Froyo 2.2 running, some file corrupted. Spent all day on this site looking for how to just pull the contacts off of the phone. It is in "recovery" mode now...but don't know where to go from here. Do I reinstall froyo 2.2 (update) stock file from HTC and will it wipe out my contacts. Anyone have any "current" steps I could take. Contacts...that's all.
Well your post isn't really clear or my sleep is getting to me.
First, if you don't care about your apps and don't have a backup, wipe in recovery.
but if you are rooted, place whatever Rom you want (for the Evo) on the root of your SD card and flash through recovery. This will keep your data.
If you are not rooted, search the development section for a pc36img.zip that is the latest ota and flash it through recovery. If you can't get it, Sprint can do it. Only if your not rooted though.
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U do know android has wireless and automatic contact sync with gmail, right? Have you looked at your gmail contacts? They are all there.
dkdude36 said:
U do know android has wireless and automatic contact sync with gmail, right? Have you looked at your gmail contacts? They are all there.
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You'd be surprised at how many people don't link their Android phones to a gmail account.
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You'd be surprised at how many people don't link their Android phones to a gmail account.
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That breaks my evos heart.
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Ok so I rooted my phone full unlock.
So I get titanium backup (running ROM baked the latest 9.6 i think?)
Install it it says it does not see root? or busy box? it says it cannot acquire root privileges.
So I dl busy box install it and it still says it does not see root?
Am I dumb why wont this work?
Also all my contacts should be synced to my gmail right?
I tried to resync to get my contacts back and I have no contacts lol so what did I do wrong?
Thanks
What root method did you use?
The idiot proof guide.
Toasts I think it was.
Can you boot into recovery? power off phone then hold the vol down and power button. Select recovery and hit the power button. It should give you a list of options one being install zip from sd card
Yeah I can install from sdcard
Im running Baked ROM 9.6
I downloaded the titanium backup from the market though.
Is that how I am supposed to install it?
I would do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It doesnt seem like it is giving you superuser access.
If that does not work I would try a new ROM and test for the same issue
trentlythp said:
I would do a full wipe and flash the ROM again. It doesnt seem like it is giving you superuser access.
If that does not work I would try a new ROM and test for the same issue
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Ok thanks
You know anything about the contacts?
Also to do a full wipe do I just go to rom manager restore my old one (the one I saved before flashing this rom) then wipe the cache and user data then flash the baked rom again?
Sorry still learning thanks for the help btw
I would do another backup just in case. You don't need to worry about restoring your old one. just do a full wipe and flash the ROM again.
The contacts should auto sync. The way it sounds you are not doing anything wrong.
If neither of your problems are resolved after the wipe. I would try to completely different ROM to see if you can duplicate the results
trentlythp said:
I would do another backup just in case. You don't need to worry about restoring your old one. just do a full wipe and flash the ROM again.
The contacts should auto sync. The way it sounds you are not doing anything wrong.
If neither of your problems are resolved after the wipe. I would try to completely different ROM to see if you can duplicate the results
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Ok well guess my contacts are SOL LOL
Also how do I do a full wipe I am kinda lost by what you mean....
Also what is a good ROM you would recommend? I just rooted today
JustHereTryingtoLearn said:
Ok well guess my contacts are SOL LOL
Also how do I do a full wipe I am kinda lost by what you mean....
Also what is a good ROM you would recommend? I just rooted today
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Your contacts should not be SOL. We will get them to work
Whenever you boot into recovery you should see an option that says wipe. select that and select wipe. Inside there you need to select wipe user data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then go ahead and flash the ROM.
I personally use Damage Control, but there are a lot of good ROM's out there just pick one that you like the best.
BakedSnack v9.6 is a good ROM but you might be a little disoriented especially with today being your first day which is FINE, trust me we have all been there. I will try to help you out as much as possible. Currently you are having a hard time with Titanium Backup, etc.
Contacts: Where do you currently have them stored, phone?
trentlythp said:
Your contacts should not be SOL. We will get them to work
Whenever you boot into recovery you should see an option that says wipe. select that and select wipe. Inside there you need to select wipe user data, cache, and dalvik cache. Then go ahead and flash the ROM.
