Transferring SIM contacts
bob469
Enthusiast - Level 1

When I bought my Storm 2 the saleswoman at the Verizon store transferred the contacts from my old SIM to the new phone.  Three days later I tried to look up a contact and was asked if I wanted to use the Blackberry SIM and I answered yes.  Viola--all my contacts disappeared.

 

I brought the Storm and the old SIM back to the same Verizon store so they could re-transfer the contacts.  They tried two different machines but couldn't make the transfer.  Too bad for me--I'd have to transfer them manually....

 

I put the old SIM back into the old phone to verify it still had the contact info, and it did, so I brought the old and new phones to another Verizon store to see if they could make the transfer, but they didn 't have the equipment.

 

Any suggestions of a way to make this transfer besides manually?

 

Thanks

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Re: Transferring SIM contacts
LCromwell
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bob469 wrote:

When I bought my Storm 2 the saleswoman at the Verizon store transferred the contacts from my old SIM to the new phone.  Three days later I tried to look up a contact and was asked if I wanted to use the Blackberry SIM and I answered yes.  Viola--all my contacts disappeared.

 

I brought the Storm and the old SIM back to the same Verizon store so they could re-transfer the contacts.  They tried two different machines but couldn't make the transfer.  Too bad for me--I'd have to transfer them manually....

 

I put the old SIM back into the old phone to verify it still had the contact info, and it did, so I brought the old and new phones to another Verizon store to see if they could make the transfer, but they didn 't have the equipment.

 

Any suggestions of a way to make this transfer besides manually?

 

Thanks


Bob, if you have Desktop Mgr. which comes with Storms, install it in your comp. Then there is a setting / program within there to tranfer from one BB to another BB. If this works please return here and tell us, and give me a Kudo which is to the left of my post.

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StreetDocRN
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Hi,

I think the only way you can save contacts to a Verizon Sim card is manually with the phone.  This can be a drag if you have a lot of contacts.  May I ask, are you saving contacts to the sim card for backup purposes?  If so, I would suggest backing up your contacts through Blackberry Desktop Manager to a file on your computer.  It would be safer if your phone is lost or stolen. 

Doc

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bob469
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Thanks for the info guys but the old phone is a Motorola RAZR V3xx, not a BB.  But I will take your advice to save my BB contacts to the Desktop Manager to prevent this in the future.

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