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How to edit contacts on my pc?

I see no sollution to edit the contacts on my pc? How can I open the file and edit?

Why don't you just sync them?

open your microsoft outlook, select contacts and edit them.

rollyblu said:
open your microsoft outlook, select contacts and edit them.
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As simple as that
Who think that Bill Gates will make an OS without interaction between his Office suite ?
How to get more rich in 1 lesson !!!

I figured that also out, but I don't want to install outlook.
Any other options? Are there freeware programs available?

Godyn said:
I figured that also out, but I don't want to install outlook.
Any other options? Are there freeware programs available?
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Of all the junk that Micro$ have churned out, Outlook is actually a rather good program - I'd recommend it over anything else

You either get another sync software that will let you sync with the software you use to manage contacts on your pc, or connect to your pocketpc using something like http://www.freewareppc.com/communication/rce.shtml that will let you control the ppc from your windows desktop.

Ok, another question
i used to sync my device with outlook with the option of combine contacts between the two devices, the peoblem now is that i have a many duplicated contacts over 1500 contacts, is there any program or tip to remove this duplicates easly.
thank u in advance

I haven't tried it myself, but I found this on Google:
http://msn.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22907,00.asp

Backup symbian contacts and restore to windows mobile device

Hello,
Is it possible to transfer contacts and sms text messages from a symbian device (nokia 6600) to a windows mobile device? (Htc Trinity)
I found enough programs to do it, but all of them are for symbian OR windows mobile, but not both...
Anyone has an idea?
Regards,
Donald.

I know what you mean, dont suppose the Nokia can be made to output data that can be read by Outlook? In which case dump the lot to outlook, then dump it back to the Trinity, et voila.
Otherwise see if it can be saved in some form of common standard... PLain text, CSV etc.
Sorry not much help otherwise

Use Nokia PC Suite to sync the Nokia phone to Outlook, then Active Sync to do Outlook to the Trinity.
Or save the contacts to the SIM on the Nokia, then import from the SIM on the Trinity.

I'll try that
Thanks, i'll try that, but i don't know if outlook can read the sms text messages from the phone, we will see...
Thanks for the tips,
Regards,
Donald.

Importing SMS into WinMob is not straight forward.
But you will very probably have to start by finding a Symbian app that can export to CSV (a generic spreadsheet type format).
FYI, Yahoo Mail is quite good at converting formats!
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or..... Bluetooth.....? MInd if you have alot to shift might take some time, but it's worth a punt?

Hi there,
have you checkt Smart GSM for windows mobile? That let's you sync your Nokia with the Trinity. For me it work very well with my old 8910!!! (I'am on WM6)

I'll gonna check smartgsm, if it works i'll let you know...
Thanx for all the suggestions.

SmartGSM
SmartGSM didn't work, it just won't connect to my nokia 6600 (symbian based phone) neither through infrared or bluetooth...
Let's search for an app that can import sms text messages and export it to a format windows mobile can read...
Any idea? anybody?

Possible to import messages from old phone?

Hey,
is it possible to import sms/text-messages from my old nokia phone to the Touch HD? I've managed to import the contacts from the old phone to outlook, but can't find a way to do the same with the text messages.
I would be greatful for any help!
Regards,
Bacardi Man

I used a program called EASY HELPER on my xda2i to transfer text and contacts between two similar handsets. Worked ok, ALTHOUGH text only backs up INBOX. sent, drafts etc... are populated but by empty files you have to just delete anyway.
If easy helper is supported in 6.1 then it might work for you, don't forget to search for other 3rd party sms backup and restore programs which could be equally helpful.
....IB a n e

Well on the Nokia side you could give the new NCC 2.0 beta http://www.nokia.com/A41013626 a try, but I think even 1.0 in the latest current Phone Suite could export SMS. My N95 is currently with Nokia, so I cannot test it for you (Export function w/o phone is greyed out). Re-Importing a common export file format back into WinMobile should not be a great deal.

