A quick search of the site didn't turn up any information on how to get contacts from wm to android if you don't have outlook, so I figured I'd post an easy solution I figured out last night. Should come in handy for a few people at least, now that 'droid on the vogue is starting to come into its own.
All you'll need is PIM Backup, a computer with internet access and a Gmail account.
1. Open PIM Backup on your Windows Mobile device. Select the Backup action and unselect everything but contacts, then hit Next.
2. At the "Select backup filename and folder" screen, unselect the "compress backup" and "binary backup" options, then hit Next.
3. Transfer the BACKUP.PIB file that you just made from your phone to your computer. Change the extension from .PIB to .RAR, then extract the file.
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account. All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail - just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
Hopefully that helps someone out, I've been taking advantage of the great firmware you guys churn out for far too long to not give something back.
And much thanks to everyone involved with bringing Android to the Vogue, new life has been breathed into a phone that I thought was all but dead.
Thanks for this! You can also set activesync on your winmo device to sync with an exchange server at m.google.com to transfer your email/contacts/calendar into gmail/gmail contacts/google calendar.
tmcfarland said:
Thanks for this! You can also set activesync on your winmo device to sync with an exchange server at m.google.com to transfer your email/contacts/calendar into gmail/gmail contacts/google calendar.
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That is exactly the kind of solution I was searching for yesterday, but to no avail
Ahh well - I offer an alternative, at least.
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That is exactly the kind of solution I was searching for yesterday, but to no avail
Ahh well - I offer an alternative, at least.
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http://tinyurl.com/y9pbgcv ( )
OR:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138636
1)I would suggest to sync with your outlook with your ppc by active sync or sync center
2)sync with your google account from your outlook by one free software - go contact sync
3)sync your android with your google account..
The only reason I use this way is because outlook can manage contacts best.
awesome! thanks!
brownman thanks for the info, it really helped
I synced my WinMo contacts with google through nuevasync.com (because I had multiple google calendars) then everything just moved over when I boot up and log into Android
brownman said:
A quick search of the site didn't turn up any information on how to get contacts from wm to android if you don't have outlook, so I figured I'd post an easy solution I figured out last night. Should come in handy for a few people at least, now that 'droid on the vogue is starting to come into its own.
All you'll need is PIM Backup, a computer with internet access and a Gmail account.
1. Open PIM Backup on your Windows Mobile device. Select the Backup action and unselect everything but contacts, then hit Next.
2. At the "Select backup filename and folder" screen, unselect the "compress backup" and "binary backup" options, then hit Next.
3. Transfer the BACKUP.PIB file that you just made from your phone to your computer. Change the extension from .PIB to .RAR, then extract the file.
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account. All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail - just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
Hopefully that helps someone out, I've been taking advantage of the great firmware you guys churn out for far too long to not give something back.
And much thanks to everyone involved with bringing Android to the Vogue, new life has been breathed into a phone that I thought was all but dead.
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Thank you very much for your advice, it made the transfer of my contacts to my motoroid really easy. Thank you again
im in similar boat, i hmm backed up with pim backup, but mine is binary etc... so i was like oh wait i already flashed my tilt with android... how to get contacts
so then i thought wait... how about PC windows mobile simulator from MS and thats what im doing lol, then i can easily fallow the steps here or sync it with outlook etc...
brownman said:
A quick search of the site didn't turn up any information on how to get contacts from wm to android if you don't have outlook, so I figured I'd post an easy solution I figured out last night. Should come in handy for a few people at least, now that 'droid on the vogue is starting to come into its own.
All you'll need is PIM Backup, a computer with internet access and a Gmail account.
1. Open PIM Backup on your Windows Mobile device. Select the Backup action and unselect everything but contacts, then hit Next.
2. At the "Select backup filename and folder" screen, unselect the "compress backup" and "binary backup" options, then hit Next.
3. Transfer the BACKUP.PIB file that you just made from your phone to your computer. Change the extension from .PIB to .RAR, then extract the file.
