Help! Activesync ate all my contacts :-(

Can anyone help me out?

All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.

I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
WTF has just happened to me?

TIA

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Cheeky ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

> All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
> Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
> personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
> SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
> obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.
>
> I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
> disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
> didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
> WTF has just happened to me?

Yep. It just synced all the deletions. Like it's meant to.

On 04 May 2006 21:07:08 GMT, Adrian <[email protected]> wrote:

>Cheeky ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>saying :
>
>> All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
>> Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
>> personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
>> SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
>> obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.
>>
>> I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
>> disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
>> didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
>> WTF has just happened to me?
>
>Yep. It just synced all the deletions. Like it's meant to.

Piss. So I suppose I'm stuffed.

I've got a backup somewhere at work. How can I get it to override the
phone with the entries from the PC?

TIA.

On 04 May 2006 21:07:08 GMT, Adrian <[email protected]> wrote:

>Cheeky ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>saying :
>
>> All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
>> Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
>> personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
>> SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
>> obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.
>>
>> I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
>> disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
>> didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
>> WTF has just happened to me?
>
>Yep. It just synced all the deletions. Like it's meant to.

UPDATE: "fortunately" it just dumped them in the recycle bin. I
retrieved them, deleted the associations with the phone on activesync
and it happily did what I wanted it to do in the first place.....

On Thu, 04 May 2006 23:35:39 +0100, Cheeky <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 04 May 2006 21:07:08 GMT, Adrian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Cheeky ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>>saying :
>>
>>> All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
>>> Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
>>> personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
>>> SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
>>> obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.
>>>
>>> I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
>>> disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
>>> didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
>>> WTF has just happened to me?
>>
>>Yep. It just synced all the deletions. Like it's meant to.
>
>Piss. So I suppose I'm stuffed.
>
>I've got a backup somewhere at work. How can I get it to override the
>phone with the entries from the PC?
>
>TIA.


In the sync settings in Active Sync
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[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Can anyone help me out?
>
> All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
> Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
> personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
> SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
> obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.
>
> I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
> disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
> didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
> WTF has just happened to me?

When you sync for the first
time you create a relationship between each single contact on your SPV
and on Outlook. So by syncing, then deleting from the SPV you also
instantly delete them from outlook.

What you should have done was synced to outlook, then exported your
contacts to a CSV in case of failure. If any disasters then you simply
re-load your contacts from the CSV. Doesn't help you this time I know.
Are your deleted contacts in deleted items in outlook? Probably not bur
worth a look.
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Regards
Jon

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> I've got a backup somewhere at work. How can I get it to override the
> phone with the entries from the PC?

Once you've backed up at work, delete the partnership on your phone and
on activesync on your PC and start again. When the choice comes choose
"combined the items on my device with the items on this computer".

Once your contacts are in outlook, tidy them up and then export them to
CSV before syncing again.
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Regards
Jon

On Fri, 5 May 2006 07:16:09 +0100, Jon <[email protected]>
wrote:

>[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> Can anyone help me out?
>>
>> All my contacts on my phone (SPVC500) were a mess so I synced to
>> Outlook, sorted everything out in there and then tried to sync my
>> personal contacts back (after having deleted all my contacts from the
>> SPV). Activesync was set to "leave conflicting items unresoved" and I,
>> obviously, only asked it to sync those tagged as personal.
>>
>> I set it running and watch somewhat anxiously as all the contacts
>> disappeared from the screen in Outlook. Unfortunately it seems they
>> didn't reach the SPV and are no longer in Outlook. Does anyone know
>> WTF has just happened to me?
>
>When you sync for the first
> time you create a relationship between each single contact on your SPV
>and on Outlook. So by syncing, then deleting from the SPV you also
>instantly delete them from outlook.
>
>What you should have done was synced to outlook, then exported your
>contacts to a CSV in case of failure. If any disasters then you simply
>re-load your contacts from the CSV. Doesn't help you this time I know.
>Are your deleted contacts in deleted items in outlook? Probably not bur
>worth a look.


I made another folder in my contacts that I hold a copy of my contacts
in for just such 'activesync' problems
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