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exporting contacts to computer...

i know this should be very simple but for some reason i just cannot figure this out..i dont use outlook btw. is there any other way to do this... im tryin to upgrade to the new 3g sim without having to manually reenter all the contacts.... anyone?
EDIT. ok so even if i have outlook on my computer, but dont use it for email, can i still use outlook to import the numbers.. then export them back to the phone?

...you can use sqb backup to backup and restore only pim contacts.
With pocketinformant2007 you can beam all your contacts out (as vcards) by BT or IR and use 'receive beam' to import them back...

hmm. i cannt even get active sync to export them using outlook now. basically im screwed?

...sorry, missed your 'edit'. Yes, that's possible...

Use the sim manager to save the contacts into TyTNs memory, then change the sim.

pof said:
Use the sim manager to save the contacts into TyTNs memory, then change the sim.
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so sim manger >menu > save to contacts will keep the #s on my phone but also the memory card. are you sure??!

...my simcard contains only the numbers of my provider. How did you get all your numbers in, because I can only put in (200) numbers and names, by HAND. For me that isn't a possibility. Or do you've got an more up-to-data manager, i've got version 2.30.0...

the blues said:
so sim manger >menu > save to contacts will keep the #s on my phone but also the memory card. are you sure??!
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Do it, then remove your sim and access your contacts. If they are there, and your sim is not on the TyTN, then your contacts are in TyTN's memory.
From now on, I would suggest you to use the internal memory of the phone, and backup with activesync + outlook, and don't store contacts on the SIM card anymore.

Krinkiespijer said:
...my simcard contains only the numbers of my provider. How did you get all your numbers in, because I can only put in (200) numbers and names, by HAND. For me that isn't a possibility. Or do you've got an more up-to-data manager, i've got version 2.30.0...
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He wants to do it the other way round, that is puting contacts from SIM to TyTN.

...i know he wants them out of sim. I want to know how did he gets them in. Because my sim cannot contain contacts with emailadresses etc. My contactsinfo are embedded in windows\pim.vol. It would be nice to know if he can. It would be a nice place to backup when you want to perform a hard reset...

only the phone number can be stored on the sim, not the whole vcard data. Also the number of contacts you can store is very limited. I won't recommend using the sim as backup.

Anyway, if you still want to save contacts to SIM contacts try using the attached cab.

...cheers...

can you hide\filter your sim contacts?

I like to have all my contacts saved onto my phone so I can add pictures and other info to the contact infromation that it doesnt allow you to do if it is just on the sim card... I also like to keep all my contacts on my sim card in case the phone crashes and I need to pull the sim and switch phones.. here is my problem. Since I have my contacts on both my phone and my sim, they show duplicates in the contacts list. Is there any way to filter out the sim card contacts so I dont have 2 of everyone(1 on phone, 1 on sim)??
fyi: Im using WM6

reznor9 said:
I like to have all my contacts saved onto my phone so I can add pictures and other info to the contact infromation that it doesnt allow you to do if it is just on the sim card... I also like to keep all my contacts on my sim card in case the phone crashes and I need to pull the sim and switch phones.. here is my problem. Since I have my contacts on both my phone and my sim, they show duplicates in the contacts list. Is there any way to filter out the sim card contacts so I dont have 2 of everyone(1 on phone, 1 on sim)??
fyi: Im using WM6
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Please don't cross post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299848
--M

Hello reznor9,
by WM5 goes with follow:
in the contacts: menu => filter => no categories
may be, that WM6 hase the same options...
Greatings from Frank

Want to stop importing contacts from sim when flashing roms.

Flashed Mircomod desire super hybrid last night... all seems good but every time I flash a new rom the phone wants to import contacts from both my sim card and my google account. I only want the ones from google as the ones that are stored on my sim card are out of order and pretty old.
Is there a way to prevent the importing of sim contacts?

Delete them from your SIM card...
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Yeah, it's a pain but you have to delete your SIM card so the Contact app in the sense rom won't detect the redundant contacts. If you ever need to back up your contacts to SIM again... try Contact2SIM but the app doesn't work well on Froyo though there's a workaround to that.
Anyway you don't really need anything to be saved on your SIM card unless you use it with other phones.

