How to transfer contacts from Samsung Galaxy S5 (GT-i9600) to Microsoft Lumia 850
Transfer contacts from your Samsung Galaxy S5 (GT-i9600) to the cloud server
In our guideline we will introduce PhoneCopy.com service which supports many phones from almost all manufacturers, including Samsung Galaxy S5 (GT-i9600), and can be easily used to synchronize data between two or more devices.
This guideline also works for similar devices like Samsung Galaxy Ace Style G310hn, Samsung Galaxy Alpha (SM-G850F), Samsung Galaxy K Zoom SM-C111, Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 (SPH-L600), Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910g), Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 (N5110), Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (GT-i9301i).
Download PhoneCopy for Android to your Android phone, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installing, go through the following steps.
Login
Run the app and create new account. If you already have an account choose "sign on".
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).
Getting media from your old phone
If you want to download photos and videos from your previous phone (which was synchronized with PhoneCopy.com) you can select them like its shown in the image below. Then start the Synchronization using the Synchronize button.
And now it's time to transfer data to your Microsoft Lumia 850
This guideline also works for similar devices like Microsoft Lumia 430, Microsoft Lumia 435, Microsoft Lumia 640, Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE, Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE DUAL SIM, Microsoft Lumia 640 XL, Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM, Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM LTE, Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE, Microsoft Lumia 735.
Once everything is done, check your data on the web. Login to PhoneCopy webpage and you will see brief review of all data transferred from your device. With another mouse click, you can review the change of each particular item.
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.