Today people communicate much more and more often than ever before in history. Thanks to this, our lists of personal contacts are constantly updated with new information.
Not so long ago, a notebook with a pen was enough for us to remember all the names and contact information. Now this is simply impossible.
But computerized data storage can also cause certain problems. Therefore, to ensure the safety of your data, it would be better to use a Google account. In this case, you can use the necessary data from almost any convenient device, be it a computer, tablet or smartphone. But at the moment, not all users know how to view contacts in a Google account.
How to view contacts in your Google account?
Synchronizing data through a Google account is precisely necessary to ensure that contacts are not accidentally lost. But it’s not clear how to find contacts in a Google account.
In order for data to be found through another device, it must first be synchronized.
This can be done in the settings of your device.
- From the proposed list of systems with which you can synchronize, select Google.
- Then go to your phone contacts and click “Import/Export”
- We choose the memory which is more convenient.
- Enter the address of our Google account.
- We mark the contacts that we would like to keep.
Now our contacts are securely saved. All that remains is to find out Google Contacts where to look? To do this, you just need to go to https://contacts.google.com.
How to view contacts in your Gmail?
The synchronization process itself occurs in almost the same way as with a Google account. All that remains is to find out how to view contacts in gmail.
In fact, it’s not difficult to find google contacts where to look. You just need to select the “Contacts” section in the “Contact Manager” section.
Here you can view all the information on your synchronized contacts. If necessary, they can be changed immediately.
If you can’t synchronize your contacts with your mail, you need to select Google account in the “Accounts” section of the device itself as a place to save data instead of the SD card and phone memory.
If the need arises, in case of data loss, it can be restored.
As Android users, we think it's easy to transfer photos, music, videos, etc. between Android phone and computer. However, have you ever had important contacts on Android? Have you moved contacts from Android to computer? Do you save Android contacts often? My answer is no. No doubt, contacts are important to us, but we always ignore making copies of Android phone contacts. In this case, Google is generous enough to give you the option to sync Android contacts to Google using a Google account.
Method One: Sync Contacts with Google on Android Directly
In Method 1, you need to make sure that your phone is Android i.
Step 1: Sign in to Google Account
Settings tab on Android phone, find Account > Google Account, sign in to your Google account with Gmail address and password. If you don't have one on your phone, just create a Google account on Android.
Step 2: Backup Android Contacts to Google
"Synchronize contacts" tab. Wait a few minutes to sync Android contacts with Google.
If you have this button enabled, Google will automatically sync your Android contacts as soon as you are connected to the Internet. If you turn it off, it won't sync your Android contacts even when Wi-Fi is on.
So the Android phone must be connected to Wi-Fi. And every time you move contacts from your phone to Google, your previous Google contacts backup will be replaced by the new backup.
Second method: How to export contacts from Android to Google using a USB cable
The second method is a little more difficult to implement for syncing Android contacts with Google. For this you need a USB cable.
Step 1: Export contacts
Contacts tab on Android phone, you will see a list of contacts. Select the contacts you want to sync with Google.
Step 2: Select Contacts
Menu tab at the bottom right of the contact list > Import/Export > Move contacts to phone. You will see that your contacts are transferred to internal storage or as a VCard file (VCF).
Step 3: Export Phone Contacts to Google
Connect your Android phone using a USB cable to your computer. Login to your Gmail account on PC. Click Contacts > More > Import. Click "Browse" to go to your synced contacts backup, click "Open" to import phone contacts to Google.
If you already have a backup of your Android contacts on your PC, you can skip the two steps above and go straight to step 3.
Tip: Gmail allows users to import phone contacts in a VCF or CSV file. This method allows you to sync your Google contacts to your Android phone using a USB cable. But it will take you some time to complete all the operations on your Android phone.
Method Three: Sync your phone contacts with Google using the Google Contacts app
If you only need to sync contacts on Android with Google, then these two methods are suitable for you. But if you want to sync all your contacts with Google, including accidentally deleted contacts on your phone, you can follow method three. This is the perfect choice for you. Before you start moving phone contacts to Google, you need to use a third-party tool and the Google Contacts app for Android. The goal is achieved in two steps.
Step 1: Backup Android contacts to PC.
