Everytime I flash a new ROM I have to start from square 0 with contact pictures. Does anyone knows a method to use the saved contacts (with nice pictures) from previous ROM in the new ROM and keep the contact's nice pictures size previously saved? I tried:
- MyBackup pro
- Titanium Backup
- Save the contacts folder from data/data and paste it to the new ROM
None of the above was working: everytime I had small contact pictures in the Contacts.
Thank you.
My contacts are backed up to google. Therefore when I flash a new rom and log into google all my contacts and pictures are there.
Yes I agree with you. But when you restore contacts from Google into your phone, the contacts pictures are resized to 96x96 even in your phone the picture was full size. This is my problem. How to restore the contacts in the new ROM and keep the contacts pictures at the full size.
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Hi Friends,
I am having a serious problem with contacts syncing, backup-restore...
I like trying new build android OSs & therefore I need a backup-restore application for contacts, but I can not get a perfect solution up to now...
Even gmail syncing is a disaster for me.. I don't know which way is main, phone or gmail contacts? Sometimes it is bullshitting, syncing but not all groups, no sync for photos of contacts...
My experiences:
1- MyBackupPro-v3.8: Sometimes not restoring groups, & very very slow restore
2- SpriteBackup-v2.5.0.188: Sometimes not restoring groups, & very very slow restore
3- ContactsBackupPro-v2.5.4: Restoring groups but adding " character on contacts which are not having anything on Notes section & put themon a new group "
4- Some others are having problem as restoring contact numbers; ie, I am saving my contacts as a +XX YYY ZZZ ZZZZ format, but they are restoring contacts with +XXYYYZZZZZZZ format... & some of them are not restoring saved photos for contacts.
5- PC based backup-restore: Wondershare MobileGo-v1.1.0.111 is backing up, but with destroying the number format as I've just told...
Anyway, is there any contacts backup-restore program that allows you to (correctly) do restore groups + number format + without adding anything?
Finally, I met with android with MIUI, & I miss the Backup program of MIUI's own backup application, it was very perfect.
No advice at all!!
You might want to try manually doing my making a .csv file and importing and exporting to the phone.
In my opinion, people that say that GMail conmtact sync is not working they haven't set it up right...
lostcausenjtown said:
You might want to try manually doing my making a .csv file and importing and exporting to the phone.
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Thank you but I tried that also, photos are not backed up that way.
Have you tried the actual contacts app import/export? I'm not sure what info is saved by this method but I was assume it'd be a full backup.
Also, this is somewhat related so I just want to mention...
on Wednesday the Google server went wacky and I lost about 3/4 of my contacts from the cloud. I went crazy trying to find a fix but nothing... then I got onto Gmail from the desktop. There is a contacts restore feature, to any time from the past 30 days. I just went to restore to Tuesday, and everything was back. Saved me!
Like amnigo said try the built in import/export function. You can find it from the contacts app menu.
Also the problem you stated about '+XX YYY ZZZ ZZZZ format, but they are restoring contacts with +XXYYYZZZZZZZ format' you should be able to use this Contacts Clean-up (I can't liunk it since I'm a new user so search for it in the android market) I had the same type of problem too and managed to fix it with this.
Try this
Am using this and works well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5pZGVhLmJhY2t1cC5zbXNjb250YWN0cyJd
Hey, can anyone tell me any app that makes contacts backup with all the high quality images in the ics contacts, i tried a lotta apps and import/export and the gmail sync but the picture quality is reduced in those
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Like amnigo said try the built in import/export function. You can find it from the contacts app menu.
Also the problem you stated about '+XX YYY ZZZ ZZZZ format, but they are restoring contacts with +XXYYYZZZZZZZ format' you should be able to use this Contacts Clean-up (I can't liunk it since I'm a new user so search for it in the android market) I had the same type of problem too and managed to fix it with this.
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I know this & tried as well, but as you said, it changes the format & contacts clean-up sometimes does not work (may be some interfere with the rom build, I don't know!)
vndkmr97 said:
Am using this and works well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5pZGVhLmJhY2t1cC5zbXNjb250YWN0cyJd
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Yes, I have tested this also but this does not restore groups...
afternoon all.
been using GB for a while now, i decided to move onto a new rom so after trying a few different roms ive settled on a 4.0.4 aokp rom.
one thing i noticed on all the roms i tried was i couldnt get the contacts picture to show when making/recieving calls which was no problem on GB.
i have a contacts folder on my external-sd card which has pictures of my contacts in there which i assign to each person in contacts. but they dont show.
am i doing something wrong or is this feature not available in ics roms?
any info appreciated
tia
I think your google contacts sync the pictures as well when you add a google account. But prior to this your google account should contain the contacts with images.