I personally use Damage Control, but there are a lot of good ROM's out there just pick one that you like the best.
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O I tried that with my last phone and I was told to flash the baked rom with ROM Manager from marketplace but Ill try that!! It cant mess anything up right?
huoter said:
BakedSnack v9.6 is a good ROM but you might be a little disoriented especially with today being your first day which is FINE, trust me we have all been there. I will try to help you out as much as possible. Currently you are having a hard time with Titanium Backup, etc.
Contacts: Where do you currently have them stored, phone?
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Thanks to both of you. First this is my 2nd rooting, my first phone messed up so I know some but not much.
Anyway Im having trouble with titanium backup yes.
Also no I think my contacts are gone I *thought* I synced them through my google. I clicked sync in the accounts and stuff for my contacts but when I try to import them it says they are not there lol.
If they are its not that big of a deal lol
Yes baked snack is a good ROM I didn't mean to imply that it wasnt. Sorry if it did. I have used it myself.
The reason I said try another ROM is strictly for troubleshooting.
You can log into you gmail account to check to see if your contacts are there. If they are we need to figure out why they are not syncing. If they are not then that's why they are not syncing. I hope that helps
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no contacts in Gmail UGH
o well got titanium backup working!
Just checking, go to contacts hit menu and click view. make sure google is checked. it probably is but just making sure.
sign into gmail and click contacts. do you see your contacts there? you may have saved them to phone without even knowing it. you can set it to default save contacts to google instead of phone.
if your contacts are in gmail contacts and still wont sync with the phone, disable google sync for everything and make it sync with exchange activesync, it should be able to sync your contacts that way then.
Its checked but no contacts are in gmail =(
JustHereTryingtoLearn said:
Its checked but no contacts are in gmail =(
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That's why your contacts won't sync unfortunately. I'm not aware of a way to restore those. Hopefully you didn't have too many.
I'm glad you got titanium backup running but would you mind if I asked how that way if someone else has that problem they know how you fixed it?
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Yeah I did a complete wipe and just flashed the rom again I did it in rom manager though
I accidentally erased Facebook for HTC Sense. Now i can't sync my contacts with Facebook. I'm rooted with unrEvoked, and i guess i have stock kernel. Any suggestions how to download this again? Is there something better for syncing with Facebook.
Thanks
Go to the regular facebook page from your browser and there will be a link at the bottom of the facebook page to download to your Evo.
Stealthl: thanks, but that only downloads the one in Android Market. I need the one that came with the phone, so I can sync with my contacts. Anyone have that ROM for downloading?
rinaldo1976 said:
Stealthl: thanks, but that only downloads the one in Android Market. I need the one that came with the phone, so I can sync with my contacts. Anyone have that ROM for downloading?
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uhh... they're the same app? Many roms I flash don't come with Facebook at all. I download it from the market, log in, and it gives me the option to sync contacts.
I also would love to get this, since made the same mistake. Side note they are not the same.
Extract it from the Rom your using (zip) and push it into your system it re-flash the Rom.
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Here you go.
just go to account settings and add an account and make it a facebook one
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Here you go.
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That seems to be the app from the market right.
The app we're looking for is the one that comes on the evo from sprint. It is called HTC Facebook for Sense.
I am having the same issue where I deleted the HTC Facebook app thinking it was the same as the market FB app when apparently it is now. And now my contact list will not synch with Facebook.
I also tried to create a facebook account under "accounts and synch" but it didn't work presumably because I no longer have HTC Facebook installed.
This is what comes on the phone.
They are not the same. That being said... the one in the market is definitely better. The only down side is it wont sync your facebook calendar. (if that matters to you) It SHOULD do contacts. What you have to do is go to the home screen, then choose menu, settings, sync contacts, then choose the appropriate choice. Note: it doesnt open to the home screen.
If you still couldn't get the Android Market Facebook work with syncing your contacts, or if you still just want the HTCFacebook.apk, then here it is. You need to copy it to /system/app, using Root Explorer, or use adb to push it to system/app. It won't work if you try to install it like a regular app.
