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Pulling contacts

I am looking for a good program to pretty much rip my contacts off my phone onto my computer. they can be in raw format because I am just looking a flashing my phone and putting them back on there it is just that I do not want to save everything to my sim, because it will not save email addressed and street addresses, and I do not have outlook. any ideas?
THanks

dtmcnamara said:
I am looking for a good program to pretty much rip my contacts off my phone onto my computer. they can be in raw format because I am just looking a flashing my phone and putting them back on there it is just that I do not want to save everything to my sim, because it will not save email addressed and street addresses, and I do not have outlook. any ideas?
THanks
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Doesn't the install CD include outlook? Worth checking.

if you just don't have outlook by any chances, try to look for a pimbackup in the forum. it helps.
good luck
jskit

Look for pim.vol in the root directory, copy that to the memory card, flash your phone, then using total commander, rename the pim.vol in the phone to anything else eg: old_pim.vol, then copy the pim.vol from the memory card to the phone, then reset, viola!, you have the contacts.
Worked for me in my Touch & Atom, hope it works for you too!

Just been browsing and found this link - not sure if it's any help, but might point you in the right direction.

Copying my contacts from my other phone..

I've over 300 contacts in my other phone SE P990i, I'm trying to copy them to the X1, is there anyway that i can copy them without using the Outlook? i tried to back-up them and then send the back-up file to the X1 but it always fail,, i tried sending the same file from my P990i and from my laptop,, same result..

Use Bluetooth?
I would try bluetooth a bit laborious but far quicker than manually enterring all your contacts again.

Cant you just save them in your SIM card and then transfer them to your xperia ?

rotsu said:
Cant you just save them in your SIM card and then transfer them to your xperia ?
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You just can save a name and a phone number on a SIM card, I'm sure he wants adresses, EMail, birthdays and so on copied too.
I copied everything with the storage card because both phones use microsd.
Bluetooth should be possible too.

i did that,, but i dnt see any of my SIM contacts in my X1,, do i have to do sumthing in the sittings to show contacts from the SIM ?

Ahmed Michael Scott said:
i did that,, but i dnt see any of my SIM contacts in my X1,, do i have to do sumthing in the sittings to show contacts from the SIM ?
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Just open the CONTACTS and then choose MENU and SIM MANAGER. Then you can see everything that lies on the SIM-card

copy all my data from P990 to my new XPERIA
I have the same problem. I want to copy all my data from P990 to my new XPERIA. I have more than 700 contact. It will take forvere to copy one by one via bluetooth. Is there an easier way?

pnasr said:
I have the same problem. I want to copy all my data from P990 to my new XPERIA. I have more than 700 contact. It will take forvere to copy one by one via bluetooth. Is there an easier way?
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Just sync your P990 with Microsoft Outlook and the sync Outlook with your Xperia.
And, please, leave my private messages for private messages only

I had the same issue. Bought my new X1 a few days ago. Had loads of contacts on my N95 Symbian phone. Bluetooth was laborious and I didn't have access to Outlook.
In the end, I used Google Sync. Worked fantastic.
http://www.google.com/mobile/default/sync.html

digital_elysium said:
I had the same issue. Bought my new X1 a few days ago. Had loads of contacts on my N95 Symbian phone. Bluetooth was laborious and I didn't have access to Outlook.
In the end, I used Google Sync. Worked fantastic.
http://www.google.com/mobile/default/sync.html
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it does not support Sony P990i how to backup contact from that to x1 using google sync :S or any other software ....

If both phones use Windows Mobile, you can use PIM Backup to backup and the restore your contacts. PIM Backup will also restore your ring tone settings for each contact (not the tone itself). Plus a few other things.

Sync problems

My phone wont snyc to my desktop so I can get my phone numbers back.. I have never had this problem before so I don't know what steps to take. Thanks for any and all help.

Your contacts should be synced to the gmail account you use with your hero for the marketplace... but if you have vcard files of your contacts you can go to people-> press menu-> the go to the import/export button on the lower left part of the menu to import or export from an sd card. If you use outlook you can create vcard files of your contacts really easily.
-hope this helps!

