Hi there,
After finally getting the Android Stock Contacts app on my Desire, I'm finally able to use the "Sync Group" option to only show one group (let's call it "cormie) in the phone book. This is all fine, I have ticked off all other groups and only "cormie" is ticked on. It displays the "cormie" contacts and the contacts on the SIM (I can delete them off it later I guess) but the main objective is to just use the "cormie" contacts and nothing else.
However, when I go to add a new contact and save it, when I sync it to Gmail, the new entry doesn't show up in "cormie" but only in "all contacts" and once the contact is saved on the phone, it doesn't appear in the phone book because I'm only showing "cormie" contacts and it's not there To see the entry I have to go back in and to show all contacts, then I see it.
This puts a great hindrance on the purpose of the Sync Group option. The guy in post 10 here seems to have got it going, but as you can see in my reply, post 11, it's not saving to the desired group for me!
I'd really appreciate if anyone has a solution for this and could explain how to get it working properly. Or is there an alternative contacts program that will do it? Also, if anyone knows how to not display SIM contacts in the phonebook please share too
Any feedback appreciated at all!
Brilliant! I think I got a workaround
When I first started using the phone after rooting it, I selected "contacts" to be the default for all the options and it actually turns out that the Sense "people" app allows you to save a contact to a group even though it doesn't allow you to "sync groups", choosing which groups you want to sync only, so I needed to get the "people" app to be the default for adding contacts.
What I had to do was go to the main menu > settings > applications > manage applications > scroll down to contacts > and press "clear defaults"
This clears "contacts" as being the default for all the phonebook related actions. If you go back to the home screen and click "phone" you can set "contacts" as the default for this, but then when you go to add a new contact in contacts, it will ask what app you want to add a contact with, click set as default and click the "people" app. Now all "add to contact" actions will be carried out using "people" app, here you can select the group you wish to save it to and then it will show up perfectly in the "contacts" "contacts" menu and will be synched correctly to the chosen group on Gmail!
I think, after 18 days of buying it, I'm finally ready to put my normal sim card in the phone and start using it as a phone! Finally!
I realize this is WAY later than the original post, but have any of you found a solution to not being able to add a new contact to the group you want to add it to? I'm using an HTC Hero (cdma) that I Froyoed with aospmod 2.2.1, so I cannot use the htc "people" app - at least I read that. Sorting by groups is mucho importante to me and I find the default contacts app built into aospmod lacking in this area.
Thanks if you even reply to this!
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Does anyone know how to change the defaults for a homescreen contact shortcut?
When you click the shortcut to a contact on the homescreen, several options come up at the top of the screen depending on what methods of communication you have for that person: Phone, Contact details, Text, Email, Map...
If there is more than one option for a particular communication method (say, you have both corporate email and gmail setup, when you click on the email icon, it will ask you which to use. When you click on "set default" it will always use what you chose.
Problem is, I chose the wrong method when I clicked "set default" and now I can't change it back. It wants to use my corporate account to send with rather than my gmail accound. And since it pulls up corporate email when you click on the email icon, it won't let you change the "from" to anything other than a corporate (exchange) account. (I have 2, and both show up, but not gmail.)
Anyway, it's a long read, but I was hoping someone knew how to reset the default.
I have tried:
- removing/recreating the shortcut
- changing my default email method in email accounts
- changing contact detailsm addresses, etc
Any help?
I am not sure if I am understanding your question(s) exactly correct. Try these and see if it helps.
Answer to your first question.
1. Click on contact shortcut.
2. Select "contacts" icon.
3. Press "menu" button to bring up options
4. select "Mark as default"
From here you can select all the default contact numbers, emails and addresses.
If I understood your last question, this should help.
1. Launch email app.
2. Long click on account you want to make default.
3. Scroll down and select "account settings"
4. There should be a selection (4th one down) for "Default Account". Check the radio button.
The default account should not be switched to the currently selected email account.
Shovelhead84 said:
I am not sure if I am understanding your question(s) exactly correct. Try these and see if it helps.
Answer to your first question.
1. Click on contact shortcut.
2. Select "contacts" icon.
3. Press "menu" button to bring up options
4. select "Mark as default"
From here you can select all the default contact numbers, emails and addresses.
If I understood your last question, this should help.
1. Launch email app.
2. Long click on account you want to make default.
3. Scroll down and select "account settings"
4. There should be a selection (4th one down) for "Default Account". Check the radio button.
The default account should not be switched to the currently selected email account.
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Okay, this will set the default for that contact, but I guess what I am missing is the Gmail icon in the list of contact options when I click on the shortcut.
I want to send from my Gmail account to this contact rather than from corporate, but there doesn't seem to be a way to make Gmail my default...
This has me thinking now... maybe I need to drop and recreate the contact in google contacts and remove from my corporate contacts.
joeybear23 said:
Okay, this will set the default for that contact, but I guess what I am missing is the Gmail icon in the list of contact options when I click on the shortcut.
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So you want to add an extra menu item for gmail in the shortcut drop down menu?
Not sure how you would do this but I think it's a good idea.
joeybear23 said:
I want to send from my Gmail account to this contact rather than from corporate, but there doesn't seem to be a way to make Gmail my default...
This has me thinking now... maybe I need to drop and recreate the contact in google contacts and remove from my corporate contacts.
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I overcame this by adding my gmail as an account for the email manger instead of using the gmail specific application that comes with android. Now when I launch the email app I get a list of 3 accounts (gmail, hotmail, corporate). The currently default account has a check next to it. I have mine on gmail during the weekend and corporate during the week (Tasker FTW). The downside to this is that gmail seems to run a bit slower at times (few seconds) when syncing but not enough to make me change it back. I like having all the accounts in one place with the same management and notifications.
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...just read the post again...I think i get it!
You want your default outgoing account to be based on the specific contact?
As in:
You email Joe Smith with gmail by default and Jane Andrews with corporate by default without making changes to account settings.
Shovelhead84 said:
So you want to add an extra menu item for gmail in the shortcut drop down menu?
Not sure how you would do this but I think it's a good idea.
I overcame this by adding my gmail as an account for the email manger instead of using the gmail specific application that comes with android. Now when I launch the email app I get a list of 3 accounts (gmail, hotmail, corporate). The currently default account has a check next to it. I have mine on gmail during the weekend and corporate during the week (Tasker FTW). The downside to this is that gmail seems to run a bit slower at times (few seconds) when syncing but not enough to make me change it back. I like having all the accounts in one place with the same management and notifications.
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I could have sworn I had the gmail icon in there at one point.. of course I am several builds in now, so who knows...
Thanks for teh help.
So, this is my dilemma.
1. I have a SIM Card. It has contacts on it. Android automatically recognizes them.
2. I have my contacts saved to Google. Android also automatically recognizes them.
If I go to enter in a name to send a text, it brings a pull-down menu, with duplicates of everyone. One is for SIM, and one is for Google Contacts.
The Contact list IS slow with Google instead of it being saved directly to my phone. I want to save them directly to my phone. If I do so, the "send a text to" list triples, so each name appears three times.
The contact list, I can exclude everything but phone contacts. Is this something I can do in Messaging? Should I give up on Messaging and its many issues and move to Handcent and deal with its own issues?
I check before I go to bed and it is bumped off the main page?? Where are the people who can help at XDA anymore? It seems every topic I post gets pushed away
So... anyone?
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Merge Google contacts then uncheck Google backup. Then make sure there's only one of each,then save to ur phone.worked for me!
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Why don't you just go to your contacts page from Gmail on your PC, sort them all out how you want them and then let them automatically sync to your phone?
DirkGently1 said:
Why don't you just go to your contacts page from Gmail on your PC, sort them all out how you want them and then let them automatically sync to your phone?
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this is the easiest method!
Go into your contacts, for every contact that has a duplicate, do this:
1. Press Menu Button and select "Edit Contact"
2. When in the edit contact area, press the menu button again
3. Select "Join" and pick the associated duplicate contact.
This worked great for me with all my duplicate Facebook and Google contacts.
Hope that helps.
Hello,
New android user here after 4 years with an iPhone. I am extremely happy with my skyrocket and have no plans on going anywhere
Slight problem I could use some help with. I am a gmail user and keep 'my contacts' pretty organized and updated since this was the contact list that i synced with my iPhone. I would have thought moving to an android would be even easier, however I have a slight problem that I cannot seem to figure out.
