if i get my droid 3 unlocked, can i migrate my contacts from my at&t gsm sim card onto the d3? my previous phone doesn't have an sd slot, normal usb hookup, or any other option, and my carrier wants to charge me $50 to have my contacts migrated from the sim card to an sd (which i already own) to insert into my d3.
no fluff, please. don't answer unless you know, and i really only need a "yes" or "no." i need as fast an answer as possible!!
Get another phone
Transfer the SIM card to the other phone
Copy your contacts there
Get your D3
Get your new SIM card and put it in the other phone
Copy your contacts back to your SIM card
Put it back inside your D3
You're done
Aren't you going to keep the old SIM card?
wtf_lun4tic said:
no fluff, please. don't answer unless you know, and i really only need a "yes" or "no." i need as fast an answer as possible!!
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not possible. all i want to know is if the transfer will work. i do not want work arounds.
WILL IT WORK? Y/N?
wtf_lun4tic said:
not possible. all i want to know is if the transfer will work. i do not want work arounds.
WILL IT WORK? Y/N?
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Yes
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Is unlocking my tilt the only way to get my old contacts off my sprint sim card?
Or, is there a device that will actually work and let me simply copy them over?
Frrrrrrunkis said:
Is unlocking my tilt the only way to get my old contacts off my sprint sim card?
Or, is there a device that will actually work and let me simply copy them over?
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Google is your friend and being this is your first post here ill be nice .......
http://www.dekart.com/products/hardware/sim_card_reader/
That should get you started. Also, does your old sprint phone have a sync cable or bluetooth? you could transfer the contacts by syncing it to the computer first then back to the Tilt . . . . .
LOL thank you for being nice....... Google IS my friend
Yeah I tried that already but sadly, its a Nextel phone not even a sprint so It uses that crappy IDEN stuff......It created a backup of my contacts as a text document, but I couldn't get Outlook to import the file into the contacts.......correctly. I wanted to possibly, sim unlock, then just put the old sim in, copy the sim contacts to the tilt, then take it out and put my ATT sim back in
When your device isnt unlocked you cant use the other sim card. when its unlocked you can. And this is how you can swap contacts.........Go to programs --> sim manager. I think that will solve your problem.
WIM26
He already knows unlocking will let him use the sim. His question was is there any way OTHER than unlocking to do this. Frrrrrrunkis What format did it export the file as? Am i to understand youre able to read the contacts using the document? You could always make an XML spreadsheet and copy/paste into the appropriate fields ( business , cell , home , Name, ect ) then try to import the contacts int outlook ......
LMAO!! Thank you all for your help. And now for a little shameful self-bashing!!!
Google is my friend!!!! I did a little digging and found a firmware update for my old Motorola I870, hooked it up to the PC Via USB cable and it updated the phone. Once that happened I was able to send my contacts via bluetooth to my new toy, the Tilt. I still want to get it unlocked though and will probably call that number I saw posted on here somewhere.
I assume of course, that the sim unlock is a diffrent one than the CID unlock(if I am reading previous posts correctly)
Yes SIM and CID unlock are two different things.
Just an FYI to anyone who is also looking to do this. Best Buy Mobile offers free phonebook transfers even if you don't buy anything. They have a tool that can read from old phones and/or SIM cards and transfer the contacts to just about anything.
And a second FYI... Sprint and Verizon do not use SIM cards.
NotATreoFan said:
And a second FYI... Sprint and Verizon do not use SIM cards.
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He probably meant had an old Sprint/Nextel phone which actually do use SIM cards on the iDEN network.
godfa7h3r said:
He probably meant had an old Sprint/Nextel phone which actually do use SIM cards on the iDEN network.
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Eeewww. Not since I threw my i95 under a bus like 6 years ago have I thought about that revolting network.
NotATreoFan said:
Eeewww. Not since I threw my i95 under a bus like 6 years ago have I thought about that revolting network.
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Well, sadly my job still uses them, but now I get a company supplied cheapo instead of paying out of pocket for it................so I got me the Tilt!
Got a quick question for everyone, although I may already know the answer myself but it does not hurt to just ask to make sure.
My daughter come home from college this past weekend and on Friday night was attending (a non-alcohol I am sure) party, anyway several of her friends decided that it would be cool to throw her in the pool. Well they did, and looking at the many pictures I got to see I can see her holding her G1 in her hand and the look of "don't" in her face as they let her go into the water and she let go of the phone and it sank to the bottom amid all the confusion and the the several hundred kids in the pool she could not locate it at the bottom since it was white for about 10 minutes. Long story short I have insurance on it and just got the new replacement today!
This is my question I naturally want to get it rooted again and I know how to do that, but can I root the phone without a sim card? Since she took her sim card out of the wet G1 and put it in her hacked Iphone(dare i say that word) to use until I got the new G1. I want to root it, get it back to Cyan's ROM then send it to her at college so she can just put the sim card back into the new one. Is that possible by using the "skip this part" after flashing a new ROM when it asks to sign into your Google account?
thanks in advance...
Peace!
Yes i believe you can do it without a sim card. I think Stericson found a way to do it, so you might want to search and try to find it. Or why don't you put in your sim card and root it?Unless of course you don't have t-mobile.
You can skip that part if its an adp version. But I can't remember if cynogen's rom has that option.