The photos are embedded in contact files so that you do not have to keep a seperate folder with the photos of them..
After flashing how did you put the contacts back? Your backing-up file of contacts allows for contacts with photos? I mean sometimes I back-up my own contacts and it saves only name and number... What method do you use?
i have no probs with the pictures in the contacts list etc.
the only problem i have is that when i recieve or make a call it doesnt show the contacts pic on screen.
do u know what i mean?
I have the same problem.
Im using active sync and FB.
When syncing FB contacts the pic i now gone. In BG the FB profile pic is downloadef if the active sync didnt have enny.
Now on ICS all my contacts is missing pic.
Why so?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
i was using bezkes aokp
so i decided to try hydrogens aokp and all is ok with this rom
contact pics now show when making/recieving calls.
I was trying to get rid of Drop Box and other Picasa folder that was randomly created by cleaning the Camera app cache and it started to delete all my pictures one by one in about a minute.
But all my photos are still in DCIM folder and some other picture folders in SDCARD directory.
It's just that my stock gallery app can't find them, so it says I have 0 images...
I went to settings and looked at option like Backup and Restore as well as Account & sync (only has an option for Google Photos but this doesn't seem to be it). I disabled Backup and Restore by default.. I enabled them for a day but didn't do anything.
Is there a way to back up the pictures? Things like bookmark, contacts, pictures automatically backed up whenever I flashed new ROM or update them, but it seems like my phone deleted all of them this time...
Please help me out!
Is possible to save edited contacts from phonebook to another location, like backup and restore. Sure, they are on gmail or sim or..but
I would like to backup my edited contacts, edited with high quality, high resolution contact photos...
After flashing new Roms stupid pictures are low quallity again and i need to set my fav contacts with high resolution photos again. Facebook and other clients are all using low quality photo sync.
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Backup contacts to vcf file.
Look for an app on Google Play.
To sync the Facebook photos with high quality, the app is Facebook Contact Sync, and for complete back-up, look for the Titanium Back-Up.
.VCF is the best option I have done the same, but do take care that if the same are already there in Gmail,when you sync with Gmail the contact are shown twice..
Just try it.
Go to android market and just download "MobileGo" apps. Its wounderful application. It will allow you to backup every thing i.e. Message, Contact, Applicaion including backup and many more.
I am using the same apps.
If it woks just HIT thanks button.
i have a problem and that is i when first i buy the phone i add accounts like fb numbuzz whatsup so contacts was separated and i can chose whats to display
after i beaning stupid to try CM10 nightlies i backup my contacts to import them after a while i go back to stock image and restore contacts from android exported file but now i have all the contacts at the same list ( and thats a stupid android coz it didn't restore each contact to its group ) and i discovered that's why my s3 android give me android process cached and stooped so i originally have 260 contacts but now i have 2800 contacts right now im using an option called only view contacts with phone numbers and its okay but how i delete the other contacts ?
is there an app can export only visible contacts ? or contacts with phone numbers ? or delete contacts without phone numbers ?
i really want just the contacts with phone number and delete the others
help please i Google this for 3 hours and nothing useful
If you have your phone contacts synced with Google you should be able to de a restore back to before the import. See here:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1069522
Joey.
j0ey2069 said:
If you have your phone contacts synced with Google you should be able to de a restore back to before the import. See here:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1069522
Joey.
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i have them and restored but all together not divided by community fb and others and i don't want in my contacts other than contacts with phone numbers
MotasemBT said:
i have a problem and that is i when first i buy the phone i add accounts like fb numbuzz whatsup so contacts was separated and i can chose whats to display
after i beaning stupid to try CM10 nightlies i backup my contacts to import them after a while i go back to stock image and restore contacts from android exported file but now i have all the contacts at the same list ( and thats a stupid android coz it didn't restore each contact to its group ) and i discovered that's why my s3 android give me android process cached and stooped so i originally have 260 contacts but now i have 2800 contacts right now im using an option called only view contacts with phone numbers and its okay but how i delete the other contacts ?
is there an app can export only visible contacts ? or contacts with phone numbers ? or delete contacts without phone numbers ?
i really want just the contacts with phone number and delete the others
help please i Google this for 3 hours and nothing useful
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WRONG THREAD.
there is a Q&A thread go and ask there