Backing up cell phone contacts

I want to use iSync to back up my cell phone contacts in a specific Address Book group.
I don't want to transmit any information from the computer to the phone. I just want to pull data from the phone to the computer.
I tried using iSync to sync my Motorola v710 with an Address Book group called "v710 contacts." When I was done, (1) no contacts appeared in the Address Book group; (2) the two people I call most frequently were somehow deleted from my phone; and (3) certain other people who I never call suddenly had a redundant listing on my phone.
Anyone know the right way to do this? Thanks.

There is no 'right' way to do what you want with iSync: it simply does not have this capability.
iSync is designed so that, within the limitations of an applied filter—such as the Address Book group identifier—both sets of data are equal or identical when the event ends. It has no provision to overwrite the contents of a Mac OS X application like the Address Book with the contents of your mobile handset.
You will simply have to look for another OS X application to transfer selected mobile handset contacts unidirectionally to a data file on your computer.

Similar Messages

  • HT1349 how do I back up i phone contacts on my PC windows7 computer?

    How do I back up my i phone contacts to my PC windows 7 computer?

    Use outlook.  Instructions are well outlined in the User Guide.  A link to it is bookmarked in your safari app.

  • How do i back up new phone contacts to microsoft outlook 2007 ?

    iam using Windows 7 Home Premium OS, and have all my iphone contacts saved on microsoft outlook 2007.
    Every time i add a few new contacts to my iphone 2G 3.1.3 OS, and sync it to Outlook 2007; all the contacts from outlook overwrite allcontacts on iphone. I end up losing all my new contacts created on iphone. I am using iTunes version 10.1.0.56.
    Please help me with the right steps to save my contacts and messages and voice memos too.
    Thanks

    The safest thing to do with your pictures is to import them to your computer, as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.  You can also back up your contacts separately by using an app like My Contacts Backup.
    Then back up your phone, either to iCloud or to your computer using iTunes, as discussed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766.

  • How to make a back up of phone contacts

    How can I make a back uo of phone number and contacts

    Synch using iTunes and on a Mac they should show up in your Address Book On PC in Outlook I think

  • How do I back up my phone contacts without iTunes?

    iTunes is telling me that it won't recongnise the content on my iPhone. It is telling me to restore. I have not backed up my contacts. Is there any way of doing this without using iTunes.
    Is there any chance that iTunes did it on my last sync (3 days ago)? If so, how can I know?
    Thanks a lot in advance

    Hello all. I have found a solution.
    I downloaded an app to my iPhone called "xport contacts". It allowed me to send my contacts to my pc. I then imported them into Outlook.
    I highly recommend this.
    Wjosten - it may be right that itunes has backed up my contacts anyway. But I was rather nervous since Apple does not guarantee that it has.
    I will let you know.
    Thanks all.
    And for anyone new to this thread, with a similar problem: "xport contacts" is terrific.

  • I have a Verizon LG Versa cell phone, how do I get my contact list from there to my new iphone 4?

    I have a Verizon LG Versa cell phone, how do I get my contact list from there to my new iphone 4?

    Matt,
       My new iPhone 4 is on the way from Verizon, and I too am moving on from the LG Versa (a poor man's iPhone) so I've researched this.  I trust you have been using the backup assistant on the LG phone to backup your contacts?  If so, and you investigate the app store you will see an app for doing the same task on you new iPhone.  Initially it will take you LG contacts you have backed up at Verizon to their new home on the iPhone.
    According to user comments there appear to be a couple of issues with the app you need to be aware of:
       1.  It will not automatically backup your iPhone, you will need to initiate updates in the future on your own.  and
       2.  You will see in the comments, that there have been some issues with length of backup when you add lots of contact photos to your list.
       This coupled with the address book sync from your computer should make your list whole, in fact the move to the iPhone will allow me to consolidate my address book with my cell phone contacts.  Then once I remove the duplicates all will be right with the world.
    Steve

  • HT4489 How do I backup my phone contacts to icloud

    oHow do I back up my phone contacts to my apple computer and icloud
    H

    Go to Settings>iCloud on your phone, sign in with your Apple ID to create your iCloud account, then turn Contacts to On.  Your Mac will have to be running OS X Lion (10.7.2) or later.  If it is, go to System Preferences>iCloud, sign into your iCloud account and check Contacts.

  • If iPhone needs repair, can I use my old cell phone as back up?

