How To Backup Contacts on Java Phone

It has been long since i wrote on java phone. Today i will be written on how to Backup Contacts on your java phone.
I know you will be thinking can I also Backup contacts on my S40 Nokia phones(or other java phones) The Answer is "yes", not only on Android phone you can backup contacts also on your java phone.Before I Proceed let me tell you why you need to backup contacts.

Everyday, we save phone numbers on your phone, but your phone can get lost which means your contacts are gone,if you saved the contacts on your sim and the sim is inside the phone, it means you have lost both the phone and the sim and all the phone numbers inside.
Even if you buy a new sim, it will be difficult to get back all your lost contact.

I know you will ask what if i welcome Back my sim. Even if you do a welcome back of your lost sim you won't still get back your contacts, the only thing is that people can still call your phone number.
Some People form a Book and copy all their contacts into it in case they lost their sim, but that is time consuming and you could still lost the book also.

Your Network providers has a backup service e.g Mtn Backup Services so that if you lost your sim and do a welcome Back or retrieve your sim you can restore back your contacts back to the sim.
But the only problem is that these network providers charges you (even upto N100 monthly) not everybody have that money to do a backup of their contacts from time to time.

Luckily. your phone has an option to Backup and restore Contacts.This you don't pay. i know most of you will go for this since it's Free. some java phone have the in-built option to backup contacts others don't have but you can also use an app to do it.

I will be giving 2 methods to Backup Contact On a java phone, you can choose any method.

1. How to Import/Export Contacts On java phone
may be you might have come across Import/Export options on your contacts and you don't know what it is used for? it is used to backup and restore contacts although not all java phone have this feature
steps:
- Go to your contacts
- enter option, on the menv that shows, scroll down and select import/export
- click on Export, all your contacts will display you can click mark all to backup All your contacts and enter ok
- It will take you to your file manager you can create a New folder and select the folder and click on ok.
- the time it takes to load depending on the amounts of contacts you have.
Go to your memory card, Enter The folder you will see a file with .vcf format open it you will see your contacts (name and phone numbers).

2. How To Backup Contacts On Java Phone

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if you phone don't have the option of Export/import You can use an app called Mobile backup follow these
steps
step1. Download And Install MOBILE BACKUP.jar
step 2. open the app, click on the 2nd option "set backup file root"
Note: this isn't important but i suggest you do it to set the folder you will save your file.
step 3. ckick on start and press "yes" to allow it reads your contact
step 4. wait for it to load, it will show how many items have been backuped from phone and sim.

you can go to your file manager and enter the folder you saved the file to, enter the file to see your contacts.

if you are webmaster you can upload the file to your website{internet} to keep it safe.

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How To Restore Contacts On Java PhoneAfter backuping your contacts in case you lost your phone or sim card you would like to restore back your phone.
==> open your mobile backup
==> click on restore locate the folder where you stored your backup file and click restore and wait for it to restore your contact back into your phone.

Note: you can also use the same method to Backup Contacts On Symbian Phone

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