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Usually you can go in and edit the contact and chose a ringtone for that contact. Does the Captivate version of Android not do this? I'm not seeing it.
you need to have your contacts on the phone not google then you should be able to add custome ringtone.
lgkahn said:
you need to have your contacts on the phone not google then you should be able to add custome ringtone.
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Even as asinine as the iPhone was it allowed me to do that... WTF?
TexUs said:
Even as asinine as the iPhone was it allowed me to do that... WTF?
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the iPhone ALWAYS has contacts on the phone. always.
madjsp said:
the iPhone ALWAYS has contacts on the phone. always.
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???? No, I used Google Sync contacts on my iPhone.
TexUs said:
???? No, I used Google Sync contacts on my iPhone.
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I think what he's saying is that you're accessing your contacts that are on Google's server and not on your phone. Using Google Sync on the iPhone just pulls the contacts down to your phone rather than looking them up on the server.
I'm curious about how accessing Google's contacts works myself since I'll probably be switching from my iPhone to the Captivate tomorrow.
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I think what he's saying is that you're accessing your contacts that are on Google's server and not on your phone. Using Google Sync on the iPhone just pulls the contacts down to your phone rather than looking them up on the server.
I'm curious about how accessing Google's contacts works myself since I'll probably be switching from my iPhone to the Captivate tomorrow.
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if that were true,i wouldn't be able to access them while in flight mode, which I can.
Funny thing is that I was running Android 2.2 on my Fuze, and I was able to assign separate ring-tones to the contacts that were synced. Can't do that on this version. I did download Ringo-Lite from the marketplace and can now assign rings and sms tones to all my contacts.
I can't even figure out how to do a custom ringtone in general...
I guess it's easy to tell i'm a first time user with android here.
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Funny thing is that I was running Android 2.2 on my Fuze, and I was able to assign separate ring-tones to the contacts that were synced. Can't do that on this version. I did download Ringo-Lite from the marketplace and can now assign rings and sms tones to all my contacts.
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I tried to use Ringtones but it only shows the local contacts (The ATT stuff).
Which all of this makes no sense to why you can't assign one to a Google Contact when I could on the iPhone... They're stored locally as well, so I don't see why this is impossible to do.
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The iPhone saved your google contacts to the phone. Your new android phone looks them up and displays them. if you hit the menu button while looking at people, it will give you import/export options. Try importing all those contacts to the Captivate memory.
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I can't even figure out how to do a custom ringtone in general...
I guess it's easy to tell i'm a first time user with android here.
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Yeah me too, but I figured it out. Plug your device in and mount your storage card, the create a folder called "ringtones" on the root, and place your MP3s in there. Worked for me.
You can create a new contact on the phone using the same name and add the ringtone ther and it will link to the other and only show one listing and the ringtone will work.
lionheartck said:
@TexUs
The iPhone saved your google contacts to the phone. Your new android phone looks them up and displays them. if you hit the menu button while looking at people, it will give you import/export options. Try importing all those contacts to the Captivate memory.
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I'd believe this again if it weren't for the fact the contacts are still accessible even without an internet connection. Which means Android is saving them to the phone as well, so why the hell can't I assign custom ringtones to them... Just makes no sense.
What's also insanely stupid about that is anytime a new contact on Google gets added you also have to save it down to the phone, as well.
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You can create a new contact on the phone using the same name and add the ringtone ther and it will link to the other and only show one listing and the ringtone will work.
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i like this
I just switched from the HTC Aria to the Captivate today, and the TouchWiz interface is taking some getting used to. On the Aria, I could just go into a contact and click "edit" then choose a ringtone for each contact, I am guessing that was an HTC "Sense" feature. Thanks for the tip about creating a local contact and linking them. I am sure that is what "Sense" was doing, but I couldn't figure it out on this device. BTW, the Captivate ROCKS!
So I installed aContacts and it lets me set a ringtone for each contact but it still plays the default. Is it just me or is this a HUGE assinine mistake? Is this a bug in the dialer? I find the idea of creating 1000 contacts on the phone to be repugnant.
Dont get me wrong all in all this is an awesome phone, but come on guys this is a fundamental flaw.
Peter
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So I installed aContacts and it lets me set a ringtone for each contact but it still plays the default. Is it just me or is this a HUGE assinine mistake? Is this a bug in the dialer? I find the idea of creating 1000 contacts on the phone to be repugnant.
Dont get me wrong all in all this is an awesome phone, but come on guys this is a fundamental flaw.
Peter
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I created all my contacts locally do get mine working, it'll match them up. Only way I've found to do that. Major PITA, and yes, this is a FLAW and there's no way around it.
