my screen broke and ive got the replacement ordered, but for the next week or 2 i need my contacts transferred over to my sim. i looked around active sync and couldnt find an option.
so heres my questions, 1-is there a program that will let me use my computer to go through the phones menu (or atleast see where im going)
and 2-if thats not a possibility, could anyone make me a map of buttons to press in order - 6.1 homescreen (menu is in list view and has not been rearranged)
please help me out if you have any better ideas.
thanks in advance
suprajztwenty said:
my screen broke and ive got the replacement ordered, but for the next week or 2 i need my contacts transferred over to my sim. i looked around active sync and couldnt find an option.
so heres my questions, 1-is there a program that will let me use my computer to go through the phones menu (or atleast see where im going)
and 2-if thats not a possibility, could anyone make me a map of buttons to press in order - 6.1 homescreen (menu is in list view and has not been rearranged)
please help me out if you have any better ideas.
thanks in advance
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ActiveSync? Sync contacts to pc,and then sync them to new phone when you get it.
"replacement screen" not replacement phone...the temp phone im using now is a pre pay nokia so if anyone can be of use and help with viewing my contacts with active sync or copying them to the sim with software? much appreciated
suprajztwenty said:
"replacement screen" not replacement phone...the temp phone im using now is a pre pay nokia so if anyone can be of use and help with viewing my contacts with active sync or copying them to the sim with software? much appreciated
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Check the Club Nokia web site. I used to have a Nokia phone, and they have a software suite that will allow you to export contacts from Outlook to most of their phones.
http://www.nokiausa.com/A4986252
You can Sync your contacts to your PC, then use the Nokia Suite to copy them from Outlook to your Nokia.
Note that if you don't have access to a Nokia data cable, in many cases you can sync with Infra-Red. I had an old Nokia 6610 and used IR from my laptop to keep my contacts up-to-date.
Hope this helps.
Good luck!
just install this, plug into activesync and you can view your phone from your desktop...therefore you can just copy everything to the sim and you should be all set.
gixxum said:
just install this, plug into activesync and you can view your phone from your desktop...therefore you can just copy everything to the sim and you should be all set.
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Very handy software. Thank you.
thanks gixxum, exactly what i was looking for!
im here to please
Hey all,
I am hoping someone can help me.
I bought the TP2, unbranded, last week after HTC assured me through a customer service enquiry that Windows Mobile 6.5 would be available as an upgrade. after reading that the TF3D will be updated along with it, i am concerned that i will not be able to use my phone properly afterwards.
My real question is this, since i havent put any custom ROMs on my phone yet i dont know, when i install the upgrade, will i lose everything from my phone (contacts, e-mails, etc etc) and if so, will the back-up/restore features of Dashwire be suitable to reset it after the upgrade?
Thanks for any help
TM411
TroubleMaker411 said:
Hey all,
I am hoping someone can help me.
I bought the TP2, unbranded, last week after HTC assured me through a customer service enquiry that Windows Mobile 6.5 would be available as an upgrade. after reading that the TF3D will be updated along with it, i am concerned that i will not be able to use my phone properly afterwards.
My real question is this, since i havent put any custom ROMs on my phone yet i dont know, when i install the upgrade, will i lose everything from my phone (contacts, e-mails, etc etc) and if so, will the back-up/restore features of Dashwire be suitable to reset it after the upgrade?
Thanks for any help
TM411
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Yes, you will lose everything that is not on your Storage Card.
I can't comment on Dashwire, but I'm using a combination of MS Exchange to sync contacts/emails and MS Myphone to sync text messages to the cloud.
If you don't use Exchange, then the Myphone service will work well to sync/backup your emails and contacts as well as text messages and any other media you want to backup.
Excellent,
thankyou for the quick reply.
I did try using myphone bt it was a pain in the ass even to get logged on.
Probably me, but dashwire was very quick.
thanks again for the info.
Much Appreciated
TM411
i picked up the new TILT 2 yesterday, and I'm trying to get my contacts (545 of them) from my old tilt. I tryed the Sprite back up way and it didn't work, is there another way to copy the contacts over ? Thanks for your help in advance.
bwnotredame06 said:
i picked up the new TILT 2 yesterday, and I'm trying to get my contacts (545 of them) from my old tilt. I tryed the Sprite back up way and it didn't work, is there another way to copy the contacts over ? Thanks for your help in advance.
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Just sync it up with the pc that you used for your previous Tilt and in the async setup screen, make sure that it has the contacts box checked(default on mine), and the contacts should transfer over just fine.....at least it did on mine!
Later..............
