I have 4 emails and associated calendars to match. 3 of them are google calendars and one is an exchange account. Is there a way to backup all the settings, so, that after I load a new ROM I can just restore all the settings without having to set each one up, individually? In case I'm not being clear I've attached a picture of the app icons that I am talking about.
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jconway1968 said:
I have 4 emails and associated calendars to match. 3 of them are google calendars and one is an exchange account. Is there a way to backup all the settings, so, that after I load a new ROM I can just restore all the settings without having to set each one up, individually? In case I'm not being clear I've attached a picture of the app icons that I am talking about.
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Thanks in advance.
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If you have Titanium Backup make a backup of your calendars and data, you can manually scroll through the list to identify what you want to backup... or just do a full backup.
Make sure your calendars are synced online if they can, like Google Calendar, that will save you trouble. If you have the ability to export and import, that is also and option.
Kompster said:
If you have Titanium Backup make a backup of your calendars and data, you can manually scroll through the list to identify what you want to backup... or just do a full backup.
Make sure your calendars are synced online if they can, like Google Calendar, that will save you trouble. If you have the ability to export and import, that is also and option.
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Thanks. What about email settings?
jconway1968 said:
Thanks. What about email settings?
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Same thing, find them and back them up, or do a full backup... You can always restore just what you need. And also check the email apps for import/export options as well as online sync.
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I'm an android noob, so please go easy on me. Plus I've searched and haven't found a specific answer to my query.
I want to back up only the contacts on my phone and their details to my google account.
The problem is that whenever I try, all my gmail contacts are synced onto my phone, leaving me with a huge rubbish list of contacts.
Does anyone know how to do a one way upload of contacts into a google account???
Not sure if GS2 works the same way as GS1, but if you just want to back up your contacts, you can export them to a file and manually @ it to yourself.
If you want to sync, then it'll merge them with your google contacts, but then you can edit the view list to only show contacts with numbers, this way it'll hide the @ contacts only.
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¿Have you tried the "Merge with Google" option?
SLaRe said:
¿Have you tried the "Merge with Google" option?
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Yeah...I havent figured out what this does....all that I can see is that there is now a small g next to all my contacts and if I choose not to display my google contacts, then I have an empty contact list.
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Anyways I solved the issue
1) Factory Reset Phone.
2) Created brand new Gmail Account.
3) Set this account as my default account and set syn options for contacts and calendar.
4) Contacts-->Settings-->Save new contacts to-->"Google" with the corresponding new email address.
Works like a charm.
Thanks guys for your replies.
Hi guys. My phone is Samsung Galaxy Ace, firmware Android 2.3.6, rooted
3 questions:
1. I've been able to surf the web using my laptop thru my phone's tethering capability. Will my carrier know about it and charge me for it?
2. When I tap the 'Internet' app, the default homepage is www.google.com.xx (xx represents my country). How do I make it www.google.com ?
3. I always use Kies to back up my phone's contacts. It saves all contacts in a .spb file (samsung phonebook?). Is there a way to send all contacts to my gmail account so I won't have to use Kies?
Thanks so much!
Hi, answer first two questions I dont know, but contats may be - you must synchronise your contacts with google account - in contacts - press menu, account, enable synchronisation
I am using export to SD.
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1. I've been able to surf the web using my laptop thru my phone's tethering capability. Will my carrier know about it and charge me for it?
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I assume if you exceed your data cap, which is easier to do on a laptop, then yes. For browsing, perhaps they can detect desktop useragent strings if they examine their connection logs, but this would depend on your carrier. Opera on the desktop can tweak useragent strings if I remember correctly, to mask desktop browser usage.
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2. When I tap the 'Internet' app, the default homepage is www.google.com.xx (xx represents my country). How do I make it www.google.com ?
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Settings > Set home page should do it but not sure if google do some redirection magic, at which you may need to delete your cookies.
MarlonKaye said:
3. I always use Kies to back up my phone's contacts. It saves all contacts in a .spb file (samsung phonebook?). Is there a way to send all contacts to my gmail account so I won't have to use Kies?
