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.
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I have sync enabled with my google account. I can get my gmail contacts on my phone. However, I do not see my phone contacts when I go to my gmail account.
What am I doing wrong? My contacts from my phone should show up in my gmail contacts right?
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bp787 said:
I have sync enabled with my google account. I can get my gmail contacts on my phone. However, I do not see my phone contacts when I go to my gmail account.
What am I doing wrong? My contacts from my phone should show up in my gmail contacts right?
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Hmmmm... I just checked my gmail and it does display my contacts... an obvious question but do you see the google "g" next to all of your contacts??
bp787 said:
I have sync enabled with my google account. I can get my gmail contacts on my phone. However, I do not see my phone contacts when I go to my gmail account.
What am I doing wrong? My contacts from my phone should show up in my gmail contacts right?
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See if this helps. When in Contacts, tap the (hardware key) Menu and tap Display options. See if Phone and/or Sim is checked. That toggles the display of additional contacts saved in the Phone and SIM memory.
Scratch that. I think you want your phone and/or SIM contacts to show up in your Google Account on your PC right? I don't know how to do that... Sorry, I'm not so helpful after all.
NOFSBIGE said:
Hmmmm... I just checked my gmail and it does display my contacts... an obvious question but do you see the google "g" next to all of your contacts??
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in my contacts, on the phone, I see some contacts that have a "g" next to them. These equate to the ones on my gmail account's contact list. Most of them do not display the "g" though.
RexEscape said:
See if this helps. When in Contacts, tap the (hardware key) Menu and tap Display options. See if Phone and/or Sim is checked. That toggles the display of additional contacts saved in the Phone and SIM memory.
Scratch that. I think you want your phone and/or SIM contacts to show up in your Google Account on your PC right? I don't know how to do that... Sorry, I'm not so helpful after all.
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You're right, I want all of my On-Phone contacts to be sync'd into my Gmail.com contacts list on my pc. and any help is helpful
Your phone\sim contacts will not automatically move to google's contacts online. You have to move them manually. Here is what I did to move my contacts up there:
1. In contacts, under settings, go to Display Options and uncheck the option to show your google contacts. You will turn this back on later. For now, you just need to see the contacts that you want to move to Google.
2. Under settings, go to More and then Import\Export. Then choose to export to SD card. This will create a file on your SD card with your contacts in it. Make note of the location of the file. It will likely be the sd folder and a file called 00001.vcf
3. Exit the contacts app and go to the my files application. Find the file from step #2 and long press it. In the menu that comes up, select Share and then email it to yourself.
4. Now you should be able to get to the file on your computer by downloading it from your email.
(Alternatively if your phone is hooked up to your computer you could just find the file on it and copy it to your computer)
5. Go to google.com/contacts and import the vcf file. They will now be on Google and if you have contact sync on they will get pushed to your phone. I had some duplication between names on my phone and names I had in google so I had to spend some time merging and cleaning them up.
6. In the contacts app on your phone, undo what you did in step #1 by going to display options and checking Google. You will now see all of those contacts with a "g" beside them.
Note - this does mean that your contacts will show multiple times on your phone if your display options have it showing Phone, SIM, and google contacts. I ended up going in and removing all contacts from my phone and SIM card to resolve this. The captivate does try to link similar contacts together it may not bother you. I just decided I wanted all of my contacts in one place and nowhere else.
d'oh you beat me to it. I was doing a test myself to see if it works. It sure does and when I was about to post the instructions, there it was, yours. I couldn't have done a better job.
Nice! This will work.
However, I am quite disappointed that I can't just sync my phone contacts to my google account. It's one of the things I miss coming from WinMo using Microsoft MyPhone.
... you would figure with everything this phone does a simple task such as synching with your gmail account would be a no-brainer in the droid world.
Well.. nothing is perfect.
Thanks for this! I was looking for a way to do it and couldn't figure it out but never got around to asking
Yeah I agree, its kinda bs that they won't just sync. I use "uia back contacts" from the market. Works great with dropbox.
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I know this is old topic, but I have a question about the procedure described previously for getting contacts into google...
What about in the future...if I add a new contact on the phone, will it then automatically sync up to google, or do I have to do this whole process again?
movrshakr said:
I know this is old topic, but I have a question about the procedure described previously for getting contacts into google...
What about in the future...if I add a new contact on the phone, will it then automatically sync up to google, or do I have to do this whole process again?
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When you save the contact make sure you select google contact and it should sync automatically
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ROM: Paragon RC5 1200 mhz/100hz kernel
Here is my issue, also want to mention I had the same issue with a completely stock inspire before ever flashing my ROM this week. Ever since I got my inspire months ago I had this issue....
My default account for work is set up on my phone..
Emails and calender sync without any issues (both ways)
Contacts will not sync from my phone.
If I enter a new contact on my work computer it will push to my phone but not the other way around.
I need my contacts off my phone sync to my work computer!
Settings on my phone for my default account is:
auto-sync
sync contacts (checked)
sync calendar (checked)
Automatic (push) selected
default account selected
When I do a manual sync, nothing. Tried rebooting and nothing, like I said had the same issue with stock ROM.
Everyone at work has the iphone (is what I had before and it sync without any issues) so I do not have anyone over here to compare or check with.
Any suggestions out there?
So everything else works except I can not sync contact from my phone to my computer...