I have exporter all Contacts and messages from my Nokia phone using Nokia PC suite. All this data now is stored in one single *.nbu file.
So you mean there is a program, which can extract the messages from this file and transfer them to an WM6.1 based PDA?

Can PC Suite only export nbu file format? Doubt any other program can read that. No option there to choose csv or text format at least?

Bacardi Man said:
Hey,
is it possible to import sms/text-messages from my old nokia phone to the Touch HD? I've managed to import the contacts from the old phone to outlook, but can't find a way to do the same with the text messages.
I would be greatful for any help!
Regards,
Bacardi Man
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Ok, let me think about it:
you may be able to send your text messages from the nokia phone vie bluetooth to your HD (if your Nokia supports sending more messages than one at a time, that would be the easyest way )
every phone and it software stores text messages in a different format and way. so normaly, its not possible to load those on another phone. some programs can store and save those messages as text files. but on the other hand, you would not be able to get those text files on your HD stored as real sms again. so the best thing would be bluetooth. just send those messages over and ypur HD will get them and know that its an sms (did the same with my contacts, just sended them via bluetooth )

My colleague says NCC can in fact export to csv format. From that format it should be possible to import into WinMobile. If only I would remember if this WM5 software HTC SMSBackup in this old post of mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1053322&postcount=2 can import csv? If you wanna give it a try, install for WinMobile 6.x as a cab is different now:
1. Change the ".zip" extension to ".rar"
2. extract 00CAB300.001
3. rename to "00CAB300.001.exe"
4. copy to phone and use

simple answer: use pimbackup - i moved everything from my trinity. you can find it by searching on XDA, it is simply perfect.

pzucchel said:
simple answer: use pimbackup - i moved everything from my trinity. you can find it by searching on XDA, it is simply perfect.
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Does it also work for SE devices such as the W800i?

Monsieur zucchel, the topic here is syncing Nokia to WinMobile No simple answer yet

Lucas0511 said:
Monsieur zucchel, the topic here is syncing Nokia to WinMobile No simple answer yet
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Hi Lucas, my apologies. i thought it was a windows mobile device....

Bienvenue, PIMBackup is indeed a fine WinMobile solution.

But is there also a solution to port contacts from sony Ericcson devices to the HD?
Asking that cos I own a W800i.

Well, one nice feature of SE phones is the capability to copy all phone contacts to SIM card. Then you put the SIM in your other phone, and voila. Just a quick fix, a better way would be to export contacts to a export data file like .csv, and then import that one into WinMobile with the free PIMBackup http://www.dotfred.net/ Give the free http://www.fjsoft.at/en/ MyPhoneExplorer a try, it was always my favourite SE contacts and SMS sync software.

Really good news as I am already using MyPhoneExplorer.
Will give it a try on monday when the HD should arrive.
The problem with the SIM Card is that there is only a storage capacitiy for 150 numbers (not even contacts) so this option wont work for me.

The option of using bluetooth sounds really interesting. But how can I send a sms via Bluetooth. In the options menue of the messages menue there is no possibility to do that, altough both phones support bluetooth.

Since I still can't find an option to send my sms via bluetooth from one phone to the other, I tried exporting them into .csv format, which worked fine.
Now I have the problem that both, your program Lucas, and PPCPIMBackup don't recognize this format.
Any suggestions?

Studied the PIMBackup since I dont use it. Its backups are stored in a .pib file, which actually is just a .zip file which you can decompress. It will reveal a number of .csv files, for the different types of data in your Touch HD. I would then assume that you can copy the contacts from your Nokia .csv file into the PIMBackup .csv with contacts, using Excel which can read and write .csv. Do the same for SMS. Unfortunately not a one-click solution, but transfering PIM data over operating systems is still a pain - when it comes to SMS. Contacts of course can be transfered via Outlook, or a online account which both of your devices can access.
If you like to explore further, I think Jeyo Mobile Extender was a software that allowed you to put all your SMS into Outlook as messages, from where you could copy them. But I never got it to run fully under Outlook 2007, and development has stopped.
Good luck!

