A pox on my cell phone carrier!

[Sharon1964 2,530]

My cell phone stopped holding a charge, and it's not old, so I traded it in for the same model. Spent 90 minutes at the store with them syncing my old phone info to my new one. Assured me I would have all my contacts.

My contact list of over 400 people is now... 8 people.

Yeah, right.

How in the heck do you contact people that don't hang on social media????

I guess I'm starting fresh. Oh. HEY! If anyone here wants to give me their number, I'll add you again. Can't promise I'll call, but yanno, take what you can get.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Go back to the store and demand they fix it. Chances are good that they can.

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

Do you back up to iCloud? (If you have an iPhone)

It did you back it up to your computer?

So sorry, that's frustrating!

[Sharon1964 2,530]

I have an android phone. The last time I got a new phone, it synced to the cloud automatically.

I have all my pics, apps, email, etc., everything except my contact list. I just don't want to spend another 90 minutes with them trying to figure it out. While they were doing it the first time, here were our topics of conversation:

- Land Before Time Movies

- Antz movie

- A Bugs Life Movie

- stuffed animals from all of the above movies

- midget porn

- hot dates involving a trampoline

- how you can use the phrase "hot date" to explain away any injury whatsoever (limping? hot date. dislocated hip? hot date)

Heyyyyyyyyy, wait a minute! Maybe THAT'S why it took them 90 minutes! Dangit!

[4MRB4PHOTO 3,899]

I have an android phone. The last time I got a new phone, it synced to the cloud automatically.

I have all my pics, apps, email, etc., everything except my contact list. I just don't want to spend another 90 minutes with them trying to figure it out. While they were doing it the first time, here were our topics of conversation:

- Land Before Time Movies

- Antz movie

- A Bugs Life Movie

- stuffed animals from all of the above movies

- midget porn

- hot dates involving a trampoline

- how you can use the phrase "hot date" to explain away any injury whatsoever (limping? hot date. dislocated hip? hot date)

Heyyyyyyyyy, wait a minute! Maybe THAT'S why it took them 90 minutes! Dangit!

You caught my interest at "Midget Porn".

[Sharon1964 2,530]

@@4MRB4PHOTO I knew I would!

[4MRB4PHOTO 3,899]

@@4MRB4PHOTO I knew I would!

Did the midget porn involve a trampoline and stuffed animals too?

[Sharon1964 2,530]

@@4MRB4PHOTO

Sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

[lisacaron 5,075]

I back up all my contacts to Google+ and I haven't lost any contacts yet. Even across android/apple platforms.

[WorkinOnMe 596]

Sorry to hear this @@Sharon1964

I've been there ... more than once. What they should have done at the store was a Google backup before even touching your phone. I also export my contacts to my SD card just before any phone changes just in case. Then I delete them after. I know this doesn't help you now, but may be some help if you ever run into this in the future.

[Sharon1964 2,530]

I'm choosing to look on the bright side. I'm starting with a clean slate. The man I broke up with right before Xmas? His number is gone. Yeah I could email him if I wanted it again, but still, it's gone.

[Sharon1964 2,530]

Update: Ratzen Fratzen Fingle AAARRGGGHHH!!!

Less than a week with my replacement phone, and the screen scrambles itself so I can barely use it. I have to turn off the screen and turn it back on, then make a call. When the call is over, I can't even hit "end" because the screen is jumping all over the place. The replacement for the replacement should be here tomorrow.