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Email contacts...

Hey does anyone know how to get all the contacts that are listed in my Gmail account onto my phone so that when i compose new messages i dont have to type a person's entire email address?
It seems like there has to be a way but i can't quite figure it out.
Thanks!

I'm sticking my neck out a bit here, but I think this will work
Load up your Gmail account on your PC, and go to Contacts; over on the top right of the contacts display is an "Export" link. This opens a new window, with two choices - pick the one that says "export to Outlook" and then save the file it generates somewhere on your PC. If you don't want every single contact imported to the phone, edit the .CSV file with Notepad (or whatever) and delete the lines containing the contacts you don't want. When you're done editing, save the file back as a .CSC file with the same name. That's the easy bit, now comes some fun
Use ActiveSync to copy the .CSC file to somewhere on your phone - the Storage Card is probably as good a place as any......then,
....use DotFred's "PPC PIM Backup" utility - get it from HERE - on your phone and select "Restore" from the drop down list on the first screen. Then navigate to where you saved the .CSC file on your phone and select "Next". You will then see a screen similar to the one attached - make sure you select "Comma" as the field delimiter and then tap Next to import the contact data...
CAVEAT: If you have contacts already stored on your phone, use PPCPIMbackup to take a backup of them first.....just in case this procedure f*&ks things up completely (as I said at the beginning, it should work!!).
You should now have all your Gmail contacts on your phone and you can edit them with the phone's Contacts application so they look (maybe) a bit more presentable...
Hope this is of some help
Mark.

Clearing the calendar?

For some reason my Tilt's Calender continues to give me multiple reminder announcements even when I dismiss the reminder. In fact, it will stay on the screen until I dismiss it a few times right from the onset of the first reminder. I'm curious if there's a way to delete every calendar entry? I have hundreds and
I just want to clear the entire calendar and re-transfer the events/appointments from Outlook 07 and see if that fixes the problem.
Thanks for any advice!

There is an easy way to delete the whole Pocket Outlook Database (including Calendar, Contacts and ToDos). You just need to delete the pim.vol file. Detailed instructions can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369123
If you just want to delete the calendar entries, than I know just one method: Install Pocket Informant (the trial version should suffice). This application provides the possibility to delete all calendar entries at once.

Actually there's another way to do it, I did a search some time back looking for the same solution and found it. Open up your ActiveSync, go to Tools - Options - Server Synchronization. When you choose the items to sync with server, it will ask you whether you want to delete everything off your device before the sync. Use with caution though...

I cannot find the options described as:
ActiveSync, go to Tools - Options - Server Synchronization
I tried opening Sync Center and Windows Mobile Device Center looking for this (Vista). I also looked under ActiveSync on my Tilt. There is no "Tools." Under "Options" there is nothing regarding Server Synchronization.
What now?
Thanks...

crypted said:
I cannot find the options described as:
ActiveSync, go to Tools - Options - Server Synchronization
I tried opening Sync Center and Windows Mobile Device Center looking for this (Vista). I also looked under ActiveSync on my Tilt. There is no "Tools." Under "Options" there is nothing regarding Server Synchronization.
What now?
Thanks...
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civic98 was refering to ActiveSync on a Windows XP machine (since you didn't mention Windows Vista before). In Windows Mobile Device Center the similar setting can be found under "Mobile Device Settings" -> "Change content sync settings" and there uncheck the "Calendar" checkbox. Your phone needs to be connected to the pc of course. HTH

No, I'm referring to your Tilt's Activesync. NOT on the PC...

Sync Contacts help?

Hello,
Is there a way i can sync contacts without Microsoft outlook. I don't have the program, and i really don't want to buy the program.
I have vista home premium
Can anyone help me please

You could try http://www.upvise.com
(From FAQ):
Can I export my Upvise contacts back to my phone address book?
We don't currently support exporting your Upvise contacts to your phone's native contact list. You can however use the Upvise contact manager directly to search, call, email, edit and view a contact, etc...
You can also export the Upvise contacts from your web account as a CSV file, which you can then re-import into third-party desktop contact managers.
Dashwire is similar, http://www.dashwire.com/
HTH,
-D

Contacts "File As" Tweak Help

I am trying to find a way to change the default "File As:" setting on the Touch Pro. I have found the Shubaroo Contact Changer program and it works, but when I sync next time it goes back to "Last, First".
There has to be a way to hack the registry to change the default.
I believe it is something to do with Activesync, because if I sync my contacts for "Microsoft My Phone", Pim Backup, or Outlook on my computer, it shows up normal. The issue is, I want to sync to my google account and I don't like any of the other google sync programs.
Please help!!

