Cannot copy contacts from sim card to phone - Cell Phones

To copy names and numbers to the
SIM card
1 Select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Copy to SIM.
3 Select an option.
When you copy all contacts from your
phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM
card information is replaced.

To automatically save names and
phone numbers on the SIM card
1 Select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Auto save on
SIM.
3 Select an option.
To save contacts on a memory card
1 Select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Back up to m.
card.
SIM contacts
SIM contacts can contain names and
numbers only. They are saved on the
SIM card.

u cant transfer it directly but u can transfer them to outlook and when u connect ur iphone to the pc u can choose to sync the contacts with outlook.

good luck

To transfer contacts from your current phone to a new phone by means of a SIM card, do the following:

1. On your current phone, download the Copy to SIM Card app on the Google Play Store.
2. Use the app to write all your current contacts that will fit on the SIM card.
3. After writing is complete, put the SIM card in new phone.
4. If new phone has built in SIM manager, use that to transfer contacts from SIM. If not, again use Copy to SIM Card to transfer contacts from SIM to phone.

To transfer your contacts through the SIM card:

1. Copy your contacts from your old phone to your SIM card. If you need help with this, please consult the old phone user guide.
2. When the copying is done, move the SIM card to your new phone.
3. Select Menu > Contacts.
4. If the phone asks you to copy info from the SIM card, skip steps 5-10.
5. Otherwise, tap Options > Settings > Contacts to display.
6. Select SIM memory > OK, then tap Back.
7. Tap Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark all.
8. Tap Options > Copy > Phone memory.
9. Tap Options > Settings > Contacts to display.
10. Select Phone memory > OK, then tap Back.

First delete all contact from your sim. Copy all contacts from your Phone book of samsung into card card. now your sim card have all contacts of your samsung phone contact list. Put sim into your new mobile Sony Ericson and copy all those contact from sim into phone contact list.you will be doing this by go to copy SIM contact into Phone Book option in your Sony Ericson.
This can also happens: When you put sim in ericson and switch on the cell it will ask you to copy contact from sim to phone memory.here you can press YES and all contacts get copied in phone
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hiiiiiiii first of all delete all the contact in sim memeory by performing following step.
goto contact>>then on option>>sim contacts>>sim directory and see all the sim contact and the one you wanna delete delete their.and if you want to keep all the contact then make a folder in memory card by
goto menu>>tools>>file manager>>memory card>>make a new folder contact. and copy your contact to memory card.then put your memory card in card reader and from memory card to computer

you can save all your contacts to you sim if your sim memory is not full. Follow these steps:

unlock keypad, select "contacts" option from menu then select "copy" option in "contacts". Selecting "copy" will left you with two options : 1. From sim card to phone.
2. From phone to sim card.

Then select "From phone to sim card". It will ask "One by one" or all.

You can select any option and contacts will be copied to your sim card. If its ask for "delete original" or "keep original" , its your choice to keep copy of contacts in sim card or not.

You can go to Menu > Contacts > Names > Options > Copy.

You can copy names and phone numbers from your phone's contact
memory to your SIM card memory, and vice versa.

To copy a phone, fax, or pager number from contacts to your SIM card, scroll to
the contact you want to copy, and select Options > Copy > To SIM directory.