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Back-up contacts from iPhone?
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But what if I have already added everything to my iPhone and want to back up into my computer?
Syncing takes the most recent/new contacts and puts them on each device. For example, if you put everything into your iPhone and have nothing on your computer, it will copy all contacts to your computer. Then say you update "Joe Smith" on your computer, and meanwhile created a new contact "Susie Johnson" on your iPhone, the next time you sync it will copy the updated Joe Smith to your iPhone and wil copy the Susie Johnson to your computer.
I suppose there may be a chance... I can't try it right now, I won't have my iPhone until tomorow, but I can try it then if someone else hasn't.
you may try http://iphone-backup.net for turing your iphone's address book into a PDF which can be stored on your computer
nehunte
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Do you have Microsoft Outlook on your computer? If so, you can go into iTunes and tell it to back your contacts onto Microsoft Outlook. However, the best way to backup contacts IMO is through Gmail. If you don't already have a Gmail account, then set one up. Once you set it up, follow the steps that Google gives you to set up the Microsoft Exchange account on your iPhone for Gmail. It's actually quite easy. After you set it up, then your contacts, calendar, and email are all pushed between your Gmail account and your iPhone. It's awesome. Let's say you run into an old friend one day, and you put their phone number in your phone, within minutes it's pushed on to your Gmail account online.
So, after everything is backed up online with Gmail, you can do a restore on your phone. Once the restore is done, go back and set up the Microsoft Exchange for Gmail and all your contacts and calendars come right back to the phone. That's how I do it and it's awesome. Makes everything a lot easier, IMO. Regardless of what you do, good luck with it.
So, after everything is backed up online with Gmail, you can do a restore on your phone. Once the restore is done, go back and set up the Microsoft Exchange for Gmail and all your contacts and calendars come right back to the phone. That's how I do it and it's awesome. Makes everything a lot easier, IMO. Regardless of what you do, good luck with it.
I installed the free app "ContactSync" from the app store. It lets you keep your iPhone contacts online.
Backup and Restore in minutes, no need PC
Check out here:
http://creiapp.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-app-1-vcard-backup.html
Backup and Restore in minutes. No need iTunes or PC, just send the VCF to your email and then open the attachment from your email.
Check out here:
http://creiapp.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-app-1-vcard-backup.html
Backup and Restore in minutes. No need iTunes or PC, just send the VCF to your email and then open the attachment from your email.
How to backup iphone contacts
I found this tutorial useful
Backup iPhone Contacts
It also provides a solution to recover iPhone deteted contacts, it was really useful to me
I found this tutorial useful
Backup iPhone Contacts
It also provides a solution to recover iPhone deteted contacts, it was really useful to me
I like to back up my contacts with google, it pretty much works on any device and works very well.
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740
If I back up my iPhone contacts via iTunes (right-click on iPhone icon > Back Up) will I be able to restore my contacts to my iPhone without restoring to factory settings (i.e. without having to delete my iPhone-saved multimedia)?
What I am trying to achieve is to backup my iPhone 3G contacts and with that, move them (restore them) to my newer iPhone 4 which is synced to another computer and has its own separate music library.
What I am trying to achieve is to backup my iPhone 3G contacts and with that, move them (restore them) to my newer iPhone 4 which is synced to another computer and has its own separate music library.
gmanist1000
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Yeah you will be able to do that, as long as you have them checked to sync and back up, they will be able to sync to your new iPhone when you get that.
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