Hi,
I've recently tried to install a ROM, but when that started causing errors, I restored to my original ROM which I had backed up through CWM Recovery. However, today, I noticed that I could not add contact photos to any contact, whether they be existing contacts or new contacts I've just created. I do not know if this is caused by the backups/restoring or something conflicting with google accounts. Please please please if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it very much. Thank you very much.
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So, before my first attempt with flashing a custom ROM I made a backup with MyBackup, and like any noob included everything, all apk-s, all data, contacts and everything.
Flashed and rebooted succesfully, restored backup and then something went wrong. Everything was restored except my contacts, but also everything worked somehow buggy, with "com.google.process.gapps has stopped working" all the time and the worst part:
Restore contacts failed: unknown error
Unable to convert BLOB to string
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Some contact were synced in one of the attempts, but most of them were deleted from my phone and ALSO FROM ONLINE GOOGLE CONTACTS, followed with some annoying warnings about deleted contacts. Like I didn't noticed... so, for the biggest part it was my own fault. Should have left the contacts to sync from the "cloud" - or is there another way? Also, I emailed RerWare if they could help me with that. They responded within few hours (very nice!) and here is a part from their answer:
We have a minor bug which affects a small amount of users. People who made a contacts backup from Android 1 device and restoring it on an Android 2 device. (contacts only)...
This issue has been fixed and will be out in the next release. If you can not wait until then, you can send us the .ZIP backup file, and I will alter it so you will be able to restore your contacts. But, if you do it this way, your contacts photos\icons will not be restored. If you want to wait for the fix, this will restore everything including photo\icons.
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But in the meantime I restored it myself the hard way. There is a way to only view the contacts using MyBackup, which leaves HTML dump on SD card under "\rerware\MyBackup\tempHtml" . Copy&Paste into Excel, edit the numbers and what you have to do (little help from Google), save as csv file and import back into contacts. It will merge with existing ones so everything is fine again
Hope this helps someone
Just as a little point (not read you whole topic not got time)
never use mybackup to backup contacts especially if they are also synced with google.
Hi guys,
I manually join many of my contacts with corresponding facebook contacts manually as they have different names (so they don't sync/join automatically).
This is fine if I have to do it once. But, whenever I flash a new ROM all these contacts get separated again and I have to join them manually again!
Is there a permanent solution for this?
Thanks for help
adaneam said:
Hi guys,
I manually join many of my contacts with corresponding facebook contacts manually as they have different names (so they don't sync/join automatically).
This is fine if I have to do it once. But, whenever I flash a new ROM all these contacts get separated again and I have to join them manually again!
Is there a permanent solution for this?
Thanks for help
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join them ones and make a backup in you're google account of your contacts. or let them have exactly the same name / use a different join app.
discy said:
join them ones and make a backup in you're google account of your contacts. or let them have exactly the same name / use a different join app.
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How can I take backup of my contacts in Google account?
there is an option of export to SD in the contacts menu... it will back up all your contacts (sim+google+facebeookk) to ur sd card..
Hi all!
There is a way to backup text messages and, if possible, call logs, between Android and WP7? I'm actually keeping these things backupped in Gmail with SMS Backup + for android, but i dunno any Wp7 alternatives.
Can you please help me to find a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mauro.
MMauro said:
Hi all!
There is a way to backup text messages and, if possible, call logs, between Android and WP7? I'm actually keeping these things backupped in Gmail with SMS Backup + for android, but i dunno any Wp7 alternatives.
Can you please help me to find a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mauro.
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theres this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448197
that's fine for backup and restore of text messages and contacts.
it doesn't capture call logs tho, restore is fairly easy, but if you must setup and sync all your accounts first, then restore the backup, then delete facebook (if you use it) then restart and setup facebook again.
for some reason my contacts get all messed up if I don't delete and resync my FB contacts when importing backups
If your looking to copy from android to WP7 etc then that might be an issue, if you can edit the vol files created I guess you could then import them in to WP7 but ive looked at the files and you would need a special program to do it also note that MMS messages lose there content, the message is still there but no content. perhaps that's something that can be fixed in future versions as I think the chap who made it is still trying to work out how WP7 stores it all.
Hey guys,
I did some searching and can't seem to find info regarding this. I was wondering if anyone knows how to delete old automatic device backups from their Google account? I'm referring to the question during (LP) setup that asks if you want to restore your apps/data from an old backup or choose to set it up as a new device. I've chosen to set up as a new device a few times, but then chose to back up the "new" device and now my list has a bunch of old backups that I'd like to clean up.. Anyone know if this is even possible? I've tried hiding old devices under my Play account, but that doesn't seem to hide them from the available choices during the setup of a new ROM.
Any help would be appreciated!
Hello everyone!
I just recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 Duos and for the most part it works like a charm (rooted and all), but I have run into a strange issue...
Going into "Contacts" and setting "Contacts to Display" whatever I choose does not stick. For example I can choose to display "On Device" contacts only, I can see that it takes effect, then I exit out of contacts and go back into Contacts app again and it has then reverted back to displaying "All" contacts again (showing Skype/Gmail etc contacts which I do not want!)
Do anyone here know if this is a known bug with Samsung S5 (G900F/FD) under KitKat 4.4.2 or could it be a side effect of me having frozen a number of things with Root Uninstaller (I only froze them so they can be restored if need be!)
Do you know which dependencies Contacts depends on to be running for it to work properly?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated,
Kindest regards,
XDAFan.
Commenting here as I have the same issue (no solution found here either) though with me, it is intermittent, and my contacts to display are those stored on my sim card....S5 international with rooted kitkat.......
Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F
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Same problem - it resets to displaying all contacts after I close the app - both on stock rom 4.4.2 and Alexandr's 5.0 on G900F. Hope someone has a hint ...
I actually managed to fix the issue for my phone.
It was because I had used this backup app to transfer the call history/contacts etc over to the new phone, and certain entries being linked so as far as I remember what I did was I went into the contacts and unlinked any contacts that were "stuck together" and then deleted any duplicates etc. so I had all the contacts set up just the way I wanted them.... THEN I backed the contacts up using the built in function in Samsungs Contacts settings to do so (saved them onto the external memorycard)...
Then I went ahead and deleted ALL of my contacts off the phone, and lastly restored them from the backup I had made.
This made the display setting stick.
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Same problem - it resets to displaying all contacts after I close the app - both on stock rom 4.4.2 and Alexandr's 5.0 on G900F. Hope someone has a hint ...
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