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Gmail contacts not showing on my phone

I can't see my contacts in the Phone or Contacts app. They are stored on my Gmail account in groups. If I go to dial a number from memory I'll see the contacts picture so it leads me to believe that they are on the phone but not displaying in the apps.
I did a nandroid backup and the problem is still there. The problem started when I tried to flash Myn's rom with the CW that supposedly works 2.6.X.X. It still didn't work and just hung at the splash screen. I pulled the battery and did a nand restore back to my AOSP ROM and I run into this.

recovery over flashed rom....

flashing a rom on my evo was very successful. My issue was restoring my contacts and apps so i thought i had to recover them. FAIL! So i guess it put the stock rom on top of the flashed rom. Yes, FAIL again, i know. So the phone was running slow as ****. I backed up alllll my apps again on titanium and my contacts. My question is, how do i get my contacts and apps again? I know this is probably easy but im stressed and cant think right now. Worked 13 hours and thought i damaged my phone.

I have always just let Google sync my contacts so if I change devices I can just log into my Google account and they get transferred automatically. As for backing up apps I don't. I don't trust it. I like to start fresh everytime and install manually that way there is less of a chance of conflicts. If u have paid apps they always show back in the market.

yea all im worried about are the contacts....i have no prob downloading those few apps over...

For contacts using google sync, for app I just back up list of them using app list backup.

wow. so only 1 contact is showing up. does this mean i have to recover all my old stuff just to get the contacts

Were your contacts saved in your Gmail?

Also did u make a nandroid before changing roms and losing everything?

yes they were synched with the gmail.....im on the gmail now trying to figure something out but i dont see anything......and yes i backed up everything before i cleared the phone up

Hope you didn't "clean contacts" any other way but while flash rom of because that would sync as well and delete them from gmail. For example: someone believed his contacts are backed up at gmail and he chose to delete them from phone... then phone sync with gmail and "update " this "new phonebook".
If future you can also backup phone using:
1. some apps
2. or simple way by - open your contacts > chose menu > Import / Export > Export to SD card (restore them same way while choosing Import).

Hmm I would do a wipe then restore your nandroid backup you already have. Then make sure all your contacts are synchronized in your Google account. One thing i have always done is export contacts to a file and keep on pc just incase i lose them. After that do all your wipes and flash the rom of your choice.
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Beat me to it
erik077 said:
Hope you didn't "clean contacts" any other way but while flash rom of because that would sync as well and delete them from gmail. For example: someone believed his contacts are backed up at gmail and he chose to delete them from phone... then phone sync with gmail and "update " this "new phonebook".
If future you can also backup phone using:
1. some apps
2. or simple way by - open your contacts > chose menu > Import / Export > Export to SD card (restore them same way while choosing Import).
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erik077 said:
Hope you didn't "clean contacts" any other way but while flash rom of because that would sync as well and delete them from gmail. For example: someone believed his contacts are backed up at gmail and he chose to delete them from phone... then phone sync with gmail and "update " this "new phonebook".
If future you can also backup phone using:
1. some apps
2. or simple way by - open your contacts > chose menu > Import / Export > Export to SD card (restore them same way while choosing Import).
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for some reason its only synching 1 contact....i tried it like 3 times...

92bubble said:
for some reason its only synching 1 contact....i tried it like 3 times...
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Forget Sync now, looks like they are gone . Did you manually delete any of them while "cleaning" your phone?

I would suggest booting into recovery flashing CALKULINS_FORMAT_ALL.zip & reflashing your rom. Contacts should be synced with google otherwise try mybackup pro. For apps I always suggest Titanium Backup. With the amount if rom flashing I do I find the donated version worthwhile. Good luck!

[Q] First time evo rooter w/ a few Q's

I am pretty new to rooting and ROMs and all that stuff, and today I rooted my htc evo for the first time, and also installed the CM6 ROM. I have a few questions though.
First off, while I was installing the ROM I (thought) I backed up my contacts and other info. Now that I installed the ROM, how do I access my backed up contacts etc?
Also, I noticed there is no android market, how can I fix this?
Thanks guys! This is my first post and the forums have been real helpful.

cody1212 said:
I am pretty new to rooting and ROMs and all that stuff, and today I rooted my htc evo for the first time, and also installed the CM6 ROM. I have a few questions though.
First off, while I was installing the ROM I (thought) I backed up my contacts and other info. Now that I installed the ROM, how do I access my backed up contacts etc?
Also, I noticed there is no android market, how can I fix this?
Thanks guys! This is my first post and the forums have been real helpful.
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To get your contacts back go into people press menu and import your contacts, as for the market not being there you need to flash gapps, I'd provide you with a link but I am currently on my phone typing this. Good luck.
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Systemfraud said:
To get your contacts back go into people press menu and import your contacts, as for the market not being there you need to flash gapps, I'd provide you with a link but I am currently on my phone typing this. Good luck.
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I tried to import my contacts from SD card, and it scans and then says "Scanning SD card failed (Reason: No vCard file found on the SD card) I don't know why its saying that. Shouldn't my contacts have been saved when I backed up before installing the ROM?

