So I don't get what HTC did with the Thunderbolt....on my Incredible it used to send my contacts I added to the phone on Google. However now it doesn't sync them. And I can't find an option to save to Google instead of Phone.
When you add a contact, the second field is contact type: phone or Google. Choose Google to add to the Google cloud.
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Menu>Settings>Accounts & sync check auto sync. Then tap on google and check sync contacts
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I have noticed, (and this I very annoying) , that when I first setup a new rom, after syncing my google account, it creates duplicate entries, one called phone and one called google of the same phone number.
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It doesn't sync them because by default new contacts are not set up as google contacts. After selecting to make a new contact you must before inputting the name manually make it a google contact.
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Open contacts
Hit menu
Hit view
Uncheck everything but Google.
This will make your default Google when u add a new one.
Then they will sync
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ddgarcia05 said:
It doesn't sync them because by default new contacts are not set up as google contacts. After selecting to make a new contact you must before inputting the name manually make it a google contact.
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And there is no way to edit where the contact saves to AFTER you make it? I could've sworn I could change it on my Inc.
denonlake said:
Open contacts
Hit menu
Hit view
Uncheck everything but Google.
This will make your default Google when u add a new one.
Then they will sync
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This works great, thanks. I never liked having to select Google for each new contact.
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gpgorbosjr said:
And there is no way to edit where the contact saves to AFTER you make it? I could've sworn I could change it on my Inc.
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Sure you can edit contacts. Go into the People app, click on one of your contacts, and press the Menu button and choose Edit. Not only that, but in the edit screen you can choose to link identical names in your phone book and the you can see what information is stored in the phone (which syncs to Verizon's Backup Assistant) and what is stored in Google.
Knave68's post above tells you how to make sure that your phone will sync with your Google account.
It doesn't let you switch between a phone contact to a google contact, am I missing something?
Go to people, hit menu, import/export, export to SD.
Then choose phone. This will export all your phone only contacts to a vcard file.
Then choose import from SD and set Google as the destination.
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mcmillanje said:
Go to people, hit menu, import/export, export to SD.
Then choose phone. This will export all your phone only contacts to a vcard file.
Then choose import from SD and set Google as the destination.
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Thanks. It sucks they make it that difficult but that should do the trick.
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I have been trying forever to get the contacts on my phone (synced to my google account ) to sync up with my facebook friends. It will only sync a select few for whatever reason I cannot find. Any tips?
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I had to manually associate each Google Contact with the correct Facebook contact. I did it through the built in "People" application.
If memory serves correct, you open a contact in "People" and it should show a broken link icon. Click on that and you can select the correct FB contact. After you select the FB contact the link icon changes to a "connected link" icon.
From there it should auto update status and pictures accordingly.
Ah I am using an AOSP rom so that might have something to do with it.
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I have phone numbers on my phone that aren't linked to google sync so when I load a new rom, I lose them. How do I move a contact from "phone" to "google". And please don't say sync because it doesnt
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U have to save each one separate. Open contact edit save to Google. Should work. It's a known issue with the tbolt syncing new contacts to google
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I don't see a save to google option
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OK when u add a contact the first option is contact type. Make sure that's google
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Even easier still.
1. On computer of choice log into google mail
2. Click contacts and add, update and save.
3. ???
4. Profit
Transfer them all from your address book on your pc to google contacts in your email account. They should all sync automatically then. I saved all my contacts from outlook and then imported them in a .vcf file. Google it, is really easy to do.
gixxertriplezero said:
OK when u add a contact the first option is contact type. Make sure that's google
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Perfect, thanks...
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Go to contacts.
Menu>import/export
Export to SD
Export from phone
Menu>import/export
Import from SD
Import to Google
(At least, that's the easy way... ;-) )
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I have a lot of contacts on my phone and want them all sync'd with google. Now, I could add them one by one but surely there is a better/faster/more efficient way to do this. I'm about to upgrade my Infused v1 to the new stable Infused v2 and I know I can export them and import them like I have in the past (just by using the built in function) but I would like them in the google format so I can sync them over the air.
Also, once they are in the google format will facebook be able to sync their pic's to the contacts? Cause there are only a handful that sync when I have over 100 that should have pics.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Export all contacts from phone to sd card. Next import from sd card and select google account as target. Finally, go to the contact view settings and show google contacts and uncheck view phone contacts. Done. I am awesome.
