PhoneCopy for Windows

PhoneCopy for Windows is a lightweight Windows application designed specifically for helping you sync contacts between two mobile phones and back up the information in order to easily recover it in case of faulty devices, accidental deletions or other data loss scenarios. The entire process is accomplished via a cloud service.

You can found the utility residing quietly in the system tray. When you click for the first time on its icon, a configuration wizard pops out letting you set up several connection parameters. As soon as you tweak the initial settings, future clicks on the tool’s icon immediately trigger the synchronization process.

Right clicks on its icon reveal more features that deal with synchronizing contacts and SMS, exporting contacts, and accessing the folder where the contacts are stored.

PhoneCopy for Windows gives you the possibility to provide information about the username and password for an existing account or manually configure a new one right from the main window of the app.

You are allowed to choose the file format used for saving contacts on your disk (vCard and its corresponding version or Windows Contacts format used for synchronizing data directly to Contacts folder). In case you have iTunes installed on your computer, you may also enable the SMS sync mode.

The tool lets you set up proxy parameters, automatically sync contacts every day, weekly or monthly, activate the HTTPS protocol, automatically run the program at Windows startup, start the synchronization task when the application is opened, show a popup notification at the end of the sync job, as well as check for updates before synchronization.

PhoneCopy for Windows offers you the option to choose the synchronization direction from several options, namely ‘this device -> server’ is used for transferring contacts from computer to server (all contacts are removed on the server), ‘server -> this device’ helps you move contacts from server to the current device (all files in vCard folder are deleted), or combine modes in order to have a similar set of contacts on both sides (contacts are duplicated).

At the end of the sync process a popup notification reveals information about the total number of uploaded and updated contacts.

Several tweaks can be performed from your online account, as you are given the freedom to edit your contacts, sync with other devices, check out a full history of your contacts, as well as restore data that you have deleted between the synchronizations (it is kept in an archive).

PhoneCopy for Windows integrates a handy package of configuration settings in an intuitive layout for helping you conveniently back up and sync contacts, and can be mastered by all types of users, regardless of their experience level.