Hey everyone,
I'm wondering if you can help me migrate some of my data from my Google account to MS. Most important to me are my contacts. I was with Android for around 4 years, so my whole mobile life is with them, pretty much. I brought the HTC 8X about 2 months ago now and I'm looking to move my stuff over to MS as I've started to become a little jaded with Google. Also, Google's draconian new contact rules are giving me another incentive to pull my finger out and make the switch.
When I first got my WP8, I signed into my Google account and it pulled all my contacts down to my phone like a charm. What I wanted to know was whether these contacts are now on MS servers as well? (i.e when Google pull the sync plug, would I even notice??) I have gone into 'People' through the Outlook website and all my contacts are there. However, when I try to edit a contact I get the message "You can't change Facebook, Skype, Twitter, or Google contact information, but you can add details that will appear on this contact's card." This might sound like a stupid question but what exactly does this mean?? I didn't want to have to rely on a 3rd party application such as GContacts to keep my contacts in sync with Google, I would rather just move everything over to my MS account so I can edit away.
So then, ideally, I would love to be able to just export my contact card from Google, then just import it straight to my Outlook account where it can then do its business and sync with FB, Twitter etc etc which will then sync with my 8X. Does that make sense? I'm not entirely sure if that's the process but that's what I would like to do, at any rate! That way, I don't have to worry about Google sync.
As time goes on, I would also like to move away from other Google services. However, browser sync through Chrome and Google's search results are just too good compared with IE10 and Bing (in my opinion) so I can't quite do without those right now. However, contacts and email migration is do-able so I would like to move across, if at all possible.
Thanks everyone for your time!
I'm wondering if you can help me migrate some of my data from my Google account to MS. Most important to me are my contacts. I was with Android for around 4 years, so my whole mobile life is with them, pretty much. I brought the HTC 8X about 2 months ago now and I'm looking to move my stuff over to MS as I've started to become a little jaded with Google. Also, Google's draconian new contact rules are giving me another incentive to pull my finger out and make the switch.
When I first got my WP8, I signed into my Google account and it pulled all my contacts down to my phone like a charm. What I wanted to know was whether these contacts are now on MS servers as well? (i.e when Google pull the sync plug, would I even notice??) I have gone into 'People' through the Outlook website and all my contacts are there. However, when I try to edit a contact I get the message "You can't change Facebook, Skype, Twitter, or Google contact information, but you can add details that will appear on this contact's card." This might sound like a stupid question but what exactly does this mean?? I didn't want to have to rely on a 3rd party application such as GContacts to keep my contacts in sync with Google, I would rather just move everything over to my MS account so I can edit away.
So then, ideally, I would love to be able to just export my contact card from Google, then just import it straight to my Outlook account where it can then do its business and sync with FB, Twitter etc etc which will then sync with my 8X. Does that make sense? I'm not entirely sure if that's the process but that's what I would like to do, at any rate! That way, I don't have to worry about Google sync.
As time goes on, I would also like to move away from other Google services. However, browser sync through Chrome and Google's search results are just too good compared with IE10 and Bing (in my opinion) so I can't quite do without those right now. However, contacts and email migration is do-able so I would like to move across, if at all possible.
Thanks everyone for your time!