I was one of the more than four million people who purchased the new iPhone 4S last weekend. And when the very helpful Apple genius asked if I'd like him to set up my contacts, I glanced back at the line of eager customers and replied that I could do it myself. There was a long line of folks waiting patiently, and I had done this a time or two. I left the store confident and full of good will toward my fellow iPhone users.
My good intentions soon turned to frustrated grumblings. After creating a new iCloud account and sharing contacts in every direction, I scrolled through the Contacts list on my shiny new iPhone and saw it was populated with all the familiar names I'd collected over the years. I then promptly proceeded to "Erase All Content and Settings" on the borrowed iPhone I'd been using to tide me over after I cracked my screen beyond recognition.
Moments later, unable to blink, I stared wildly at my screen as I realized several names and numbers missing. In fact, I had lost more than half of my contacts list!
What ever did I do, you ask? After the initial panic subsided, I took a deep breath and went straight to my VIPorbit app, navigated to the "More" menu, and exported the "Contact Detail" of all my contacts! Whew...crisis averted.
If your friends are anything like mine, I'm sure you've seen Facebook posts or received emails about getting a new phone and losing all contact data. Well, this had never been an issue for me. If anything, I'd have duplicate entries brought in by my own setting missteps, but never had I lost information. Each time I came across one of these posts, I'd shake my head and message my number to them. (I may or may not have felt a little patronizing in the process. I'll never tell.)
While my iPhone 4S upgrade mishap has me feeling much more sympathetic toward all those in similar situations, I remain slightly confident that what I lacked in syncing savvy I made up for with the VIPorbit export features!
Whether you're in a contact-centric or transactional business and depend on your contact data for your livelihood or just depend on your contacts to stay in touch with friends and family, VIPorbit keeps all your contact data safe and sound. For me, there are some features on the "More" menu that I rarely use, but I can attest that "Exporting Contact Details" came to my rescue and cleaned up the mess I made of my own Contact list.
With more than four million iPhone 4S purchases made, my upgrade mishap can't be the only one. And while I may not be an Apple genius, I am smart enough to secure my contact information in an app like VIPorbit!
How about you?
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