Edit: I just noticed that the OP was from mid November!!! HAHAHA
Copied to /system/app using root explorer get app not installed error any suggestions...its funny hoe you go crazy deleting stock apps when u first root then loose some functionality like the ability to sync
Jwatts113 said:
Copied to /system/app using root explorer get app not installed error any suggestions...its funny hoe you go crazy deleting stock apps when u first root then loose some functionality like the ability to sync
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I would really just suggest the one from the market... or reinstalling the rom (no need to wipe if its the same rom, just clear both catches.
Jwatts113 said:
Copied to /system/app using root explorer get app not installed error any suggestions...its funny hoe you go crazy deleting stock apps when u first root then loose some functionality like the ability to sync
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Be sure to wipe your dalvik cache anytime you change any system files
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Jwatts113 said:
Copied to /system/app using root explorer get app not installed error any suggestions...its funny hoe you go crazy deleting stock apps when u first root then loose some functionality like the ability to sync
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Once you copy and paste it into system /app, long press htcfacebook.apk. choose permissions. Be sure that the top rows of the first two columns are checked.
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Pulled straight from sys/app
HAHAHA damn this post is old.
Anyone have the stock rooted HTC Desire rom with Sense UI for USCC. When I flashed cyan I apparently didn't do a Nandroid Backup and was needing this. thanks...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=777019&page=6
I believe comment 56 in the above thread is what you are looking for.
kharv said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=777019&page=6
I believe comment 56 in the above thread is what you are looking for.
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Yeah, tried this one and it doesn't have htc sense...any other thoughts?
Why don't you think it has sense? It is the basically the factory image.
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It is basically a vanilla Cyan. It doesn't have the sense theme and/or any of the sense widgets. Basically I can deal without the widgets but I desperately need to be able to sync with my microsoft outlook. I used outlook religiously for all work info and need that info to be on my phone as well. The Sense operating system allowed this whenplugged through usb, you could download HTC Sync and it would sync up my outlook with my phone....Info in outlook needed: contacts, calendar, tasks....I've downloaded a calendar app which used gmail to sync and that's okay, (not great) but the main thing is my tasks and contacts now....
The one I pointed to brought my phone back to the way it was when I got the phone aside from being rooted still. It has all the original widgets that came with it.
I also sync my outlook calendar, contacts and email with it.
The only difference was that this image was still rooted and not set back to a true unrooted factory state. I'm really not sure why you are not seeing you phone back to the way it was when you walked out of the USCellular store the day you got it after restoring to this image.
Have you tried connecting con247 yet and see what he says about this?
I don't know either.....I will try and contact him and let you know...thanks for the help...
edit: I tried downloading it again and the same result. Boots up Cyan again. Does it matter if you use the free download link rather than purchasing the premium. Another thought: If I get a hold of another desire and root it and then do a back up of the Sense UI, could I just simply copy/paste the backup into my SD Card backup file and then restore that?
It sounds like you need to undo the cyan install somehow before you can run this.
I have not gone any further than a basic root to remove some apps so I am not too familiar with what all doing a cyan mod changes on the system.
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I just need The Stock so the *22890 will program my phone, Im having a hard time finding it for some reason.
And why can you revert back the root? As I can see, you have stock rom, but only rooted. If it's working properly, it's no reason to unroot. Id you do it because of original HTC service, they can realize that you were rooted even if now you aren't.
Edit: But if you want to find Stock rom with no changes, try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667.
i updated my epic from eclair to froyo. everything went well, except that i lost all my contacts. i thought gmail is supposed ot be synched...how do i get them back?
https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery?service=mail
Just follow the steps should reset your password
Go to gmail.com and click the can't access your account? link to reset the password.
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thanks bros but i edited my first post. i got my pw, but my contacts list is empty.
Did you save your contacts to Google or your phone? If phone: start telling people that you lost their numbers.
i always had it synched...anyways, before i did the update i did backup my contacts on titanium backup...if i root my phone now and download the program, would i be able to pull it off?
can i restore my epic back to the eclair firmware when i had my contacts, before updated to froyo? will it work that way?