I went to my contacts and pressed the menu button, the more button, and then exported my contacts to SD card, and then imported those same contacts back. Viola! I now have contacts that I can assign ringtones to.
and are those contacts still synched with google?
Hello everyone....
I spend a lot of time searching online for a different Dialer/contact manager until I founded Youlu Address Book I think is just amazing... That I wanted to share it.
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A smarter smart phone address book with more powerful contacts, call and messaging capabilities, and an amazing dial pad.
• Searching for contacts has never been easier or faster.
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Make your smart phone even smarter!
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Note: If I'm posting in the wrong section or If it has been posted before My apologies...
I agree. This app is awesome. I don't use the dialer or the messaging replacement, but the contacts list is great and the favorites page saves me from needing a contacts widget.
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The updates ruined the app. They forced SMS integration which is a bad idea.
I used to like the app, now it is just plain annoying because its SMS app is not as good as others like Handcents or Chomp.
I like the dialer and the SMS.
Don't like that my contacts have no pictures.
Youlu address book surely is the best contact manager/interface, plus the sms feature is great. only thing wrong with it is the contacts pictures dont properly sync.
using google contacts as contacts, sync'd with facebook profile pictures or manually added in google contacts, displays pictures correctly in default contacts app. but they dont display in youlu. using x10 mini pro, android 2.1
i know its possible as hanscent sms got it right.
hope this gets sorted out sometime...
It doesn't seem to sync with Facebook is the big issue. If it did, I'd be all over it.
i've been trying it for a few days, it works like a charm and looks great. i've not sign up yet. have you tried its own services?
afaik, lacking of contacts pictures is not the dialers' problem. to see more pictures (much more, but not all of them unfortunately) you can use syncmypix, which can be found at the market as a freeware:
http://goo.gl/tUfyT
have you guys tried Go Contacts, the GoSMS and GoLauncher guys made it and it's AMAZING IMO. I tried youlu when it came out but always returned to Go?
i had tried gocontacts but i can't remember why i drop it. i'll try it again.
btw, an alternative tool to sync contact photos is Google Contact Sync:
http://heartofangel.com/google-contact-sync/
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It doesn't seem to sync with Facebook is the big issue. If it did, I'd be all over it.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noshufou.photounlocker&feature=search_result
This isn't necessary if you're on a Sense rom, but it cures the no-Facebook-picture problem on AOSP roms.
I know it's a subjective vague question - but what do you guys use? Obviously I'm speaking of a gmail account, not yahoo, etc...For non-gmail accounts obviously htc mail is the way to go. But I only use my gmail.
I've been using the main gmail app since I've been on Android until a couple weeks ago, when I finally tried HTC mail. I did this primarily for the fancier UI, and deeper Sense integration (quick launch widget, etc).
But I'm realizing that HTC mail, while impressive in its display and interface, seems to not work 100% smoothly. For instance, I've noticed a couple emails that didn't show up in my inbox in HTC mail, but are visible in the stock gmail app and on my gmail on my computer. Once HTC mail "misses" an email it will not appear upon refreshing, weird...this hasn't bee a widespread problem, but still if it happens to "miss" that one important email, that's not good...also, you lose a lot of the labeling and starring functionality that gmail has. Also - another thing is you can only sync up to one months' worth of mail with HTC, but with the native gmail app you can access all your emails. Theoretically, HTC allows you to search the server for older emails, but for some reason it's not working for me. Every now and then I need to dig up an old email, and HTC doesn't seem to want to let me do it.
Anyway - sorry if this is a lame thread, but I've been thinking about what I want to do and figured it was worth throwing it out in the general section to see what other people think.
I think, even though HTC mail is much prettier and 'fancier' - I'm going to go back to native gmail, because while it's not as exciting of an app, it seems to generally work better.
Thoughts?
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Thoughts?
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aww man sorry to hear that. well think of email as speculation. would you rather hear it from the horses mouth? HTC mail is nice ... I think its for emails that dont have their own app (ie company or personal website)
Maybe its the ROM.When I was using sense 3.0 i ran both of the apps you mentioned and they came in simultaneously.
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aww man sorry to hear that. well think of email as speculation. would you rather hear it from the horses mouth? HTC mail is nice ... I think its for emails that dont have their own app (ie company or personal website)
Maybe its the ROM.When I was using sense 3.0 i ran both of the apps you mentioned and they came in simultaneously.
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I actually think I figured the "missed" emails out - I have labels set up in gmail where emails from certain people or with certain tags, get put in a label. In gmail, all of these emails appear in my inbox as well as their respective folders...but in htc, it seems that these emails appear ONLY in the folders (labels) they are linked to, but NOT in the general inbox...which is another thing I don't like lol. I don't want to have to jump between several different folders to try to find an email. I only use the folders when I want to group a certain label together for easier viewing and for archiving, but not to actually read incoming mail...
