> Only Select the relevant fields that have data in them that you require transferring [If there are any null fields in this process, it may lead to errors, so try to make sure you select carefully in this step. Then go to the “Fields to Export” button right next to the “Save As” function near the bottom of the spreadsheet with your contacts in the ABC Amder window. > Select Ok (to save your changes and exit out of the window). > in this same window… this will be next to the “Contact Field” box. > – if not selected, then chose this option next to the “Full Name” field. I guess this is answer now that i think about it, that is a basic database function here, but basically… it goes something like this: The trick to getting your contacts transferred into gmail with the correct name associated with the contact details without having the “unknown” coded name error occur (although it is not really an actual error, for lack of better words i will just call it that), is in the “field settings!!!” I was just about to have a serious conniption… whenĪside from the fact that the trial version of ABC Amber is indeed a pain in the ass because it only does 10 lines of your contacts at a time, and this is only convenient to a person who has way too much time on there hands, case in point, me! Thanks to those on forums for all the advice they gave me without knowing it 🙂 I then copied to a safe location, opened in ABC Amber and tada! All data extracted. I went to %TEMP% and then in to the folder and tada, a new. Interestingly though, it had done something funny to the file and the path was set to my temp folder. Someone screamed about an App called Magicberry from so I gave it a whirl.

Stumped for a bit I consulted the internet. This was the case pre-DM7 days but no more. bbb to a zip and extract and there’s an IPD in there. IPD could they! ABC Amber converter didn’t work, Blackberry Extractor did but they want £15 for the privilege and even though I tried to register it wouldn’t work.

I spit out a backup and lo and behold we have a new format. None of the contacts from the UNKNOWN list export.īy now I’m running out of time and just need something that works. Next, I get Outlook, I set up Blackberry Desktop Manager 7.0 and try and sync, same issue. All my contacts are stored under UNKNOWN. On deeper research I have 2 Contact lists on my phone. Google Sync installed, I go to sync contacts with my new shiny GMail account but alas, no new contacts even though it says it has done it. Now the fun part: If you don’t have Outlook you opt for Google Sync. Lots of research done online and the two methods are Sync with Outlook or using Google Sync for Blackberry. Well that was fun, kind of! I needed to backup a Blackberry 9900 and copy the contacts to a new Android device.

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