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account. All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail - just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
Hopefully that helps someone out, I've been taking advantage of the great firmware you guys churn out for far too long to not give something back.
And much thanks to everyone involved with bringing Android to the Vogue, new life has been breathed into a phone that I thought was all but dead.
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The best guide..!!!
Thanks..!!!
THANK YOU! You saved me hours of brutal copying out! Like a freakin' charm!
Worked great for me, thanks for posting!
Only issue I had is in the notes section it put a bunch of random crap in that I have to delete for 150 contacts.
Transfering from your google account to your HD2 win6.5 device is already possible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678339
No ever need to use your myphone service again..
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Hi
Just got this thing the other day (O2 XDA Mini S) and am pulling my hair out with ActiveSync. A google and a look round these forums convinces me I'm not alone.
I'm now at the point where notes will sync, but Contacts and Calendar will not. This appears to be most likely because I'm not using an Exchange Server.
I give in. Can anyone advise whether this some alternative to ActiveSync that I can use to back up my contacts list? I'd hate to have to do it all over again.
I have a memory card, so adding software from that is no problem if necessary.
Thanks
You can try the backup tool Sunnysoft
in advanced mode is an option Backup PIM databases
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I'm now at the point where notes will sync, but Contacts and Calendar will not. This appears to be most likely because I'm not using an Exchange Server.
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Are you just trying to sync with your pc over the usb link? You don't need Exchange Server for that - it sync's with Outlook directly. Have you set up what information you want to sync in ActiveSync's Tools->options?
Another possibility for not syncing is any firewall you are running - although, if it was that, you wouldn't even get Notes to sync.
John
yup
Thanks for that John, yep I've done all I can see that I need to do. Missing Exchange was about the only thing left I could think of. I think I might uninstall Outlook and reinstall it to see if that helps. Though I *hate* having to install that POS just so I can backup some settings !
Perhaps there's somewhere within the phone that will export the various settings somewhere. Or perhaps I should dig out VS2005 and attempt to write one myself. Backing up to storage card would be the best option I think, and from a look around the .net mobile CF, it would appear to be pretty well supported.
And I had to disable Zonealarm despite having all the appropriate configurations set up to allow it. I even put 169.254.x.x in the trusted zone, to no avail.
ActiveSync is a shocking piece of software - and I know from owning other phones that there's things like MobiExplorer and MobiManager that tends to work much better than the usual manufacturer-supplied stuff.
Chak, thanks for the lead with SunnySoft.
Copy the pim.vol file from the root directory of the device. This contains all your pim info (contacts, call history, tasks, calendar). You can't really make anything out of it if you try to view it, but when you hard reset, you can just overwrite the new one and soft reset to restore everything. I copy mine to my storage card every time i add something new that has to do with pim stuff.
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Copy the pim.vol file from the root directory of the device. This contains all your pim info (contacts, call history, tasks, calendar). You can't really make anything out of it if you try to view it, but when you hard reset, you can just overwrite the new one and soft reset to restore everything. I copy mine to my storage card every time i add something new that has to do with pim stuff.
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in my case, pim.vol file is protected, so copying & replacing it after hard reset does not work. i have other workaround for backuping contacts (as my activesync with outlook simply does not work) - each contact via irda to computer. it saves contact as .vcf file that you can send to wizard back again after hard reset.
Try using total commander to get to the file.
I yust transfered the file via email inside my home WLan to the PC.....
Hey, is this a common problem for HTC devices or Windows mobile in general?
I just started searching because my calendar won't sync. (3 palm devices and 3 pda's later, I have 1,400+ contacts.)
Are there any workarounds that anyone knows?
I tried setting up the sync settings whilst the device was disconnected, but the calendar entry just disappears when I re-connect.
-Worried of Sheffield.
thanks
Thanks eva_d, I had already hit on the idea of bluetoothing all my contacts over (thankfully, there's not that many) from my nokia 6600. Luckily, the XDA didn't require my SIM to be in it during the transfer. It even took over the mini pictures I had for some of the contacts, quite smart.
