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
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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
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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
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
I have a Touch Pro2 with O2 SIM (monthly) and I copied my contacts across to the SIM card. I now want to delete them all in one go. When I try this using the SIM Manager application it comes up with a message "An error occurs" and only deletes the first in selection . My objective is to try and get the SIM list to sync on my Audi A4 (2005) and it wont read the SIM using rSAP and was hoping its just a problem with the contacts on the SIM , want to delete and start with just one. Ive got a hundred of contacts so deleteing one at a time is a pain.
I will put SIM in nokia phone to accomplish this this time but would love an App that manages the SIM card better - any ideas ?
I had a similar problem and I went to att and got a new sim card. Haven't had any problems since.
Hi guys, I've a problem, I can't export contacts from phone to SIM card.
I have even tried installing other apps (Contact2Sim, Copy to Sim card, Sim2Phone) but do not work.
I have an HTC Desire Z with Andromadus ROM.
some roms don't allow for this others do, either find a different way to sync or move to another rom. maybe someone else can shed some light on this better as I haven't stored contacts on my sim since nokia days
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
I too was looking to store a contact on my SIM card, but all my phone allowed for me to do was to import contacts off the SIM card instead of the other way around.
I just did some searching of this and it may be based on the device rather than the ROM. Phone manufacturers are maybe phasing out the saving of contacts to the SIM card, especially on smartphones, as these devices have a persistent connection to the internet and an offsite location where the contacts are actually stored. It does make sense when you think about it.
In the end I just created a new contact and saved it on my Google account.