Preface (skip if you want):
So a week ago, my data and wifi both stopped working alltogether. If I did a factory reset, it worked, but when I restored my synced apps, it stopped working again. I reset without syncing, so I backed up everything using Titanium, and did an upgrade to Jelly Bean AOKP.
Now, my contacts won't restore.
When I try, nothing shows up in my contacts book, even though when I view my db files in .txt format, I can see jumbled info.
Titanium can't back up my contacts probably because I was using "Contacts" in Ginger Bread, and Jelly Bean has "People". I don't know, I'm a noob. I'm just guessing.
I've JUST finished restoring via Titanium and redownloading all my apps. And now I read I have to go back to stock firmware and back it up again and go back to AOKP?!
PLEASE help me figure out another way!
I only had computer access yesterday while visiting family (my own is broken).
Idea 1 (attempt in progress):
Remove "People" app on JB, restore original contact book, back up there, remove old GB book, reinstall People.
Problem is, I don't know where to find "People" again. Nor do I know how to uninstall it.
So, trying to figure that out.
Idea 2
Dissect my compressed backed up files and retype everything out, or replace my People files with them.
- com.android.contacts-20121205-121353.tar
- com.android.contacts-63595028103eedc350c975b39a6e23f4.odex
- com.android.contacts-e358929a51f0e35200269216062cfd41.apk
- com.android.mms-1eb9bc46bf5a27dcf82f70a4c46e23ac.apk
I managed to scavenge (out of other things):
- contacts2.db
- contacts2.db-journal
- profile.db
- profile.db-journal
...NO IDEA how.
Sync yout contacts with your google account before flashing JB. After flashing JB set your Google account and your contacts will be restored to your device.
If upgrading between stock roms you can also backup and restore contacts using Samsung Kies.
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I just did the 2.1 update and ofcourse i made an backup of my contacts before i did it. But now when i try to restore them, it runs up to 100% but when i go to contacts there is nothing!?!?
What should i do?
I have the backup SBF file stored on my SD cart if that can help me in any way?
Thanks in advance
thran8 said:
I just did the 2.1 update and ofcourse i made an backup of my contacts before i did it. But now when i try to restore them, it runs up to 100% but when i go to contacts there is nothing!?!?
What should i do?
I have the backup SBF file stored on my SD cart if that can help me in any way?
Thanks in advance
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Same here, had to get all my contact from my google account
have the same problem and dont know what to do
is there any other program to restore .sbf !!!!!!!!!!!!
same here. any help appreciated.
Hi All,
What is the software that cause this error to happen? Is it the Backup and Restore software from Sony Ericsson?
If you are using the B&R software from SE, there is a mini text underneath the selection which states that Contacts Synced using Sync services will not be backed up. In other words, Google, Sony Ericsson Sync and etc will not be backed up.
I restored my Contacts successfully. Here what I done
1) Reset to factory default
2) After the phone restarts I did not do any setup. I skipped all including email and contact setup.
3) Left the phone idle for 30 mins so things could settle.
4) Went to Backup and Restore and selected only Contacts and call log (No messaging or other Stuff)
5) Done. After 99% it says it done but my contacts got restored.
how did u reset it to defaults?
Setting -> Privacy settings -> Factory data reset.
Thanks. It worked for me too. I didn't wait but restarted immediately.
I just flashed Bionix V over Nero v5. Per instruction from teamwhiskey/sombionix, I only restored third party applications and not system apps. I just realized some of my contacts are missing along with all of the mms, sms and call logs. How can I restore just the missing contacts. Plus How can I restore my mms/sms and call logs. Before flashing, I had backed up 'all user apps + all system data' so I know everything is backed up in titanium backup. What files am I looking for to restore these?
Thanks.
You have to restore system apps to get the mms / sms back. As for the contacts, do you not have them setup on your gmail account or are they on your sim? Putting them in gmail would be the best thing from now on.
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Read through here. You will probably find what your looking for.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849840
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You should be able to restore all of your contacts by clicking to restore "[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage" in Titanium Backup. It's one of the green items on your list. After they've been restored, reboot your phone.
