contacts file name

[reficul_x]

hey, do anyone know where our contacts are saved? to wat file? i got a file by the name contacts.(something) but it doesnt allow me to copy and paste into my mmc. my guess is that the contact is being used by the phone and is running.

how do i disable it? i tried to no avail. i tried with app man too, cant get it working.

help! thanks! (i wanna backup my phone b4 i upgrade the firmware. the backup features of 6600 doesnt allows u to backup contacts)

[chimpanzee]

I have been using PC Suite's Synchronize function to backup my contacts to my Outlook contact on my PC. Not sure how to get to the file you mentioned.

[reficul_x]

I have been using PC Suite's Synchronize function to backup my contacts to my Outlook contact on my PC. Not sure how to get to the file you mentioned.

u need to have bluetooth or infra on ur pc rite? i have none. thats y im whining.

[a_dude]

goto profiles...select offline mode....reboot the phone....then u can access the contacts file and copy it etc....in 'flight mode'...

cheers ;)

[reficul_x]

goto profiles...select offline mode....reboot the phone....then u can access the contacts file and copy it etc....in 'flight mode'...

cheers ;)

how do u go to offline mode? r u refering to 6600 here? im using 6600 and jus chck with my phone... wouldnt work. theres no flight mode in 6600. is there? thanks

[a_dude]

well Im talking about the ngage....not sure about the 6600 though...sorry

cheers ;)

[cokecan722]

i think that offline mode is only for n-gage.

there is a flight mode in 6600, you just got to install psiloc system tools. it lets you boot up in flight mode

[cokecan722]

BTW, where abouts is this contacts file your trying to copy??? im usin FExplorer

[a_dude]

c:\system\data

cheers ;)

[reficul_x]

i think that offline mode is only for n-gage.

there is a flight mode in 6600, you just got to install psiloc system tools. it lets you boot up in flight mode

i dun think this flight mode ever works in 6600. i tried it once and it cant works. and psiloc software sux big time-they have lotsa bugs n shit. hiaz....thanks anyway.

any more suggestions guys?

[momagic]

if you want to extract the contacts in your fone, use a program called agora contacts manager, this prog extracts your contacts to a database file (.csv)

[reficul_x]

if you want to extract the contacts in your fone, use a program called agora contacts manager, this prog extracts your contacts to a database file (.csv)

so it this agora contacts manager a sis program for ur handphone or a pc type where i got to bluetooth my phone? cos my pc aint got bluetooth.

thanks dude for helping!

[momagic]

so it this agora contacts manager a sis program for ur handphone or a pc type where i got to bluetooth my phone? cos my pc aint got bluetooth.

thanks dude for helping!

well its a sis program, so depending on what fone you got (i got the ngage) i jus put it on my fone, install, then i extract the contacts.

u can get it from www.aivanet.com

[reficul_x]

well its a sis program, so depending on what fone you got (i got the ngage) i jus put it on my fone, install, then i extract the contacts.

u can get it from www.aivanet.com

oh man, thanks for that. i will go check it out. thanks again~

[Pou_pee]

There's also another way to do, here's what I do:

1. go to C:\system\data then rename folder "Data" to whatever name you like
2. get the file "Contact.cdb" from the folder (u can copy and paste it to MMC to be sent out to pc)
3. rename back to "Data"

:)

[Pou_pee]

ohh forgot to say, you do the same when you wanna get back the contact:

rename the folder and put the new .cdb file into it (dunno if you have to del the old oun first? or else just overwrite), then rename back and restart

[reficul_x]

omg, that was an ingenious idea!!! y din i thought of that? by doing that, the phone wun read the renamed folder for the time being! that was way too cool! it works!

thanks a million Pou_pee!!!! btw, have u tried backing up the contacts this way? is it really the ONLY file for contacts? did it work this way?

woah, thanks again!

[reficul_x]

SHUCKS!

it works but, suddenly i cannot rename it NOW!!!!

wat i did this time is different, i rename the Data (see with the default capitalised D infront of the Data word) as data. and now i cannot rename it no longer! it says, folder is being used!!!

so my guess is that the d must not be a small letter one, jus use the default D when u type it out.

