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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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?
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... 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.
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i recently flashed my rom to v3.0 Sleuth. well now my contacts are just the ones i have on my sim. before i had pictures on them now i cant add pictures to them. and if i do i get two of the same contacts but one with picture and the other with out. any eay to fix this or do i just have to live with it that way?
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i recently flashed my rom to v3.0 Sleuth. well now my contacts are just the ones i have on my sim. before i had pictures on them now i cant add pictures to them. and if i do i get two of the same contacts but one with picture and the other with out. any eay to fix this or do i just have to live with it that way?
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Just guessing here -
The Sim card does not hold pictures - only the names and phone numbers.
When you save items to the sim and they are on your phone as well you wll display duplicates.
So - when you add pictures you are actually adding to the PHONE not the SIM so you are duplicating the information - you will want to remove the one on your SIM?
Bill
SIM contacts will ONLY allow the Name and Phone Number thats about it anything else like Photos, addresses, e-mail, etc. can ONLY be done on Phone Contacts, use SIM Manager in your programs and copy all contacts to your phone, if you don't want to see duplicates of contacts, use KaiserTweak or Advanced Configuration and adjust it to NOT show SIM contacts. But remember when a contact is added it will save to your phone not sim so you will need to make sure if you want to keep it you change it in both.
Is there an app that allows you to export your contacts to sim?
I started writing one based off the source so you would have an additional button in the contacts to Export Contacts instead of just Import them, but the emulator has no support for the SIM so I can't verify that it worked. I had since deleted it.
I was wondering if anyone had written anything like this yet?
I read somwhere the contact app in hero could do that.. but i cant test because im not going to hero untill its juicy and stable
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Is there an app that allows you to export your contacts to sim?
I started writing one based off the source so you would have an additional button in the contacts to Export Contacts instead of just Import them, but the emulator has no support for the SIM so I can't verify that it worked. I had since deleted it.
I was wondering if anyone had written anything like this yet?
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Yeah, as far as I know (unfortunately) there is no way to go from the G1 to the SIM, only the other way around.
However, if you're on a T-Mobile SIM card, what I have heard yet never tried was using the new T-Mobile app called "Mobile Backup." It saves all the contacts and other misc. things from your phone onto a web server with your T-Mobile account. You can then transfer anything on this Mobile Backup to another T-Mobile phone. So what might be worth a shot is to transfer everything onto a phone that supports writing to the SIM card, and then put it back on the G1.
Personally, Gmail works great at this
I have JACHero 2.6.3 and i just checked the contact app to see if there was an export to sim option, but sadly, only import. Sorry.
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Yeah, as far as I know (unfortunately) there is no way to go from the G1 to the SIM, only the other way around.
However, if you're on a T-Mobile SIM card, what I have heard yet never tried was using the new T-Mobile app called "Mobile Backup." It saves all the contacts and other misc. things from your phone onto a web server with your T-Mobile account. You can then transfer anything on this Mobile Backup to another T-Mobile phone. So what might be worth a shot is to transfer everything onto a phone that supports writing to the SIM card, and then put it back on the G1.
Personally, Gmail works great at this
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The mobile backup works pretty well. If you have access to M$ Exchange you could always have all of your contacts back up to that (Or google contacts for that matter)
There are 2 ways you can do it. Buy one of those usb sim reader...$5 at Fry's or in Hero.
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I have an HTC HD2 running Android 2.3 with the rom build on a Nexus One. As with every rom I have flashed before, i loose all my contacts and messages. I want to put my contacts on my SIM card rather than my 4g microSD card which is now full. Searching the Android (Google Play) Store there have been no apps that have been able to help me with this.
Any suggestions?
make sure you are using google sync. i have flashed too many roms to count and never has google sync failed me. if you log onto your gmail from a computer you will see your contacts saved there, if not you need to make sure you choose to sync contacts in the settings menu on your phone.
if you dont like this option for whatever reason than just get a bigger sd card or transfer files to your computer
I am having problems with my contacts. Thread here. Not making a lot of progress.
One suggestion I read somewhere was to delete my contacts from the SIM. But the Contact management software on the phone only allows copy to/from the SIM.
Anyone know how to delete contacts from the SIM on a Captivate?
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Anyone know how to delete contacts from the SIM on a Captivate?
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I couldn't find way to delete all the contacts from SIM card all together. I've deleted them one by one.
Go to 'Contacts', here you'll see contacts marked with small sigh of SIM card. Hold you finger on the contact for 2-3 seconds. A pop-up menu will apper. The menu contains 'Delete' item. Choose it and the contact will be deleted from the SIM card.
I put the SIM in an older (Symbian) phone. That permitted wholesale deletion of the contacts.
Thanks for the tip. I put it back in my WinMo phone to delete them.
Tempting to make a wise crack
So far, the only thing I've found is "Contact Remover" on the market. I tried it after reading a post by Kak and android forums.
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ca...contacts-sim-text-messaging-contact-list.html
Like he says, you can't "organize" it based on sim or phone, but your sim card contacts will always be listed 1st.
