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[Question] winmo to android contacts

I just joined the android family.
And i was wondering is there is a easy way to import my contacts with pictures and appointments and sms messages from my xperia to my magic?
thnx!

Its a few steps sadly...
1. Sync your winmo with your pc and outlook, this will get your calendar and contacts in outlook.
2. export your contacts as a csv file and then import into google using web interface. Tip create a group for your phone contacts, as by default google syncs everyone you have ever emailed. I call mine 'Phone Contacts'. On the handset you can say only sync contacts in xxx groups. This way they stay nice. You can then reassign your contacts photos in the web contacts page. These will sync down to your phone.
3. install google sync (http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe), this will then sync your outlook calendar with google, which will then sync with your phone
As for sms etc, sorry can't help you there. But you might want to look at this (http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/) sms backup program. stores all your sms's in google under a label called SMS.
Thanks

ajpalm said:
Its a few steps sadly...
1. Sync your winmo with your pc and outlook, this will get your calendar and contacts in outlook.
2. export your contacts as a csv file and then import into google using web interface. Tip create a group for your phone contacts, as by default google syncs everyone you have ever emailed. I call mine 'Phone Contacts'. On the handset you can say only sync contacts in xxx groups. This way they stay nice
3. install google sync (http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe), this will then sync your outlook calendar with google, which will then sync with your phone
As for sms etc, sorry can't help you there. But you might want to look at this (http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/) sms backup program. stores all your sms's in google under a label called SMS.
Thanks
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pfff,.....
Ok
Thank you for your reply!
I guess this is still faster then manual input.

For SMS: if you have or plan to have root access to your android phone: http://android.modaco.com/content/software/288916/windows-mobile-sms-migrator-beta-1/
Cheers.

ajpalm said:
Its a few steps sadly...
1. Sync your winmo with your pc and outlook, this will get your calendar and contacts in outlook.
2. export your contacts as a csv file and then import into google using web interface. Tip create a group for your phone contacts, as by default google syncs everyone you have ever emailed. I call mine 'Phone Contacts'. On the handset you can say only sync contacts in xxx groups. This way they stay nice. You can then reassign your contacts photos in the web contacts page. These will sync down to your phone.
3. install google sync (http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe), this will then sync your outlook calendar with google, which will then sync with your phone
As for sms etc, sorry can't help you there. But you might want to look at this (http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/) sms backup program. stores all your sms's in google under a label called SMS.
Thanks
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Thank you for this.... I think this will also work for Winmobile phones also?

venom037 said:
Thank you for this.... I think this will also work for Winmobile phones also?
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I dont see why not..

http://www.vufone.com/ supported windows mobile and android handsets.
sync using winmo, then do a full download using Android.
Granted its not free, but its an excellent took to use, and for $20 per year it can't be knocked!
Try it out... 14 day free trial http://www.vufone.com/

Sync contacts with gmail account

Does any one have problem with sync contacts with gmail account?
I have contacts in my phone. How to synchronize them with gmail?
Mail is synchronizing ok, but contacts...
When i tryed new rom-s i must sync with my PC all time, but i want to back them in my phone from gmail. I's it possible?
TY

You first need to enable the contacts sync. -≥ Go to Settings - Data Synchronization - Google and put a checkmark on Contacts.
On your phone, if you go to contacts, you see on the right side of the contact's name the word phone(this means the contact is a phone contact) You have three types of contacts - phone, google and sim contacts. All of your contacts need to be google contacts, if you want to sync them with google. You can probably manually convert every single phone contact to google contact, but that would take a lot of time.
So to speed up things, you need to do this:
You need to transfer all your contacts to your computer, Outlook or such. Then delete all your contacts from the phone. From outlook you need to export all contacts to the .csv or .vcard file. Then go to Gmail and import all your contacts from .csv file. Connect your tattoo to the internet and again go to settings - data synchronization - Google, press menu and choose Sync now. It will then transfer all your contacts from gmail to your phone. Then all your contacts will become google contacts and you will be able to sync them with Gmail.
In the future, when you create a new contact on your phone, be sure to select google as type of the contact to be able to sync it with gmail.
But be very careful with this, make a backup of all your contacts before you do this.
Bye

My contact have letters: š, ć,.. and few more letters that show ? ? instead of š, ć when i'm export contacts from outlook.. I's there any other way to convert phone to google contacts? TY

I did a bit of research on this and there seems to be no other way to convert contacts from phone to google...i found this answer from htc on one of the forums:
HTC >>There is no default setting to always store a contact as google.
If you wish create a contact save it as google and create another one, if its set to google already then it does remember if not then you'll have to do this manually.
Unfortunately it is not possible to convert all contacts to google ones, it can only be done by re-adding each individual contact.

I have contacts in my phone. How to synchronize them with gmail?
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In phone or SIM?
Just make sure you enable the sync in Settings as noted above and enable background data; every contact should be then synced between server and phone (but I'm not sure about SIM contacts, probably not) when you go online with your phone.
Many of my contacts even have Serbian Cyrillic letters (абвгдђежзијклљ...) and everything works just fine, no matter if they were created in Google Contacts online (www.google.com/contacts) or in my phone.
However, I haven't try sync between phone and Outlook because I use Ubuntu and Google Contacts only

Dejan i have tried this...i created a phone contact and tried to sync it with google and it doesn't work for me....the contact needs to be a google contact. But for the ščćžđ letters, yes gmail supports them in contact names, sorry for misleading you.

I solve problem.
With program expcontacts export all people to sdcard in csv format.
Delete all contacts from phone.
Import csv file from sdcard to gmail contacts.
Sync contacts with gmail.