That said, I tried doing the same thing and a bunch of my phone-saved numbers were still not restored. It's possible that I re-backed up a bunch of apps and data (including contacts info) on TB before the system had a chance to fully restore everything, therefore deleting a bunch of my contacts when I reflashed Bionix V to fix another mistake I made (what can I say, it was my first time rooting my phone and flashing a ROM), so it was all probably my own fault. Fortunately, I had almost all of my contact information on my old G1 still, so I just saved all of that to Gmail and it automatically synced w/ the Contacts on my Vibrant.
Otherwise, I would have had to use Odin or Heimdall to bring my phone back to stock so that I could restore the nandroid backup from when my phone still had the info. Or, I could have tried to simply flash a JI6 kernel, but with that came the risk of a Android 2.1 kernel severely clashing with a 2.2 system. In your case, it seems like you should be able to reflash Nero v5, restore a nandroid backup from that system, and save all of your contacts the proper way.
After learning the hard way, I will concur with others who suggest saving all of your contacts to Gmail in the future. Or, you can back up your contacts in your phone by choosing to "export" them to your external sd card in the Contacts menu.
I believe that you can retrieve contact info saved to your SIM card by choosing to "import" them in the Contacts menu, as well.
Best of luck!
Alright I tried searching for this but couldn't come upon any proper solution. I'd like to know if this is actually possible? Right now I have contacts coming from 3 different sources, WhatsApp, my Google account, and Facebook. I've been trying to merge all 3 so I don't come up with multiple entries for the same person. Unfortunately all the contacts come unjoined whenever I do a full wipe and upgrade to a new version of the same ROM. I am currently running on Foxhound. I've tried backing up contacts and restoring via Titanium backup but I still find myself losing the contacts I joined previously. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks!
Recently I just lost all of my contacts because I updated to jelly bean and gmail synced all the email to my contacts so by eror I deleted even the useful ones.
So anyway, I had backed up before updating, but now, when I try to restore the backup, the backup is stuck on "pending". Does anyone know why?
I'm using the memories exchange swap, but even tried with the memories exchange disabled. What should i do? Or is there anyway to red the .sbf file?
I recently rooted my phone. Before doing so I attempted to export my contacts, but in the processing of reloading the phone I have lost or wiped out the contacts list I exported. I also took a adb backup before wiping the phone. Is there any chance I can extract the contacts from the backup and restore them to the new configuration?
adb backup was performed when the phone was on 2.19.605.2... Phone is now running KitKat 4.4.4
Do backup Kk Rom, restore 2.19.605.2, save your contacts and restore Kk Rom back Btw you don't have Google account? Because it's good place to save your contacts, especially when you often change Roms
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I recently rooted my phone. Before doing so I attempted to export my contacts, but in the processing of reloading the phone I have lost or wiped out the contacts list I exported. I also took a adb backup before wiping the phone. Is there any chance I can extract the contacts from the backup and restore them to the new configuration?
adb backup was performed when the phone was on 2.19.605.2... Phone is now running KitKat 4.4.4
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I keep all my contacts in Goolge. That way they are never lost. It also allows my wife and I to share contacts.
Contacts in Google
I have had Android devices for years and keep getting things screwed up on the contact side. I am not even sure how it happens. Some contacts end up on the phone and some end up in Google. When I reloaded the phone and tablet a while back all of my contacts got duplicated in gmail with old and new data all mixed together. Makes a huge mess. I need to spend a little time figuring out what I am doing wrong and clean up all of the messes. I try to stick with GMAIL for contacts, but it seems like with all of the applications asking to sync contacts, sometimes you click yes before you really realize the impact of the decision you are making.
I was not able to get the old contacts back from the backup. For some reason they didn't restore. Decided I am just OK with that... Maybe I will be a little more careful next time.
I still wonder if it would have been possible to find the backed up contacts database so I could import it in to the android emulator and export the contacts... Maybe a weekend project when it gets cold out.