i have flashed a custom rom n now i want to know how to sync the contacts as samsung kies is not recognising it
Hope you synced them to your gmail account too. Just log on there re- sync voila.
I prefer save the contacts from Contacts on phone and save file.vcf and after flash you new rom, import from sd card. I think that this is safer.
Either sync with your gmail account or import from phone via. Vcf file!
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I sync it with vcf file,exported to my memcard
and I sync it to google account to
Well if you have not synced your contacts on Google or sd card, its not possible to get them back. However i think you wouldn't have turned off the auto sync on phone, so try to sync the contacts with Google once. However, in future i'd recommend you to sync the contacts with Google and keep a backup in your sd card (in vcf format)
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Well if you have not synced your contacts on Google or sd card, its not possible to get them back. However i think you wouldn't have turned off the auto sync on phone, so try to sync the contacts with Google once. However, in future i'd recommend you to sync the contacts with Google and keep a backup in your sd card (in vcf format)
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In my opinion, if you have to choose one, go for the Google sync. There was once my vcf file was corrupted and I had no contacts left
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If ur in windows open my docs search for *.vcf .. ....:thumbup:
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Sync it wih Google or import with VCF nd keep backups of ur VCF file at multiple places.. helps if u corrupt your memory card..
Go back to stock ROM, sync your contact with google, reflash CyanogenMod 7.
You cannot use Kies when using CM7. Because CM7 is not a Samsung ROM
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Two weeks ago I created a backup using the 'backup & restore' function on the phone, before upgrading to 2.1. After upgrading, part of the backup fille was restored, including all my contacts. Something went wrong after upgrading though (phone restarting everytime I plug it into a computer with a USB cable), so this weekend I decided to reflash with pc companion 'repair'. I created a new backup with only my messages and my contacts. Once I restored, only the last five contacts that I have added were restored. I tried from both restore points, but the rest of my contacts are gone!
What has happened and is there anything I can do?
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Contacts -> Contacts to view -> phone contacts
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Contacts -> Contacts to view -> phone contacts
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This was the first thing I tried. It didn't help...
but thank you anyway!
i had the same issue, the backup/restore app is a piece of crap. my contacts were not restored after the 2.1 upgrade (and yes, i did backup them).
you can restore them though, by going in the settings / sync settings and doing a manual 'contacs' sync with your google account.. as long as you have had them sync'ed before, of course.
Have you tried manual sync of your phone, cos Google store the numbers too if your using a googlemail account on your phone
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meegs said:
Have you tried manual sync of your phone, cos Google store the numbers too if your using a googlemail account on your phone
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Do you mean the googlemail account I use to log in to the market?
If so, where are the contacts stored? Does this happen automatically? How do I access them?
It is really a big mystery to me that all but 5 contacts just disappeared. Especially from my first backup, which had all my contacts AFTER the 2.1 update...
Also, can Titanium Backup do backup of my contacts and stuff?
PS:
I had most of my contacts on my old phone, so I did this:
1. Copy from old phone to SIM
2. Copy from SIM to new phone
3. ????????
4. Profit
Have a similar problem.
Have imported my contacts using sprite migrate.
cannot see the contacts in the contacts. but found out that they are on the phone.
when i dial a number of one of my invisible contacts the name is dispayed.
checked suggestion in post 2. did not help.
has anyone a clue?
I had this problem too, i also had problems with google sync so i just backed my contacts up to my memory card then restored them from the same place.
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i had the same issue, the backup/restore app is a piece of crap. my contacts were not restored after the 2.1 upgrade (and yes, i did backup them).
you can restore them though, by going in the settings / sync settings and doing a manual 'contacs' sync with your google account.. as long as you have had them sync'ed before, of course.
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had similar problems, backup&restore app restored only 10 contacts after 2.1 upgrade. i fortunately had a .vcf backup on my sd card. after that incident i uninstalled backup&restore app and started using only google contacts that is more reliable...
Loaded all my contacts via vcf into google mail and synced. had contacts on the phone.
