Hey guys, I'm running bamf 1.7 themed on my wife's phone and all her crap is in vzw backup assistant but I'm unable to get it to work. I found a zip of backup assistant in one of the rom threads but when I run it in either rom manager or straight from clockwork it doesn't come up in my application tray. I just want to get her contacts back... Does anyone have any ideas on how to best do so? Thanks!
if you can't find a solution just go into her vzw account on the website, highlight messages and select contacts and the backup asst comes on ..
Nice. Thanks for the reply. I actually registered her and logged her in then exported the contacts to csv then imported them into her google acct. I think she's good to go!
no problem, how did you export her contacts ? im trying to do the same .. im done with vzw backup asst
nvm i found it
You guys have gmail right? Just keep your contacts synced to that.
ERIFNOMI said:
You guys have gmail right? Just keep your contacts synced to that.
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Yeah, long story short:
My wife's phone has been FC'ing a lot of stuff lately and she got tired of it. She told me that I could root her phone, so I did so, put BAMF 1.7 with the Android Cutie theme on it and went to replace all her shiz.
Well, turns out she had not really updated/cleaned her Google Contacts, and so when I redid her phone, her Google contacts came up, but none of her added in phone #s.
Well, Registered her online with Vzw and then exported her contacts to a csv then imported them into Google and she should be good for the hereafter.
She really likes the Rom, too, which is nice.
Hello
Since so time ago I'm not being able to sync my contacts with my google account.
I'm using the CM9, allways last update.
It allways give me erro that sync is with problems, that it will be return another time.
is this CM9 problem or google problem? Any one know how to solve this?
all the other items sync without problems.
I do not know what it is.
I was never able to sync browser neither on GB nor on ICS.
I used many many firmwares based on stock on GB/ICS and AOSP and AOKP on ICS but it never synced the browser. Always said that I should try again later.
when i try to make my S2 sync contacts from my google account, it allways give me a erro.
sorry, but when you are in contact, you go to Menu> Contacts to display?
I'm trying to sync my Google contacts but always get the message: "sync is currently experiencing problems". A reboot doesn't help. I even reflashe the ROM (Checkrom 3.5) and that didn't help either. Can anyone suggest a fix?
I’ve just noticed that I’m also unable to sync contacts with my Samsung Account, so I’m guessing that the problem is on the phone rather than the server….
The issue seems to be related to the Go Contacts app. I found that if I deleted then re-added the Google account from my phone I could sync again, but as soon as I added a new contact in Go Contacts I got this error message again. If I add the contact using the stock Contacts app I don’t get the problem. Has anyone else had this issue with Go Contacts?
Solved! (and I'm pretty sure it's for good this time)
So, I've been getting this problem for a while, I've called Google (It's a problem with the OS but Samsung should fix it), and Samsung(It's a problem with the OS but Google should fix it).......... I finally spotted someone alluding to an issue syncing groups in a previous post and someone here mentioned go contacts having issues so here's the process I followed to finally have it working again:
- If you use 'go contacts', use it to back up your contacts to a vcf which you can then import in to google
- Email that file to yourself as backup
- Turn off contact sync under your google account on your phone
- Go to manage applications and open the 'contacts database' app and clear all data.
- Do the same for 'go contacts' and the stock 'contacts' app
- Uninstall 'go contacts' (Probably not necessary but i wanted to start fresh)
- Open Gmail and go to 'contacts'. If you're confident that everything is in your phone's VCF, delete everything from your contacts.
- Import the vcf file in to google contacts.
- Here's the important bit: Delete ALL groups from your google contacts.
- Find and merge duplicates and make sure your contacts are all there. (I found that not all contacts were imported from the .vcf file)
- Install 'go contacts'
- Go to 'groups' and delete ALL groups from the 'go contacts' app.
- Turn on contacts account sync again.
I did this 2 days ago and (fingers crossed) my contact sync is working again.
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So, I've been getting this problem for a while, I've called Google (It's a problem with the OS but Samsung should fix it), and Samsung(It's a problem with the OS but Google should fix it).......... I finally spotted someone alluding to an issue syncing groups in a previous post and someone here mentioned go contacts having issues so here's the process I followed to finally have it working again:
- If you use 'go contacts', use it to back up your contacts to a vcf which you can then import in to google
- Email that file to yourself as backup
- Turn off contact sync under your google account on your phone
- Go to manage applications and open the 'contacts database' app and clear all data.
- Do the same for 'go contacts' and the stock 'contacts' app
- Uninstall 'go contacts' (Probably not necessary but i wanted to start fresh)
- Open Gmail and go to 'contacts'. If you're confident that everything is in your phone's VCF, delete everything from your contacts.
- Import the vcf file in to google contacts.
- Here's the important bit: Delete ALL groups from your google contacts.
