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Default FAQ: T-Mobile G1

1. I need basic info on G1?


2. In short - what are G1 features and specifications?


3. I need more info on G1 firmware updates?


4. When is the next OTA update coming out?


5.ANDROID ver 1.5 CupCake (as of May 8, 2009 Partial FAQ!




G1 - how to?

1. How can I sync my G1 (Google account) with Outlook contacts?


2. How can I set custom ringtone for messages (notifications) on G1?


3. Is there any way to view videos on G1 other than through YouTube (to be able to put them on memory card and then play them)?


4. What is the maximum SD card size supported by G1?


5. How can I reset G1?


6. Does G1 support Flash?


7. What is "root"? and Links on how to DO IT! (New! Contains Forum Thread Links)


8. How do I download files from the web to my G1?


9. How do I send numbers while on a call without sliding open the keyboard?


10. How do I search for an exact phase ?


11. How do I Change the Windows Default Icon for My Attached G! ?


12. How do I use my G1 on AT&T Without a Data Plan or and How Do I just Disable Data ?


13. How do I Activate stock G1 over Wifi


14. How to install Windows Drivers for ADB & Fastboot?


15. How to restore a Nandroid Backup to your G1?





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This is a list of most of the threads or posts that have to do with :
HOW DO I ....... ?

Album art for music spamming my picutres
Android Applications - Page 3 - Android Forums
Android Applications [Archive] - Android Forums
Android Developers - Page 3 - Android Forums
Android Developers [Archive] - Android Forums
Android Forums - FAQ: Reading and Posting Messages
Android Forums - Search Results
Android Forums - Threads Tagged with contacts
Android Forums - Threads Tagged with map route
Android Forums - View Profile: devolio
Android Forums - View Profile: Phases
Android RC30 Updates Your G1
Android Tips & Tricks - Page 2 - Android Forums
Battery life: what drains the fastest?
bio wallet
Browse the web from a tethered phone
Browse the web from a tethered phone
Browse the web from a tethered phone
Browse the web from a tethered phone
Browse the web from a tethered phone
Browse the web from a tethered phone - Page 7 - Android Forums
Calendar Sync
Can I put Andriod on a phone that has Windows Mobile 6
http://androidforums.com/t-mobile-g1/4350-changing-my-gmail-address.html
Closing the Internet
Contacts Blast - (Screenshots!) New Full Featured Contact Manager / Dialer
Dev1 can't get paid apps?
http://androidforums.com/android-tips-tricks/1019-does-your-car-audio-system-have-usb-use-your-g1.html
Downgrade from rc30 to rc29
fbook application? How do I get it on my g1 phone?
Hello Aim! Beta Version
HELP, i just rooted my phone
Help......clearing image from an ImageButton?
How do I add a # from my Call Log to Contacts?
How do I back up my stuff?
How do I close the internet browser???
How do I delete a voicemail?
how do i delete apps?
How do I delete multiple contacts?
How do I delete multiple contacts? - Android Forums
How do I download whatever I want on my G1?
How do I download whatever I want on my G1? - Android Forums
How do i find non market apps?
How do i find non market apps? - Android Forums
How do I get a soft keyboard?
How do I lock my screen when on a call?
How do I make the speaker phone work??? - Android Forums
how do i reboot phone
how do i rebot phone?
how do i rebot phone? - Android Forums
how do i rebot phone? - Android Forums
::How Do I Save An Image That Has Been Sent To me (MMS)?::
How do i save routes on Google Maps
How do i save routes on Google Maps - Android Forums
How do I update my Developer phone with new OS 1.1?
How do i use the magnifying glass?
how do you scan QR codes?
How to delete 'Brain Genius Deluxe'
How to run applications off the sdcard (Updated 2/7/09) - xda-developers
How to setup phone to install themes...
HOW DO I UNROOT ?
How to use SD card instead of internal phone memory
http://androidforums.com/17744-post2.html
i cant charge my batter?
importing contacts from my old phone??
In maps how do i make it follow my current position?
Incoming caller tunes
Installing Android on my ATT FUZE
Interactive Wallpaper. .PSD template to create your own customs.
Is anyone else unable to get out of Google Mobile?
javax speech api HELP~
Local (laptop, not web) contact/calendar sync
Making playlists for music
MemoryUp's FAQ's
Multi touch web browser?
New G1: How do I get updates?
New to G1
Official Wallpaper Thread
OmniGSoft Games -
Power Vibration Wanted
Problem with Google search widget
problem with youtube links
RC33 For G1 On The Way
Removing Icons from the Home Screen
Save Image
SD CARD Unreadable
SOS: Please Help: IMport SMS from XML file to G1
Steel Browser ( WITH SOFT KEY)!!!
Support - Page 3 - Android Forums
Support [Archive] - Android Forums
Support [Archive] - Android Forums
Sync G1 with iTunes in Windows
Sync G1 with iTunes in Windows - Android Forums
T-Mobile G1 - Android Forums
T-Mobile G1 - Page 2 - Android Forums
T-Mobile G1 [Archive] - Android Forums
Transferring downloaded files onto SD?
Undelete Email form Gmail
Undelete Email form Gmail - Android Forums
Unlimited Characters in SMS
UPDATE Your G1 manually
usb storage
Usb...
Wallpaper
WiFi Hookup
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Default SoftKey FAQs with Forum Links

