Add a Contact in Your iPod Touch

Adding contacts to your iPod touch is simple to do. If you want to store your contacts in your iPod touch, follow method 1 to enter all of your contacts, or sync your contacts from another source like iCloud, Google or Microsoft Outlook in method 2 and 3. You can manually add contacts to your phone by adding the information for each person, one by one, into your iPod touch. Or you can go to your Settings, and link an account to your iPod in order to sync your contacts.

Steps

Adding a Contact

  1. Locate and open the Contacts icon on your home screen of your iPod. The Contacts icon is a brown address book that says "Contacts". If you do not see the icon, search for it by swiping your finger to the right and typing "Contacts" into the search bar. Tap the icon to open the address book.
  2. Create a new contact. Tap the “+” sign in the upper right corner, and enter the person’s contact information. Enter the person’s first name, last name, email address, phone number etc. into the applicable fields. Add a new field as necessary by scrolling down and tapping the "Add new field" button. Tap "Done" in the upper right corner when you have finished adding all of the information. This will save the information to your Contacts.
    • You can also add a picture to your contact. You can select a picture for the contact that you already have saved, or you can upload a picture from another source.
  3. Edit an existing contact. Scroll down to the contact name, or type it into the search bar, and then select the contact. Select “Edit” in the top right hand corner of the entry. Update their contact information by clicking on the field and typing in the new information. Tap “Done”, and it will save your new information.
  4. Delete an unwanted contact. Select the “Edit” button in the top right hand corner of the box. Scroll down to the bottom of the contact information, and select “Delete Contact”. Confirm the request to finish deleting the contact.

Syncing Your Contacts to a iOS 7 or Later Device

  1. Decide which account contacts you want to sync to your iPod. From your iPod you can import your contacts from an outside source onto your iPod. Google, iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook Address, AOL are accounts that you could sync to your iPod. All of your contact information will be transferred to your iPod without having to manually enter the information.
    • If you have an account connected to your phone, this will most likely be the account that you want to sync to your iPod.
    • You can go through this process several times, and add the contacts of multiple accounts to your iPod.
  2. Tap the Setting icon. The Setting icon is a grey gear. Swipe right or left to find the the Settings icon. If you have difficulty locating it, keep swiping right until you get to the search bar. Type Settings into the search bar, and click on the icon in your search results.
  3. Link an account to your iPod. Click on “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”, then click “Add Accounts”, and finally click on the account service provider. For example, Google, Outlook, and AOL are email service providers. Choose the provider that houses the majority of your contacts, or the account that holds the contacts you want to add to your iPod. Type in your account information, including your complete email address and password, if you have not already synced the account to your iPod.
  4. Check to make sure the Contacts setting is turned on. Go to your "Settings", and click on "Contacts". Swipe right to turn the Contacts on. The button will turn green to indicate that it has been activated.
  5. Start syncing your contacts. Return to home screen, and click on the brown Contacts book icon. Your contacts will automatically begin to sync to your iPod. Give them a few minutes to sync completely. Check back in a half hour to see if the contacts have been added to your iPod.
    • Check that all of the information for the contacts have transferred over into the correct fields. If there is any missing information, add this information in manually.
    • If they are not syncing, make sure that your iPod is connected to the internet. If it is not connected to the internet with a stable connection, it will be unable to sync your contacts.

Syncing Your Contacts to a iOS 6 or Earlier

  1. Decide which account contacts to sync to your iPod. From your iPod you can import your contacts from an outside source onto your iPod. Google, iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook Address, AOL are accounts that you could sync to your iPod. All of your contacts will be transferred to your iPod without having to manually enter the information yourself.
    • If your phone has an account linked to your contacts, this will be the account you will most likely want to use.
    • You can also go through this process several times to add the contacts of multiple accounts.
  2. Tap the "Settings" icon. The Settings icon is a grey gear. Swipe right or left to find the the Settings icon. If you have difficulty locating it, keep swiping right until you get to the search bar. Type "Settings" into the search bar, and click on the icon in your search results.
  3. Type in the information of the email provider you want to connect your iPod to. Click on “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” under "Settings", click on “Add Account”, click “Other”, and then click “Add CardDAV Account”. Type the following information into the required fields:
    • Server: www.google.com (or other)
    • User Name: Type your complete email address
    • Password: Type appropriate account password
  4. Activate SSL and check the port number. Navigate to your “Advanced Settings” tab in your Settings. Turn on the SSL, and make sure the port number is 443, then select next. Changing these settings will allow your contacts to sync to your iPod.
  5. Return to your home screen, and click on the Contacts icon to sync your contacts. The syncing process will start automatically. It can take up to a few minutes for your contacts to sync. Check your Contacts icon again in a half hour to make sure they have transferred to your iPod.
    • If you receive a username or password error, you may need to get an app password for an iOS device. Go to the app password page for your email service provider. If you are using a Google account, you can follow this in this in-line citation to get your app password.[1] It will take you to your Google account where you can sign into your account. Select app, select your iPod, click on “Generate”, and “Done”. You can use this password to sync your Google contacts to your iPod.
    • If your iPod is not connected to the internet it will not be able to sync your contacts. Make sure you have a stable internet connection if the contacts are not transferring.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=accountsettings&continue=https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords?pli%3D1&hl=en&sarp=1&passwdsession=true&osid=1&authuser=0
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