Changing Network - how to copy SIM?

boundy

NFH wrote: »

Which phones store contacts on the SIM card? Although very old phones (over ten years ago) used to do this, no current phones do this. In the days when contacts were stored on the SIM card, you could only store a name and corresponding phone number; there was no support for a contact card containing a separate first name and surname, address, multiple phone numbers per contact, e-mail address etc. This is why smartphones can't store contacts on the SIM card.

I am typing this post out on my galaxy s3, I just checked and it still has the option to save numbers to the sim. You are correct that the info that can be stored is extremely limited but you are wrong if you think it's no longer possible on all phones.

boundy

For the benefit of NFH.........

waterwatereverywhere

Hi

Many thanks for the replies and apologies for the confusion I have caused!

Basically before my smartphone the last phone I had was ancient and I just remembered that whenever you saved something to it it would ask you if you wanted to save the info to the SIM card or to the phone.

The Galaxy S2 has never asked me this so I just didn't/don't know where it has actually been saving things - hence my worry that if a load of stuff has been stored to my SIM I might lose contacts, text messages, phone call logs etc. if I switch to a different SIM.

That was my worry - but maybe this phone has a default setting to save everything to the phone and not the SIM card, in which case I don't need to worry perhaps? Does anyone know this please or how I could check my SIM card to see what if anything is stored on it before I consider a switch?

I haven't changed any technical settings on the phone so if it has a default to save everything to the phone, not the SIM then I should be okay and does this mean I can just switch SIM without having to copy anything?