Thursday, April 28, 2016

Sync google account contacts between phones




Only 2 cases i can think of that you will need to sync your phone contacts between phones.

a) you are changing to a new smartphone. Congrats!
b) you are using 2 phones. Congrats too, symmetrical radiation we get >_<

Ok, back to the topic. Since we received the Mate 8 as company phone, I've been wondering how to sync new bunch of phone contacts i added to old phone to new phone. 



My previous trick was to use ContactBackup app and email the contact file to your phone- open it and it should automatically load into your phone. But not practical enough for sync over time.

So a quick google provides the solution- Google account/app.

Pre-requirment - login/create-then-login your Google app account (same account as Gmail actually). In Setting, make sure you enable sync contacts on phone A before you want to sync tophone B.


The general steps to do this is as below: (Full details can read from this link.)

Step 1
Press the menu button on the Android device and tap “Settings.”






Step 2
Tap “Accounts and sync.”
 Step 3
Tap the “Add account” button.
Step 4
Tap “Google.”


Step 5
Tap the “Next” button.
Step 6
Tap “Sign in” and enter your Gmail login information. If you don’t already have a Gmail account, tap the “Create” button instead and fill in the form provided.
Step 7
Tap the “Sign in” button. The device will download the Gmail account’s information.
Step 8
Tap the “Sync Contacts” option.

Step 9
Tap the “Finish” button.
Tested & it's working, so here's one geeky lifehack to sync with one phone to another devices where you want to make calls to contacts you added to your other phone.


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