I've got multiple contact files on my iphone - is there a master contact file?

I've got multiple contacts files on my Iphone. I sync with Microsoft Exchange. How do I know which is the "master" file (where an update affects all the contacts files) and should these / can these files be consolidated?

Consolidate the contacts with Outlook on your PC, which should be reflected on the Exchange Server, which in turn will be reflected with your Exchange contacts on your iPhone.

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HT204150 one of my friend updated her iPhone with my apple id and now her contacts are inside my iPhone , she has deleted my contact which has been i her contact , how can i bring back my contact ?

one of my friend updated her iPhone with my apple id and now her contacts are inside my iPhone , she has deleted my contact which has been i her contact , how can i bring back my contact ?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The first thing you should do is have your friend log out of your account and change your password.
Do you have a back up from when you had the contacts on your phone.

I have only loaded phone contacts in my new iPhone 5 and my email contacts only on my Macbook Pro with retina display contacts how can I keep them from changing my iPhone to email contacts only when I connect to iTunes please

Since purchasing a new iPhone 5 and macbook pro with retina display I have decided to keep the iPhone 5 for phone contacts only, and the macbook for email contacts only .. Is there a way for me to keep these as they are recorded on each apple product when I sync with iTunes as it has changed my iPhone and put in email contacts and thus deleted iPhone phone contacts once when I syncd thanks appreciate any help

To prevent your iPhone from automatically syncing when you plug it in, click on iTunes in the menu bar, then preferences, then "devices", then tick "prevent iPhones, iPad's and iPod's from syncing automatically".
Plug it in, then on the iPhone sync summary screen, click "info" along the top.
Make sure the "sync contacts" option is not ticked. as long as it's not ticked, then it won't sync with your mac's contacts but will still include them in backups.
Also, if you use iCloud, make sure that the iPhone/mac are either not signed into the same account, or that "contacts" is not turned on for both of them

I have an iphone 4s. Recently, the phone updated and I cannot find my contact list. It looks like there are no contacts

I have an iphone 4s. Recently, the phone updated and I cannot find my contact list. It looks like there are no contacts

iCloud Help
http://help.apple.com/icloud/?lang=en
Go to Settings, then to iCloud and make sure contacts is checked...

File Adapter Polling issue(Is there critical value of File size )?

