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contact backup

hello,
I have a problem, I installed an update and I do a wipe, but I have a backup nandroid, the problem is that the backup do not want to do and now I lost all my contact . is there a way to retrieve my contact list of saved nandroid.

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if you have root install this app. it will backup all your stuff

since you have a nandroid backup, you should be just fine to retrieve the data. i highly recommend installing cyanogen's recovery image (link in my signature) and you can do the nandroid restore straight from recovery mode.

rigamrts said:
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if you have root install this app. it will backup all your stuff
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If you'd like to stay on XDA AS a member, i would highly suggest you STOP sharing pirated programs on this forum.
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Back to the question.. Is it really an issue? Within a few minutes of registering the device your contacts will load back in from GMail. If they don't, sounds like something is wrong.

Saiboogu said:
Back to the question.. Is it really an issue? Within a few minutes of registering the device your contacts will load back in from GMail. If they don't, sounds like something is wrong.
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Correct, all contact info should sync back from GMail. You can even export your GMail contacts to a file if you're super paranoid about losing them.

xyrcncp said:
Correct, all contact info should sync back from GMail. You can even export your GMail contacts to a file if you're super paranoid about losing them.
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This is true, but since hes talking specifically about a nandroid restore, he may have customizations on his contacts (ringtones, etc) that he would otherwise have to manually reset. A nandroid restore would bring this back up to speed far faster than manually going through and setting everything.

Found out today it appears that if you sync your contacts with Google you cannot use them in Groups on the Galaxy S.
CS had backed up contacts from Hero to Google then when they came down into the Galaxy S they were all flagged as Google contacts and would not appear in the Groups add contact list.
Has anyone had any experience with this?

how to see the contacts on gmail sync?
when I put sim card in another phone, no contact ...

Superowl said:
Found out today it appears that if you sync your contacts with Google you cannot use them in Groups on the Galaxy S.
CS had backed up contacts from Hero to Google then when they came down into the Galaxy S they were all flagged as Google contacts and would not appear in the Groups add contact list.
Has anyone had any experience with this?
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aSpirit81 said:
how to see the contacts on gmail sync?
when I put sim card in another phone, no contact ...
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Open your contacts, click on Menu you should see "Display options". Click on it and expand your Google Email account and tehre should be a list of Group in your GMail Contact list. put the check mark on all of the sub group you have under GMail. Then all contact will show up.

[Q] Linking up phone contacts with facebook?

Hey there.
I just started using my LG 2x and I am already finding myself somewhat struggling with some of the ways it is (a matter of getting used to it i figure ). But can someone tell me how I can manually link up my phone contacts with my facebook contacts?.
Because some of the contacts I have do not link up by themselves >_<
Hopefully someone can help

My contacts aren't linked with facebook either. I synced with Outlook but it's no facebook linked.
Weird... With Samsung and HTC that goes automatically.
Edit: Maybe you have to be logged in on Facebook for LG-app and not the official facebook app on Android Market?

just give it a little time, i had the same problem, but after a day a so everybody was in!

Open contact -> Menu -> Edit Contact -> Menu -> Merge

MeX_DK said:
Hey there.
I just started using my LG 2x and I am already finding myself somewhat struggling with some of the ways it is (a matter of getting used to it i figure ). But can someone tell me how I can manually link up my phone contacts with my facebook contacts?.
Because some of the contacts I have do not link up by themselves >_<
Hopefully someone can help
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you have to set it up to show all your facebook contacts and wait for them to load.
then open a contact, pres menu, select edit contact, pres menu, select merge, find the facebook profile you want to link to you may have to pres show all.
When you are all done hide your facebook contacts from the list

dieseldk said:
you have to set it up to show all your facebook contacts and wait for them to load.
then open a contact, pres menu, select edit contact, pres menu, select merge, find the facebook profile you want to link to you may have to pres show all.
When you are all done hide your facebook contacts from the list
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I'm doing just like this, but I get this message: The selected contact can not be added
I'm using the official facebook app, not facebook for LG. Has that anything to do with it?

