Using isync for first time to update address book

I just upgraded to Tiger and thought finally I could back up my contacts from my Motorola RAZR V3i.
However the sync process only works one way i.e. updating the phone from the address book on the Mac, and does not import any contacts from the phone.
Is this normal I can't find an answer elsewhere
thx

Synchronising is a two-way process, once all set-up correctly.
From experience I've found its best to start off with your data on the Mac first, although by using the Merge on First Sync option, in theory, you should be able to get your contacts from the phone. This doesn't always seem to work.
I don't know anything about Motorola phones, but if they have an option to Send all Contacts by Bluetooth (as vCards), use that to import your data in Address Book initially.

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