Great workaround Liderzre, skipping the whole outlook thing, for the people who don't use windows and outlook or for the people who don't want outlook to mess up letters čćžšđ in their contact names

Thanks for the great app. All in order now, but not syncing...oh well on to remedy another problem.

liderzre said:
I solve problem.
With program expcontacts export all people to sdcard in csv format.
Delete all contacts from phone.
Import csv file from sdcard to gmail contacts.
Sync contacts with gmail.
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Excelent app
It did everything that was needed.
Thank you.

liderzre said:
I solve problem.
With program expcontacts export all people to sdcard in csv format.
Delete all contacts from phone.
Import csv file from sdcard to gmail contacts.
Sync contacts with gmail.
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for some reason the app only add the contacts that i have on my Gmail account to the CSV file... anyone else having this problem?
update: ok i had to use another app but now my contacts are in my gmail account YAY the app name is UiA - Backup Contacts

Sync contacts TO google

How in the hell do I get my phone contacts to sync to Google? I tried settings_accounts_Google sync but it only pulls my gmail contacts to my phone. I want to put my phone contacts to gmail. Backup assistant works fine, but some of the custom roms out don't use it. I can't find any info on this. HTC told me when I create contacts and choose Google instead of phone that they will sync. What about the 80 or so that backup assistant did upon activating my phone? And also, if I save future contacts as Google contacts and not phone contacts, does backup assist still back these up too?

In phone book hit menu and export contacts to sd card. This will give you a file that can be used to import your contacts on gmail.com
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or just go to backup asst online.. vzw.com/backupassistant, and then export your contacts to a .csv file..which you can then import into google..doesnt take long.

In order to get the ones already saved in your phone to sync to google I think you're going to have to go with one of the options they said since I dont think there is a way to change them from phone contact to google contact.
However, when you add new contacts there is a drop down toward the top that you can change from phone to google so that after you save them it will sync automatically.

So if I import them to Google, it will sync. I get that. Now if I add new contacts as Google contacts does backup assist still back them up also?

Transfer Contacts from other phone

is there a way to transfer all my contacts from my HTC diamond 2 to this new Samsung Vibrant?
i backup my D2 with PIMbackup

Not too familiar with windows mobile, but the Vibrant supports activesync accounts nicely, from what I understand. If not that, I'd be willing to bet that there's an application (on winmo) to sync your accounts from winmo to a google account from the diamond
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Easiest way for me was to sync my iPhone with outlook then use outlook to export to a comma delimited CSV file, then import that file into google and it auto syned with my Vibrant. There are other ways, but this was the easiest for me. Hope it helps!

Apexsilverevo said:
Easiest way for me was to sync my iPhone with outlook then use outlook to export to a comma delimited CSV file, then import that file into google and it auto syned with my Vibrant. There are other ways, but this was the easiest for me. Hope it helps!
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IMO this is a very good and easy way. No method nothing is perfect so once your contacts are transferred double check fields to make sure they correspond.

m.google.com/sync
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i manage to transfer all my contacts to vibrant.thanx to everyone's help
everytime i save a number, there is a choice: phone, sim, google.
so i save in phone, how can it sync with google?

Well, obviously, if you want it synced with Google, you choose Google instead of phone....
-bZj
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I had a hell of a time setting individual ring tones until I had all my contacts on "phone".
Opened contacts app, Menu > more, Import/Export, exported all my Gaccount stuff. Then repeated and imported the file to phone.
Now when I edit the contacts I have a ringtone option.

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Well, obviously, if you want it synced with Google, you choose Google instead of phone....
-bZj
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valuable piece of information here

then i guess i cant backup all my contacts to google....

how do you delete the contacts in CM9

i am running cm9 beta and synced my contacts up with outlook using myphone explorer. unfortunately, it synced them in triplets and now have thousands of the same contacts. does anyone know how to delete contacts without having to do each single contact??????

Delete the sync'd account. Or do a factory data reset. Either way you'd have to re-add contacts so they aren't multiplied.
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how do most people sync their outlook contacts to their android device? i have been using myphoneexplorer but is not working right with cm9 beta

Manage Apps
Clear data of Contacts and Contacts Storage.
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Oh wow. Sorry to hear that man, sounds like you have a big mess. Check your contacts on your desktop's gmail. If it isn't in triplets, make a backup, delete outlook acc on phone, clear contacts, and let your list populate.
If it's in triplets on your gmail contacts already, simply selecting delete/merge duplicates should rid most of it, also it's easier to manage on desktop gmail contacts with the handy checkboxes. When all is tidy, backup the csv, and let your phone sync to your tidy cleaned contacts list.
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yes, i have done that, but seriously the majority of the business world does not use google contacts, but rather, outlook. does anyone have an idea as to how to sync outlook contacts with android? i use outlook for just about everything.

mookiemoo said:
yes, i have done that, but seriously the majority of the business world does not use google contacts, but rather, outlook. does anyone have an idea as to how to sync outlook contacts with android? i use outlook for just about everything.
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Doesnt android ask if you want to create an exchange account? Wouldnt outlook be incorporated with it? i wouldnt know cuz i dont use those services
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Manage Apps
Clear data of Contacts and Contacts Storage.
just figured out what you were saying in few words. i reset back to fresh cm9beta. but now, knowing i can delete all my contacts this way, thank you. i will do that in the future!

mookiemoo said:
yes, i have done that, but seriously the majority of the business world does not use google contacts, but rather, outlook. does anyone have an idea as to how to sync outlook contacts with android? i use outlook for just about everything.
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If the contacts are saved to the Exchange server, and not locally, you should see them after you set up an Exchange account in Android. If your contacts are saved in Outlook locally, then only that computer stores them and they won't sync.
Since this is a corporate Exchange server, you can get your IT guy to set it up for you. It isn't difficult, and that's why he gets paid.
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I haven't used them in years, but there are services that will sync your Outlook contacts with your Google address book.