swapping the sim card

[PhilipNW]

I have been sent a new sim card as O2 say my current card won't work after 1 April.

Before I swap cards how do I ensure I do not lose any text messages or the entries in my phonebook?

My phone is an old Samsung SGH-M110 which serves my modest needs fine.

Thank you

Philip

[Cleoriff · Accepted solution]

@PhilipNW 

If you swap sims you shouldn't lose anything, though you could back up your phone

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/How-to-Guides/Backing-up-your-phone/bc-p/1114212 

Use SMS Back up from the Google Play store for texts

After a swap, texts are the last to transfer over

Guide: Sim Swap: a mini guide 2017 update 

[MI5]

@PhilipNW 

Take out your sim and check if you can still see your texts and contacts.

If so, they are stored on the phone and will not be effected by a sim swap.

If they are gone, you need to copy them from your sim, to your phone before doing the swap.

[PhilipNW]

Thanks for the prompt response but I don't think I can do this.

My old Samsung is "just" a phone so its not connected to my emails or computer so I have no way to take a back up.

I currently have 72 in texts and 57 sent texts somewhere on the phone/sim which I don't want to disappear when I change the sim card.

I am very ignorant about how any mobile phone works and am reluctant to just chance it.

Philip

[PhilipNW]

Thank you for the suggestion about how to check where my texts and phonebook are stored.

I removed the current sim card as suggested but when I turned the phone back on it just said "insert sim" and would not let me go any further so I could not see whether the texts ot phonebook were there.

If I swapped to the new card and there were things missing is it possible to put the old card back in to retrieve them?

Thanks

Philip

[MI5]

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@PhilipNW wrote:

If I swapped to the new card and there were things missing is it possible to put the old card back in to retrieve them?

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Yes, check this way first before doing the sim swap.