Hi, when you press phone to open your contacts, you get the Phone contacts AND the Sim contacts, how do you filter just one or the other.?
I like to keep a backup copy of my contacts on the sim, not just the phone, but i now get 2 enetries for each contact?
Go to People tab > All people > Menu > View and choose contacts or sim.
Yeah that i worked out, but when you press the phone button, it still shows phone contacts AND SIM untill you press the all people button????
why???
I don't know why. I never even noticed that.
Not only that it shows all the emails too, i also deleted them all, and 10 mins later they are back??
Weird phone man...
yes. same problem here.
I select to filter sim contacts. close it. even restart but it still shows both sim contacts and phone contacts.
thanks.
is only way keeping sim card empty?
any ideas?
Use a registry editor and do this tweak:
Code:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone\ShowSIM = 0 (DWORD; default is 1)
That hides the SIM contacts in the dialer only. They still show up in e-mail and sms screens, but at least it's not in the dialer any more!
that works.
thank you.
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Is there any way of saving numbers stored in the phonebook to the sim on an XDA2?
Don't know if there is a way to copy your entire contacts in one move to the SIM. If possible most SIM can store a limited number of contacts.
But it is possible to copy contacts one by one to the SIM. Maybe you knew this allready. If not this is how:
Tap to a contact an hold until a menu appears. Choose Save To SIM an a copy of the contact is saved to the SIM.
Cheers,
Mark
You can also copy multiple contacts onto your SIM by selecting the desired (or all) contacts and then tapping Tools -> Save to SIM.
I've just bought myself a shiney new Xda2, but when I put in my SIM card, I cannot access my phonebook & sms messages stored on it. Strangely though, when a number in the phonebook calls me, the Xda2 manages to access my phonebook & tells me who is calling. Any clues on how I can recover my phonebook & text messages?
use the sim manger not sure if it works havent got any numbers on my sim card but its there
Yes, use sim manager, then click and hold stylus over required number and choose save to contacts, if you want them all saved to contacts then choose select all then save to contacts. I have no idea about the sms messages.
Thanks for the assistance. ^_^ I can get by without the text messages. I believe they were stored on my old phone itself, rather than the SIM card, so no transferring them. :/
Can you easily switch between Sim Contacts and Phone Contacts?
Can you select where you want a new contact's details saving, either phone or sim?
I am currently using the contact list on my phone and not sim and notice next to each contact there are arrows like this (< >) Any ideas why please?
Thanks in advance
kirkie said:
Can you easily switch between Sim Contacts and Phone Contacts?
Can you select where you want a new contact's details saving, either phone or sim?
I am currently using the contact list on my phone and not sim and notice next to each contact there are arrows like this (< >) Any ideas why please?
Thanks in advance
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All contact are stored in the phone. If you want to store on the SIM, you can go to the SIM-manager in the contacts menu.
The arrows show which is the default method of contact. You can switch type by pressing left or right with the joystick.
on8a said:
All contact are stored in the phone. If you want to store on the SIM, you can go to the SIM-manager in the contacts menu.
The arrows show which is the default method of contact. You can switch type by pressing left or right with the joystick.
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When I press the arrow keys the word txt shows...
Allowing you to send a "txt" to that person.
Has there been an edit to fix the confusion when inserting contacts into SMS messages? Why do the home phone and mobile phone icons look the same when inserting contact numbers? Could there be a way to show the icons of the Mobile phone and the House the way they look in the PEOPLE contacts? Inserting contacts turns into a guess of......is it their home phone or is it their mobile phone?
I've put the same question out there 3 times....no replies yet.
Does anyone else have the problem when you turn your phone off then turn it back on all your text are saved as sim text. So it doesnt show anyones pic or real contact info unless you recieve a text then it goes back to the correct contact. Is there any way to make this stop? I like to have contacts on my sim and phone just in case one something happens to one I have the other.
why dont you sync your contacts to my phone its a free microsoft service that will allow you to backup and restore your contacts through the web directly from your phone!