Pre-rooting and contact transfer

[sicario666]

Is there a way to transfer contacts onto a Google account from vzw's backup assistant? I want to root for my bro but need to somehow transfer his contacts before jumping

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[ultravisitor]

Does he not already have a Google account linked on the phone? If so, they should already be backed up there.

 

[pool_shark]

Why do you need to transfer contacts before rooting?

I export my contacts to the SD card, I don't want them in Google, and I hate backup assistant.

 

[sicario666]

He does have a Google account but he doesn't have his contacts linked to it. I guess they're linked to the phone. Apparently he found an app that'll take care of transferring to SD

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[pool_shark]

Don't need an app. Open the contacts app - more - import/export.

 

[Smitty_82]

+1 on pool_shark. After you export the contacts to the SD card, you can import them as gmail contacts so they will be backed up there.