Alight, thanks for the help, got them deleted from the sim.

transfering of contacts to sim

hi guys, i currently have a stocked rom DHD but due to work purpose, i need to access places tat has high security with restriction on camera phone thus i need to take out my sim card and place it into a simple normal phone. i cant find any function for me to transfer the contacts to sim and i tried apps like contacts2sim and copy to sim. they both dont work. any advise pls??

open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard. no need for extra software needed
regards
edit, this export only and does not import, my error

marleyb said:
open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard. no need for extra software needed
regards
edit, this export only and does not import, my error
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no worries. i need to import my contacts from my phone to my sim card. need mega help

Remember that there is a limit to a) number of contacts on a SIM card and b) a limit to the amount of information "per contact" on the SIM card. When I tried it from my old Nokia (E71) to transfer contacts when I first got the DHD I basically got as list of names with phone numbers. No other information. This could be enough for you I suppose.
But why not get a basic Nokia and use it's PC Suite to sync that phone with your contacts? Presuming you have them in Outlook or Google?
Dave

dvhttn said:
Remember that there is a limit to a) number of contacts on a SIM card and b) a limit to the amount of information "per contact" on the SIM card. When I tried it from my old Nokia (E71) to transfer contacts when I first got the DHD I basically got as list of names with phone numbers. No other information. This could be enough for you I suppose.
But why not get a basic Nokia and use it's PC Suite to sync that phone with your contacts? Presuming you have them in Outlook or Google?
Dave
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the basic phone i have dun not comes with a data cable nor the port thus i can only rely on my sim card.

Try something like this .... http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.shao.Copy2SIM ... I have no idea how good that app is but there are more of a similar nature.
Dave

thanks for ur help dvhttn but unfortunately i have tried tat app, it does not work.

Does the second phone have bluetooth abilites?

Open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard, as simple as that

If you don't have too many contacts that you need to transfer to sim then you can open each contact individually, then press menu, then save to sim.
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zaindon said:
Open contacts, press menu, there is a option to import/export from simcard, as simple as that
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There is only import from sim, no export.
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The same problem here
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ah_cleo said:
hi guys, i currently have a stocked rom DHD but due to work purpose, i need to access places tat has high security with restriction on camera phone thus i need to take out my sim card and place it into a simple normal phone. i cant find any function for me to transfer the contacts to sim and i tried apps like contacts2sim and copy to sim. they both dont work. any advise pls??
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Seems to me that as you can't take advantage of the suggestions below that your work needs to look at this and provide you with the correct tools. If that means a new phone then they should do that. It shouldn't fall on you to provide the tools of your job.
Dave

Have you tried contact2sim (by happydroid) from the market?

I can't update contacts

I jus installed RoyalGinger and I can't get my contacts to update. I installed the ROM twice thinking it would fix it. I only seem to get one contact to come up. Im not sure if there is a way to manually do it. Please help

Did u log in to your gmail account?

Yes I logged in just like I do anytime I install A new ROM. It's strange just one person from my contacts comes up.

dpshptl said:
Yes I logged in just like I do anytime I install A new ROM. It's strange just one person from my contacts comes up.
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try
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menu button > settings > account's & Sync > Google Account> contact

I tried that and everything is checked where it should be and still no other contacts are added.
Also should'nt everything from my sim card come up anyway? I just assumed everything on the sim
would always be there no matter what.

dpshptl said:
I tried that and everything is checked where it should be and still no other contacts are added.
Also should'nt everything from my sim card come up anyway? I just assumed everything on the sim
would always be there no matter what.
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Nope. The SIM card is 100% independent from the Google Accounts and on board memory.

Just to make sure I am not confusing anyone. What I mean by contacts is not just emails and names from google. I'm talking about all the names and phone numbers on my sim card. None of those seem to come up. Which is why i'm confused. I allways thought if your phone is in service and you can make calls and use data, you should have access to all the info on the sim card.

Problem solved! I found out that I can go under contacts and export it all to the SD card and then just import all that on the new ROM. RoyalGinger is awesome! I can't believe how much faster my phone got.