It's too bad - I love how integrated HTC mail is in Sense...whereas with gmail, it's just an icon. With HTC you have a choice of widgets, unread count on the icon, display in quick launch...btw I'm running TDJ's port of the Sense 3.5 Runny rom...love it!
But on topic, looks like I'm heading back to native gmail. I just wish that update didn't remove 3rd party access...or at least I wish gmail would implement an unread count option for the icon or a widget...
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btw I'm running TDJ's port of the Sense 3.5 Runny rom...love it!
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Love it too but i think with a few more updates itll be ready to go with widget functionality.
I was running that for a day but some of the features werent working so I went back to MIUI.
TDJ has MT4G on lock giving people that love full animations (sense) and minimalists (MIUI) what they want.
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Love it too but i think with a few more updates itll be ready to go with widget functionality.
I was running that for a day but some of the features werent working so I went back to MIUI.
TDJ has MT4G on lock giving people that love full animations (sense) and minimalists (MIUI) what they want.
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Yeah I tried MIUI for a day myself. It was cool, different, but ultimately I preferred the more traditional 'android' setup. I was on cm7 for a good bit, but I always wind up back on Sense. I guess its vain of me but i just think the software feels 'higher end'
Gmail is superior to me for one reason only: push email. HTC mail does not offer this.
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I get much better battery life using HTC mail set to sync every 30 minutes.
While I'm a huge fan of Google products and services, there attitude of ignoring the masses when it comes to certain features that everyone wants/needs in the name of 'it's better' the way we designed it gets frustrating.
I'm hoping someone here knows a solution to this:
My contacts [not even the same name] keep getting merged/linked together automatically. It's happened on every Android device I've owned, and it's always happened to completely different names. I keep my contacts meticulously organized, and would never have a duplicate that would even need to be linked together. I've sent emails to Google asking how to disable it, etc. and they tell me it's a feature that everyone likes basically.
The most recent linking disaster was it linked my current girlfriend 'Lisa' with my ex-girlfriend 'Elizabeth' with TOTALLY DIFFERENT last names...WTF? So when I hit the dial button on the contact clearly labelled 'Lisa', and with her picture...I was actually calling my EX! Needless to say this led to a long argument that there was no way I could accidentally call me ex when trying to call my girlfriend, and blaming it on Google is ridiculous.
It's done this with a contact 'David', my then boss...and a contact labelled Dad...so when I tried calling work at 2AM (when I start) I actually woke up my dad in the middle of the night. There is no way of knowing when this happens unless I manually check every contact to see if there has been any merging or memorize everyone's phone number so I can see if it's really dialing the right number. It even linked my friend Charles, with Les Schwab Tire store once before.
Anyway, everything I've searched on the subject says that there should be some sort of notification asking me if I want to link/merge contacts, and to make sure to select 'NO'. I've never been notified though, and just get surprised at least once a month when my phone calls someone else, when I select a contact to dial.
Whoever knows the answer will save my life!
Thanks
JVogler said:
While I'm a huge fan of Google products and services, there attitude of ignoring the masses when it comes to certain features that everyone wants/needs in the name of 'it's better' the way we designed it gets frustrating.
I'm hoping someone here knows a solution to this:
My contacts [not even the same name] keep getting merged/linked together automatically. It's happened on every Android device I've owned, and it's always happened to completely different names. I keep my contacts meticulously organized, and would never have a duplicate that would even need to be linked together. I've sent emails to Google asking how to disable it, etc. and they tell me it's a feature that everyone likes basically.
The most recent linking disaster was it linked my current girlfriend 'Lisa' with my ex-girlfriend 'Elizabeth' with TOTALLY DIFFERENT last names...WTF? So when I hit the dial button on the contact clearly labelled 'Lisa', and with her picture...I was actually calling my EX! Needless to say this led to a long argument that there was no way I could accidentally call me ex when trying to call my girlfriend, and blaming it on Google is ridiculous.
It's done this with a contact 'David', my then boss...and a contact labelled Dad...so when I tried calling work at 2AM (when I start) I actually woke up my dad in the middle of the night. There is no way of knowing when this happens unless I manually check every contact to see if there has been any merging or memorize everyone's phone number so I can see if it's really dialing the right number. It even linked my friend Charles, with Les Schwab Tire store once before.
Anyway, everything I've searched on the subject says that there should be some sort of notification asking me if I want to link/merge contacts, and to make sure to select 'NO'. I've never been notified though, and just get surprised at least once a month when my phone calls someone else, when I select a contact to dial.
Whoever knows the answer will save my life!
Thanks
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I've never noticed this...what version of Android are you on and what phone do you have?
