Help exporting contacts from Sonim Xp3800

I have a filtered Sonim Xp3800 that I’m having trouble exporting the contacts.

When I choose export to .vcf file, it won’t let me export more than 1,000 contacts at a time, which means I’d have to manually select 900 contacts at a time to export.

When I choose to share all contacts, I get a popup letting me choose between sharing with messages or bluetooth.

When I choose either of them, I get this:

Any solution?

Good luck, were rooting for you!! :folded_hands: :laughing:

Anyone who’s s name starts with a letter after M isn’t worth calling anyway

It would probably be pretty simple to automate with ADB, but that’s obviously not an option.

I don’t think adb by itself could back up contacts, but you could install apps that could

It could automate the selecting the contacts.

How?

ADB can control the phone, using taps, swipes, keyboards and controllers.

That’s how scrcpy works.

What happens if you choose send all and select wait when the app crashes?

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It waits and then the same Android System isn’t responding dialog pops up again.

Can’t u just use this

No data loss, right?

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it doesnt have the backup and restore app?

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Thanks, that’s how I ended up doing it in the end.

I can’t believe that I overlooked it.