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[resolved] Please help: How to copy contacts from outlook to phone?

Before you write "ActiveSync" read the following:
When setting up ActiveSync i checked contacts by mistake, so all my phone contacts were copied to outlook. When I tried to uncheck contacts from sync options, it said "all your contacts will be deleted from phone" so i clicked cancel and decided to delete device from ActiveSync and setup new partnership without contacts instead.
The problem is that the phone deleted all the contacts anyway after first sync with the fresh ActiveSync partnership!! And worst, when syncing with microsoft myphone, it deleted them from there as well!!!
So now the all my contacts are in outlook (where i didn't want them to be in the first place).
What i want to do is transfer them back to the phone but without synchronization otherwise i'll be back to square 1 and as soon as i delete that partnership they'll be gone!

I found a workaround:
1) create sync partnership with active sync including contacts
2) sync contacts back to phone
3) PIM Backup contacts
4) remove contacts from ActiveSync sync options (which will indeed delete all contacts from phone)
5) restore backed up contacts with PIM

[Q] Contact list(s) please help!!

Hey guys, so i have a problem. I know that in the contacts I can hide all the repeated contacts, meaning the duplicates that show up from google, and t-mobile, and the ones on the SIM card. I have all my contacts linked thro HTC facebook. But when I go to the dialer or to send message it shows all my contacts, so some people show up 4 times!
Is there anyway to hide all the duplicate contacts in dialer and MMS, and secondly, when I receive a message from someone it shows their SIM contact which has no picture and their name as I put it in, and not as it has been "linked"
Thanks in advance!

I am on the same boat. Its annoying cause I only want the Google contacts. Mines has both synced T-Mobile backup and Google. Gonna reset the phone and remove the T-Mobile app before I sync anything and get back to u
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

I had this problem and it was unbelievably frustrating when I first got this and after a few days of searching and banging my head against the wall, I found something that worked.
This is how you solve it (or how I solved mine).
1: Sync everything to Google. Edit the contact list in google (use the automatic duplicate deletion), delete useless contacts etc.
2. Remove contacts from EVERYWHERE. Sim card, phone, uncheck google sync. Your phone should then be completely empty for contacts.
3. Re-sync with google contacts. if you want you can copy it back to the SIM and you shouldn't get doubles. I think I just left it with google only but the end result is I don't have 9 different "danny's" show up when I go to compose new message because I know three of them.

Ok great, I'll try that out.. When they gave me my phone, I told the employee at the store that I didn't want the tmobile contacts, and yet, she still set it up. I hope they fix these silly thongs with the update

Try this
I had the same problem, shows same contact more then 1 time. i resolved it this way
1) Go to Contacts (App)
2) Press Menu button (2nd touch button from left)
3) Select View
4) Now select (Check Mark) the contact you want to see. in my case i unchecked all option but Google and Facebook for HTC
5) Select done.
now it will only shows single entry for each contact
Thanks

contacts problem

When i open my contacts up to edit them i have @ 8-12 duplicate numbers under the contqct details.
So say i open 'Joe Bloggs' contact his number is listed 8-12 times, i have edited these manually deleting the excess numbers but then they reapear!
Any ideas on how to fix it?

jamiee6610 said:
When i open my contacts up to edit them i have @ 8-12 duplicate numbers under the contqct details.
So say i open 'Joe Bloggs' contact his number is listed 8-12 times, i have edited these manually deleting the excess numbers but then they reapear!
Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Open the People app, go to the menu -> More -> Linked contacts. Unlink all the duplicates. Go back to the main screen and you'll be able to delete the duplicate entries.

debunk said:
Open the People app, go to the menu -> More -> Linked contacts. Unlink all the duplicates. Go back to the main screen and you'll be able to delete the duplicate entries.
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Thats not going to work, what you have to do is go in your gmail on a pc or anything other than your phone and go to contacts and delete the duplicates. The problem is your contacts are being save to gmail and simcard so everytime you sync with gmail your contact are going right back on your phone along with you sim contacts wich are the same as gmail contacts.this will stop it from happening everytime you sync or flash a rom

phonegod said:
Thats not going to work, what you have to do is go in your gmail on a pc or anything other than your phone and go to contacts and delete the duplicates. The problem is your contacts are being save to gmail and simcard so everytime you sync with gmail your contact are going right back on your phone along with you sim contacts wich are the same as gmail contacts.this will stop it from happening everytime you sync or flash a rom
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It depends completely on whether the contacts are stored as phone contacts (which is the default for contacts entered/imported on the phone) or google contacts. I've had the same issue the OP had, and it was caused by duplicate phone contacts, not google contacts. Doesn't hurt for him to check, of course, you may be right

also the duplicates could be coming in from htcsense.com if you use that or tmobile's contact backup crap if you use that. I also had an issue with HTC Sync where it didn't like that I had contacts with notes on them & started auto duplicating my contacts.

