Her phone came with "Sony Ericsson PC Suite 6.0", so that is what I used to make a backup.
I connected her 850i phone and did not mount it!!! Once I opened PC Suite, I went to "Tools > Backup n Restore" and created a backup.
When I open PC Suite now and click on "Backup n Restore" I see the backup that was made. If I click "Modify properties of the backup" (Sorry, the translation might vary, I have it in French) a properties-like dialog opens, and I can see the location of the backup, I click the browse button next to the location path and an explorer window opens with the backup.
Here comes the magic! So, opening the "dbk" file with notepad, I notice it is a pkzip file or, in other words, a simple ZIP file. I make a copy of it, for safety, named "Copie de 20100627.zip" ... excuse my French, it is a French OS.
This I can open in Windows, the first things I see is "contacts.vcf", which like its name suggests, contains all the contacts that were in the 850i. The first thing I do is, I drag this file onto the desktop, go into Outlook, Click "File > Import Export" and choose "Import a VCF file" and browse to the file.
The real pain is, for some weird reason, Outlook does not display contacts that do not have an email address .... but they are there! To make sure, just export your contacts into a CSV file - you'll notice that unlike most email clients, you cannot export your contacts into vcf file - Outlook is an evil piece of crap, don't start using it, if you can help it!!!!
This contacts.vcf you can also import into gmail, then sync you phone with gmail. In gmail, go to "Contacts", then "Import Contacts", click "Choose a file" and navigate to your VCF file, optionally choose a group name and click import.
For those upset about putting their contacts into gmail, the other option with this android, from what I have seen using it for 5 minutes, is sony ericsson's website ... don't ask me what is worse, I do not know.
