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Mar 2 2008, 10:56 AM EST (current) | lulamae | |
Dec 24 2006, 2:17 PM EST | heidianna | 2 words added, 1 word deleted |
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Moving from an IDEN phone to Cingular 8125? Here's how.
- Set up a computer with Windows XP
- create a generic text printer
- Install Outlook
- Install ActiveSync
- Obtain and install IDEN phonebook manager from http://idenphones.motorola.com/idenProducts/utils/iDENDownloadAppsUtility_R01.00.07.exe
- Get the USB to IDEN cable and connect your old phone to the PC
- Run the iDEN phonebook manager
- Select 'New/Edit Phonebook'
- Select 'Load From Phone'
- Click on 'Print'
- select the generic text printer
- supply a file name, say iden.txt
- Copy iden.txt to a generic Linux, Unix or Mac OSX computer.
- Save the n2o script to this computer as well
- Transform the iden.txt to a form suitable for importing to outlook
- Edit iden.txt in a text editor and remove any formfeeds (control-Ls)
- dos2unix iden.txt
- ./n2o <iden.txt >outlookimport.txt
- unix2dos outlookimport.txt
- Copy outlookimport.txt back to your Windows XP
- Import the contacts into Outlook
- Select File|Import and Export
- Select 'Import from another program or file' and click Next
- Select 'Tab Separated Values (Windows)'
- Supply the file name and click on Next
- Make sure it has selected 'Contacts' as the target for import
- Clear all field mappings and hand map them to the appropriate Contact fields.
- Click on Finish to start importing.