Does anyone know where android stores the contact icon pictures? Since I use mybackup pro to backup my contacts, I can no longer sync my G1 with Gmail so I wanted to update the contact icons manually in Gmail contacts. I know that even though you delete the picture that you originally used for the icon, the picture obviously still stays so there must be a folder that it stores them to, I just can't find it and a search turned up nothing.
Also, is it possible to pull these files to my PC from ADB and have Windows XP recognize the file type?
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I never found where they were, but I found an old backup I made of my SD card so there were a lot of the pics I used to make contact icons so I just used those.
DirectMatrix said:
Does anyone know where android stores the contact icon pictures? Since I use mybackup pro to backup my contacts, I can no longer sync my G1 with Gmail so I wanted to update the contact icons manually in Gmail contacts. I know that even though you delete the picture that you originally used for the icon, the picture obviously still stays so there must be a folder that it stores them to, I just can't find it and a search turned up nothing.
Also, is it possible to pull these files to my PC from ADB and have Windows XP recognize the file type?
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Actually I think it is stored with google because I got a replacement phone and all my contact pictures was still there even tho it was a different phone.
Hmm, that would be a problem but I still think the images have to be stored locally somewhere on the phone. When I use mybackup pro to restore my contacts, it includes my contact icons which means that the program is getting them from "somewhere" when I do the initial backup. That somewhere cannot be Google because I haven't synced with Google since the beginning of the year.
The only reason I said that was because of having a brand new phone without my sd card in it and nothing done to it. As soon as I logged into the brand new phone before leaving the t mobile store my contact pictures were there.
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Hmmmm... try backing up your contacts with Backup for Root Users, then go to your sdcard, open the BackupRoot folder and look inside the folder for contacts and see if you can see your images in there... If you can, try searching for the same folder/filename within root.
Why not uninstall mybackup pro and sync with gmail? Or, is there another reason you're not choosing to sync?
h.nocturna said:
Hmmmm... try backing up your contacts with Backup for Root Users, then go to your sdcard, open the BackupRoot folder and look inside the folder for contacts and see if you can see your images in there... If you can, try searching for the same folder/filename within root.
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The problem is that the images are on the non rooted phone. I was hoping that there was a folder I could gain access to from Linda or Astro file manager and pull them off that way. But I'm not sure if this is even possible.
prettyboy85712 said:
Why not uninstall mybackup pro and sync with gmail? Or, is there another reason you're not choosing to sync?
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I was one of the original users of mybackup pro (before everyone fully understood the syncing with gmail problem). There is an inherent glitch in mybackup pro that makes contacts syncing impossible once you perform the first restore of your backups. Now the problem is know and well documented, then it wasn't. I spent the better part of four hours today restoring my contacts from my rooted spare G1's SIM card in order to partial restore my gmail contacts because those contacts were untouched by the glitch in mybackup pro. Now everything is just the way I want it in gmail contacts with the exception of the contact icons so I was figuring that I could push them from the phone to gmail contacts with a PC as the go between. Then everything will be perfect and I will make sure NEVER to backup my contacts with mybackup pro!
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ive searched and cant find the answer to my question. anyway how can i retrieve deleted contacts? for some reason my contacts were deleted so i tried to sync with outlook and copy contacts from outlook but now those are gone too. please tell me there is a way to retrieve them.
Did you do a backup recently? If you have a backup you'll be okay. If not, well maybe someone else can help ya.
As far as I know once they are gone there's no way to bring they back. Next time get PPCPimBackup. Keep it on your storage card in a folder marked backup. It backs up contacts, calendars, and other info onto your memory card. so if you lose everything you can restore it immediately.
Actually if he did a sprite back up with the contacts on his phone he'll be okay. Otherwise you can go into xp & do a system restore. You'll be okay. Just slow down & be patient. I'm sure you either have a ppc back up with the cotacts or XP system restore enabled, right?
i did not do a backup recently. i usually just sync with outlook to have another copy of my contacts. i can try to xp system restore. did not think of that. thanks.
No problem. Yeah, it's a pain & I had to sys restore from losing them a few yrs ago w/ Wireless Sync. Just make sure your device doesn't overide your desktop after you sys.m restore or you'll come full circle.
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No problem. Yeah, it's a pain & I had to sys restore from losing them a few yrs ago w/ Wireless Sync. Just make sure your device doesn't overide your desktop after you sys.m restore or you'll come full circle.
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i did a system restore and my contacts do not come back.
check yr outlook's "deleted items", there could be a copy over there.
thanks everyone. i found a copy of the outlook archive on a flash drive i used to transfer info between work, school, and home. got most of my contacts back. now i guess my question is switch between phones for big parties to avoid losing or breaking my tilt so i copy my contacts to the sim. how do i get it to copy in the same format as in outlook? ex. in outlook the names are filed as first and last but when its copied to the sim its filed as last and first.
I usually find items deleted during synchronization in the Deleted Items folder.
