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Changing Network and Number

  • 10-01-2016 1:19am
    #1
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭


    changing from vodafone to three and a new number aswell

    how do i back up all my contacts ? so when i insert new sim they will still be there

    iphone 6 btw

    all my pics i have stored on my wd mycloud aswell as music


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  • #2
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    iPhone contacts are stored on the phone and not the SIM.


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    changing from vodafone to three and a new number aswell

    how do i back up all my contacts ? so when i insert new sim they will still be there

    iphone 6 btw

    all my pics i have stored on my wd mycloud aswell as music

    Just do an iCloud back up and restore it with the new phone.
    Everything will,be transferred, contacts, sms, photos, wallpapers etc etc

    Just go to the iCloud settings and make sure you have the relevant fields ticked on.


  • #4
    nava
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,739 ✭✭✭nava


    If you are not changing phone just insert the new SIM, everything will be there.


  • #5
    xband
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭xband


    Everything will work fine (assuming your phone is unlocked).

    The only thing to be ware of is there's a tiny glitch with Messages when you restart with a new SIM.

    If you've a conversation thread open, SMS stops working with the new SIM until you delete the conversation thread and start a new one. It seems to be down to confusion with iMessage and Caller ID.

    Also, if you use iMessage / Facetime, it will change your phone number to the new one after a while.

    I'd suggest switching both of those off before removing the previous SIM, then switch them on again when you put in the new one.

    In general though, you can even change the SIM with the phone running (I've done this and it caused no issues). It'll just reboot itself.

    Carrier settings usually happen automatically, although on some networks they're not hidden.


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    For me personally I use Google Contacts and Calendar etc so when I get a new phone (apple/android/blah) I just link it to my google account and it updates phone.


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  • #7
    xband
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭xband


    You'll have no issues at all changing SIM other than a simple reboot.

    The only issue you might have is with existing SMS conversations as iOS doesn't seem to like a switch of SIM mid conversation. You typically have to delete the conversation and start a new one to continue or you will get SMS failure "!" messages.


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