Lost All My Contacts! Help!!

[Chef Ben]

I did a hard reset but I also backed everything up. I have iContact running but it only has the stock Sprint contacts that come with the phone. I do still have my contact.cache folder. I am using PHM RegEd. Where do I need to put this cache folder so that my contacts will show up in iContact?

Thanks in advance. Any response is greatly appreciated.

[CyberMonkey]

If you backed it up, just load it from the backup.
What did you use to back it up?

[Chef Ben]

I didn't really back it up per say. I was in a hurry and I just copy/paste everything from my phone to a folder on my desktop.

[CyberMonkey]

Originally Posted by Chef Ben

I didn't really back it up per say. I was in a hurry and I just copy/paste everything from my phone to a folder on my desktop.

When it comes to your contacts, you might be SOL.
THe contact.cache (I beleive) it pretty much a temp directory for working with contacts, and not really a way to backup/restore. I could be wrong on that one though......
But to find where to place it, on your phone do a search for it (like you were searching for a file) and find where it is at and replace it.

[Chef Ben]

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

When it comes to your contacts, you might be SOL.
THe contact.cache (I beleive) it pretty much a temp directory for working with contacts, and not really a way to backup/restore. I could be wrong on that one though......
But to find where to place it, on your phone do a search for it (like you were searching for a file) and find where it is at and replace it.

K, thanks. I'll try that and see what happens.

[CyberMonkey]

Originally Posted by Chef Ben

K, thanks. I'll try that and see what happens.

Let me know what happens.

[arparent]

I believe all contact data is stored ina pim file somewhere.

[flyers2114]

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

When it comes to your contacts, you might be SOL.
THe contact.cache (I beleive) it pretty much a temp directory for working with contacts, and not really a way to backup/restore. I could be wrong on that one though......
But to find where to place it, on your phone do a search for it (like you were searching for a file) and find where it is at and replace it.

I am thinking SOL....but you never know...

[Chef Ben]

Originally Posted by arparent

I believe all contact data is stored ina pim file somewhere.

Holy ****, you're right. When I tried to copy and paste everything back to the phone after a hard reset that is the only file that did not transfer! ****. I'll keep messing with it. If push comes to shove at least I still have my contacts and I'll just re-enter them all manually.

[CyberMonkey]

Originally Posted by Chef Ben

Holy ****, you're right. When I tried to copy and paste everything back to the phone after a hard reset that is the only file that did not transfer! ****. I'll keep messing with it. If push comes to shove at least I still have my contacts and I'll just re-enter them all manually.

Looks like you will have to do that.
I use PIMBackup (I think that's what it is called). I try to back up my stuff once a week, but sometimes I miss a week.