Update : Starting iPhone firmware 2.0, Apple solved the SIM import issue by neatly integrating into the iPhone officially! Look for the option under Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar -> Import SIM Contacts
Apple did a terrible job with SIM contacts – why wasn’t it not implemented when an independent developer can release that for free! Anyways, Apple did a great job with iPhone sans installer. Till SIMport was released, the only option we had to import SIM contacts were to either use an other phone – > Upload contacts Yahoo! Go/GooSync Contacts and so on… all of them needed another phone to do so but not anymore. You can now import SIM contacts to your iPhone just like that!! Insert the new sim in your iPhone, activate it using iNDependence/iBrickr/iDemocracy in case it reports for a foreign SIM!
How do we install it??
Launch installer.app and look for iFon International packages. If it is not found, go to sources(top right) -> add source -> install.ifon.no and save!! Now you should be able to install SIMport. You are all set now 🙂
Update : A new shinier looking app (iSIM) for doing pretty much like SIMport was released recently. Though GUI and automation is good in this app – steer away from it unless you have some bucks to spare! It ain’t free. SIMport is the way to go!!
Can someone please help! I have my iPhone unlocked, running with Version 1.1.2 and running it with T-Mobile. Now I had the installer icon on my screen, but like many other people on this blog have done, I downloaded 3 games and my installer icon is now gone. I have no way to access it. Can someone please help me out? Really appreciate anyones help.
I imported my contacts using SIMport, now i want to delete the application but it doesnt show it anywhere in installer, but it still has the icon. please email me rishi.parwanda@gmail.com
my sim card is full with non-english names, which makes SIMport to show only the numbers.
is there a workaround to solve this issue? (simport to support more than english characters?)
You might want to upload your SIM contacts online (Google/Yahoo..) and make changes. SIMPort cannot support non-English to my knowledge.
Rishi : You can SSH to your iPhone and delete it.
what’s SSH?
Another problem regarding WETOOL. I am not able to forward SMS using it. Except this everything is working in wetool. Is there any settings to forward SMS thoriugh wetool
worked great for me! thank you
special thanks
what is that? iNDependence/iBrickr/iDemocracy? or how do I do it? foreign sim 😀
Am like you,,,, I can’t see both of them
Tried it out, works fine but I encountered one problem. I have all the phone numbers of my contacts in international format on my SIM card –> +32477xxxxx
After converting it they are stored without the + so above number is 32477xxxxx which is not correct. Is there a work around?
Many thanks Danny
Danny : I had a similar issue before with only some of my contacts, hence was not a big deal. I haven’t encountered a fix for that though iPhone 2.0 has built in import sim contacts option which should clear this problem off.
Where is installer.app? New to this 🙂
someone should make an app for the app store thats similar.
The good news is that with iPhone 2.0 firmware, it is a built in option, iPhone imports contacts for you!
hi i have small probleme i dont know how tosee the sim contcats in my phone
hi i am not abele to syns my bluetooth to any other phone like nokia ext. tell me how to sent wallpapers waya bluetooth to any other compney mobiles
Aravind : iPhone doesn’t do bluetooth exchanges yet… iTunes is the key to everything!
For SIM contacts , you can upgrade to 2.0 firmware which has built in SIM contact viewer!
Simply export the vcards and mail them to yourself, then you can import the vcards easily, no need to mess around with install.app etc.
On your iPhone: Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendar> scroll down to Import SIM Contacts……
Done
Ciao
Gio
Thanks Gio
Genius – thanks Gio. When all else fails, read the instructions……….
i have the new iphone 3g but evreytime i try to intsall sim port it says “using bad/illegal format or missing url
please help me
Niten : With 2.0 Firmware for the iPhone, you have an option to import sim contacts from the iPhone officially (find it under -> Settings->General->Phone..).