How to transfer contacts from Nokia Lumia 525 to Google Pixel 8
Transfer contacts from your Nokia Lumia 525 to the cloud server
We used PhoneCopy.com service for this guideline. Using it, your can backup your contacts from your Nokia Lumia 525 easily. The whole backup, including the settings, can be done in several minutes.
This guideline also works for similar devices like Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia Lumia 1320, Nokia Lumia 1520, Nokia Lumia 625, Nokia Lumia 630, Nokia Lumia 635, Nokia Lumia 930.
Download the PhoneCopy application from windowsphone.com. If you do not have a PhoneCopy account yet, press "Register new account" and create it by filling in "Registration" and then press "Sign up".
If you already have a PhoneCopy account, fill in your username and password. To export your contacts, press "Export to PhoneCopy.com". If you want to upload your merged contacts back to the same Windows Phone 8.1, it is necessary to delete all contacts there first.
And now it's time to transfer data to your Google Pixel 8
Download PhoneCopy for Android to your Android phone, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installation, go through following steps.
Login
Run the app and create new account. If you already have an account choose "sign on". Fill in your username and password. Here you can check where will be stored contacts from PhoneCopy.
Log in to your existing account where you stored your data from the old phone.
Permissions
To allow correct functionality of PhoneCopy application we will kindly ask you to confirm access permissions for it.
When you confirm access to contacts you can set which "contacts databases" you want to backup.
If you also want to back up your SMS, enable access to the SMS in the next step.
After enabling media access, you can set up media backup (photos and videos).
You can download photos and videos from old phone (which was synchronized to PhoneCopy.com before) you can choose it in the next step. Then you can synchronize.
This guideline also works for similar devices like Google Lenovo Chromebook S330, Google Pixel 6a 5G, Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 7 Pro, Google Pixel 7a, Google Pixel 8 Pro, Google Pixel 9, Google Pixel 9 Pro, Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, Google Pixel Fold.
Now you have all your contacts backed up on PhoneCopy and you can edit all your contacts in your online account. If you lose your phone or the stored data, or if you just run out of battery, you can see your contacts online.
Some additional tips:
Just as a reminder, the contacts are transferred via your mobile phone service provider, so you need to have data plan activated for the service to work. If you don't have a special data scheme, your carrier will charge you additional fees.