Net10 fails me

Looks like my love affair with Net10 has taken a turn for the worse.

I decided to upgrade my Motorola V171 Net10 phone to a newer Motorola W377g. I’ve entered quite a few numbers into the ancient V171 and rather than punching in all of these numbers into my new phone I was looking forward to uploading my contacts into it using the phone’s USB port.

Imagine my disappointment when I found mention on various Internet forums that Net10 has deliberately crippled this functionality. I found it to be the case myself when my connection software timed out when connecting to the phone.
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