So pple please help me! im very desperate now as my 300 over contacts gone! i couldnt find the agora contacts manager for free, and i oni have my phone and im outside. so help me!!!! hope it doesnt involve the hard format and the pc, cos i cant linked them up (its not my home pc, its my office)

Thanks pple!!!!!

[Pou_pee]

Try using FExplorer, i used to change it with HandyFile without a success.

I'm not quite sure what prob u are facing, Did you restart once you replaced .cdb file in order to see your contact? Or you can't rename "data" to "Data"? May be rename to other name and then back with "Data", wud help

hope I can help
I'm using this method for backing up my contact too :)

[reficul_x]

Try using FExplorer, i used to change it with HandyFile without a success.

I'm not quite sure what prob u are facing, Did you restart once you replaced .cdb file in order to see your contact? Or you can't rename "data" to "Data"? May be rename to other name and then back with "Data", wud help

hope I can help
I'm using this method for backing up my contact too :)

thanks Pou_pee, jus sometink i would like to share with everyone here:

pls rename the Data into watever u wan BUT wen u rename it back MUST rename back to "Data" not "data" or u can never rename it AGAIN!!!

nvm pou_pee, im gg to change my firmware today.... so can say goodbye to the shit problem....

[Pou_pee]

reficul_x, I'm so sorry havin heard what happened to you. If it's not my stupid mistake writing "Data" as "data" then you wudn't need to change your FW :sad:

just want you to know that's i'm really sorry man :sad:

[gordslaphead]

3650 has "Memory" (Memory Card) option, then "Backup phone memory". This is described as backing up your contacts as well as Calendar etc to your memory card.

Maybe the 6600 has the same (or similar) facility that can be used?

[tzeonn]

y not save the contacts to sim? 6600 has the great function of mass deleting and moving contacts.

[a_dude]

well heres an interesting little website of freeware for the symbian s60 phones...

http://personal.inet.fi/private/riihimaki/s60/

it also has a program called Contacts Transfer (scroll to the bottom) which allows you to copy/backup and restore contacts between same or any symbian phones (the .sis program must be isntalled on both machines..

it uses infrared to transfer between phones but looking in the D: drive with Fexplorer theres a file called contacts.data which you can easily cut/copy and paste to the other phone or use it as a backup...

cheers ;)

[reficul_x]

y not save the contacts to sim? 6600 has the great function of mass deleting and moving contacts.

sim cannot contain so much of my contacts!
hahah

[reficul_x]

3650 has "Memory" (Memory Card) option, then "Backup phone memory". This is described as backing up your contacts as well as Calendar etc to your memory card.

Maybe the 6600 has the same (or similar) facility that can be used?

no.

backup doesnt backup ur contacts. however to confirm with everone here, 6600 backup everthing in ur C: but not ur contacts. dumb rite?

[reficul_x]

reficul_x, I'm so sorry havin heard what happened to you. If it's not my stupid mistake writing "Data" as "data" then you wudn't need to change your FW :sad:

just want you to know that's i'm really sorry man :sad:

Aww man, dun be! thanks for ur help! anyway i have solved the prob oredi.

i format my phone again and this the data changed to Data again. hahha. jus need to restore from backup and rearrange the icons once more! hehehe :lol:

[7ojo]

There's also another way to do, here's what I do:

1. go to C:\system\data then rename folder "Data" to whatever name you like
2. get the file "Contact.cdb" from the folder (u can copy and paste it to MMC to be sent out to pc)
3. rename back to "Data"

:)


REALLY thank you very MUCH :) Saved my week!

[SpiralVortex]

To rename it try this. Go into memory and tell the phone to backup the phone memory to your mmc, when it starts you can go into your file explorer and rename the folder, the phone will have its mitts of the phone's folders and you can do what you like to it.

[reficul_x]

dats an ingenious idea! thanks for that, it maybe useful for others out there! thanks for sharing your idea! good work! :smile: