if your phone’s compatible with your ...

Most Android phones ship with Google apps and services pre-installed, and that makes it very easy and seamless to transfer contacts. All you have to do is ensure that your Google account is set to ...