Lost all contacts now won't sync

[Zach7]

So I updated via wifi to the most recent iOS update. Now a server error box popped up this morning and the contacts have now all disappeared. Using Yahoo. Thanks for any help!

 

[Rockdog97]

no backup to the iCloud??

 

[E_Brown]

So I updated via wifi to the most recent iOS update. Now a server error box popped up this morning and the contacts have now all disappeared. Using Yahoo. Thanks for any help!

You can export you contacts from yahoo to you computer, then sync your contacts to your phone thru iTunes, then backup to iCloud so it doesn't happen again.


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[noaim]

You can export you contacts from yahoo to you computer, then sync your contacts to your phone thru iTunes, then backup to iCloud so it doesn't happen again.


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I wouldn't necessarily fully trust icloud either.. always keep a copy on your computer and any other devices you own to make sure you have them no matter what

 

[E_Brown]

I wouldn't necessarily fully trust icloud either.. always keep a copy on your computer and any other devices you own to make sure you have them no matter what

Yeah, keeping them on your computer is always smart, but I like how easily accessible iCloud is. I like being able to edit contacts, and calendar entries on my cloud, and just have it pushed to my phone.


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[Zach7]

no backup to the iCloud??

No, I thought the Yahoo sync would work fine. Until today that is!!

 

[Zach7]

You can export you contacts from yahoo to you computer, then sync your contacts to your phone thru iTunes, then backup to iCloud so it doesn't happen again.


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A little by of a process, but worth getting my contacts back. Any idea why the Yahoo server is not doing the contact sync anymore? Thanks for the help!

 

[Zach7]

I wouldn't necessarily fully trust icloud either.. always keep a copy on your computer and any other devices you own to make sure you have them no matter what

I figured Yahoo would do a good wireless sync, one reason why i Switched from the Blackberry! But now I am just trying to figure out what happened to the server this morning that stopped my sync. It will get a bit tiresome to sync to by desktop for each contact addition or edit!

 

[Rockdog97]

So I updated via wifi to the most recent iOS update. Now a server error box popped up this morning and the contacts have now all disappeared. Using Yahoo. Thanks for any help!

can you access your Yahoo contacts from your computer..

 

[Zach7]

On the PC yes. Thankfully!

 

[noaim]

I figured Yahoo would do a good wireless sync, one reason why i Switched from the Blackberry! But now I am just trying to figure out what happened to the server this morning that stopped my sync. It will get a bit tiresome to sync to by desktop for each contact addition or edit!

almost all wireless sync that I have ever come across has major bugs where you can duplicate contacts or completely lose your address book.. When syncing using a cable to one device IE my computer from way back in the pocket pc days I have never had issues with contact problems... its your choice but wireless sync is still not perfect enough for the most important information on my phone.


There is one exception to me and that was android with google gmail seems to work perfect.

 

[zee921]

Same thing happened to me last night. Frustrating!

I had my contacts in a gmail account too, so I was able to get most of them back, but now I have to go through them and combine and edit most of them.

 

[Laelipoo]

Under Mail, Contacts, Calendar then your Yahoo account, did you try turning sync off then back on? Maybe that will un-stick things.

 

[zee921]

Under Mail, Contacts, Calendar then your Yahoo account, did you try turning sync off then back on? Maybe that will un-stick things.

Didn't work for me. Tried a reboot also with no success.

 

[Zach7]

Under Mail, Contacts, Calendar then your Yahoo account, did you try turning sync off then back on? Maybe that will un-stick things.

I did this as well as totally remove the account and re-add it. No Luck!

 

[Zach7]

Also should mention spent hours on the phone with Apple support, upper tier etc and no resolution. Sounds like it is a Yahoo Server problem with the updated iOS. Reason many are not having problems is either they don't use Yahoo or they have it also sync'd to the icloud. But if you go under contact lists on one that is sync'd to the icloud the Yahoo contact list doesn't show anymore. Pretty sweet!

 

[E_Brown]

I did this as well as totally remove the account and re-add it. No Luck!

Did you get your contacts on your computer, and try to sync them to your phone that way. It's really not all that much of a process.


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[Zach7]

Did you get your contacts on your computer, and try to sync them to your phone that way. It's really not all that much of a process.


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I haven't tried that because I will still not be able to sync updates or edits back to my Yahoo account. Very frustrating, but Yahoo said they are looking into it!

 

[Rockdog97]

I haven't tried that because I will still not be able to sync updates or edits back to my Yahoo account. Very frustrating, but Yahoo said they are looking into it!

I wonder if this is also related to Yahoo's problems with syncing with Blackberry's... I know my wife's 9800 has had Calendar sync issues for months now and it still has not been resolved..

Maybe it's time to swap over to gmail/Google?

 

[Zach7]

What a great amazing interaction I had with Yahoo! I contacted them via Twitter and then went thru the problems with their staff. Within 1 day the problem was resolved! What great service from Yahoo!