Well after tons of flashing different roms and playing around,
i suppose ive made the mistake of backing up on contacts everytime to the same gmail account.
so now i have the same contact listed about 10 times each, resulting in over 1200 contacts.
is there a way, or an app, to delete the copies of the contacts. or delete all the contacts except for one?
thank you!
Login Gmail on PC, use duplicate finder. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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Hey guys, I'm new to the android scene and just recently rooted my Evo. I backed up all my info via "my backup pro" and restored after rooting.
Last night I went on my computer and edited/added contacts to my gmail account to sync with my phone since I came from blackberry and sprint ported my numbers to the Evo sd card. However I want to add the sd #'s to google contacts, but my phone keeps giving me an error that sync is not properly working at the moment.
Additionally, I now have a "unamed" contact in my phonebook, but when I click to edit it, it has the contacts name, number, etc... Also, when I try to delete this unamed contact it, the htc people app force closes...
I tried to explain the best I can, can anyone help me? Much appreciation in advance!
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Try exporting all your contacts from the People app then try delete all the data for Contacts and People and import the data back. You could also try taking the exported contacts and importing in to gmail through the web interface assuming the export is CSV or similar format.
Hi! Want to make sure my contacts are kept also in Google contacts identically by syncing. Auto sync option is enabled, in "people" view settings both google and phone selected. Have linked all my contacts to mirror entries in google contacts but still have to make changes on both phone and google separately/manually whenever needed. Also newly added contacts (to phone) are not replicated to google with syncing, besides can't see a way to create contact directly on google from my Desire (so I can do that manually like as "copy contact to sim"). Anyone who have suggestions, maybe a complete solution to make this fully automated?
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iLHaNroID said:
Hi! ....... (so I can do that manually like as "copy contact to sim")...
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I mean, it would be Ok if there were a such option also for copying to google, but no chance.
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Linking makes two entries appear as one, but it will still be two separate entries and thus will not help you in syncing them. I do not know for existing contacts, but if you create a new contact you can select the contact type. This determines where it will be stored.
When you create a new contact it is prompted where you want to add it; google, phone or to sim. No multiple selections possible. However, you can first create a contact on phone then copy to sim afterwards whereas same is not possible to google contacts. Sync is not doing that either.
How to copy a phone contact into google contacts? That's the question.
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In contacts, choose export to sdcard.
This will create a .vcf file on the sdcard.
Then log into gmail via the internet (not on phone).
You should then be able to load the .vcf file into gmail.
From then on, any changes should be replicated in your gmail account.
HTH
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Thanks mike, will do so. Hope it works.. cheers!
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The easiest and most relaible way to sync contacts is by using MyPhoneExplorer which is free.
everytime I restore a backup of my phone I lose all my contacts that I added between the date of the backup and when i restore!
Is there anyway to keep this from happening? I keep losing important phone numbers! Im sure my gmail account sees that a contact is missing from my phone and then deletes it from my gmail account.
The simplest and best way may be to use import/export from the contacts menu. And/or your favorite backup program.
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everytime I restore a backup of my phone I lose all my contacts that I added between the date of the backup and when i restore!
Is there anyway to keep this from happening? I keep losing important phone numbers! Im sure my gmail account sees that a contact is missing from my phone and then deletes it from my gmail account.
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When you add a contact you are saving to Google and not the phone right? Also export all your contacts to SD card before doing anything. When in contacts, hit menu, import/export to SD card. I believe you can use this to export them to your gmail too.
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everytime I restore a backup of my phone I lose all my contacts that I added between the date of the backup and when i restore!
Is there anyway to keep this from happening? I keep losing important phone numbers! Im sure my gmail account sees that a contact is missing from my phone and then deletes it from my gmail account.
