Transfer of data - help

[cella]

I need to transfer my contacts and existing text messages from my (very) old Samsung mobile to a new LGK3 phone. I've looked on You Tube for a tutorial but my techie understanding is so basic that when they say "copy your contacts to the Sim" I have no idea how to do that. Can anyone help with some really basic advice on how to do this? Thanks!

[Zelig]

Go to Contacts, Copy Contacts, and choose From Phone to Sim. This should copy contacts saved on the phone to the sim card.

[ianr]

After checking a very old Samsung phone and its manual, I suggest:

Open up your contacts entries one by one. You may well be told whether the entry is in the phone or the Sim. Among the menu options will probably be a Copy option: you will be offered the other location as destination. You may have to do this for each contact separately.

Open your inbox (and then whatever other folders you keep text messages in). Open each message in turn. Among the menu options will probably be one offering a move to the other location, or maybe a Copy one, as with contacts.

Google Samsung and the model number and phone and manual, and you may be lucky. Beware of manuals for other Samsung products with the same model numbers. They may turn out to be for a microwave oven. It's the phone one that will be more useful. A phone that is not very old may also, as Zelig suggests, offer options for bulk selection for copying.

[cella]

Zelig Wrote:

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> Go to Contacts, Copy Contacts, and choose From

> Phone to Sim. This should copy contacts saved on

> the phone to the sim card.

The new phone has a different SIM card so how do I copy the unfo to the new card? Thanks.

[ed_pete]

Cella - I think that you're best going to a mobile shop for help - can you go to your a shop run by your network provider ? They usually have a device that easily enables data to be transferred from one sim to another. Failing that you could try the shop near ED station that does mobile repairs - he may be able to help you.

[cella]

Just saw this. Funnily enough, went to the 3 store this morning and they were able to transfer my contacts but not the texts so will prob have to write those off.

[Sue]

If you have moved to a different provider, then yes.

If you are still with the same company, there should be a way of getting them onto your new phone.

At least that was what I was told quite recently.

[Zelig]

Good old fashioned pen, paper, and time!