Hi,
Im using a Samsung I9000 and when Im saving a new contact the phone always asks where it have to be saved:
Phone
Sim Card
gmail account
youtube account
Im few new to android and I tough every contact on my phone is also on my gamil account is this right?
When Im selecting phone will this contac be synced with gmail or not?
Actually, you can choose to save your contact in one of several different "places". For instance, if you use Gmail for contact management, you would save your contacts to Google contact type.
However, there are many other information management applications and sites. Many people use Outlook or another computer based PIM application, and use that to sync contacts to the phone. These would be put in the Phone contact type.
Since you are using a GSM based phone, you can also save new contacts as a SIM contact type. Note that SIM contact types have some limitations compared to the others as far as how many phone numbers, email addresses, etc. can be saved per contact.
You say you are new to Android, but is this your first smart phone? In other words, how did you get your contacts on the phone in the first place, or are you just adding them now?
If this is your first smart phone and you are just adding the contacts, as long as you are ok with Google having all that information, then save them as a Google contact type. The point of that is so if you loose your phone, or it is damaged or otherwise, you still have the data backed up and can get it to another phone. In fact, if you are using Gmail to manage your contacts, just log into Gmail on a computer and enter all the contacts that way. It will be easier and faster and they will sync to your phone automatically.
Hi,
thank you very very much you helped me a lot!!!
This isnt my fist smart phon, before I had many many WM Phones and synced with outlook which I would prefer but as I bought my i9000 they told me it wont work and I ve to transfer my contacts to google to get them synced...
I think Ill switch back from that because I dont like to hafe google my contacs and if it works with outlook its much easier for me!
Thanks a lot
Can someone point me in the direction of a guide, or list a way to completely backup my sensation.
Say I wiped my phone and I need it back as it was, the apps I have on the phone are, app2sd, app backup & restore, Titanium backup Pro, ext4 backup.
also, how do I backup my contacts online?
Hi
Concerning your contacts, when you do the quick-configuration process at the phone start, your contacts are restored on your phone, check that your contacts are "Google" contacts not phone contacts, because they're linked with your google account.
With titanium (root required) you can restore all your apps with data (settings and savegames for example).
markd_htc said:
Can someone point me in the direction of a guide, or list a way to completely backup my sensation.
Say I wiped my phone and I need it back as it was, the apps I have on the phone are, app2sd, app backup & restore, Titanium backup Pro, ext4 backup.
also, how do I backup my contacts online?
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Titanium Backup is really good for all applications.
Check this link out might be helpful.
http://www.tested.com/news/complete-guide-to-backing-up-your-android-phone/423/
bubble_cat said:
Hi
Concerning your contacts, when you do the quick-configuration process at the phone start, your contacts are restored on your phone, check that your contacts are "Google" contacts not phone contacts, because they're linked with your google account.
With titanium (root required) you can restore all your apps with data (settings and savegames for example).
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But how about all the contacts, not just the google linked ones? any way to back them up to the sim or online somewhere?
markd_htc said:
But how about all the contacts, not just the google linked ones? any way to back them up to the sim or online somewhere?
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Why not export contacts to sd-card?
Huppen said:
Why not export contacts to sd-card?
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Google has integrated contacts with android very well. I suggest not to use any other applications to backup your contacts just leave it on android.
It is little difficult in starting but then it will make your life lot easy
Just open Gmail in your pc browser then all your contacts you can import to gmail by your pc. edit first name and numbers as you like...... here we go your all contacts are saved to google accout for lifetime whenever you flash new rom or get new android phone first time when you login in to your google accout in phone all contact will be syn. within 30 seconds.
jasminthoria said:
Google has integrated contacts with android very well. I suggest not to use any other applications to backup your contacts just leave it on android.
It is little difficult in starting but then it will make your life lot easy
Just open Gmail in your pc browser then all your contacts you can import to gmail by your pc. edit first name and numbers as you like...... here we go your all contacts are saved to google accout for lifetime whenever you flash new rom or get new android phone first time when you login in to your google accout in phone all contact will be syn. within 30 seconds.
