Hi Rose, I would do a full backup of the iPad first. Then go into iCloud settings and turn on Contacts. This should make the iPad copy its contacts to iCloud. now on your ipHone, also go to iCloud and turn on contact syncing. Then the contacts should copy to your phone.
I hope that helps. Best, Anna > On Apr 13, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Rose Combs <roseco...@q.com> wrote: > > OK, I am back with further to my question of yesterday. > My computer and phone have lost all my contacts, not sure if this is related > to hard disk failure and replacement. > However, my iPad, one of the original mini iPads has about 80% of my > contacts, a few of the most recent are missing. > I can access my recent calls, and my favorites on the phone. > The iCloud on my phone has no contacts. Since the phone and iPad use the > same iCloud address I don’t understand, afraid to connect the iPad to the > computer for fear I will lose all contacts. Easy to replace the missing ones > from the past few months but redoing the whole group of them manually would > be a pain. > So, if I connect the iPad to the computer and do a backup, will I get the > contacts from that to sync to my iPhone, or will it erase the iPad. Is there > a way I can somehow import the contacts from the iPad to the iPhone? > Before I do anything with the iPad I want to be sure I can preserve the > contacts I have in it, and hope there is a way to transfer that to my iPhone > and iCloud. > > > Rose Combs > roseco...@q.com <mailto:roseco...@q.com> > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
