iPhone. Dublets in Contacts after using foreign SIM card

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iPhone. Dublets in Contacts after using foreign SIM card

On my holiday in Thailand I bought a dtac SIM card so I could use my phone to a low price.

BUT many of the contacts was suddenly in dublets. It seems to be the contacts I have made long time ago. No change after installed my original SIM card and restarted my iPhone. And via iCloud the same problem on my iPad Pro.

If I delete a contact, its double disappear too, so they are somehow linked.

Any suggestions to solve this problem ?

iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 29, 2022 12:48 PM

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thorkilfromholstebro Author

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Mar 29, 2022 1:31 PM in response to LD150

As far I know the SIM card was used for (a crude) contact database, and can be read from it.

The iCloud was OK, but not up to date, so the few addition in Thailand weren’t there.

But I has almost solved the problem now - removed the sync in iCloud and at the same time accepted deletion of contacts on my iPhone / iPad, and after some minutes turned the sync on again.

Now I have them all, except the few additions on my travel, witch I now are adding.

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LD150

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Mar 29, 2022 12:52 PM in response to thorkilfromholstebro

There is no link between SIM card and contacts. There must be something astray, like more than one account turned on (green) for Contacts in Settings, Contacts, Accounts

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LD150

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Mar 29, 2022 1:46 PM in response to thorkilfromholstebro

SIM cards cannot be used as a contact database by iPhones.

But you just killed the thread by marking your own solution.

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iPhone. Dublets in Contacts after using foreign SIM card

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