If syncing with PC does not work for you then try MyPhone by Microsoft.
Dotfred's PIMBackup worked perfectly for me.
The one caveat is that it's a bit tricky when trying to restore threaded SMS - there's a HOWTO on that somewhere on these forums.
At0mAng said:
If syncing with PC does not work for you then try MyPhone by Microsoft.
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Thanks I actually got PPCPimBackup to work great, and i tryed the myPhone it work as well. But i'm going to use the PPCPimBackup from now on.
You can also use SPB Back Up 2... Select advanced and restore only the PIM data...i.e. uncheck system box.
SPB Backup2 can be downloaded as a trial for 5 uses full functionality.
Good luck
I'm sorry if these are known question, I'm not an HTC Tilt 2 owner.
My dad owns this phone, I'd like to change the language to Spanish but nothing seems to do it. Any ideas?
Also he got a replacement phone as he wet his last one. What is the easiest way to transfer contacts? I downloading the Windows program but I think I need Outlook which I stay far away from. Is there any other way?
Thanks!
Lancered said:
I'm sorry if these are known question, I'm not an HTC Tilt 2 owner.
My dad owns this phone, I'd like to change the language to Spanish but nothing seems to do it. Any ideas?
Also he got a replacement phone as he wet his last one. What is the easiest way to transfer contacts? I downloading the Windows program but I think I need Outlook which I stay far away from. Is there any other way?
Thanks!
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Unless he backed up his phone, ie. Sprite or kept his contact info on the sim card you will just have to manually build back his contact list.
Hey guys,
Just received my HTC 7 Pro today.
So far i am liking the device and the OS, but one thing is annoying me:
- The first Windows Live ID you configure will sync all your contacts etc.
All of the Windows live contacts are added to the phone's contact list (which is rediculous because i talk to people on Windows Live which i have never even met IRL.....).
Is there any way to exclude the contacts from my list and still keep the Windows Live ID account? (of course i do want to keep the marketplace features etc).
I read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847139
But that didn't really solve the problem either.
The deeper problem is that i have a Windows mobile 6 phone which i want to sync up with this one. But if all contacts would be in 1 list i would end up with around 300 contacts......
Have many people here bit the bullet and finetuned their real-life phone contact list with Windows Live / Facebook?
If so, what was the easiest way to sort it all out?
Thanks in advance.
PS.
I think if MS would have just used the contact groups/categories settings (which you can set in Windows live messenger) all would have been fine.
An option to hide or always 'fold' and show certain groups at the bottom would have solved this entire issue (which a lot of ppl seem to have).
Da_maniaC said:
Hey guys,
Just received my HTC 7 Pro today.
So far i am liking the device and the OS, but one thing is annoying me:
- The first Windows Live ID you configure will sync all your contacts etc.
All of the Windows live contacts are added to the phone's contact list (which is rediculous because i talk to people on Windows Live which i have never even met IRL.....).
Is there any way to exclude the contacts from my list and still keep the Windows Live ID account? (of course i do want to keep the marketplace features etc).
I read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847139
But that didn't really solve the problem either.
The deeper problem is that i have a Windows mobile 6 phone which i want to sync up with this one. But if all contacts would be in 1 list i would end up with around 300 contacts......
Have many people here bit the bullet and finetuned their real-life phone contact list with Windows Live / Facebook?
If so, what was the easiest way to sort it all out?
Thanks in advance.
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I already used my Windows Live account to organize all my contacts and emails and such before I got my windows Phone, so this was not an issue for me.
Unfortunately you cannot disable contact sync'ing from Windows Live, but you can filter your contact list in the People hub. So you can hide them, but they'll still be sync'd in the background.
The only real workaround if you don't to hide your Windows Live contacts would be to actually go and organize your Windows Live contacts so that they are useful.... or delete them all. XD
Hmm, i might be able to live with the hide option but can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it a mango beta feature?
Da_maniaC said:
Hmm, i might be able to live with the hide option but can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it a mango beta feature?
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I am on Mango, but I'm pretty sure you could always filter out contacts since the beginning of Windows Phone. Though to be honest, i don't know if you could filter out Windows Live contacts before Mango.
Look in Settings > People, then there should be an option titled 'filter my contact list' or something similar. If its not there, then i guess its a Mango-only thing.
I had similar experience like this when I was using windows mobile and synced it with my hotmail... It synced all my email addresses I ever sent an email to, to my phonebook... I knew something like this could happen again with windows phone again... So I created a new live id just for my phone with no contacts and anything . I only use Google contacts and calendar and my live id is only for SkyDrive ...
