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how do I sync all my contacts to save them online with google?

Settings >> Accounts and sync >> Add account >> put a check mark next to Sync Contacts. That will keep your phone contacts synced to a gmail account.

I hav it synced... but when I log in online, no contacts are in there...

Yea...I don't think that's right. the Add Account thing that was quoted only sync contacts that are already in Google to your phone, it doesn't sync your phone contacts to Google (ie - make a new Google contact based off of your phone entries). You need to export those contacts and import them into Google.
 
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Yea...I don't think that's right. the Add Account thing that was quoted only sync contacts that are already in Google to your phone, it doesn't sync your phone contacts to Google (ie - make a new Google contact based off of your phone entries). You need to export those contacts and import them into Google.


All be damned, I can't believe that doesn't work. Thanks for the info. You can edit it, but not it to gmail. Like you said, if you make it a google contact, not a phone contact, then it will add it to gmail.
 
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For me it was automatic, I had all my contacts on google, switched phones to this one, added my google acount to phone, and Bam- there they were.

2 problems I see with using google contacts-
1. google auto adds all addresses you email, including all craigslist emails and whatnot. So first time you sync, you may have to clean those out.
2. You cant change ringtones for google contacts-unless you put them on the "phone" contact list
 
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