Hi
I use File adapter as the Activation to initialize a BPEL process instance .The source data is a kind of Delimited file format.On my PC, when the file size is less than 4M ,everything works fine ,But when the size increased. The BPEL process will not initialize the instance.When the source data is XML data , the "critical value " is about 12M. The error msg is below.
<2005-08-08 12:48:26,209> <INFO> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Processing file : D:\Temp\WOSSystemIntegration\InBoundFiles\LOADPLAN_DATA_200508041708.xml
<2005-08-08 12:48:29,455> <INFO> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <FileAdapter::Inbound> Sending message to Adapter Framework for posting to BPEL engine: { file=D:\Temp\WOSSystemIntegration\InBoundFiles\LOADPLAN_DATA_200508041708.xml
<2005-08-08 12:48:40,197> <ERROR> <default.collaxa.cube> <BaseCubeSessionBean::l
ogError> Error while invoking bean "cube delivery": Delivery callback message se
rialization failed.
An attempt to serialize the delivery callback messages for conversation "LocalGU
ID:d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07e:10594606738:-7ffc", message "d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07
e:10594606738:-7ffb" to binary format has failed. The exception reported is:
<2005-08-08 12:48:40,245> <ERROR> <default.collaxa.cube> <BaseCubeSessionBean::l
ogError> Error while invoking bean "delivery": Delivery callback message seriali
zation failed.
An attempt to serialize the delivery callback messages for conversation "LocalGU
ID:d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07e:10594606738:-7ffc", message "d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07
e:10594606738:-7ffb" to binary format has failed. The exception reported is:
<2005-08-08 12:48:40,245> <ERROR> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFram
ework::Inbound> [Read_ptt::Read(loadPlanCollection)] - JCA Activation Agent was
unable to perform delivery of inbound message to BPEL Process 'bpel://localhost/
default/P2E_WOS_LP~1.0/' due to: Delivery callback message serialization failed.
An attempt to serialize the delivery callback messages for conversation "LocalGU
ID:d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07e:10594606738:-7ffc", message "d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07
e:10594606738:-7ffb" to binary format has failed. The exception reported is:
<2005-08-08 12:48:40,245> <ERROR> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFram
ework::Inbound>
com.oracle.bpel.client.ServerException: Delivery callback message serialization
failed.
An attempt to serialize the delivery callback messages for conversation "LocalGU
ID:d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07e:10594606738:-7ffc", message "d0b7ccf8e4242850:134b07
e:10594606738:-7ffb" to binary format has failed. The exception reported is:
at com.collaxa.cube.engine.delivery.DeliveryHandler.initialPostAnyType(D
eliveryHandler.java:328)
at com.collaxa.cube.engine.delivery.DeliveryHandler.initialPost(Delivery
Handler.java:219)
at com.collaxa.cube.engine.delivery.DeliveryHandler.post(DeliveryHandler
.java:83)
at com.collaxa.cube.ejb.impl.DeliveryBean.post(DeliveryBean.java:181)
at IDeliveryBean_StatelessSessionBeanWrapper22.post(IDeliveryBean_Statel
essSessionBeanWrapper22.java:861)
at com.oracle.bpel.client.delivery.DeliveryService.post(DeliveryService.
java:161)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.AdapterFrameworkListenerBase$DeliveryServiceMon
itor.send(AdapterFrameworkListenerBase.java:2340)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.AdapterFrameworkListenerBase.executeDeliverySer
viceSend(AdapterFrameworkListenerBase.java:478)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.AdapterFrameworkListenerBase.deliveryServiceSen
d(AdapterFrameworkListenerBase.java:535)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.jca.AdapterFrameworkListenerImpl.performSingleA
ctivation(AdapterFrameworkListenerImpl.java:699)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.jca.AdapterFrameworkListenerImpl.onMessage(Adap
terFrameworkListenerImpl.java:567)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.jca.messageinflow.MessageEndpointImpl.onMessage
(MessageEndpointImpl.java:121)
at oracle.tip.adapter.file.inbound.ProcessWork.publishMessage(ProcessWor
k.java:651)
at oracle.tip.adapter.file.inbound.ProcessWork.doTranslation(ProcessWork
.java:456)
at oracle.tip.adapter.file.inbound.ProcessWork.processMessages(ProcessWo
rk.java:200)
at oracle.tip.adapter.file.inbound.ProcessWork.run(ProcessWork.java:139)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.jca.work.WorkerJob.go(WorkerJob.java:51)
at oracle.tip.adapter.fw.common.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:267)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
<2005-08-08 12:48:40,245> <INFO> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter
::Inbound> Failed to send message {D:\Temp\WOSSystemIntegration\InBoundFiles\LOA
DPLAN_DATA_200508041708.xml} to Adapter Framework.
<2005-08-08 12:48:40,245> <WARN> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFrame
work::Inbound> [Read_ptt::Read(loadPlanCollection)] - onReject: Sending invalid
inbound message to Exception Handler: file://D:/Temp/WOSSystemIntegration/Reject
edMessages
<2005-08-08 12:49:44,617> <FATAL> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFram
ework::Inbound> [Read_ptt::Read(loadPlanCollection)] - Resource Adapter requeste
d Process shutdown
<2005-08-08 12:49:48,676> <INFO> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFrame
work::Inbound> Adapter Framework instance: OraBPEL - performing endpointDeactiva
tion for portType=Read_ptt, operation=Read
<2005-08-08 12:49:48,676> <INFO> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter
::Inbound> Endpoint De-activation called in adapter for endpoint : D:\Temp\WOSSy
stemIntegration\InBoundFiles
<2005-08-08 12:49:49,042> <INFO> <default.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFrame
work::Inbound> JCAActivationAgent::onStateChanged State is changed for process '
bpel://localhost/default/P2E_WOS_LP~1.0/', state=OFF
how can i solve this problem?can i predeploy some parameter? Is there some critical value of File size for the processing of File Adapter ?

