Transfer Contacts from SIM card to Gmail/Email address on Android Phones

Contacts on SIM Cards or Subscriber Identity Module for a cellular phones are very important to us, it is advisable to always have backups on your important contacts. One method is to Synchronize your contact numbers to your email or Gmail. In this tutorial I am using an LG Optimus L5 - E450 smartphone with Android version 4.1.2 aka Jelly Bean.

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Step 1. Press Apps button, go to Settings, locate Accounts & sync, under  it, tap Auto-sync data.
Step 2. Go to Contacts, press menu select Import/Export

 Step 3. Under Import/Export:

• Import from SIM card
• Import from internal storage
• Export to SIM card
• Export to internal storage

Select Import from SIM card

Step 4. Select your email address and wait until it finishes synchronization and your done.  

Important note: be sure that you are logged-in to your email/gmail and that you are connected to the Wi-Fi or your mobile data is ON. When using mobile data, there maybe additional charges to your load so please be aware. Thanks and God bless.