Hi everyone.
Is there a way to save the information on which contacts were merged to each other, and simply load it if I change my ROM? Because I have lots of contacts which have accounts on many networks (Google account, Facebook, Skype and so on)
Will a simple export from the Android system save such information?
I just use Google to Backup all my contacts. I go into contacts and make sure they're all listed as Google contacts. That way when I flash a new Rom, then sign into Google they just automatically get loaded back onto the phone. I Believe you can also Export the contacts to the SD Card. Which should make a backup of the contacts on the card. But I have never tried that method.
But will the information about which contacts are merged with which be saved? For instance, if I have derp as a contact on Facebook and Google, merge his accs in my Android phone, then backup, update and load, will both the facebook and google accounts be merged as I resync my contacts?
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jmissao said:
But will the information about which contacts are merged with which be saved? For instance, if I have derp as a contact on Facebook and Google, merge his accs in my Android phone, then backup, update and load, will both the facebook and google accounts be merged as I resync my contacts?
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When you first reload the phone after a flash you sign into Google. It will load all Google contacts. Now when you sign in FB on your phone it will see the contact name, as long as they are the same it will ask if you want to sync/merge them.
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Did you solved this problem? It's a big issue for me too
I believe Titanium backup can backup contacts with merging information.
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how can i edit the data that has already been synced with my gmail account, for example if i want to delete some contact, i can do it easily on the phone but when i sync those deleted contacts come back again..how to delete them in the synced data?
keyboardcowboy said:
how can i edit the data that has already been synced with my gmail account, for example if i want to delete some contact, i can do it easily on the phone but when i sync those deleted contacts come back again..how to delete them in the synced data?
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If a contact is categorized as a 'Google contact', which means its synced, then deleting it from your phone means to delete it in the Google Contact service.
Syncing in this case does not mean to restore a deleted contact, but to delete the contact on every device that is synced to your Google Contact service.
If you keep seeing that contact coming back, then there must be some thing wrong with your settings.
can u plz explain how to make a contact google contact
You should be asked when you are about to create the contact. However for an existing contact, I don't know whether there is a way to do that.
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is there a way to permanently link my facebook contacts to google contacs; It's annoying every time i flash a new rom my contacts get restored from google but i have to re-link them with my facebook contacts to get their pic and email
me too! Very disturbing every time! Anyone,help with this?
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arisgoku said:
is there a way to permanently link my facebook contacts to google contacs; It's annoying every time i flash a new rom my contacts get restored from google but i have to re-link them with my facebook contacts to get their pic and email
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You can try this: Sync your contacts with FB and Google. Go to your contacts app. Make sure the display options are such that both FB & Google contacts are displayed. Merge possible duplicates. Once all of this is done. From the contacts menu, export the contacts to SD card.
Now you've the contacts backup file which contains numbers, emails plus the the display pictures. After flashing new ROM, just import from this file.
Hello everyone, first time to post or ask a question although I've always found all i'm seeking through this forum and it's more than awesome, but i face a little problem...
The problem is as following, some contacts i have on my contact list are stored with another name than the name on facebook, ex: "John (Jazz Club)" isn't getting merged automatically with "John Lynn", specially when he's not showing the email on the facebook page to be stored once and every time i re-flash a ROM and sync, i get the contacts merged, i got hundreds of contacts not merged and seperated (my contact list are over 2k :S), and don't ask me to rename the contact cause i will never remember who the hell is John Lynn
I've imported facebook contacts via yahoo, exported and imported via gmail and the facebook section in the contacts with the profile name is shown in the contact online but still when i sync facebook contacts they are still separated.
What i need or what i wish there is, a method to add some sort of a link on the gmail contacts for the facebook profile, so whenever i flash a new ROM and sync facebook and gmail contacts, they got merged automatically
OR
an application that does some sort of a combined backup with the both contacts and it needs aswell to import all the newly added contacts on gmail into it, is there something like that ?
sorry if i complicate stuff but if you saw how the contact list looks it will scare the @*#$ out of you
Try long pressing the contact and then "join contact" then you can pick it manually.
