Sony Ericsson Xperia go User Guide - Page 42

Transferring contacts using an Apple® Mac® computer For detailed instructions on how to use an Apple Mac computer to transfer contacts from your old phone, go to www.sonymobile.com. Transferring contacts using synchronisation accounts Your phone works with popular online synchronisation accounts such as Google Sync™, Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®or Facebook™. If you have synced the contacts in your old phone or your computer with an online account, you can transfer your contacts to your new phone using that account. For more detailed information about synchronisation, see Synchronising data on your phone on page 71. To synchronise your phone contacts with a synchronisation account 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Press , then tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 To set up a synchronisation account, tap Add account and follow the onscreen instructions. If you have already set up a synchronisation account and you want to sync with that account, tap the account, press , and tap Sync now. To import contacts from a SIM card 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Press , then tap Import contacts > SIM card. 3 If you have set up a synchronisation account, you can choose to add the SIM card contacts under that account. Or you can choose to only use these contacts in the phone. Select your desired option. 4 To import an individual contact, find and tap the contact. To import all contacts, tap Import all. To import contacts from a memory card 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Press , then tap Import contacts > Memory Card. 3 If you have set up a synchronisation account, you can add the imported memory card contacts under that account. Or you can choose to only use the imported contacts in the phone. Select your desired option. 4 If you have more than one vCard file on the Memory card, a list appears showing different batches of phone contacts, with the corresponding dates for when they were created. Select the batch you want to import. To receive contact data sent using Bluetooth™ technology 1 Make sure you have the Bluetooth™ function turned on and your phone set to visible. If not, then you cannot receive data from other devices. 2 When you are asked to confirm whether you want to receive the file, tap Accept. 3 Drag down the Notification panel and tap the file you received to import the contact data. To receive contacts sent using a messaging service 1 When you receive a new text message, multimedia message, or email message, open the message. 2 The received contact data appears as a vCard attachment. Tap, or touch and hold the vCard file to open a menu so you can save the contact data. 42 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.