CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I have just purchased one of these: http://www.my-xda.com/xdaminis_spec.html and have a slight problem. My current phone, a Sharp GX30 has two contact locations - the handset and the SIM. Like a numpty, I have saved most of my contacts to the handset and the Sharp (as far as I can see), does not allow you to transfer from the handset to the Sim but will allow the other way. Do you know of any way to transfer the hand set contacts to the sim or to my new XDA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letmeshowyou Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 any other electronic way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 any other electronic way? Erm...if you are asking me, then if there was, and I knew how to, I would have done so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Colin, assuming that the Sharp supports IR or BT. Can you bluetooth them ? Or send them over by Infra-Red ? The nasty thing with that is you'd have to do it - 1 contact at a time. A quicker way would be use the PC software that came with your Sharp and connect the PC & phone with a cable. Then export all your contacts to some file. Now, the interesting bit is if your PDA's PC software can then make sense of the exported file. I'm not sure about that .. you'd have to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I am going to dig out the software and manual and have a looksee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I have installed the infrared software onto my PC and tried to send the data from my phone but it just keeps coming up as "trying to connect to the handset". Any idea what I am doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Have you enabled the IR on the phone ? With the majority of phones, you have to switch it on. If it were switched on all the time - it would eat your battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Have you enabled the IR on the phone ? With the majority of phones, you have to switch it on. If it were switched on all the time - it would eat your battery. Yes, done that. Does the bluetooth need to be enabled also? And do i need to do anything to my PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 BT won't need to be enabled - if your connecting over IR. Have you enabled IR on your PC ? In the BIOS setup of the PC's I've used there is an option to turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letmeshowyou Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 check IR options in control panel too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 check IR options in control panel too Where would it be in the control panel? i have nothing that says infrared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 In your Device Mgr in Windows - it should say something about an IR port if it's functioning. If all else fails, might be easier to use a USB cable or connect via BT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I dont think I have infrared on my PC as it shows nothing here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 This may work .. as I said above. Connect the Sharp & your PC (via cable or BT). Then using the Sharp's PC software export ALL of yours contacts to a single file. Then connect the PDA to the PC (via cable or BT) and try and import that file. It may not work as it depends if the PDA's PC software can read the file exported by your Sharp's PC software. Or - you connect your PDA & your Sharp phone via either IR or BT and then transfer the contacts one at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Thanks for the help chaps. I will wait until the XDA arrives and see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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