i have 5 of these "<Unnamed>" SIM contacts with a lock icon next to it that appaear at the top of my contact list. i may be stupid, but i can't find away to delete them. the delete option is grayed out in contacts and they dont appear in sim manager. can someone please help?
Probably hard wired into sim card. Put there by carrier. I bet if you try a sim by another carrier there wont be any problem. Don't quote me on that though.
no they werent there before i randomly just noticed them a few days ago. the only changes i made to my phone in that time was the installation of some spb apps and SEVEN. i am using shadow TE 2.0 if that helps.
i've got the same problem. Changed rom and now I have one unnamed contact. can I hide sim contacts somewhere?
Edit: Found a solution under: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334702
Works fine
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I have just bought an O2 XDA (PW10A1) from Ebay. I have installed a Vodafone SIM, and I managed to unlock the XDA by replacing the ROM with the xda developers ROM SER V1.2 - superb, and a donation made just for that.
My next problem is how to get the phone to see the contacts on the Vodafone SIM card. Note. The phone works fine, and I can update contacts from my PC using activesync, however the contacts on the SIM aren't or don't appear to be visible anywhere (that I can see).
Also the 'SIM Tool Kit' included in the ROM upgrade doesn't open or work at all. If I tap the icon in programs, nothing happens. If it did, would this allow me to see the SIM contacts? :?
To all you boffins, my thanks in anticipation!
You should click on "sim manager", this will bring up your sim contacts, you can then either move some or all of the sim contacts to the pda contacts list, sim contacts are not automatically copied, it must be done manually.
Many thanks for your posting, but I have to admit that my wife figured it out first thing this morning.
Doh!
Everything works fine now.
Cheers & Happy Christmas!
Ok i've used PDA's for a good while now but the P3300 (XDA Orbit) is my first PDA phone that i've owned.
In regards to the SIM Card. how the hell do you manage the contacts correctly?
If i select copy all sim number to contacts, it shows up both the sim and contacts so everything is duplicated.
is there a way of stopping contacts looking at the SIM aswell?
Also, can you recommend the best soft keyboard?
for typing texts the standard one is rubbish for me.
Thanx guys
hmm..
i had this problem also with the duplication. i tried to go through the list and delete all the sim contacts but some of them wouldn't go away! i think my solution in the end was to back up the contacts on the PC using ActiveSync, then i think i put the sim in another phone, deleted all contacts, then put the sim back, and transferred the contacts back off my PC onto the phone (and i may have had to remove the duplicated from the backed up contact in Microsoft Outlook)
someone will probably have a better methodology, but this worked for me!
Ref keyboard
See#12 here
Viffer800 said:
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See#12 here
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Nice one
Thanx
now using PocketCM to manage contacts. Doesn't support the SIM which is good
2 totally separate phones (dash's) one with Rogers and one with stock Tmo WM6. Hard restart all contacts disappear! Since in their infinite wisdom you cant disable the sim contacts from showing, I rely on them STAYING in the phone memory! Anyone else with this issue? It has happened only twice in maybe 4 months, but is very frustrating!
Thanks for any advice!
A hard reset will restore the phone to factory default (no contact list). It's supposed to do that. Keep your contacts synchronized via outlook and activesync.
Sorry, I was lying when I typed hard reset. I yanked the battery so it wasnt exactly a soft reset but I did not do the clear storage either I guess next time it locks up I will be more patient!
gospeed.racergo said:
2 totally separate phones (dash's) one with Rogers and one with stock Tmo WM6. Hard restart all contacts disappear! Since in their infinite wisdom you cant disable the sim contacts from showing, I rely on them STAYING in the phone memory! Anyone else with this issue? It has happened only twice in maybe 4 months, but is very frustrating!
Thanks for any advice!
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You should be syncing your phone with your contact list on your PC or exchange server if you are lucky enough to have one. This is one of the most basic things you can do on a smartphone. What if you lost your phone???
I do sync. But I dont take my computer with me either. So today, all day, I was without contacts. Now they are back caused I sync'd.
I guess we should be telling people that want louder call volume to get a hearing aid and people that want to run another ROM to buy the right phone
backup
I use Sprite Backup for said problem and its golden. Simply make backups of your data on the go and when things happen like say an impossible to stop boot loop or a data error, you can still restore everything.
I guess I am just the kind of person that would rather look at the root of the problem, not the band-aid repair after it happens again. I will look into the backup, but I will probably just carry my spare deactivated sim card so I can transfer stuff back if it fails me again.
