Contacts backup

When my iphone 'backsup' is it backing up my contacts somewhwere - had problem with phone and had to restore but lost all my contacts

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My contacts backup file is not opening

my contacts backup file is not opening

If you have a JSON backup then you need to check the file extension and make sure that it is .json<br />
You can see that more reliably via the right-click context menu in the Properties of the file.<br />
You may have to place quotes around the name to make Windows apply the new file extension ("bookmarks-xxxx.json").
Then you should be able to restore the bookmarks in the Bookmarks Manager<br />
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Restore > Choose File

HT201269 i want to transfer itune contacts backup for iphone 4 to new iphone

i want to transfer itune contacts backup for iphone 4 to new iphone

You can follow the instructions in the page you linked from: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109 to transfer everything from your old phone to your new one. If you only want to transfer contacts and you still have your old phone (or if the contacts are already on your computer) you could sync the contacts as described in: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12317
Also, if you still have the old phone you could sync them via iCloud without using a computer: http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/

NO CONTACTS BACKUP FOR MAC USERS

Skype's Help pages breezily state that no backup is ever needed. Cuz Skype server cloud bla bla. You see.
Oh. There IS a backup procedure described, for Windows only. After the declaration that backing up is for sissies (Windows users? Sorry for the dig...), the Help article does then say clearly that NO such procedure is available for Mac.
We have been through a terrible experience in which my wife's Skype account was suspended -- for reasons never clear to us. The verification failed repeatedly; long chat sessions and multiple re-tries later somebody apparently realized this all was to no purpose and provided a path to reactivate her account.
BUT.
The loss, had that not been possible, was of her contact list. I am worried about the same in my case, because not only are some numbers uniquely stored there, but a whole world of personal habit takes me back to look at Skype to retrieve many numbers. And then, usually, to use Skype to call them. Skype should be ashamed for not providing for the very real eventuality of the loss of a contact list. Safely archiving them on its servers does the user no good when Skype also makes access to that person's account impossible.
So this is a call to Skype to get on the ball. Not much more to be said. This forum and third party internet discussion areas are bursting with sad and -- dare one say it -- very angry (with justification) tales of woe. We add ours, here, implicitly.
In an email reply to the Skype person who did at last provide the means to re-access the account, we added our thought that the disconnects and wasted time were, if nothing else, a perfect advertisement for Skype's competitors, especially for KEKO (keko.com) which provides similar services at similar prices, and adds functionality such as making a simple local call and having that be processed via KEKO to connect with an international number anywhere in the world.
I hope that by including the direct reference to another VoIP provider, one which offers superior service, may goad Skype into action. If Skype will fix the contacts backup issue I will remove what I have written about another provider; and continue to use Skype as a principal channel.
That is, until Skype also fixes the horrible and wasteful, and -- for us -- ineffective (until someone apparently stepped in personally to set the account straight -- but who knows -- perhaps we were just lucky and that may as well not have happened, either?) manner it has to re-verify accounts. That has to see a revamp, too.
My wife and I have manually created an archive of our contact lists. Just everyone will be able to profit from our magical method, here it is: we made screen shots on the Mac of every 'page' of the contact list; that is, scroll down, hit Ctl + Shft + 3, hit fn + down arrow, and repeat until all 'pages' of contacts have been saved as screen shots.
Then, open in Preview, select all, and Print, exporting as a pdf; which can just be saved and/or printed for a hard copy archive.
As an embellishment, having Photoshop, we also opened the files in a batch in Adobe Camera Raw, where it is possible to batch process to enhance clarity on-screen, and to crop the screen shots en masse so that in the pdf the hard-copy printout can be made on fewer pages.
It's a KLUGE.
So is SKYPE, folks.
Good day.