Hi,
There is no specific parameters to specify the maximum file size to be read in. It is just limited by the heap size of the JVM running the BPEL engine.
If you have enough RAM on your machine you can change the current heap size from 512Mbyte to 1Go by editing the startorabpel.bat file
and modifying the line :
set MEM_ARGS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m -Xmn300m -XX:MaxPermSize=80m
to
set MEM_ARGS=-Xms512m -Xmx1024m -Xmn300m -XX:MaxPermSize=80m
But only do it if you have at least 1.5 Gb of RAM on your machine, otherwise ot will keep spawing and you will have very bad performance.
Speaking about performance, do you really need to have a BPEL payload of 4 to 12 Mb ?
Will the BPEL process really need to access it ? if so, the best solution would be using batching techniques to cut you file in pieces and process it piece by peice.
FB.

How to avoid contacts vanishing from an iphone?, How to avoid contacts vanishing from an iphone?

Contacts on iphone dissapear. I was travelling and did not have constant internet. I noticed that some contacts vanish. How to avoid it. Also how to consolidate contatcs to avoid duplicates and have them in one place

Can't help with the disappearing contacts, but there's a trick I use to make contact groups on my phone. In the nickname field (you have to select "add field") put in an identifier for the "group" you want to see a contact in, then do spotlight search for all in that "group". You can put in more than one, which is useful. For example, I use "buz" for business contacts, but might also do "buz auto" if it involves cars. "frd" is for friends, "ngb" for neighbors, etc. You just have to be careful to choose codes that are likely to be unique.

Iphone contact cannot syn to pc. pc contact can syn to iphone. if there is an existing contact in iphone, syning creates numerous duplicate contact. plse advice. thank you

Hi
After installing OS 5.01 my iphone contact does not syn into my pc although my pc contact can syn into my iphone. If there is any existing contact, numerous duplicate contact is created. Please assist. Thank you.

You don't transfer iphotos to itunes. Itunes is not a photo management program.Pics taken with iphone are imported to your computer as you would from any digital camera. Photos synced to your iphone from your computer are synced one way - computer to iphone. As they came from your computer in the first place, they should still be there, but you can use some third party app like: iStonsoft iPhone to computer transfer, Vibosoft iPhone transfer, Cool, or iPubsoft.
There are many apps works:
Vibosoft iPhone/iPad/iPod to computer transfer:
http://www.vibosoft.com/ios/copy-photo-from-iphone-5-to-computer.html
iStonsoft iPhone to computer transfer
http://www.istosoft.com/iphone-to-computer-transfer.html
Coolmuster ios copy
http://www.coolmust.com/idevices/transfer-photo-from-iphone-to-computer.html
and more...other, like: iPubsoft, isssoft, cucumody,

Syncing iPhone 3G creates unwanted new contacts in Gmail contact list.

