Hello there!
As far as I know Facebook as well as Whatsapp save one's contacts on their servers when the app is installed. A friend of mine, now lost all his contacts. He can't get them back through a backup and they also are not synced with his Google account. Now I was wondering, if there is a possibility to get the contacts from Facebook or Whatsapp (those two apps have been installed).
Any suggestions? Did anybody try this?
Thanks for the answers in advance
JOhannski
i guess you can get whatsapp contacts
simply use a whatsapp extraction tool which will give you access to all contacts which were stored in your whatsapp application library.
look around for a tool named whatsapp extractor from myphondata. that might be of some help to your friend.
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Will MyBackupPro or Titanium Backup do this?
Lets say i get a new android phone, and want to backup/restore contacts with contact the contact thumbnails. Going to be a drag adding 200 pictures each time i change phones
bump!
need one as well
"Yes, MyBackup Pro will also backup the contacts icon picture."
Found that on android forums.
http://androidforums.com/htc-desire...pictures-before-factory-reset.html#post854116
Seems MyBackupPro will do the job then.
If anyone can confirm this, id be greatfull.
Also found this:
"If your contacts are Google ones then the details and photos will be re-synced back to you phone after the update, Have a look at your Gmail account on a pc and check. "
Any way to easy convert phone contacts to google contacts? (Cant find Contactsync anymore on market, this app should do the trick)
I have alot of contacts, and dont want to do each one manualy. I tried to set up contacts sync to make it sync with gmail, but it will only sync google contacts it seems.
I rooted my Droid 2 successfully yesterday and all went well...mostly. I wiped data and cache and somewhere within the process my Phone Contacts were deleted. I remembered I have Backup Assistant and recently synced my contacts so I opened the app and pressed Sync, thinking it would restore my contacts but it only deleted the backup. My last resort was my GMail contacts which were identical to my Phone Contacts. The main problem is that when I receive calls/texts, phone numbers show up instead of names, even though I have the contacts in my GMail Contacts. What should I do?
You can link the Google Contacts to the Phone Contacts.
sitlet said:
You can link the Google Contacts to the Phone Contacts.
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Will that show up names in SMS?
I use my gMail contacts as my sole way of getting contacts, saves a lot of hassle. It all works fine with phone calls, SMS, etc, works seamlessly with no difference to if the contact were stored on the phone. I have 0 contacts on my phone, I just sync with Google instead - I find it much easier, simpler and more efficient.
Mohsin... said:
I use my gMail contacts as my sole way of getting contacts, saves a lot of hassle. It all works fine with phone calls, SMS, etc, works seamlessly with no difference to if the contact were stored on the phone. I have 0 contacts on my phone, I just sync with Google instead - I find it much easier, simpler and more efficient.
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Well I'd like to do that. I have all my contacts in the Gmail contacts section but my Phone contacts is empty. For some reason SMS don't show the names of my contacts at times
Hello, dear Forum.
You'll probably say that this question was asked and answered a million times, but i couldn't manage to find the write answer, so I ask:
Where do SMS-s go, when they are being backed up by android/google?
I'm using a HTC Desire, and i play a lot whit different roms (like everyone here I guess). I use MyBackup Root to backup some stuff including SMS-s, but I can see that when my phone is freshly flashed, it automatically starts downloading contacts and messages. I found where the contacts are - in google contacts. But where are the messages stored in google? I get a lot of duplicates and I'd like to go and delete all backed up messages from google and continue using only MyBackup Root.
So if anyone can point me to the right direction, I'll be most grateful.
P.S. pls don't post the noob movie from youtube )
I used this programm for backing up my contacts, sms, ...
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/downloads.php
You need the app from android market too^^
Maybe it will help you. I think there is a google sync too, so mybe you can erase your duplicates.
green007 said:
I used this programm for backing up my contacts, sms, ...
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/downloads.php
You need the app from android market too^^
Maybe it will help you. I think there is a google sync too, so mybe you can erase your duplicates.
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Thank You a lot for the app! But I was really interested if someone knew where are the backed up sms-s and can they be managed (viewed, deleted,copied etc.) like the contacts in google contacts.
I think I found the source of the duplicated messages (and contacts). I think it's the HTC Sence.com. It keeps my messages on the site, and my contacts. Stupid thing is that I can not do a "Select All>Delete" Usually I have around 270 contacts. Over there i have 888 contacts and my messages have 3-4 copies each.
so I need to view my contacts which is in .spb file. I am having a trouble because I just changed my phone to N5 from S3. Apparently kies doesn't let me open backed up contacts without a phone (all I see is music, photos, videos and podcast when i open kies no option to open .spb file). I have most of my contacts imported from google contact but apparently not all the contacts.. I dont need to convert or anything I just need to see what on the list so I can save the ones that were missing from my google contact. Is there any way I can just see the contacts? I'm using mac OSX 10.9 btw
Thanks!
after hard reset to my phone i encountered a unique problem, my contacts are synced an visible in contact list, but they dont show up in incoming messages or call, i tried following solutions already,
1. re sync google,
2. change google account and imported contacts,
2. contacts to display changed to all contacts,
3. deleted facebook account
4. saved contacts as vcf and again uploaded them.
4. downloaded the csv file and then replaced all number with country code with normal numbers and again uploaded them on google
5. saved all contacts on phone memory.
6. downloaded different messaging and dialer and contact apps from play store.
incoming messages show my contact number along with country code but the contact name is not shown , same is the case with incoming calls
help needed. i am using android version 4.2.2 , and google as my contacts sync, facebook app is still deleted. looking fwd for advices please
blizzardwq said:
after hard reset to my phone i encountered a unique problem, my contacts are synced an visible in contact list, but they dont show up in incoming messages or call, i tried following solutions already,
1. re sync google,
2. change google account and imported contacts,
2. contacts to display changed to all contacts,
3. deleted facebook account
4. saved contacts as vcf and again uploaded them.
4. downloaded the csv file and then replaced all number with country code with normal numbers and again uploaded them on google
5. saved all contacts on phone memory.
6. downloaded different messaging and dialer and contact apps from play store.
incoming messages show my contact number along with country code but the contact name is not shown , same is the case with incoming calls
help needed. i am using android version 4.2.2 , and google as my contacts sync, facebook app is still deleted. looking fwd for advices please
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I read Few Forums to find answer for you
what i managed to extract is:
you might be on caller 4.2.2 on s4 -- SOLUTION= update android version
Error might be at your carrier. ever tried it on different phone? does it work fine? i read few people suffering on Verizion network
still not solved, how can it be a carrier problem it seems some problem wth contacts
pushkardua said:
I read Few Forums to find answer for you
what i managed to extract is:
you might be on caller 4.2.2 on s4 -- SOLUTION= update android version
Error might be at your carrier. ever tried it on different phone? does it work fine? i read few people suffering on Verizion network
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sir i tried it but no luck
Update ... BUT NOT TO ANDROID 4.4.2, just to Android 4.3.
Android 4.4.2 will cause more'n'more horrible bugs...
See this.