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[Q] Anyway to import pim contacts to captivate?

Hello everyone,
I went from an HTC Touch Pro to a Samsung Captivate. I have a bunch of contacts that are backed up via pim backup utility, I also saved my pim.vol file. Is there an app or utility out there that will import pim contacts to the Samsung Captivate contacts list?

bump, anyone at all? I know im not the only person going from windows mobile to android. there has to be a way to import pim contacts into the captivate.

I just got my Captivate yesterday Coming from the TouchPro 2). From what I can tell, I think the answer is NO.
I tried this method to get my contacts from my WinMo phone the the Captivate (I don't have Outlook):
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/move-contacts-windows-mobile-android/
I did get my contacts on my captivate (kind of), but It just listed their first name and didn't show any info (phone numbers, e-mail addresses...) when I taped on the contacts.
Thus far I'm looking at having to move my contacts over manually one by one.
Hopefully someone knows a better way... I have yet to dig one up.

Well, I migrated from a Blackberry and what I did was export my contacts to a .csv file, import the .csv into Gmail, and then sync Gmail contacts on my phone. Still had a bit of work to do since the .csv translation wasn't exactly perfect, but it was a fairly painless way to transfer 300+ contacts.

I think the best thing to do is sync all your contacts/calendar from WM or BB to GMail first, then when you login to Gmail with your Android, everything is already there.

[Q] Import Contacts from CSV

Good day folks!
Is there any app available for importing contacts saved in a CSV file?
I recently exported my contacts to Outlook using HTC sync prior to S-OFFing.
I had also used a crappy backup tool which completely failed to restore anything
(in case you wanto know the fauly app was Backup Master, stay away)
Well, now i have the contacts in a CSV file on my SD card and i want to import the contacts to my phone book.
Tried the import through Gmail option (which i am not very keen on doing.. for obvious reasons), but even having that as a last option does not hyelp as the 'import' button does not appear in my gmail account on the mobile.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks

You could log into you gmail account on a pc, then import the contacts csv, then sync your phone contacts with your gmail account

Doing it through GMail would really be the best option

well, i did not wanto use google...
not sure if i want to voluntarily give up all my contacts...
though am quite certain they have it anyways
for anyone who may have this issue, this is what i did...
the contacts were saved in outlook...
i exported all the contacts in .vcf format to a directory on the SD card.
the stock contacts app provides an option to import contacts from memory card...
that's about it...

Problem with contacts

I'm not a fan of synching contacts to the cloud. I've only tried Google as I accidentally forgot to disable it. I have around 200+ contacts locally (phone only) . But when I export it to sd for backup, it's synching 800+. I'm guessing somewhere, either Facebook, Skype or viber copied some data over (my fault maybe) .
Is there a way I coul remove all the synched data and just leave the local contacts?
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kolo2x said:
I'm not a fan of synching contacts to the cloud. I've only tried Google as I accidentally forgot to disable it. I have around 200+ contacts locally (phone only) . But when I export it to sd for backup, it's synching 800+. I'm guessing somewhere, either Facebook, Skype or viber copied some data over (my fault maybe) .
Is there a way I coul remove all the synched data and just leave the local contacts?
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I'm not sure what your question is, if you want to remove contacts from your backup before importing, or if you want to remove contacts from gmail, or just prevent then showing on your phone, so here are a couple of answers.
To only display locally stored contacts enter the contacts app, press menu, Display Options (may have to select "more..." first) and tick the boxes for what kind of contacts you want to display. (Local=PC Suite)
To remove contacts from the exported file just edit it in a proper editor like notepad++ or notepad2, it's a regular text-file.
To prevent the phone from syncing contacts enter Settings/Accounts and Sync., enter each type of account and untick contacts.
To delete contacts in the cloud the easiest way is to log on to the service, i.e gmail/facebook/skype/twitter on a computer and delete them from there, alternatively select to only display that service's contacts on your phone, then delete them all one by one (while sync. is still on).

I was looking for a way to prevent non-local contacts into the Vcf file.
I'll go with editing the vcf and just restore from there. Thanks
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Hi, since i have a question about "contacts" i thought i should just use this thread instead of making a new one.
All my contacts are saved on my SIM card but when i put my SIM in my phone, go to Contacts > Import from SIM then it says "No contacts on your SIM card". Is there a way to get my contacts to show up or will i have to add them all again . Thanks.

[Q] Migrating from Symbian to Android OS (Contacts, Messages, Notes, Calendar)

My main concern is to move my contacts from Nokia N95 8gb (Symbian) to Galaxy Note. I do not want to do Google sync as there's lot of contacts and email ids already in my Gmail account. I don't want to mix it up. I don't have an outlook account as well. Please tell me a way out.
Is there any solution for transferring messages, calendar and notes as well? I don't mind doing this manually but contacts are difficult. Thank you.

