My Lumia 735 has a broken screen and it's blank. How do I transfer my contacts to my new Lumia 640?

[Windows Central Question]

The screen on my 735 is blank. I have replaced it with a 640, so now how do I transfer my contacts to the 640 from the 735.

 

[Chintan Gohel]

The screen on my 735 is blank. I have replaced it with a 640, so now how do I transfer my contacts to the 640 from the 735.

if you had signed in on the 735 with your email account and kept the contact sync active, the same contacts should sync on the 640 when you sign in with the same account

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[stranglerman]

I wasn't signed in and I can't remember the login details. How can I find these out with my new phone? Thanks for your reply.

 

[libra89]

I wasn't signed in and I can't remember the login details. How can I find these out with my new phone? Thanks for your reply.

In order to save contacts, you have to be signed into your Microsoft account. Do you remember any of your email addresses?

 

[stranglerman]

I've remembered the outlook.com user names, and reset the passwords. I can get into the emails. The office 365 I can't get into as I have never signed on to that, and my understanding is you need that for my contacts. Is this correct??

 

[stranglerman]

I've remembered the outlook.com user names, and reset the passwords. I can get into the emails. The office 365 I can't get into as I have never signed on to that, and my understanding is you need that for my contacts. Is this correct??

Well I don't know what I did, but I have all my contacts back. I went into my outlook email account, messed about a bit. Left a post on Facebook asking people to text me their number and names, First one to reply, and his name came up. I went into the phone and clicked on people and there they all were. As I'm a bit of a Dinosaur with tech stuff like this so I'm at a loss to know what I did. But I did it. Thanks for the replys Guys.

 

[libra89]

Good to hear that you got it sorted!

 

[shmsnh]

It's quite simple. All your contacts are linked to the Microsoft account on your phone. You just had to sign in using your account.