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3660 --> 7810 Contact list

6 replies · 3,586 views · Started 07 August 2004

AGP 07 Aug 2004, 01:24

I have stored all my contacts on my MMC.

Now I change the phone from 3660 to 7610, but I cannot find my contacts to copy it over to the new MMC.

Can anybody help?

siewmai 07 Aug 2004, 10:18

All your contacts is definitely saved in your sim card. Just go to contacts > options > sim directory > mark all > COPY to CONTACTS.

N/A 07 Aug 2004, 15:51

On the 3660 or other Series 60 phones, contacts are not saved to the SIM by default, and numbers can be copied there only one-by-one. So, siewmai, they're not on the SIM card, unless they were explicitely copied there one by one beforehand.

AGP, can you see them, if you in the Contacts app on the 7610 also change the "Memory in use" to the memory card (MMC)? There may be compatibility issues, though, as the 3660 runs Symbian 6.1 and Series 60 1.2 and the 7610 has Symbian 7.0s and Series 60 2.1.

AGP 08 Aug 2004, 23:15

N/A wrote:On the 3660 or other Series 60 phones, contacts are not saved to the SIM by default, and numbers can be copied there only one-by-one. So, siewmai, they're not on the SIM card, unless they were explicitely copied there one by one beforehand.

AGP, can you see them, if you in the Contacts app on the 7610 also change the "Memory in use" to the memory card (MMC)? There may be compatibility issues, though, as the 3660 runs Symbian 6.1 and Series 60 1.2 and the 7610 has Symbian 7.0s and Series 60 2.1.

I don't have this option!
I copied all files (what I believed will not disturb the new phone) from old MMC to the rs-mmc. I did not find a file that could indicate from its name that it is the contact file. Maybe file name / location has changed from 3660 and 7610.

N/A 09 Aug 2004, 05:53

Oops. Sorry. I wasn't too careful in reading the question either. 😉 Only messages can be stored in the MMC, not contacts.

You can back up contacts (with the rest ot things) to MMC with the Memory app, but I suspect they can't be restored reliably on a phon running a different version of Symbian and Series 60.

The contacts on the phone are stored in the file c:\system\Data\Contacts.cdb.

You could try apps like Contacts Manager, though, to export/import contacts:
http://my-symbian.com/7650/applications/applications.php?fldAuto=392&faq=2

What I do is to synchronize with Outlook on a PC using PC Suite. When switching to a new phone, I just synch with it.