For reasons that are unknown to me, I have many multiple duplications of contacts in my contact list. So, using the contact manager in Gmail I spent many hours cleaning up my contact list so that all of my contacts were correct and not duplicated. However, as soon as I synced the iPhone 3G I immediately had twice as many contacts as before I started, once again ending up with hundreds of unnecessary contact duplications.
I have now spent many days reading internet blogs and forum posts, and came up with the following (which I incorrectly thought was the solution):
1] In iTunes, I clicked on 'Edit' --> 'Preferences' --> 'Devices'. Here, I enabled the option to 'prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically'. I also enabled the option to 'warn when any of the data on this computer will be changed'.
2] With the iPhone connected, in iTunes I clicked on 'devices' --> 'iPhone' --> 'Info'. Here, I un-checked the option to 'sync contacts', followed by clicking the button 'remove contacts'.
Now I confirmed that there are no contacts on the iPhone. Zero. None.
3] In Gmail, I once again spent many hours going trough all of my contacts, cleaning up the unnecessary duplicates. This time, however, I chose to export my contact list to a .CSV file on my computer, so that if this happens again I would just delete them all and restore my contact list fro this backup file.
Now I have 0 contacts on the iPhone, and approximately 250 contacts on my Gmail account.
4] In iTunes 10.2.1.1 running on Windows 7, I once again clicked on 'Edit' --> 'Preferences' --> 'Devices'. Here I now clicked the button to 'reset sync history'.
5] I connect the iPhone to the computer, re-enable the option to 'sync contacts with Gmail' and click the 'Apply' button. The iPhone sync process begins and I am presented with the following message:
Syncing with Google contacts will change more than 0% of your contacts on this computer.
Information: Contacts. Add:41. Delete:0. Modify:2
Now I already confirmed that there were no contacts on the iPhone, so where are these 41 additions and 2 modifications coming from !?
I let it happen, knowing that I can repeat this process, using the '.CSV' backup file containing my correct contacts. When the Sync finishes, I log in to my Gmail account and check my contacts. I find that I now have approximately 360 contacts (which is a lot more than the original 250 plus 41), many of which are duplicated multiple times (one contact is even duplicated 6 times). I also notice contacts which I had previously deleted from my Gmail contacts list have now returned.
As there were 0 contacts on the phone, where are these duplicates and previously deleted contacts coming from when I sync the iPhone !? Somebody from Apple please help me.
- James.

O.K. I may have fixed it (time will tell).
As I had previously chosen to sync with Microsoft Outlook 2010, but the trial period expired and the price to but it was far too high, so I changed to Syncing with Gmail. Therefore I wondered if Outlook may be affecting the iTunes sync even though it was not current chosen in iTunes contact sync option. So, I un-installed Microsoft Office 2010 and re-booted the PC. Now, pressing the 'Rest Sync History' button in iTunes no longer created new contacts in Gmail.
However, this did not completely solve the problem. With 0 contacts on the phone, and 0 contacts in Gmail, syncing the phone still re-created 41 of the previous contacts. Thew only way I could get rid of these 41 contacts was to deleted them one at a time from the iPhone itself. Doing it from Gmail, or un-checking the iTunes 'sync contacts' option to delete all contacts from the phone at once, did not work; the contacts still kept coming back.
Funny thing though, iTunes did indicate that it would add 41 contacts when I synced the phone to the computer, but after deleting them from the phone it now warned that it would delete 41 contacts from the computer. But, these contacts were not in my Gmail, so I still don't know where they were coming from.
Either way, after many hours spent over many days, I seem to now be able to sync my phone contacts with my Gmail without it creating any more unnecessary duplicates.
I hope someone out there can tell me why this happened, and I hope my experiences with this help someone else in a similar situation.
- James.
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Use Referenced Masters To Avoid Accidentally Deleting A Master Image File

If you use Managed images it is possible to delete the master file accidentally. If you delete versions of an image using File -> Delete Version and the version you are deleting is the last remaining version for that image, Aperture 3 will delete both the version and the master image. If you subsequently empty Aperture Trash and then System Trash that master image file is gone forever. In Aperture 3 there is no warning that you are about to delete a master image.
A workaround (although a weak workaround) is to use Referenced Image Masters. Then when you delete the last version which includes the master image from Aperture, you can uncheck the box "Move referenced file to system trash." and no master image file will be deleted. The downside to this workaround is that when you really want to delete a master image file, it must be done via Finder.
The best solution would be for Apple to fix this bug so that when you select "Delete Version" it only deletes the version image and reverts to the master image. That way the master image can only be delete via the command "Delete Master Image and All Versions."