Unfortunately, this solution doesn't work on a Mac. I haven't been able to find a solution that does, so I'm putting one together. At a minimum, if you're familiar with grep (or have Text Wrangler, which allows grep-style replace and search), here's how you can convert your .pbb file to a text file that can be imported by Address Book:
Unfortunately, I've had to mess with this extensively to avoid the forum's formatting. Hopefully it works OK.
delete header ('CELLPBKb100' in my case)
\[\^a-z\^A-Z\^0-9\] -> null
(\[a-z\])(\[A-Z\]) -> \1 \2
(\[a-zA-Z\])(\[0-9\]) -> \1\t\2
(\[0-9\])(\[a-zA-Z\])-> \1\r\2
Import to Address Book. Define 1st field as 'first name', 2nd field as 'Phone(mobile)'. Uncheck 'Ignore first card'.
Note -- I used this piece of software to find the file format: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/dlpage.php?id=14667&db=mac&pid=25642&kind=&lnk =http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gwenhiver.net%2Fdownloads%2FAddressBookExporter-2.1.2.dmg
I'd love for a few people to send me .pbb files so I can make sure that my solution is universal. You can reach me through the email link on this post.
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TS3682 i plug in my iphone 4 and i loss all contact... i try to backup restore but its error say not enough space. please help me. i want only my contact backup restore not everything. so i dont know how can i do ?

i plug in my iphone 4 and i loss all contact... i try to backup restore but its error say not enough space. please help me. i want only my contact backup restore not everything. so i dont know how can i do ?

Try to connect in recovery mode to restore, without using the latest backup, explained here:
iOS: Unable to update or restore

Contacts backup issue

Hi,
I am not able to take contacts backup of BlackBerry 9220 from BlackBerry desktop manager, it takes backup of only one contact list, another list is not syncing neither with outlook nor with BlackBerry desktop manager.
Tried by selecting that contact list in default services but no gain.
Any help would be highly appreciable..!!

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Cloud contacts backup fail

I have an LG G2 and Verizon ellipsis tablet. I keep getting this error when trying to backup to the cloud : "cloud contacts backup failed due to network lost!"

Change all of your contacts to Google contacts and let them back themselves up to google. You will never have the hassles of Verizon Cloud again. Your contacts will be backed up real time, accurate, easy to get to and will load on any phone you choose to load them to.

How can i contact backup from iphone to blackberry

how can i contact backup from iphone to blackberry
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Try using one ot the several WiFi transfer apps in the App Store. I do that all the time, back/forth between iPhone and iPad Mini. Works with videos, too.

What is saved in an iCloud contacts backup?

I was extremely misled, by an Apple Store Genius last night, into doing a full reset to factory settings on my iPhone4s, just due to it starting to get hot.. They didn't even know why it would not reactivate, after reloading the iOS and I had to find out myself today, that it was due to Find my iPhone being on and Activation Lock preventing the activation. A simple login to iCloud and removing my cell from my device list, corrected that problem immediately. I met with 1/2 dozen techs and a manager and none of them knew this??
Anyway, the "genius" had me backup my contacts on iCloud, which I have never used before. They all transferred and I could see them via my laptop, when back at home. After I figured out the activation error, I first tired to setup my iphone as a new phone and decided that was too much work, considering I think my original issue of overheating is a hardware problem anyway, so I plugged in my cell to my laptop and did a restore from the backup I did yesterday..
Much to my extreme, freaking out disappointment, none of my music or ringtones transferred...
My question is, are the ringtones, that I had assigned to different contacts, associated with my saved contacts on iCloud? If so, can I override the contacts on my phone now, (without their personalized ringtones) with the iCloud version, that may still have those associated ringtones?
I build them all individually, editing the parts of the songs that reminded me of that person. I do not see any of them saved on my laptop, though they were visable in iTunes yesterday, prior to this whole mess.
P.S. Now I also have the problem of my iPhone not powering off.. It just comes back on. Read about dock connection problems and water damage, etc., the only thing that ever came near that connector was an Apple charger and one of the "geniuses" cleaning it out for me last night...

If your ringtones are no longer in your iTunes library you're probably out of luck. The iTunes backup doesn't include ringtones because they are assumed to be in your iTunes library.
You can download your contacts from iCloud and replace the contacts on your phone with those, but it isn't going to include your ringtones or their associations with contacts.

Why doesn't Verizon offer any Contacts backup solution for prepaid customers?