- Find and merge duplicates and make sure your contacts are all there. (I found that not all contacts were imported from the .vcf file)
- Install 'go contacts'
- Go to 'groups' and delete ALL groups from the 'go contacts' app.
- Turn on contacts account sync again.
I did this 2 days ago and (fingers crossed) my contact sync is working again.
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What if you're confident that both your phone's VCF and Google Contacts have new information? As a matter of fact, it's the case with me. I create new contacts with my phone for a newly received phone number, and I create new contacts with Gmail for a newly received email address. So, I simply can't just delete one set and replace it with the other. Any suggestions?
(Conceivably, I can import the phone's VCF to Google, and rely on Google's "Merge Contacts" function, but I'm a little reluctant because I don't exactly know what kind of algorithm Google uses to get rid of duplicates.)
This Contact sync issue seems to be affecting a lot of Android is users and has been a big disappointment for me. One more reason for me to marvel at iOS's seamless syncing.
Worked for me
Thanks a lot beirtipol...problem solved
Now I can install my next custom Rom
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itm said:
I'm trying to sync my Google contacts but always get the message: "sync is currently experiencing problems". A reboot doesn't help. I even reflashe the ROM (Checkrom 3.5) and that didn't help either. Can anyone suggest a fix?
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I was having the same issue and searched everywhere to find help. Came a cross a post (somewhere else... can't remember where) that said other apps could be affecting it. Thinking back to the most recent apps I have installed, and when the sync issue started, I deleted data and uninstalled Skype and my sync is working fine now.
Hope this helps.
I have finally found a 'reasonably simple' solution that came from suggestions in this thread
1. I have Go Contacts EX installed so I exported a copy of my contacts to a VCF on my SDcard.
2. Email VCF file to my Gmail account
3. Open Gmail on Web Browser on PC
4. Open the email - attachment is shown and Google gives a nice link to say "import contacts" based on the VCF
5. Press the link to import (assuming import and choose file will do same)
6. It may crash... but it has imported the contacts into a new group and may leave loads of duplicates...
7. Choose to "find and merge duplicates" (may need a few manual merges for those it does not catch)
8. Select all contacts and select to remove the "imported..." group that was created (if it crashed for you too)
Now you are left with Phone and Gmail that agree so sync works again.
Next time you edit a contact on your phone it may well stop working again - so do this now and again to keep in sync until everyone stops blaming each other for the issue...
Im still having issues with this...very annoying.
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I am having exact same issue however the device is Note II. I never had this issue with my 2+ years of Android usage (Motorola, Sony & HTC phones). This has started with Samsung Note II only. I have posted the same question in Note 2 section however did not get any reply so I am assuming that it is just me who is facing the issue . I don't have Go contacts. It is really annoying as it contacts are completely gone from phone. Any suggestions?
contacts doesn't sync
I believe it is not the hardware = Samsung,
it is not the OS, Im running Padawan 6.2 custom ROM
this was a problem years ago when I switch to gmail and the problems arrived how to translate and auto-sort the first name/last/name/title/address/phone number/and so on , from one platform to other
I am surprised how google (since they support the android) didn't standardized this in its own backyard....
i.e. uninstalled and installed back EX Contacts, cleared the data and still not synking, now when I need it, and not tomorow.
so, the workaround:
clear data in Contacts Storage (! will wipe what you had in the phone !), and sync it backwards, from google to phone, so whenever you got new email contact its there anyway, and type there the new phone numbers ....
the stock address book updates well.......
I agree the stock address book looks cheap, but whatever I do with it, updates google address book....
I believe something to do with rows and columns how one is trying to send but the google doesn't know how to autosort, this why even when you import need to do manual work
just my 2c
Update:
- I remove Google account from phone
- Via web -> Gmail -> Contacts, I removed all groups, merge duplicates. etc and synced
It worked fine for 2 days and same issue occurred again. I am so much frustrated with Note 2. I never had this issues with any of my earlier phone. Now my phone is with service center as they want to keep it for 2-3 days, use and observe.
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- Go to manage applications and open the 'contacts database' app and clear all data.
- Do the same for 'go contacts' and the stock 'contacts' app
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These two steps were enough to fix the problem for me. Thanks!
try google sync fix
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I am having exact same issue however the device is Note II. I never had this issue with my 2+ years of Android usage (Motorola, Sony & HTC phones). This has started with Samsung Note II only. I have posted the same question in Note 2 section however did not get any reply so I am assuming that it is just me who is facing the issue . I don't have Go contacts. It is really annoying as it contacts are completely gone from phone. Any suggestions?
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I had the same problem with my att skyrocket running Embryo 5.4
I fixed the problem by downloading 'contacts sync fix' from google play store for free
I had the same problem with my AT&T Galaxy S3, after reading this post someone suggested that Skype was affecting this. I removed Skype and now Samsung account can sync.