    If I need to send my iPhone in for battery replacement or repair, will I be able to use my previous cell phone until I get my iPhone back?
    The newly posted iPhone Service FAQ states that Apple will be "renting" AppleCare Service iPhones for $29. I realize that none of the info stored on the SIM will transfer to my old phone, but I can always sync contacts to that phone from my computer, and I'd rather do that than shell out $29 for a loaner.
    By the way, don't most cell companies provide loaner phones for free? Why is Apple charging $29... other than because they can.
    iMac G5 2.0   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   iPhone 8GB, 12" PowerBook, mBox, ProTools, GarageBand

    Definitely...your iPhone sim card will work fine in any of our current phone models (as long as they are gsm/cingular/at&t...yada yada yada). Voice service will be instantly transfered to the phone and your data service will continue to work with the temporary phone's browser...Just remember, the opposite isn't true. You can't take the sim out of another phone and expect it to work in the iPhone without repeating iActivation. Hope this helps!
    Black Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   I LOVE MY iPHONE!!

  • Is there any way to contact verizon with a detailed cell phone technical support question?

    Is there any way to contact Verizon with a detailed cell phone technical support question?  I prefer e-mail so as to provide details (like I am trying to provide here).  I have tried in-store personnel (no help at all) and the web chat - they just want to see me more data instead of helping me with my basic problem!
    I CAN NOT GET ANYONE FROM VERIZON TO GIVE ME ANY HELP NOR CAN I FIND A WAY TO FILE A COMPLAINT.  AT THIS POINT I JUST WANT TO DROP MY VERIZON ACCOUNT BUT I'M SURE THAT IT WILL COST ME A SMALL FORTUNE TO GET OUT OF IT.
    Here is my issue:
    Chat transcript removed as required by the Verizon Wireless Terms of Service
    BELOW IS A SCREEN COPY FROM REDDIT ABOUT SOMEONE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A VERIZON CELL PHONE
    So last night my RAZR MAXX HD did something totally bewildering by spontaneously downloading 2.6 GB of data over the course of ~ 3 hours. Fortunately I was able to catch this problem before it ended up being really expensive, but I still exceeded my 2 GB data plan by 600MB.
    The Culprits:
    Reddit News Free: 160 MB foreground / 0.96 GB background
    Android OS: 0 MB foreground / 1.18 GB background
    Several unnamed applications: ~ 350 MB
    Screenshots:
    The massive data spike
    Android OS data usage
    Reddit News Free data usage
    Weird unnamed processes
    Detailed timeline:
    5:12 PM: Incident begins according to VZW data usage website (2.60410 GB used). This is around the last time that I used my phone at the laundromat before getting dinner and watching Game of Thrones.
    8:04 PM: 50% of data allowance used (txt msg)
    8:31 PM: 75% of data allowance used (txt msg)
    8:58 PM: 90% of data allowance used (txt msg)
    9:13 PM: 100% of data allowance used (txt msg)
    10:05 PM: Got the text messages and immediately put the phone into airplane mode
    10:30 PM: Took screenshots
    10:45 PM: Enabled wifi, installed Kaspersky premium. Scan returned no threats.
    11:00 PM: Left phone in airplane mode, went to sleep.
    The questions:
    What was the root cause of this issue? Did Reddit News freak out as a result of an esoteric bug or was my phone hacked?
    If this was a simple Reddit News bug, then why was the Android OS also trying to use such a massive amount of background data?
    What the hell are these unnamed numeric applications? I've inspected my process history and this is the first time they have ever attempted to use data.
    I'm pretty sure that I can explain this situation to Verizon and get out of having to pay additional data usage fees, but I would like to know more about the problem before I get in touch with them.
    all 13 comments
    best 
    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 3 points 1 year ago*
    All I can think is your phone may have background downloaded an OTA update, and you'd then be prompted with something like, "As update to your Android system has been downloaded, would you like to install it now?"
    I do find it very odd that the update would be 2.6GB. As a rough base, the CyanogenMod 10.1 firmware for your device is well under 200MB, so unless Verizon has a ****-ton of bloatware in the update, or it had to attempt to download multiple times for some reason, it may be a stretch.
    But doing a little homework, it looks like the Verizon Razr Maxx was updated to 4.1 in late March. Maybe they're still rolling it out in waves? Have you gotten the update yet?
    Edit: Aaaand I just noticed you appear to be running an AOSP-based ROM, which totally rules out a carrier update being sent out.
    Edit2: If you want to live dangerously, you could try running:
    #kill -9 12289
    That 12289 is the PID listed in your screenshot. But don't run that without fulling understanding the kill command.
    The ps command could also be of use, but probably not.
    permalink
    [–]lechnito[S] 2 points 1 year ago
    I can confirm that the phone is currently at 4.1.2 and that I wasn't prompted for an OTA update.The fact that both the Android OS and Reddit News processes were simultaneously using an extremely large amount of data is unlikely to be a coincidence... 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 3 points 1 year ago
    That is very curious that the spikes happened at the same time.I'm curious. It may have put at least some of that 2.6GB somewhere. You could use a data visualizer tool to see if you can find it, which may lead to more clues. 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]lechnito[S] 2 points 1 year ago
    The largest directories are:
    DCIM: Normal looking photos (90,825 KB)
    Android: Primarily map cache data (64,846 KB)
    If it was downloading content then it did not significantly save content to storage. It's not like I have anything particularly sensitive on the phone, but the idea that it was uploading a snapshot of my data definitely makes me uncomfortable.
    permalink
    parent
    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    Yup, Digital Camera IMages and videos.Somewhere in /sdcard/Android would be my guess as to where a mysterious file would be downloaded, but if it's only 64MB, and mostly map data, I'd safely rule it out.I'm sorry, but I'm stumped here.Edit: I should mention I don't think this is malware, because unless a malicious app gained superuser access, any data it used would show under it's own apk in the data usage list, not Android OS. 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]mistrbrownstone 0 points 1 year ago
    DCIM: Normal looking photos (90,825 KB)
    Was it trying to auto-upload pictures or video to G+?I ******* hate that.
    permalink
    parent
    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    Although I'm not really up to speed with the Android platform, I come from a UNIX background so I feel comfortable running commands. How do I pull up a bash terminal? Do I need to root the phone first? 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    There's a number of terminal emulators in the Play Store that work well. You don't need a rooted phone to get to the shell as your user, but any privileged command won't execute unless you can grant it permission from the Superuser app that is installed when you root the device. So you could probably do a ps -e, but not a kill -9. 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    Got it. I downloaded a terminal emulator but unfortunately those processes no longer exist.Does Android keep a generic log of system level events like /var/log/syslog? 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]omgmrjmako/PA, deb/Carbon 2 points 1 year ago
    I don't think so, and I know you'd need superuser permission to read most of the files in /var/log anyway. I'm not super familiar with how Android does its logging, but I do know that the two files of interest are the logcat and dmesg. 
    permalink
    parent
    [–]sh0nuff 1 point 1 year ago
    Want to mention here that using your settings to set your data cap (set it on your billing day), then you won't go over again.Those text messages are really unhelpful, as they send out well after the data has been used. Chances are good you hit close to the 2GB mark before you received the bulk of the messages. 
    permalink
    [–]kindofabuzz -4 points 1 year ago
    Quit installing pirated apps. 
    permalink
    [–]lechnito[S] 1 point 1 year ago
    That's definitely not the case here; both my PC and and Android phone are free from pirated apps.