In haven't seem it either...are you talking about the "merge duplicate" feature? Did you happen to leave the first or last name blank?
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In haven't seem it either...are you talking about the "merge duplicate" feature? Did you happen to leave the first or last name blank?
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It's happened on my Atrix running GB, also on my Note running ICS. It's happened to 3 other people's phone I know.
I think you might be on to something...it does seem to happen most often to names where I have no last name entered. It merged 'Lisa' with no last name to "Elizabeth" with a last name. It has merged 'Dad' with quite a few different names beginning with D.
They are not merged/linked when viewing contacts on the web in gmail...they are still separate there. It just merges them on the phone only. The most recent one I can't figure out the algorithm behind thinking these were duplicates and merging them automatically was: [Lowe's] and my friend [Lana], Hit her picture from my favorites menu, and got the Lowe's Home Improvement store. Her picture was displayed on the dialing screen and everything. Had to go into contacts, choose 'un-link', and sure enough it had automatically merged to two contacts after sitting separately for years.
This isn't Google. This behaviour is of the stock contacts applications by Motorola and Samsung. Each one modifies the Google contacts app in their own way, especially with regard to linking of contacts and social networking. You'll be better off asking in your device forum to see if others are facing this issue, and contacting Motorola or Samsung about it. It doesn't happen on AOSP Android ROMs, and on pure Android devices like the Nexus line.
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This isn't Google. This behaviour is of the stock contacts applications by Motorola and Samsung. Each one modifies the Google contacts app in their own way, especially with regard to linking of contacts and social networking. You'll be better off asking in your device forum to see if others are facing this issue, and contacting Motorola or Samsung about it. It doesn't happen on AOSP Android ROMs, and on pure Android devices like the Nexus line.
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This is definitely the best advice. I had this problem when I got the original Evo which was running Sense. Your phone might be trying to link similar contacts as well as facebook contacts if you've logged into the facebook app and let it sync contacts. I recommend going directly to your Google Contacts and doing a bit of organizing and cleaning. Once you have that cleaned up it will hopefully not mis-link your contacts again, even when you log into facebook or something like that.
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This is definitely the best advice. I had this problem when I got the original Evo which was running Sense. Your phone might be trying to link similar contacts as well as facebook contacts if you've logged into the facebook app and let it sync contacts. I recommend going directly to your Google Contacts and doing a bit of organizing and cleaning. Once you have that cleaned up it will hopefully not mis-link your contacts again, even when you log into facebook or something like that.
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Right. I did that when I first got my phone. I named all my contacts properly (First name, Last name) so the Sense Facebook sync linked my Facebook contacts correctly. If you want to keep nicknames rather than formal names, then adding all your contacts' email addresses from Facebook will also link them correctly regardless of name. Even if your email addresses and contact names don't match with Facebook, you have an option of manually going through all your contacts and linking them (in HTC Sense). You'll only need to do that once as Sense stores an '< HTCdata >' tag in the 'Notes' field of each contact indicating which Facebook contact it is linked to, so any future sync will immediately link the contacts based on this tag. The best Facebook sync app for AOSP ROMs, HaxSync, also makes use of these tags.
Organizing your Google contacts just once in your life goes a long way.
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Hi guys,
after moving from 7t to my new 8t i was wondering, why Oneplus doesn not use there own dialer and contact apps? ?
Is there any way to change it or to use the oneplus apps instead?
They're moving more into Google's, same as they did with Nord.
You can however install them to your system if you're rooted: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8t/how-to/how-to-oneplus-dialer-call-recording-t4189165
Personally I think the Google dialer, though not exactly the same as the one on the Pixels, works really good. I do not need a 3rd party app to try and stop spam...works pretty good for what it is. Why anyone would ever want to keep their contacts ON THE PHONE is beyond me! What happens if your phone fries to a crisp and you do not have a reliable backup of your contacts??? They're toast...extra crispy toast at that! Using Google contacts means you can swap phones every day and your contacts go with you...not to mention you can manipulate them from a PC. Now as for the Google Messages app...well...I don't use it because I see no benefit to RCS and Textra just blows it away so...I use Textra.
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Personally I think the Google dialer, though not exactly the same as the one on the Pixels, works really good. I do not need a 3rd party app to try and stop spam...works pretty good for what it is. Why anyone would ever want to keep their contacts ON THE PHONE is beyond me! What happens if your phone fries to a crisp and you do not have a reliable backup of your contacts??? They're toast...extra crispy toast at that! Using Google contacts means you can swap phones every day and your contacts go with you...not to mention you can manipulate them from a PC. Now as for the Google Messages app...well...I don't use it because I see no benefit to RCS and Textra just blows it away so...I use Textra.
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Pretty sure op meant contacts as in the app...
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