Can I/How do I backup Contacts to an SD card?

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I have a MAXX HD, OS 4.1.2 and I want to back to my Contacts to a 16GB SanDisk SD card.

People > Menu > Import/Export
I have a choice;
Export to storage
Export to SIM card

No SD card option.

Is this an impossible task with this phone?
 

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Do you use Google as a contacts backup? If so, your contacts are easily accessed from a PC. Goto Google.com from the PC. Log in. You should be able to find the phone contacts. I don't recall the exact location. This a great way to add additional contact info using a full size keyboard.
 
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Thanks jeep, but I want to know if I can put the Contacts onto the SD card. I am trying to keep all info on the phone.
 

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Go to contacts, click the "..." Button, choose import/export and export to storage. This may back them up to the internal, if that's the case use a file explorer to move them to external. If it saves them to external automatically then you're good.

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Go to contacts, click the "..." Button, choose import/export and export to storage. This may back them up to the internal, if that's the case use a file explorer to move them to external. If it saves them to external automatically then you're good.

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Great info, Cliff! And for the record, "Export to storage" stored my contacts on the "sdcard1" - which is the external sd card, by default! I verified the file location with a file explorer. :D

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Export to Storage stores my Contacts to /mnt/sdcard.0000*.vcf. and that file shows up under Files > Device Storage. SD card is empty.
 

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Then move them to external.

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Thanks - all good.
 
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