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andre3 · Posted: 04/23/2009 10:48pm Post subject: Phone book update

I am having problems updating the phonebook from my phone, I get onky the phone numbes without names. Anyone else has this problem?

peter1111 · Posted: 05/04/2009 04:15am Post subject: Re: Phone book update

What type of mobile do you have?

Guest · Posted: 05/04/2009 10:04pm Post subject: Re: Phone book update

Blackberry Bold. Thx

peter1111 · Posted: 05/21/2009 07:08am Post subject: Re: Phone book update

You would have to see if that is fully compatible with the TT that you have.
I have a friend who has a Telstra phone, it can't download the numbers from the phone to the TT.

ruehtree3 · Posted: 06/08/2009 08:54pm Post subject: Address book Tomtom G730

I have a Telstra phone that will not download my phone address book but have a 3G phone that will. I did this once and had a look to see how it stores them. with your Tomtom connected to your computer have a look at the directory structure through explorer. You will find that it stores the address book in a folder called CONTACTS and as a text file that can be edited in any text software such as windows notepad. It needs to be structured like this including quotes: "Tom Roberts","039786853","HOME"
The home will tell your Tomtom to use the Home Icon against this entry. The other icon names are: CELL and WORK. I downloaded my address book from Microsoft Outlook, tidied it up in Microsoft Excel then wrote a function to concatenate the name, phone number and type into one line then copied and pasted it into notepad and saved it in my Tomtom directory called contacts overwriting the file already there. Be aware Tomtom is very fussy about the exact spelling of it's files.