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Yes i believe you can do it without a sim card. I think Stericson found a way to do it, so you might want to search and try to find it. Or why don't you put in your sim card and root it?Unless of course you don't have t-mobile.
You can skip that part if its an adp version. But I can't remember if cynogen's rom has that option.
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Turbo Tsi... thanks, I have T-Mobile as well... I thought I had read somewhere in these forums that the phones were sim card specific? Meaning that once it is registered to that phone with the sim inserted then that sim follows that phone? If that is not the case I will be doing the rooting tonight... And yes Cynogen's rom has that option... guess I should just try it...!
peace
I'm 99% sure it will work fine if you put your sim card in to do it, but you should also be able to do it fine without the connection, just flash flash flash, then send it to her and she can put hers in and do the initial set up.
Thanks
Thanks going to go at with my sim card installed and see what happens...
peace
Robbie, this is what you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316&highlight=register
big credit goes to JesusFreke
phuthanvinh said:
Robbie, this is what you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316&highlight=register
big credit goes to JesusFreke
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Awesome link thanks Phuthanvin!!!!!
Hello all, I know it might sound weird or impossible, but Im researching if there is a way for me to use multiple sim cards with the G1.
I have a rooted AND unlocked phone, I was wondering if I cound use BOTH T-Mobile's and AT&T Sims AT THE SAME TIME on my phone.
Maybe trough a ROM or a hack, or app.
I know the phone has only 1 physical Sim Card slot, Im looking for a way around shutting the phone, take sim out, place the other sim in, and boot up...
Thanks...
Isn't the battery in the way of taking the SIM card out?
They do have dual sim adapters available, but haven't tried it yet. I need to tho since I got 2 phones. This is just one example
http://www.shopblue.co.uk/phone-dua...ack-dual-sim-adaptor-604555.html?currency=USD
supremeteam256 said:
They do have dual sim adapters available, but haven't tried it yet. I need to tho since I got 2 phones. This is just one example
http://www.shopblue.co.uk/phone-dua...ack-dual-sim-adaptor-604555.html?currency=USD
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I wouldn't even try putting one of those in my phone.
Android does not have a way to run 2 sims in one. Development has been started (by
Google, not by XDA), this is why you would see STK.apk if you look in /system/app but I wouldn't hold my breath for that one, in short... no, you can't run dual simcard set-up. Sorry.
i changed my Sim card to one I use in the UK and then put back in my original Sim card and now the phone tells me there is no Sim card in the phone but you can still make an emergecy Call
I cant find any thing in settings to configure or change Sim
Or is there somthing wrong with my phone.
I would contact your provider. Sounds like something wrong with the SIM.
Bruce Inman said:
I would contact your provider. Sounds like something wrong with the SIM.
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The Sim in ?? and the other are both working in another phone.
My TD2 is an expensive ornament ATM
porridge said:
The Sim in ?? and the other are both working in another phone.
My TD2 is an expensive ornament ATM
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You may have to hard reset to get it to regognize your SIM again.
Also try to get to SIM manager with the one that doesn't work and see if you can access it that way.
Bruce Inman said:
You may have to hard reset to get it to regognize your SIM again.
Also try to get to SIM manager with the one that doesn't work and see if you can access it that way.
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Ok I am going to appoligies for waisting your time
And admit to being an idiot, apparently it helps if you insert the sim card in the right direction.
Yes, that usually helps!
Glad you fixed it.
I am never going to use this as a cell phone. Is there a way to disable the cell phone part of it? Not physically, but by removing certain drivers? I know about airplane mode, just wondering if there were a different way.
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I am never going to use this as a cell phone. Is there a way to disable the cell phone part of it? Not physically, but by removing certain drivers? I know about airplane mode, just wondering if there were a different way.
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I think this is the best solution or if you remove the SIM.
If you want physicall you must remove the antenna.
dragosneagu95 said:
I think this is the best solution or if you remove the SIM.
If you want physicall you must remove the antenna.
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SIM? I didn't know sholes had a SIM. Where is it?
Drop out the battery(I think you know how).Then,you will see two places : one with the SD card and another with the SIM.If you will remove the SIM you will you will not be able to make calls.
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Drop out the battery(I think you know how).Then,you will see two places : one with the SD card and another with the SIM.If you will remove the SIM you will you will not be able to make calls.
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Nope. No such thing. This IS an OG (verizon) Droid 1 we are talking about. I see the SD card. There is nothing else that looks like it in the battery area.
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Nope. No such thing. This IS an OG (verizon) Droid 1 we are talking about. I see the SD card. There is nothing else that looks like it in the battery area.
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But if you don't have a SIM card in the phone you can't make calls.Or can you?Tell me more detailed youre problem.
Only GSM Milestones (sholes_umts) have SIM cards.
The Droid (sholes) is a CDMA device and therefore has no SIM card. The necessary information is stored on a chip soldered directly onto the motherboard.
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Nope. No such thing. This IS an OG (verizon) Droid 1 we are talking about. I see the SD card. There is nothing else that looks like it in the battery area.
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You can delete the CALL and SMS app from you ROM, if you have root access. But I can't see any reason to do that.
Erovia said:
You can delete the CALL and SMS app from you ROM, if you have root access. But I can't see any reason to do that.
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3 reasons I can thing of right a way.
More room for stuff you want to add to ROM.
Stop the annoying "Activate" screen from coming up all the time!!!!
Save some battery.