Questions tagged [import]
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Is it possible to migrate apps and their data from one unrooted Android phone to another?
I would like to migrate apps and their data from one phone to another without too much faffing around, like:
rooting (very convoluted device specific process with a lot of ambiguity around it and ...
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How do I transfer my phone numbers to an Android phone?
I just bought a new Android Phone (HTC Hero), but I need to import my Outlook contacts with all their phone numbers.
Any directions as to how to do this?
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What vCard formats/versions and encodings are supported for import?
I have tried to import vCard files using default Contacts app in Samsung Galaxy S6 (details here), but I am not sure about format required (vCard version supported) and Encoding to be used.
I have ...
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Transfer and import .VCF Contacts
Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300, 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
I have a Nokia phone with .vcf Files of Contacts
to be transferred to the Galaxy S3.
My contacts are more than 4000 in quantity which I want to transfer ...
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Importing photos finds all image files, not just camera pictures
When trying to import photos from my Galaxy S2 in Windows, it tries to import all image files on the phone (including application data), not just those in DCIM.
The system is Android 4.0.3. The ...
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How do I migrate my SMS (text messages) from iPhone to Android?
I want to export my SMS history from an iPhone and import them into a new Android phone, including timestamp, message direction (incoming|outgoing), and correspondent (sender or recipient).
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Music players that can import M3U playlists? [closed]
OK, so it seems that (unbelievably) Winamp for Android is so extremely stupidly designed that it can't import M3U playlists.
So, I want a player that can import M3U playlists. I'm running ...
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Can I import contacts from vcf and NOT sync to Google?
I bought the Nexus S with Android 2.3 and am in the process of migrating my contacts from the Apple Address book. I was able to create and import a vcf file containing all the contacts into Android.
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How do I REALLY sync ALL contacts to a new phone
I have an old phone (LG P350) with Android 2.2.2, where I obviously have a few contacts. Most of them are contacts with telephone numbers, which I manually created (few got automatically imported from ...
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Android ignoring imported dictionary
I recently upgraded from Nexus 5 to Nexus 5x. I used the automatic process to move my data from the old device to the new, and everything went smoothly, except for the dictionary.
I type in Hebrew (I'...
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Importing contacts from SIM card results in only mobile numbers, and no home numbers
I needed to reboot my phone, (Galaxy Ace, Android2.3), but wanted to save all my contacts. So I did the following:
export contacts to SIM card
reboot phone
import contacts from SIM card
The ...
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Certificate Authority installation doesn't work
I've seen many many posts* lined to my problem, although none of them seems to refer to my bug.
I set up my small PKI (for Web, mail etc.) and now try to import my CA .crt file to my Android device. ...
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How to import Contacts from old Sony Ericsson C702 to Xperia X10?
How can I import contacts from non-android phone?
Are there dedicated applications?
What I want to avoid is doubling contacts when moving them from old phone to SIM card and then to new phone.
Any ...
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How to backup large contact photos?
Most modern Android devices allow storing large photos of each contact.
I tried exporting all my contacts, then importing them. All the large photos were lost.
How can you backup the large photos ...
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Problem importing CSV/vCARD contacts to S3
I have an S3 I'm attempting to import contacts to.
I started with a list I've converted to .CSV and then used an online converter to create .VCF files from for each of the contacts.
The S3 will not ...
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What alternatives are there to the Contacts application for X10 running 2.1?
My X10 was running 1.6 when I bought it (I think). I successfully imported the vCard file with all my contacts from my Palm Centro.
Then I exported my contacts to a vCard file, upgraded to 2.1-...
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How to import photos from a digital camera using USB OTG?
I have some simple digital camera for my kids with only internal memory. I do have some windows software for it to import the photos. The windows software looks a bit outdated, but it works.
When I ...
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Imported Hebrew vcf contacts come out gibberish
I just joined the Android community. I have been using a Nokia E72. I am a bilingual user (Hebrew/English). I have succeeded in importing my address book 838 contacts with the help of this blog http://...
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How to IMPORT passwords to Google Chrome for Android
I would like to import my passwords from Chrome for Windows to Chrome for Android and because I do not sync any data via google account and I do not want to, how do I manage to do that. I've tried ...
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How to import names+phone numbers into my Android smartphone (a Galaxy S3)?
I have an Android Galaxy S3 phone and I have a two column lists of names + phone numbers on my hard disk, and a Google account, and am a capable programmer and software developer. How can I import the ...
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Import SMSes from Nokia 6300
I want to transfer all SMSes from my old phone Nokia 6300 to Philips W626. I have tried several tools but all of them failed. Does anybody know tested way to do it?
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import words in android personal dictionary
I have a json file exported from a 3rd party app keyboard and I wanted to know if there is any way I can import it in Google Android Dictionary (so that gboard keyboard app can utilize it).
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I imported my Android contacts to Google contacts, and now they are all duplicated
I was under the impression my Android contacts are not syncing with my Google contact list, but after importing them to Google contacts they are all duplicated in Android.
Any tips how to undo this ...
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import contacts from sim to phone only
I have to set up an android phone (Orange Boston, Android 2.1-update1) for a colleague.
I added two accounts, one gmail and one exchange, both only used for mail & calendar.
Now my colleague has ...
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Import multiple vCard files to Galaxy S3 contacts
How can I import contacts from hundreds of vCard files to my Galaxy S3 which is shipped with Ice Cream Sandwich ? I don't want to import it one by one.
I am using Windows 7 Ultimate.
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Upload contacts from Nokia to LG Optimus L5: phone numbers in notes field
I have exported contacts from Nokia to CSV and TXT files and upload to gmail contacts then I set LG to sync gmail contacts.
