Android - how to get contacts to SIM

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Bonfire97
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AG
All,
My son's phone is acting up (browser locking up etc). I need to figure out how to get the contacts to the SIM card or copied over to a computer so I can restore them after a reset. Not sure what is going on with this phone (contacts app does not have the "manage contacts" option like mine does). It only will "export" a vcd file with one contact in it. I also cannot find the folder that contains the contacts when I move everything over to a PC. It seems to have some other option in regards to "moving" the contacts to some sort of Google account. I don't want to do that, because I don't understand how that works.

His phone is I believe marshmallow 6.xx and mine is marshmallow 7.xx. Mine shows a "manage contacts" and allows me to export to the SIM. His seems to be acting completely differently.

Am I missing something here? I can't believe it would be this hard to get the contact files backed up to a PC or sim card.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
txaggiefarmer05
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AG
Pretty sure I had this same problem, finally went the Google route and everything worked out with ease. I know it's not the way you want to move them, but going the routes you have tried would not work for me.
Aero95
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By far the easiest way will be to make a Google account for him and sync the contacts that way. Sign in on the next phone and they should sync down from the all-knowing Google overlord cloud.
Bonfire97
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Thanks for the replies. I will try and set that up. I thought for sure there should have been an easier way to do this. Must be some sort of contract with Google or something......
Yellerjacket
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If his contacts aren't associated with a Google account, wouldn't they already be saved to the Sim card?
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