T-Mobile Contacts Fix Method - HTC Amaze 4G

So, I don't know how many users out there have their contacts backed up on T-Mobile MobileLife like me, but for those who do, you might have noticed what a pain in the a$$ it is to get them to show up in the Sense contacts/people app. Luckily, after several days of trial, error, and process.android.acore fc's, I finally figured out a method that works.
Note: This method assumes you have HTC Sync/drivers correctly install on your PC.
1. Nandroid backup, then factory reset phone (wipe data, cache, etc.)
2. Optional - Install any ROM of your choice, the lone exception being SenseLess as it will not allow you to skip signing in to your Google account without numerous errors. Or just keep the ROM you already have.
3. Reboot phone, go all the way through set-up but DO NOT under any circumstances add an account of any sort Google, Facebook, etc.).
4. Flash kernel and reboot if necessary
5. Download attached T-Mobile Contacts backup apk to your pc, remember file location.
6. Wait for phone to reboot, then connect to PC via USB cable.
7. Connect as HTC Sync
8. After phone connects and HTC Sync program pops up on your PC, choose the "application installer" option
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
9. Exit out of that, disconnect phone from PC and make sure Wi-Fi is turned off on phone (app won't sync over wi-fi)
10. Go into apps grid, you will find it as "T-Mobile Contacts". Start it up, pick an option and it will start syncing. If all goes well, when you load up the stock contacts (or "people" app, as htc calls it), you will see all of your backed up t-mobile contacts listed under the "phone" account.
11. That's it! From there you should be able to go ahead and load up all the rest of your accounts (Google, facebook, etc) and they will sync their info into the contacts app by themselves.
NOTE: If you have issues using HTC Sync or the application installer that comes with it doesn't work, you can try the ADB option. This method assumes you have Android SDK kit correctly installed on your computer and set up to work with you device.
1. Complete Steps 1-7 above.
2. Run CMD (command prompt)
3.Type "adb kill-server", enter, then type "adb-start server", enter (without quotes, of course)
4. Type "adb install 'file location'\com.voxmobili.sync.MobileBackup2-1.apk" without quotes, file location is folder path where you downloaded attached file.
5. Continue from Step 9 above.
Let me know if you have any problems.

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Seems like a lot just to have tmo backup I'd rather just sign into gmail and have my contacts
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Jay21fire said:
Seems like a lot just to have tmo backup I'd rather just sign into gmail and have my contacts
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Right, and that would make sense if Google had backed up all of my contacts. But for some reason, that never happens. I lose phone numbers on a regular basis with Google. But as long as I have T-Mobile backing up my data, the phone numbers don't go away.