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Import contacts

Hi to all,
I've a set of contact (with address, phone number, etc..) extracted from my previous phone (Siemens SL45), saved in XML and CSV format.
Does anyone knows some way or some tool to import it in the Windows Mobile contact automatically?
Thank you

umm.. look for contacts backup on here ..it will allow u to import csv files

thank you, I've tried the dotfred's PPCBckpContacts, is a good tool, but don't worked for me, because the file I've saved from my previous Siemens are in csv format, but with different fields.
The head of my csv is precisely:
No;Name;Phone;Company;Street;City;Zip;Country;Work;Cell;Fax;E-mail;Url;Categories;Other
that is quite different from the format saved of the PPCBckpContacts, so when I try to restore it the program says that is in an unrecognized format.
There's some way to make them compatible without editing by hand all my csv file?
Thank you

no thats the wrong program man.. look for "contacts backup"..

SMS export in CVS file readable in Excel or other

Hi,
After searching on the forum for any soft that would be able to do this, I'm posting this thread.
I'm looking for a tool that would allow me to export all my SMS in a text file (cvs or other) that can be easily modified, read, stored. Additionaly, I'd like to be able with that tool to import such a file.
reason is that I'd like to keep my SMS readable for ever, but also that I would be able to import on my Hermes the SMS from my SE K800i (for which I've got a tool to export in readable text format)
Thanks for your help

Jeyo Mobile Extender ought to do the trick.. you can download yr sms into outlook and export it to CSV format.. Cheerios

and can I do it the other way around ?
Reimport it from a CVS in outlook ?

yup. c'est possible!

Ca c'est cool
I'll try it
thanks again

karld said:
I'm looking for a tool that would allow me to export all my SMS in a text file (cvs or other) that can be easily modified, read, stored. Additionaly, I'd like to be able with that tool to import such a file.
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Another possibility (if you don't use Outlook, or don't want to use ActiveSync for this, or want it to happen automatically on the phone without needing to be docked) is PPC Pim Backup (also discussed here http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/299705/).
If you want a csv text file output, be sure to turn off the "Binary backup (faster)" option. The resulting file will be called <filename>.pib which you can rename to <filename>.zip and open. Inside will be a file called msgs_<date>.csm, which is a readable/editable csv file.
HTH. HAND. Cheers.
Addendum: Oh, and if you create a file called msgs_<date>.csm and zip it up into a file called <name>.pib, then you can restore (import) the messages back in too. When restoring, there is an option to either delete existing messages before import, or to just add imported messages.

I indeed already tried that one (that I run on a daily basis), but the format of the CVS file is not really correct. Some messages a spread on multiple lines if they contains carriage returns for example.
And also the message is most of the time on multiple lines, which makes it difficult to re-organise it and/or to create a file for import

brownianmotion said:
Another possibility (if you don't use Outlook, or don't want to use ActiveSync for this, or want it to happen automatically on the phone without needing to be docked) is PPC Pim Backup (also discussed here http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/299705/).
If you want a csv text file output, be sure to turn off the "Binary backup (faster)" option. The resulting file will be called <filename>.pib which you can rename to <filename>.zip and open. Inside will be a file called msgs_<date>.csm, which is a readable/editable csv file.
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Not for the letest version 2.8

[Q] Export all contacts into Excel or csv file

Hello need help in backing up my contacts into Excel or CSV file.
I've seen some threads here but there were no solutions
i tried downloading PIM backup application but I was not able to run it on WM6.1 since it was maybe an EXE file.
hope someone can help me with this
thanks and godbless

Download PIMBackup from here:
http://www.dotfred.net/default.htm
You have to extract the PPCPimBackupV2.8_wm2005.zip, copy the PPCPimBackup.exe to the internal storage of your diamond and start it. This should work - it works for me.

sync with computer. The contacts will be transferred to ms outlook. Then you can export by ms outlook.

[Q] .pib to .csv file conversion

hi all,
I had a SE Xperia X1 running on WM 6.5 and i backed up all my contacts using PIM backup for windows mobile. the back up file is saved on my storage card as a .pib format. I have however been understood that the only way i can transfer these contacts and texts to my new motorola milestone 2 running Android 2.2 is by the means of a .csv file.
Is there any way that i can convert this .pib file format to a .csv file format? i would appreciate any help out there as i am new to the Android OS.
Thank you

Rename PIB to ZIP. Open it and unpack file. That file (CSV) would be import to Google Contact (GMail). After that you may to synchronize your mobile with GMail and all your contact will be shown in Android phone.

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Rename PIB to ZIP. Open it and unpack file. That file (CSV) would be import to Google Contact (GMail). After that you may to synchronize your mobile with GMail and all your contact will be shown in Android phone.
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thanks so much. juz a small doubt....when u say import to google contact, how about do i do it. and will my text messages be backed up as well?
thanks very much

You must to login on Gmail from your computer (www.gmail.com) and go to your contact tab. In this contact tab you have a option for import CSV file. Import it to your Gmail account, edit contact if you wish then logout from Gmail.
Then synchronize contacts from your mobile phone with Gmail. After that, all your contact will be see on your mobile phone.
Only contacts will be backup. SMS is not possible for backup.
Hint:
In PIM Backup you must set backup only Contacts without any Binary or Compressed option.