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What is wrong with google contacts sync? I never have to backup contacts as that just works with my google account. I do have to backup SMS messages, and the excellent SMS backup and restore by Ritesh Sahu archives them to XML and emails me that daily, very handy!
iandol, nothing wrong with google contacts sync.
I don't need the email addresses of my friends in my gmail account to be copied to my phone. What I'm asking for is this: All contacts on my phone will be uploaded to my gmail account, so that if I ever reset my phone, all I need to do is access my gmail account through my phone, and download the contacts. As opposed to plugging my phone to my laptop, opening Kies, and 'import' the contact file (.spb), and 'save to device (my phone)'.
Hope I'm clear.
Thanks!
Yes. When I switch ROMs I never have to back up my contacts (many with *only* phone numbers), I just associate my phone with my google account and it automagically syncs all my contacts after a few minutes of first booting that fresh ROM. What it doesn't back up is my call log, my sms messages and apn settings, which is why I use other programs for that. *And* although Market tries to reinstall the apps I installed I much prefer to backup apps+data using Titanium Backup, this means I get my phone back exactly as I want it with minimum fuss!
iandol said:
Yes. When I switch ROMs I never have to back up my contacts (many with *only* phone numbers), I just associate my phone with my google account and it automagically syncs all my contacts after a few minutes of first booting that fresh ROM. What it doesn't back up is my call log, my sms messages and apn settings, which is why I use other programs for that. *And* although Market tries to reinstall the apps I installed I much prefer to backup apps+data using Titanium Backup, this means I get my phone back exactly as I want it with minimum fuss!
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But when I open my gmail (using a laptop), I don't see my phone's contacts (my friends' cell numbers) anywhere in my gmail. Where is it located?
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1. I've been able to surf the web using my laptop thru my phone's tethering capability. Will my carrier know about it and charge me for it?
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If you don't have data plan at you carrier you will be charged for used MB. And your carrier shouldn't be worried how you spent your MB.
MarlonKaye said:
But when I open my gmail (using a laptop), I don't see my phone's contacts (my friends' cell numbers) anywhere in my gmail. Where is it located?
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If your sync is on and contacts are sync with gmail it will be located under Gmail sign > click mail and switch to contacts.
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iandol said:
Yes. When I switch ROMs I never have to back up my contacts (many with *only* phone numbers), I just associate my phone with my google account and it automagically syncs all my contacts after a few minutes of first booting that fresh ROM. What it doesn't back up is my call log, my sms messages and apn settings, which is why I use other programs for that. *And* although Market tries to reinstall the apps I installed I much prefer to backup apps+data using Titanium Backup, this means I get my phone back exactly as I want it with minimum fuss!
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Try SMS Backup+. It will back-up your SMS, MMS, Call Log in separate label in Gmail.
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...
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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!)
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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...
Hi,
I stupidely cleaned some Android's apps cache and I forced them to close; but I lost my contacts and it seems that I can't get mails (maybe some settings have been erased). Anybody has an idea to restart these app, even without widget?
Thanks by avance for your answer.
Regards
Just launch that app in app drawer or reboot
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have you tried a reboot? usually starts services again.
if not a reboot do you have titanium backups of the apps data? try restore them.
hope it helps!
thanks for your answers, but the reboot did not helped; the following apps are still dead (impossible to click on "force to stop" button):
com.samsung.app.playerready
com.samsung.InputEventApp
com.sec.android.app.lcdtest
Erreur
EncryptApp
etc.
and for example:
com.sec.android.daemonapp
crashNotifier
DataCreate
etc.
has the button "force to stop" ok, but with 0 in App and data, meanning that it's certainly not running.
I lost all my contacts and phone numbers, I still have the sms but without any link with any contact, all disappeared...
Apparently other apps kept their settings.
How stupid am I!
