I recently wiped my old decks rom bc i was tired of the bugs & crappy battery life. I installed a new rom and went to use gmail which syncs my contacts. But the latest contacts I had synced on my account are not in there...Is there anyway to get them back? I thought once you synced them up they were always tied to your account once you logged in?
bump anyone? Would like to fix this
You must of turned sync off before, or recent would be there too
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Well I remember when I input the phone # it asked do u want to sync the number with google or Not Sync and just have it in the phone. I always choose SYNC with GOOGLe. But once I wiped my rom & installed a new one all the new contacts are gone =( & I didnt backup bc I didnt plan to use that ROM again...
The ones you synced with Google should come back if you:
Go to settings
Accounts and sync
Select your gmail
Click "sync contacts " then they should be there
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How the hell do u back your contacts up to Google?? I've searched and I cant find the answers i'm looking for anywhere. Whenever I sync to Google from 'accounts and sync' nothing happens..and now i have successfully deleted all my contacts from my phone after clearing the Contacts app data cache, which i read might help...Luckily i have nandroids to pull the data from.. How exactly do i go about re-flashing the contact data back to the phone from the nandroid, so i can then back em up to Google/export them the the sdcard?? (without restoring the entire nandroid)
Idk if its my ROM or what..but its frustrating..
Go to your gmail account, and click the contacts tab. Do you see any of them there? If not check and make sure that you are saving your contacts to google and not your phone.
Thanks for the quick reply. There's nothing there under the Contacts tab, or any of the sub categories, but how to i check if im syncing them to Google vs the phone?
I cant tell you how to restore your contacts from nandroid, however when you do have them restored go to Settings>Accounts & Sync>Google and make sure you have Sync Contacts checked. This is a 2 way sync so any contacts you have on google will be synced to the phone and the phone to google
Yeah, I've done that as well. It even shows the date when it was last synced..10 min ago, of course i have no contacts to sync now but i'm sure that was working earlier.
I dont know that you can say its not working until you can get those contacts restored, after you do that and sync then lets deal with a non sync issue if there still is one.
I mean I had tried that before I lost the contact data..before I created this thread. The reason i wiped the contacts cache was because sync was not working. I think im just going to do a full nandroid restore anyway and end up installing a different ROM. Any suggestions?
They are automatically backed up when you sync your gmail
As long as u checked back up data with my Google account
This is one thing that I love about Google
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Yeah, the problem is it's not syncing automatically
I have recently purchased the HTC Desire HD and its an amazing phone. So glad to be away from Apple - amazing to have so much control over my phone again.
I have rooted, installed Android Revolution - and I am currently trying to find ways to improve my battery life - thanks to all the great posts on here about that, I have spent ages reading and tweaking the phone. The best thing is however I can carry round spare batteries! Good bye iPhone
Anyway I have a slight problem that I think is related specifically to the HTC. I have a Google Apps Domain account. I have set up the Gmail Sync for Contacts / Calendar - but the sync is only one way. So all changes online from my laptop change the contacts on the phone but not the other way round? E-mail syncs fine as well... just not calendar / contacts - I have seen problems online with Gmail accounts - but not with Google Apps accounts - do you guys have any ideas?
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C
Clear data of any google applications from setting may help.
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And let it resync? Won't I loose all the new data off the phone??
Cheers
anyone got any more ideas on this one?
C
Weird...you have it set to sync manually or automatically? Also check what google synchronizes under accounts and sync...see if contacts and calendar are there. I ve never had any problems
hey thanks for getting back to me... I have set it to auto sync in background, contacts checked - new ones come down to phone from account but when a new on on the phone is made - it doesn't go back up to Google Apps account
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Clear data of any google applications from setting may help.
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Hi,
this is an old topic, but I had exactly the same problem. Clearing the data and cache from Gmail totally helped. It resynced everything and it is working normal again. Thx for the idea jokies.
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.
mrhocuspocus said:
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.
mrhocuspocus said:
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
I'm running the Vicious CM10 4.1.1 V5 rom which I flashed 3 days ago and I'm not able to get my calendar to sync with my google ones. I would post in that specific thread asking for help but I don't have enough posts. I started with a full wipe before flashing the rom and everything works but the calendar. I was running the AOSP Vicious with zero bugs but I like the CM10 one better minus the calendar issue. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get the calendar working? I've tried removing my accounts and re-adding them which didn't help. I'm wondering if I can flash the latest Gapps to maybe get it working but I don't really know where to start with that process. I'd like to try other options to maybe get this ROM working before doing a factory reset and starting fresh since I don't wanna redo everything.
Do you get any error messages? Did you make sure the calendar app is set to show you the calendars?
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When I go to add an event, I get a message that says to add an account but when I go to see if I have any calendars, it doesn't show the option to show any.
Do you have the calendar set to sync in your accounts?
I don't have the option for my accounts to sync to calendars. It was working before on the AOSP Vicious rom but now it doesn't.
That's really odd. When you added the account did you make sure to add it as a Google account or an "other" account?
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I added all my google accounts as google ones. They show up as google accounts with a G next to them in the settings menu.
Just to update this for anyone who has this issue in the future, I just flashed the latest Gapps and it fixed my problem. No need to even readd my accounts. After a booting back up, the option for calendar showed up in the settings menu and I just checked them for the accounts I wanted to sync.
Sorry but i lost a few important contacts and i need to get them back.. so i have an AT&T Galaxy s3 that im using with a Canadian Network (Fido) and what i did was flash Snergy rom and all my contacts that were saved on my sim and on my gmail were there until i decided to flash Hyperdrive i only had about half of my contacts i think it has something to do with the fact that snergy is a stock based rom and it used my contacts that were originally saved from my phone when it wasnt rooted or had a rom on it. The thing is i forgot which setting i put when i installed snergy rom and when i flashed it again i still didnt get my contacts back..
If any one has experienced anything like this or can help me out in retrieving contacts from my phone please help..
If they were saved in your Gmail, simply sign into Gmail and sync your contacts.
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If they were saved in your Gmail, simply sign into Gmail and sync your contacts.
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they were saved either on my phones internal storage or my sim because i already tried that
Flash an nandroid you know has them. Change each contacts' option to save to your Google account, and sync with Google.