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That's right! You can merge your contacts, they doesnt have to be "gmail" contacts or anything, you can simply change the "contact type" when you edit a contact then make it "Google" on your android phone
bubble_cat said:
That's right! You can merge your contacts, they doesnt have to be "gmail" contacts or anything, you can simply change the "contact type" when you edit a contact then make it "Google" on your android phone
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Alot of contacts equals alot of editing, eh?
Lucky me, I only have "regular" contacts and export the lot to the sd-card.
Stupid or paranoid, you decide, but I want to be in total control of
who/what that can have access all my data, don't want to Googlefy to simplify.
But good to know the above tips'n'tricks if my mental state changes
I have uploaded all my contacts onto googlemail.
But I have a few duplicates, is there a way to only show the googlemail contacts and not the duplicates on the phone, or sim?
markd_htc said:
I have uploaded all my contacts onto googlemail.
But I have a few duplicates, is there a way to only show the googlemail contacts and not the duplicates on the phone, or sim?
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ye go to the people on your phone, on top you will see phonebook tap on that you see dropdown menu unclick phone and sim tick only contact account you want to see. all done.
Yes, with Sense 3.6 by touching the "Phonebook" on the top of your contacts lists.
Maybe with the menu button in previous versions i don't remember..
Huppen said:
Alot of contacts equals alot of editing, eh?
Lucky me, I only have "regular" contacts and export the lot to the sd-card.
Stupid or paranoid, you decide, but I want to be in total control of
who/what that can have access all my data, don't want to Googlefy to simplify.
But good to know the above tips'n'tricks if my mental state changes
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That's why i love android, you always got the choice to make things in several ways
markd_htc said:
... Say I wiped my phone and I need it back as it was, ...
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I prefer to use 4ext recovery backup. You will have a nandroid backup of your whole phone. incl. your installed apps, contacts, etc. In case of a wipe you can easily restore the backup and your phone will be in the same state as it was. It is a good idea to do a nandroid backup before any change on the phone
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That's why i love android, you always got the choice to make things in several ways
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And my way is the senior-citizen way, but IMO the BEST way
I use mybackup pro to backup apk+data at the same time.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
go to your gmail account, go to your contacts, delete the duplicate contacts, I had the same issue a while back, this fixed it. ENJOY!
Huppen said:
And my way is the senior-citizen way, but IMO the BEST way
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Maybe i'll change my mind too
Anyway, the decision is yours markd_htc, hope i helped
Just download Titanium Backup, go to applist, Press "Menu" Then Batch and choose backup of everything.
I dont know what i'm doing wrong but hoping someone can tell me. Whenever i save a contact I save it as a google contact. I store the number but if i flash a new rom I lose that contact I saved. I tried going into settings>accounts&sync and syncing all the accounts to see if it saved it but when I go on my pc and check my google contacts it doesnt appear. What am I doing wrong? Ive lost many numbers I needed....
Saving contacts
bx10r said:
I dont know what i'm doing wrong but hoping someone can tell me. Whenever i save a contact I save it as a google contact. I store the number but if i flash a new rom I lose that contact I saved. I tried going into settings>accounts&sync and syncing all the accounts to see if it saved it but when I go on my pc and check my google contacts it doesnt appear. What am I doing wrong? Ive lost many numbers I needed....
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I have the same problem and have solved it by backing up my contacts on both my phone and my google account and then restoring them after booting the new ROM. I also use the backup with the contact program and I use GO launcher as my "menu manager". I use the GO Backup tool as a third level of backup. Any other method from anyone else would be useful as it is bit of a messy solution. BUT it does stop me losing contacts. I have also used the Microsoft Outlook tool as yet another backup when I sync. Can't have too many backups when the gremlins are out get your contact list.
Anyone?
