Importing contacts from old sim to a different sim

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GarthCurrier Author

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Importing contacts from old sim to a different sim

How do I import contacts and information from an old sim card to my Iphone 5. the sim cards are not the same.

iPhone 4, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 31, 2012 12:10 PM

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Answer 1

KiltedTim

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Oct 31, 2012 12:19 PM in response to GarthCurrier

You don't. Your carrier may be able to help you. You'll have to ask them.

If youold phone is an iPhone, then you just sync the contacts from whatever contact manager or cloud service you were syncing them to with the old iPhone. The iPhone does not store any data at all on the SIM.

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Answer 2

gdgmacguy

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Oct 31, 2012 12:20 PM in response to GarthCurrier

You can't.

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Answer 3

randers4

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Oct 31, 2012 12:21 PM in response to GarthCurrier

Your carrier may be able to migrate them for you if they have a retail store nearby. Otherwise you would have to either find 3rd party software to extract the contacts from the old SIM card, or try cutting it down to fit in your phone (which risks damaging the old card and losing your contacts).

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