There is no bug there.
I had some trouble wrapping my mind around the file-Master-Version-Image-(Preview) complex that flows, sand-like, through the entire working of Aperture. (I like a thing to be represented by itself and itself alone, and to exist in one place and one place alone. I was comfortable with the seeming precision of the location-based "file+path" metaphor for the existence of these virtual things. Aperture quite cleverly moves beyond that.) Two things helped me move forward:
- understanding the difference between Projects and Albums, and
- separating my Library into a storage area and an output area.
Projects are, for me, storage containers. (I have said elsewhere that the mis-naming of "Projects" is the single worst interface decision made in Aperture.) They have a privileged relationship with your Images: every Image must "live" in a Project, and "lives" in only one Project. It may help you to think of "Image+Project{Path}" as functionaly equivalent, within the Aperture Library, to the file directory "file+path" mentioned above.
Albums are, for me, output containers. I create Albums every time I know I will output a set of Images.
In practice, I work on Images in each. In general, I develop my digital captures in the Project that holds them (and I rigorously stick to "One Project = One shoot"), I create Versions and add them to Albums as needed for output (they are automatically made the Album Pick), and I tweak them for output and then output them from Albums.
You may be wondering (if you've read this far) -- "What has this got to do with deleting Masters?" A lot. Note the difference in the context-menu between a Version in a Project and a Version in an Album. The menu for the Album contains two delete commands: "Delete Version", and "Remove from Album". The Versions live in Projects, and only visit Albums. As Terence correctly points out, if you delete the last Version, your expectation should be that you are deleting that Image from your Library. My suggestion is that you adopt something similar to what I've set up, and delete Versions from ONLY Projects (never from Albums). This way you will never unknowingly delete the last Version (because Images can be in only one Project, and if you delete the last Version from that Project you know you are expunging that Image from your Library).

Tyring to send SMS, contact doesn't show up but it appears on contact list

got my blackberry a few weeks ago. it stopped ringing so the verizon people set it up to where it turns itself off every night for 5 minutes. so far no problems. but a couple days ago, when i send a new SMS, i press the letter for my contact name and it tells me there are no contacts that begin w that letter. it works on some and not on others. i have turned off my phone, took out the battery for a minute and turned it back on. same problem. anyone know what else i could be doing wrong?
also. if i took out the battery, will my settings be the same or will some automatically go back to a default setting? thanks in advance!!
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1. A powered ON battery removal reboot will not erase or delete any information from your devcie. It is recommended. A power down, battery removal and back on does nothing for the device. With the BlackBerry device powered ON, remove the battery a few seconds and then reinsert the battery to reboot.
2. Open your Address Book > press the Menu key > Filters. Do you see ANY filters checked? Uncheck them.
1. If any post helps you please click the below the post(s) that helped you.
2. Please resolve your thread by marking the post "Solution?" which solved it for you!
3. Install free BlackBerry Protect today for backups of contacts and data.
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I'm trying to send a jpeg from the Imac to a windows PC. The windows PC doesn't recognize it as a "file" with the paper clip. Why? The same file from my iPhone makes it fine. It is sent as "windows friendly" attachment.

This is very frustrating. I use Aperture and share pictures all the time. The thought that some people can't download jpeg images I send them is very troubling. As a test, I'm sending them to my work PC which is in front of me. The file arrives and can be seen in the email, but it does not show up as an attachment and therefore you can't save it. There's no paper clip in the file when it arrives. When it's sent, it shows the number of files being sent and the size. And like I said, if I send a file from my Iphone it arrives as a jpeg file fine on my work pc. I have checked my default settings and they are set to "windows friendly attachments". I'm not sure what "at the bottom of the email" means really. This seems to happen wether I originate the request form Aperture or from the email program on my Imac. Help!!

No, that doesn't work for me. And things seem to be inconsistent. Where it lets you vary the file size (small/medium/large/actual) when large and actual are the same, it doesn't send the actual jpeg file for windows to open. When large and actual size files are different when you toggle between the two, the file seems to go through to my windows pc ok. When I tried this through preview, that's when I noticed this difference, not through just email or Aperture yet. Help!

Is there a way to view windows media files on an iPhone?

Is there a way to view windows media files on an iPhone?

There are some apps that provide for viewing the closed/proprietary format such as OPlayer.

