Application for backing up contacts

#1 (**permalink**) 06-17-2008, 01:55 PM

Is there an application that backs up contacts? I'd like for the application to be free.

**Geekcop** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-17-2008, 05:03 PM

Have a look @ DashWire (www.dashwire.com)

**Darkness231** · #3 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 04:47 PM

PPCPIMBackup has always been a must have. And its Free!

**CozBoogie** · #4 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 04:52 PM

Here's the in-house link for Dashwire. I highly recommend it!

late,
Coz

Dashwire · #5 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 06:40 PM

Thanks guys,

Dashwire does allow you to back up your contacts and syncs with your phone when you update your contact list automatically. We do a lot of other things too such as allow you to upload photos, internet favorites, etc. I won't keep rambling but it'd be rockin if you check us out!

ghettofreeryder · #6 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 12:28 AM

I like xmlcontactsbackup. Fast and easy

Spr0ckEt · #7 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 01:11 AM

Dashwire is pretty good. I've only had one issue with it. I did a new flash and when I was done I installed Dashwire. I connected it to my laptop afterward, only to find two copies of EVERYTHING. Pretty annoying.

Dashwire · #8 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 01:32 PM

There's a couple things that could have happened. The one we see the most: users start seeing contact dupes after they reset their phone, add Dashwire, and then connect via ActiveSync to sync thier contacts. This is a known issue (http://dashwire.com/help/issues), and happens because of the way that ActiveSync assigns unique IDs to contact entries. For future reference, if you're an ActiveSync user, then you'll want to add contacts via ActiveSync before you add Dashwire to your new or recently reset phone. That way, you shouldn't see any duplicates.

If your scenario is different from what I outlined above, let us know about that as well.

New sync architecture in the works that should prevent this from happening in the future. Thanks for the patience