BigBeard86 said:
can i restore my epic back to the eclair firmware when i had my contacts, before updated to froyo? will it work that way?
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No, you can't just restore back to Eclaire, you have to use Odin to go back. Read this to learn how to go back.
if you were rooted and have clockwork and nandroid backed up b4 updating then, u can restore data only and then u might get your contacts back, if not then i don't think u can...
Contacts.
BigBeard86,
First make sure your contacts are there in your google account on the internet. If they are not there, you may be hosed! If they are then you will be able to sync them again.
You could have been part of the problem last week when google lost many email accounts. Just a thought.
There is not a problem syncing as I am doing on my EPIC after I went from 2.1 to 2.2. Things are synced fine.
Fyi, if you had contacts in your old phone that got "ported" to your new Epic in the Sprint store or wherever you bought it, those will get deleted when you upgrade. Mine did the same thing. The reason being that they are not synced with your Google account automatically and are simply stored in your phone's memory.
Did you log into your gmail account on a computer to see if they are there?
Hey guys so I just flashed this ROM onto my phone and I love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
Only problem is that I'm missing all my contacts. How do I get VZW backup assistant to run so I can get all my contacts back?
Thanks guys!
have you checked the market? i never use backup assistant; i always keep my contacts synced to google :\
jayochs said:
have you checked the market? i never use backup assistant; i always keep my contacts synced to google :\
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Yea I didn't see it in the Android Market. Anyone else have any ideas as to what I can do?
Not sure but I don't think VzBackup will work on Sensation Based roms. you can restore your previous rom download contacts from verizon and then save or export them to your sd card...Newts Incredible Sensation uses the Inc2 Framework so VZBackup works with out problem. Good luck most Sense 3.0 and 2.1 rom are based from Sprint and earlier roms(before GB) were having lots of problems when they left the vzbackup software in.
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Hey guys so I just flashed this ROM onto my phone and I love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
Only problem is that I'm missing all my contacts. How do I get VZW backup assistant to run so I can get all my contacts back?
Thanks guys!
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VZW Backup Assistant is generally considered useless bloat and is stripped from most, if not all ROMs. Most veteran ROM flasher have supercomputer-like memories and can input their entire phone book from memory after each flash.
....na. Just kidding. We use our Google accounts. It works better too, and you can access it from any computer, edit it, and never worry about losing all your contacts if something happens to your phone. If all else fails, make a nandroid of your current ROM, wipe the phone and restore your old ROM with the phone book in it, set up a Google account to link to the phone and sync your address book to it, then wipe, restore your new ROM, and log into Google. You're entire address book will rebuilt itself, no user intervention required. If you plan on flashing different ROMs to experiment with them, it's the ONLY way to go.
You're other option is dig through the files of the old ROM for the right .apk and copy that to the new ROM. Don't ask me how though. If it were me, it would be faster to just do the flash thing.
here's a flashable version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8099658/backup_assistant.zip
put it in the root of your sdcard and flash from recovery.
disclaimer:
nandroid first just in case.....
rocketj said:
here's a flashable version:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8099658/backup_assistant.zip
put it in the root of your sdcard and flash from recovery.
disclaimer:
nandroid first just in case.....
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To OP
After you flash this and if it works and you get all your contacts transfered, I would suggest you export your contacts to your SD card. It'll make a .vcf file that you can use (also save it to an online site, or email yourself the file) so in the future instead of having stuff like this that can constantly use up your connection and CPU you can just import this nifty file.
Google also syncs your contacts but I don't always trust it as sometimes it doesn't pick them all up (maybe I'm just doing something wrong)
I stick with Google sync over backup assist aswell. Although sync doesn't always import all of my contacts but majority of the time it works great
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VZW Backup is useless! Just as several others have suggested, it is always best to use your Google account to store and manage your contacts. Especially when you start flashing ROMs regularly.
Just as useful as their $2.99 a month visual voicemail.
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