This worked for me:
sly.cooper said:
I am having exact same issue however the device is Note II. I never had this issue with my 2+ years of Android usage (Motorola, Sony & HTC phones). This has started with Samsung Note II only. I have posted the same question in Note 2 section however did not get any reply so I am assuming that it is just me who is facing the issue . I don't have Go contacts. It is really annoying as it contacts are completely gone from phone. Any suggestions?
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I have the Note II and had this problem too, I also had GoContacts EX and cleaned up, merged etc a lot of contacts. None of these suggestions worked for me to get sync working. Here's what I did: Backed up all contacts on phone. Removed all groups from phone and Google on my browser (not sure if this needed to be done but was suggested above. You probably won't need to I'm guessing.) (Exported VCF to my SD Card). Then emailed them to my gmail account, imported into my account using Gmail on my computer browser. Waited for it and after a while gmail asked if I wanted to merge. I said yes, then I deleted the group that Google automatically created for the imported contacts and the date they were imported. I also uninstalled Go contacts EX just to be safe.
After this I deleted my Google account off of my phone. Note that I have 2 gmail accounts, so my phone then switched to using the other gmail account. Then I added the normal account back to my phone and it synced fine after that. But I don't know how long it will work as I just did it a short while ago. Hopefully this helps someone though, because I know how frustrating this issue is. If you don't have two Gmail accounts I suppose you could create one temporarily just for this purpose. Good luck.
sgs3 with same issue - remove / re-add account worked for me
i have the sprint sgs3 with android 4.1 (jelly bean) and i had the same problem (sync is currently experiencing problems) until today. my contacts had not sync'd for over a month. no clue why. based on recommendations in this forum:
i disabled other applications (i.e. skype, facebook, yahoo, etc.) contact sync... no change.
i uninstalled skype... no change.
hence, i don't believe there is any need to do the above. what worked for me is...
i went to my pc's google contacts and exported my contacts to make sure that i had them saved off. then, i went to settings, google -> <my google account>, remove account, yes / ok, add account, add google account, etc. while attempting to sync contacts a window popped up asking me to update, i selected now, it rebooted / updated. again, a window popped up asking me to update, i selected now, it rebooted / updated. when it came back up, i verified that google contacts sync'd. the android version now reads 4.1.2.
i re-installed skype, re-enabled other applications contact sync... google contacts still sync. good luck!
I have the Note II and am running CleanRom. Had not issues for a while, then this started to happen. Last sync with contacts was on /2/27/2013 at 7:35pm (today for those lazy to look at post date is 3/1/2013 8:08am).
When this happens, my contacts disappear from my contact button. Today however if I switched the Contacts to Display from my gmail account to All Contacts they are back, but this isn't always the case.
If I reboot its all good, but will come back either later that day, at night, or the next day.
I have deleted the data from Contact Database and Contacts, but all that did was make me have to set the ringtones back up for the people.
Tried the Contact Sync Fix from the Play Store, no go.
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I have the Note II and am running CleanRom. Had not issues for a while, then this started to happen. Last sync with contacts was on /2/27/2013 at 7:35pm (today for those lazy to look at post date is 3/1/2013 8:08am).
When this happens, my contacts disappear from my contact button. Today however if I switched the Contacts to Display from my gmail account to All Contacts they are back, but this isn't always the case.
If I reboot its all good, but will come back either later that day, at night, or the next day.
I have deleted the data from Contact Database and Contacts, but all that did was make me have to set the ringtones back up for the people.
Tried the Contact Sync Fix from the Play Store, no go.
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I'm in the same boat as you. I've noticed a little dialog flashes really quickly sometimes when contacts are failing to sync, but I havent been able to get a screenie or read it. This is become extremely frustrating.
Hi,
I installed CM 11 M7 recently and i noticed one thing. When i reboot the phone, Some of my contacts disappear from the list.
Say suppose i have 300 contacts; after rebooting the phone there will be 230 contacts.
Then i have to load the latest .vcf file from storage to get updated contacts.
Any possible reason for this? and also Any working solution?
thanks
SubraiSambary said:
Hi,
I installed CM 11 M7 recently and i noticed one thing. When i reboot the phone, Some of my contacts disappear from the list.
Say suppose i have 300 contacts; after rebooting the phone there will be 230 contacts.
Then i have to load the latest .vcf file from storage to get updated contacts.
Any possible reason for this? and also Any working solution?
thanks
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I suggest you to keep your contacts on sim card so you can't lose them. I have both CM and google accounts so everytime I install a new version of CM, automatically I find my contacts directly set. But I don't really know wich one saves them
Giobio said:
I suggest you to keep your contacts on sim card so you can't lose them. I have both CM and google accounts so everytime I install a new version of CM, automatically I find my contacts directly set. But I don't really know wich one saves them
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That's a good idea. SIM. but the only problem in saving it in sim is that you can't store multiple numbers under one contact and you can't use big names. that's why i prefer phone. i do a back up of that and keep the .vcf file.