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prjkthack said:
I am on Mango, but I'm pretty sure you could always filter out contacts since the beginning of Windows Phone. Though to be honest, i don't know if you could filter out Windows Live contacts before Mango.
Look in Settings > People, then there should be an option titled 'filter my contact list' or something similar. If its not there, then i guess its a Mango-only thing.
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All i see when i go to Settings > People is:
- Sort names by
- Display names by
- Accounts
So, how hard is it to obtain the latest Mango update?
Also, is there an easy way to import old text messages from WM 6 to WP7?
prjkthack said:
I am on Mango, but I'm pretty sure you could always filter out contacts since the beginning of Windows Phone. Though to be honest, i don't know if you could filter out Windows Live contacts before Mango.
Look in Settings > People, then there should be an option titled 'filter my contact list' or something similar. If its not there, then i guess its a Mango-only thing.
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Didn't even realize they added that feature, nice
Da_maniaC said:
All i see when i go to Settings > People is:
- Sort names by
- Display names by
- Accounts
So, how hard is it to obtain the latest Mango update?
Also, is there an easy way to import old text messages from WM 6 to WP7?
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Yeah looks like this is a Mango only feature. That check mark for Facebook contacts that's currently in the NoDo release of Windows Phone 7 turns into a button that lets you filter contacts from multiple sources (Twitter, Facebook, Windows Live, etc.). So I guess you aren't gonna see that feature till Mango. Sorry.
Text messages cannot be imported to Windows Phone 7, and they cannot be exported from Windows Phone at all.
If you are a dev, you can get Mango very easily. But if you aren't, there are some methods around here on XDA you can use. Only problem it, when the real Mango comes out this fall, you have to go back to your current version of Windows Phone (which is gonna a couple months old backup by the time Mango comes out) before you can update to the final release of Mango. Just part of the fact that this is beta and really not meant for daily use (even though it far exceeds the quality of a typical beta product).
Thanks for the info man.
So, if i wait for mango i wouldnt have the roll-back issues, since right before the update the phones state will be backed up?
One more small question:
Does Windows Phone even read/handle SIM contacts (haven't had a SIM in the phone yet)?
If not i'll just update my Windows Live contact list till its current and start using it (untill Mango comes out and i can filter/hide the contacts i don't wish to see).
Da_maniaC said:
Thanks for the info man.
So, if i wait for mango i wouldnt have the roll-back issues, since right before the update the phones state will be backed up?
One more small question:
Does Windows Phone even read/handle SIM contacts?
If not i'll just update my Windows Live contact list till its current and start using it (untill Mango comes out and i can filter/hide the contacts i don't wish to see).
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Yes, if you wait for the official release, then you will only need to update your phone once Mango officially comes out. All your settings will be retained and your phone will be backed up as part of the update process.
Windows Phone 7 can import your SIM contacts from the settings > people menu (you should see a button to import SIM contacts). But it does not display any contacts stored from your SIM. Once you import your SIM contacts, they get copied to your Windows Live account.
yup
import from sim option
Hmmm, i put in my SIM card etc. The network is working fine, but the option to "add SIM contacts" is greyed out and i can't select it.
Any ideas?
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Hmmm, i put in my SIM card etc. The network is working fine, but the option to "add SIM contacts" is greyed out and i can't select it.
Any ideas?
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If the option is greyed out, its because your SIM has no contacts to import. Or maybe they are in some foreign format from some unknown device? Not sure. I have some junk SIM contacts that T-Mobile put into my phone, and they import fine when I press the button.
You sure the SIM card has contacts?
Hey,
I am positive the SIM has contact information since my other phone (HTC Touch Pro / WM 6.1) recognises them.
There are around 60 contacts on there or so...
Da_maniaC said:
Hey,
I am positive the SIM has contact information since my other phone (HTC Touch Pro / WM 6.1) recognises them.
There are around 60 contacts on there or so...
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Not sure then. If the option is greyed out, it means Windows Phone does not see any contacts on the SIM card. In which case, I cannot help you with that. Maybe plug the SIM into a different non-WP7 device, and try to clear out the SIM and then re-copy your contacts to the SIM? Not sure if that'll help.
u can't prevent sync of contacts in the primary live account on pre mango wp7, this is why I created a new live account,imported my contacts to it and then added that new live id first when I got my windows phone so if u hadn't really done anything important id recommend performing a hard reset then re-sync with the new live account. or install the mango beta.
I think i might have a solution here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-phone-7/9a27ca98-45ac-423e-ba42-0682e001676a
It will mean i'll have to sort out my double contacts for a while (but mehhh...)