All my contacts are synced through my computer. ( so I cant do that..
And they never go threw with my google account

what do you mean "synced through your computer"?
do you mean they exist as a csv file? or something else?
I can probably help if you can be a little more specific

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what do you mean "synced through your computer"?
do you mean they exist as a csv file? or something else?
I can probably help if you can be a little more specific
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hmmm. As in I use HTC Sync.. Then i switch my phone to sync and it auto syncs to my computer? i dont know the file format.

Hey, sorry I took so long to reply!
If you're using HTC sync the contacts have to be going one of 2 places - your outlook address book or your windows contacts... if you can find those files (or export them from outlook) and put them on your sd card, then follow the directions I gave you in post #2. If your computer isn't recognizing your phone, then: 1. there is probably a deeper problem than your contacts not working, and 2. you could always get an adapter for your sd card and plug it directly into your computer.
I hope this helps

Thanks I got it working now.

Copy contacts - Phone to SIM

According to the manual (yes I read it), it states you can Copy contacts from Phone to SIM or vice versa.
But following their steps doesn't give the option to copy (p68 in manual).
Yes there is an option to import/export the contacts; they allow you to import/export to your SD card.
But when you want to import/export to your SIM card, they give it a fancy shmancy name; they call it 'Copying' your contacts. Very clever of them!
But I can't see this option yet on my I9000. Can you?
TIA

I have the option there: contacts/menu/more/copy contacts and there are 2 options: sim to phone and phone to sim

I have the option, but it does not apeear to work.

Mikulec said:
I have the option there: contacts/menu/more/copy contacts and there are 2 options: sim to phone and phone to sim
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Well this is a bit of a bummer.
What version phone do you have?
I have the French version. (Using English language)
My menu options are as follows:
contacts/menu/more/accounts, send e-mail, Import/export, Settings, Send via bluetooth
Nothing about Copy.

OK I am making some progress here.
I have figured out why I didn't have the option.
I keep my phone in 'Flight mode' most of the time.
In Flight mode, you DON'T have the option to copy your contacts to SIM.
A silly thing to do in my opinion (have the feature disabled in flight mode).
BUT, there's more.
When you do copy your contacts to SIM, you lose almost everything.
The only thing that is copied is the name and tel number. That's it!
You lose your Groups, and any other details in your contact cards.
I don't have pics attached yet, but I'll bet you lose them too.
Bummer!
Has anyone here exported their contacts to their SD card, wiped out their phone contacts, then imported from their SD card to see if *everything*
was imported faithfully? Groups, details, pics etc.?
TIA

MarkI9000 said:
OK I am making some progress here.
I have figured out why I didn't have the option.
I keep my phone in 'Flight mode' most of the time.
In Flight mode, you DON'T have the option to copy your contacts to SIM.
A silly thing to do in my opinion (have the feature disabled in flight mode).
BUT, there's more.
When you do copy your contacts to SIM, you lose almost everything.
The only thing that is copied is the name and tel number. That's it!
You lose your Groups, and any other details in your contact cards.
I don't have pics attached yet, but I'll bet you lose them too.
Bummer!
Has anyone here exported their contacts to their SD card, wiped out their phone contacts, then imported from their SD card to see if *everything*
was imported faithfully? Groups, details, pics etc.?
TIA
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When the SIM technology was invented there was only phone numbers around. =)
It's not about Galaxy S. It's about SIM technology. Most of them can only store 64 kb or 128 kb. So we can say that SIM phone book is for emergencies only.

ferhatcan said:
When the SIM technology was invented there was only phone numbers around. =)
It's not about Galaxy S. It's about SIM technology. Most of them can only store 64 kb or 128 kb. So we can say that SIM phone book is for emergencies only.
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OK thanks! I'm quite new with mobile phones, so I'm still learning a lot of the basics.
I just thought that what we have with computers etc. translates immediately to smartphones. They are smart phones right and not just a regular cell phone?
I have a Pocket PC from circa 2004 that does more than this new I9000!

