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Some Bluetooth software offer the setting to choose between "individual files" or "one file". Yours doesn't. Each contact is therefore saved as an individual VCF file when recieved by the PC using Bluetooth. Here's a workaround.

Choose "Microsoft Outlook" or "Outlook Express" in the dialog that is presented in your last picture. Then send the contacts (all or those you want to backup) using Bluetooth. Those contacts are then sent to the prefered applications VCF file and saved in it. Find that VCF file afterwards and make a copy of it. You can then store it as a backup for future needs. It's a compatible format that the phone can recieve when you need to do a restore.

However, note that it's perfectly fine to save each individual VCF file as a backup too. If you ever need to do a restore, just mark them all and choose "Send to [your Bluetooth units name]" and they are all sent properly to your phone.

In your case, I'd go for the latter. Otherwise, in case the e-mail clients VCF file isn't completely empty when sending your contacts, you could get unwanted contacts (not on your phone) "restored" if you choose that in the future. Of course you could make sure that the clients VCF file is empty before doing the backup, but I see no reason not to go for the individual files as a backup option.

[ This Message was edited by: CyberVisitor on 2004-11-04 13:12 ]
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Posted: 2004-11-04 14:03:03
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This is way too much hassle! Nokia have a program that can do this easy...why haven't SonyEricsson?

Think my BlueTooth software only has folder too, so I will backup to Outlook then export the file to a CSV format.

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Posted: 2004-11-04 14:33:26
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On 2004-11-04 14:33:26, kooksy wrote:
Think my BlueTooth software only has folder too, so I will backup to Outlook then export the file to a CSV format.



I really don't understand why it's so important for you to have the option to transfer all the contacts into one single VCF file. When you do a restore later on, all those contacts will be restored, and maybe that is fine today... but in the future when you really need to do the restore, some of those contacts could be obsolete. If you then instead have each contact saved as individual files, those obsolete contacts can be deleted from your backup folder before the actual restore process. If everything is saved as a backup in one single file, you will have all contacts restored (even the obsolete ones) and then you will have to manually delete these contacts from your phones addressbook.

I can only see positive things about having each contact stored as individual files for backup. Picture this for instance: You by misstake delete a contact from your phones addressbook. Now you want to restore it. Find the individual contact in your PC:s backup folder and transfer that contact back to the phone. Very simple indeed!

[ This Message was edited by: CyberVisitor on 2004-11-04 13:48 ]
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Posted: 2004-11-04 14:44:17
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hey!
u stole my name!!!
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Posted: 2004-11-04 14:45:31
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@CyberVisitor:

Thanks a million for that explanation.

@kooksy:

No its not a hassle, it just depends on the software ur using.


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Posted: 2004-11-04 15:00:48
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Enyone noticed that some numbers dissapear when U move them to PC ??? (other, for example)
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Posted: 2004-11-04 22:56:16
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@tomcat: no I have'nt noticed it yet
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Posted: 2004-11-05 07:16:04
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I have noticed that some numbers just disappear for no reason...

Seems like the names are similar?
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Posted: 2004-11-08 10:46:33
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Dissapear from the phone, or from the contact stored in the Outlook ?
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Posted: 2004-11-08 19:30:14
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I have a new K700i and I am able to sync with a DSS-25 but, if I do it once, the same contacts and calendar items get sent to the phone every time I sync. I set the "Force Full Synchronisation" and it unchecked itself when it was done.

Settings:
Standard synchronisation - Select last changed item

Full Synchronisation - keep all items in computer and override items in phone.


Any thoughts?

/dt

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Posted: 2004-11-10 20:08:03
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