OVB1 wrote:
On my current Verizon phone (waiting for my new iPhone) my contact info is auto synched between the Verizon database and my phone each day. Is this not so with the iPhone?
Most Verizon phones other than the iPhone support BackUp Assistant, a downloadable (or pre-installed) program that backs up your contacts to Verizon servers. It's free. There is no version of this program for the iPhone. When you switch from another Verizon phone to the iPhone, you back everything up with BackUp Assistant then download VZ Contact Transfer from the iTunes Store. That will put all of your contacts onto your iPhone. You must do it within 30 days of activating the iPhone. After that, the data is deleted from the servers. It should still be possible to access that information by accessing your account through www.verizonwireless.com for those 30 days. During that time, you should be able to view, print or export it.
Once your contact information is on your iPhone, you need to decide how to manage it, through iTunes, through GMail, any of the ways outlined in the manual. Verizon doesn't provide any automatic back up. The iPhone must be manually synced every 30 days or backed up contacts will be deleted from the server.
Message was edited by: Meg St._Clair