My girl stored all her contacts in phone memory instead of with Google and everytime I upgrade her phone I have to make sure to back them up and restore them. What is the quickest, easiest way to move all contacts to Google after restoring them?
Thanks.
Export your contacts to your sd card via contacts>menu>import/export. Then log into gmail on your pc, hook up your phone, import your contacts to gmail, delete contacts off phone, sync to gmail then all your contacts will be on your phone as gmail contacts to sync up anytime you wipe your phone etc.
Slovak65 said:
Export your contacts to your sd card via contacts>menu>import/export. Then log into gmail on your pc, hook up your phone, import your contacts to gmail, delete contacts off phone, sync to gmail then all your contacts will be on your phone as gmail contacts to sync up anytime you wipe your phone etc.
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Nice! So look for the vcf to import on gmail?
You don't have to go on Gmail on the computer. You can do it all right on your phone.
i n00b teh pwns said:
You don't have to go on Gmail on the computer. You can do it all right on your phone.
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This...
and to explain a little bit more, when you export your contacts on the phone, it creates the vcf file on your sdcard, and when you hit the import/export button again, you then choose import, and select the gmail account instead of phone, then the contacts you just backed up get uploaded to the associated gmail account instead of just restoring them on the phone locally.
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how do i sync contacts on phone to gmail contacts?
My phone done it automatically? When creating contacts, it should ask you where to save it?
If they are on the SIM, go to People, press Menu and click Import/Export. Then click Import from SIM.
Then when you next sync (i.e. to get your emails etc) it will automatically upload them?
Hey guys, i'm going to be rooting my brothers Evo later this evening. The problem is, he stores all of his contact locally instead of syncing with his gmail account like suggested to him.
Is there an easy way to switch his contacts from local to gmail synced?
SilverStone641 said:
Hey guys, i'm going to be rooting my brothers Evo later this evening. The problem is, he stores all of his contact locally instead of syncing with his gmail account like suggested to him.
Is there an easy way to switch his contacts from local to gmail synced?
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What if you export his contacts to his sd card i cant find anything about syncing them with gmail
skndeep102 said:
What if you export his contacts to his sd card i cant find anything about syncing them with gmail
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Yeah, thats definitely an option. I just noticed that whenever i add a new contact, my phone will ask if i want to save it locally, or save it with my gmail account. I was hoping there was a toggle of some kind to switch local contacts to gmail. If not, no worries. SD card method works just as well.
SilverStone641 said:
Yeah, thats definitely an option. I just noticed that whenever i add a new contact, my phone will ask if i want to save it locally, or save it with my gmail account. I was hoping there was a toggle of some kind to switch local contacts to gmail. If not, no worries. SD card method works just as well.
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Yeah I've run into this problem before also. I can not find a way of switching contacts from phone contacts to google contacts except for maunally.
Actually after you export your contacts to the sd card you can take that vcf file and put it on the computer the go to gmail.com and import contacts and select that file this should add the contacts to your gmail that way they are backed up on the account just in case something happens
I want to export contacts located onmy HTC DESIRE SIM card to GOOGLE account. It is because I want to sync such contacts with my linux based PC (Thunderbird with apropriate plug-in) and my Android based tablet. So:
- Hoh can I export SIM located contacts to my GOOGLE account? I am not able to fing the way to do it. Any help?
mackowiakp said:
I want to export contacts located onmy HTC DESIRE SIM card to GOOGLE account. It is because I want to sync such contacts with my linux based PC (Thunderbird with apropriate plug-in) and my Android based tablet. So:
- Hoh can I export SIM located contacts to my GOOGLE account? I am not able to fing the way to do it. Any help?
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cant you use export/import function? => export all contacts to SD, import into Google Account on phone and than delete the sim contacts.
Of course I can export to SD card and I can directly import such file to Thunderbird. But my idea is to sync contacts automaticaly (or on demand) my HTC to my PC and Android based tablet, using Google cloud (account) without deleting SD stored contacts. And i still want to have synchronised contact databse in PC, HTC and tablet even in off-line state that without logging to my Google account.
And I dont know how to import contacts from HTC to Google account. If the only possibily is to manually export contacts to SD card, more simple is to import such file directly to PC using for example "file expert". But I want to have all syncing work to be done automaticaly
mackowiakp said:
Of course I can export to SD card and I can directly import such file to Thunderbird. But my idea is to sync contacts automaticaly (or on demand) my HTC to my PC and Android based tablet, using Google cloud (account) without deleting SD stored contacts. And i still want to have synchronised contact databse in PC, HTC and tablet even in off-line state that without logging to my Google account.
And I dont know how to import contacts from HTC to Google account. If the only possibily is to manually export contacts to SD card, more simple is to import such file directly to PC using for example "file expert". But I want to have all syncing work to be done automaticaly
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sorry maybe I was not clear enough. I meant export it to a file on your phone and import it into your phone's google account. After that it will sync all contacts in your phone's gmail account to your gmail account (internet) which you can connect with your tablet or PC (not outlook though). Would be a cloud solution you are talking about I hope. At least thats the way I go, only got contacts in gmail anymore, no sim contacts or whatever.
---for import into your phone: go into "People" app, select import/export, select import, select into gmail, select exported contact file
Yes. Now I understand the way You suggest to do.
But I find most easy solution of the problem. There is small program avaliable in Android Market which allow syncing phone Android contact list directly to Thunderbird (linux based in my case) over network. So now I have my "private cloud" and I can sync tablet, PC (linux Mandriva) and phone without problems. Does not matter is it SD stored contacts, Goggle and so on. I think this is solution for WIN based PC too if Thunderbird is used as mail client (not tested by myself).
My sister has a business and she uses her EVO as a business phone, she has around 7,000 contacts saved in the phone, The problem is now that it is messing up the phones memory taking 218 MB of Space. I understand How to Import/Export contacts to gmail via .VCF file but the contacts are just copied and put on the gmail account and remain on the phone. When I go to settings, Accounts and sync. I tap the sync button but nothing really happens and the date remains the same. I dont know how to remove the contacts from the phones memory and keep them only on gmail. Im afraid if I start randomly deleting I may lose 7,000+ contacts and You guys would be reading my obituary. What do you recommend I do? Thanks!
Some brief googling, it woud seem you have to manually add them one by one into gmail via a computer (Easiest method of this mundane method, irony?) and then sync your contacts to the phone via your google account. This way when you switch phone just add google account and BAM, all contacts. I'll look for an easier way.
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Further googling, I found this. Idk if you've tried this, seeing as you mentioned VCF, but give this a whirl.
First you will want to transfer your old contacts off your phone
To export contacts to an SD card:
SDcard must be inserted and "mounted".
From the home screen, touch Contacts
Touch the Menu Key, press More
Touch Import/Export
Touch Export to SD card
Handset will confirm VCF filename.
Contacts will be located in the root directory on your sdcard as a .vcf file.
Now, plug your phone into your computer, and mount it as a disk drive. Next you need to import these contacts to Google Contacts
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14024
Also, verify in gmail that the contacts are indeed there. IF in fact they are all indeed there, it is safe to delete them as they will be in google. I think that even though they are backed up, since they are on the phone already, gmail wont sync twice.... But I've always synced to gmail instead of phone so, I wouldn't really know much on the subject. Sorry, Hope this helps though
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You got it, back up online through gmail and save the file to a conputer, that is 2 safe places.
Done, move on.
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Every now and then my contacts will be lost and in setting > Google > Sync Contacts will say it synced but all my contacts are gone. Some times I can just re sync and it works but other times it doesn't. Is there a way for this to not happen?
Or sometimes it will say Sync Contacts has an error and will not sync to Google and I'll have different contacts on my phone and on Google contacts
mroien said:
Every now and then my contacts will be lost and in setting > Google > Sync Contacts will say it synced but all my contacts are gone. Some times I can just re sync and it works but other times it doesn't. Is there a way for this to not happen?
Or sometimes it will say Sync Contacts has an error and will not sync to Google and I'll have different contacts on my phone and on Google contacts
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make sure when you save a new contact that the name is saved as a gmail contact and not on your phone. there are actually two contact "books" on you phone, the internal phone contacts and the gmail contacts.
b11aze said:
make sure when you save a new contact that the name is saved as a gmail contact and not on your phone. there are actually two contact "books" on you phone, the internal phone contacts and the gmail contacts.
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Yeah that is not it. I always save new contacts under gmail not phone. I think its something to do with syncing with google
mroien said:
Yeah that is not it. I always save new contacts under gmail not phone. I think its something to do with syncing with google
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Personally never had that issue. Occasionally sync goes down for a minute, then comes back up. If you are like me and keep sync off and changes roms, if you added a contact and didn't sync, you could miss a few that were added.
So i'd jut double check to be safe.
mroien said:
Every now and then my contacts will be lost and in setting > Google > Sync Contacts will say it synced but all my contacts are gone. Some times I can just re sync and it works but other times it doesn't. Is there a way for this to not happen?
Or sometimes it will say Sync Contacts has an error and will not sync to Google and I'll have different contacts on my phone and on Google contacts
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What ROM are you using? Stock, Stock rooted, TW-based, AOSP (4.1.2, 4.2.1, or 4.2.2)? I've ran all of these (and then some) and haven't run into anything like this, but if it's ROM-specific, knowing what you're running will help narrow it down.
Cheers!
same thing here
Sometimes my phone log just shows numbers and when I check my contact list it's empty.
Reboot phone and they are all back. My contacts are on Google but was wondering if there is a way to store them on the phone also.
Some way to download to a file on the phone?
loaderboy said:
Sometimes my phone log just shows numbers and when I check my contact list it's empty.
Reboot phone and they are all back. My contacts are on Google but was wondering if there is a way to store them on the phone also.
Some way to download to a file on the phone?
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Go to the contacts app, press menu > export
Then select the account and it'll export to your scarf as a CSV file
There are also apps that let you import/export your contacts as an XML file
CNexus said:
Go to the contacts app, press menu > export
Then select the account and it'll export to your scarf as a CSV file
There are also apps that let you import/export your contacts as an XML file
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Thanks. Done. I don't think I will ever find all the little tweaks and tricks to this thing. Every time I use it I learn something.
loaderboy said:
Thanks. Done. I don't think I will ever find all the little tweaks and tricks to this thing. Every time I use it I learn something.
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Hahaha, its actually a general Android feature, not just specific to the S3
CNexus said:
Go to the contacts app, press menu > export
Then select the account and it'll export to your scarf as a CSV file
There are also apps that let you import/export your contacts as an XML file
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Lol "scarf", sorry about that i meant "sdcard"
Dang autocorrect!!