Backing up Nokia 6200 to SIM?

As a simple backup technique, I want to copy my contacts list to the extra
SIM card I have.

I erased the contacts from the SIM and then chose "Copy All Contacts" and
"From Phone To SIM".

When it finish the copy, the display says:

87 contacts not copied
187 contacts copied

I then tried "Copy Primary Only" and "From Phone To SIM":

24 contacts not copied
250 contacts copied

I presume that there's not enough room on the SIM for my entire contacts
list. Is there any way to make more room so I can copy the entire list to the
SIM?

Or...?

Nokia 6200
T-Mobile

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At 12 Jun 2008 08:39:35 -0700 DaveC wrote:
> As a simple backup technique, I want to copy my contacts list to the
extra
> SIM card I have.
>
> I erased the contacts from the SIM and then chose "Copy All Contacts" and
> "From Phone To SIM".
>
> When it finish the copy, the display says:
>
> 87 contacts not copied
> 187 contacts copied
>
> I then tried "Copy Primary Only" and "From Phone To SIM":
>
> 24 contacts not copied
> 250 contacts copied
>
> I presume that there's not enough room on the SIM for my entire contacts
> list. Is there any way to make more room so I can copy the entire list to
the
> SIM?
>
> Or...?
>
> Nokia 6200
> T-Mobile


Sadly, SIM cards are a pretty old technology. Generally they hold 250
entries in two fields- name and number. Contacts with addresses and/or
multiple numbers aren't preserved entirely- just the name and one number.
(Hence the "primary only" stuff.)

Some newer SIM cards have more memory (AT&T's 64k SIMs vs. 32k) but I don't
know if any of the extra storage is available to the end user for contacts
storage.

Backing up to PC with a data cable and Nokia phone suite would probably be
a better option, or else trying to use T-Mo's "online address book" (SyncML)
if the phone is one of the very few T-Mo supports for contacts backup.