[Android Backup] Backup important data from your phone - Part 1 : Backup All Contact | Romain Estievenart @BlenderViking's blog

Hi,

I have a OnePlus X phone, I would change the Oxygen OS to Cyanogen Mod 14 rom aka CM14.

So I will give for you the feedback of my phone upgrade, so all the interesting points and problems I have encountered will be listed as well as the solutions.

There is my first post on this interesting saga :-)

Backup First dude !

For the first post, I would call to you the probably most important point : BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP !!!

Change the Rom on your phone Wipe all important data like a factory reset. So I encourage you to do as much backup as possible (Photos, SMS, Contacts, ..).

So i going to explain you how to backup with a lot of OpenSource Software ^^

Contact Backup - Vcard

Why choice the Vcard format aka .vcf files ?

• This is the standard format : RFC 6350 and RFC 6868.
• It’s supported by a lot of application (Thunderbird, Outlook, Jabber, Skype, iCalendar, etc..)
• It’s human readable, here a sample from Wikipedia :

  BEGIN:VCARD
  VERSION:2.1
  N:Gump;Forrest;;Mr.
  FN:Forrest Gump
  ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
  TITLE:Shrimp Man
  PHOTO;GIF:http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif
  TEL;WORK;VOICE:(111) 555-1212
  TEL;HOME;VOICE:(404) 555-1212
  ADR;WORK;PREF:;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
  LABEL;WORK;PREF;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE;CHARSET=UTF-8:100 Waters Edge=0D=
   =0ABaytown\, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
  ADR;HOME:;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
  LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE;CHARSET=UTF-8:42 Plantation St.=0D=0A=
   Baytown, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
  EMAIL:forrestgump@example.com
  REV:20080424T195243Z
  END:VCARD

How to create the .vcf file

Open the contact app and open the setting menu (On the top right)

1. Process an export export

Select the Export to .vcf file on the settings menu

2. Process an import contact

Select the Import from .vcf file on the settings menu

This is the end of the first part of the backup important data from your phone !
Congratulation you have process a backup reusable for all contact in your phone :-)

See you later for the next part :-)

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