ThumperPup

ok so i was looking through the contacts and the phone book on my es350 i mean i was adding some stuff to it i never even set it up over the past almost 2 years other than just adding a few phone numbers
when i was looking i saw a option that said transfer contact list or something like that
on the 07 es350 navi unit when going to add contacts
but i am not sure if i can do this i mean does anyone know if it's possible to do this with the Iphone and how to do it ?
it's not allowing me to even find an option on my phone to transfer contacts

dreyfus

It depends on your provider. I have Verizon and cannot transfer contacts from my iPhone.

ThumperPup

i have AT&T and i don't know how to do it if i can
any ideas ?

chbow

As far as I know there is no way to do a mass transfer of contacts over bluetooth from the iPhone. The only way I was able to transfer was by backing up my contacts to gmail or outlook etc. and then using another non-ios phone transferring over to the car.

ThumperPup

ah ok so it's the ios basically it can't be done with a apple phone but it could be done with a non apple phone you are saying ?

i have been debating on weather to get a new phone or not i might go with the nokia lumia windows phone now that i know this

ayonnebay

FWIW, I had no trouble transferring phonebook from iPhone 4s (iOS7) to my 2011 ES350 .... but you may be just referring to 2007 or other years, I don't know. Lexus has compatible car/iPhone list on the website.

ThumperPup

do you remember where on the iphone settings you went to to mannualy push the or synch the phone contacts with the car ?
did the car do it automaticlay or did you have to go into the general settings on the phone and push send or share or something like that ?

offroad200

Any nav car 2009 and prior, you can't transfer contacts with an iPhone. The car requires you to push the contacts via bluetooth. The iPhone can't do that. 2010 and up, the nav system was redesigned and can pull contacts from the iPhone without having to push them from the phone. As chbow has suggested, the only way to transfer your contacts is to have them on another type of phone. Pair it up and push contacts via bluetooth while the car is looking for them.

ayonnebay

Yes, The car did it. As Off Road said, apparently earlier cars relied on the phone more. Here's an option, but it requires some effort: I also have an '04 LS430, and to get the phonebook onto that, I purchased an old crappy Siemens S56 phone for about $10 on Ebay. I don't use it as a phone, but just as a tool for phonebook maintenance on that vehicle. It loads the whole phonebook. The downside is that you have to manually enter all contacts individually onto that phone once. Once that's done, keep the old phone around and use it for bulk phonebook updates. Another CL member told me about that solution.

Walt

ThumperPup

ah ok thank you guys for the help.
I think my mother has a non apple phone that has Bluetooth will see if it works i know it is a few years old so ill see if that works
now i am not exactly a techie so i don't know
please explain how i would exactly transfer my contacts to my new phone
can someone explain transferring or storing a contact list to gmail or my computer from my phone ?
then i can load them onto the phone to tranfer them to the car if i am understanding this currectly