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sim card back up

Hi, sure that ive seen devices somewhere for backing up mobile sim cards, any ideas??


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  • Skint1
    Skint1 Posts: 1,362 Forumite
    You can always get more with a kind word and a 2-by-4 than with just a kind word.
  • BenL
    BenL Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    I got one on ebay.

    Various traders from singapore sell them.

    Mine connects via USB and some software that is provided with it.

    Was a bit faffy for me as most of my names etc are stored on the phone memory not the sim card though.

    Ben
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  • C_Ronaldo
    C_Ronaldo Posts: 4,732 Forumite
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    I too got one off ebay, cost me about £8 and it plugs into the usb socket, easy to use
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  • depending on which phone u have(has memory card in) i can insert these in my brother printer and save them to my pc
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  • onzey
    onzey Posts: 830 Forumite
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    My daughters just got a 3g phone with a 3 usim. Haven't seen it myself yet but is a usim different to a normal sim. Could she buy one of these things to get the numbers off her old ordinary sim and put onto the new usim?

    I think there was some warning with her new phone not to put the usim in a normal phone

    Thanks.
  • AndyRat
    AndyRat Posts: 98 Forumite
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    BenL wrote:
    I got one on ebay.

    Various traders from singapore sell them.

    Mine connects via USB and some software that is provided with it.

    Was a bit faffy for me as most of my names etc are stored on the phone memory not the sim card though.

    Ben

    Ben, did you find an easy way of backing up the numbers in the phone's memory, I have the same, some have multiple numbers/email addresses etc, and are difficult to back-up to the SIM card
  • onzey
    onzey Posts: 830 Forumite
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    Can anyone answer my previous post (#7)?

    Thanks.
  • C_Ronaldo
    C_Ronaldo Posts: 4,732 Forumite
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    when u say 3 usim do you mean 3g if so my 3g sim card is the same size as a normal sim, ive not tried my 3g sim in my sim card reader yet as i dont have a need to
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  • onzey
    onzey Posts: 830 Forumite
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    Yes I meant 3g. :smiley:
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