# Synchronizing Personal Information over Bluetooth®

A number of phones and other Bluetooth devices provide access to contacts and other Personal Information Manager (PIM) data using a Bluetooth synchronization service to backup contacts from your Bluetooth device into a file, and to restore contacts from a backup file.

Supported profiles and roles:

- SYNC client to backup and restore contacts.
- Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) client to backup contacts.

Note: For devices that support both SYNC and PBAP servers, access is allowed only to SYNC (as PBAP is a subset of SYNC).

## Backup and Restore Personal Contacts Information

Note: Only the complete contacts database can be backed up or restored on the device.

At the Services window of the added Bluetooth device (see Add and Connect to a New Bluetooth® Device) perform one of the following:

1. To backup, click on the Backup PIM Data with SYNC button, select the name of the contact backup file, and click Save on the Save as File dialog. The PIM backup process starts with a progress indicator in the display, and a completion message will display once the data is saved to the selected file.
2. To restore, click on the Restore PIM Data with SYNC button, select a previously saved source file, and click Open in the Open dialog. The PIM process starts with a progress indicator in the display, and a completion message will display once the data is restored to the Bluetooth device.
   Note: Service Restore PIM Data with SYNC link is not available if the device does not support the SYNC Profile.