gContactsImporter User Manual

1.   Introduction

2.   Stepwise guide to import your contacts

         2.1    Export contacts from your old phone to .csv file

         2.2    Upload the .csv file to your Google Docs account

         2.3    Launch gContactsImport App on your iPhone

         2.4    Enter the Filename and Google Docs Access Details

         2.5    Start downloading .csv file

         2.6    Review the fields mapping

         2.7    Adjust mapping of a specific field

         2.8    Choose the date format

         2.9    Enter group name

         2.10 Tap 'Import' to begin

         2.11 You are done!

gContactsImporter lets you import your contacts (or address book) from another phone or Laptop/PC to your iPhone. If you have just bought a new iPhone and don't want to type in hundreds of your address book entries from your existing phone again, gContactsImporter is the app for you. In just a few taps you are set. Do not trust Google with your data? Prefer to use your own FTP site? You might want to look at our other iPhone application iContactsImporter which does the same thing, but lets you use your own FTP site.

Features:

• Imports contacts from .csv (comma separated values) file.
• Automatically maps the address book fields from your .csv file (e.g. Postal code -> ZIP code).
• Gives you option to adjust the mapping.
• Creates a new group for your imported contacts.

gContactsImporter imports your contacts from a .csv file. Most of the handset providers have a PC suite (e.g. Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc.) from which you can easily export all your contacts to a .csv file. You can also do the same from most of the computer applications (Outlook, Thunderbird etc.) and other mobile devices (Palm etc.). Here's the step-by-step guide to import your contacts.

Export your existing address book to .csv file (refer to your mobile handset manual for details). For e.g. if you want to bring your contacts from a Nokia phone, you can use the Nokia PC Suite to first export your contacts from the Nokia handset to a .csv file.

You can learn more about Google Docs and how to upload your .csv files at http://docs.google.com/support/?hl=en . Please note that when you upload your .csv file to Google Docs, please 'uncheck' the option "Convert documents, presentations, and spreadsheets to the corresponding Google Docs formats" to avoid your .csv file getting converted to spreadsheet format automatically.

Launch gContactsImporter by tapping the icon on your iPhone.

Enter the filename and access details to your Google Docs account (username, password and the csv filename). gContactsImporter will map the fields and present you with a table. You can edit the map if you want.

Tap the Download File button to start the download.
If for any reason, gContactsImporter is not able to access the Google Docs account or the csv file, it will indicate an error. In case of an error, check if your Google Docs account username/password/filename is correct and if the file actually exists on the Google Docs site.

gContactsImporter will read your csv file and automatically map the fields from your csv file to your iPhone fields. Please note that the first row of your csv file are considered field titles (e.g. First name, Last name etc.). You will be presented with the mapping table of the fields
In the above, you will notice that gContactsImporter has mapped Title field from your csv address book to Prefix field on your iPhone. Similarly First name is mapped to First name, Company field is mapped to Organization.
Whenever gContactsImporter is unable to find an appropriate match for your csv address book field, it will map it to Notes field on iPhone.
You can adjust the mapping or choose to to delete the fields which you do not want to import. Just tap on the arrow (>) of the field you want to change the mapping.

If you tapped the arrow (>) to adjust the mapping (as described in above step 2.6), you will be presented with all the available iPhone fields.
The check-mark indicates the field which is currently mapped. You can tap on any field of your choice and the mapping will be updated.
Tap the 'CSV~iPhone'(Map) button on the top left to return to the mapping table once you are done.

Tap 'Next' on the top right (screen shown in step 2.6) and you will be asked to choose the date format which is used in the csv file.
If you don't have any dates to import, simply tap 'Next' without choosing any format.

After you tap 'Next' on your date format selection screen, you will be asked to enter a group name.
A new group with the above name will be created and all the imported contacts will be added to this group. This will make it easier for you to manage your imported contacts.
The filename is used as a default group name. If you do not want to create a separate group and simply want to import all the contacts in the main address book, just leave the group name blank.

Tap 'Import' and you are done!
The gContactsImporter will start importing. The time taken to import will depend upon the number of contacts in your address book and the number of fields being imported.

If the import was successful, you will see: