

Make sure you disable contacts synchronization on the Android phone. Before trying it out, make sure you take a backup of your computer’s contact list. Anyway, the below is a result of awareness of data privacy and the need to protect contacts’ privacy. Unfortunately, the people failed to visit their Google Account Settings and uncheck the option that did so.

There have been instances where some people have told me that they synchronization the birthdays of their contacts to Google Contacts, and were surprised that their contacts were wished a Happy Birthday from the Google Contact list. Many of us would be uncomfortable providing the contact details of other people to some server on the Internet. There is a third-party add-on called Zindus that may work for you.With the Android phone, I was surprised to find that any synchronization of contacts information between the phone and a PC, needs to be done via the Internet through Google contacts. If you are interested in sync solutions, visit the Mozilla Thunderbird Add-ons page (choose Tools > Add-ons from the main Thunderbird menu). It is a one-time procedure to get a copy of your Thunderbird Address Book into Gmail. NOTE: this action does not synchronize your Thunderbird Address Book and your Gmail Contacts. When the import is complete, click the OK button.If you want these contacts to be in a new or existing group, check the box next to Also add these contacts to and make the appropriate selection.

