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
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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.
Sorry to be a noob but I cant think of a valid way to backup all my contacts on my phone and also any other data stored on the phone memory such as email account.
I have a problem whereby when my phone is set to vibrate, it doesn't when receiving a text message and I have tried all settings to make it, but to no avail, I have been advised to reset to factory settings to restore this back to normal.
Any ideas people?
Your contacts should automatically sync to the Google servers if I'm not mistaken?
How do you mean? auto sync? are you reffering to the Sync mode on PC, or just by using the phone and using the internet google would take a copy?
Desire does auto backups for specific things, not for contacts though (if you are not syncing)
To backup your contacts manually go to People - > Menu ->Import/Export -> Export to SD card
Hi sorry to revive an old thread, but how do you then reinstall the contacts after a factory reset?
Edit: Ignore that, People - menu - import export - import from sd card!
Is it possible to make GApps to restore & backup JUST the contacts? I don't wanna apps to be backed up, neither the settings.
Didn't get you on GApps. Contacts can simply be synced to your Google Account and be backed up there, or, if you rather want your contacts to be backed up locally, it can be done from within the Contacts App by opening it > Menu > Import / Export > Export to SD Card.
I just don't want it to restore my previous apps, as it's not fresh enough for me for a new rom.
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
hi guys, just realized that when I backup my contacts it doesnt backup all of them.
I have 531 contacts in Gmail / Phone
But when I run any backup program, Go backup / Miui Backup it only backs up 250?
I do not have any contacts in the SIM card.
Any ideas / suggestions?
providence said:
hi guys, just realized that when I backup my contacts it doesnt backup all of them.
I have 531 contacts in Gmail / Phone
But when I run any backup program, Go backup / Miui Backup it only backs up 250?
I do not have any contacts in the SIM card.
Any ideas / suggestions?
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Go into the People App > Menu > Manage Contacts > Import/Export Contacts > Export to Phone Storage.
This will create a single file backup of all your contacts. Also all your GMail contacts are auto backed up to the Google servers anyway.