Gosh! You've replied to a thread which has died seven years ago, dealing with active sync/outlook.
Wonder if the hint you've given will be any remedy here at all
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okay... so i have accidently deleted my contacts. Yes very stupid of me. i know there probably is nothing i can do but at this point im desprete. anybody know of a way to undelete contacts?
unless you had them backed up via some backup program (PIM backup, SPB Backup), or synced to your computer...I can't think of a way...
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unless you had them backed up via some backup program (PIM backup, SPB Backup), or synced to your computer...I can't think of a way...
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yea.. thats what i figured.. thanks though
If they were at some point synced with your PC & your talking about losing them in both places you can use XP system retore for the PC & then re-sync.
Otherwise there's not much you can do.
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If they were at some point synced with your PC & your talking about losing them in both places you can use XP system retore for the PC & then re-sync.
Otherwise there's not much you can do.
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Good info that can be useful down the line.
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If they were at some point synced with your PC & your talking about losing them in both places you can use XP system retore for the PC & then re-sync.
Otherwise there's not much you can do.
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System restore, isnt that just system files ?
I am pretty sure that no data at all is altered, it even says that no data is changed when you run it. Could be wrong though.
If your contacts were synced to an exchange server chances are that the IT department running it conducts regular backups and you could restore your contacts that way.
Basically, is there any copy of your contacts anywhere? Home computer? Laptop? Work server? A backup? Or perhaps someone stealing (touch wood) your data
System Restore works? It happened to me. . . LOL but that works for sure?
Try this in the future https://zyb.com/ . that might help
If you use Activesync with Outlook.
Look in your deleted items directory in Outlook on your PC/Laptop, you will find them there. Just select all and move them back to your contacts folder and when you next sync it will put them back on the device.
Same goes for anything like Outlook mail, Notes or Calendar items...
THANK YOU!!!! How do you select them all? I have 2007 version BTW so how?
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THANK YOU!!!! How do you select them all? I have 2007 version BTW so how?
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Usual windows, left- click the first then SHIFT-click the last or CONTROL-left-click to select seperate ones. Right click and move to Personal folders/Contacts.
BE CAREFUL here.. when you choose where to move them, select the small '+' symbol at the side of Personal Folders to open, DON'T click on the actual Personal folders as it will just push them straight into the root folder and cause you problems.
EDIT: when I said select 'all' I meant all the contacts...Don't just select everything including mail to put in the contacts directory. Contacts to contacts, mail to mail etc...
I just clicked edit>select all and just moved them all to contacts!! THANK YOU AGAIN YOU SAVED MY ASS!!!
System restore doesnt restore the content of pst files or mailboxes- that would be insane! Imagine doing a system restore and losing your appointments/emails/contacts that you have received since...
Next time sign up for a free mozy account and save your pim data etc to their secure online storage site.
ODD, it says you have to pay?
Oops that the my referral link for paid for accounts!
Have editted it to the free mozy service now.
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Oops that the my referral link for paid for accounts!
Have editted it to the free mozy service now.
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Told ya!! Voodoo dolls!!! (private joke...)
Ok...I totally F'd up. I flashed from 2.1 to COG 2.2-6 not knowing that my contacts on the simm card were going to be erased. Is there a way to get them back?
Click on the phone icon, then click on contacts, then click on the far left button on the bottom of your phone the one to the left of the home button(forgot what its called) there will be a import option. Your contacts may be saved to your memory card if you put them there. Worth a look.
Also next time use this to export contacts before flashing.
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well...I'm really hosed now...back to square one...I tried Titainium back to get contacts....that f'd up the contact app in the phone app...keeps force closing...then I tried to restore to JH7 using Rom manager.....that f'd up my log on. Now it gets stuck at the welcome screen....so I then tried to go back to my very first backup.....same results....looks like its Odin to JF6 for me....
But...I was wondering.....does a rom manager back up save the contacts stored on the simm card?.....could of saved myself a bounch of trouble if I knew the answer to that question ahead of time....
Contacts saved on the sim card should not be effected by flashing a rom at all, it is only contacts saved on the actual phone that would be lost. I'm amazed that so many people these days don't sync their contacts with the cloud, all I need to do after flashing a ROM is enter in my Google account info and then all contacts etc are synced up automatically.
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Contacts saved on the sim card should not be effected by flashing a rom at all, it is only contacts saved on the actual phone that would be lost. I'm amazed that so many people these days don't sync their contacts with the cloud, all I need to do after flashing a ROM is enter in my Google account info and then all contacts etc are synced up automatically.
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I did try and sync from sim and the numbers were not there.....thats why I was trying to go to a previous restore to see if they would be there....going from eclair7 to cog 2.2-6 blasted all my data out....
also...I did try the gmail thing but it was interfereing with personal ringtones when sync'd...so like a dumb ass I deleted them off of gmail.....that wont happen again
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also...I did try the gmail thing but it was interfereing with personal ringtones when sync'd...so like a dumb ass I deleted them off of gmail.....that wont happen again
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Either use Ringdroid from the market to assign ringtones to Gmail contacts or just create a phone based contact with the same name that should automatically link to the gmail contact and allow you to set a ring tone, kind of annoying to do though but much better than losing your contacts.