All my contacts are synchronized with google account, i have no problems and all contacts are there after flashing
Well.. i guess we need to sync the contacts (people) with google account. After that it does not loose some.
I synced the contacts with google account and now its working good after rebooting.
The same thing happened to me 3 to 4 months ago, after doing some experiments, I came to know that this happens when I restore my contacts from a app or a .vcf file. So I just synced all the contacts with google. So now when ever I update or flash a new ROM, all the contacts get synced when I finish the Setup Wizard thingy.
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The same thing happened to me 3 to 4 months ago, after doing some experiments, I came to know that this happens when I restore my contacts from a app or a .vcf file. So I just synced all the contacts with google. So now when ever I update or flash a new ROM, all the contacts get synced when I finish the Setup Wizard thingy.
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I thought this got resolved.. but yesterday it happened again. I had synced the contacts with google account but still after the reboot it lost some of them. :|
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I thought this got resolved.. but yesterday it happened again. I had synced the contacts with google account but still after the reboot it lost some of them. :|
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Well, after the google sync thingy, I did not loose any of my contacts. Maybe its your ROM or maybe an application in your phone which is causing that problem?
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Well, after the google sync thingy, I did not loose any of my contacts. Maybe its your ROM or maybe an application in your phone which is causing that problem?
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Well i guess i'll have to stick to may be...
SubraiSambary said:
Hi,
I installed CM 11 M7 recently and i noticed one thing. When i reboot the phone, Some of my contacts disappear from the list.
Say suppose i have 300 contacts; after rebooting the phone there will be 230 contacts.
Then i have to load the latest .vcf file from storage to get updated contacts.
Any possible reason for this? and also Any working solution?
thanks
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welcome to xda ! now was that so hard ? now you can do all the flashing yourself feel free to contact me.
shriom_manerker said:
welcome to xda ! now was that so hard ? now you can do all the flashing yourself feel free to contact me.
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LOL! not really. But yes.. it was scary! :laugh:
I'll surely contact you when in dilemma!
same problem with my SGS plus
I am using CM11 custom ROM on my mobile.Few days it worked fine but after that came to know that contacts are getting disappeared completely after reboot and I need to restore again from storage and it keeps on happening for me.
Actually when I am doing contact import from storage,I am getting pop window saying Trebuschet not responding.I could see initially in the import contact process it is trying to import the contacts to cache and then may be to actual location.
Is that contacts remaining in cache itself which is causing to disappear after reboot?
Also found that not every reboot causing this problem only sometimes.
Please let me know how to resolve and I don't want to restore my contacts from sim.
sandeep dhavileswarapu said:
I am using CM11 custom ROM on my mobile.Few days it worked fine but after that came to know that contacts are getting disappeared completely after reboot and I need to restore again from storage and it keeps on happening for me.
Actually when I am doing contact import from storage,I am getting pop window saying Trebuschet not responding.I could see initially in the import contact process it is trying to import the contacts to cache and then may be to actual location.
Is that contacts remaining in cache itself which is causing to disappear after reboot?
Also found that not every reboot causing this problem only sometimes.
Please let me know how to resolve and I don't want to restore my contacts from sim.
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Update your rom.
So when i flash a new rom for lollipop i wanna be able to restore all my old stuff. Apps im not worried about because google does it by default however i cant figure out how to backup my contacts and restore em. And my verizon cloud isnt compatible with lollipop so
ToF_Itachi said:
So when i flash a new rom for lollipop i wanna be able to restore all my old stuff. Apps im not worried about because google does it by default however i cant figure out how to backup my contacts and restore em. And my verizon cloud isnt compatible with lollipop so
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Use google to backup your contacts. That's what I use. Then, when you set up your Google account on your phone after you flash, it will download your contacts for you.
Of course, on your previous ROM, you needed to have been logged into your Google account and set the syncing on for contacts in order for this to work.
See im having trouble syncing my contacts through my google. Like i go into my contact app and find the sync settings when i select my google account it says my contacts are having trouble syncing and that the last time it was actually synced was like 3 months ago
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See im having trouble syncing my contacts through my google. Like i go into my contact app and find the sync settings when i select my google account it says my contacts are having trouble syncing and that the last time it was actually synced was like 3 months ago
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If you're rooted, you could use various backup apps from Google Play. I believe Titanium Backup is one of them, but I'm not certain. There are plenty of contact apps out there if you look that should help. I just don't know which ones as I don't use any since my Google account syncs just fine.