iPhone 5 sync with Yahoo deletes data

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iPhone 5 sync with Yahoo deletes data

I can't figure out why half of my Notes updated on my iPhone5 are now only in Yahoo mail notes. I can't get those notes to sync back to my phone. I have also had contact phone numbers removed from some contacts. I have lost multiple phone numbers removed from contacts that were in my recent calls, that now appear with no name.

Can someone give me a way to keep yahoo on my iPhone without the sync deleting and corrupting all my contacts?

Has anyone had any other data deleted by Yahoo Sync? I am planning on deleting my Yahoo Mail account, ASAP.

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 5:58 PM

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Answer 1

doug m

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Jul 8, 2013 8:09 AM in response to Eric at IHS

Yes I have only just noticed this with Notes - it stopped syncing through Yahoo account on the phone about 2 weeks ago. Haven't noticed with contacts or other services yet...

Or - if anyone knows how to batch export notes from Yahoo into iCloud for more reliable syncing then please let me know!

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bgr0221

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Oct 5, 2013 9:06 AM in response to Eric at IHS

I have this same problem for the last few months. Something between Apple and Yahoo syncing deletes notes, phone numbers, etc. As of this morning I can delete notes from my iPhone 5 and add them again and get the 200+ notes to appear but when I go to Yahoo Notepad I only see about 40. I still have contacts that I update and then the updates I've made dissapear after a few days or a week. Whole contacts sometimes too.

Is this being addressed??

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bgr0221

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Oct 5, 2013 9:07 AM in response to doug m

I too would like to move my notes from yahoo to iCloud...

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bgr0221

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Oct 5, 2013 9:10 AM in response to bgr0221

If you open the notes app on a mac and then add the icloud account and the yahoo notes account you can select all and drag them from the yahoo folder to the iCloud folder thus copying all your yahoo notes to iCloud...

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doug m

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Oct 5, 2013 10:04 AM in response to bgr0221

Great tip thanks! Moved all notes over to iCloud folder in the Mac app and then turned off syncing with Yahoo from phone and mac in preferences. Will see how reliable iCloud syncing is now... thanks again.

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