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[Q] Old, dumbphone's contacts to Vibrant?

I had a Sony Ericsson TM506 on which the screen doesnt work anymore. About two weeks before it died, i had backed up my contacts using the PC software. It saved my contacts onto a .dbk file. I was wondering if there was a way to get this onto my Vibrant i can get my contacts back.
PS I know is shoulda put them all on my SIM, but oh well.

This is not the fastest method but, in my opinion, the cleanest way to do it.
1) Convert the file to an Excel format so you can save it as a CSV file - there are lots of free dbf to XXX converters available online.
2) Format the new CSV file to match fields that Gmail will recognize. (http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12119) It's possible your original file already has appropriate headers.
3) Import the contacts into Gmail
4) Sync the Gmail with your phone
Now you don't have to worry about losing your contacts when switching phones to the next best Android device in a few years!

sweet, thanks, i'll get to this asap

Transfer from mobile phone to another

As we know, iPhone SIM card only copy to iPhone, but iPhone can't copy it back to the SIM card with the former that is used for iPhone. We can find ways to begin by syncing your iPhone contacts over to Gmail, then move all of your iPhone contacts over to your Google account, which will be synced to your new Android device during it's initial setup.
Here I outline the ways that you can avail to transfer contacts easily and quickly to the new phone. The process of transferring the contacts may vary in accordance to the model and the OS of your handset. As mentioned, from iphone to android phone, or from android phone to iphone.
Transfer contacts from iPhone to Android phone, there is a simple initial load. Login to gmail and export your contacts to contacts.vcf . Then email contacts.vcf to your carrier provided account (for example: name#pm.sprint.com # of @). Then open the attachment on iPhone and allow your iPhone to import all contacts. It's done.
Another, if you want to move other contents like music, video or ebooks from your previous mobile phone like iPhone to the brand new Blackberry or android phone, iPad/iPhone/iPod to Computer Transfer (local at asoftmall ) can help you back up songs, videos, photos, playlists, podcasts, Folder Rule and more to any folder on your computer desktop directly with auto-scans your iPod, iPad or iPhone device when running. The details will then get transferred to your new phones from your computer. Besides, you can manage ipod/ipad/iphone contents together if you want.
For users of Windows Mobile, such as Samsung or HTC, Microsoft's Device Center or ActiveSync applications can be used to copy the contacts to your computer through Outlook. For transfer of contacts from a Windows Phone to another, it can be easily done with help of Microsoft's My Phone serviceNewest said, the service may be shut down and it's really a pity if it really shut down.
Use Mobical, an online service that is available free and is also compatible with mobile phones like Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson etc. All you need to do is setup the application in your old phone and create a backup of contacts in the cloud. Then again setup Mobical in your new handset and enjoy automatic download of all the contacts from the old to the new one.
If your mobile phone is internet enabled, then you can transfer mobile Phone Contacts via app online and it becomes much easier. You can transfer your contacts freely and will not even require the help of a computer, but have not for iphone yet.

Transfer SMS, Calendar, notes from iOS

Morning all, I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery of the new Galaxy S4, and as I've mentioned in a previous post I'll be leaving iPhone having used them since iPhone 3g.
Looking to transfer all my my stuff to the new phone, already prepped photos etc and placed them on the SD card I've bought so not problem there, It's the other stuff
Contacts
All SMS messages (important)
Calendar entries, as has 2 years of shifts and appointments in it
Notes
Music..... only just remembered that (should be ok drag & drop?)
Any advise would be great, I've seen some programs for the SMS transfer but don't really want to pay out $39.00 for it

jus71n said:
Morning all, I'm eagerly awaiting the delivery of the new Galaxy S4, and as I've mentioned in a previous post I'll be leaving iPhone having used them since iPhone 3g.
Looking to transfer all my my stuff to the new phone, already prepped photos etc and placed them on the SD card I've bought so not problem there, It's the other stuff
Contacts
All SMS messages (important)
Calendar entries, as has 2 years of shifts and appointments in it
Notes
Music..... only just remembered that (should be ok drag & drop?)
Any advise would be great, I've seen some programs for the SMS transfer but don't really want to pay out $39.00 for it
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I did something similar for my wife when I weaned off her Apple addiction.. :laugh:
For sms see this post on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881440
For your calendar you need to set up google sync and sync the ios and google calendars see here http://support.google.com/a/users/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139206
Music should be a straight copy and paste as long as the tunes are DRM free. Cant help with the notes, my wife didnt use them so I didnt look into it