But it would be some chore with more than the couple dozen I had.
I'm reading up on the windowsmobile classes in dotnet, I reckon the answer would lie in there somewhere. Writing an app in VS to back things up to some funky open format would be the ideal, even if it does just drop a directory full of VCF files for example.
Once I'm sure VS2005 is installed and working correctly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41155), I'll throw some serious effort at it.
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Thanks eva_d, I had already hit on the idea of bluetoothing all my contacts over (thankfully, there's not that many) from my nokia 6600. Luckily, the XDA didn't require my SIM to be in it during the transfer. It even took over the mini pictures I had for some of the contacts, quite smart.
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copying contacts to other handset is bit risky, because various producers are using various interpretation of .vcf file format. for instance, when i copy contact from siemens s65 to wizard, email field is always ripped off the contact and polish national characters are also absent. copying contacts to computer via irda is quite safe, however personal ringtones assigned to contact and voice dials are sacrified. all other data within a contact are still present, including contact picture.
A bit more info on the missing calendar link:-
I have one laptop using activesync V.4.1 this was where i first discovered the problem.
Just tried laptop #2 running a/sync v.3.7.1 which has an older copy of my appointments in outlook. Calendar doesn't sync to this either, so it must be something inside the MDA.
Tried to search microsoft support to find a solution, but no entries found. This seems to indicate that it is a HTC issue. I had a MDA Pro briefly sync-ed up which worked Ok. The problems are with my MDA compact running WM2003.
pim.vol not only saves the contact but also the assigned ringtone and pic. only way to do it is copy to storage card.
then after hard reset it won't let you overwrite the new one but if you rename it to pim.vol.old it lets you do that. then you can overwrite it.
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pim.vol not only saves the contact but also the assigned ringtone and pic. only way to do it is copy to storage card.
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contact pictures are NOT saved in pim.vol. when i restore contacts via irda from .vcf files on my laptop, pictures are already there.
I know this thread has moved on a bit, but I've just got my calendar to sync. again and I'm soooo relieved!
Take a look at this forum to find out how:-
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync
Look at 'Cannot get calendar to sycnhronise' and the second reply.
Backing up the Contacts with Mail2Web Live Mail Service
I basically use the mail2web live mail service, and use its exchange server as the server source in Activesync. I only choose synching Contacts with this server (but you can choose others).
This way, all my contacts are always up to date in mail2web servers, and even if I need to hard reset, I can reget all of my contacts back very quickly.
Highly recommended...
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please use the search PLEASE! ....search for PPCBckpContacts.exe
damn it!
Hey everyone,
I usually hate posting (as most things I need is found through searching).
but here goes my little story.
I have my 8125 (wizard), I plugged it into my laptop (not my usual one), and activesync started working or something, then I notice it saying something about deleting previous information, so immediatly , I look at my phonebook while it's doing that, it's empty! So I disconnect the USB connection before anymore could be done.
I was wondering if it were possible to get back my contact info?
I copied a file off of the phone, PIM file. I opened it with notepad, looks like it has some names and numbers stored on it, even my SMS messages still have names from the people sent on it.
Is there any hope of getting all my contacts back?
Why not just connect it to the computer you normally sync with? If you sync with Outlook on that system, your contacts will re-populate automatically.
That's the problem, that pc was sent to my father in law =\
that's about 2000 miles away...
will, sorry to tell that it's hard to get back the data, you can add them one-by-one from the PIM file you have or pay a visit to your father-in-law...or file a lawsuit against Microsoft ;-)
I found a stupid flaw in ActiveSync 4.5 that if you don't sync the contacts (uncheck the contact checkbox in the list of items you want to sync), they will be deleted...so my advice to you -after you get back your data- is to use PPC PIM Backup (you can find it in the forum)
Yea, kinda sucks for me.