I synced my main google account and chose 'contacts' as one of the items to sync. My contact list was imported just fine, however, upon composing of a new message, when I type a few characters, rather than attempting to match those characters with one of 'my contacts', the system seems to pull suggestions from every single email address i've ever used in my gmail account (over 1400). Obviously I would only rather the system pull from 'my contacts', but I have no idea how to fix this. I've deleted the contact syncing and restarted the phone, verified that there were no contacts in my contact list, but still got the same results when attempting to compose a text message.
Is there a way to delete those contact suggestions for good?
Much appreciation
under groups in the contacts app select your account and arrow down. I believe u can then select exactly ehat syncs. You will have to delete all, and I mean. ALL the contacts on your phone, becuz all 1400 emails on there. Then resync with mew settings. That's should work.
icenight89 said:
under groups in the contacts app select your account and arrow down. I believe u can then select exactly ehat syncs. You will have to delete all, and I mean. ALL the contacts on your phone, becuz all 1400 emails on there. Then resync with mew settings. That's should work.
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Thanks, I will try that. Do you know of a way to bulk delete contacts?
icenight89 said:
under groups in the contacts app select your account and arrow down. I believe u can then select exactly ehat syncs. You will have to delete all, and I mean. ALL the contacts on your phone, becuz all 1400 emails on there. Then resync with mew settings. That's should work.
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I couldn't seen to find anything called 'groups' in my contacts settings
Can someone show me how to only display contacts with numbers? It was really easy to do it on the M7 that I came from, but I don't see the option on the opo. I tried looking at all the menus on the phone and tried searching on the forums but could not find a solution. Any help would be appreciated.
quiet_kisho said:
Can someone show me how to only display contacts with numbers? It was really easy to do it on the M7 that I came from, but I don't see the option on the opo. I tried looking at all the menus on the phone and tried searching on the forums but could not find a solution. Any help would be appreciated.
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Free up! Cuz i'm looking for a solution aswell. I have like 400 contacts from gmail without a numbre. It's kinda messy
l3viz said:
Free up! Cuz i'm looking for a solution aswell. I have like 400 contacts from gmail without a numbre. It's kinda messy
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For now, what i do is select edit for a contact with a phone number. Scroll down to the "group" field. Add a new field and name it "my phone", for example. Select that group for your contact.
Then go back out to your list of contacts, in settings select "Contacts to display", select customize, select the drop down menu from your gmail acc, then only check the group named "my phone" box. If you go back to your contacts list, you will see only that contact. Now, the tedious part is to go into all your contacts that has a number and putting them into that "my phone" group.
Dispaly only phone contacts in one plus one
Hi,
Go to contacts, then go to "Contacts on Display" then go to customize ..... click the drop down of gmail account where you can deselect the contacts .
with this you can only see phone contacts when you open the the contacts app.
Hope this helps you guys.
tulipdulip said:
Hi,
Go to contacts, then go to "Contacts on Display" then go to customize ..... click the drop down of gmail account where you can deselect the contacts .
with this you can only see phone contacts when you open the the contacts app.
Hope this helps you guys.
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It kinda did. But for some reason I need some of those contacts. It is weird that Android doesn't have a natural way of joining same contacts together. I used an App for it once, but that made a mess.
Hi there,
I noticed, that in the phone app, under the right bookmark (contacts), i have ALL the contacts from google i have ever had something to do with. Not only the contacts with phone number, which i want there of course, but also all the contacts i have ever emailed to. I dont want those there.
On my pc, i went to Google contacts page and i created (previously) a group called "moto g contacts" where i have all the people with phone numbers i want (those you would have saved on your SIM card few years ago). But there's also group "ALL CONTACTS" in which i have all the email contacts i have ever emailed to - which is ok, too.
But can i somehow choose what contacts will appear in the phone app under "contacts", just as I can choose in the CONTACTS APP (you can choose what groups from google contacts you want to display)? Or will there always be all the contacts? The same for hangouts app, when i type a name, it goes through ALL the contacts instead of through only my "moto g contacts" with phone numbers - and therefore takes more time to display the names.
Any advice, please?
[SOLUTED]
I just deleted the email contacts from google contacts page (+-200) and then in GMAIL setting unchecked option that said to add contacts to contact list after i email them
sorry for hasty topic and question