Wipe contacts and redo?

[Teris]

Hi guys. I'm sure there's a simple way to do this, but I can't find how to input contacts from the sd card. I figured out how to wipe the contacts and I already have them saved on the sd card. Can anyone tell me how to import them to the phone? Thanks!

 

[SUroot]

Are they Google contacts? If what's on your sd is exactly correct, you may want to remove contacts in Gmail on a computer first. However, gmail on a computer has a "merge duplicates" function too.

Basically, go into "accounts and sync" and turn off all sync.

Then go into application manager, open "contacts storage" and do a "clear data".

Then you can import and sync to your heart's content.

Worth noting though if your Gmail contacts are a mess, not addressing this will mean when you turn sync on, you will sync the mess back

 

[Teris]

Thanks very much! I realized that part of the problem was my S3 didn't recognize that I put the SD card in, so I popped it out and put it back in and it found the SD card. I appreciate your help. I think I need to clean up my Google contacts!

 

[BigCiX]

Looks like u found them

 

[Droid.Incredible]

I don't want to share any contacts with Google. I just want them on the phone only. Google doesn't need to know.