Back up contacts to your SIM and your phone

You can back up contacts to your SIM and your phone. This is useful if you change SIM or phone, as it saves you from keying in all the information again. Follow these instructions to back up contacts to your SIM and your phone.

HTC One XL
HTC One XL
HTC One XL
  • 1
    Find "Import/Export contacts"
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press People.
    • Press Menu.
    • Press Manage contacts.
    • Press Import/Export contacts.
  • 2
    Select option
    • Select one of the following options:
    • Back up contacts to your phone, go to 2a.
    • Back up contacts to your SIM, go to 2b.
  • 3
    2a - Back up contacts to your phone
    • Press Import from SIM card.
    • Press Phone.
    • Press Select all.
    • Press Save.
  • 4
    2b - Back up contacts to your SIM
    • Press Export to SIM card.
    • Press Select all.
    • Press Save.
  • 5
    Exit
    • Press the Home key to return to standby mode.