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Title: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: tidla on 07 January 2015, 09:36:52
Is there a simple tool out there for swapping contacts from samsung to sony?

Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: zirk on 07 January 2015, 10:20:26
If the Samsung is Android try 'My Phone Explorer' Software  :y

http://www.fjsoft.at/en/downloads.php 
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: henryd on 07 January 2015, 12:03:33
Is there a simple tool out there for swapping contacts from samsung to sony?

do you have a gmail account?,if so its simple :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: Terbs on 07 January 2015, 12:56:49
Kids brought me a Luminaire 530 for Christmas....I am on 02. Went online to switch sims and balance, contacts, etc...but it did not swap contacts as they were stored on a HD or Card. Does that make sense.
Son in law did it fast manually. I assume they were stored in a folder and it had to be transferred via the PC. :y
Bit of info if you get a problem :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: 4x4 on 07 January 2015, 14:05:00
Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: The Sheriff on 07 January 2015, 15:29:18
Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.
A Lot of older phones have the old, big sims. New phones have the awkward, fiddly smaller ones.
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: Terbs on 07 January 2015, 15:47:55
Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.
A Lot of older phones have the old, big sims. New phones have the awkward, fiddly smaller ones.

Yes ....that was the problem I had
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: tidla on 07 January 2015, 17:59:49
Is there a simple tool out there for swapping contacts from samsung to sony?

do you have a gmail account?,if so its simple :y

Google knows too much as it is..
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: AndyRoid on 07 January 2015, 20:14:30
Create a Gmail account, sync your current contacts on the old phone, then import them on the new phone using the same Gmail account.
If you prefer a software solution due to Google knowing too much already, use Super Backup (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en)
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: omegod on 07 January 2015, 22:08:50
Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.
A Lot of older phones have the old, big sims. New phones have the awkward, fiddly smaller ones.

Yes ....that was the problem I had

you can cut them down easily
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: Terbs on 07 January 2015, 22:43:43
Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.
A Lot of older phones have the old, big sims. New phones have the awkward, fiddly smaller ones.

Yes ....that was the problem I had

you can cut them down easily

Can you really ? That's worth remembering :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: 05omegav6 on 07 January 2015, 22:50:05
Arse backwards... ::)

New, mini sim inserted into old phone with use of a cage... contacts onto small sim... small sim out of cage and into new phone... transfer sim contents to new phone... job jobbed :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: AndyRoid on 08 January 2015, 10:31:04
New, mini sim inserted into old phone with use of a cage... contacts onto small sim... small sim out of cage and into new phone... transfer sim contents to new phone... job jobbed :y
That's fine if your contacts consist of just a name (with limited characters) and number, but that is all a SIM will hold.
Extra info (such as address, e-mail addy, etc) will only be stored in the handset (or Google cloud) itself.
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: 05omegav6 on 08 January 2015, 11:07:09
New, mini sim inserted into old phone with use of a cage... contacts onto small sim... small sim out of cage and into new phone... transfer sim contents to new phone... job jobbed :y
That's fine if your contacts consist of just a name (with limited characters) and number, but that is all a SIM will hold.
Extra info (such as address, e-mail addy, etc) will only be stored in the handset (or Google cloud) itself.
Fair point, well presented  :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: tidla on 08 January 2015, 11:10:11
Thanks for the help.

Gmail seems the way to go, and yes there's more than just names and numbers. :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: The Sheriff on 08 January 2015, 12:16:33
Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.
A Lot of older phones have the old, big sims. New phones have the awkward, fiddly smaller ones.

Yes ....that was the problem I had

you can cut them down easily
Not quite. Old new phones had a mini sim, which you could cut down your old sim to use. New new phones have a micro sim, which is smaller than the chip on a big old old sim. Got it? Good  ;D
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: The Sheriff on 08 January 2015, 12:17:28
Just give both phones to a young person and tell them you'll be back when they've done it. :y
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: Mr Gav on 08 January 2015, 12:22:13
G-mail is so easy, once you`ve signed into your account it will automatically sync all your contacts and photos, I`ve just done it from a reset when halfway through it couldn`t restore from the back up. I wasn`t too happy when my contacts list was empty due the failed back up but half hour later all was magically back there  :)
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: AndyRoid on 08 January 2015, 14:28:40
Not quite. Old new phones had a mini sim, which you could cut down your old sim to use. New new phones have a micro sim, which is smaller than the chip on a big old old sim. Got it? Good  ;D
The chip is the same size regardless of whether it is Mini, Micro, or Nano SIM Steve, the only difference between the 3 is the physical dimensions of the plastic surrounding the chip. A normal sized SIM card (currently Mini) can be cut down to either Micro or Nano, but once cut there is no going back unless an adaptor is used.
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: The Sheriff on 08 January 2015, 15:22:53
Not quite. Old new phones had a mini sim, which you could cut down your old sim to use. New new phones have a micro sim, which is smaller than the chip on a big old old sim. Got it? Good  ;D
The chip is the same size regardless of whether it is Mini, Micro, or Nano SIM Steve, the only difference between the 3 is the physical dimensions of the plastic surrounding the chip. A normal sized SIM card (currently Mini) can be cut down to either Micro or Nano, but once cut there is no going back unless an adaptor is used.
What about the old ones that were bigger than mini? I'm fairly sure that the chip on the sim from my ancient galaxy was bigger than the sim in the wife's iphone? But, then again, i could be wrong  :-\
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: AndyRoid on 08 January 2015, 15:38:25
What about the old ones that were bigger than mini? I'm fairly sure that the chip on the sim from my ancient galaxy was bigger than the sim in the wife's iphone? But, then again, i could be wrong  :-\
SIM sizes are as follows Steve:

SIM = Credit card sized (no longer used)
Mini SIM = What your Galaxy (and most other phones) use
Micro SIM = Used by handsets such as the Galaxy S3, S4, etc)
Nano SIM = Used by the latest handsets (eg, iPhone 6)

The actual chip is the same size on all types of SIM card regardless of the form factor that the plastic surrounding it uses.
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: The Sheriff on 08 January 2015, 15:43:53
You are, of course, correct, Mark. I've just looked  ;D
Should have known better than to get into it with you. :-[
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: AndyRoid on 08 January 2015, 15:51:24
You are, of course, correct, Mark. I've just looked  ;D
Should have known better than to get into it with you. :-[
I haven't had too much to worry about (other than staying alive of course) for the last 4 years (doesn't time fly), so I figured I'd learn phones inside out mate.
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: CaptainZok on 08 January 2015, 16:14:16
If you need to swap sizes this kit will do it for you Steve.
ebay linky (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/iP015CH-Nano-Micro-SIM-Card-Cutter-with-3-Adaptors-and-Needle-for-iPhone5-iPAD-/121537073844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c4c2c92b4)
Title: Re: mobile phone contacts swap
Post by: The Sheriff on 08 January 2015, 16:19:39
If you need to swap sizes this kit will do it for you Steve.
ebay linky (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/iP015CH-Nano-Micro-SIM-Card-Cutter-with-3-Adaptors-and-Needle-for-iPhone5-iPAD-/121537073844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c4c2c92b4)
Thanks John. :y
£1.50 from Hong Kong. Opti will buy that, whether he needs it or not. ;D