Copy contacts from WinMob to Android?

I just installed Android Gingerbread (SD-card) and now I want to copy all my contacts from Windows Mobile 6.5 to Android. Is there an easy way to do this )if any)?
Hope you understand my question and thanks for answering!

If you use Outlook you can extract the contacts data base as I think a. Vcf and then load it into your gmail account then sync your phone with gmail
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If you have your contacts in out look try this http://sourceforge.net/projects/googlesyncmod/files/
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many ways to accomplish this...
first, back up your contacts (and anything else you fancy) using "pimbackup" on windows mobile. if any of the following options goes wrong, simply restore using the back up you just made with pimbackup.
now, ONE of the following options should work:
1. on windows mobile, set up an activesync with google's servers. once the activesync is established, your contacts SHOULD automatically upload to google's servers. this is useful because you are migrating to android, which is tightly integrated with your google account. when you will finish setting up your android with your google account, your contacts will download automatically in a few minutes...and you're done!
2. on windows mobile, use "sprite migrate". this nifty little tool will extract your contacts and sms messages into a file on your sd card. then, transfer the file to your desktop/laptop. on the PC, install the PC component of sprite migrate and feed it the file you just threw from your sd card. tell it to prepare a file for android. this will spit out another file which you can copy back on to your sd card. inside android, install the android component of sprite migrate and import the file you created on your PC. done!
3. use the outlook related options as suggested by others above if you are already integrated with outlook!

Easiest way is to just save your address book to your SIM card then import in Android

Easiest way is enable Google Sync on WinMo 6.5, google for instructions on how to...
It will copy contacts automatically to your google account and sync them back as soon as you link your google account with Android..

Mafioso said:
Easiest way is enable Google Sync on WinMo 6.5, google for instructions on how to...
It will copy contacts automatically to your google account and sync them back as soon as you link your google account with Android..
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I agree, this is the easiest way.
Just synchronize with google account.

w/o Gmail
If you no matter what do not want to rely on Google/Gmail services (for obvious privacy reasons):
Several users mentioned sprite migrate, but unfortunately the software's been discontinued since Oct/2011.
OTOH you can export your contacts:
using the built-in Outlook export. It gets quickly tedious I'm told because you have to process them individually (bleh). This creates a vCard file for each contact.
export using PIMbackup. The procedure is documented about everywhere on the forums, just use search. Important is to UNCHECK compression (and of course, check the "contacts" box earlier on). The resulting pib file is actually a renamed ZIP archive, you can open it with 7-zip regardless of its extension.
I'll assume you know how to transfer files in and out from your SD card.
Now within the pib/zip file, there's a .csc file, which is a comma-separated value "spreadsheet". Extract it from the archive.
You will now export (demux) this .csc into multiple .vcf (vCard) files.
The tool I found is http://homebrew.binaervarianz.de/in...ts-and-SMS-from-WindowsMobile-to-Android.html
Extract "PIM2vcard.pl" from the "PIM2vcard.tar.gz" archive into the same directory as before.
It uses Perl (a general-purpose scripting language) to achieve this. I recommend using Strawberry Perl for its simplicty of installation.
Fire it up using the "portableshell.bat" shortcut.
Then, enter the commands (replace with your own values):
Code:
CD /D "C:\EXTRACT\htc"
notepad contacts_20120418.csc
In notepad, click "File > Save As...". In the dialog, leave the default filename (contacts_20120418.csc.txt) and navigate to your working directory using the treeview on the left. In the Encoding drop-down box, select "UTF-8". Click Save, then quit Notepad.
Back to the Perl command prompt, enter these commands:
Code:
MKDIR vcf
perl PIM2vcard.pl contacts_20120418.csc.txt
When the script ends, you shall find the resulting files in the vcf subdirectory.
Copy them into your SD card / internal storage.
Finally, use the Contacts applet in Android to import the vcf files.
There are known issues:
1. Problems if you have contacts with non Latin chars [use encode_qp?]
2. Problems with multiline fields (such as home address) [fix CSV beforehand]
Note: Maybe some benevolent soul can whip up an excel macro or a website to perform all steps automatically?
Another alternative is importing the csv (*.csm.txt) into Windows Live Mail (mapping fields, which is a boring task) and then export to .vcf.
These features are available from the Import/Export ribbon toolbar buttons.
Also, the import process sometimes silently chokes, so it's not such a reliable solution either.
For migrating your SMS messages, I recommend the dedicated PimBackup SMS Importer to Android application by -emandt-.
An interesting alternative is http://piemaster.net/tools/winmo-android-sms-converter/ (Python 2.x, open-source). It seems to take the .pib in and churn out a fat .xml containing SMS's and importable into SMS Backup & Restore. However, I haven't tested it.
Edit: checked it out, it doesn't seem to process contacts.

ActiveSync with Gmail
GregoRA0 said:
I agree, this is the easiest way.
Just synchronize with google account.
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What to do if you already have an activesync connection with Outlook? It says you have to disengage that connection first and then sync this new (google) account. Problem is, once you uncheck it, it says it's gonna remove all contacts imported from Outlook!

Have a look at second program "Contact Backup CSV Import" HERE
Also do a search for PIM Backup as has some info in that thread on transferring contacts & sms ...