Keeping contact information safe is important to building relationships and networking.
Saving your contacts is important to help preserve the relationships you have developed over time. As a result, when you purchase a new cell phone or need to copy your contacts, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card is an important backup tool. The SIM card may have a formatted address book, which allows you to save contacts from your phone's memory. Some phones require that you move each contact manually while others allow you to copy everything at once.
Instructions
Save Individual Contacts
1. Open the "Contacts" list on your phone.
2. Select a contact. Click on the contact to open the contact's information.
3. Select the "Menu" option to open the contact's menu. You may need to highlight a specific phone number--fax or home, for example--using your phone's navigation buttons, touch screen or trackball prior to pressing the "Menu" option.
4. Select "Save to SIM" to save the contact. Your phone may save the entire contact, or, you may need to enter the name and other information to complete the process. If the SIM card prompts you for additional information--contact name, for example--enter the required information to complete the save.
Save All Contacts
5. Open your phone's menu option.
6. Select "Address Book" or "Contacts" and then select "Menu."
7. Select "Copy All to SIM Phone Book" or a comparable option.
Blackberry Platform
8. Open your contacts list and select a contact.
9. Highlight a telephone number using the trackball.
10. Press the "Menu" key and select "Copy to SIM Phone Book."
11. Select the "Menu" key again and select "Save."
Windows Platform
12. Select the "Start" button and then click "Device Management." Select the "SIM Manager" option.
13. Select "Menu" and then "Contacts to SIM."
14. Click the checkboxes next to the contacts you would like to save and then click "Save." The contacts you selected are saved to your SIM card.
Android Platform
15. Download and install SIM Manager or a comparable application. The Android platform requires a Google email account, which synchronizes over the Internet. As a result, a third-party software helps to manage your SIM entries.
16. Press the "Menu" button and then select "All Programs." Select the application from your list of installed programs.
17.Select "SIM" and then select "Get contacts from Google." Enter your login information and press "OK." The program copies your contacts from Google to your SIM card.
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