@lucas:
Your solution would be great, but in fact the pib-file does not contain many csv-files, instead it contains one single pbm-file, which can't be decompressed.

Well then, I am close to giving up . Did you use a .pib file that you filled with some life, i.e. at least one item (contact, sms) for each PIM menu item on your WinMobile device? An empty .pib file out of the box would certainly contain no csv's. If there is still only a pbm file after decompress then the PIMBackup programmer has not updated his manual.
Other than that, maybe someone else would like to step in... Time for a Bacardi I'd say...

backing up contacts?

Hi just a quick question.. im trying to find out the easiest way to bak up my contacts.. i have windows 7 but i dont have outlook... which it says it needs to back up... surely theres another way?
thanks

Try SKTools or SPB backup !

Microsoft MyPhone?

Yes, you need Outlook to backup contacts using ActiveSync. As mentioned Myphone works as does GoogleSync and 3rd party backup products.
Regards.

thanks.. will have a look at myphone

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Microsoft MyPhone?
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+1 for MyPhone, works great for me.

problem with MyPhone si that if in 1 year you switch to symbian or android or whateve else, you cannot export in any well known and widely supported format...
any other option in case i wanna move to android and export my contacts from the leo and import them into a new phone?

thegios said:
problem with MyPhone si that if in 1 year you switch to symbian or android or whateve else, you cannot export in any well known and widely supported format...
any other option in case i wanna move to android and export my contacts from the leo and import them into a new phone?
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I believe that the GoogleSync option I mentioned earlier where you configure ActivSync on your phone to go to m.google.com as your Exchange server to back up your Contacts will work for you. Or you could Google (or Bing) a SIM backup tool.

cMMY69 said:
I believe that the GoogleSync option I mentioned earlier where you configure ActivSync on your phone to go to m.google.com as your Exchange server to back up your Contacts will work for you. Or you could Google (or Bing) a SIM backup tool.
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+1
If you want an Android friendly version then definitely go down the Google route.

very funny noone yet has pointed you to the very best pim data backup software out there, pimbackup
Have it create a backyup binary file in the my documents folder, or better in a subfolder, and a simple activesync file sync will take care of it.
It's just for backup tho, if you need to have your own data copied to your pc in a usable format, sure the other alternatives are maybe better.

thegios said:
problem with MyPhone si that if in 1 year you switch to symbian or android or whateve else, you cannot export in any well known and widely supported format...
any other option in case i wanna move to android and export my contacts from the leo and import them into a new phone?
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i recently downloaded "vCard Expert" from the windows phone marketplace. it uses standard vcf format so is compatible across platforms.

Just use myphone for now. It's so easy to use and does its job very well. When you will choose a different platform, you can always resync your old phone with myphone and then make an appropriate backup of your contacts, which can be transferred to that particular platform.

[Q] How to back up all of my sms in my X2

i just wondering,
how to back up all of my sms from my x2 to my pc,
thanks in advance,

Apologize that I have no answer, but would also like to know.
Something else I also want to know is how many sms it is possible to have on my x2??
Right now I have 697 in my inbox and 633 in my outbox..
Dolle82

kuryu_koheirevo said:
i just wondering,
how to back up all of my sms from my x2 to my pc,
thanks in advance,
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you'd better use PPCPimBackup Allows you to backup / restore personal information from your Pocket PC like Contacts, Appointments, Tasks etc...

Hakim Rahman said:
you'd better use PPCPimBackup Allows you to backup / restore personal information from your Pocket PC like Contacts, Appointments, Tasks etc...
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thanks hakim rahman,
but how to install this app to the x2?

Not directly on-topic as you are using a Windows PC it seems, but for Macintosh computer this program is awesome: the Missing Sync for Windows Mobile (do a google search). Works like a charm and synchs most, incl SMS.

kuryu_koheirevo said:
thanks hakim rahman,
but how to install this app to the x2?
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The exe contained in the zip file, should be copied and launched on the Pocket PC, and not on a PC...
this , use it !!