Here are some of the forum links dealing with Softkey questions..

When can I expect to see a virtual keyboard? --
New! Need APPS --
Cupcake Bringing Video Recording, Stereo Bluetooth & More --
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When can I expect to see a virtual keyboard? --
Cupcake Bringing Video Recording, Stereo Bluetooth & More --
Should I get a G1? --
Specific Questions... --
Experience cupcake the safe way --
CupCake --Android ver 1.5 CupCake (as of May 8, 2009 Partial FAQ!





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Default How to Xfer contacts from BB Curve to G1 "CSV Method"

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Here's a procedure to export contacts from a Blackberry and import into the G1 / Android using a CSV file and GMail Import, without using Outlook or Google Sync (I don't use Outlook, and had read about limitations/problems with Google Sync for Blackberry). This initially works best when you have a GMail account with maybe some but not all of the same contacts as are in your Blackberry, and with your G1 phone contacts relatively empty (or cleared) to avoid duplicating contacts.

Basically, you create a CSV file using Blackberry Manager (free download from T-mobile, etc.,), edit it using Excel or other spreadsheet program to change the heading names, import the resulting CSV file into the Gmail, then sync it directly into the G1. There are a few tricks, but the result is your contacts will be displayed exactly as you want them.

The Export to CSV from Blackberry Manager (BBM) and the import of CSVs into GMail were not intuitive (at least not to me ;-), nor well documented anywhere I found. Here is how I did it using a T-Mobile Blackberry Pearl 8120, BBM vers 4.6 for Win XP, GMail as of 17-Nov-09, and T-Mobile G1 (Android 1.6):

1. Connect the Blackberry to PC and bring up the Blackberry Manager program. "Backup" all of your existing Blackberry data onto a file on the PC just in case.

2. To export your Blackberry contacts to a CSV file, click on "Synchronize", then on the next menu, left side, just under the word "Configuration", click "Synchronization". A configuration menu will appear. Click the "Synchronize" button next to "Set synchronization options for my desktop program". In a few seconds, a "Setup" menu will appear.

3. Select "Address Book" (only). An "Address Book Setup" menu/wizard appears, starting with "Select Desktop Application". Click on "ASCII Importer/Exporter". (Hint: If you don't see "ASCII Importer/Exporter", (for example, if you see "Outlook"), click on the words "Address Book", and a "Setup" button will then appear. You can then get to the "Address Book Setup" menu. This took awhile to figure out!).

4. Next, select the direction(s) you would like the sync to occur. I used "Device --> ASCII Importer Exporter" to create a CSV file without affecting the contacts in my Blackberry.

5. Next, enter the filename. The name should be something like "blackberry-2009-11.csv" (unless you already have a file you want to add to.) If it's a new file, the screen will ask if you want to create the file; click "OK". Use the default "Options". Click "Next", then "Finish".

6. From "Setup", click on "Advanced". You can then use "Map Fields" to select which Blackberry fields you want to export. Just select the Blackberry fields you normally use to make the CSV file easier to edit. You can also select other Setup options, like how to deal with conflicts when synch'ing. (I used the defaults).

7. After Setup, go back to Main Menu then click on Synchronize. Select "Synchronize Organizer Data" (only) to export address book contacts. Click "Synchronize". This operation will take up to a few minutes depending on the number of contacts and your PC.

8. If an existing CSV file is present, any conflicts will generate warnings. Afterwards, a "Confirm" menu will appear. You can preview the exported info using "Details", and then "Accept" them.

9. With Excel (or OO Calc), open the CSV file you've created. Notice the headings on the top row that define the type of field data in each column. Delete any columns that you do not plan to use (i.e., any that don't have any data under them).