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Umm, that shouldnt happen...otherwise you couldnt start from a fresh rom install and then hit sync contacts, and get all your contacts back. My guess is your new contacts never synced
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Umm, that shouldnt happen...otherwise you couldnt start from a fresh rom install and then hit sync contacts, and get all your contacts back. (which is how it works lol). My guess is your new contacts never synced
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I've never had this problem. My contacts always sync when I sign into my Gmail. Are u sure you aren't saving g them to phone and nit google
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squshy 7 said:
Umm, that shouldnt happen...otherwise you couldnt start from a fresh rom install and then hit sync contacts, and get all your contacts back. My guess is your new contacts never synced
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well what happens when you delete a contact and then your phone syncs?
I have my phone set to always save them to my main gmail account and not my phone.
So ye, I have no idea where they are going., Ive definitely saved them and seen them in my contacts.. and then later they are gone, if I have to use a restore.
I dont really want to manually export my contacts everytime I add a new contact just to ensure I wont lose their number. The instant gmail backup of contacts is one of the things that sold me on android.
Is there a way to prevent this from happening? Like delete protecting the contacts in my google account?
Like has already been said, your contacts should be syncing to your gmail. When you reinstall your phone, said contacts should re-sync just fine. Check to see that you have background data and sync on under accounts. Also, go to gmail online and see if they did copy.
Make sure your backup is as current as your latest sync and you should be fine.
Loaded quite a few roms...never had my contacts lost. They always pull back down from gmail. I didn't setup anything special.
Lost contacts
I have been losing my contacts every day since my xperia s updated to ics. Now saved them to the phone to see if that helps. Don't see the point of active sync if they fight with each other and delete your contacts.
Sorry, I should clarify. I was using a lumia 800 as a tester for Nokia and installed my contacts from my Live a/c.
Can anyone help? Unlocked LT26i o2 branded. Android 4.0.4
Wrong forum.... this is the Samsung Epic 4G.
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Wow not even close......... lol
This is my second smart phone, my first was Sony X10, and I have been saving my contacts wrong the whole time. Any time I added a new contact, and it asked if it was a phone contact or a gmail, I chose phone (made sense to me...). I backed up my contacts anytime I flashed, and restored from sd card. this would, for some reason, save all my Facebook, and Twitter friends also. After reading and figuring out I should have been saving them as gmail contacts I went about doing that... It didn't go so easy for me so I figured I would tell you what I had to do. I'll leave out all the things that didn't work. .
First I opened Contacts and deselected everything except my phone contacts. Then I went through and Deleted all Facebook, and Twitter profiles. Backed up the remaining contacts. Deleted all contacts. Opened Settings / Apps / contacts then clicked clear data. then did the same for contacts import. After that I opened my contacts back up selected import contacts from sd card, then saved them in gmail.
At first I tried just backing up, deleting, then restoring on gmail, but for some reason it would not sync, so I had to clear the data. I hope this help someone out.
Maybe I'm getting too old for technology... haha
Another great thing about synching with gmail is that you can manage all your contacts from your computer. Just go to http://contacts.google.com, and anything you update there automatically updates your phone.
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I imported all of my contacts from google, and now im stuck with 3 duplicates from most of my contacts. I tried several apps but they dont seem to do anything. I got 1200 contacts right now, any ideas how I can merge them and see only 300-400?
I literally tried all of the free apps in the playstore, contact analyzer etc etc. I don't like replacing my contacts app.
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klect said:
I imported all of my contacts from google, and now im stuck with 3 duplicates from most of my contacts. I tried several apps but they dont seem to do anything. I got 1200 contacts right now, any ideas how I can merge them and see only 300-400?
I literally tried all of the free apps in the playstore, contact analyzer etc etc. I don't like replacing my contacts app.
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Login to your gmail, using a computer. Click on contacts -> more -> find & merge duplicates
Is this an issue with your Google account or does it duplicate while syncing or somethiing? Assuming the former, try:
Go to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#contacts ->More->Find duplicates and merge.
Does that work?
It works within google, but i still have all the contacts i do not have in my google account, manual syncing didn´t help.
Any suggestions on how to do it on my phone alone would help.
Oke, this is how i did it: export to vcard, import to google, remove duplicates, export to vcard, delete all contacts on phone, import vcard, sync with facebook and share with google
SOLVED, Thanks!