Gmail contacts deleted - very angry

[gazment]

I used to have a diamond and synced contacts through outlook. So here's what I did:

Export your outlook contacts into a .csv file
Make a new gmail address dedicated to your Hero
Import the .csv file into gmail
Clean up your contacts if they look funny (it sometimes happens when you import .csv files
Forward all of your email addresses to your new gmail address

There is also a setting in gmail that allows you to set your reply to address to your original gmail accounts email address.

Hope that helps.

[PMDColeslaw]

Originally Posted by gazment

I used to have a diamond and synced contacts through outlook. So here's what I did:

Export your outlook contacts into a .csv file
Make a new gmail address dedicated to your Hero
Import the .csv file into gmail
Clean up your contacts if they look funny (it sometimes happens when you import .csv files
Forward all of your email addresses to your new gmail address

There is also a setting in gmail that allows you to set your reply to address to your original gmail accounts email address.

Hope that helps.

That's one solution but it's a lot to go through. Plus I think if you set the phone to not sync, it should not synch. That's the real issue. However, just to offer some work around help. The androids I've played with (waiting for mine to come in) have the option to select which contact groups you synch to the phone. If nothing else you could create a new contact group called phone and just put a bogus contact in there. Name it Ziek so it's at the end of your contacts list and then just tell the android to synch that group. Then the contacts you have on your phone will be the only ones you stand to lose if it erases stuff again. Just an idea that I can't test at the moment. be sure to back up everything first.

[jonnythan]

The smart thing to do is tell your phone only to sync to your "My Contacts" list in Google. Then clean up and arrange your Google My Contacts list.

Done.

[drksilenc]

i have upwards of 300 contacts because of the company i work for and i use this phone for work and home and everyone of the is structured properly because i need them to be dont make the excuse u must not have very many contacts because then why dont u delete the old craigs list contacts or just format them properly

[Dagger969]

Originally Posted by drksilenc

i have upwards of 300 contacts because of the company i work for and i use this phone for work and home and everyone of the is structured properly because i need them to be dont make the excuse u must not have very many contacts because then why dont u delete the old craigs list contacts or just format them properly

I'll make sure to ask everyone, including the craigslist people, for their name and address.

Plus you said you use it for business and thats why you do it. I dont use it for business, so its not really the same thing.

Thank you for the useful post. Really couldnt give a shit if they are formatted properly since this post was about *not syncing them*.

[KBZL]

Originally Posted by Dagger969

I'll make sure to ask everyone, including the craigslist people, for their name and address.

Plus you said you use it for business and thats why you do it. I dont use it for business, so its not really the same thing.

Thank you for the useful post. Really couldnt give a shit if they are formatted properly since this post was about *not syncing them*.

If you hadnt noticed after 2 pages of useful alternatives that there is no way to stop syncing, then take your damn hero back and get something else. IT IS A GOOGLE PHONE, ITS PURPOSE IS TO INTEGRATE WITH GOOGLE PRODUCTS!!! If you dont like it then its one less pissed off person about something so simple as not being lazy.

[Dagger969]

There is no option to sync only certain groups. When I go to people, menu, I get add group, delete group. Where is this magic select group option?\

AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO INTEGRATE WITH WHAT YOU WANT.

[bradart]

Originally Posted by Dagger969

I'll make sure to ask everyone, including the craigslist people, for their name and address.

Plus you said you use it for business and thats why you do it. I dont use it for business, so its not really the same thing.

Thank you for the useful post. Really couldnt give a shit if they are formatted properly since this post was about *not syncing them*.

Ok, here we go....

1. You're fired
2. Properly formatted and organized contacts are much easier to manage and, thusly, your issue would be resolved faster
3. Whether or not you use the phone for work, the principle still stands that properly organizing your contacts would alleviate much of the work you are complaining about doing.
4. If you stick with Android, all this "Work" that you are bitching about would be a one time deal. You do it, its done. Game over.
5. By the time i finish writing this post, you could be half done
6. you owe me $5 for the tech support.

Watch this!

"Hey i don't recognize this contact. Deleted. Oh, shit! same with his one! Deleted. Oh hey! thats Jim! Added to contacts group" et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseum.

Check that out! i just did three contacts, and i'm off to a good start! The best part is, I'll never have to do this again!

[PMDColeslaw]

Originally Posted by bradart

Ok, here we go....

1. You're fired
2. Properly formatted and organized contacts are much easier to manage and, thusly, your issue would be resolved faster
3. Whether or not you use the phone for work, the principle still stands that properly organizing your contacts would alleviate much of the work you are complaining about doing.
4. If you stick with Android, all this "Work" that you are bitching about would be a one time deal. You do it, its done. Game over.
5. By the time i finish writing this post, you could be half done
6. you owe me $5 for the tech support.

Watch this!

"Hey i don't recognize this contact. Deleted. Oh, shit! same with his one! Deleted. Oh hey! thats Jim! Added to contacts group" et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseum.

Check that out! i just did three contacts, and i'm off to a good start! The best part is, I'll never have to do this again!

Lol! =D>

BTW I posted in here earlier that when you first set up the sych account it gave you an option to selct what group to synch. That was incorrect. However since I now have my Hero I can tell you that if you go to Contacts and select the groups tab you can press menu then select synch groups. That brings up a list of all the groups in your gmail account and you can select which ones you want to synch. if you deselect all of them then the contacts dissappear from the list on the phone... You're welcome.