VistaX said:
I'm doing just like this, but I get this message: The selected contact can not be added
I'm using the official facebook app, not facebook for LG. Has that anything to do with it?
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I use the official app from marked to

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I use the official app from marked to
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Are you selecting the contact from the phone and links to the facebook contact, or vice versa?

You gotta do it from the contacts list and not from Facebook.

LordGabriel said:
You gotta do it from the contacts list and not from Facebook.
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That's what I did, but I still get this error: The selected contact can not be added

I used the stock Facebook for LG app, and it worked like a charm

Can you also change the contact image as well ?. I mean because some of the people I talk to on Facebook use stupid images and I want to replace them with another image. Can you do that as well ?

I can't get it to work now either... I've done just like you guys said and I just keep getting the same message again and again.

dieseldk said:
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Are you logged in to facebook for LG also? Or only the official facebook app from Market?

Works very fine

jevamo said:
Works very fine
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And what did you do? Do you use the facebook for LG-app or the official facebook app from Android Market?
Edit: I've got it work! I dropped the contacts from LG PC Suite and imported all my contacts to Gmail, then it worked.

FB Contacts

Is there a way to only sync photos with existing contacts from Facebook? For some reason, all of my Facebook contacts are now in my phone and I don't really need them all there. Is there a way to fix this?
EDIT: Figured it out. For anyone wondering, all you do is Open Contacts -> Press Menu button -> Display Options and then un-check Facebook and it will clear out your FB Contacts, but leave the ones you entered yourself.

Thank you so much for this! I deleted all of the fb contacts that got added by hand then they all synced back again... I was like wtf dude.... glad I searched and found this, I was going to make a new thread!
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I just installed Facebook from the Market and it worked.

pplude said:
I just installed Facebook from the Market and it worked.
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yep, just install Facebook, launch it and it'll ask (the first time...after logging in) "sync all contacts" or "sync only existing contacts" Choose existing. Done.

I was having issues with this working the way I wanted, so I just used SyncMyPix. Does syncing it using the FB app or using and FB account sync more than just the pictures?

Sync with facebook ?

Hello
I tried to sync my contacts with facebook for android but in stock messages app my contact pictures doesnt shown.. In contacts everything are ok. I tried with samsung's sns and contact pictures are weird so i dont like it..
Anybody could help me ?
i tried with SyncPix doesnt work for me.

Why nobody helps ? (

Hey buddy try this,
Go to settings, Accounts and Sync make sure you've added a facebook account then click on "sync contacts". This should do everything you need. If not it could be an issue with the contacts not having facebooks linked with their number or something?

SyncMyPix is a great app that I use to syns the pictures between facebook contacts and phone contacts.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nloko.android.syncmypix&feature=search_result
You have to make sure that the contacts names are typed exactly or very close to their facebook name, or go through one by one and manually connect them yourself.
Hope that helps
Denno

kebark said:
Hey buddy try this,
Go to settings, Accounts and Sync make sure you've added a facebook account then click on "sync contacts". This should do everything you need. If not it could be an issue with the contacts not having facebooks linked with their number or something?
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Hello
Pictures shown in contacts but not in messages..

ok this may be worth a shot
go to contacts. first thing, make sure you link that contact's different account icons like facebook/google/sim/card info for the same contact must be linked/merged
After that, enter the contact, hit Options - Mark As Default and select the picture you want
i'm sorry, i'm not 100% if this will solve your problem, but if you haven't tried it already it might help.

Help with contacts

I am having strange problem.. I have 2 or 3 contacts of the same name and email ID listed in my contacts .. donno why there is a duplication ..
may be it is one of the side effects of all the ROM changes
Can anyone tell me if there is any tool that will delete the duplicate contacts and merge similar contacts for once and all ??
I hate to see duplicates when am searching for a number...

You can "join" contacts together.
They might have done that because of different services/apps that sync contacts. I have that too. Like Facebook and Google. I just joined them together.

