hi
i recently formatted my pc as i was setting everything up i went to set up my xda orbit with my pc i connected it all up n installed windows mobile center. it then asked me to create a partnership i did this then the next thing i know its deleted all my contacts. my txt messages before format still contain the senders name but when i point it with the stylus it says to create a new contact. i have a complete backup of the my documents folder from before the format. is there any way i can retrieve my contacts details.....
Thanks pcdave
Is there a way I can edit my contacts which are stored in Outlook on the device but edit them and add new contacts via the computer in a sort of spreadsheet format?
Note: I do not store contacts on the sim card itself
1). Create a new folder on desktop - name = contacts
2). We need all our contacts in .Vcard file. (See below how to get .vcard file)
Now copy this contact folder to your memory card (S.D) of your mobile.
Now go to contacts --- (Android)
click menu button - Import contact from SD card.
All most done !
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How to get .vcard file.
In Microsoft outlook --- Contacts --- Select 20-30 contacts at a time, right click the mouse -- Select Send full contact ---> In Internet Format (.Vcard)
Now it will open new email. And you will found all .vcard files in attachment just cut and copy it to the contacts folder created at desktop.
But this is the slow option, we have to do it again and again if we have many contacts because it do not send more than 30 contacts at a time.
Something is better than nothing !!!!!
(BUT ON TOP OF THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE CONTACTS SAVED ON YOUR PC OR LAPTOP SO THAT YOU CAN USE THEM TO COPY IN MOBILE.
BY: Kapil.K
Hi,
I would like help in how to transfer my contacts and sms messages from my sony ericsson K310i (Java based) to Samsung I8000 OmniaII (Windows Mobile based).
As for transfering contacts, i tried copying all my contacts to sim in my K310 then copy to phone on the I8000, i get weird entries in the form
LastName;FirstName/M (M: for mobile, W for work)
and it recognizes all that as a single name, i.e. if i want to edit the contact, LastName;FirstName/M will all be in the First Name field.
I think there might be a solution using K310 and a PC but i don't have a data cable and it's hard to get one currently.
Any help would be appreciated.
transfer contacts to Omnia II
if you can save your K310i contacts to a .vcf (vcard ) file then there's a windows mobile utility "vcard expert" available from the microsoft & samsung app stores that will transfer your contacts onto your Omnia II with correct formatting.
You could send this vcf file as an attachment in email to yourself then save the attachment to your device and load into the app. So you wouldn't need any data cables to do the transfer.
Thank you for your reply, it helped even if not directly. i forgot to say that i'm missing the K310i data cable not the OmniaII one (so its impossible to export contacts from K310i as the only option available is via infrared), but your info regarding .vcf files gave a new terms to my google searches.
I found an old infrared adapter. I tried first the option to export via infrared from the K310i and got a .vcf file, which when imported in outlook gave me just the first contact (although i opened in a notepad and saw all contacts there), any solutions there?
I then managed to use "My Phone Explorer" to sync contacts with outlook, then sync OmniaII with new contacts.
Now the only thing remaining is that i need to transfer my messages to the phone. My phone explorer can export messages in .sms/.csv/.txt file formats. I tried imobiletool sms backup to restore a .sms/.csv files but without luck (the WM program will not even see the file. and the pc program will give "file validation error" when tried to import). Any insight as how to import .sms messages?
Edit: I found a program that can split the single vcf file into multiple files each one for a contact, callud suppcom vcard splitter. still outlook has no right to refuse the single vcf file!
Edit: Its damn annoying that all the SMS backup/restore programs i found only restore backups created by the same program...sigh, is there no standards or compatibilty between programs??
Anyone have a solution to transfer sms to windows mobile phone, please?
I had been uninstall and reinstall whatsapp many times , deleting the folder and restart the smartphone but whatsapp didn't show my contact in the list.
As for instant , Whatsapp search my Contact added at the phone and add the contact number into Whatsapp contact accessing their server but it doesn't.
Whatsapp cannot find any contact at all as if Whatsapp cannot search Phone Contact to add into whatsapp Contact.
Can I manually add or export the contact like to .xml or .vcf and let Whatapp to import those .xml or .vcf ? Something similar with Ms outlook ?