Hi, I am running the official Sprint 2.1 rooted and I am going to unroot for reasons I don't feel like explaining.
But the thing I need help with is I need help backing up my contacts... I do not want to root and I don't know any way to do this. I just want my contacts to be backed up in a easy way. And I do not want to use outlook because my business contacts will be blurred with my personal contacts.
AND I would just write them all down, but I have 119 contacts and that would just be torture!
...Can somebody please help?
Yeah open your People app, hit menu, Import/Export > Export to SD card.
Of course there's also Google contacts sync
Oh. Okay, so when I run the RUU do I just take out my memory card so it won't get erased or will the memory card be untouched?
The sdcard should be untouched but if you want to be safe you can just back a backup of its contents by copy and pasting everything to your PC first
They aren't backed up already to http://www.google.com/contacts?
menu>settings>accounts & sync>gmail>menu button>sync now
grouping things together is really easy with the new google contacts manager, I can't imagine not using the cloud backup anymore, and I have been keeping backups of my contacts on every phone since 2003 through all kinds of methods.
Everyone should take a look at what is in the google dashboard now, if you haven't looked recently... you might be surprised.
https://www.google.com/dashboard/?hl=en
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Hi I'm tired of re-installing all my programs after every upgrade to new rom. I know people here were talking of back ups so they could get back all their programs after upgrade. I'm confused as to what and which folder to backup. Note most of my programs are installed in SD card. Messages, contacts and emails are no problem it's just the programs. Help appreciated. Thanks.
??? nobody knows the answer???/ Pls!!!
you can use Sprite Backup...and NS Contacts for your numbers and stuff...
NS Contacts - http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=22976
Sprite Backup - http://www.spritesoftware.com/sprite-backup
starfarer said:
Hi I'm tired of re-installing all my programs after every upgrade to new rom. I know people here were talking of back ups so they could get back all their programs after upgrade. I'm confused as to what and which folder to backup. Note most of my programs are installed in SD card. Messages, contacts and emails are no problem it's just the programs. Help appreciated. Thanks.
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Sprite is the only app that can restore after upgrading your ROM. I suggest you make a full backup (including sd card) and use upgrade mode to restore after the ROM update. Make sure you read the FAQs first.
Is there a way to almost duplicate the flash memory, OS, Filesystem, contacts, by backing up the entire memory address? I need to restore it all to a new phone, my screen busted on my old HTC Atlas (T-mobile wing) and i need all my contacts and files. Something like Flash Backup for the razr? Thx
nyte said:
Is there a way to almost duplicate the flash memory, OS, Filesystem, contacts, by backing up the entire memory address? I need to restore it all to a new phone, my screen busted on my old HTC Atlas (T-mobile wing) and i need all my contacts and files. Something like Flash Backup for the razr? Thx
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There IS a backup system. I think it's called Sprite backup or something. But it doesn't back up the OS and I'm not sure about the filesystem either...
Yep its Sprite Backup, and its the best one out there, it Backup/restore everything but the OS .............. your filesystem, Registry, Settings, contacts, Messages etc. ......................... I walk around with a most recent backup of my device on my Storage card and if I ever have to hardreset while I am on the road I dont have to wait untill I get home to setup my phone the way I want it .........................
The other one Is called SPB Backup, but it does not compare to Sprite. There is a good Comparison between both software HERE
The screen is busted on this phone, is there not a way to dump the rom like cooking a rom and then write it to a new phone?
Not for the things in the storage. Just for the ROM itself. Not without being able to install a program to it.
So, I really want my contacts back and Samsung Kies does not support the 2.2 UCJI6 ROM captivate, what should I do?
Open to suggestions, I have a couple theories myself...
Can I flash back to the backup I created with clockwork mod before I flashed 2.2 and then sync the contacts from Kies and then to google?
Or is there a program or APP that can take the .SPB Backup file of contacts created by Kies and transfer them to my phone?
Solved.
I figured it out!
Well, I have KIES save the contacts to the VCard format into a folder and then put that folder on the External SD Card.
After that, I went into contacts, menu, import/export, and then imported those Vcards files.
Sad thing is that they are missing their categories but that is way better than not having them at all.