Contact is easiest
First open contacts in symbian, option mark all - copy to memory card
Now copy other/contacts folder from your memory card n put in memory card of android
Open contact in android - option(menu) - import/export - import from SD card - select multifiles from available option - and GO
there is google calender sync application available for Symbian, backed up, then download in android by sync
same way a application is available for SMS backup to gmail for android, i forget name right now

dr.ketan said:
Contact is easiest
First open contacts in symbian, option mark all - copy to memory card
Now copy other/contacts folder from your memory card n put in memory card of android
Open contact in android - option(menu) - import/export - import from SD card - select multifiles from available option - and GO
there is google calender sync application available for Symbian, backed up, then download in android by sync
same way a application is available for SMS backup to gmail for android, i forget name right now
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wow.. that was easy. i never knew there was an option called "copy to memory card" in symbian. very smooth and all details gets copied, not just the first number in a contact.
google calendar is a good option. although i thought of copying manually just this months' appointments and anniversaries. if you sync then even the old 3 or 4 year old entries get copied which is of no use.
i couldn't find any google sms backup. but i did find another excellent alternative. first follow the steps in this link:
http://www.simail.si/nokia2androidsms/
after that use this application from the following link to complete the transfer
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/sms-backup-restore
it has all instructions. very useful if you collect huge amount of sms and don't want to let go.
copying notes, i guess normal Bluetooth transfers would do.
thanks doc

For calender since b4 android i switched to google, just reason is it remind you with sms too, so nothing like backup needed ne more. Once make entry on pc, n forget

[Q] How to import contacts, sms with no cloud

Im desperate, i already spent two days to find a way how to import contacts to my lumia 520 with WP8 without using any cloud service like live, hotmail, google, etc. I had a diamond 2 with WM 6.5. I got my screen broken, only what i was able to do - syncing contacts with my computer. Now i have all the contacts in outlook, but i find no way how to import contacts to WP8 with no cloud. Pls. help. If there is a way how to import sms - ill be most happy man on that month

If you have WM 6.5 you can save/export contacts to vCard (*.vcf format) and copy to SD card. Next, you have to install Transfer my data and via this app you can import contacts from SD card.
With this aplication you can too transfer your contacts via bluetooth from your old phone.

Budniu said:
If you have WM 6.5 you can save/export ... With this application you can too transfer your contacts via bluetooth from your old phone.
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I have no access to my old phone anymore. With broken display i have only outlook to be used as a source. Anyway, Transfer My Data app is working with bluetooth, no possibility to access SD card, which is in my case not a solution. Thanks for you effort.

Budniu said:
If you have WM 6.5 you can save/export contacts to vCard (*.vcf format) and copy to SD card. ... With this aplication you can too transfer your contacts via bluetooth from your old phone.
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Ok, here is the idea - is it possible to save VCF file to SD card on my laptop and use the laptop as source "mobile phone" via the application? On my laptop i have W7.
Im really getting angry on Microsoft. They always have to screw it up - they are so desperate for our private data.

wakerle said:
Im desperate, i already spent two days to find a way how to import contacts to my lumia 520 with WP8 without using any cloud service like live, hotmail, google, etc. I had a diamond 2 with WM 6.5. I got my screen broken, only what i was able to do - syncing contacts with my computer. Now i have all the contacts in outlook, but i find no way how to import contacts to WP8 with no cloud. Pls. help. If there is a way how to import sms - ill be most happy man on that month
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Export your contacts from Outlook as a CSV. Then you can use Yahoo or Hotmail to import the CSV file. If it has the option to select CSV from Outlook make sure to use that option. It makes a difference if they specify. Whichever account you use you may want to clean your contact list because they will all be mixed in together. What I did was created a second Hotmail account and used that as my WP8 ID and for all of my MS Live account access. Imported my CSV file to that Hotmail account, then setup that Hotmail account on the phone contact list and everything imported in a few minutes. Hope it works for you as well as for me. I really prefer to use ATT address book but it wont work on my unlocked unbraded 520. If you can get ATT address book to work then that is by far an easier way. Login to https://addressbook.att.net/ and setup your account. I'm making the assumption that you have ATT as your provider. Once logged in and setup, import the CSV file there. Then open ATT address book app on your phone. Also set it up as your contact list in settings.

One other possible option: WP can import contacts from the SIM. SIM cards tend to only be able to store a really small number of contacts at once, so it may take several rounds of storing and importing, but it's a think you could try. If your old phone isn't currently usable for this, you could try having it done at a carrier store; they usually have the tools.
By the way, if you're so paranoid about privacy that you don't want MS to even know who is in your contacts list and/or you don't trust their privacy policies, I'm not sure that any modern smartphone is really going to work for you. A completely rooted Android phone with a modified, custom-built ROM, perhaps? All the major smartphone OS vendors use "cloud" synching for things like contacts.

Thanks for help
all of you guys. At the end i spent yesterday 3 hours to manually do that. I export all the contacts and sent them as vcf. Then i received e-mail to my Lumia 520, and one after one - it takes 4 clicks for one contact - added to my contact list. I had like 580 contacts - at least, after few years i delete some of them
Once again - BIG THANKS for your effort!!
Now the second part of the question - as im going to order new digitizer for my loved diamond 2 - how to export/import sms from WM6.5 to WP8 with no cloud?
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By the way, if you're so paranoid about privacy that you don't want MS to even know who is in your contacts list and/or you don't trust their privacy policies, I'm not sure that any modern smartphone is really going to work for you. A completely rooted Android phone with a modified, custom-built ROM, perhaps? All the major smartphone OS vendors use "cloud" synching for things like contacts.
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I hate all this cloud system - i always tried to keep my data private, and stored only local. For the next phone i should ask you guys first, and than get one