I preordered the Epic at R.S., will they

[I.R.R.V.]

be able to help me import my contacts from my Palm Pre to it? Is there a easy way I can do it myself? thanks

 

[jamex]

if your pre sync with google all you need to do is sign in.

 

[I.R.R.V.]

I never had a google account, i just opened one but can't figure out how to get my phone to sync up with it. Any tips? Thanks

 

[marisdaman]

be able to help me import my contacts from my Palm Pre to it? Is there a easy way I can do it myself? thanks

you can most likely sunc your contacts with gmail contacts. Right before you go into R.S. hit sync contact on your Pre and you should be good to go when you enter ya gamail account info on the epic

 

[marisdaman]

I never had a google account, i just opened one but can't figure out how to get my phone to sync up with it. Any tips? Thanks

They should have created a gmail account when you purchased the phone. Any way
1. go into your contact
2. in the upper left corner hit the contacts tab which brings a drop down sreen
3.click preferences & accounts
4. if you already have a gmail account scrool to the bottom and hit add an account
5. enter ya gmail info and after that all ya contacts will be synced with ya gmail and once ya enter ya gmail info on epic it should synce the same way

 

[I.R.R.V.]

ok, I've done that is there any way to go into the account on my computer and see the contacts? cause i've not been able to

 

[anon(47596)]

Go to gmail.com. On your main inbox screen there will be a "contacts" link or button in the upper left corner that will take you to your contacts.

 

[MissJennell#IM]

Yeah gmail will be the easiest way to do it yourself.

 

[I.R.R.V.]

ok thanks, I know i may sound like an idiot asking these questions and sorry if i do, i just checked and it saved my "test Contact" but did not save any of my existing ones. How can i work around that?

 

[anon(47596)]

In the contacts app, go to the "Preferences & Accounts" item. Set "Google" as your default account. When you add contacts they will save/sync with Google.

With Palm's "Synergy" you basically have multiple contact lists at once (Palm, Google, Facebook, etc.). If up to this point you only have Palm contacts (that you entered directly into the Pre), I'm not sure how you can preserve those when you switch phones. Perhaps Sprint or R.S. can do it. As previously pointed out, if your contacts are on Google already, it's no problem as the Epic will just sync with those contacts.

Hope that helps.

 

[I.R.R.V.]

I just emailed my contacts to myself from phone then went online downloaded and imported to the google contact list.......worked well, thanks for all the input guys and gals

 

[kamjam26]

I have a similar question. My contacts are stored on my computer through blackberry desktop. Is there a way to transfer that info to my new android device when it comes?

 

[downsouth11]

I have a similar question. My contacts are stored on my computer through blackberry desktop. Is there a way to transfer that info to my new android device when it comes?

I believe BB Desktop has a way of exporting in a CSV format. If you can you could then import that CSV file created by BB Desktop into Gmail

 

[MissG#AC]

I have a similar question. My contacts are stored on my computer through blackberry desktop. Is there a way to transfer that info to my new android device when it comes?

When I switched from my BB to a Pre, I downloaded the Google Sync app on my BB, which uploaded all my contacts from my bb to a Google account (I only got gmail for this purpose), and then I used my Google account to transfer my contacts to my Pre. & I should be able to do the same thing from my Pre to this phone once I get it.

 

[tricex2]

OP

I think the best way to do it would be to

1. Go to contacts on your Pre
2. Tap contacts in the top left hand corner
3. Tap send all via email (The Pre will prepare an email with a Vcard of all your contacts)
4. Email the Vcard to your gmail account and save the vcard on your PC
5.Go to contacts in gmail and click More Actions
6. Click IMPORT
7. Browse to where you saved the Vcard and hit enter.

Voila!! All your contacts are now saved to your gmail account and waiting for you to sync with your new Epic. Just one of the things that is making me sad to leave my PRE Hope this helps

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

OP

I think the best way to do it would be to

1. Go to contacts on your Pre
2. Tap contacts in the top left hand corner
3. Tap send all via email (The Pre will prepare an email with a Vcard of all your contacts)
4. Email the Vcard to your gmail account and save the vcard on your PC
5.Go to contacts in gmail and click More Actions
6. Click IMPORT
7. Browse to where you saved the Vcard and hit enter.

Voila!! All your contacts are now saved to your gmail account and waiting for you to sync with your new Epic. Just one of the things that is making me sad to leave my PRE Hope this helps

why does this make you sad? they made it easy for you to ditch their OS.

 

[duallydave]

I have a Pre and I tried this. I just created a new gmail account for it, which I tested by sending from another email. I see the message I sent both on my computer and on the Pre. When I tap contacts in the upper left hand corner there is no choice to send all via email, there is a choice to send all to Car Kit.

Do I need to do something else? I went into the contact preferences & accounts, there is the Palm Pre account and the gmail account, which I can sync and it says sync complete. The default account is Palm Pre.

I don't normally use my phone for email, maybe I'm leaving something out.

I see there is Palm Desktop to sync between phone and PC, maybe that will work.

 

[drizek]

why does this make you sad? they made it easy for you to ditch their OS.

Because their OS is the best OS ever.

Sent From My Samsung Intercept

 

[tricex2]

I have a Pre and I tried this. I just created a new gmail account for it, which I tested by sending from another email. I see the message I sent both on my computer and on the Pre. When I tap contacts in the upper left hand corner there is no choice to send all via email, there is a choice to send all to Car Kit.

Do I need to do something else? I went into the contact preferences & accounts, there is the Palm Pre account and the gmail account, which I can sync and it says sync complete. The default account is Palm Pre.

I don't normally use my phone for email, maybe I'm leaving something out.

I see there is Palm Desktop to sync between phone and PC, maybe that will work.

Sorry about the oversight, do you have preware installed on your Pre? If so you have to install the "send all contacts vial Email" patch then it will show up. If not it is pretty easy to install. I took for granted most Pre users have installed and patched their Pre.

 

[duallydave]

Excellent - now it works - thank you! I do have Preware and WebOSQuickInstall but I did not have that patch installed. Since I have to remove and reinstall the patches each update (like this morning), I keep the patches to a minimum, I only have about 10 installed.