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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 11:34 AM
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I have an iPhone connected to my iDrive through bluetooth, but the address book names/phone numbers is not showing on the iDrive. Can anyone tell me how I can get my address book to sync with the iDrive?

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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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Does anyone have their address book synced to their car?
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AKAlius' post='1065140' date='Nov 30 2009, 01:22 PM
Does anyone have their address book synced to their car?
I do, via my BB...


how many contacts to you have Phi....I've read the higher the number (250 or 500) can impede proper syncing. I've also read suggestions of breaking up contacts into groups to allow only certain addresses to sync.....
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Mine does it automatically...but I only have like 40 contacts in my phone...
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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@ Gene, I have exactly 528 contacts in my phone book. Hmmm...

@Krozi, so you just paired your phone to your car and all phone numbers sync? What kind of phone do you have?
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Originally Posted by AKAlius' post='1065150' date='Nov 30 2009, 01:36 PM
@ Gene, I have exactly 528 contacts in my phone book. Hmmm...

@Krozi, so you just paired your phone to your car and all phone numbers sync? What kind of phone do you have?
Phi, trying breaking your contacts up into groups and decrease the number of contacts you want to sync...I think I've read Rudy suggesting something like that in a few threads and it seemed to work...

and I do think it was 500 contacts is the max number...
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Originally Posted by AKAlius' post='1065150' date='Nov 30 2009, 04:36 PM
@ Gene, I have exactly 528 contacts in my phone book. Hmmm...

@Krozi, so you just paired your phone to your car and all phone numbers sync? What kind of phone do you have?
Yea just paired the phone and it all synced up automatically....it's an iPhone 3G
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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i think it depends on the phones you have, when i had samsung blueblack, it didn't have the contact lists but when i upgraded to lg envy, it automatically uploads the contacts list. try other phones!!
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when i had my iphone it would sync automatically, now my BBerry auto syncs with around 3 - 400 contacts
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Originally Posted by 545iPoeser' post='1065261' date='Nov 30 2009, 04:50 PM
when i had my iphone it would sync automatically, now my BBerry auto syncs with around 3 - 400 contacts
and did your iPhone also have 3-400 contacts?
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