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Either use Ringdroid from the market to assign ringtones to Gmail contacts or just create a phone based contact with the same name that should automatically link to the gmail contact and allow you to set a ring tone, kind of annoying to do though but much better than losing your contacts.
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UPDATE...got phone back up and running on Cog 2.2-6. Found my .vcf backup with Astro....uploaded it to Google and then sync'd back to phone...all better....on side note...for whatever reason my phone is not picking up the .vcf when I try and restore it from the contacts menu. I Googled the issue and seems to be common. Thanks for the responses.
Same problem, but I found that turning on car mode caused the contacts to suddenly appear. After turning off car mode contacts worked properly. I saved the contacts to the sim card between update tries & the contacts import would never find it. Guess Titanium had it but left it hidden for some reason.
Hey, here's a better answer. You'll something like Root Explorer. Seems the contact app saves the contacts in /sdcard/sd (provided you exported them to the sd card. When you try to re-import them the app claims nodda. That's because the app is looking at /sdcard/external_sd for whatever reason. I just copied the .vcf file over to that location & bam contacts will import.
So my phone died and is now miraculously working. So now I am backing everything up in case it happens again.
Here's the thing. Google sync never works perfectly for me and the HTC backup doesn't either.
I've tried MyBackup in the past but whenever I used it it would mess up the contacts. It backed them all up but upon restoring each entry of a contact (i.e. home phone, mobile home, notes, etc.) became a new contact with that name. So instead of having one Bob in my contact list I would have six bobs, one with the cell number, another with an email, and so on.
I was wondering what backup apps you guys could recommend that restore the contacts properly. I only care about the contacts. MyBackup works well with SMS and call logs so if need be I can use different apps for different backups and what I need now is a good contact solution.
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Helium from Clockworkmod. Its the best method of backup for non rooted users IMHO. https://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
I have never experienced a problem restoring my Google account contacts, I take it you have removed the account and tried to set it up again to see if it will let you save the contacts. You can verify that they are saved if you log onto gmail when using a browser.
BrownTrout said:
Helium from Clockworkmod. Its the best method of backup for non rooted users IMHO. https://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
I have never experienced a problem restoring my Google account contacts, I take it you have removed the account and tried to set it up again to see if it will let you save the contacts. You can verify that they are saved if you log onto gmail when using a browser.
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Thanks for the suggestion but trying out the free one it backs up apps but the people/contacts app doesn't show up in the list meaning it doesn't do what I need...
Hello all,
My XT1254's screen and touch got broken.
Ineed a contact from my phone and therefor I either need my LOCAL contacts.pim or whatsapp backup (also saved local). The phone will be repaired by next week shortest.
The phone is rooted, and I have been working with ADB. ADB though, keeps unauthorizing my phone and therefor I am in no ability to do anything. The phone's USB-debugger is ON.
To access my whatsapp back-up I need to enter my internal device, BUT sicne the phone gives three possible options every time I plug in: I am not able to switch to USB-mount.
My teamWin recovery is touch based, so no mount possible here either unfortunatly..
Please help me, I have a date with the certain contact on saturday and I have not been able to find her facebook or whatsoever.
All help highly appreciated.
M_w_B said:
Hello all,
My XT1254's screen and touch got broken.
Ineed a contact from my phone and therefor I either need my LOCAL contacts.pim or whatsapp backup (also saved local). The phone will be repaired by next week shortest.
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Just going to ask this as you didn't specifically say no -- but you are sure you didn't have this contact listed in the contacts app so that it automatically backed to Google Contacts? In which case you just go into Gmail on any web browser and there are all your contacts. Just for this reason, I never use "local" only contacts, I use Gmail contacts so everything is synced no matter whether I use my phone or my computer.
But if the answer is no, and you only created it on the local category, sorry I can't help you. But I did help someone else who thought they had lost all their contacts one time, because they didn't know their contacts synced with Google (if you created it the right way).
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Just going to ask this as you didn't specifically say no -- but you are sure you didn't have this contact listed in the contacts app so that it automatically backed to Google Contacts? In which case you just go into Gmail on any web browser and there are all your contacts. Just for this reason, I never use "local" only contacts, I use Gmail contacts so everything is synced no matter whether I use my phone or my computer.
But if the answer is no, and you only created it on the local category, sorry I can't help you. But I did help someone else who thought they had lost all their contacts one time, because they didn't know their contacts synced with Google (if you created it the right way).
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The newest part of the contacts have not been synced, so the number of the date on saturday is not in there.
I think TWRP provides ADB access by default on boot, no authorization required. Have you tried booting recovery and then trying to do whatever you want to do via ADB?