Save Contacts from Exchange to iphone

Hi There,
I wanted to know that if there is a way to save the contacts that get populated by exchange to the iphone. For example, I have setup my exchange account on my iphone, I sync the contacts to my phone, so whenever I have to add a new contact I create it in my outlook and it works perfectly..
My issue was, I recently left the company i was working for and as soon I left, the exchange was cut off and with that all my contacts disappeared as well. I wanted to know if there was a better that whatever contacts I create in exchange, I can copy it directly to my phone so in an event if I am no longer a user to that exchange server I still have access to my contacts.
Thanks for your response

This is not new - not with my MobileMe account, which I use for syncing contact info over the air with my iPhone.
Contact info synced over the air is available on your iPhone without an internet connection, but obviously in internet connection is required in order to sync contact info with the online address book for the account.
If you leave the company along with your Exchange account no longer being active, syncing contact info over the air will no longer be possible. I don't know if the account no longer being active along would erase all contact info from your iPhone, but deleting the account from your iPhone or turning Contacts off for over the air syncing will remove all contact info from your iPhone.
You can sync contact info over the air with an Exchange account and/or with a MobileMe account, or you can sync contact info direct with a supported application on your computer via the iTunes sync process. You can do one or the other, not both at the same time.
Contact info on your iPhone is included with your iPhone's backup, which is created and maintained by iTunes, but so is email account setup info. If you leave the company with your Exchange account no longer being active, you can restore your iPhone with iTunes to restore contact info, but your Exchange account settings would be restored also. Since you would have over the air syncing enabled for your Exchange account on your iPhone, this would prevent you from syncing your iPhone's contact info direct with a supported application on your computer via the iTunes sync process.
Long story short, your Exchange contact info may remain on your iPhone, but your contact info may be eventually lost since your Exchange account would no longer be active. You would probably receiving constant error messages about your Exchange account not being able to connect, and you wouldn't be able to sync contact info direct with a supported application on your computer, and if you delete your Exchange account from your iPhone in order to do so, this will also delete all contact info from your iPhone.
You would probably need to export your Exchange account info from a computer used at work to access the account, followed by importing the contact info into a supported address book application on your computer at home, followed by syncing your iPhone with the supported address book on your computer via the iTunes sync process after deleting your Exchange account from your iPhone.

Sync contacts on laptop and iPhone

How do I sync my contacts with laptop and iPhone over iCloud? Updated contacts 24 hours ago on laptop, iPhone contacts didn't change. What do I do?

It's either the connection from the laptop to icloud or from icloud to iphone that's the problem. To find the answer, do the following...
Using a computer's browser log into icloud.com and then look at the contacts page. If the edits show up there, then the problem is from icloud to iphone. If edits are not there, then the problem is from laptop to icloud.
Whichever device the problem points to, verify that it is logged into the right icloud account and that Contacts is turned on. (System preferences>icloud on mac or Settings>icloud on ios device.

When setting iCloud my contacts disappeared from my iPhone

I sync my iphone 5 with outlook as well as my ipad mini.
I created an icloud account to be able to use the find my iphone app.
It asked me what to do with my contacts and I chose merge.
My contacts have disappeared from my iphone an there are no contacts in icloud.
My ipad mini has the data since I have not configured icloud in the ipad.
What do you suggest to get the contacts back to my iphone?
And what do I need to do to configure icloud on the ipad without deleting the contacts
Thank you
ATM

Thank you for your suggestion. I tried that and when I slid the bar to off , I was asked what I wanted to do with the icloud synched contacts, leave on the iPad or delete or cancel. I selected leave on the iPad and then the synch symbol came on screen, it stayed that way for over 30 minutes, in that state. I then rebooted the iPad and it came back , I went to the screen and the setting for iCloud contact was back to on. The contacts were still not there. My mail was still not working. I turned mail off and on , I received some email but not all as I compared to my iPhone and I tried to send an email it still did not send. I went back to the settings iCloud and turned contacts off again, I answered leav on iPad again and this time left it like that for an hour and had the same results.

I've got multiple contact files on my iphone - is there a master contact file?

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