Backing up contacts

_Chris__2

Just trying to backup the contacts from my Galaxy A50 onto my laptop connected up by cable - when I look at them on the phone, there's over 4,000, but can't find any on the laptop? I see two folders, one for the card and one for phone. Any ideas how I can find them please?

flaneurs_lobster

Is your A50 synchronised with your Google account? Your contacts should be available via your Google account.

If you need to export your contacts from the phone then the easiest way is to format them as a .vcf file, Contacts app, Export Contacts, Save as .vcf to the phone then transfer that file to the PC by cable.

You could also use the Samsung Smart Switch software on your PC, download from Samsung site and follow Backup instructions.

_Chris__2

Thank you.  I'm trying to stay away from Google.  

When it says what is in the phone, are they referring to the sim card or some sort of internal memory?

flaneurs_lobster

_Chris__2 said:

When it says what is in the phone, are they referring to the sim card or some sort of internal memory?

What do you mean by "it"? Can you provide the context for how/where this question is asked?

And a question I should have asked earlier, 4000 contacts is rather a lot, where are you seeing this total?

_Chris__2

flaneurs_lobster said:

_Chris__2 said:

When it says what is in the phone, are they referring to the sim card or some sort of internal memory?

What do you mean by "it"? Can you provide the context for how/where this question is asked?

And a question I should have asked earlier, 4000 contacts is rather a lot, where are you seeing this total?

The it, is what I see on the laptop, when it shows me the contents of the mobile phone

I'm seeing that total from the contacts section within the phone itself.

flaneurs_lobster

Are you using the Samsung or Google Contacts app on your phone?
Google - blue head/shoulders silhouette on white background
Samsung - white head/shoulders silhouette on red background

You need to export your contacts in a form that can be read by another contacts application, the .vcf format.

Both apps have the option to do this, you save the file to your phone's internal storage then access/copy this to your PC.

_Chris__2

It's the contacts app you see with the orange background

flaneurs_lobster

OK that's the Samsung app.

Select it
From the Contacts page take the menu (hamburger) icon on the left
Take Manage contacts
Take Export contacts
From = All Contacts
To = Internal storage
Hit Export
Confirmation message should say "Contacts.vcf has been exported to your internal storage".

See how that goes.

On my phone ~1500 contacts has created a 660kB file in my Downloads folder.

Frozen_up_north

_Chris__2 said:

Thank you.  I'm trying to stay away from Google.  

The Android O/S on your phone, and Waze, are by Google. They already have your details