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[Q] Sync Contacts?

I guess this is a really noob question. But I've been using my infuse for a while now but I don't see any of my contacts synced in the gmail account...am I suppose to do something special to get it synced?

tjy8tim said:
I guess this is a really noob question. But I've been using my infuse for a while now but I don't see any of my contacts synced in the gmail account...am I suppose to do something special to get it synced?
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In Contact settings do you have "Save new contacts to Google" ticked?

bigfau said:
In Contact settings do you have "Save new contacts to Google" ticked?
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I just did that. But that will only save the new contacts am I correct? Because I don't see my old ones synced onto google.

tjy8tim said:
I just did that. But that will only save the new contacts am I correct? Because I don't see my old ones synced onto google.
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Did push Sync sns data?

Helpp =(
Hum. I still haven't figured this out. This is my situation.
1) Got Infuse 4g.
2) Copied the contacts into Infuse from the SIM card.
3) Changed the phone to "save new contacts to Google"
4) But none of my original contacts from my SIM card are getting synced to Google.
So, what can I do so all my original SIM card contacts can be synced to Google?

I think you have to export them to sd card first, in contacts hit menu then export to sd card, then you can save those existing contacts to google by doing the same thing in contacts hit menu import from sd to google , cause switching it to save contacts to google will only save future contacts not existing
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sim contacts

I've just flashed to remics on my galaxy S and now there's no settings in which I can see my sim contacts.
In Gingerbread, I was able to add new contacts straight to my sim and use it in other phones if necessary. Is there any way to do that on remics?
I've imported them to the phone from the sim so they are there still but I'd like to add new additions straight to the sim.
A naive supplementary question also . . . If I import them from the sim to the phone, do they stay on the sim as well?

I don't know about ICS and SIM contacts, but why don't you use Google contacts? It's all saved to the internet, and much easier to sync. Importing contacts from your SIM card is rather... old fashioned, don't you think?
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gagdude said:
I don't know about ICS and SIM contacts, but why don't you use Google contacts? It's all saved to the internet, and much easier to sync. Importing contacts from your SIM card is rather... old fashioned, don't you think?
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I don't really want to import them at all but just have them on the sim.
I've sync'd them with google now but that's only useful if your using an Android 'phone.

[Q] Unrooted HTC pico: SIM contacts deleted while trying to delete phone contacts

Hi to all, I have a strange problem with my htc pico.
As I'm running a non-root phone, obviously I was out of memory to install much apps after 1+months of using. At manage applications, I saw that contacts was eating 23MB space. I went to contacts and saw there was 1000+ contacts from my Facebook and Google account and I had around 200 (real) contacts in my SIM. It was clear to me that the email, pictures, facebook status etc of those online contacts eating up that much space and I needed to clear those. Those online linked contacts are of no use to me in my phone.
I force stopped contacts and deleted the data from manage applications and gained the free space it was blocking. I was happy to gain space.
Now when I came back to contacts, I see all those Facebook and Google contacts are there, just they lost their associated avatar, facebook status, etc.
Surprised and shocked to see that all the sim contacts are deleted.
WT* how SIM contacts be deleted if I'm clearing phone memory??
Is there any app(free) that can undelete SIM contacts.
I have contacts backup in the microSD which I backed up using my last samsung phone. I opened the backup folder and there is 230 <contact_name>.vcf files. Can I somehow select all and import back to the SIMcard by any app(free).
In the worst case it can't be solved by android, I have to ask some friend for samsung phone and insert my SIM and microSD there and restore contacts and then shout out loud "Android Sucks" .
TIA.

U have backup in a sd-card so just restore
Remember the format of backup should be in vcf format....
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kunal_tatiya said:
U have backup in a sd-card so just restore
Remember the format of backup should be in vcf format....
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I have format in vcf. But if I click it in file manager, the popup shows reading "reading vcard file...". But doesn't gives me option to save the contact to phone or sim. After reading, popup vanishes and in contacts I cannot see any new contact in phone or SIM.
Somehow I need to restore all those contacts to my SIM card and not in phone(who knows when phone deads).
Meantime I have manually saved few contacts to phone. Now where's the option like this "contacts settings"->"move contacts from phone to sim"-->"select all " as we see in Nokia/Samsung non-android phones.
It's great fun but also hard to be in android after years of using Nokia-1600 category phones.

Well in cm9 there's no option of importing contacts to sim u need to go back to sense based rom
And regarding vcf error use some contact application from playstore
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kunal_tatiya said:
Well in cm9 there's no option of importing contacts to sim u need to go back to sense based rom
And regarding vcf error use some contact application from playstore
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Thanks for the tip. I should have searched for contacts app from playstore.
My software isn't cm9. It's software number 1.31.720.3 with htc sense version 3.5 and android 2.3.5 . By unrooted phone I meant I didn't root it and I've planned to root and install roms after warranty expires.
I found a move option in contacts, but that's for moving phone contacts to google account.
Fortunately my problem resolved after I restarted the phone. Now contacts got 229 from SIM and 0 from phone, facebook,google. I think some cache problem was causing me all these trouble which got washed off on reboot. The call history is also empty now, I guess I've deleted that too.
I've stopped sync contacts in sync settings for facebook and gogole.

