Help How to store contacts in gmail

[madmonk]

When I got this wonderful gadget 9 months ago I think I uploaded my contacts from the SIM. Not sure.

However all 400 + contacts are stored on phone not under the gmail setting. I only realised the potential problem (re backup, factory reset emergency etc ) when I checked my gmail account on a PC, and found that hardly any of my contacts were backed up there.

When I've checked the phone, only about 20 contacts are stored under gmail. These will be contacts I've acquired since getting the phone. How do I convert all the other 400 contacts from "stored on phone" to "stored on gmail" such that I can then sync them with my gmail account.

Ta.

 

[Usta]

- Go to Contacts and export them to SD card
- Now delete all contacts from the phone
- Go to Contacts and import them back by selecting Google account
- Sync. Done.

 

[madmonk]

Blimey that was quick. Thanks.

 

[madmonk]

Sorry to resurrect this, maybe the answer on another thread but couldn't find it. I did manage to save all contacts under googlemail.

However they are not syncing with the gmail account that the phone is linked to. On "Accounts and Sync" when the account is looked at the little circle that spins when syncing is stuck permanently on, to the right of Contacts. It's not updated since January, so the contacts I successfuly stored under Google as above, have still not been backed up to the gmail account. Sometimes there is an exclamation mark next to the little circle saying sync not working at the moment.

Whilst I don't particularly have battery issues out of the usual, it has crossed my mind that more energy may be getting used unnecessarily with the phone trying to sync contacts when it can't for whatever reason.

The other two items, Calendar and Gmail, under Accounts and Sync, always sync fine.