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Champ2000
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Q: All my constact are on my iphone 4s sim. when i delete some they still come back if i import sim contacts how do i delete permanently

When i delete a contact and at a later date use the import sim facitily my deleted contacts come back into my phone WHY how do i delete a contact permanently?

iPhone 4S

Posted on Jul 3, 2012 7:41 AM

by wjosten,Solvedanswer
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A:

Champ2000 wrote:

Where are the deleted numbers coming from?

 

Ah...from your Sim card.

 

 

How do I get them off it

 

Get a new sim card or take yours to one of your Carrier's stores & have them erase them.

Posted on Jul 3, 2012 10:48 AM

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  • by roaminggnome,

    roaminggnome roaminggnome Jul 3, 2012 8:42 AM in response to Champ2000
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    Jul 3, 2012 8:42 AM in response to Champ2000

    You canot deelte them from the SIM as iphone does not use the SIM for storage at all.  Nothing is stored there by iphone - no changes, nothing. Iphone does not store to SIM at all.

  • by Champ2000,

    Champ2000 Champ2000 Jul 3, 2012 10:13 AM in response to roaminggnome
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    Jul 3, 2012 10:13 AM in response to roaminggnome

    Thanks do if they ate not on the sim where ate that coming back from after I have deleted them one by one from my phone. I am not connected to I cloud I have it turned off. The 02 shop loaded all my contacts from my old Nokia onto the iPhone sim when I got the new iPhone. I assume these were then loaded onto my iPhone. It's a work phone and as I am leaving soon I want to delete all my personal numbers. I have tried twice by deleting them one by one from the iPhone but when I go to settings and press import sim contacts as a test they all come back into the phone ?

  • by wjosten,

    wjosten wjosten Jul 3, 2012 10:16 AM in response to Champ2000
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    Jul 3, 2012 10:16 AM in response to Champ2000

    but when I go to settings and press import sim contacts as a test they all come back into the phone ?

     

    Why are you doing that? The iPhone cannot write any data to a sim card, nor can it delete any data already on a sim card. Stop doing that, or get a new sim card.

  • by Champ2000,

    Champ2000 Champ2000 Jul 3, 2012 10:29 AM in response to wjosten
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    Jul 3, 2012 10:29 AM in response to wjosten

    I am doing it because when I leave the company I will have to hand the phone back so if I can do it the next random person who has this phone will be able to do it and access my personal numbers. Where are the deleted numbers coming from? They must be on the sim. How do I get them off it

  • by wjosten,Solvedanswer

    wjosten wjosten Jul 3, 2012 10:48 AM in response to Champ2000
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    Jul 3, 2012 10:48 AM in response to Champ2000

    Champ2000 wrote:

    Where are the deleted numbers coming from?

     

    Ah...from your Sim card.

     

     

    How do I get them off it

     

    Get a new sim card or take yours to one of your Carrier's stores & have them erase them.

  • by tonefox,

    tonefox tonefox Jul 3, 2012 10:48 AM in response to Champ2000
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    Jul 3, 2012 10:48 AM in response to Champ2000

    Listen carefully:  no data is stored on the SIM.  How many times do you need to be told?  You can import data from a SIM, but that is all.

  • by Champ2000,

    Champ2000 Champ2000 Jul 3, 2012 11:12 AM in response to tonefox
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    Jul 3, 2012 11:12 AM in response to tonefox

    So thank you they are on the sim then and tone fox don't be so rude read the questions carefully. At least someone has established I need to get the numbers deleted from the sim externally