Did I lose my contacts for good?

I flashed Virtuous Inquisition ROM with my SIM card out. For some reason, I have lost my contacts because when I select "Import contacts from SIM card" it results in "No contacts on your SIM card" which is strange because I know I had contacts on there and I never deleted them myself.

if you have the contacts on the sim card you can reimport in the phone app. if not they can be reaquired by synching with a gmail account if you have done that its a good way to keep contacts while flashing roms. lastly you can restore them if you use titanium backup. if none of these are an option you'll most likely have to re-enter them all manually.

My contacts automatically sync with my Google Account, so whenever I flash a new ROM the device redownloads them from Google servers. I have never had my contacts on my SIM card, ever, but I suppose you can choose to keep them there

For me, I use Titanium backup, It save and backup calendar, contact, apps etc ...

Idol 3 contact back up..

So i just got the alcatel idol 3 last Wensday and had to manualy enter all of my contacts in, how do i back them all up to my google account so i dont have to enter them all in next time ?
Is there any good tip/tricks for this phone besides rooting ?

As long as you are logged into your google account on the phone, it should backup automatically. If you want to make sure, go to settings->accounts->Google, then touch your email address. You can turn off different things to sync, one should be "Contacts"
The manual way, if you want to keep a copy yourself, is to open the Contacts app, then check the settings there. Should be an option to export contacts. It makes a .vcf file that can hang on to.

rouyal said:
As long as you are logged into your google account on the phone, it should backup automatically. If you want to make sure, go to settings->accounts->Google, then touch your email address. You can turn off different things to sync, one should be "Contacts"
The manual way, if you want to keep a copy yourself, is to open the Contacts app, then check the settings there. Should be an option to export contacts. It makes a .vcf file that can hang on to.
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i checked and it is turned on and i went ahead and synced it again, went online on my desk top under my gmail account and the contacts are not showing up.

racefan82 said:
i checked and it is turned on and i went ahead and synced it again, went online on my desk top under my gmail account and the contacts are not showing up.
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Not showing up in contacts.google.com?

rouyal said:
Not showing up in contacts.google.com?
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correct.

Probably going to make that vcf file backup, then clear data and cache in the contacts apps. Then restore contacts with the vcf file, and try resynching.

it wont sync, because you inserted the contacts to phone not to gmail account. You canverify it by going to contacts, hit menu (three dots im upper right corner). then select showed accounts and deselect phone. You will notice, that the contacts are gone, because they are only onbthe phone memory (not synced). You have to export all contacts to vcf file, then inport the vcf. When you select import from sdcard the app will ask you if you wish to import to phone (not synced) or to your google account (you have to be loged in). You select to google account and its done. In few minutes you will see the contacts also in your gmail account under contact on computer... howgh ?

DallasCZ said:
it wont sync, because you inserted the contacts to phone not to gmail account. You canverify it by going to contacts, hit menu (three dots im upper right corner). then select showed accounts and deselect phone. You will notice, that the contacts are gone, because they are only onbthe phone memory (not synced). You have to export all contacts to vcf file, then inport the vcf. When you select import from sdcard the app will ask you if you wish to import to phone (not synced) or to your google account (you have to be loged in). You select to google account and its done. In few minutes you will see the contacts also in your gmail account under contact on computer... howgh
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thanks every one get them backed up google..

so one more question on the whole contact thing.
So i noticed when i go to my contacts under the phone icon my contact list is fine but when i go to my contacts through the text message icon every thing is doubled up, how can i fix this, its kinda irritating ?

racefan82 said:
so one more question on the whole contact thing.
So i noticed when i go to my contacts under the phone icon my contact list is fine but when i go to my contacts through the text message icon every thing is doubled up, how can i fix this, its kinda irritating ?
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ho do you mean going to contacts through text message icon?Do you mean when you start a text message and choose the recipient? It could be because you have the numbers on your phone/sim and also on google account. delete the one in your phone (before make sure they are on your phone and that you have backed them to google account or to cvs file through export option).