I was hoping since all my contacts were in outlook mobile, they would have some kind of backup file, or deleted files directory =\
Why not have your dad export your contacts and send them to you? You can then import them into your Outlook and sync it with your phone.
Im using the new Energy rom, 06/08. I set up all the links in facebook to my contacts, but as most of you know the energy ROM gets updated often. Im a flash junkie, so I follow them.
Is there any way I can export the links, it took me about an hour to link them up and im not going to do that every week or so.
Thanks for your time.
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Im using the new Energy rom, 06/08. I set up all the links in facebook to my contacts, but as most of you know the energy ROM gets updated often. Im a flash junkie, so I follow them.
Is there any way I can export the links, it took me about an hour to link them up and im not going to do that every week or so.
Thanks for your time.
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You can use SPB backup. The only thing is everytime I restore my contacts It restores every contact twice and I have to go through and erase them. Pim backup backs up contacts but I dont know how to carry over the facebook links.
Yea I know how to backup my contacts. Infact they sync to outlook. I just dont want to have to restore the facebook links everytime.
Thanks for your reply
this would be very helpful for me also. i too am an energy rom user & would luv to know how to backup the facebook links. dscottjr81 can you verify SPBbackup does work for this?? i also wonder if Sprite Backup would work? i know PIMbackup does not carry over the facebook integration.
anyone?
maybe the facebook stuff is in the facebook.vol in your root directory? \facebook.vol
just try it
facebook.vol is for the facebook application produced by microsoft.
you use the link your contacts in the manila contacts page, right?
I have nothing else of facebook installed, and have the \FacebookInfo.vol on my phone, so I think thats one of the files for the "manila facebook" ..
but here is another solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538513
Il back that file up and restore it see if it works. Il also use your link in the event it dosnt work.
Thanks very much.
I have over 75+ facebook links in my phone, so having to do them all again would of been very troublesome for me. I did however figure out how to backup all of the links and current PIM information for your phone.
Backing up and Restoring the ENTIRE PIM(Calendar, Contacts, Tasks) and the Facebookinfo Vol file is the only way to get your Links back intact.
Before you do this, you should do the following things to prepare for the restore. If you have an active sync partnership with a computer allready, in your active sync settings on the PPC for that connection, set you sync conflict mode to "Keep items on my device". This will prevent dupes from appearing in outlook on your PC as well as on your phone. If your synced with an Exchange server or google mobile, unfortunately the Exchange connector lacks this feature. You'll just have to manually De-Dupe those.. Sorry.
When all of this is done, Download and Install Total Commander (Google it). Open total commander and in the root of your device, rename the "pim.vol" and "facebookinfo.vol" files (If they exist. If not, then fill out your personal card and link atleast one facebook contact). Once these are renamed, copy your old pim.vol and facebookinfo.vol files into the root, and soft reset. You should now have all your contacts, tasks, calendar entry's, and facebook links.
Edit: I just checked my gmail account after doing this method (Which is being synced via the exchange connector) and I only found a few dupes which may of been left over. Post your experience if you do this as well.
Try using microsoft my phone, looking at the details it has synced to my account it saves the fb links as a note, ive not reflashed the phone since i got all my links connected, i only got the phone yesterday and am trying out my 1st rom since moving over from the Kaiser. Loving the diamond compared to my old trusty heavy Kaiser.
I have always used Microsoft my phone for backing up, i like the sync my location as if i ever loose of get my phone stolen at the press of a button it will tell me where it is
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Try using microsoft my phone, looking at the details it has synced to my account it saves the fb links as a note, ive not reflashed the phone since i got all my links connected, i only got the phone yesterday and am trying out my 1st rom since moving over from the Kaiser. Loving the diamond compared to my old trusty heavy Kaiser.
I have always used Microsoft my phone for backing up, i like the sync my location as if i ever loose of get my phone stolen at the press of a button it will tell me where it is
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My phone does not backup/restore facebook links. I'm not sure if it is even aware that manila creates them. Where did you see this in details? The sync details in my phone is very basic and doesn't say anything that detailed. When I look at the sync settings in the latest version of my phone, it doesn't even give an option to backup notes, and there is no mention of notes in the online profile either. Where did you see this?