    You used the data.  Verizon can not see what it was sued for.  However your phone can see whats apps used the data.  go to settings-data usage- there will be a place that says data usage cycle.  line the dates up with your cycle.  then there will be a bar graph below that   extend bother white bars one all the way to the left and one all the way to the right.  after those are extended below that will be a list of apps,  there should be one that used over 2 gb and that will show you what app used that data in her purse

  • How do I get my contacts back on my phone I update it now they are missing

    How do I get my contacts back on my phone I update it now they are missing

    I just lost all contacts. I tried the backups but as soon as restore was completed, it would lose notes again. I disconnected after recover but still no notes.
    Out of desperation, as I have all my passwords etc on it (yes, I know) but I trusted the iTunes backup system. I looked on the net and found a recovery company called Wondershare, Dr Phone. I tested it and there it all was, but it has now cost me $69 to purchase key number to download my info.
    All contacts info and everything else is available. It saves it in a file which you open.
    Now I have to type it all in again. I will keep manual backups now as well as using Dropbox from now on. Nightmare. I hope this helps you all.
    <Link Edited By Host>

  • HT1766 I backed up my I Phone contacts to I Cloud.  When I go to ICloud on my MAC, the contact list I see is the email contacts on my MAC.  How do I get the phone  contacts in order entered onto my MAC?

