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contacts won't stay in group[s]

hey all~
so i know i'm still a newbie, and hope i'm just missing something here but i have an annoying problem with my contact list.
i'm on a non-rooted samsung captivate galaxy s. i have my contacts copied from my SIM card to my phone and i have contact sync turned OFF for my google account [i have tried with it turned on as well and have the same issue]
no matter what method i use to add a contact to a group, 9 times out of 10 they disappear. [with the exception of the favorite group]
i have tried adding straight from the group management, from the contact card, when creating a contact, when creating a contact group.
initially the contact will show up in the group, but within an hour they disappear.
i have tried using different contact managers, megroups etc and always have the same issue....any ideas or fixes? [i have text msg's i need to send weekly to different groups and it would be much easier to have them actually sorted in groups lol]
thanks
~j

[Q] Contact groups question (Elelinux_Special_Edition_2.2.1_Final)

Hi Guys!
I am using the Elelinux_Special_Edition_2.2.1_Final updated 2010-12-13 on my HTC Hero. And I like it a lot! Many thanks! But I have some problem there:
I have just bought the launcherPro Plus. Trying it right now. I have a question though, the answer for which I cannot find myself. Please help!
I am struggling to find the contact groups! I have a lot of contacts and some of them I do not keep in my memory. For example I have a lot of contacts (which i would have put in the group "work"), the people whom I don't memorise because being a sound engineer I am working with these people once a month (sometimes more sometimes less). So, when I need to call one of these people, I would like to go to the "work" group of contacts and then there have a look at what I have and find the needed person there. Likewise I need some more groups which I will use the same way.
BUT...
I cannot find how to create a group! I know they exist because when I go to preferences (of my gmail account for example) there are things like: System group: Friends, System group: Family, etc.... But there is no tab in contacts screen. Also I don't find out how to assing an existing contact to a certain group.
Somebody knows how to do all that? Please help!
Thanks!

forward sms to a group

Hi.
I am looking for an app that will allow me to automatical forward reseivced sms to a group of people.
I would like to send an sms (using a mobile, not from a website) to a
single number , then have it automatically re-broadcast to a group of people. Does anyone know of a application that will do that for android?
Optinal:
let people subscribe or unsubscribe
Have several different lists like: scoccer, rpg, family. (a sms could start with [rpg] then forward it to appropiate people on that list.
Thanks for any help you can give
(I am sorry if this is the wrong forum, if it is please advice where it should be )

I hope this helps
This should be simple...
If you're using android, go to contacts..long press on the name you want to group and add to group..then u can either add that particular contact to an existing group or create a new one. When you're done..you can start sending the message u want to the group instead of sending it individually.
Good luck..

m0e_03 said:
This should be simple...
If you're using android, go to contacts..long press on the name you want to group and add to group..then u can either add that particular contact to an existing group or create a new one. When you're done..you can start sending the message u want to the group instead of sending it individually.
Good luck..
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this did the job for me !

Mathiii said:
this did the job for me !
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Hi You could check my app Group Text & Scheduler and Group Text & Scheduler Pro at /store/apps/details?id=az.elman.grouptextfree & /store/apps/details?id=az.elman.grouptextpaid
Here You can send / schedule and forward Group or individual messages in one click no limit. Check this app

elm3 said:
Hi You could check my app Group Text & Scheduler and Group Text & Scheduler Pro at /store/apps/details?id=az.elman.grouptextfree & /store/apps/details?id=az.elman.grouptextpaid
Here You can send / schedule and forward Group or individual messages in one click no limit. Check this app
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Did You check this app ?

[Q] Changing group owner in WhatsApp

I own a group in WhatsApp, and I want to change ownership to someone else. Can this be done, and how?
If that's important I'm on Android 4.1

Changing ownership of Group in Whatsapp
My Gnexi said:
I own a group in WhatsApp, and I want to change ownership to someone else. Can this be done, and how?
If that's important I'm on Android 4.1
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Sorry for replying to an year old post, but I was looking for this solution and I found it. So though to post, so that anybody else can use it.
If you are the owner of the group and delete it, another group member is randomly designated as the new owner of the group. Now the new owner can add you again as a group member. You cannot select a particular person to be owner of the group. This is done randomly.
There is a workaround possible for this as well. If your group is small, go to group info and delete every member from group (remember who you are kicking out) and leave only two members, yourself and the one going to be the new admin. Now, in the group info, click on "delete and exit the group". Don't worry, this will not delete the group (Don't know, why they have named it like that), because you are only leaving the group. Now the admin will shift randomly to any member (the only one remaining in the group :highfive: ). That's it. Ask the new admin to add everybody back in group including you.
If you are desperate enough you can even try it for a bigger group (anyways there is a max limit for group members, 30).

With your solution everyone is losing chat history except for new admin right?
You might as well the him to start a new group and add everyone.
What I did eventually was*:
Backup with Titanium.
Exit group.
Tell the randomly assigned admin to add me back.
Restore with Titanium.
For a while it seemed like I was admin too. I wonder if it is (was) another security bug in WhatsApp.
* ofcourse this doesn't solve the problem of being unable to choose a new admin.
We've switched to Hangouts, it's better.

What is the limit for Hangouts (chat only) without video.
Thanks.
My Gnexi said:
With your solution everyone is losing chat history except for new admin right?
You might as well the him to start a new group and add everyone.
What I did eventually was*:
Backup with Titanium.
Exit group.
Tell the randomly assigned admin to add me back.
Restore with Titanium.
For a while it seemed like I was admin too. I wonder if it is (was) another security bug in WhatsApp.
* ofcourse this doesn't solve the problem of being unable to choose a new admin.
We've switched to Hangouts, it's better.
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Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47652048

How to move phonebook contacts within a group ?

I have a Motorola G8 Power Lite with Android 10 and would like to move several phonebook contacts within a group, so that they are visible only by accessing that group.
Is it possible to do this and how?

Look inside here:
https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019143733-How-do-I-move-a-contacts-from-one-group-to-another-

Following those instructions, contact are added to a group, but they still remain visible even in the entire address book along with the rest of the contacts ...
I would like instead that the contacts in the group are only visible by accessing that particular group.