Need to change up my question a little. I discovered that if I enter a new contact it does sync to my computer. But how do I sync my existing (580) contacts to my computer off my phone? If I go to my work computer under contacts it only shows the one or two I just tested, not the other 580 contacts......
Calendar and email work great both ways as always.....
swatcop1 said:
Need to change up my question a little. I discovered that if I enter a new contact it does sync to my computer. But how do I sync my existing (580) contacts to my computer off my phone? If I go to my work computer under contacts it only shows the one or two I just tested, not the other 580 contacts......
Calendar and email work great both ways as always.....
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You save bet would be to remove the contacts on your phone and then reload them, when you import them choose google and not phone.
Can you explain a little more please, not following you...
thanks
swatcop1 said:
Can you explain a little more please, not following you...
thanks
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Ok your issue is with the contacts that are stored on your phone not syncing up to your account. how did the contacts on your phone get there? Did you import your contacts from sd card?
I did a backup before I flashed I guess. When I restored my back-up it installed all my contacts back.
I used TB for all my app back-ups before I flashed. If I recall before I even set up my work email on the new ROM I already had all my contact back. I assumed they came from the TB.
swatcop1 said:
I did a backup before I flashed I guess. When I restored my back-up it installed all my contacts back.
I used TB for all my app back-ups before I flashed.
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What did you use to back things up? Was it titanium back up or another app?
Yes sir TB, the paid version.
swatcop1 said:
Yes sir TB, the paid version.
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Ok here is what I would do as I never use TIBU to back up contacts. Go into people and hit menu, select export to SD card. Then try to re import them. It should ask you where you want to import them. Choose Google or you exchange account.
Well I guess what happens is that TB also backs up your data within you apps. I am using GO contacts. Thats how it backed up my contact I assume.
Will try what you just mentioned right now.
swatcop1 said:
Well I guess what happens is that TB also backs up your data within you apps. I am using GO contacts. Thats how it backed up my contact I assume.
Will try what you just mentioned right now.
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Yes it does and that why I dont use it for anything contact related as I believe (mind you this is just my 2 cents) that contacts are wrapped up in the system data as well. I normally just export all contacts to sd and then import them. I dont even use google to back them up lol
swatcop1 said:
Here is my issue, also want to mention I had the same issue with a completely stock inspire before ever flashing my ROM this week. Ever since I got my inspire months ago I had this issue....
My default account for work is set up on my phone..
Emails and calender sync without any issues (both ways)
Contacts will not sync from my phone.
If I enter a new contact on my work computer it will push to my phone but not the other way around.
I need my contacts off my phone sync to my work computer!
Settings on my phone for my default account is:
auto-sync
sync contacts (checked)
sync calendar (checked)
Automatic (push) selected
default account selected
When I do a manual sync, nothing. Tried rebooting and nothing, like I said had the same issue with stock ROM.
Everyone at work has the iphone (is what I had before and it sync without any issues) so I do not have anyone over here to compare or check with.
Any suggestions out there?
So everything else works except I can not sync contact from my phone to my computer...
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There is a little computer application that will sync your google contacts with outlook easily too but it's a little screwy sometimes.
I exported them to the SD card then I imported them back but It did not asked where to import them back to.
After it was finished they did not sync. Just to check it out I enter a NEW contact on my phone and sure enough it went to my computer. There is gotta be a way to put my existing contacts on my computer...
Also what to mention that when I exported them to my SD card, all my contacts were still on my phone (i checked after I exported) even though I did not import them yet. Is this right? Or should I export my contacts to my SD card then delete all contacts in my app then go back and import from my SD card?
Correction should I delete all contacts in my native contact list, not the app...then import from SD card
Hold on, my correction, it did ask what account to import them into and I did select the wrong account. Doing it now and importing them into my google email account as you mentioned.
chicobrown726 said:
There is a little computer application that will sync your google contacts with outlook easily too but it's a little screwy sometimes.
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Thank but my contacts are sync.ing Just trying to get the pre existing one to off my phone.
swatcop1 said:
Thank but my contacts are sync.ing Just trying to get the pre existing one to off my phone.
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Did importing them to your google account work? It should. just might have to force a refresh.
Yes I checked my google account and they are there, but I do not use my google account for anything other than the market. I am trying to get them on my exchange account at work.
Now I have three of everything in my contact list lol
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Yes I checked my google account and they are there, but I do not use my google account for anything other than the market. I am trying to get them on my exchange account at work.
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Ok your exchange account should pick up your google contacts. I am not sure as to why they are not. When you set up your exchange account does it normally sync your google contacts to it? I am playing this by ear as I dont use exchange at all. (Pisses my IT guy right off)
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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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!
As the title suggests I just receives the Xiaomi Note 3 today. On syncing both sims of my mother and father I noticed that the default contacts tab has synced them all together.
Now this phone is going to be used by my mother who is not so tech savvy. A lot of the contacts are simply email contacts but they appear in the contact list.
Is there any way to organize them? I basically want the contacts from each sim to appear in a seprate grouping or getting to choose at a time which sim contacts are visible. Also how can I remove the unnecessary email contacts showing in the Contacts tab.
I searched google in a varoety of ways but to no avail. Please help me out in this regard.
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I'd suggest create different google accounts and store them there on purpose. Sync the phone with multiple google accounts. and you are done.