hi all
i used the "backup contacts" app to create an csv file from my contacts before flashing my arc
now i see no option to restore the file to my phone except for importing my contacts to gmail first (a thing i don't know exactly how to do AND i don't want to do due to security considerations! i never trust google!)
any way, another similar app "Contacts Backup Pro_2.5.1" didn't recognize my csv file which i'd copied in sdcard directly as the software had asked
do u know how i can restore the csv file to my contacts?
thanks in advance
go to contact menu, press menu button, choose import contact, choose import from memory, it will scan your sd card for contact file
but...
but it says it can't find any Vcard contacts. I saved my contacts on a CSV file. So what do I do?
If you didn't trust google you wouldn't be using Android. And in future make proper backups.
benyben123 said:
but it says it can't find any Vcard contacts. I saved my contacts on a CSV file. So what do I do?
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If you did backup your contact to memory card, it must be found unless u format ur card
The other way is go to account & sync setting, click on your account, choose sync contact if your contact are already saved on google
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Hi!
I recently backed up and restored my contacts. When they restored they did so as gmail contacts.
Is there an easy way to make them phone contacts?
Thanks
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Because the various Contact types are quite different, they can not be converted between one another. You can make a Phone contact, and link it to a Google contact and vice versa, but converting so far seems to be impossible.
Until/unless maybe someone makes an app for it (copy relevant fields & then delete the original) but I havent seen it yet.
You can backup Your contacts on SD (as *.vcf file) and restore this file later under "Phone" account. 2 simple steps in "People" app:
1. Menu -> Import/Export -> choose "Export to SD". All Your Google contacts will be saved on SD.
2. Menu -> Import/Export -> choose "Import from SD" and then choose account "Phone", choose a Vcard file You just created and that's all.
Hi All, and thanks for the nub help.
My wife decided to store all of her contacts on her phone instead of using her google account. Now I'd like to flash a new rom, but I cannot think of a way to backup those contacts. I'd gladly go through each one and convert it to a google-stored contact, but there seems to be no obvious way to do that.
Is there a way to backup and restore these contacts? Or to move them go google?
Thanks!
oatkiller said:
Hi All, and thanks for the nub help.
My wife decided to store all of her contacts on her phone instead of using her google account. Now I'd like to flash a new rom, but I cannot think of a way to backup those contacts. I'd gladly go through each one and convert it to a google-stored contact, but there seems to be no obvious way to do that.
Is there a way to backup and restore these contacts? Or to move them go google?
Thanks!
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Theres an option when you are viewing your contacts screen to import/export to SD card. When in the contacts list just hit menu I think and youll see the option. It will create a file on your SD card and after you flash your new rom you will be able to import them back into the phone. Hope this helps. If you have any questions dont hesitate!
You should be able to do it. Open the dialer, then tab over to contacts, push menu, and then push "export to SD card." That will move them. Now you can flash your rom, and once you get it set, go back to the dialer, contact, then import from SD card, and you should be all set.
you could download Lookout from the market and it will back up ALL your contacts just make an account i love this app it allows you to locate your phone if you lost it and it scans your apps for viruses
Thanks all
Thanks for the help everyone. I forgot to mention that the Export to SD Card feature was crashing with a software error. That being said, I managed to use My Backup to backup the contacts.
Thanks!
No prob, and glad you got them backed up.
Whenever I try to back up the contact file pcsc_pcsc file it doesn't work. How can I make a backup of all of my contacts to my windows computer?
You can open up the dialer > contacts tab > menu > export > export to sd card card, then you can copy the vcard to your pc. Though they're always backed up if you sync them to google.
No solution to your question but I use gmail on the EVO and Thunderbird on the PC and never have to worry about backing up contacts
Before I flashed my ROM i made a vCard of all my contacts In the sense ROM, now I cant seem to find it in the backup of the SD card, Please tell me where it is.
And If I find it how to import it
mahex4 said:
Before I flashed my ROM i made a vCard of all my contacts In the sense ROM, now I cant seem to find it in the backup of the SD card, Please tell me where it is.
And If I find it how to import it
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Did u back up it with Titanium??
Shiv Prajapati said:
Did u back up it with Titanium??
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Titanium doesn't back up your sdcard it backs up apps and data.
Your vcard contacts should be found on the root of your sdcard which can be accessed with any file manager. Best procedure in my opinion is to use Google account to sync contacts then they are always available.
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No Its not like that, I had my contacts on the phone, So I made it to export to a vCard, Then before I formetted it, I moved all of the folders to my PC, Now I want it back, I can't use google sync, cause I saved it into the phone.
I need to get the directory where the HTC wildfire's Sense ROM saves them into.
I accidentally imported sim card contacts along with contacs i had in vcf file so i wanted to clear them all and reimport. To do so, i cleared data on contacts storage and contacts apks. Now when i try to import contacts from vcf file, it says success, but none of the contacts are imported, i tried multiple vcf files and same thing. What to do? Factory reset isn't an option. Please help me asap, i need those contacts.
rizla2 said:
I accidentally imported sim card contacts along with contacs i had in vcf file so i wanted to clear them all and reimport. To do so, i cleared data on contacts storage and contacts apks. Now when i try to import contacts from vcf file, it says success, but none of the contacts are imported, i tried multiple vcf files and same thing. What to do? Factory reset isn't an option. Please help me asap, i need those contacts.
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Happens to sony phones for no reason... Go to your contact settings, and select "filter", and check "all contacts".
Thanks a bunch, that's probably the last thing i would try.
rizla2 said:
I accidentally imported sim card contacts along with contacs i had in vcf file so i wanted to clear them all and reimport. To do so, i cleared data on contacts storage and contacts apks. Now when i try to import contacts from vcf file, it says success, but none of the contacts are imported, i tried multiple vcf files and same thing. What to do? Factory reset isn't an option. Please help me asap, i need those contacts.
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If you have contacts synced to Google, restore them, if you haven't, upload vcf file to Google contacts and just sync from cloud...