Is there an easy way to do this. Like connect USB to Droid. Copy address book file to desktop. Copy file from Desktop to Droid X. Are the 2 file systems the same? Are the folders the same?
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is your address book google contacts? or phone contacts?
google contacts will be imported when you add your gmail address to the phone
you can do phone contacts with backup assistant.
for manual, export contact to the sd card, copy backup files to the pc, copy to sd card on new phone, and import
Just log into you Google Account and the contacts information should sync automatically, also I would stay away from Backup Assistance because it usually causes havic Google backups contact inforation better in my opinion.
Wildman wrote: Just log into you Google Account and the contacts information should sync automatically, also I would stay away from Backup Assistance because it usually causes havic Google backups contact inforation better in my opinion.
I have back up assistant on my phone but have never needed to use it. I have also read that backup assistant is not the best. With that said, can you be more specific on how to use Google to back up contacts? I have all my email addresses through Google but none of of my contacts are in there. How do I backup all my contacts with Google? Or are my contacts already automatically being backed up with Google? I know to get rid of backup assistant I need to reset the phone and not select it but haven't done that yet.
Well when you log into Google email through the gMail app on your device all your contacts should be automatically copied into Google email account, are you using the gMiail app or did you set your email through messaging app because you have to use the gMail app for this to function, then all should backup automatically and update phone any time you make any changes to contact information.
spanky4350 wrote:I always just click the gmail (envelope with red M). Is this the app you are talking about? I never have to log in as it always has me logged in. If this is correct, how do I tell if it has backed up my contacts?
Yes that sounds like the correct app.... You may want to try checking sync option...
1. Open My Accounts
2. Select gMail account from list
3. Make sure all 3 options is checked under sync option.
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Thats strange... Im at a lost, well you might can try the Backup Assistant or you can invest into MyBackup from https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro
Wildman wrote: That's strange... Im at a lost, well you might can try the Backup Assistant or you can invest into MyBackup from https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro
That's strange... Im at a lost, well you might can try the Backup Assistant or you can invest into MyBackup from https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro
Strange yes. I have 33 contacts and backup assistant captures them all. Google only capture 29 of them and don't know why. Like I said, all my contacts that have email addresses Google syncs. It's some of the contacts that only have a phone number that Google is not syncing. It does sync one contact that I only have a phone number for and not an email though. So yes I am confused as well.
Contacts entered as "phone contact" and not a "Google" contact will not show up in Google contacts. I had a few contacts that were entered as "phone contacts" and I had to reenter them into Google and then deleted the phone only version for them to show and be backed up (should be an easier way). I now enter all new contacts as Google contacts. Look at the contacts not being backed up by Google and I bet the linked profile will show "Phone Contacts: xxxxxxx". I still have all the Verizon #xxxx numbers as phone only; no reason to back them up via Google.
