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SS8_Gohan

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SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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Hi guys'n'gals

not really Skyline related, but there's lot of tech/it type people around these parts... and asians :P so i figured there would be some mobile knowledge :D

my Sony Ericsson T30? (the pearl white one) went for a swim (in the kitchen sink) about a month ago and all i want to do is get my numbers/contacts off the phone.

My sim is currently in another phone and i've only now realised that after the sim gets full (bout 220 entries i think) the numbers are then saved on the phone so most of my numbers in seems are on the Sony Ericsson.

I've tried turning it on, and it seems to work, but the screen is like a washed out white and i can't see sh*t, so i can't read the numbers and write them down manually.

Does anyone know how to retrieve this info? Or a place i could take it to? the phone seems to still work, just that the screen is farked.

The phone does have bluetooth, not sure if that is of any help in this situation.

cheers

chinny

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Install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite (on a CD which probably came with your phone, in the box) and follow the instructions that it gives you. Then, when the time comes, plug in your phone via the supplied USB cable and transfer your contacts (via the synchronise option) to your computer.

You should then be able to view your contacts in Microsoft Outlook - or whatever you told it to go to in the synchronisation options.

Mean_R34 Mentor

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COmmiserations man. I once had a Sony-Ericsson 810W that set me back $850.

3 weeks later it fell off the side of the boat and into the (salt water) drink.

Although I immediately flushed and soaked it in 600mls of Evian, it never recovered.

3 of the charge pins coroded away.

Many months later, the Communications Clinic on North Rd, Ormond said they could replace the board & pins on it.

Still on the cards to do this as the phone was a cracker.

WYTSKY Veteran

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you said it seems to work.. if it can turn on then thats a start...

a few years back my mates little cousin decided to take his 8210 and drop it in the toilet while we were out... recovered it, washed it... and similar thing happend.. screen was all washed out and faded... cant remember where he took it but they replaced the screen and it was fine...

look around for phone repair shops or soldiering places... I once got a phone unlocked and screen replaced by this small store in an arcade on bourke st... can give you the addy, not sure if the place is still there though.

funkymonkey Grand Master

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Fuck the Sony PC Suite garbage. Install MyPhoneExplorer. It'll read everything off the Sony if you install the USB drivers for it... SMS's... contacts, even your decently dialled and incoming calls list.

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Fuck the Sony PC Suite garbage. Install MyPhoneExplorer. It'll read everything off the Sony if you install the USB drivers for it... SMS's... contacts, even your decently dialled and incoming calls list.
Hey, that looks pretty sweet. Sony Ericsson always freaking crashes for no apparent (real) reason when I unplug my phone, even though I eject it properly from the computer first.

I'll give that a look when I get home. Thanks! :P

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SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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thanks shan, i'll give it burl... IF i can find the cable :P i would like the sms's as well...

The one i had, T30 or whatever... i had since 2002 and was going fine until mid this year, so i reckon i had a pretty good run. Pre-historic phone by todays standards, but still did everything i needed it to do.

now, has Sony E changed it's data cables over the years???

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At least your phone still turns on. Mine is totally dead. Dad decided to take my 8800 for a spin down the road with it on the back of his car. he got pretty far with it too before it fell off. now i got it back and its totally smashed up.

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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turns out the imac at home as bluetooth, whaddayaknow :P

turns out Macs are still shit and have a useless supply of programs written for it, ie MyPhoneExplorer...

i can get the iMac to recognise a Nokia 6230 that i'm using in the meantime... is there are good program, for mac, that will let me go in and delete ALL my sim #'s from the mac? Otherwise i'll have to go through # by # manually.

oh, can get the old wet SE to link up with a program called 'phoneagent' but the phone always seems to reset itself automatically before it can finish getting all the contacts >:D - so at this stage, i need to do it via the Nokia, but don't know a good management program for mac for Nokia

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