the_major said:
I did something similar for my wife when I weaned off her Apple addiction.. :laugh:
For sms see this post on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881440
For your calendar you need to set up google sync and sync the ios and google calendars see here http://support.google.com/a/users/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139206
Music should be a straight copy and paste as long as the tunes are DRM free. Cant help with the notes, my wife didnt use them so I didnt look into it
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I recall KIES has an option to extract from the iPhone backup and restores it to the Galaxy? not 100% sure but it seems to ring a bell

I would recommand iSyncr if you use itunes to organise your music (as I do because I once had an iPhone..). It syncs your itunes playlists, including two-way sync of ratings, and works over Wifi. It also copies photos/videos back to your computer, which is handy.
For notes, there is nothing built into Android. I use Evernote (although the new Google Keep looks fairly good). I think that Evernote has import functionality.

For Messages(SMS & MMS) transfer, try a program called Backuptrans iPhone SMS + MMS to Android Transfer. Works fine.

Old school contacts...ing

So, this might seem like a very noobish qustion, but it's actually something that's been playing on my mind for a while... Like, since 2010...
I've been using what many of you will probably consider a stone-age way of managing my contacts ever since I got my fist android device, the mighty BLADE!!!
I'm not a fan of "helper apps", like Kies, or iTunes - Nor do I like being tied to a particular piece of software, that might not be present on a public computer if I need to access one in an emergency, or someone else's machine if I'm not at home, etc..
(Hell, I don't even like playlists; All my thousand plus MP3s are kept in a single folder, organised by artist & title in the filename itself, so that any media player I use always organises them properly, without having to maintain separate playlist files....)
So anyway, all this time, my way of maintaining my contacts has been to keep a copy of my contacts list in .CSV format on my SD Card.
When I add a new contact, I simply add a new line to the .CSV, enter the details between the correct commas, upload it to my gmail account & update my contacts there. Finally, I sync my phone's contacts to google to get the new contact on my phone.
This lets me edit my contacts in Notepad (no helper app, it's basically a text file just with a .CSV extension), and gives me a cloud-based backup in case of phone loss...
However, the act of updating the .CSV, upping it to google, and then syncing is quite cumbersome...
So I figured I'd ask if I'm the only one quite so OCD about how they manage their contacts off the device itself, and if so, if there's a more elegant way to do it, while keeping the need of 3rd party software to a minimum?
Something akin to a small standalone contacts manager for windows, that lets me edit my contacts on my PC, save them as a file that can be edited without any special software, and then push them to my device?
(but one that's not bloated and doesn't have a bunch of unnecessary "features", like file/media transfer, music player, etc...)
Hell, typing this out loud, I'm tempted to dust off my old copy of VB 6 & write a single-form, non-install windows program to simplify editing a .CSV file, to break it down into the fields and output to .CSV... The part where it bypasses uploading to google & pushes right to my phone would probably stump me though...
Or maybe there's a better method I've not thought of yet?
Anyway, sorry for the long-ish post! Thanks

I just use the contacts app's import/export feature.
But I don't think windows can open the file without a third-party program.

How can I import all my contacts, messages, data etc to this phone from older phone?

I have a rooted and S-off HTC One. I want to keep practically all my data, dont care about the apps etc I guess I can get that all back manually but if there is a way to transfer that also thatll be great. Anyway I want to backup my contacts, text messages, videos, photos you name it. Is there a tool or handy app/s out there that I can get that can do all this and somehow transfer it to the Samsung S7 Edge that is unlocked? Im not going to attempt rooting and s-offing this phone it seems way too complicated.

There many apps on the Google Play to backup/restore sms, contacts, call logs onto different phones.
Document and picture files could be copied from the old phone to a PC or memory card.
There is also a Samsung app that is designed to transfer many things from a (non) Samsung phone to a Samsung one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.easyMover

Nice, thanks for the link to the app. Seems handy