Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

Hi all,

I have just been given an HTC Desire by a customer and I want to copy or even sync my contacts between my n900 (which will keep my sim) and the Desire (which has a new sim).

Copying will be enough, it's just getting those initial ones over, but synchronizing them would be even better :)

Has anyone tried this/have any recommendations/suggestions? If there's nothing around, I might have a stab at the n900 coding part if there's a known android app to read them in.

Cheers,

Ben

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

If its running 2.2. I know HTC have a phone sync/switch over app. You pick your model (by Brand) and it allows you to sync data over. Not sure if N900 would be supported (as if anything supports N900!) but give that a go. Other method is to export your contacts from the N900 address book to vcf files and then import them manually from the Desire. Either using the memory card or USB connect etc.

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

or easier: set up a google account, sync your contacts to that, then pull them back in from there on the android phone...

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if it is just extracting adsresses:
osso-addressbook-backup -e contacts.vcard
is your friend. is a vcard file so somehow standard(cr lineendings..).

edit: if you want it the other way round and import: -i .

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

How do you sync to google contacts? I know you can import from google talk but how do you do it the other way round (n900 to google)?

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doesnt work with the n900, as it is not supported.

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In the end I just exported contacts from the gui. There was an error when I tried it with vcard 3, but 2 worked fine, although I got a bunch of unknown blank contacts, a couple with facebook profile pics :)

It's interesting comparing the two devices. The HTC is a far superior phone (I've been suffering from n900 problems with auto rotate and answering/ending calls, plus missing SMS and missed call notifications due to unnoticed screen freezes), but the n900 is the only one that's really a computer, plus the hardware keyboard makes a big difference for me :)

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I wonder if you have managed to do what you suggest by yourself??

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

No need to reinvent the wheel. Just go to Contacts, open the menu, hit 'Get Contacts' and you have several choices. But I have no idea if 'Synchronize from another device' option will work.

When I got rid of Android I just imported a vcf file extracted from my Google account addresses to the N900. To go the opposite way just export a vcf2.1 or vcf3.0 file from the N900 and transfer it via Bluetooth, USB or Google to the HTC and import it.

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Hi,
I thought of using this thread because I also want to transfer from N900 to Android.
What I found out is that VCF export DOESN'T work if the contact doesn't have "name" info.
I was wondering if there was a solution to "really" export all contacts to VCF. I saw a script from Nicolai but I'm not so sure how to use this in my case.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

y dont you just copy all your contacts to your n900 from sim, then insert new sim, then copy back onto new sim... whats the big deal?

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

Unfortunately, I need all details and I believe that copying to SIM doesn't care about notes/multiple phones/email....
Maybe I'm wrong?

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

You can also try using NuevaSync there is a howto here http://wiki.nuevasync.com/wiki/bin/v...oConfiguration

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

well i tried a python script to convert all vcard details to csv and import into google. but lots of records have blank details. is there a script that can be run on the n900 to update the required fields so that we dont have blank names?

would be great if there is a gui tool that can at least profile the contact info and provide an interface to update the data before export.

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can someone tell me how to transfer all calender entrys to android?

Thx for help in advance

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

@Brock,

If you don't mind using Google Calendar you can sync your N900 with Google Calendar using erminig-ng.

I suppose the synchronization of Google Calendar with an Android device should be trivial (but cannot provide any info on this).

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

Just had to do the same myself, easiest way is to export contacts to CSV using the Nokia suite, then import it into google contacts, 5 mins ;)

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Nokia-N900:~# osso-addressbook-backup -e contacts.vcard
open_system_abook: Cannot open book

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root is not default user.
# su - user

anyway, to easily transfer contacts first export them via above command or contacts->export as v3, then cat all of them into single file in terminal, then send the single file via bluetooth

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

Necroromancy at its Best :)

Erm, just recalculated and iirc I have seen older threads revived. So just necro... :D
Nevertheless: Good answer!

Re: Copying/Synchronizing Contacts from n900 to Android
 

well, today i was searching for a way to transfer contacts and this thread comes up on google. yet, it didnt provide me the full answer, so i posted what worked for me because this topic is still relevant

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Absolutely true.
And I guess I'll need this too. Soon (TM).