Hi there..
I'm going to ask you very simple question.
Is there a way to import contact list to android via Microsoft My Phone service?
I have more than 200 contacts in my contact list.
Its easy thing to do but kind'a waste of time..
How do the starters import their list for the very first time?
NOT: I also tried to syncronize my SD android via pimbackup data. I had it done once but the syncronisation thing.. i couldnt find where i should do it.
Just a newbie question
Thank You
I found no way to sync my android with myphone... sorry
Outlook exchange is easiest way for me. MyPhone is a WinMo application/service (Microsoft), and so won't run on android.
Can also use gmail, m:IQ (no idea, just read it somewhere else), myBackup (Again, just read it). Also search market for "contacts" will produce many apps to back them up to SD card.
Hope This Helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630146
try that, it imports into google
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630146
try that, it imports into google
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That is what i couldnt success!
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account.
All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail
But how? There is no import/file upload menu in our gmal settings
That is where im stuck!
- just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
How to transfer contacts from another phone....
Been messing with my wife's Sensation, then installed MIUI ROM on my HD2.
Got messed up with SIMs.... Now my wive's Sensation has all my contacts.....SUX....LOL Can't get it back on my HD2......
Any help appreciated!!
Tester.
If your wife's phone is a WinMo phone, search for .dot Fred's PIMBackup. That will do the trick for you.
Thanks.
Unfortunately Sensation is an Android phone. Is there any program on the market to transfer contacts from Android Phone?
Thank you.
Tester
Tester30 said:
Thanks.
Unfortunately Sensation is an Android phone. Is there any program on the market to transfer contacts from Android Phone?
Thank you.
Tester
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I've used Spb products for years and never had a problem with them. But I've never used this one, I don't have any android devices. You might want to check it out. I don't know if it let's you reverse the process and go from Android to WM, but it's worth looking into.
Spb Android Migration
Thanks, bro for trying to help!!
The thing I probably omit to mention that both Sensation and HD2 are Android based phones.
I'll give a shot with SPB program!!
Really appreciate your help!!
You're welcome. I would think that since they're both Android it would make things simpler than trying to go back from Android to Windows. There's gotta be a utility to move things between Android devices. It looks like .dot Fred isn't doing Android stuff, but there are a lot of bright people like him. Good luck!
I would sync the HD2 with an google account using ActiveSync. And do the same with the Android phone.
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How to transfer contacts from another phone....
Been messing with my wife's Sensation, then installed MIUI ROM on my HD2.
Got messed up with SIMs.... Now my wive's Sensation has all my contacts.....SUX....LOL Can't get it back on my HD2......
Any help appreciated!!
Tester.
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I am using Funambol it's free and easy it suports all devises make a try
http://my.funambol.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=default for login
and Funambol in market
Also i found this one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
Importing WM Contacts into Android
You need PIM Backup, a computer with internet access and a Gmail account.
1. Open PIM Backup on your Windows Mobile device. Select the Backup action and unselect everything but contacts, then hit Next.
2. At the "Select backup filename and folder" screen, unselect the "compress backup" and "binary backup" options, then hit Next.
3. Transfer the BACKUP.PIB file that you just made from your phone to your computer. Change the extension from .PIB to .RAR, then extract the file.
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account. All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail - just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
or activesync with google http://www.google.com/support/mobile...&answer=138636
since they're both android based, here are three offline ways:
1- you can use "my phone explorer" which can back up/restore/transfer contacts in a flash.
2- you can use titanium backup on your wife's phone to make a backup of contacts, transfer the contact backup file to the HD2 and restore it there, a hot reset and you're good to go.
3- if you're using a sense based ROM on the HD2, most of them come with "transfer data" app, you can link both devices through bluetooth and get all your contacts transferred to your HD2.
I've tried all of the above solutions with pretty much 100% success.