It worked but all contacts are in comments.
I can't call when I select ...
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Cannot import contacts from SIM card on Prestigio MultiPhone
I'm using Prestigio MultiPhone 3504 Muze running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. I can't seem to import contacts from the SIM card.
When I go to Contacts -> Menu, I got the next options:
Call History
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Importing photos finds all image files, not just camera pictures, with windows 7 [duplicate]
Importing files with windows7 will detect all phone photo files and not just those under camera/DCIM directory , want to use windows so can change files names same way as when importing from camera, I ...
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How can I bulk import texts (SMS) from a SIM card?
How can I bulk import texts (SMS) from a SIM card ?
I'm using a Nexus S with Gingerbread.
The 1by1 import feature (copying the sms to the phone) removes the original sender.
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How to import bookmarks into Chrome-for-Android without syncing via Google account?
I am moving into a new Android 7.0 device (a Nexus 6P). On my Mac computer, I have an .htm file with a dozen bookmarks. How can i import these bookmarks into the stock Chrome-for-Android browser?
I ...
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Import SMS/MMS messages and Call log backup to Fresh LineageOS
I switch from Google Android to LineageOS and prepare all my data to be ready for the switch. Everything is on Nextcloud so, Contact, Photos, etc are already out of my device. I want to backup SMS/MMS ...
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Format of phone number in imported contacts
I created a VCF file (VCARD version 2.1) of contacts and imported it into an Android 5 phone. A Motorola Moto G 2nd generation.
The VCF has phone numbers formatted correctly for the UK (e.g. "01234 ...
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Is there any (open) standard for importing/exporting contact from/to any mobile phone?
Is there any open format for importing and exporting from/to any mobile phone. It doesn't have to be a smartphone, it could be a basic mobile phone. If any such thing exist, does is also support ...
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How to import contacts from .vcf file on Samsung device running Android 14?
On my previous generic Chinese Android phone, it was very easy to export/import contacts from a .vcf file.
But on my Samsung running Android 14, I can't find a command to import/export.
Is there any ...
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Import contacts with group
I'd like to import around 1000 contacts within a group into an android phone (OS 7.0). I have the vCard only. Is it somehow possible?
Hope this is the right place for that, thanks in advice.
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How to import multiple images at once from camera to Samsung tablet
I'm trying to import multiple images (chosen ones) from a Canon camera to a Samsung Tablet 4. The problem is that the upload button is visible only at the beginning when camera is connected and each ...
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Can I still use live.com for my contacts 'hub' on Android?
I'm switching from a Lumia 1020 (Windows Phone 8.1) to a OnePlus3 (Android M I think).
I bought into the MS live.com setup for contacts so all my contact phone numbers and addresses and facebook ...
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Importing contacts from old dumb phone
My mom uses an ancient Samsung SGH-C140 dumb phone with a mini SIM that has 150 contacts capacity. However all her contacts are stored on the phone, and there are around 400 of them. After all these ...
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Gmail - how to get all my email address from mailbox into contacts?
In my Gmail i have total 3000 Emails (inbox, sent item, important etc). But all 3000 Email address is not in my Google Contact list.
how can i export email address from the Gmail inbox/sent item/...
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How can I efficiently move 40+GByte of mp3 data to my phone?
My entire music library is sitting on a server that I access through SSH (could be setup for HTTP) and I would like to copy it to my Xioami Mi A1 (running Nougat).
What would be the best way to ...
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Import .vcf files from old Nokia fails
I have to transfer 50 contacts from an old Nokia phone to a Motorola running Android 5.
I managed to Export an nbf backup from the Nokia and Export all contacts vcf files from that nbf file.
But now ...
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Import SMS messages from Samsung .nef file to Sony Xperia S
How can I import my SMS message from a Samsung phone to a Sony one?
New PS Studio gave me a .nef file that I can't import to my Sony phone.
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How to import my Contact from google contact to Coolpad Android Phone
I'm living in China were Google Play is now not supported but I have a vpn so i can still access my accounts. I just lost my phone and I bought another android phone but it does not have Google on it. ...
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How can I import sms from iphone 4s / IOS6 with Samsung Kies
I've got a brand spanking Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I want to import my SMS's - I've installed Kies, detected an iphone backup, (my iphone's name and date displays) but the import screen just ...
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Cannot import .ics calendar file into Samsung Calendar
I have an .ics calendar file which I cannot import into my Samsung Calendar.
If I click on it, it opens and I can see all entries. I can then click "Save all to calendar", and it says "...
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Importing group associations _only_
(Following question to this one)
Suppose I have an .xls or .csv file with associations of contact names to groups (or firstname, middlename, lastname to group).
I want to import these associations - ...
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Can an Indian GSM phone be used in the USA?
I'm considering buying the Oppo F9 Pro, which has a dual sim GSM slot. I currently have consumer cellular service with a nano GSM sim card. would I be able to import the Indian phone and use it here ...
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Import more than 25000 numbers (more than the limit of Google Contacts) in Android
I have generated a list of about 300000 numbers with regex to a text file. I know all of them are valid (pattern I mean) and most of them (like 80%) are real numbers (from somebody). Now I want to ...
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VCF files to Galaxy S7
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android version 7 (Kernel Version is 3.18.14.12365438). I want to import my PC contacts from Outlook 2007 or my iPhone 6S. I also generated the .vcf files, which ...
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Android v7: Import close to 8000 complex contacts in one shot
I have close to 8000 vcf files in a directory on the usb stick. I attach the stick to my phone and all files are perfectly visible. In the contacts app I choose import, select the stick, and it shows ...
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