Need contacts copied from my old phone

[krappenessen]

I have just added a new phone to my collection. MyPhoneExplorer already has a huge number of contacts registered against my old phone. I want to enter all these contacts into my new phone while, at the same time, keeping the data in my old phone intact (as it's still in use). I want to avoid the pain of having to manually enter scores of contacts into my new phone when MyPhoneExplorer has them already in its database against the old phone.

How can I arrange to copy all this contact data into my new phone without having to spend days, if not weeks, entering the data manually?

[adi7ch]

I Sync my phone with outlook so you can Sync the new one with outlook too, this should do it.

[icke1954]

@krappenessen
1. Please install MPE 1.8.7 nightly
2. Old MPE-User/Phone MPE => F2 => Sync => Contacts/Sync with => Interne Sync-Datenbank
3. Sync Phone > Sync-Datenbank
4. New MPE-User/Phone MPE => F2 => Sync => Contacts/Sync with => Interne Sync-Datenbank
5.Sync Sync-Datenbank <> Phone

Best regards
icke

[Dafi]

1. I am running MPE 1.8.7 but the Sync=> Contacts/Sync with does not show a Interne Sync-Datenbank option ???
2. I see I can export the contacts list as a CSV file (very useful) but can I also import from CSV back into MPE?
3. I have contact photos on one phone, does the Sync transfer these to the new phone?

[icke1954]

@Dafi
To 1. Please install MPE 1.8.7 nightly

To2. Yes : Contacts list => context menu => export/import => import => *.csv

To3. Yes with the Interne Sync-Datenbank but not with CSV-import

Best regards
icke

[Dafi]

Got it working thanks. Great new feature.

[beb]

Is there any way to use that debug update with portable installation of the app?

[icke1954]

@beb
No, this is not possible !

Best regards
icke

[elementaryuser]

@krappenessen
1. Please install MPE 1.8.7 nightly
2. Old MPE-User/Phone MPE => F2 => Sync => Contacts/Sync with => Interne Sync-Datenbank
3. Sync Phone > Sync-Datenbank
4. New MPE-User/Phone MPE => F2 => Sync => Contacts/Sync with => Interne Sync-Datenbank
5.Sync Sync-Datenbank <> Phone

Best regards
icke

Old phone has dead screen so cannot sync. all data is held in MPE any way of moving to new phone without old phone being connected. I can do contacts etc through outlook but need to transfer texts etc.

[FJ]

@elementaryuser
- ensure that MPE is NOT able to connect any phone
- select the old userprofile
- Menu-Extras-Create backup
- Create the backup
- connect the new phone and restore the backup