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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Domoo said:
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.
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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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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. (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.
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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 trying to root my friends phone but dumb dumb saved his contacts to the phone and not his Google acct. Now when I go to people and export to SD it only gives me the Google option and fails.
So I started entering the contacts by hand into gmail. At first there were duplicates showing up on his phone but they later disappeared. I don't know if its the original on the phone or the synched one.
Any ideas how to move these to SD or get them to Google ? I guess I could add them all into gmail and when I root his phone with new Rom hope it will sync but is there an easier way ?
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Htc sync can do it
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I guess I could add them all into gmail and when I root his phone with new Rom hope it will sync but is there an easier way ?
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If you add them to Gmail, root the phone and flash a new ROM to his phone, when you set up his Google account it'll sync automatically, so the contacts in Gmail will show up. Since flashing a new ROM requires clearing of user data/factory reset in ClockworkMod, all of the old ROM info is gone so you shouldn't have duplicates.
definitely do not waste your time writing down numbers...
Back them up using verizon backup assistant. then go to the verizon website and export the contacts into a .csv file
Then just import it into gmail.
you'll be done in less than 15 minutes.
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definitely do not waste your time writing down numbers...
Back them up using verizon backup assistant. then go to the verizon website and export the contacts into a .csv file
Then just import it into gmail.
you'll be done in less than 15 minutes.
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Brilliant! TY.
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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Hi guys. I am looking to root my device and install CM9.
My question however regards data and contacts. Will the install process erase all my data on my phone? Will I lose my contacts?
Thanks in advance.
If you're on sense, (which you probably are) then you can backup contacts thru the people app. Not sure what you mean by data tho. Or, if you have your contacts synced with your Google account, you just sync your Google account on cm9
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Data is sd card such as pics, music, videos etc will not be deleted, but data in the rom will be deleted if that what you want to know.
Thanks guys. The problem I have is that not all my contacts are saved to my Google account. There are some contacts that for whatever reason never transferred over to Google. I always save my contacts to Google and not the phone but some just don't transfer over.
I think the problem stems from the fact that until I got my Palm Pre I had a regular dumb phone. As I used the Pre more and more all the contacts added to the Pre were added to Google and the ones before the Pre were not.
I guess I need to find a way to export ALL my contacts to Google.
bennyboy78 said:
If you're on sense, (which you probably are) then you can backup contacts thru the people app. Not sure what you mean by data tho. Or, if you have your contacts synced with your Google account, you just sync your Google account on cm9
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Thanks for the tip I did that but it only allows me to export either the Google contacts as one file or the Phone contacts as one file.
It won't let me do them together as one file.
Rommul said:
Thanks guys. The problem I have is that not all my contacts are saved to my Google account. There are some contacts that for whatever reason never transferred over to Google. I always save my contacts to Google and not the phone but some just don't transfer over.
I think the problem stems from the fact that until I got my Palm Pre I had a regular dumb phone. As I used the Pre more and more all the contacts added to the Pre were added to Google and the ones before the Pre were not.
I guess I need to find a way to export ALL my contacts to Google.
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Copy contacts to SD card or sim card , or put them in a csv file that you can upload to Google.
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Hi,
About 2 years ago I got my HTC Evo 4g and I'm looking for an upgrade soon. I recently rooted my phone with software version 2.3.5. I was wondering when Sprint would transfer my phone number and contacts to my new phone would their be any problems transferring my data. Thanks
All your contacts are synced top your Google account, they'll transfer when you sync your phone to your Google account..
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As long as it's only User Apps you've installed and data for those apps, you can transfer with Titanium Backup using the dropbox or box sync function
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All your contacts are synced top your Google account, they'll transfer when you sync your phone to your Google account..
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Not necessarily...When you create a new contact you can create it in google or on the phone. If all your contacts are on the phone you can (and should even if you aren't switching phones) export them to a csv and them import them to google at contacts.google.com. I figured this out after having my phone for a year or so and ALL my contacts were on my phone. It's quick to transfer them and it's worthwhile to make sure you create new contacts in google in the future. Grab a new phone, log in to goog and you are done!
All right thanks for clearing up that information
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