I've been looking around for this, and have used the search tool. Unfortunately i havent found an adequate answer, so many someone can help me. To begin this post, i am using a phone i purchased off a friend. He has contacts in the phone that i also use, and are not backed up anywhere. I have many contacts, and instead of only selecting a few that i use, i'd rather have them all backed up. The problem is, under my Phonebook (Using an HTC Droid DNA) i have contacts from many locations. Twitter, SIM, Outlook, Hotmail, Google, Phone, Facebook, and another Hotmail. 2600 exactly. I'd like to have them all saved under one location. If i cannot migrate them, thats fine. WIth using a new ROM, all the contacts fail to reload.
So what i am looking for is a few things, and possibly a way to migrate them all. When using multiple apps, only about 700 backup. I do not know which contacts are backed up, and that is my problem. When using a new ROM, i seem to lose the Phone contacts, because with all the other accounts, i can log back in and have them restore.
Is there an app that lets me choose individual contacts to back up as well as selecting them all?
Phone - HTC Droid DNA - Stock ROM
If you guys need other information, i am glad to give it. Thanks.
The problem is that those contacts from other services are not technically saved onto your phone, which is why they are showing up from different locations. You can always use a Cellebrite machine to backup all the contacts on your phone. This is the same device used by cell phone stores to transfer contacts to new devices. Another alternative is that you can try syncing your contacts with Google, which should store all of your phone's contacts onto your google account, eliminating the need to backup your contacts.
Dear all,
I'm being a very long user of LG V series from V10, recently I have changed 4th my LG V50 due to breakage of those phones and etc. Usually data transfer were accomplished very simple way thru either LG app or recently just thru the google itself past 2 LG v50 phones had no problem, all the data were transfered such as sms/contacts/apps/dial history and etc. Until now, I have did all the same, but instead of over 4k contacts it did transferred only 2.5k including missing sms from those contacts and etc. Problem is I have realized it a bit late, and due to nature of my business / my phone is my life. So I have new sms and contacts. Question what options do I have ??
1) I'm thinking simple one is obviously to try re do the entire transfer
2) I need some app or whatever I can do to combine old contacts and sms with new ones ???
3) What would be a best application to manage contacts??
PS Forgot to mention that I have 4 different email accounts that those contacts are spread between them - I wanna unite them into one email account. And I'll answer NO I always log in all my emails prior to data transfer and etc.
UAxDEATH said:
Dear all,
I'm being a very long user of LG V series from V10, recently I have changed 4th my LG V50 due to breakage of those phones and etc. Usually data transfer were accomplished very simple way thru either LG app or recently just thru the google itself past 2 LG v50 phones had no problem, all the data were transfered such as sms/contacts/apps/dial history and etc. Until now, I have did all the same, but instead of over 4k contacts it did transferred only 2.5k including missing sms from those contacts and etc. Problem is I have realized it a bit late, and due to nature of my business / my phone is my life. So I have new sms and contacts. Question what options do I have ??
1) I'm thinking simple one is obviously to try re do the entire transfer
2) I need some app or whatever I can do to combine old contacts and sms with new ones ???
3) What would be a best application to manage contacts??
PS Forgot to mention that I have 4 different email accounts that those contacts are spread between them - I wanna unite them into one email account. And I'll answer NO I always log in all my emails prior to data transfer and etc.
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For contacts, the Gmail account. But be sure you sync them manually and verify on desktop mode that all contacts are stored in that Gmail account.
For sms try a dedicated app or maybe main lg software.
Inerent said:
For contacts, the Gmail account. But be sure you sync them manually and verify on desktop mode that all contacts are stored in that Gmail account.
For sms try a dedicated app or maybe main lg software.
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Thank you for response, what do you mean by manually sync them ?? Press sync button on the older phone ?? If so than I did it, and what it means to verify on the desktop mode?? I'd love to manually sort them out one by one since I have bunch of them in double or triple or missing some details like emails or phones and etc.
I have tried LG software but apparently I'm doing something wrong its not recognizing the LG V50......please help me. Thank you
PS on my PC (win10) LG suite asking to install LG air drive on cellphone but there is no such app, instead I have updated or installed LG data SENDER app. but still nothing......
Manually sync them when uploading to Google account, verify that all of them are copied via desktop login, after that login into new phone and let them sync.
Or use built in app when restoring