My phone wont snyc to my desktop so I can get my phone numbers back.. I have never had this problem before so I don't know what steps to take. Thanks for any and all help.
Your contacts should be synced to the gmail account you use with your hero for the marketplace... but if you have vcard files of your contacts you can go to people-> press menu-> the go to the import/export button on the lower left part of the menu to import or export from an sd card. If you use outlook you can create vcard files of your contacts really easily.
-hope this helps!
All my contacts are synced through my computer. ( so I cant do that..
And they never go threw with my google account
what do you mean "synced through your computer"?
do you mean they exist as a csv file? or something else?
I can probably help if you can be a little more specific
one-of-four said:
what do you mean "synced through your computer"?
do you mean they exist as a csv file? or something else?
I can probably help if you can be a little more specific
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hmmm. As in I use HTC Sync.. Then i switch my phone to sync and it auto syncs to my computer? i dont know the file format.
Hey, sorry I took so long to reply!
If you're using HTC sync the contacts have to be going one of 2 places - your outlook address book or your windows contacts... if you can find those files (or export them from outlook) and put them on your sd card, then follow the directions I gave you in post #2. If your computer isn't recognizing your phone, then: 1. there is probably a deeper problem than your contacts not working, and 2. you could always get an adapter for your sd card and plug it directly into your computer.
I hope this helps
Thanks I got it working now.
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Where is the Contacts file on the Tilt?
I am getting an error message when my phone tries to connect to outlook. And after trying to reinstall outlook, I still cannot resolve the issue. I never use outlook, so I am tempted to ignore the problem.
But I want to add about 50 contacts to the phone and it would be a lot easier to do it on my computer. Is it possible to download the contacts file to my computer, edit it, and then replace it on the phone.
thanks
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Where is the Contacts file on the Tilt?
I am getting an error message when my phone tries to connect to outlook. And after trying to reinstall outlook, I still cannot resolve the issue. I never use outlook, so I am tempted to ignore the problem.
But I want to add about 50 contacts to the phone and it would be a lot easier to do it on my computer. Is it possible to download the contacts file to my computer, edit it, and then replace it on the phone.
thanks
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1. welcome to xda-devs
2. search & read the Wiki (it shoudl ALWAYS be the first you do before you ask a q), I've published several articles on how these databases work
in a nutshell: sync with the desktop Outlook, and do the manual work on it. rely on Outlook's syncing to do the trick
Hi,
Im having problems with my contacts, There are some contacts that are on the sim card and not in the outlook contacts. So What I want to do is merge the two so Ive got one list with all the contacts on in outlook.
Ive tried sync'ing them with active sync but the sim contacts seem to be missing when I go to my PC and look in Outlook. Ive gone into sim manager and tried copying them but it hasn't seem to have done what I want. So I was wondering if there is a way to merge the two so i can back them up and just have one list with the two sets of contacts in.
I hope this makes sense and you guys understand what Im trying to do.
I would really appreciate any help you could give me and explain where im going wrong.
hello bro
i will answer you as much as i understoad you
to show your sim contacts on the list of contacts you have to do the folowing
open contacts and then open the menue and open sim manager
then select all contacts and save to contacts
then they will appear in your contacts list
i hope that what you meant
contacts problem
Thanks for the reply,
I've tried that, but when I go into outlook to view my contacts on my pc there are still contacts missing from the PC that are in my phone. I am not sure if they are sim contacts or ones stored in outlook on the phone.
I guess what im after is something to view/explore the contacts on my phone and sim card on the computer so I can see them infront of me on the computer screen. Then I can save them from the phone and sim card together into one file and merge the sim and phone contacts together to have one list of the two together.
I hope you guys can understand what im trying to achieve and help me out as I would be extreemly greatful.
Thanks,
John
Is there a way to backup the contacts together their synced facebook ones?
It is impossible with "my backup pro", and they can' te be saved on google servers..
Thanks a lot
Ale
I'm not exactly sure i understand the my backup pro thing, but if you go into contacts, push the menu button, click on more, then export them to SD card, it'll create a VCF file with all your contacts in it, you can save it somewhere or even e-mail it to yourself.
What i always recommend is to import that file into your gmail account (directly from the phone) this way your contacts are synced no matter what happens u'll have them on your gmail account.
Rodi,
Thanks for your reply, i'll try them next time i'll have to change my rom!!
And sorry for my english
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Khar00f said:
I'm not exactly sure i understand the my backup pro thing, but if you go into contacts, push the menu button, click on more, then export them to SD card, it'll create a VCF file with all your contacts in it, you can save it somewhere or even e-mail it to yourself.
What i always recommend is to import that file into your gmail account (directly from the phone) this way your contacts are synced no matter what happens u'll have them on your gmail account.
Rodi,
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Hi, i have a problem here.
Let me explain: I have contacts in the sim, inside the phone and the ones synced through facebook.
I'd like to sync to gmail ONLY the contacts stored in the phone and I don't know how to do.
When I press export to SD Card it copies all my contacts.
Do you know a way to skip that contacts?
Thank you
Hello Guys and Gals,
I'm looking for an app that will allow me to import my outlook contacts.
Been searching and no luck.
I do not have android market or gmail.
Anyone have any reccommends?
TIA
billygtab said:
Hello Guys and Gals,
I'm looking for an app that will allow me to import my outlook contacts.