One thing I noticed about this ROm is I cannot select contacts to appear on the list They ALL do..from the SIM, Phone and Google. Even though there is a display options i can select phone only and ALL appear so I deleted SIM and PHone and just use Google Contacts. Otherwise I love the new ROM;
What is the easiest way to delete all my phone contacts? Do I need to do a master reset? I exported my contacts to the SD card and then like a dumb a.........s I clicked on the file on the SD card and now all my contacts are messed up. I have already backed up my contacts using Android Manager. Now I want to restore them but I need to delete them all from the phone first so I don't get all duplicates. My phone is stock and not rooted.
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What is the easiest way to delete all my phone contacts? Do I need to do a master reset? I exported my contacts to the SD card and then like a dumb a.........s I clicked on the file on the SD card and now all my contacts are messed up. I have already backed up my contacts using Android Manager. Now I want to restore them but I need to delete them all from the phone first so I don't get all duplicates. My phone is stock and not rooted.
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Try this, it should work on non-rooted phone since we won't be installing or backing up or deleting any apps.
Ignore the warning saying busybox not found or anything like that.
1. Open titanium backup
2. Look for "Contacts Storage" and select it
3. Do a "wipe data"
This should clean all ur contacts.
Thanks, but I am not using TiBu. Phone is not rooted. I backed up my contacts with Android Manager.
LBCaptivate said:
Thanks, but I am not using TiBu. Phone is not rooted. I backed up my contacts with Android Manager.
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So u were able to achieve what u wanted?
No. I need to delete all my contact before I do a restore. My contact got all messed up when I hit the exported file on the SD card. Now I have Contact that show a number instead of a name and duplicate linked contacts. This is why I want to delete them all so I can do a restore to get them back the way they should be. No duplicates and no contacts with a number instead of a name.
Thanks
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No. I need to delete all my contact before I do a restore. My contact got all messed up when I hit the exported file on the SD card. Now I have Contact that show a number instead of a name and duplicate linked contacts. This is why I want to delete them all so I can do a restore to get them back the way they should be. No duplicates and no contacts with a number instead of a name.
Thanks
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Try the app "contact remover" from market.
Have you synched with Google? Could just delete them all there and they should wipe out your phone as well no?
So i finally flashed my first custom ROM, yeah!
BUT i pulled a bonehead move and forgot to copy contacts to the sd card I did do a full apps & data backup in TiBu before flashing. Now obviously the new rom has apps already loaded so i can't just drop the backup folder on the sd or it will overwrite the existing one, can i rename the one i backed today and restore from that one? OR can i just restore contacts somehow from the backup?
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So i finally flashed my first custom ROM, yeah!
BUT i pulled a bonehead move and forgot to copy contacts to the sd card I did do a full apps & data backup in TiBu before flashing. Now obviously the new rom has apps already loaded so i can't just drop the backup folder on the sd or it will overwrite the existing one, can i rename the one i backed today and restore from that one? OR can i just restore contacts somehow from the backup?
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If you made a nandroid backup, you can restore it and try again.
You have an android phone, are your contacts synced with gmail? If not, you should start saving your contacts to gmail. I never backup contacts, I use gmail and Facebook to store my contacts.
If you didn't make a backup before you flashed your phone, and you didn't sync them with gmail ... how did you transfer them to your captivate originally? Do you still have that data?
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If you did the full apps and data backup.. i believe your contacts "should" still be there. Go into tibu and to the backup/restore tab.. scroll down and it will be one of them that is in Green. I think says something along the lines of contacts. If you click that and then hit data only.. It "Should" restore your contacts. After you do that, you need to reboot your phone before you will see the contacts.
Now, however, it also depends on what Rom you put on. I have done this twice. The first time was when i installed Cog 3.04. I found out how to do that and i did it and my contacts went back on to my phone no problem.. Now, i have installed Andromeda 2.0 and when i tried to do that, swype bugs out like crazy . some bug with their new Rom that wont let you do it. I am guessing it has something to do with the app versions or something. Luckily for me, most of my contacts were saved through google.. so i got the most of them back. only missing a few ..
So, give this a try.. and see if that works for you..
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