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Extracting contacts from Blackberry BBB file
Blackberry (BBB) Friday, 06 September 2013 by paul

I needed to extract the contacts from a Blackberry .BBB backup file and my old trusty Blackberry Converter did not like the new format which the Blackberry Desktop Manager saves the files into. Rather than buying one of the many converter programs that are available a quick Google allowed me to find a free utility written by Mike McDonough.

The free IPDEXTRACT utility can be used to extract the individual IPD files from the BBB file. This can be downloaded for free from: https://sites.google.com/site/ipdbbbextract/downloads

Then the IPDPARSE utility can be used to extract the contacts from IPD file into an Excel sheet for exporting as a CSV. This can be downloaded for free from: https://sites.google.com/site/ipdparse/downloads

The resulting CSV can then easily be import into IBM Notes Contacts using File->Import Contacts.


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Saturday, 25 June 2016 by kishan makani
Thank you verymuch sir, very easy, thank you very much
Friday, 29 April 2016 by unclefemmy
This solved my headache for one whole month....God bless u for sharing!!!!
Sunday, 10 April 2016 by Dmitry
Thanks a bunch!
Tuesday, 15 March 2016 by Diveena
You are brilliant. Thank you
Wednesday, 02 December 2015 by Bala
Paul ,I am Impressed with is software, this works like a charm,Thanks a lot
Saturday, 14 November 2015 by Sofyen Alimi
Thank you so much for your kind help. Very useful tool to extract all my data from my broken BB nothing missing, I have got them all. best regards from Tunisia Sofyen ALIMI
Saturday, 05 September 2015 by Fred Rodriguez
Hi Paul, thanks a lot, it works perfect.Thanks also to Mike McDonough who develops this great software!!
Saturday, 05 September 2015 by Fred Rodriguez
Hi Paul, thanks a lot, it works perfect.Thanks also to Mike McDonough who develops this great software!!
Saturday, 29 August 2015 by Julio Enriquez
Thanks.This did the job for me, too. Note that .xls output in Office 2013 is actually .xlsx, then to be saved as .csv.
Thursday, 13 August 2015 by Maqsood
Dear Paul, You are great. Thanks a lot........
Thursday, 06 August 2015 by Paul
Sorry, I have not tried this with a z10 backup.
Thursday, 06 August 2015 by matt
will this work for files that are extracted from a Blackberry z10's
Thursday, 06 August 2015 by matt
will this work for files that are extracted from a Blackberry z10's
Wednesday, 05 August 2015 by Taufeeq Shaikh
Mr. Paul it doesn't work for Blackberry OS 10 for Q5 Device. The extract is done but database folder and IPD files are not extracted. Can you please help me to resolve this issue.
Tuesday, 07 July 2015 by Arup
Thanks so much. This is super. Worked like magic.
Sunday, 24 May 2015 by Vicknesh
God bless you..you have saved me from all the headache..thank you...
Friday, 15 May 2015 by Niyi
Hi Paul Thanks but does this work for the blackberry Q10? Tried with an earlier version and it worked well but cant get the database folder when i use it for a Q10 back up. Thanks
Wednesday, 08 April 2015 by Mathew
Awesome, a great tool
Thursday, 02 April 2015 by Hams
Thank you so much. This is awesome!!
Friday, 20 March 2015 by paul
Thank you for the great solution!!
Thursday, 19 March 2015 by maya
Do the contact photos in BB are also extracted in the ipd file? Is there a way to export the contact (with their photos) to any other mail provideer / phone?
Wednesday, 04 March 2015 by Craig
Hi Paul, I don't see an IPD file generated anywhere. Is the extractor compatible with .bbb files generated from blackberry Q10 phones? Thanks, Craig.
Tuesday, 03 March 2015 by Cofton
Just fantastic! I've been looking how to transfer my BB contacts forever (for free) but they all charge silly amounts, this is just spot on and does the job for free. Thank you so much :-)
Wednesday, 25 February 2015 by Manash
Awesome utility. You should place it on BB store.
Wednesday, 25 February 2015 by Manash
Awesome utility. You should place it on BB store.
Thursday, 05 February 2015 by Djek
Thank you ! Paul youre the best! kind regards Djek
Thursday, 29 January 2015 by Popky
it's extract 97/112 contact from contact list but its pretty simple and still perfect! (y)
Sunday, 04 January 2015 by Ivan Bogdanov
Great job!!! Thank you very much :)