[Q] How to transfer contacts

Hello,
My name is shashank.
I have a Motorola Atrix 2 mobile.I have stored all my contacts in phone memory.
Now I was swapping the mobile with my father.
So now I wanted to transfer the contacts from Atrix 2 to Htc Wildfire S.
Please could anybody suggest how to do without syncing the contacts with google account.
Thank you,
Shashank

kannada said:
Hello,
My name is shashank.
I have a Motorola Atrix 2 mobile.I have stored all my contacts in phone memory.
Now I was swapping the mobile with my father.
So now I wanted to transfer the contacts from Atrix 2 to Htc Wildfire S.
Please could anybody suggest how to do without syncing the contacts with google account.
Thank you,
Shashank
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Save them on the sim, but that would not save the pictures and detailed contacts. Another option could be the export of the contacts and import them on the other phone if it's an android phone. Or take the outlook way and at least some contract provider give you the option to use their sync.

kannada said:
Hello,
My name is shashank.
I have a Motorola Atrix 2 mobile.I have stored all my contacts in phone memory.
Now I was swapping the mobile with my father.
So now I wanted to transfer the contacts from Atrix 2 to Htc Wildfire S.
Please could anybody suggest how to do without syncing the contacts with google account.
Thank you,
Shashank
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Press the blue contacts button, then the menu button. Press "More" and choose Import/Export. Then under export to: choose SIM Card.

If you dont want to export them via sim card, you can try to sync it with your google account. Then when you start using your new phone, restore your google account on it, and your contacts should sync as well. You can verify that all the contacts sync'd up correctly by going to contacts.google.com

Honestly, I think syncing with your google account is the most convenient way and the best way not to lose your contacts. But if you really want to go through the hassle of keeping your contacts away from google, you may need your service provider to port your numbers over to your new phone, add the numbers manually, or sims card.

Or backup to SD card. Within that import/export option.

[Q] Moto G Kitkat doesn't show SIM contacts

I have just received my Moto G and upgraded it to 4.4.2.
When I inserted my SIM, the dialer didn't show any of my SIM contacts, only the contacts from Google.
I did select "All Contacts" in the dialer's menu, but it didn't help.
The contacts are on the SIM, SIM management apps can see them.
I don't want to import the contacts, want to keep them in SIM - is it possible?

Gromit2005 said:
I have just received my Moto G and upgraded it to 4.4.2.
When I inserted my SIM, the dialer didn't show any of my SIM contacts, only the contacts from Google.
I did select "All Contacts" in the dialer's menu, but it didn't help.
The contacts are on the SIM, SIM management apps can see them.
I don't want to import the contacts, want to keep them in SIM - is it possible?
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No offense, but what's the point of use SIM to save contacts actually, having a Google account?

Nandeh said:
No offense, but what's the point of use SIM to save contacts actually, having a Google account?
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That way I can switch the SIM to another phone and use it, no matter what the device/OS is, even a dumbphone.
Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Same issue
Even I am facing the same issue. I have some 703 contacts stored on gmail, including many email addresses that I no longer need and weir names from google plus and facebook. I have 99 contacts saved on my sim which I regularly use but there is no way to see them in the 'people' app. There is an import/export option, but even after importing my contacts I can't see them. Any solutions?

zazzy24 said:
Even I am facing the same issue. I have some 703 contacts stored on gmail, including many email addresses that I no longer need and weir names from google plus and facebook. I have 99 contacts saved on my sim which I regularly use but there is no way to see them in the 'people' app. There is an import/export option, but even after importing my contacts I can't see them. Any solutions?
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You'll have to go to contacts (app/widget) then options..import..import from SIM.

JIT99 said:
You'll have to go to contacts (app/widget) then options..import..import from SIM.
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As I mentioned above, even after I import the contacts I can't see them until gmail contacts are ticked.. so the phone is storing the SIM contacts in the gmail contacts and you can't use only your SIM contacts
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I have to say I concur with this annoyance. I can't even edit my sim contacts.
Seriously, I would like to keep my contacts on my sim card not only in Google's portfolio.
zazzy24 said:
As I mentioned above, even after I import the contacts I can't see them until gmail contacts are ticked.. so the phone is storing the SIM contacts in the gmail contacts and you can't use only your SIM contacts
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ebsbow said:
I have to say I concur with this annoyance. I can't even edit my sim contacts.
Seriously, I would like to keep my contacts on my sim card not only in Google's portfolio.
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I see this as a Goog strategy to force user to use the Google contacts ..heck, it even wants me to start using Hangouts to manage my texts.
For now, if you want to view, export, import SIM contacts, use an independent app like 'Copy to SIM' from play store.

Or maybe install an 3th party dialer, forgot about that possibility.

moto g 4g
i can not select sim contact on moto g 8gb 4g ive downloaded sim contacts from google play store when i need to viewe contacts from sim i check it from sim contact app

SIM problem solved on MOTO G
ebsbow said:
I have to say I concur with this annoyance. I can't even edit my sim contacts.
Seriously, I would like to keep my contacts on my sim card not only in Google's portfolio.
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"SIM Contacts" App from Needom Studio in PlayStore is all that's needed : problem completely solved!