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This is really irritating.My window phone 520 is going worse.There are alot of problems with it.I have finally thought of reseting it.But the problem is that i cannot afford losing my contacts.Is there any way of copying my contacts to my sim card? So that after reseting i can have them back when i insert my sim card after the whole reset process? Please help me out of this...
**screwed**
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Your contacts are always synced to your Microsoft Account in the cloud. You can verify this on your PC: https://contacts.live.com
To answer your question, there is no export to SIM function. You can export contacts (if you still need to) from the mentioned site though by choosing Manage > Export.
There is no way to put the contacts from your phone to SIM card. I can suggest a few alternatives though.
Er No! I look at my Microsoft account and there is nothing about the contacts that are in my Win 8 phone that seem to be sucked up from the various sim cards that have been in it.
Guesss what I dont want my face book life in my phone or visa versa.
Just how do I do **** that was simple on old phones and is now imbloodypossible with 'smart' phones.
So silver alloys on a car are equivalent to being able to export contacts to a SIM card on a phone then? I don't see the similarity.....but in keeping with your car analogy, I'd say it's more like expecting a cassette tape player and finding out the car's got a 3.5 mm line-in jack instead.
Contacts on a phone naturally sync to a Microsoft account....once there the contacts can be manipulated to be imported into most modern devices.....you actually have more flexibility using this method, but I do understand how, if you want to go back to using a plain ole cellphone that doesn't sync to anything, this could be an issue. Unfortunately, you're not going to find many options.
The Windows Phone OS includes the functionality to export contact info to a SIM card and the OS that is provided to the carriers and OEMs include this functionality....but then it is up to the carriers and OEMs to enable or disable the functionality on the phones they sell. Similar to the way all cars are able to play music from various sources through the car's sound system, but in the end, the car manufacturers decide upon the equipment that is installed in the vehicle that is ultimately used to play music through the car's sound system.
But these analogies don't really matter in regards to your complaint. If your phone doesn't have the option you seek you are complaining to the wrong entity.
Its a simile @profjulie. If one Lumia 520 has the facilty to export to SIM and the other doesn't, which entity should I be complaining to? And, to use your analogy, at least I know who to go back to to get the dodgy music system replaced. I had given up on this months ago until I saw Paulex's communication and Entegy's follow-up where he can export to SIM on the same phone that I have!?
So silver alloys on a car are equivalent to being able to export contacts to a SIM card on a phone then? I don't see the similarity.....but in keeping with your car analogy, I'd say it's more like expecting a cassette tape player and finding out the car's got a 3.5 mm line-in jack instead.
Contacts on a phone naturally sync to a Microsoft account....once there the contacts can be manipulated to be imported into most modern devices.....you actually have more flexibility using this method, but I do understand how, if you want to go back to using a plain ole cellphone that doesn't sync to anything, this could be an issue. Unfortunately, you're not going to find many options.
The Windows Phone OS includes the functionality to export contact info to a SIM card and the OS that is provided to the carriers and OEMs include this functionality....but then it is up to the carriers and OEMs to enable or disable the functionality on the phones they sell. Similar to the way all cars are able to play music from various sources through the car's sound system, but in the end, the car manufacturers decide upon the equipment that is installed in the vehicle that is ultimately used to play music through the car's sound system.
But these analogies don't really matter in regards to your complaint. If your phone doesn't have the option you seek you are complaining to the wrong entity.
