Help manage contacts

[manage contacts]

hello

somehow, contacts (telephone numbers and names) get disappeared in my Samsung Galaxy Note 2!

I don't know what could be the problem, maybe defective SIM card?

until I find it, is it possible to
1) transfer all my SIM card contacts to phone memory at once? I found the import/export command, but it says to import/export from/to USB not SIM!
2) by default save new contacts in phone memory and not SIM?

thanks!

 

[Crashdamage]

I don't know exactly how a Samsung deals with contacts but on most devices contacts can be stored in 3 places.

1. As Google (Gmail) contacts. These are stored on the phone and synced to your Google account (unless sync is turned off). You can include avatar photos, email addresses, physical addresses, notes, birthdays, business information, all kinds of additional info.
2. As Phone contacts. These are stored locally on the phone only and not synced. They can include additional information as above.
3. As SIM contacts. Unlike 1+2 above, only names and one number per name can be stored. No addresses, email info, photos, etc. SIM contacts are old technology left over from pre-smartphone days.

It is highly recommended that all contacts be saved as Google contacts. This provides automatic backup so contacts are not lost, online access and easy restoration to a new device.

I do not recommend saving contacts to the SIM. If you save contacts to the phone only you can lose them if the phone is lost, stolen or becomes nonfunctional unless you keep manual backups on a computer.