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selective birthday notification
I've got lots of friends and when I connected my Windows phone device with my facebook account , it automatically downloaded all the information there is for all my contacts including their birthday. ...
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I have saved a csv file from my old phone. now i want to import those contacts into windows phone
I have created a csv file from my old phone. I want those contacts in my new Windows Phone 8 (Lumia 620). When I have imported those contacts to my windows mail account, only names and email IDs got ...
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Google Apps for Business with Windows phone?
I'm thinking about switching to WP8 from Android and evaluating what I need in order to live with it.
I have business account with google apps. Use contacts, email and calendar.
I found this:
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How to import Android contacts to Windows Phone 7.8 via VCF file?
I exported all of my contacts from my Android device to a VCF file but I don't see how I can import this on my Windows Phone 7.8 device.
The file is 251KB but appears empty in notepad and GMail ...
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Multiple contact numbers of the same person : which number has been used
If a person in my contacts has more than one phone number and when he/she calls , the call log just shows all the numbers. How to figure out which number he/she used to call. (SMS as well)
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incoming number without country code not recognized
My lumia 800 can't seem to match an incoming call number to a contact. The contacts have the country code but the incoming number does not. Incoming SMS have the country code and are matched to the ...
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Move contact from Live to Outlook
I have a number of contacts that were saved to my Live account. Now that I work for a company with Exchange, I'd like some of the contacts to be Outlook contacts so I can access them from anywhere I ...
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How to set up contacts on Windows Phone 8 without using the cloud services
I have a Nokia Lumia 920 running Windows Phone 8, however, I can't seem to find a way to add contacts to my phone without going through Microsoft's cloud services.
I want my contacts stored locally ...
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Import contacts from a .vcf file to Windows 8 Phone
I recently bought an HTC 8s Windows 8 Phone. I have all my contacts in a .vcf file.
How do I use this file and import contacts from it to my phone ?
I have read this post : Import contacts from vcf ...
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Prevent contacts from being uploaded to Outlook
I want my contacts to be stored locally on my own device. (Or actually, I’d like to see them stored on my own CardDAV server but that is another discussion.)
When importing SIM contacts, they are ...
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Transfering contacts from an iPhone
Until I can get my hands on a CardDAV client application, I need to transfer my contacts from iOS or OS X to my Lumia 920.
How can I do this without uploading my contacts to Outlook/Hotmail/Gmail or ...
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CalDAV and CardDAV sync apps?
Are there any third party apps to sync Windows Phone 8 with a CalDAV/CardDAV calendar and contact server?
From searching online, I have found vague suggestions that there are developers out there ...
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How do I sync contacts between email accounts?
How can I get contacts from one email account to sync to another email account?
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Backup Contacts
I am trying to backup my contacts for my HTC Arrive. The phone is getting replaced because the USB port is no longer working. I tried syncing my contacts to my hotmail account, but it is not giving ...
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How do I get all Facebook friends birthdays on my windows live calendar?
Currently I have configured Live, Yahoo, Gmail and Facebook accounts to my windows phone 7.5 (Device is Lumia 710).
The weird problem is, In calendar, Only birthdays from Live, Google Mail and Yahoo ...
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How can I change the phone number of contact when writing SMS?
When I am writing SMS in some existing thread, the SMS is going to be sent to number from which the last SMS came.
But if the contact has more than one number, how can I choose different phone ...
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Remove contact picture
How can I remove a contact's picture?
The only option I'm being given is to replace it with another picture. I added the picture and the contact through my phone.
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How can I sync the profile picture of my contacts to my online Live.com account?
I am trying to get the most out of the People Hub. I have spent a lot of time linking profiles and adding pictures, but I don't see the profile pictures in my Live Account on the web. All I can see ...
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Do contacts synchronise with Gmail contact?
I have moved from Android to Windows Phone 7. I transferred all my contacts via Bluetooth and have added my Gmail account to the phone.
If I add/edit contacts will they be synchronised to my Gmail ...
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Twitter/Linked integration was removed WP7.5
Has Microsoft removed twitter integration from peoples hub?..I was always reading twitter in peoples hub, with facebook and linked in. And one day twitter removed from my live account and when i ...
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Adding Bing search result to contacts?
I was wondering if there was a direct way to add info on a business from a Bing search to a new contact (or even an existing one) in your address book. There are some businesses that I may contact ...
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Is there a way to specify the “Display Name” (or “File As”) in the People Hub?
In desktop Outlook if you have an entry in your contact address book which is maybe just a first name and company name you can set the company name (or anything else) as the display name (actually on ...
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Unsync Hotmail contacts
I added my Windows Live account to my phone recently and my contacts (people tab) got populated with the hotmail email addresses of all my contacts. This is cluttering up my contacts with redundant ...
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Import contacts from vcf file to Windows 7.5 Mango
I just got a new Windows (7.5) Phone. I exported all contacts from my old Android phone to a vcf file but have no idea how to import it to my Windows phone. Any ideas? Are there other ways to transfer ...