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I think he knows about the Join Contact option, what the OP is asking is if there is any way to store in Google Servers that action for future restores of his contact list.
zedread said:
I think he knows about the Join Contact option, what the OP is asking is if there is any way to store in Google Servers that action for future restores of his contact list.
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Exactly Zedread, join contacts just join the interface of the two contacts together and as soon as you flash a new ROM it's all wasted, i need a method for a "once and for all" merge, either on the Gmail servers or by an application that works stand alone
No Hope guys ???
Just got my S3 today (I9305 actually), what's going to be the easiest way of getting my contacts off my S1? All of my contacts are joined multiple entries, mostly a mix of Google, Facebook and Phone contacts. Most of them are synced with Google, but some aren't for some reason.
I'd like to keep them in their organised, joined state if possible so I don't have to go through all of that rigmarole again. Would Exporting to SD and then Importing work, or backing up and restoring with Kies?
Thanks
contact app. export as vcf file. import it into your s3. everything should follow including pics and fb locale data
EDIT: you do have to resync your facebook contacts when you first log into facebook. just remember to restore your contacts THEN sync facebook. It should be able to resync all the contacts back to the right place since the locale data is still embedded with each contact.
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Hello everyone.
My phone started behaving weird.. it keeps switching to vibrate by itself. I'm not sure yet whats causing this but I searched around and I found that it might be caused be some app. So I'm thinking about restoring factory settings, but I want to keep my contacts intact.
The thing about my contacts is that I spent a lot of time joining people's phone numbers with emails, Facebook accounts.. etc.. I tried to export a backup using Contacts app but it said some info fields might be lost. So I'm wondering if there is a way to keep contacts as s after resetting the device.
Thanks in advance,
Aserar said:
Hello everyone.
My phone started behaving weird.. it keeps switching to vibrate by itself. I'm not sure yet whats causing this but I searched around and I found that it might be caused be some app. So I'm thinking about restoring factory settings, but I want to keep my contacts intact.
The thing about my contacts is that I spent a lot of time joining people's phone numbers with emails, Facebook accounts.. etc.. I tried to export a backup using Contacts app but it said some info fields might be lost. So I'm wondering if there is a way to keep contacts as s after resetting the device.
Thanks in advance,
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Go into Settings > Accounts and make sure all of the ones you have contacts with are synced and if you have some that are just stored on the phone only, make sure to sync to your Google account.
Will this keep Facebook, and other profiles linked to their contacts in the contact app?
Also, I deleted some Facebook contacts from my contacts app. If I synced Facebook app, will this remove the contacts from my Facebook account,? or re-adding them again to the contact app?
Aserar said:
Will this keep Facebook, and other profiles linked to their contacts in the contact app?
Also, I deleted some Facebook contacts from my contacts app. If I synced Facebook app, will this remove the contacts from my Facebook account,? or re-adding them again to the contact app?
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When you install the Facebook app back to your phone after factory reset and login. It will ask you to sync your contacts with the Facebook Profiles. In other words. This will link your contacts with the Facebook profiles on your friends list. And no it will not remove the contacts from your Facebook.
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When you install the Facebook app back to your phone after factory reset and login. It will ask you to sync your contacts with the Facebook Profiles. In other words. This will link your contacts with the Facebook profiles on your friends list. And no it will not remove the contacts from your Facebook.
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But note that when I installed fb app and synced contacts with the fb profiles, most profiles (I believe the ones that had no phone number) were not linked to contacts. I had to use the Join feature in Contacts app to link them one by one. I wouldn't have to do it again, would I?
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But note that when I installed fb app and synced contacts with the fb profiles, most profiles (I believe the ones that had no phone number) were not linked to contacts. I had to use the Join feature in Contacts app to link them one by one. I wouldn't have to do it again, would I?
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Yes you would they don't save joined. Most just in case you don't install one of the apps again.
There is no way to do what your looking to do without redoing them.