So does anyone know a way to KEEP the contacts on the sim, yet hide them from view on the contacts list? It surpirses me that something my 8 year old Nokia does WM6 wont let you do . I have never accidentally lost my sim contacts- but the duplicate thing is annoying
The rogers rom for the htc s621 (dash) allows you to hide sim contacts without a registry edit. goto settings then phone... you'll find it there.
also there is a reg edit for said issue for roms that don't offer this option. I have not personally found a smartphone rom without this option but the regedit is: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Phone]
"ShowSIM"=dword:00000001 ->0 to disable, 1 to enable.
Now you can keep your contacts on your activated SIM.
THANK YOU!!! I had not realized Rogers did this!
Found the check box under Settings/Phone/Call Options
Can someone tell if there is an easy way to do this?
Basically, I want to copy all my SIM contacts to my phone contacts (I know how to do this using the SIM manager).
But I don't want all of the contacts to apear twice in the contact list. Is there anyway to setup the contact list to hide the sim contacts? I want to keep the contacts in the SIM card so I can move them from phone to phone, but I want it in the phone as well so I can sync it to gmail through active sync.
Any Thoughts?
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dude101 said:
Can someone tell if there is an easy way to do this?
Basically, I want to copy all my SIM contacts to my phone contacts (I know how to do this using the SIM manager).
But I don't want all of the contacts to apear twice in the contact list. Is there anyway to setup the contact list to hide the sim contacts? I want to keep the contacts in the SIM card so I can move them from phone to phone, but I want it in the phone as well so I can sync it to gmail through active sync.
Any Thoughts?
- thanks
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Searching took me 2 seconds to find this registry edit. I'm not trying to be an @$$ but just remember to search before posting.
22. Hide SIM Contacts: HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone - create a new DWORD value named "ShowSim" and set it to 0
dwizzy130
What ROM are you running?
Also, IIRC either going to Options in the Contacts menu allows or changing a setting in the WM Settings menu does this.
As for copying your contacts from SIM to phone memory, you should have a SIM Manager in your applications that allows you to copy back and forth, as well as backup, etc. It took me a couple minutes to realize that you don't have to select each contact manually, rather there's a very narrow line above the first contact when you open the list to transfer. Make sure that's highlighted, then select to get all contacts at once.
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What ROM are you running?
Also, IIRC either going to Options in the Contacts menu allows or changing a setting in the WM Settings menu does this.
As for copying your contacts from SIM to phone memory, you should have a SIM Manager in your applications that allows you to copy back and forth, as well as backup, etc. It took me a couple minutes to realize that you don't have to select each contact manually, rather there's a very narrow line above the first contact when you open the list to transfer. Make sure that's highlighted, then select to get all contacts at once.
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Wow !!! U need To use registry editor
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Wow !!! U need To use registry editor
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If you want to test this, i adapted the .exe to have icon and shortcut, have just installed and installs, but do not have a SIM to test Dash with, the program is originally for PPC.
There is no GUI press once to hide, pres again to show.
Install to device.
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Wow !!! U need To use registry editor
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You didn't read my post very thoroughly, did you? Rather than digging into the registry at all, the ONLY thing that you NEED to do to hide or show sim contacts is to change ONE setting in your phone.
The other process I was talking about was how to use the included application to copy contacts from SIM to phone...and even that's easier than it sounds in my post once you know the nuance of the SIM Manager.
Hi Peeps,
im struggling to view my sim contacts. I know for a fact that all my contacts are saved to my sim so why wont WP7 allow me to import them?
The option is greyed out. its seriously annoying me...
There must be a way? why is it not working?
thanks
my HD7 is unlocked and i'm using a T-Mobile sim, do you think this is the reason why i cant import my sim contacts? it cant read my sim or something?
Try use your old phone to synch them with outlook, then re-import them into your new phone
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my HD7 is unlocked and i'm using a T-Mobile sim, do you think this is the reason why i cant import my sim contacts? it cant read my sim or something?
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Import worked fine for me on a HD7 - very odd.
Thats very strange.
You tried syncing them with other methods for example outlook?
im going to try it through GMAIL.
really annoyed though... import sim contacts is greyed out
I copied my old contacts from my Blackstone to SIM and then I was able to import from SIM to phone on my Omnia :/ Very odd.
Had some problem, now know why.
I had the same thing happen to me. I would hit the import sim contacts button, it would wurr for a moment then gray out, but no contacts came over. Then I switched sim cards and it worked the very first time. When I examined the two sim cards I realized that one was older and had a slightly larger gold contact area. The older one didn't sync but the newer, narrower one did. If you have an older sim take it into a t-mo store, tell them it's not working right with your phone, get a new one, and have them sync the contacts over to the new sim for you. It should work fine in your phone after that. Enjoy.
I´m also having the same problem. I also tried with a reset and also hard reset (Press Vol+ and Vol- while starting) Sim was copied once( with only ahand full of contacts, but second time with all nearly 500 contacts the import sim button was also grey and dead! Please help!
Thanks! OliRom