Then installed MyPhoneExplorer and found that although i could only see all contacts once they were double on the phone.
Basically deleted through MyPhoneExplorer all contacts. phone was empty.
then deleted all contacts in google mail. synced phone and google mail.
no contacts in mail and on phone.
Now loaded my contacts again via vcf in google mail and synced phone.
contacts visible en checked via MyPhoneExplorer there was only one set of contacts.
i have a problem, i istalled minicm9 and now i havent any contact in phone, i have numbers in simcard but i cant get. how can i do? i try with contact2sim but it says there isnr any contact but in old phone i can see numbers in sim.
thanks
before installing cm9 i used "contact2sd" to import contacts from telephone to simcard. whats happen???? :S
In the phone contact application, press the menu key of your phone, select "import/export" and select "Import from Sim card".
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In the phone contact application, press the menu key of your phone, select "import/export" and select "Import from Sim card".
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i cant, i fix it installing minicm10. now i can read my phone numbers of sim
I'm trying to transfer my backup assistant contacts to my google contacts for my phone. Is this even possible? and if so, how does one go about doing this? I'm tired of having 3-5 numbers for each contact and would like to just have it all on google since a lot of roms are cutting out backup assistant.
You can do this:
- Go into contacts on your phone
- Hit menu > Import/Export > Export to SD card
This will create a .vcf file that you can import into your gmail contacts. (I did this step on my computer.)
There may be other, possibly easier methods, but this is how I've done it in the past.
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You can do this:
- Go into contacts on your phone
- Hit menu > Import/Export > Export to SD card
This will create a .vcf file that you can import into your gmail contacts. (I did this step on my computer.)
There may be other, possibly easier methods, but this is how I've done it in the past.
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Do just this^^^ it's the easiest way to save contacts and be able to get them back regardless of which rom your going to
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I actually had to do the same thing recently and the way I did it was to log in to Verizon and used backup assistant to export a file with my contacts. Then I logged in to my gmail and imported them to my contacts in gmail. Then when I flashed CM7, all I had to do was sync and they were all there.
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You can do this:
- Go into contacts on your phone
- Hit menu > Import/Export > Export to SD card
This will create a .vcf file that you can import into your gmail contacts. (I did this step on my computer.)
There may be other, possibly easier methods, but this is how I've done it in the past.
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I wish I could do it this easily, but I have multiple duplicates that I want to get rid of. I guess I could just do it in google contacts. Also, for some reason the .vcf file wouldn't work for me, but the .csv file from backup assistant worked.
I actually had to do the same thing recently and the way I did it was to log in to Verizon and used backup assistant to export a file with my contacts. Then I logged in to my gmail and imported them to my contacts in gmail. Then when I flashed CM7, all I had to do was sync and they were all there.
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I did this by slowly going through all my contacts and deleting the copies and then importing it to google contacts.
Thanks for both of your guy's help! It's much appreciated!
I did the same thing. Went through and un-linked them, combined numbers under one contact where I needed to, etc. it wasn't fun but I only had to do it once. Life is much easier with out having some contacts on the phone and some online.
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I just finished installing a new, custom, ROM (Cognition X2 Beta 4). Everything is running well and there is no lag I know of.
Only one problem: All my contacts are gone.
I thought Google backed them up (with Google Sync). Apparently not! Even though my picture albums, gmail, and calendar; my contacts are still the same default AT&T contacts!
Does anybody know I can PLEASE get my old contacts back? I MUST have them (I JUST got everyone manually saved on my new phone from my old iPhone 4 - and restored the iPhone. F U 0 K!)
Yes, I did backup the "stock" rooted ROM. Is it possible to extract the contacts from it - without restoring back to it?
I'm desperate.
Colton127 said:
I just finished installing a new, custom, ROM (Cognition X2 Beta 4). Everything is running well and there is no lag I know of.
Only one problem: All my contacts are gone.
I thought Google backed them up (with Google Sync). Apparently not! Even though my picture albums, gmail, and calendar; my contacts are still the same default AT&T contacts!
