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If you still have questions after reading these instructions, email support@bupmobile.com.

How to backup the contacts on your phone:

Text 'GETBUP' to 41411.
To do this, go to your phone contact list. In the option menu, select "send message." Type in "getbup." In the "To:" area (usually populated with the name of the person you are texting), type in the numbers 41411
We will respond by sending a text message back to your phone.
Inside this text message, click the Bup link in the message to download and install our application. Learn More...
Follow the prompts to download, install and run Bup. Learn More...
After you have installed and run Bup from your phone, use your desktop PC and click this link: Beta Program for free use of Bup for 1 year.

About Data Usage

Without a data plan AT&T charges 1 cent per KB of transfer (this is a cost AT&T charges for using their network and is unrelated to Bup). With a data plan, you will not be charged extra.
There are two ways you will use data with Bup: The first is downloading the Bup application to your phone. The second is when you use Bup to backup/restore contacts or to send photos to your email.

Downloading Bup to your Phone:

Bup is about 100KB which equates to $1 (if you dont have a data plan).

Backup and Restore of Contacts:

The first time you use Bup, it will send all your contacts over the network. If you have 100 contacts this will use approximately 20KB and would cost 20 cents (without a data plan). Likewise, a restore to a new phone (one without your contacts on it) will cost approximately the same amount.
If you have backed up your contacts at least once, Bup uses VERY LITTLE data and ONLY the newest entries are sent (since the time of your last backup). To calculate these differences, Bup uses about 5KB for 100 contacts (or about 5 cents without a data plan). And you can send about 5 contacts per KB - this means updating 10 contacts is about 2 cents. Again, this is important only if you do not have a data plan.
These calculations are based on contacts with two numbers plus an email. We've assumed your carrier charges 1 cent per KB for data. In Summary...

Sending Photos: Send your photos easily to your email.

If you take a lot of pictures with your phone, you will want to use Bup Photo. HOWEVER, you will want to have a data plan to send pictures economically.
For small photos, MMS can be cheaper: MMS has max 300,000 bytes (and the carrier charges 20 cents if you have a plan otherwise $.50 or $1.00). So, this can be a good solution for photos up to 2 mega pixels. A larger size photo will be sent in multiple MMS, which costs more.
Why use Bup? Convenience and ease of use. With one-touch/one-command you can send all photos. No need to select&click, select&click for each photo. Also, since most photos are large, 1 megapixel is around 100,000 bytes (cost $1 without data plan).

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Also see our Frequntly Asked Questions.