So if you have
John
John
John
The 1st two will likely be from your sim card. I would export your contacts first, just in case and maybe double check their order by displaying both phone and sim contacts. It's not perfect, but it made it a heck of a lot easier than individually deleting!
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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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??
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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?
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Hi all. Got my HD7 few days ago and can't find out how to export my phone contact list to SIM. There is the import function (to import contacts from SIM to phone) but is there the export function?
Does not exist. There was a nice Sim Manager in previous versions of Windows Mobile but it's missing in WP7. Even my iPhone had this feature missing and yes.. finally "there's an app for that" in the iPhone world.
Hopefully it's also an app for this Phone OS that will be coming. Some times (not all the time) I don't want to carry around my HTC HD7. Being able to export contacts to Sim allows for another phone to be used and still have all your phone# you might need.
or you could store your new contacts as windows live contacts so they are stored online and they can be imported to any WP7 phone. not perfect but one solution.
Yes... that would work but some of us have an older phone (candy bar style) as a back up or for travel (not use carrier data plan abroad). Not being able to transfer all contacts to sim would be an issue. I sure hope all the good things about previous Windows Mobile are brought over to WP7. Even some nice features of the iPhone should be implemented too.
I will say though... going to the cloud for data is fantastic. The idea would be to have access to all your info no matter what phone/internet device/appliance is being used. As I understand it Microsoft is really pushing for Laptop/Phone/TV as the interface. Just image being able to logon to any internet enabled device in the world, make a phone call, send email, Instant Messege or SMS, watch movie/TV all from your "Live" account. One day it will be possible !
I honestly could care less about this function unless they improve sim cards.
1. Names tend to get chopped off
2. Different "contact" for every number each contact has (1 for mobile, 1 for home, etc)
3. No other info makes it across (address, email addy, etc), at least on t-mobile
Now, if they improved the sim cards to actually store the contact the way its stored on the phone, then I could see it as a valuable thing.
HD7 cant export contacts to SIM
Hi
Leading on from earlier reply to this thread. What are the steps to
or you could store your new contacts as windows live contacts so they are stored online and they can be imported to any WP7 phone. not perfect but one solution.
Can you export the contacts on the phone to windows live account in one go or is it a case of manually creating a contact in windows live for each entry in the phone book on the phone
My contacts in my phone book have lot of detail in them. Emails, addresses, multiple phone numbers, notes, etc so having to manually type all of these into a windows live contact is going to take forever and is real pain
Also, what are the steps/instructions to follow to then import these contacts from windows live to windows 7 phone
Thanks
o wow im so disapointed that i cant back up my contacts to my sim card i realy hope a talented dev will address this issue with some new application
im t-mobel us!
i did store my contacts online but thats not going to fix the probums im about to face when the next update hits
we realy need a fix for this
Export contacts to sim is a must!!!!
Sync WP7 HD7 contacts
I have added new contacts directly in the phone but they were not sync to windows live. How can I sync manually? or How can I force the sync of all my contacts? Can I perform a general contact backup?
Thanks!
boooooooooooooooo
I'm a programmer and I'll have a go at implementing something. It may be the case, however, that it's just not possible to gain access to the sim from the WP7 API.
The reason I need to do this, is that I don't want to take my expencive WP7 phone hillwalking (can be very wet where I live) so I bought a cheap and cheerful candy bar phone for outdoor activities. I'd rather not type in a heap of contacts though if I can help it.
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flobadob said:
I'm a programmer and I'll have a go at implementing something. It may be the case, however, that it's just not possible to gain access to the sim from the WP7 API.
The reason I need to do this, is that I don't want to take my expencive WP7 phone hillwalking (can be very wet where I live) so I bought a cheap and cheerful candy bar phone for outdoor activities. I'd rather not type in a heap of contacts though if I can help it.
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After some digging around I see that it's not possible. The WP7 API doesn't provide any access to the sim card. You can but a sim card writer very cheaply though. Maybe one of those can integrate with Windows Live contacts. Probably not.
contacts transfer
u can transfer ur contacts using Nokia contacts transfer app for any unlocked wp7 via bluetooth
Passport1 said:
Hi
Leading on from earlier reply to this thread. What are the steps to
or you could store your new contacts as windows live contacts so they are stored online and they can be imported to any WP7 phone. not perfect but one solution.
Can you export the contacts on the phone to windows live account in one go or is it a case of manually creating a contact in windows live for each entry in the phone book on the phone
My contacts in my phone book have lot of detail in them. Emails, addresses, multiple phone numbers, notes, etc so having to manually type all of these into a windows live contact is going to take forever and is real pain
Also, what are the steps/instructions to follow to then import these contacts from windows live to windows 7 phone
Thanks
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If you've set up a windows live account, and have it on the phone as well, contacts and calendar are automatically backed up to windows live every time it syncs... go to the email settings and make sure the windows live account is scheduled to sync and not set to manual sync.
I flash my phone all the time and windows live always syncs my phone contacts and calendar back without loosing anything.