How to restore contacts? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was flashing a new from from omega . Everything went well except my contacts got wiped. Some name still show but it has no numbers. I did a titaniumbackup prior to flashing but when I try to restore...nothing changed..any advice on how to get all my contacts back? Not sure how it wiped it especially when the contacts were on my SIM card
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If your contacts were secured via your Google account, you can easily restore by syncing your device with the account
Hope this was helpful
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ch0ka said:
If your contacts were secured via your Google account, you can easily restore by syncing your device with the account
Hope this was helpful
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Yes googles is the best for restore

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[Q] Contacts bug?

Hello all,
I have the strangest issues with one number in my contacts.
When I text the number it fails, I double checked, the number is correct, I deleted his contact and noticed a capital N in front of his number. I manually typed his number to text and again it failed to send and again it had put a capital N in front of his number
Has anyone had anything like this happen to them? Or any suggestions?
Thanks you.
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Is your phone syncing with your google account?
ruudheurkens said:
Is your phone syncing with your google account?
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It is yes
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Maby you can try changing the number on your pc via your google account and then syncing your contacts with your phone.
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ruudheurkens said:
Maby you can try changing the number on your pc via your google account and then syncing your contacts with your phone.
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Tried that. Turns out contapps was causing it
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Kies.... how to get my Note (i717) information to my S3?!?!?!

I backed up my note this morning, traded a guy my note for his new S3.
Now... I cannot figure out how to transfer the stuff I backed up from my Note... to my S3...
I am lost, and have no contacts lol
turboxer said:
I backed up my note this morning, traded a guy my note for his new S3.
Now... I cannot figure out how to transfer the stuff I backed up from my Note... to my S3...
I am lost, and have no contacts lol
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Why not use Google for your contacts? Much easier
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slaphead20 said:
Why not use Google for your contacts? Much easier
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How do I do this? I am used to itunes lol
I just need everything that I backed up from my note on my s3.
I have NOTHING
Settings->Accounts&Sync->[your account]->Sync contacts
It would help if you included what tool(s) you used for the backup. Nandroid and Titanium will be difficult at the lesat since you cannot replace the apps
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d4fseeker said:
Settings->Accounts&Sync->[your account]->Sync contacts
It would help if you included what tool(s) you used for the backup. Nandroid and Titanium will be difficult at the lesat since you cannot replace the apps
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I backed it up with samsiung kies... I wasnt rooted or anything.
d4fseeker said:
Settings->Accounts&Sync->[your account]->Sync
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"Sync is currently experiencing problems, it will be back shortly"
:/
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your google account (gmail) that you used for your note should sync your contacts, calendar, music (if you used google play music on desktop), browser, and photos to any android phone that you sign in with, if you had sync turned on . No apps though.
turboxer said:
"Sync is currently experiencing problems, it will be back shortly"
:/
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Okay, something that no one has mentioned to you is that you have to transfer your SIM contacts or phone contacts to Google and then it will sync from then on.
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Saving SMS

My dear friends,
I have some dozens of SMS that i would love to save either over the cloud or in the memory card but i do not know how.Please help and thanks.
Alkali said:
My dear friends,
I have some dozens of SMS that i would love to save either over the cloud or in the memory card but i do not know how.Please help and thanks.
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sms back and restore in google play
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In order to store your SMS on the cloud (on your gmail account precisely), you can use "SMS Backup +"
This is a free app, you just have to log into your gmail account and your SMS will be automatically saved on gmail. You can read them from any device connected to internet and you can also restore them on any android phone.
If you prefer to save them on your microSD card or in your internal storage, Titanium Backup Pro can do that easily.
Hope I helped
Also, if your phone is rooted you can use titanium backup which can backup sms to an xml file and can later be restored to any sms application.
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Another alternative you can use is Kies on your pc making an backup of your phone
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My backup root is good too
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afilopou said:
sms back and restore in google play
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I used it to transfer messages from S1 to S2 then S3.
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go backup is the best for me just try it and u will not leave it

[Q] Can't sync with Samsung (can't get my contacts back!!!)

I had to wipe out all data from my phone and synced all my contacts with Samsung account first.
Now after fresh install i can't get my contacts back !!!
I'm using stock ROM with 3 network.
Anyone have same issues ?
You not let Google back them up?
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Why you didn't backup first?
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Contact help

I went back to 4.1.2 recently and while I was trying to do the google setup I noticed I forgot to flash the at&t modems so my wifi wasn't working, I went back to flash it and when I reboot my google setup had been complete only with no restore on anything, I think I lost all my contacts no apps, but maybe if I can restart google setup I can restore them?anyone know how without reflash?
I can't remove it in accounts and sync
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Just go into accounts and sync. Resync contacts
gunnyman said:
Just go into accounts and sync. Resync contacts
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Then my good friend I believe I lost all my contacs because google believes I have no contacts
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HyDRo1X said:
Then my good friend I believe I lost all my contacs because google believes I have no contacts
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I don't know if this is why, but it appears Google is having sync issues right now.
10acT said:
I don't know if this is why, but it appears Google is having sync issues right now.
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Not for me, it says last synced today but no one returns to my contacs
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HyDRo1X said:
Not for me, it says last synced today but no one returns to my contacs
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Can you see your contacts if you sign in to Google on a PC? You said you can't remove the account in Accounts & Sync? Why not? Does it give you some sort of error?
10acT said:
Can you see your contacts if you sign in to Google on a PC? You said you can't remove the account in Accounts & Sync? Why not? Does it give you some sort of error?
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How do I see contacts on a pc? Never tried it.
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Nevermind found it, they are there,why can't I get them on my phone?
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HyDRo1X said:
Nevermind found it, they are there,why can't I get them on my phone?
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Good question, but at least you know they aren't lost. I would try to find out why you can't remove that account. If you could remove it, then add it back, they should sync. If all else fails, you could reflash.

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