Does anybody know I can PLEASE get my old contacts back? I MUST have them (I JUST got everyone manually saved on my new phone from my old iPhone 4 - and restored the iPhone. F U 0 K!)
Yes, I did backup the "stock" rooted ROM. Is it possible to extract the contacts from it - without restoring back to it?
I'm desperate.
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Go into your gmail on pc Web Browser and look on left side you will see contacts look to see if your phone contacts are there. If not then back up your current system in cwm then restore the stock one. Sync contacts with google let it finish then restore cognition backup in cwm. Sucks but easiest way to get them back.
Google only syncs the contacts that is in GMail contacts. Your phone supports many different contact providers. You can have Gmail contacts, exchange server contacts, facebook contacts and Phone contacts. The default is phone contact which syncs with no one. If you only save your contacts in Phone contact, you will never get that synced to the cloud. So, next time when when you create a new contact, pay attention to the where the contact is going and make sure it is Gmail contacts.
How did you back up your stock ROM? With titanium backup? If so restore your contacts with it. When you make a gmail account, make sure you go in your contacts app press menu/more/settings/save new contacts to/your google account or always ask and not to your phone so it can auto sync.
If you ever came from an iPhone or any other phone and transferred your contacts to Android. Go in your contacts app cause it's usually not stored in the google account to sync but rather the phone. Press menu/import & export/export to sd card....you will have a vcf file on your storage card. Go on gmail thru the computer. On your left pan you should see contacts. With your phone plugged into your computer, pull the vcf file or just upload it directly from your phone to your gmail using a file explorer on your phone like Astro. Back to your gmail on the computer...press contacts and find the button more in the center. Press import from there and merge and find duplicates if you need to.
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Hi all,
As ICS is fast approaching, I want to prepare for it without losing all my contacts.
If I have done Backup & Restore from using PC Companion, am I safe with all my contacts and apps?
The most important is I want my contacts back and untouched, when I got my XS, I manually transferred all my contacts to it.
I just wanted to be clear if I'm safe or not and do I need a third party app.
Cheers!
Copy your contacts from your phone to your sim memory and you are OK
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Copy your contacts from your phone to your sim memory and you are OK
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Or export to external memory and done.
I've exported it to my Sim card but there wasn't enough space for all my contacts. So I exported to my internal storage. Will that work?
cheers.
Use "Wondershare MobileGo" to back up contact and sms or software you want
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I've exported it to my Sim card but there wasn't enough space for all my contacts. So I exported to my internal storage. Will that work?
cheers.
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Yeah. Make sure you don't wipe media storage before / during / after the ICS install. After it was installed, choose import from internal storage. Wait a little and it's ready
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The best way is to use Google Sync! Simply export your contacts to your gmail and then you can import them whenever you want!
Enjoy!
+1 for Google Sync, if you loose your phone you dont loose your contacts.
But always have a local backup. It's good. Use the export feature, plus Pc Companion
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all my contacts , calender etc etc are all on goolge ... praise yea google!
I was trying to sync my contacts from my phone to my SD card before switching ROMs since Backup Assistant doesn't work.
Anyways, my phone froze while it was synchronizing my contacts, but apparently got them all anyways. Only problem is, since it froze, I assumed they didn't all go through and I tried over and over again. Well, now I have all of my contacts 8 times and it wants to link them all together.
Never have I been so annoyed with my contacts.
Is there any way of erasing the 7 extra listings of each contact I don't need?
Do I have a long day ahead of me by manually deleting them 1 by 1 off of my list? Or is their sync files I can find with root browser and just delete them?
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If you flash another rom that has backup assistant working would it only list your contacts once? would that be easier than deleting all those?
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If you flash another rom that has backup assistant working would it only list your contacts once? would that be easier than deleting all those?
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No. It would put my contacts back but it would still sync them from my SD card and link them all together again. Plus my SD card would still have wasted space of multiple backups of the same contacts written on it.
I suppose I could delete all contacts from my SD card, download a ROM with working backup assistance... if there is one, and then save them to my SD again.
But I don't even know where the contacts sync to my SD in order to delete them.
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