So I used to be on a contract plan, had my branch office close down, went out of work, and ended up having my contract lapse (this was a couple years ago). After all the monthly service charges for two lines mounted up before Verizon actually shut off the service, combined with early disconnect penalties and the like, the final bill was like $1100.
I wasn't about to pay this, so I ended up switching to a prepaid plan. I understand that prepaid services naturally will carry certain limitations and restrictions of service as compared to contract plans, but one of the most absurd and ridiculous limitations is having no way to backup contacts, whether in general, or when switching devices (particularly from Android to Apple, or vise versa).
As soon as I switched to prepaid, the Backup Assistant feature designed exclusively to backup contacts stopped working. To add, the Verizon Cloud service is not available for prepaid customers. You would think as small as a vcf namecard file is to backup, that either 1) Verizon Cloud should be accessible to prepaid customers, maybe not to the extent of backing up photos, etc., but at least to backup contacts, or 2) enable the original Backup Assistant feature for prepaid customers to backup contacts.
I'm now switching from an Android device to an Apple device, and Verizon is offering me no solutions to backup my contacts, other than a customer service rep telling me I could try taking both devices in to a store to see what they could do, but promised nothing in regards to them actually being able to do it. Android to android is simple, as you can export your contacts to an external SD card, and then import them back in via the external SD. But when switching to apple device, you can't do that. There's also no indication I could import contacts from Gmail to an apple device.
Even after getting gouged with an $1100 collection debt from Verizon due to an unfortunate loss of job, I stayed loyal to them, continue to reach in to my pocket and send them money every month for the last 2 years on prepaid, yet I can't even backup my contacts? It's completely absurd.

if you have an iPhone you'd just do it through iCloud( I ssume ) and if you have Android you'd just do it through your Google account

Contacts backup in Win 8.1

I went to backup my iPhone on my Netbook that has Windows 8.1. I happened to notice that it wasn't backing up my contacts because it appears I don't have Outlook or any other Mail program.
This Netbook is "Authorized" with my laptop (Win 7 and my desktop Vista) Does Win 8.1 not have a Mail option and so am I wasting time backing it up on the Netbook?
Never heard of any Windows OS not having some sort of Mail option whether it be Outlook or Windows Mail.
Help!

But that's what I was doing. I connected the phone and it automatically starts to sync and backup. But that's when I noticed that the Sync Contacts was NOT checked. When I checked it the only option I had was the one I said.
Come to think of it, I think I did try to install my older version of Office and it woud not install so I just gave up trying.
Not sure I like iCloud. I thought I remember if I chose that option then I could not backup on my other computers as before.
Bet I've got you really confused now.

Using iCloud as Contacts Backup?

Hi,
after upgrading to iOS 5 and iCloud, I got some issues with my contacts. They seem to be duplicated, although all native apple apps swallow the dupes (e.g. "miCal" doesn't). Now the miCal team asked me to delete all contacts on my iPhone and get them back from iCloud. Is that possible? I guess when deleting contacts in the iPhone, they should also be deleted in the cloud?
Thanks for making me wiser :-)

You should never lose contacts under any circumstances.
Although contacts are included with the iPhone's backup, contacts are designed to be synced with a supported address book app on your computer where such important data should be available with or without an iPhone or any cell phone. Not a good idea to depend on a cell phone for such important data which can be lost or stolen or damaged beyond repair.
In addition, there are a number of free email accounts that support syncing contacts over the air including an iCloud account, Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
If you are not syncing contacts over the air with an iCloud account and not backing up your iPhone wirelessly with your iCloud account, your iPhone's backup is being updated by iTunes on your computer which is updated as the first step during the iTunes sync process.
With Windoze, contacts can be synced with Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 along with syncing calendar events, notes, and reminders, or with the address book app used by Outlook Express and by Windows Mail called Windows Contacts for syncing contacts only. With a Mac, contacts can be synced with the Address Book app. This is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.
If the supported address book app on your computer is not used and has no contacts available, before the first sync for this data enter one contact in the supported address book app on your computer. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.

2 phone contact backup issue

I have a Nokia c6 and Nokia express music..they have different contacts and whenever I try to make a backup of 1 phone and then the other, both the contacts gets in the same place...this results in the contacts of my phone in my mom's phone...please give a solution...kudos

Back-ups from both phones should create 2 separate files. Think you are talking about SYNC with Nokia Suite. If thats the case the ONLY solution or work-around at the moment is creating separate log-in profiles on your PC and sync them with different log-ins..

Nokia Suite 3.2.100 Contact backup

I am using Nokia Suite 3.2.100. Is there any way I can save my contacts from phone as csv file or as individual contacts (vcf) file? Earlier version, it was storing contacts in mdb file, now in which format and where the files are stored in the system ? I am not instrested to put my backup on internet.

Have u tried copying them to a notepad file from the Nokia Suite directly instead of the folders in ur installed files?
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i would like to get a cable for my 1662 device, where did you get yours? I wonder if wasn't it supposed to come with the device when I purchased it.
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