10. Some of the phone numbers, esp. international numbers, may not be formatted properly, or appear in scientific notation (e.g. 1.20E+10). To fix, highlight all the phone number data fields in the spreadsheet (but not the headers), and change their format first to Number (Format/Cells/Number, with no decimal places), then to format Text. You may lose any leading zeros on phone numbers, but once they are formatted as Text, you can add them back.

11. To import the contact address CSV file into GMail, you must replace the Blackberry heading names (on Row 1 in each column) with heading names that GMail recognizes. Here are the heading names that you may have to change (if they are not the "same"):

CSV HEADING/FIELD NAME MAPPING

BLACKBERRY -> GMAIL

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Title --> (same)
First Name --> (same)
Middle Name --> (same)
Last Name --> (same)
Job Title --> (same)
Company Name --> Company
Work Phone --> Business Phone
Work Phone2 --> Business Phone 2
Home Phone --> (same)
Mobile Phone --> (same)
Home Phone2 --> Home Phone 2
Other Phone --> (same)
Fax --> Business Fax (or "Home Fax")
Pager --> (same)
PIN --> (not supported?)
Email Address1 --> E-mail Address
Email Address2 --> E-mail 2 Address
Email Address3 --> E-mail 3 Address

[For Work Address in Blackberry:]
Address1 --> Business Street
Address2 --> Business Street 2
Address3 --> Business Street 3
City --> Business City
State/Province --> Business State
Zip/Postal --> Business Postal Code
Country --> Business Country

[For Home Address in Blackberry:]
Home Address1 --> Home Street 1
Home Address2 --> Home Street 2
Home Address3 --> Home Street 3
Home City --> Home City
Home State/Province --> Home State
Home Zip/Postal --> Home Postal Code
Home Country --> (same)

Birthday --> (same)
Anniversary --> (same)
Web Address --> Web Page
Notes --> (same)
User1 --> User 1
User2 --> User 2
User3 --> User 3

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12. Be SURE that ALL headings that are in Row 1 of your CSV file have a valid GMail heading name (i.e. change all Blackberry Names --> GMail Names for each of the fields listed above, replacing all heading names that are different from the GMail names.) Be sure that you type in the GMail heading name exactly as listed above. Delete any columns for Blackberry fields that GMail doesn't support. If the file you are creating has heading/field names that GMail doesn't understand or recognize, it may arbitrarily skip over some of your data. You don't have to use all of the above heading fields, but the ones you do you use must have a valid GMail heading name. Finally, be sure that your data fields (cells) in Excel don't have commas within them, or scientific notation in any fields, as this could cause problems importing your CSV file.

13. When done editing, save your file (use "Save As" to keep both your original CSV and your modified version).

14. Open your GMail account, click on "Contacts", then "Import" from the CSV file you created and modified above. Check your contacts to be sure they're as you expected. NB: First, I suggest trying out the CSV Import into a GMail account that only has a few contacts, in case this doesn't work well the first time -- then you can always Select All contacts, delete them, and try again if needed. Second, you may want to be sure that Auto-Sync is disabled on your G1 phone (Menu / Settings / Data Synchronization).

15. If you have contacts with the same First and Last name in both your CSV file and GMail, but different contact info, they will likely be duplicated in GMail. If you have duplicate contacts with different info, go to Contacts in Gmail and select each of the duplicates, then use GMail's "Merge Contacts" function, which works pretty well.

16. When your contacts have been imported and merged to your satisfaction, try step 14 & 15 on your "real" GMail account. When it has been set as you want it, with your Blackberry imports, and all contacts merged and edited as you prefer, use the Sync Contacts function on the G1 / Android (Menu / Settings / Data Synchronization / Contacts) to import to the G1 phone. You can (re)-enable auto-sync if you like.

Good Luck! Feedback welcome.

PS:

- GMail also supports some other useful fields that you can add as columns to your spreadsheet, including "Primary Phone", "Gender", "Location", "Spouse", "Suffix" (i.e. "Jr.",), "Department", "Account", etc. To find out all of GMail's latest heading names, you can create a sample contact in a Gmail account and "Export" it to a "Google CSV format" file, then open it with Excel. Notice the names of the headings on Row 1. You can add columns with these names and fill in the appropriate data before you import your CSV file into GMail if you like.

- If you still have problems, one final thing to try is moving the columns in the CSV file so that they are in the order GMail generates its data (using a the sample GMail contact export file as described above).
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