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[Q] Creating CSV file question

Hey guys,
im having a weird issue with my desire....
i have 336 contacts on my phone, in which i had transferred from my previous device... i realize for google to sync my contacts i need to create a csv file, or export the contacts from my phone to sd, and then load the file in gmail for the contacts to show up.
my problem is this....
i can SEE the contacts in the people application, but when i hit menu and "view" it doesnt show anything in parenthesis.. for example
it would say :
Sim contacts (1)
Gmail contacts (0)
Phone contacts (0)
although i have 336 contacts in which i can see in the people view.
is this a known issue? i just want to create a backup and load it to my gmail account in case i lose my phone i dont want to lose my contacts.
Any help would be GREAT!
my phone is NOT rooted, im running 2.1

no one else having this issue???

Im a noob at this so not sure if this is correct but this is what i did to put all my contacts on gmail
imported all contacts onto sd
transfered from sd to pc
transfered from pc to gmail
so i have now 3 backups for my contacts, just incase
again not sure if this is your answer or the correct way but enough saves not to lose them

Stupid question.

I'm trying to figure out how to switch a phone contact from Phone Contact to Google contact.

Id just make another contact as a Google contact the delete the other one off the phone, or you can log into Google online and add the contact through there and it will push it to your phone automatically.

Here's a bit easier way:
1. Open your People App
2. Navigate to Menu>Import/Export
3. Export to SD Card
4. Go to http://www.gmail.com
5. Log in
6. Go to your contacts on the left (I can't get to the page at work so work with me here)
7. There should be an option to import contacts
8. Upload the .vcf file that is on your /sdcard
If the browser on your phone won't let you, just transfer it to your desktop (usb, emial, dropbox...whichever way is your flavor) and upload it from there.
You can now delete all of your contacts and sync with Google to have them downloaded to your phone.

I was just trying to change a couple of contacts on my wifes phone. She didnt know that you should put them as a google contact so if anything happened there never lost. I'm getting ready to take her from Ava to Myn cause thats what I went to and I think Myn will have an update for the new software update before Ava. And it's fast as hell!

Yea, that method is good if ALL your contacts need to be changed. If you only need to change a couple, just make a new contact, as a Google contact, then delete the old one. I just tried on my phone, and there is no way to change them for some reason. You can change everything else about the contact, except changing from phone to google.

default location for imported vcard

Hello,
My wife got some contact by bluetooth in vcard format.
When we open the files they go directly into the phone database instead of google account
Is there a way to define the behavior ? It's a non rooted device!!!
Thx in advance

Contacts sim

I'm currently using aokp by iitagily(don't know the spelling). I can't save contacts to sim card. Anybody knows how to save contacts to the sim card? I don't want it to save to Google account..I also tried this in cm9...no use...

1.If yr sim card has contacts and u want them to appear on yr phone
In contacts, press option button (left of the home button)
Find the option "Import/Export"
Choose "Import from SIM card"
2.If yr sim card has no contacts and u want to save them to the SIM card
In contacts, press option button (left of the home button)
Find the option "Import/Export"
Choose "Export to SIM card"
I don't know if this does what u want but just hope the method above can help u

Mitch_Faiz_555 said:
1.If yr sim card has contacts and u want them to appear on yr phone
In contacts, press option button (left of the home button)
Find the option "Import/Export"
Choose "Import from SIM card"
2.If yr sim card has no contacts and u want to save them to the SIM card
In contacts, press option button (left of the home button)
Find the option "Import/Export"
Choose "Export to SIM card"
I don't know if this does what u want but just hope the method above can help u
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Thank you for the suggestion. But I guess you didn't understand my question properly....well...what I want is that....is when I add a contacts I want to save in the sim card by not doing import or export stuff.....

jassim007 said:
Thank you for the suggestion. But I guess you didn't understand my question properly....well...what I want is that....is when I add a contacts I want to save in the sim card by not doing import or export stuff.....
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u can go in the contacts, press the option buttion, choose more, select "settings"
In the first option "save new contacts to" --- Choose"SIM" and u can directly save contacts to the SIM card :good:

real delete a contact ?

i have a stange issue on 4.2.2 (cyclon)
i delete some contact, i check 'show all' so there is not hidden
reboot phone
export contact on .vcf... and in this file i have all contact , plus the contact i have deleted .
so import .vcf and my contact list show all old/deleted contact
i try 2 times.

I dont get it. What are you trying to do? Why dont you just sync all your contacts with google so you dont have to worry about importing/exporting contacts?

i try to real delete a contact . it must not be on export file