Sprint Pre to EVO: Linked contacts?

[Darth Mo]

Just looking for any insight in going from the Pre (Palm profile contacts, Google contacts, Facebook contacts, etc.) to EVO with Android 2.1/2.2.

The Pre was able to fairly seamlessly identify common contacts across different sources thus limiting duplicate contacts in the contact list with only having to link a handful of 600+ contacts manually.

I've only ever transferred contacts directly from one phone to another so I have no idea of the process of going from one cloud device to another so I'm wondering if it's a headache or not. It is one thing I've been regretting when leaving the Pre since it's never had a native way of exporting contacts.

Thanks in advance.

 

[pcon]

There is a patch to copy out all your contacts form the phone. Then you can important them into the EVO.

http://www.webosnation.com/how-export-and-move-your-contacts-patch

 

[Mom2Ninjas]

If you sync your palm contacts with a google account, couldn't you just get the EVO to pull the contacts off of the google account as well?

 

[BigRick10]

If you sync your palm contacts with a google account, couldn't you just get the EVO to pull the contacts off of the google account as well?

yes

 

[gabbott]

I think the OP is asking about linking contacts, for example if you have a contact that is a gmail contact but they are also a facebook contact, can you link them so you don't have 2 separate contacts for them. I've only used gmail for my contacts so don't know the answer.

 

[ecaggiani]

Yes, the Evo can and does link Facebook, Google, and Twitter contacts. Not sure about Exchange contacts since I don't sync those, but I assume it can do those too.

When in the contacts app, there is a little chain link icon next to the name that shows if a contact is linked. By clicking it, you can see all the linked contacts, and if a contact is similar (Like "Daniel Smith" vs. "Dan Smith") it shows it as a suggestion. You can then accept the suggestion, or clear it.

 

[Eguy]

Not to mention when you export using the patch, all the linked information stays and gets transferred to google.

 

[DesertSilver#AC]

Just looking for any insight in going from the Pre (Palm profile contacts, Google contacts, Facebook contacts, etc.) to EVO with Android 2.1/2.2.

The Pre was able to fairly seamlessly identify common contacts across different sources thus limiting duplicate contacts in the contact list with only having to link a handful of 600+ contacts manually.

I've only ever transferred contacts directly from one phone to another so I have no idea of the process of going from one cloud device to another so I'm wondering if it's a headache or not. It is one thing I've been regretting when leaving the Pre since it's never had a native way of exporting contacts.

Thanks in advance.

There may be a way to install a patch to do this but, if you have the time and not a huge list of contacts, you should migrate your contacts manually to a Google account.

If you already have a Gmail account, you can go to google.com/contacts to add contact on a PC and then sync the account on the EVO.

Migrating all your contacts should be relatively future-proof also since most smartphones currently sync with Google contacts, calendar, etc.

 

[jedisrus]

There is a patch to copy out all your contacts form the phone. Then you can important them into the EVO.

http://www.webosnation.com/how-export-and-move-your-contacts-patch

Thanks for the link. I thought my Pre might be acting a little wonky with my patches and all so I went stock about a month ago. It looks like I'll be installing preware again so I can run this patch though.

 

[FuManChuu]

that patch is one of the easiest / cheapest ways to migrate to google... and once you do, you won't ever understand how you lived without cloud contacts.

 

[Sovvy]

I used the patch when it first came out, very nice to get all your contacts on google. Then you can have then sync ton your computer as well if u ever wanna send out an email.

Plus editing the contacts is much nicer on the computer.

 

[Spunks3]

I had a Pre and backed up my contacts that had phone numbers to my Gmail Contacts account... when i loaded android upw ith my gmail account, they synced great. i did have to manuall sync facebook contacts tho, but better than the pre syncing every single one..