I had a major failure in syncing contacts between my phone and Google Cloud. I maintain my contacts on PC Chrome Contacts and had backup there and on my phone via the Contact Export facility. I tried importing the PC backup into Chrome but discovered that there was a problem...
(1) Backup on phone via the Contacts App export to VCF = A. Importing A into the phone app restored everything, but sync with the PC failed.
(2) Backup on the PC via the Chrome export to VCF = B. Importing B into Chrome restored all the contact details, but no photos.
(3) Upload phone backup (B) to PC = C. Importing C into Chrome restored the photos but messed up the contact details.
Eventually I was able to recover by deleting everything at both ends, syncing (resulting in no contacts at both ends), then importing A into the phone app (restored everything), and sync with the PC succeeded.
I'm surprised that (2) did not restore photos. Accident (a bug) or design?
(1) Backup on phone via the Contacts App export to VCF = A. Importing A into the phone app restored everything, but sync with the PC failed.
(2) Backup on the PC via the Chrome export to VCF = B. Importing B into Chrome restored all the contact details, but no photos.
(3) Upload phone backup (B) to PC = C. Importing C into Chrome restored the photos but messed up the contact details.
Eventually I was able to recover by deleting everything at both ends, syncing (resulting in no contacts at both ends), then importing A into the phone app (restored everything), and sync with the PC succeeded.
I'm surprised that (2) did not restore photos. Accident (a bug) or design?
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