Need more info on what you used to backup your contacts, etc.
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cody1212 said:
I tried to import my contacts from SD card, and it scans and then says "Scanning SD card failed (Reason: No vCard file found on the SD card) I don't know why its saying that. Shouldn't my contacts have been saved when I backed up before installing the ROM?
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What you can try doing is going into settings and the sync and accounts and try to sync your google account. This should work if you set up the sync. It worked for me int he past.

Systemfraud said:
Need more info on what you used to backup your contacts, etc.
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I used the backup feature on the phone when you hold the power and down buttons.

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I used the backup feature on the phone when you hold the power and down buttons.
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I think you are out of luck with the way you are trying to restore your contacts. I don't think you can just pull the contacts out of a nand b/u to restore.
I don't think your completed SOL, you can flash your nand b/u back to your phone, I would think that would restore your contacts. Then you will want to either sync your contacts with Google or export them using the contacts export function.
I can not help you with restoring a nand b/u yet, it's something I haven't done yet.
Hope that helps a little, I'm still new to rooting too...

n00bhackin took the reply right out of my post! what he says sounds like your best bet
restore your backup then export your contacts (or sync them with your gmail account on the phone - I have not done this with mine - and if you had your addresses ported from an older phone then I don't believe this would have been done either unless you synced later)
when you are in your contacts/people hit the menu button - then you should see the option to Import/Export (which I believe you have seen this as your post states you are using this method to try and import them) - however you need to do exactly the same thing and export them from the contacts list you want before you can import them (which this contact/people info would be in your backup)
that will create a vCard file (which I believe is actually a *.vcf file) - also to note when you choose to export it should give you 2 options - to either export "Phone" (I believe this would be your people/contacts) or to export "Google" (which I'm pretty sure is your gmail account) - I just exported both
made as much backup as I could before I have rooted (which hopefully will be soon)
hope that was clear enough

After you get your contacts back up and running, go download Titanium Backup or MyBackup for root users. This will allow to you backup your contacts, calendar, apps + data, etc. Then you can restore them from the Titanimum or MyBackup into the new rom.
I have found this helpful in my limited flashing experience.

I agree, these two programs are must haves...Always backup contacts to google and not phone.

I'm not sure you even have google apps installed. That's how you get the market app and you should have all yurt contacts backed up through google. That way when you sign in on a new rom, it will sync your contacts back to your phone.
Swyped from my gingerbreaded EVO son

you can get gapps from here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps
it is at the bottom of the page use the HDPI one for EVO

I have all my contacts stored on my Google acct.
OMFGB EvO

[Q] Sync error with google contacts

Hi, I have recently flashed my Desire with Gingerbread and I'm having problems with syncing my contacts (people) with my google account.
Before I did the flash I backed up my contacts onto the SD card. I then did the flash and set up my phone with my gmail account. I then restored my contacts from the wrong file on my SD card (a much earlier backup). When I realised that it was the wrong file I erased my contacts and recovered the right file. Now google won't sync my contacts, it just says "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." I tried to remove the google account, but it won't let me as it is 'required by some applications'
Any suggestions on what i could do to fix this (apart from a full reset)

Import ALL your concats to googlemail directly, e.g. via webinterface. Then go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All, scroll to contacs app, clean its data and cache. Then sync again. Should work.

Thanks that seemed to have worked

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Ok I think I've done it right lol!

Importing contacts from GB to ICS

Hello so I'm running into a bit of an issue. I recently upgraded from Juggs 5.0 GB to Darkside Evolution ICS
I have flashed for quite some time and haven't had any major issues.
Today I noticed my google contacts were not fully synced. (I found out when I went to text someone and noticed their number wasn't in my phone anymore)
I did a titanium backup and an nand backup is there anyway to extract the contacts or sms/mms from the backups?
I looked it up and there doesn't seem to be an actual answer everyone just replies 'sync with google'
any help would be appreciated I really don't want to have to restore back to jugs exports my contacts to a vcf or whatever it is it saves contacts as and then re-flash it back

Restore your nandroid backup and then delete your contacts from your Google account .before doing so, copy all your contacts to your SIM card or SD card. Flash the ICS from again and add your contacts from the SIM or SD and Google should back them up correctly
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Why not just go to a computer and input your contacts directly to your gmail account. That way you won't have to worry about going back an forth on a SIM or any other storage device.