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When you study music on high school, college, music conservatory, you usually have to do ear training. Some of the exercises, like sight singing, is easy to do alone. But often you have to be at least two people, one making questions, the other answering.
This is ok, as long as both have time to do it. And if you sit in your room, practicing your instrument many hours a day, it can be nice to see other people :-) But my experience when I got my education, was that most people were very busy and that it was difficult to practise regularly. And to get really good results, you should practise a little almost every day. Not just a session before your next ear training lesson.
GNU Solfege tries to help out with this. With Solfege you can practise the more simple and mechanical exercises without the need to get others to help you. Just don't forget that this program only touches a part of the subject.
For the latest and greatest about Solfege, please check out www.solfege.org.
The tarball of stable releases is available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/solfege/, and unstable releases from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/solfege/. Read more about CVS access here.
Binary packages and SRPMs are sometimes available from this page at Sourceforge.
Debian package for woody and sarge is only a
apt-get install solfegeaway.
Some backup tools allow you to "Export" the SPBM data to a readable format. If you have the original software that created the SPBM file (e.g., an old PC suite for a Samsung or Nokia phone):
Transfer the VCF file to your Android phone's internal storage via USB or email. Open the native app. Navigate to Settings or Manage Contacts . Select Import/Export > Import from .vcf file . Select the file to populate your address book. Option B: Import to an iPhone (iOS) Email the VCF file to yourself as an attachment.
Some SPBM backups contain SIM card contacts (one number per name) and phone memory contacts (multiple numbers per name). The extraction may jumble these. You will need to manually review the extracted list.
While converting from .spbm to .vcf will successfully preserve your contacts' core information (names, phone numbers, email addresses), it is important to be aware that some data may be lost during the conversion due to the proprietary nature of the .spbm format. During the conversion, proprietary metadata such as custom Samsung ringtone assignments or high-resolution contact photos may be lost.
For most, the official route using and an intermediate Samsung phone is the gold standard for reliability and safety. For those without access to another Samsung phone, a combination of the unzipping method and a CSV-to-VCF converter represents a powerful DIY solution. Always prioritize data safety by working on copies of your important .spbm files and never uploading them to untrusted online services. Spbm File To Vcf
Once you have successfully converted SPBM file to VCF, here is how to get them onto your device:
Before starting the conversion process, it helps to understand what these file extensions mean.
Even after a successful conversion to VCF, the journey is not entirely over. VCF files come in different versions (vCard 2.1, 3.0, 4.0). Older SPBM data might use non-standard fields or character encodings (e.g., Windows-1252 instead of UTF-8), leading to garbled names or special characters. Furthermore, a single SPBM backup might contain hundreds of contacts. The converter might output one monolithic VCF file containing all contacts, or many individual VCF files. Modern address books prefer the latter or support importing a multi-contact VCF.
This public link is valid for 7 days and shares a thread, including any personal information you added. This link or copies made by others cannot be deleted. If you share with third parties, their policies apply. Can’t copy the link right now. Try again later. Some backup tools allow you to "Export" the
Extract the contents using legacy software, then export contacts to VCF.
Use a free tool like or a Python script (using vobject library) for the final step.
Download the appropriate version of Samsung Kies (usually Kies 2.6 for older devices) on your Windows PC or Mac.
Because SPBM is proprietary, your cleanest workflow is: Navigate to Settings or Manage Contacts
Several file utilities and contact managers can parse proprietary mobile backup formats.
Due to the proprietary and encrypted nature of Samsung backups, reliable, free online converters for .spbm are rarely available.
file (created by the older Samsung Kies software instead of Smart Switch), you may need to use Samsung Kies
This means that any attempt to use a generic online file converter—the kind that converts JPG to PNG or DOC to PDF—will likely fail. The data inside an .spbm file is structured in a way that only Samsung's proprietary software can interpret. The conversion must be a two-step process: first, the .spbm file must be "restored" using the appropriate Samsung software to access the raw contact data; second, that contact data must be exported into a VCF file.