Contacts

I hope it will be usefull for newbie as me, if you have Gmail account your contacts will follow you without using software connections or cable and wifi connections
You can syncronyze your PC contacts (outlook, LG contacts etc....) with your gmail account (with a little search you find how to) and after no problems of synchronization, your contacts will follow you in every MOD, in every android phone
A guide could be
1) save / export your contacts to a csv file on a PC (or similar);
2) save / export your contacts on your phone to a csv file (just use "exports heading to SD" and is created automatically);
3) Turn off any programs that synchronize with gmail (helps to avoid trouble while working at the end you can reactivate all);
3) Import csv thus obtained on gmail contacts;
4) Place your contacts on gmail (eliminating duplicates using "merge", accommodation name and last name .... you know is a big job) NB contact cards do not have the field name (when Google will place this thing??), I suggest you write the contacts by putting "Name" space "Last Name");
5) Delete all the contacts you have on your PC (should now be on gmail);
6) Reset the terminal Android (so you deleted the directory, but this phone is moved, and will ask to reboot again with gmail account in sync);
7) reactivated all synchronizations;
8) Now you have all your contacts at your fingertips on your computer and your terminal Android (on the latter may take some time, I waited a couple of hours);
9) For owners of Android remember that now you have to use only "google contacts" when you add or change a contact, otherwise it will be added to google contacts (basically disabled "sim contacts" and "phone contacts" if you want a backup copy, to the limit, export of SIM or SD Card).
Obviously this is "my" way to resolve the matter, will not be perfect but it worked for me.

CarloIT said:
I hope it will be usefull for newbie as me, if you have Gmail account your contacts will follow you without using software connections or cable and wifi connections
You can syncronyze your PC contacts (outlook, LG contacts etc....) with your gmail account (with a little search you find how to) and after no problems of synchronization, your contacts will follow you in every MOD, in every android phone
A guide could be
1) save / export your contacts to a csv file on a PC (or similar);
2) save / export your contacts on your phone to a csv file (just use "exports heading to SD" and is created automatically);
3) Turn off any programs that synchronize with gmail (helps to avoid trouble while working at the end you can reactivate all);
3) Import csv thus obtained on gmail contacts;
4) Place your contacts on gmail (eliminating duplicates using "merge", accommodation name and last name .... you know is a big job) NB contact cards do not have the field name (when Google will place this thing??), I suggest you write the contacts by putting "Name" space "Last Name");
5) Delete all the contacts you have on your PC (should now be on gmail);
6) Reset the terminal Android (so you deleted the directory, but this phone is moved, and will ask to reboot again with gmail account in sync);
7) reactivated all synchronizations;
8) Now you have all your contacts at your fingertips on your computer and your terminal Android (on the latter may take some time, I waited a couple of hours);
9) For owners of Android remember that now you have to use only "google contacts" when you add or change a contact, otherwise it will be added to google contacts (basically disabled "sim contacts" and "phone contacts" if you want a backup copy, to the limit, export of SIM or SD Card).
Obviously this is "my" way to resolve the matter, will not be perfect but it worked for me.
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in the name of many users ... thank you.

This is indeed very welcome information.
Figured out how to backup myself. But this is way better.
Thanks for sharing the info!

oh thank you, i hope to help someone, with the search too

I like changing ROM once a week so this is the best way

tnx very much for this guide

EXPORT OUTLOOK CONTACTS
In Outlook, click Import and Export from the File menu.
Click Export to a file, then click Next.
Click Comma Separated Values ​​(Windows), then click Next.
In the folder, select the Contacts folder, then click Next.
Navigate to the folder where you want to save the contacts as a csv file.
Type a name for the exported file, then click OK.
Click Next.
click Finish
IMPORTING CONTACTS IN GOOGLE GMAIL
Log on to Gmail, click Contacts at the top of the page.
The contact list will appear in a new page.
Click Import Contacts.
Click Browse and locate the CSV file created using the steps described in the section "Exporting Outlook Contacts" section.
Select the file, then click Import Contacts.
After your contacts are imported, a dialog box that indicates the total number of contacts imported.