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That was a sweet fix, thank you! Worked great, just want I needed.
marshal4him said:
Export all contacts from phone to sd card. Next import from sd card and select google account as target. Finally, go to the contact view settings and show google contacts and uncheck view phone contacts. Done. I am awesome.
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And in the meantime lose the contact details
gio user,
using cm7.2 for stability
Worked well
marshal4him said:
Export all contacts from phone to sd card. Next import from sd card and select google account as target. Finally, go to the contact view settings and show google contacts and uncheck view phone contacts. Done. I am awesome.
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I followed these while logged into gmail account and watched my gmail account populate with all my phone contacts. Worked great. In gmail, merged all duplicates and then installed Contacts Optimizer from Google Play. That sorted out some of the dupilcates on my phone. Not perfect, but much better and now my contacts are backed up and I am ready to root... Will be clicking the Thanks for ya.
How to covert sim/phone contacts to google? is there an app that will convet these or do i really have to do all by hand?
HB66 said:
How to covert sim/phone contacts to google? is there an app that will convet these or do i really have to do all by hand?
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You can go to phone> contacts> hit menu key and there is an import/export option. You can import or export all your contacts to google at once.
Also in the menu options under more> settings> you can set your phone so that all new contacts will go straight to google.
Hope this helps you.
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i only have the option to export to sim or sd card
That is weird. You should also have options to import/export FROM Sim and sdcard.
What ROM are you on...maybe you got a bad download.
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I have a thought..
Go to phone > contacts > menu > more > settings > Save new Contacts to. Then set google as your place to have your new contacts saved to.
When you are finished doing that reboot your phone. Then go back and see what your import/export options are. Hopefully you will now have the options to import/export FROM sdcard and Sim
**ALSO** In our phones main SETTINGS menu go to Accounts and sync then > Manage accounts > press the gmail account you want synced (make sure sync is ON). Make sure Sync contacts is checked. That will get you synced with google.
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The Accounts and Sync will do it for you. As Jerry D said I have also set the phone to save new contacts to google by default. Makes flashing new ROMs so much less of hassle, plus you can always access your contacts from wherever you can get online.
FBis251 said:
The Accounts and Sync will do it for you. As Jerry D said I have also set the phone to save new contacts to google by default. Makes flashing new ROMs so much less of hassle, plus you can always access your contacts from wherever you can get online.
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HB66 said:
How to covert sim/phone contacts to google? is there an app that will convet these or do i really have to do all by hand?
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Export a vcf file to ur SD card, then re-import it to google contacts.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure u disable facebook n' Twitter contacts syncing before exporting, otherwise when u resync to ur google contacts u will get duplicated contacts for both social networks.. At least that's what i remember out of my experience... also, should u wipe ur contacts after exporting ur list? (So u only see one cope of'em from google)
Bonus: If u use Go Contacts it can batch identify duplicated/related contacts and merge/delete them if needed.
As the screen shots below show when im using the contacts its fine (1 contact per name) but when i search for a specific person 6 or more contacts show up for that name. I wouldnt mind this but when i save a new number say from a text message and try to add it to the exsisting its like a guessing game which one to put it under because only 1 shows up under contacts normally. If i add it to the first one it says saved but then going into contacts its never there.
Stock 4.0.4 rooted.
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As the screen shots below show when im using the contacts its fine (1 contact per name) but when i search for a specific person 6 or more contacts show up for that name. I wouldnt mind this but when i save a new number say from a text message and try to add it to the exsisting its like a guessing game which one to put it under because only 1 shows up under contacts normally. If i add it to the first one it says saved but then going into contacts its never there.
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I have run into this. You more than likely have more than one account syncing your contact (google, samsung, verizon?) To get rid of the contacts (multiple) Sync them to only one account, delete all contacts, then resync. Hope this helps.
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I have run into this. You more than likely have more than one account syncing your contact (google, samsung, verizon?) To get rid of the contacts (multiple) Sync them to only one account, delete all contacts, then resync. Hope this helps.
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Ill give it a try thanks
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chamberc said:
Join contacts
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When you have multiple accounts syncing the phone can't always reconcile small differences. If you long press on a contact you can join it to another one manually. It's been something I've had to do since I let Facebook sync.
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