[Poeticsoul44]

At the moment my BB8320 is broken. Im waiting to get it repaired. The problem is 2 of the little copper-looking prongs on the USB connector is missing so it cannot connect to the computer but it does charge with the wall cable. My question: is there a way to view my address book out of the backup ipd file i have saved on my computer? I have a old BB pearl and tried uploading my contacts on there but it didnt work. Any help would be nice

[Thatzmister2u]

If you have a backup you should be able to restore. Why didn't it work? Otherwise, you could try a switch device wizard using bluetooth on the broken device and cable with the pearl.

E-

[mckinneycm]

You can't use a 8320 backup to restore a Pearl.

[Thatzmister2u]

Originally Posted by mckinneycm

You can't use a 8320 backup to restore a Pearl.

EDIT - I think that they can.

[Poeticsoul44]

i know you cant do that. Is there some app for the computer where i can view my contacts?

[mckinneycm]

I haven't seen anything that will allow you to open an .ipd file.

[Thatzmister2u]

Sure you can! Here:

Free download ABC Amber BlackBerry Convertor, parse, convert, backup and archive IPD files to CHM, PDF, HTML, Word, Access, Excel, CSV, IPD Extractor

E-

[mckinneycm]

Nice!

[Thatzmister2u]

Originally Posted by Poeticsoul44

i know you cant do that. Is there some app for the computer where i can view my contacts?

I actually did some checking and I beleive that you should be able to restore the data from the 83xx to an 81xx. What error were you receiving Poeticsoul?

[Poeticsoul44]

no error..it seems to work fine but when i look at it there isnt anything new added to the pearl but as long as i can open it on my computer i should be fine till the repairs are complete on my 8300..thanks. I love this site because everyone is so very helpful!