So, you’ve bought a new Samsung smartphone and you want to transfer contacts via Bluetooth? Congratulations on your smart decision. Samsung is one of the leading brands when it comes to mobile devices. Every year, this Korean company is introducing new models of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices and most of them become quite popular.

If you have a new Samsung device and you are also an owner of an older device of this brand, you are probably wondering how to transfer contacts from the old device to the new one. Many Samsung users want to do this via Bluetooth because they believe that this is the simplest and safest way to do this and they are not wrong. We will use this how to guide to explain how you can finish this task without any hassles.

Using Bluetooth to transfer contacts from one Samsung device to another

Truth be told, there might be other situations when people want to transfer contacts from Samsung to Samsung. Maybe you want to transfer these contacts from your smartphone to your tablet. Or maybe you want to share this list with family members because you share most of these contacts. Regardless of the reason, it’s crucial to remember that this task is not difficult.

With the Bluetooth transfer process, you can complete this task in a matter of minutes. What every user should understand is that before these contacts are shared via Bluetooth, the phone where these contacts are stored turns them into a .vcf (vCard) file. After that, this specially designed file is sent to the desired destination (the other Samsung smartphone or tablet) with the help of a Bluetooth connection. Don’t forget that once the process is finished, you will have the same list of contacts with all the information related to them on both devices.

We have decided to create this guide to help you transfer contacts from Samsung to Samsung via Bluetooth because some users were experiencing problems. So, this is a how-to guide with a few steps explained in layman’s terms. If you follow these steps, you should finish this activity fast and without any hassles.

Before we go into details, we would like to mention a few things. Your model of Samsung doesn’t play a role here. It can be an old or a new phone. Next, we should mention that you should turn on your Bluetooth on both devices before starting this procedure. You should also pair these devices. To make sure that everything is okay, try to transfer a small file (a small image for example) before you start transferring contacts.

A Step-by-step guide for Bluetooth contact transferring between Samsung devices

1. For starters, use the phone where the devices are stored and browse the application.
2. You should be able to find the Contacts icon. Tap on it to open the app.
3. After that, you should select the three dots found in the top right corner. Click Share.
4. If you are doing this in the right way, you should get two options – to select contacts individually and prepare them for transfer or select them all with one click.
5. When you select the contacts that you want to transfer, use the Share icon again. You should look for the Bluetooth icon after that.
6. You will get access to paired Bluetooth devices. Find the other Samsung device where you want to transfer these contacts and select it.
7. This will lead you to the next step. The target smartphone or tablet will notify you that there’s an incoming file waiting to get transferred via Bluetooth. Of course, you should accept the file and wait for this process to get finished.
8. That’s it, you will now have all the contacts you want on the other Samsung device.

We should mention that there might be some difference in the way in which this process is conducted depending on the model of Samsung you have. Sometimes the process is slightly simpler or harder. However, we can freely say that in general, this is a straightforward process that doesn’t require special tech knowledge and experience to get finished.

Other ways to transfer contacts from Samsung to Samsung

For some reason, for instance due to Bluetooth connectivity problems, you might want to try another solution. The good news is that there are other ways to do this and some of them are even simpler than using the Bluetooth approach.

Using 3^rd party apps for contact transferring

Many 3^rd party apps can help you with this task and some of them are completely free. Others might require subscription or another form of payment, but they usually come with a bunch of other useful options. We should highlight the fact that not all of these apps work in the same way. The method that we will describe here is used by some apps that are relying on PC transfer.

Guide

1. As expected, the first step starts when you download the app. After that, you should install and launch the application. Most of them have an intuitive design that helps users find what they are looking for without any problems. In this case, you should be looking for the Phone Transfer option.
2. The next step is to connect both Samsung smartphones to the computer. You will need two data cables for this. Once they are connected, the app should detect them and inform you about that.
3. After that, the device will display the list of contacts and it’s up to the user to select the contacts they want to share. It’s easy to select some of the contacts or all of them if you want to. It’s also great that you can choose to delete old contacts from the source phone if that’s something that you want to do.

So, using a third-party app is another convenient and simple method to finish this task. The only potential downside is that you might have to pay for it.

Using a PC and a.VCF file

Another method is to create a.VCF file manually and transfer it to the personal computer with the help of a data cable. Keep in mind that this is not a simple process. To finish it, you have to find a suitable transfer method other than Bluetooth (PC, NFC etc.). You also have to learn how to import and export stuff from your device to another device. This is a long process with multiple steps that you have to take carefully.

All in all, using Bluetooth to transfer contacts from Samsung to Samsung is probably the simplest method of all the methods you can find out there.