Once the Contacts have been scanned, click Contacts on the left and you will see detailed information. The black contacts are those that are now on the phone, the red ones were there before, but have now been deleted.
Select the contacts you want to recover and click Recover, this will download the contacts to your PC. Exported Android contacts are stored in three formats on the computer in HTML, CSV and VCF.
Step 2: Import Contacts to Google
Login to your Google account, click Contacts > More > Import to sync your Android contacts backup to Google. (This step is the same as step 3 of method two).
Once your phone's contacts are fully synced with your Google account, you can manage your contacts on https://contacts.google.com/.
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In modern society, people communicate a lot and constantly make new acquaintances. Contact lists are regularly updated with phone numbers, addresses, birthdays and other important information about new acquaintances.
Until recently, we used simple paper notebooks and notepads. We kept many numbers in our heads. But over time, everything changes.
However, the electronic method of storing contacts can also fail. If you want to save your contacts so that you never lose them, then the best way to do this is to use a Google account. After all, Android itself is a creation of Google. Therefore, syncing Android phone contacts with Google Gmail will work without any problem.
The first thing you should do is register your Google.com account and link your Android to it. Only registered Google users have access to all Android features.
The synchronization of Android phone contacts with Google Gmail itself is necessary so that you can use your contacts on any Android device. It doesn't matter whether you lose your Android phone or buy something new. Your contact list will always remain with you. After all, all the data of your friends will be stored not only on the mobile device, but also on Google servers, directly in your account. To access your contacts on your new phone, all you need to do is sign in to your Google account.
How do I set up synchronization of contacts with my Google account?
1. You need to go to the “Settings” menu and select “Accounts and synchronization”.
2. At the bottom of the screen, click “Add account.”
4. If you already have an account, then add an existing one; if not, create a new one.
5. Enter your username and password and we already have an account for synchronizing contacts.
6. Now go to “Contacts” on your phone.
7. Call up the menu (for me it’s the left touch button of the phone) and click “import/export”.
8. Choose where to get contacts for synchronization. In our case, this is the phone and click “Next”.
9. Select where contacts and Google profile will be synchronized.
10. Mark the contacts that will be copied to Google and click the “Copy” icon in the lower right corner. The process goes unnoticed, or rather it is displayed with a copy icon in the top status bar, so you should not click several times to avoid duplicate contacts.
11. After 1-5 minutes you can go to Google contacts ( www.google.com/contacts) and edit the list.
Now everything is ready and you can be sure that you will never lose anyone's data. You can edit contact data from your computer, laptop, phone or tablet. All you have to do is log in to Google. After the changes are made, the data is synchronized on any of the devices.
In contacts you can attach photos and write down several phone numbers. Contacts can be divided into groups. In general, contacts can be described in great detail: you can indicate the organization, phonetic name, e-mail, address, website, various events (for example, birthday), relationships, etc.
Thus, on the one hand, you have a very detailed notebook that can be edited on any device. On the other hand, you protect all your contacts from loss.
Often, many smartphone users store phone contacts on a SIM card, but there comes a time when the SIM card is full of numbers and there is nowhere to write them down. Plus, only one number can be written down for one name, and the number of characters is also limited, and the phone book takes on the following form: VasilIvanovich MTS, TamaraNikol Kievst, etc. Whether it’s contacts saved in the phone - you can specify: first name, last name, company and position, write down the numbers of different mobile operators (personal and work), email, and most importantly, add a photo and set a ringtone for the call.
But before you create a complete and beautiful phone book, you need to work hard, spend a lot of time and effort. Imagine, you finally did it, didn’t sleep for several days in a row, wrote down all the numbers of your relatives, friends, acquaintances and employees, and at one point the phone malfunctioned and the entire phone book disappeared. Therefore, in order to protect yourself from such situations and not go through this procedure again, you just need to transfer all your existing contacts to your Google account once and set up synchronization so that in the future, when you add or change contact details on your phone, they will automatically change and in the account.
How to Transfer Contacts to a Google Account
If you are using an Android smartphone, you need to export all existing contacts to a vcf file. You can read how to do this in the article “How to create a backup of contacts on Android”.
If you have another phone, you need to connect it to your computer and, using proprietary programs, extract all your contacts from it in CSV or vCard format.
