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Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 07:27:00, Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote (my 
responses usually follow points raised):
>In article <s674tq$c2$1@dont-email.me>,
>   Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>{Snippy]
>> The old cell phone is not designed to export its addressbook.
>
>What a PITA that is...
>A short while ago my dear wife replaced her bog standard 'old' cell phone
>(Not smartphone) with a new (Recently produced but not smartphone) phone
>(Same company, different phone but current model) She couldn't export her
>old address book let alone import anything into the new one.
>So she ended up typing them all in again...
>
>Dave

Originally, a lot of fobiles didn't even _have_ their own memory for 
numbers, but used the SIM, which from the start had address-book memory 
(though I don't know how many or whether they stored more than just name 
and number).
>
>I contacted the company and they came up with some convoluted method that
>involved transferring all her original phone addressbook out of memory to
>the phones SIM card, taking the SIM out of her old phone, putting it in
>the new phone, transferring out of SIM to the new phone's memory.

Well, it may sound convoluted, but if the internal memory on the old 
'phone (assuming it does actually have one and it isn't just using the 
SIM anyway) has no other way to export, that's the only way to do it.
>
>Slight snag though... They (Company) didn't seem aware... The new phone
>has a mini SIM and her old phone has/had a full size SIM.
>
Well, apart from Dave Royal's craft knife method (which hadn't occurred 
to me!), you could look for a SIM reader/writer - they used to be both 
common and cheap, but I haven't seen one for a while. (Does the new 
non-smart 'phone have any external data connection, or only take power 
through the lead?)
>
>D.
>
John
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Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 18:18 +0000
  Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 14:32 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-26 20:09 +0100
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 19:39 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 00:53 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 07:27 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 07:58 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:45 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:47 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-27 15:33 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 16:50 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 19:56 +0000
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 20:32 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:06 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 21:26 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:58 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 22:46 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 19:01 +0100
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 07:01 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:46 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 08:18 +0100

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