Importing contacts to Diamond

stravy · #1 (**permalink**) 10-06-2008, 09:31 PM

Just got my diamond the other day. First time wm user. However, my old phone was a sanyo 8400 with sprint. I have my contacts from that phone backedup into one .vcf file. Is there a way to get those contacts onto my Diamond? I could not search this site for vcf because of the min character search length.

Thanks all.

**Curb71** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-06-2008, 09:49 PM

you should ask sprint. call a sprint store.

kingabraham3 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 10:20 AM

Google doesn't have any minimum character limit. Basically you need to find a program that uses that file format for backups. Ideally, you would use the original program.

dj_mysha · #4 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 10:28 AM

hey stravy,
import the .vcf file into outlook and then sync the contacts from outlook to your diamond via activesync (or windows mobile device centre if you're using vista).
hope that helps!
myke...

akared · #5 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 10:36 AM

i transferred all contacts off my old phone with bluetooth don't know if that is an option with your old phone or not.

stravy · #6 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by akared

i transferred all contacts off my old phone with bluetooth don't know if that is an option with your old phone or not.

akared, thanx a million. exported my contacts through bluetooth no problem. however, it did bring to light a few things that i was not expecting.

my diamond is synched with my work email so i can get mail, tasks, calendar, and contacts on my phone. what i really didnt pay attention to was the fact that the contacts that were already on my computer never synched with my diamond. when i transferred my contacts from my old phone to my diamond it updated the contacts on my computer at work. no big deal except that i could not get my contacts from my computer over to my diamond unless i opened each contact up and saved it again. then it would synch with my phone (btw-using outlook 2007 on microsoft exchange). i did not want to do this for every contact on my computer so what i did was this. i deleted all the contacts on my phone. this wiped all the contacts that synched with my computer. i then exported the contacts on my computer to csv file. then i deleted the contacts on my computer. next i transferred the contacts from my old phone to my new phone via bluetooth. this populated the contacts on my computer. then i imported the contacts from the csv file into outlook. after the contacts imported they were able to synch with the phone. one thing i did before in transferred the contacts between the old phone and the new one was i deleted any contacts that would have been duplicates on outlook. just to keep the redunancy out of the equation. i know there are some settings somewhere that takes care of duplicates but i didnt want microsoft managing that aspect of it.

again...thanks for the suggestion.

mbord · #7 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 08:02 PM

Go to Sprint...they will transfer for you. Then you can backup to PC after that

KnoxRover · #8 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008, 08:43 PM

Hey man...Sprint rep here in knoxville, TN. we have machines that can copy those contacts over for you. just go into your local store..no need to back up those contacts from an old phone like the one you have..they are useless on your diamond. and yes i have one so i know it works

stravy · #9 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KnoxRover

Hey man...Sprint rep here in knoxville, TN. we have machines that can copy those contacts over for you. just go into your local store..no need to back up those contacts from an old phone like the one you have..they are useless on your diamond. and yes i have one so i know it works

no problems....i was able to bluetooth them over from my old phone....thanks for the advice though...i will keep it in mind.