Hey there
its not because of changing rom, but because you may had updated contacts via google and facebook, as already stated that you can join contacts, as well as connect your mobile via kies and go to contacts and you can delete multiple contacts which wont have number...

andreww88 said:
You can "join" contacts together.
They might have done that because of different services/apps that sync contacts. I have that too. Like Facebook and Google. I just joined them together.
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No .. I see the same name for 2 ppl for a sigle gmail ID...
Joining them is a pain as i have about 1500 contact :-D
bikelover1352 said:
its not because of changing rom, but because you may had updated contacts via google and facebook, as already stated that you can join contacts, as well as connect your mobile via kies and go to contacts and you can delete multiple contacts which wont have number...
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i see multiple contacts withing google .. .Facebook and other stuff are different and i am ok to Join those contacts ...
deleting them in a pain as I need to look into each one and see if it is exactly the same as the other and then delete or join ..
Hence the need of a tool that can do the magic ..

Hey there
theres even an option to hide the contacts which dont have numbers!!!

Coolkriss said:
I am having strange problem.. I have 2 or 3 contacts of the same name and email ID listed in my contacts .. donno why there is a duplication ..
may be it is one of the side effects of all the ROM changes
Can anyone tell me if there is any tool that will delete the duplicate contacts and merge similar contacts for once and all ??
I hate to see duplicates when am searching for a number...
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I would be interested in that too, if someone can actually suggest a tool and not workarounds, as the OP asked.
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Best and easiest solution is Download Go contacts EX from Play store for free.
Open Go contacts - menu- Merge - By name / by number / by Email...
That's It...

Coolkriss said:
I am having strange problem.. I have 2 or 3 contacts of the same name and email ID listed in my contacts .. donno why there is a duplication ..
may be it is one of the side effects of all the ROM changes
Can anyone tell me if there is any tool that will delete the duplicate contacts and merge similar contacts for once and all ??
I hate to see duplicates when am searching for a number...
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I think this is what you need to do...go to your gmail account, better from your pc/laptop for quicker result. Under google logo, click on "gmail" and then choose "contacts", you'll be presented with contacts manager, now the word "gmail" have changed to "contacts", look further right you'll see a dropdown dialog called "more", click that and select "find and merge duplicates".
Click "thanks" if it helps you...

chintamanijaipuri said:
Best and easiest solution is Download Go contacts EX from Play store for free.
Open Go contacts - menu- Merge - By name / by number / by Email...
That's It...
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If I do this and then flash another ROM, will I get duplicates again?
djpianz said:
I think this is what you need to do...go to your gmail account, better from your pc/laptop for quicker result. Under google logo, click on "gmail" and then choose "contacts", you'll be presented with contacts manager, now the word "gmail" have changed to "contacts", look further right you'll see a dropdown dialog called "more", click that and select "find and merge duplicates".
Click "thanks" if it helps you...
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This actually sounds good. Let me try this. Will it work if I go do that stuff from note or I should do it only from PC?
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Coolkriss said:
This actually sounds good. Let me try this. Will it work if I go do that stuff from note or I should do it only from PC?
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Either way should work, but I prefer using my laptop screen as it's a lot bigger while fine tuning my contacts details.

I did that from my PC and swell.. it did merge a staggering 1500 contacts :-D ...
It looks much more neat now.. All i have to do now is merge the contact between FB and Google ..
Now comes the second interesting part.. once i join the FB and Gmail contacts ... lets say I wiped the data and moved to a custom ROM.. Will I have to join the contact again at that point ??

Coolkriss said:
I did that from my PC and swell.. it did merge a staggering 1500 contacts :-D ...
It looks much more neat now.. All i have to do now is merge the contact between FB and Google ..
Now comes the second interesting part.. once i join the FB and Gmail contacts ... lets say I wiped the data and moved to a custom ROM.. Will I have to join the contact again at that point ??
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I think you'll have to join the FB and Gmail contacts again, but that would not be much difficult as your phone will automatically suggest to join those contacts as long as they use same email address in both FB and Gmail.