    I backed up my I Phone contacts to ICloud.  When I go to ICloud contacts at ICloud.com on my Mac computer, the list is not as I saved it; it appears to be my contact list on my Mac computer.  How do I get my current IPhone contact list to show up.

    The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico my first language is Spanish. I do not speak English, however I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
    Have you activated iCloud on your Mac? Have you configured iCloud to sync Contacts for to your Mac in System Preferences?

  • How do I get the contacts from my mac to syn with icloud? I need to back up my phone and don't want to lose my contacts when I get a new phone.

    How do I get the contacts from my mac to sync with Icloud? I need to back up my phone since I will be receiving a new one tomorrow and the icloud contacts are not the same as the ones on my mac.  Help me

    OS X Lion. 10.7. Your profile says your running 10.6.8, which is Snow Leopard. You need 10.7 to use iCloud with your Mac.

  • HT1766 How can I have my contacts back on my phone? some of them does not appear, others are still there ? How can I have them back?

    How can I have my contacts back on my phone? some of them does not appear, others are still there ? How can I have them back?

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    Try unchecking the tones and syncing, then re-checking them and syncing again.

  • HT201269 Why isn't my cell phone backing up properly to my laptop?  Backed it up three times in two days.  I replaced my old cell phone, had to setup as new, then backed up from "last backup" but it didn't work at all. The last backup was available was mo

    My cell phone will not back up properly to my laptop.  I have tried three times in two days as I knew I was getting my new phone today and wanted to save all my information.  The problem is that it backed up very random things like things from my IPod from years ago, and did not back up all the information it should have from my "old" cell phone.  Now I am missing almost everything.  What happened and can i fix this?

    First, make sure you are using the most current version of iTunes 11.1.3 (8).  Second, what version of iOS 7 was your old phone running, i.e. 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2? If your back-up was made with a version of iOS that is newer than the version on your new phone, it will not sync. For example, if your back-up was of a phone running iOS 7.0.4, and your new phone was running 7.0.2 out of the box, the back up will not sync to the new phone until it is updated to iOS 7.0.4.

  • I want to put my sim card from my iPhone 4 into a family members iPhone 4s. We have both backed up our phones to our computers.  I don't want his contacts listed on the phone while I use it, just mine.  How do I remove them off the iPhone 4s.

    I want to put my sim card from my iPhone 4 into my husbands iPhone 4s, which he is not using.  We have both backed up our phones on to our own computers.  I don't want his contacts left on the phone while I use it.  How do I remove his info including music, photos etc from the iPhone 4s before I insert my own sim card.

    You do realize that the SIM only contains account information for your wireless account.
    Moving the SIM from phone to phone does not cause any of your iTunes content, contacts, email, etc to magically appear on the device.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Edge Animate CC 2014.1 issues with the new Actions Panel

    Hi Guys - I am totally confused with the latest undated EA CC 2014.1 actions panel. With the old one - its was simple : but the new one - I get nowhere, freezes the program and I cannot edit any actions... Very frustrating - am I doing something wron

  • How do I removed the downloaded music from my ipad in the Music app with effecting icloud music?

    My music was taking up too much space so I joined itunes match, but the 6 gigs of my music is still on my ipad. How do I removed the downloaded music from my ipad in the Music app without affecting icloud music? I clicked to replace all music with ic

  • What happened to my Date-Access Tag Descriptions?

    Hi, I install the file OJSPUTIL.JAR and include in my classpath and SQLTAGLIB.TLD is deployed this the application. And I write a JSP file,such as in the following: <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/sqltaglib.tld" prefix="sql" %> <sql:dbOpen URL="jdbc:oracle:

  • How do I put a new graphics card in my hp p6310y?

    Hello. I'd like to upgrade my computer's graphics card for a better gaming experience with games such as Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops. I am buying a EVGA Nvidia GeForce GT 430 Graphics Card with 1024MB DDR3 Memory and was wondering ho

  • "On My Mac" account inbox deleted

    This a question concerning my wife's Mac - she's using 10.3.9 on a PowerMac G4. She is using Mail 1.3.11. We think she deleted the "On My Mac" account that is listed under the "In" mailbox. As she recalls, she was trying to delete something in Addres