The Great 'Back-up your mobile data' Hunt

danger_mouse_2

I paid £4 via paypal fo ra little pocket size sim card reader, allows you to back up 2 sim cards in seperate slots (kind of like a his and hers) it even has a password function to stop kids playing with it and deleting those vital numbers.

Also keep in mind if you use a free sim just to keep numbers on after a period of about 6 months of inactivity they will cut off the sim and youll lose the numbers!!!

salli9

Simon 6776
My Phone Explorer looks great, just what I'm looking for, but I can't get it going. Any tips, I'm using bluetooth.
Thanks

molemag

I have a BT Relate 2100 telephone which includes the facility to back your sim card into its memory and download it again if need be. Its also got caller display and other stuff. I paid a tenner for it on eBay.

ollywood68

i was wondering what all these expensive options where!!! Go to ebay and there are loads of wee gadgets that you can backup to and alot are priced at around £6-£8

"
* Compact & Lightweight
* Easy Operation
* Will Back-up and Restore Addressbook Data from your SIM Card
* Memory: 8KB (250 Phone Records Max Storage)
* Allows Exchange of Data Amongst Different SIM Cards
* LCD-for Viewing and Backup Status
* Device Independent, so no PC or PDA devices Required."

This one was £8

ollywood68

ollywood68 wrote:

i was wondering what all these expensive options where!!! Go to ebay and there are loads of wee gadgets that you can backup to and alot are priced at around £6-£8

"
* Compact & Lightweight
* Easy Operation
* Will Back-up and Restore Addressbook Data from your SIM Card
* Memory: 8KB (250 Phone Records Max Storage)
* Allows Exchange of Data Amongst Different SIM Cards
* LCD-for Viewing and Backup Status
* Device Independent, so no PC or PDA devices Required."

This one was £8

i have just bought one that doesnt integrate with a PC and stores all the numbers on it (250) for £3 and that includes postage

Inigo_Montoya

Empires stores were giving a SIM backup device as a FREE gift with any order so I ordered a net curtain for 99p

mcampney

Why not buy a cheap SIM card from Tesco, £1.50 or so if I remember rightly, and save your old SIM numbers to your phone , change Sim to the new one and then save the phone numbers to the new SIM. Remove the new SIM and keep it in a safe place. You could even use the new SIM (pay as you go top up required) in an old phone ( we've all got several!! )that you have tucked away in a corner gathering dust should you lose your phone.

ma9nuna

I have a Samsung phone which is a bit broken and have been told they wipe the phone's memory when it is sent off to be fixed.
So far, no problem except my sim card only holds 200 entries. Did a friend audit and deleted until I only had 200(!) including plumber etc.
Birthdays etc not a problem as I have an old calendar with all of them on, and I don't use the diary.
On Samsung phones unlike my old Nokia you can tranfer all your address book in one go from SIM to phone but not the other way round. It takes 7 steps to transfer each single entry back to the SIM.
Phone has bluetooth and IR, computer doesn't. Lady in carphone warehouse tells me smiling that even if I found someone with bluetooth or bought cable, I still have to go through same process to transfer each of my entries. Is she right? This sounds really stupid.
Any ideas?
Please save me from RSI or thumb strain
Thanks

brunocar5

Backup to a SIM is probably the easiest option, quick note that Virgin are offering free SIM cards with 5 quid on em to use.................

Heres the link, you gotta be quick though, only for 1 day only :

http://www.virginmobilefreesim.com/

bang it in your phone save it, use the 5 quid on calls and roberts your fathers brother.

H

lostinspace_6

I have several old phones with text messages on them from my wife before we were married (Yes Sloppy Stuff). Does anyone know how I could back-up/save these. I know I could spend half a lifetime writing them out in 'Word' or something, but I'd like the originals with the date etc.

Thanks.