Been searching and no luck.
I do not have android market or gmail.
Anyone have any reccommends?
TIA
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I never found anything that worked well enough for me. What I did was copy all of the vcard(vcf I think) files to a directory on my sdcard. Then from the Android contacts application there's an option to load contacts from vcard files. It will scan the directories on your sd card and automatically import any vacrds it finds. Did this on my phone, have no idea if you need to copy to your internal sd card on your gtab or if the external sd card works
musashii said:
I never found anything that worked well enough for me. What I did was copy all of the vcard(vcf I think) files to a directory on my sdcard. Then from the Android contacts application there's an option to load contacts from vcard files. It will scan the directories on your sd card and automatically import any vacrds it finds. Did this on my phone, have no idea if you need to copy to your internal sd card on your gtab or if the external sd card works
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Thanks for the info.
I found an app called touchdown (thanks to this forum!) And it works great after DL'g the beta version.
Imported all of my contacts and calender, just wish it would support the notes function from Outlook.
Regards,
musashii said:
I never found anything that worked well enough for me. What I did was copy all of the vcard(vcf I think) files to a directory on my sdcard. Then from the Android contacts application there's an option to load contacts from vcard files. It will scan the directories on your sd card and automatically import any vacrds it finds. Did this on my phone, have no idea if you need to copy to your internal sd card on your gtab or if the external sd card works
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Or, you could export your Outlook Contacts to a CSV file and import it on your gmail contacts page. Works great
billygtab said:
Thanks for the info.
I found an app called touchdown (thanks to this forum!) And it works great after DL'g the beta version.
Imported all of my contacts and calender, just wish it would support the notes function from Outlook.
Regards,
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+1 for touchdown.....
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Touchdown MIGRATED my outlook contacts to the stock Contats app
Just for giggles, I Started my stock contacts app and I see that Touchdown imported, or something imported all of my outlook contacts to it.
I wonder why that happened?
billygtab said:
Hello Guys and Gals,
I'm looking for an app that will allow me to import my outlook contacts.
Been searching and no luck.
I do not have android market or gmail.
Anyone have any reccommends?
TIA
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****EDIT (sorry, just saw you didn't have gmail , my fault)
Does Touchdown only work with Exchange? though? If not, I may look into it.
HOWEVER, when I got my first Android phone this was a necessity for me as well (non-exchange). I found CompanionLink and I think I paid $20 or so but it's worth it. It's sync's my outlook to gmail then down to my phone and visa versa. It's the only thing I've found that seems pretty reliable. of course the phone will sync real time to gmail and then companionlink will sync to your pc either on demand or a set schedule (like I have mine set every hour). Either way, it beats plugging in the phone and manually sync'ing like the good ol days
YES I am sure this question gets asked a lot of times so I am sure by now people have come up with a GREAT answer for it instead of just telling me to use google.
Trust me I have used Google. I find Apps like
Backup Contacts
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.uia.android.backupcontacts&hl=en
which gets bad reviews and doesn't really seem to work.
I find a guide on how to save your contacts to your SIM card but it only seems to work on the Nexus S.
So here is what I want to do:
I use a Galaxy S (i-9000) and I want to save my contacts to my SIM card or a file I can copy on my PC and copy it on other android devices OR save all my PHONE contacts to my google account if that is somehow possible because I want to buy a NEW android phone (that's why I guess Samsung's Kies with the option to back up contacts won't do the trick)
I am looking forward to any help.
Thanks a lot!
I think the simplest way to backup contacts is to go the Contacts, or People on ICS, and press the menu button (bottom left on phone). From there go to import/export contacts, then it asks where you want to import/export them to. It creates a file on your phone storage that you can copy to your PC/new phone.
oxidising said:
I think the simplest way to backup contacts is to go the Contacts, or People on ICS, and press the menu button (bottom left on phone). From there go to import/export contacts, then it asks where you want to import/export them to. It creates a file on your phone storage that you can copy to your PC/new phone.
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When I go to Contacts - Import/Export - Export to SIM card : it says "No contacts" and "search contacts" so it seems like I would have to export each contact by HAND. I can't find any way to select all and EXPORT all???
original rom?
using Go Contact will do...
oxidising said:
I think the simplest way to backup contacts is to go the Contacts, or People on ICS, and press the menu button (bottom left on phone). From there go to import/export contacts, then it asks where you want to import/export them to. It creates a file on your phone storage that you can copy to your PC/new phone.
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It imports all my e-mail contacts from my Google account as well. How do I do it so that only people with phone numbers get imported?
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It imports all my e-mail contacts from my Google account as well. How do I do it so that only people with phone numbers get imported?
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Anybody got a solution as to how I can prevent importing contacts from my SIM card whereby all my Google e-mail contacts get sucked in there too?
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Download my phone explorer for android app and the my phone explorer program for your PC, connect by Wifi, USB or Bluetooth and make a backup of all your contacts, sim contacts, calendar entries etc.
I've been using this tool since 2006 (it was originally developed for Sony Ericsson phones) and it allowed me to switch from my Z710i to my W595 and from there to my Desire, back to the Z710i and then to the SGS+.
It saved me so much hassle and I did not hesitate to donate to its developer. It is a superb tool (yes, I really like. He does not pay me for this post).