Any new idea will be the wellcome to recover the contacts and phones numbers (+900), I tried to re synchronize with android-sync, and nothing happened.
are your contacts not backed up to google servers? i always keep mine there. either way download supernbackup, see if you can save your contacts and sms. then i would restore a previous backup!
EDIT via nandroid btw
Factory reset will restore apps but not data.
Question = Q&A .
jje
thanks all for your answers; no backup, all data are in Outlook, that's not the biggest problem: when all the other apps still get their own settings and run well (IP camera, ChecmarkCaledrier, etc.), the contacts are not synchronized and I don't know where it's located by the app (named DW Dialer, payed version) to check if the data are effectively lost or if it's just the link to the data..
to Emofishcake: what do you mean by "edit via nandroid by the way"?
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to Emofishcake: what do you mean by "edit via nandroid by the way"?
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oh i meant EDIT: (as in i edited my post) and then restore backup from nandroid (not titanium backup) lol
Well, that's really odd: I still have my sms, all my calls history, all the categories/groups I created under DW Dialer for my contacts, but not the favoris, and not any contact even if I can see the name of the contacts I imported or created before even if I click on the contact button.... Impossible to make any synchronization between my Outlook PC and my S2..
Hi, all,
I recovered all my contacts!!! After many trials of many different kinds, I found that the settings of the Android Sync have been modified: I put again the righ tsetting (from where to where, etc.), and everything went back right! Many thanks for your help anyway, and the moral philosophy is that you must never clean the cache of apps you don't know what they are designed for!
Regards
Well-well-well... I recovered all my contacts because I changed the setting from Outlook to Outlook by default in the Android Sync settings; it means that actually I put all my Outlook contacts into my S2, but I still have lost the Android ones: and it's still impossible to stop Android Sync with the button "force to stop" in Application/manage your services, meanning that the app is still down.
I kept the categories I created, but they are now affected to the google account, not to the android sync account; impossible to reactivate the android sync account. This drives me crazy!
my contact pics are still the same pics that my FB friends have had since before I even had this phone...is there a way to force update?
i know there are apps, best one?
djcyph said:
my contact pics are still the same pics that my FB friends have had since before I even had this phone...is there a way to force update?
i know there are apps, best one?
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I haven't actually tried any of these ideas, but I think one might help, and they're pretty low risk:
Method 1: Toggle Facebook Sync
In Facebook app, settings, Other Settings, Contacts Sync, change setting from 'Sync all' or 'Sync with Existing Contacts' to 'Remove Facebook Data'
Hit the 'Sync/Done' button at top-right
Check your contacts and verify that photos/links have been removed
Return to FB app, same place, change setting back to 'Sync All' or 'Sync with Existing Contacts'
Method 2: Delete Contacts and Re-sync
If Method 1 doesn't work, try this. This method assumes that your contacts exist only in the cloud (e.g., on gmail, exchange server, etc.) and not locally, and thus can be re-synched easily. IF YOU HAVE ANY LOCAL CONTACTS THIS WILL DELETE THEM.
- Follow steps 1 and 2 above
- Exit the Facebook app
- Go to System Settings-> More -> Application Manager, swipe right until you see 'All'
- Scroll down to Contacts Storage and click on it
- Click on <Clear Data> and <Clear Cache>
- At this point, I'd reboot the device
- After re-boot, your contacts should re-sync from outside sources, (if they don't, go to System Settings-> Accounts and click on the account where your contacts are (e.g., Google) and the account name and it should sync)
- Follow Step 4 in Method 1 above
I found that you have to edit the contacts. If you have them attached to a gmail or outlook account then they default to that picture. I've had to edit a lot of my contacts bc of this.
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I use the Sync.ME app. It downloads hi-res Facebook pictures and you can set it to run automatically on a regular basis.
Ubersync in app store works awesomely
Haxsync can solve this as well.
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Woow Brilliant post... Thanks for sharing
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Ubersync in app store works awesomely
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+1 for Ubersync. Works great, except I wish it didn't create an "Ubersync" account in my phone, but other than that, works great.