I knew it. It's definitely possible. What you may ask? Well, here's the thing, me and my friend had a bet, I told him that the entire population of China CAN FIT in Singapore. All you got to do is BELIEVE in yourself.
But seriously, I would not want to use the SIM for main contacts. What I personally do is to just make "VIP" contacts in the SIM, those that I really need, just in case I had to put it in a cheap phone (or an expensive one without memory).
What this phone has is the SYNC with your Google account. Excellent stuff. Sync your contacts, mail, and calendar without having to pay for anything.
Same thing on Apple iPhone's MobileMe solution would cost you a good $99/year.

The.Opethian said:
But seriously, I would not want to use the SIM for main contacts. What I personally do is to just make "VIP" contacts in the SIM, those that I really need, just in case I had to put it in a cheap phone (or an expensive one without memory).
What this phone has is the SYNC with your Google account. Excellent stuff. Sync your contacts, mail, and calendar without having to pay for anything.
Same thing on Apple iPhone's MobileMe solution would cost you a good $99/year.
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Thanks Opethian. I'm just going to have to get used to this phone's limitations and also its goodies. There's a lot of stuff I haven't even begun to explore yet.
I'm just starting with the basic stuff for me. I'm not too pleased that this phone (probably most?) doesn't have contact subfolders. But I'll get used to it I suppose.

MarkI9000 said:
I'm not too pleased that this phone (probably most?) doesn't have contact subfolders. But I'll get used to it I suppose.
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Happy to help here bro, as much as I can if possible.
Can you advise on what you mean by contact subfolders? Do you mean creating "groups" of contacts?

The.Opethian said:
... Can you advise on what you mean by contact subfolders? Do you mean creating "groups" of contacts?
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Not really.
What I mean is having inside the "Friends" folder another folder that says perhaps,
"Golf Buddies" or "Tennis Buddies" etc.
Having them out on their own in the first screen of Groups can get messy very quickly.
It would also be nice to have an option to start the Contacts app in Groups mode, rather than viewing all of your Contacts together.

How can i tell where my contacts are saved?

How can i tell where my contacts are saved?
When i first got my phone I synced my phone with my outlook contact on my pc. Now when i want to add a contact using my phone it's asking me if i want to save the contact to either my phone or my sim card. I would like to keep things consistent and save it in the same place as the rest of my contacts. So does anyone know how to find out where my current contacts are saved?
Thanks.

PeePeeHead said:
How can i tell where my contacts are saved?
When i first got my phone I synced my phone with my outlook contact on my pc. Now when i want to add a contact using my phone it's asking me if i want to save the contact to either my phone or my sim card. I would like to keep things consistent and save it in the same place as the rest of my contacts. So does anyone know how to find out where my current contacts are saved?
Thanks.
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Good questions, I don't have the answer but I'd like to know. I have a similar thread that no one has answered yet.
BTW, when I go to add a new contact I don't get your options!
My choices are:
1. Phone
2. Google mail
That is very strange. I'd like to get SIM card as an option.

If you want to know where your contacts are saved then go to your contacts, click the settings button, go to display options and from there you will be able to select what contacts to view, sim, phone and google. Click on one to view and that way you will know where they are all saved.
No idea why you cant have sim contacts mark, maybe your sim is full??
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Cicinho said:
If you want to know where your contacts are saved then go to your contacts, click the settings button, go to display options and from there you will be able to select what contacts to view, sim, phone and google. Click on one to view and that way you will know where they are all saved.
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First of all, if you have your phone set up as I do,
Settings/Wireless Networks/Flight mode, 99% of the time, then you won't see SIM card as an option when you go into Contacts/Settings/Display.
This is one of many deficiencies of the SGS. I hope they change this in the next upgrade.
No idea why you cant have sim contacts mark, maybe your sim is full??
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See above.
Furthermore, having just experimented with the SIM card setting now, it is quite 'limited'. It will only save the name, tel. number and e-mail address of your contacts, nothing else. You lose pics, home addresses, groups, and any other fields that you added etc.
But back to my original question.
How can you find the folder/files that the contacts are stored in on your phone?
Also, if you export your phone contacts to your SD card and then delete your phone contacts, will importing the contacts from your SD card bring EVERYTHING back faithfully? No lost pics, home addresses, groups etc.?
Has anyone here tried this?
TIA