Once you have received the file or files with all your contacts, you can begin transferring them to your Google account. If you still do not have an account then you need to register one, the registration process is very simple and is described in the following article.
Step 1 Open contacts.google.com in your browser.
Enter your username and password if you are not logged in yet
Step 3 A pop-up window will appear in front of you, select Import from CSV or vCard file
Step 4 The new version of Google Contacts does not have the ability to import from these formats, so you need to switch to the old version of the program, to do this, click Go to old version
Step 5 A new window will open with the old version of the program, click the More button and select Import... from the drop-down list.
Step 6 In the pop-up window, click the Select file button and specify the location with the backup copy of your contacts, then click Import. In a few seconds all your contacts will appear on the page
This completes the transfer of contacts to your Google account. Now let's add an account to an Android or iOS device and set up their synchronization.
How to set up Android contacts synchronization with Google account
Step 1 Open the Settings app on your smartphone and select Accounts or Accounts and Sync
Step 2 If your account is already entered, then select Google → [email protected] and check whether the checkbox or slider on the Contacts item is in the position On, if not, then turn it on
Step 3 If you don't already have a Google account on your phone, you need to add one. Click item Add account or Add an account and select Google
Step 4 Enter your account and password, after each entry click Next. If you have Android 4.4 and lower installed, you will first need to select Existing, and then enter the data
From now on, all your contacts will be synced with Google Contacts. In the future, when you create a new contact, select your Google account so that it automatically appears on your other devices.
How to set up synchronization of iPhone and iPad contacts with a Google account
Step 1 Open the Settings app and select the menu option Mail, addresses, calendars
iOS 11 and above
Select menu item Accounts and Passwords
Step 2 Click Add an account and select Google
Step 3 Fill out all the fields available. In the Description field, enter the name of the entry you are creating and click Next. Slide the switch in the “Contacts” item to On
iOS 11 and above
Enter your Gmail email and password, after each action you need to click Next. Now move the slider on the “Contacts” item to the right to activate it and click the Save button
Step 4 Go back to the menu item Mail, addresses, calendars, find the “Contacts” section and click on Standard account, select your email address Gmail
iOS 11 and above
Return to the main Settings page and select Contacts → Default account and check the box Gmail
Step 5 Open the Contacts app. After some time, all your contacts will be synchronized with your Google account and when you subsequently change or add new data, they will automatically be sent to your other devices Now your phone book will no longer be lost, and you will be able to access it even without a phone.
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Google contacts synchronization is a very useful feature, which, for some reason, not everyone uses.
3) contact synchronization;
You can also do without an account, but, on the other hand, why use a smartphone then? In addition, all the capabilities of the gadget open only when the account is activated.
Self-synchronization of android contacts with google is designed to combine contacts from all devices in one storage.
Let's say you have 2 phones, a tablet, a smart watch and several other devices. Each of them is equipped with its own contacts.
The problem arises when the required phone is on a discharged smartphone, but is extremely necessary at a given time.
How to combine all data under the auspices of one Google account?
First, we find the settings, after which we scroll down until we come across the required item.
Click on it and see a lonely “add account” button. Feel free to click on it and move on.
We see a list of pre-installed applications, for which you need to enter your login and password to work correctly.
A complete list of all the data that was previously on your phone, but then “migrated” to the Internet will be displayed.
Now you can combine several numbers under one name and divide your friends into groups. It's more than convenient.
In addition, when flashing the device, you will not have to restore all the numbers bit by bit.
iOS - Google
We sorted one out. Let's move on to apple products.
Despite the fact that for some reason owners of devices from “Steve Jobs” do not like admirers, they often use Google services.
Synchronizing contacts with Google is quite easy to set up. First, open the list of applications and look for settings.
We are interested in such an item as “Mail”. Click on it and go to the submenu where you need to click on adding an account.
From the list of proposed options, select the required one, i.e. click on the Google logo.
We fill in all the fields that are available, paying special attention to the second and third.
In the first one, enter your name or nickname, and the “Description” column was created so that you do not lose numbers in your phone book. Title it so you won't forget it.
All that remains is to go to the contact list to make sure that the manipulations are correct. Don't be surprised if you don't see anything.
