Iam rnjoying all the latest roms cheers guys. I backup with pcimbabckup each time. But i have to keep readding my favourite contacts, Not much of a hassle i know, but still a bit of a pain. Especially as i loaded a new Photon rom yesterday only to discover a new one was relased that same day.
So just wondering is there a way to backup the favaourite contacts. mail box settings would be good too
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hi all.
i have a few things id like to ask:
i recently just upgraded my wizard, then downgraded to the same rom again.
i used spb backup.
apparently it didnt save any of my contacts nor my text messages. (any ways to do that for the future?)
anyway, im sure they are on my activesync, but for some reason, it refuses to recognise my device as the same one and wants to pair it as a new one. new one means no contacts. is there any way i could just reload it and get my contacts?i removed outlook as i hate it, and had thought id done everything that needed to be done!
Thanks for helping
I've been diggin my hd2 and am going thru a learning curve as I came from android g1.
I just installed a custom rom and am enjoying some of the new features but went thru a mild panic trying to get the sync setup so I could get my contacts back. Finally figured it out and proceeded to set the phone up the way I like.
But I didnt want to go thru the contacts ordeal again, so I tried to run My Phone to back them up but it wont backup the contacts unless I turn off active sync. But whenever I do that, my contacts disappear from the phone. Quite frustrating.
Android had Nandroid back up to restore the entire phone. Is there something comparable in win 6.5.
Or how bout a good back up app for contacts, bookmarks etc etc.
Thanks guys !
vcard expert can backup/restore your contacts from a vcf file.
Ive been searching quite alot on the internetz about a solution for this but got tired and contacted htc.
In the original hero rom (1.5) you can simply check the groups you want to sync with your phone. However on custom roms with 2.1 you will notice its a bit different.
To achieve an equal sync limitation of your contacts you will have put all the contacts you want in your phone in the "My Contacts" tab in gmail since this is the only category/group getting synced (if you have the option to show auto gmail contacts UNchecked).
I hope this will save you some time, and i guess it will since google doesn't really say that this is how it works on 2.x+, not sure about donut.
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Good info but I think it is in the wrong section. It does not have anything to do with development.
moved to general, best
ok!
wasnt really sure since it was concerning custom roms too, but thanks
Hello,
I am currently using a stock-based ROM and want to switch to Azure. My problem is that I spent a lot of time to collect profile pictures, link contacts to their FB accounts etc.
Is there a way to backup my contacts to include everything as it is now? The in-built export does not save every information.
My Legend is rooted, so I thought there could be a way to backup the contacts app including it's data as it is stored on my phone now but I have no clue how to do that.
Every idea or solution is highly appreciated! Thanks for you help!
I have the same query ... maybe someone with some expertise can help ??
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App
Ok I just tried it risking to go through everything again (especially manually linking contacts to their FB Accounts with different names and merging FB-only accounts with my phone contacts took a long time).
I just found out about Titanium Backup and am pretty sure that it gets the job done easily, just in case you want to spend the money for it, which I can't
What I did:
- Copied "/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db" to my SD-Card using Root Explorer.
- Installed Azure
- Installed Root Explorer again
- Moved contacts2.db back overwriting the new empty one.
- Installed Facebook
- Synced my contacts again.
- Restarted my phone
Worked great. My contacts are back, everything is linked correctly even the ones with different names, FB-only accounts are merged with phone contacs again.
Maybe someone with more experience knows an easier method or a good app for this to save some time.
Hey everyone, I'm considering coming from a samsung Vibrant to this, because I like the screen size, camera flash, and Android seems to be stable (super ram froyo) but I have a couple of questions
Will I be able to restore my text, and call logs via mybackuppro, and retrieve my contacts via the google account? I was also wondering if it's worth coming from a vibrant to an hd2? Just need some help, or advice.
Also could I restore some apps on the hd2 from the vibrant using Titanium backup?
-Sorry if I posted in the wrong place.
Thanks everyone who helps!
I've used both and prefer the hd2 but you might need to experiment with the builds.
There are apps to back up your sms and google contacts will automatically transfer with your account.
Sent from my HTC HD2 Android
To backup apps just use titanium backup and select batch and then all user apps.
To backup SMS download SMS backup and restore from the market.
If you've got a Google account, try logging into your gmail account from a computer then go to people and check I'd your contacts are saved. if they are then they will auto sync with any other phone you use.
Hope this helped.
Okay I was just making sure, I always use T-backup for apps, and mybackup pro for sms.
Is everything the same such as putting things in folders, and the phone being able to read it? And another big factor is GPS, does that work?
Gps works, but takes a little bit longer to get a lock sometimes (still quite usable)
And T-Mobile backup works too, just like on any Android phone. As far as backin up n restoring with Titanium, just batch backup apps n data, then transfer the Titanium Backup folder from your current sd card to your HD2's sd card, get Titanium from market, n batch restore
I highly recommend the HD2, its like 2 yrs old, n still just about the baddest phone on the block
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Awesome Thank you, I'll pm you if I have more questions if thats cool?
Ps: The hd2 i'm trading for has miui rom on it, have you tried it, is it stable? Or which build do you prefer?