DUPLICATE UR PHONE CONTACTS

This trick works for any phone that uses a SIM card, allows you to transfer your numbers to a new handset, you don’t have to buy a phone to computer cord (which will save $20), and best of all it is free.
Just follow these simple instructions.
1. Start by asking your mobile provider for a replacement SIM card. You will probably need to go to your own mobile providers shop, since some handsets are locked to only work with your own provider.
2. On your phone, go to your contacts section, and check whether your contacts are saved to your SIM card, or phone. On a Nokia, this is in the Menu>contacts>settings>Memory in Use section. Make sure that it isn’t setup to be both SIM and Phone.
3. Find the section labelled ‘copy’. On some phones, this is in the contacts>settings sections. On other phones, you have to scroll through your contacts, click on a contact, click options, and scroll down until you find ‘copy’ .
4. Click copy all. If your contacts are stored on your SIM memory, you want to copy all of your contacts over to your phone. If they are stored in the SIM, you want a second copy on your phone. Make sure you copy, don’t move or delete.
5. Insert the replacement SIM card you collected from your phone provider, and copy all of the contacts onto it by repeating step 4.
6. Put your original SIM back into the phone, and like magic, if you ever loose your phone, you can repeat step 4 with the new phone in reverse by copying all of the contacts onto the new handset.
Troubleshooting:
Make sure you don’t have two copies of all of your contacts on your phone after all of this. This will cause your phone to not show the phone number. You may need to change the memory that you use to only read the SIM card, or Phone memory. Follow the instructions at step 4.
If your mobile reads: SIM not recognised, try pulling the SIM out and replacing it again. Secondly, check that you’ve got the SIM card from the same company. If not, call your phone provider and ask them to unlock your phone to allow other SIMs. Sometimes companies will charge for this service.
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If your looking to backup your phone, and already have a cable, try using plaxo.com to duplicate it accross computers.