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Custom Ringtone Contacts Not Possible?

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.

AJerman said:
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.

MSHampton said:
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.

@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.

madjsp said:
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.

jetski said:
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

howudodat said:
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?

Picture for "me" in messaging app?

I'm trying to set up a friends Nexus S and there's one thing I just can't seem to figure out. In the messaging app, it shows the picture of the person I'm talking to alternating with what's supposed to be the picture of me. Instead I get the blank no photo thing and this seems to bug her. She would like to use her facebook photo if entirely possible, but ill just snap a picture of her with the camera if not.
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If you set her up as a contact in the contacts app, and put in the phone's phone number as her number, I think it will just recognize whatever picture you assign to that contact for the messaging and all similar.
Wouldn't hurt to put her gmail/google account that she's registered the phone with (signed in with) as part of her personal contact information.

Funny, I was wondering the same thing! Being somewhat new to Android, I wasn't sure how to add my pic to my outgoing messages, so I added myself as a contact with my number and Gmail - and uploaded a pic from FB that I am using. Not sure if there's an easier way to go about this, but this solution worked for me!

Another option, though it doesn't use the stock messaging app, would be to using something like Handcent SMS which has an option for uploading your own image to use in messages.

The advantage of the setting-yourself-up-as-a-contact approach is that most apps, certainly the Google apps (Google Voice, GTalk, etc) and the Messaging app all look for that and will use it if it's there. You don't have to pic and choose a pic for every app individually.

usfslacker86 said:
I'm trying to set up a friends Nexus S and there's one thing I just can't seem to figure out. In the messaging app, it shows the picture of the person I'm talking to alternating with what's supposed to be the picture of me. Instead I get the blank no photo thing and this seems to bug her. She would like to use her facebook photo if entirely possible, but ill just snap a picture of her with the camera if not.
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Go to settings > about phone > status > My phone number
that field should contain your personal phone number. If it does not, android does not have a fix for this. You can however plug you sim card into a old phone or an iphone and then alter this value.

helfone said:
Go to settings > about phone > status > My phone number
that field should contain your personal phone number. If it does not, android does not have a fix for this. You can however plug you sim card into a old phone or an iphone and then alter this value.
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But that won't put a picture of her into apps until he gets a picture setup someplace, right?

Facebook for myTouch contact issue

I have the facebook app installed on my phone. When i went to upload a photo onto facebook it gave me the option to use the facebook app or facebook for mytouch. i went ahead and tried it through the mytouch option and i signed into my account which seemed to add my facebook account onto my phone as something it automatically syncs. it synced my facebook contacts to my normally contact...a cool feature and all BUT i dont want it...
i deleted the facebook account off my phone but my facebook contacts are still mixed with my normal ones. i cant delete them either, i tried long pressing and also tried going INTO the contact to maybe edit it and it wont let you do a thing.
any advice?

Were the contacts linked with facebook accounts?
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You may want to sort you contacts, from the contacts > Menu> View and uncheck facebook. It won't delete them but you won't have to deal with them.
Also try clearing the data in the Facebook for MT app, not sure if it will do it but it should't hurt.

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Were the contacts linked with facebook accounts?
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They were these were contacts that i've never had in my phone before then they appeared on my actual contacts. Some did/didn't have contact numbers depending if they had them in their actual facebook and what i'm noticing is they all have the little circle by their name greyed out meaning i can video chat with them. I deleted all my video chat programs and cleared all my data for contacts/facebook/video chat and they wont go away.
These people have never been on my phone before it happened right when i tried out the facebook for mytouch.
*i wouldnt mind this but i play a lot of farmville and "those" games and half the people on my friends list are "neighbors" only*

Daguse said:
You may want to sort you contacts, from the contacts > Menu> View and uncheck facebook. It won't delete them but you won't have to deal with them.
Also try clearing the data in the Facebook for MT app, not sure if it will do it but it should't hurt.
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I did as you advised and i dont even have a facebook option. I just have the option to show tmobile, google, google (youtube), video chat, sim, phone.

ToterPunkt said:
They were these were contacts that i've never had in my phone before then they appeared on my actual contacts. Some did/didn't have contact numbers depending if they had them in their actual facebook and what i'm noticing is they all have the little circle by their name greyed out meaning i can video chat with them. I deleted all my video chat programs and cleared all my data for contacts/facebook/video chat and they wont go away.
These people have never been on my phone before it happened right when i tried out the facebook for mytouch.
*i wouldnt mind this but i play a lot of farmville and "those" games and half the people on my friends list are "neighbors" only*
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hmm any way you can post a screen shot.... Also when you go into the contact and click the name..... in the top right what does it say? Google? Linked? Facebook? And one last thing, once in the contact can you click menu and delete? if not what happen?

Daguse said:
hmm any way you can post a screen shot.... Also when you go into the contact and click the name..... in the top right what does it say? Google? Linked? Facebook? And one last thing, once in the contact can you click menu and delete? if not what happen?
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Sadly i'm not rooted and therefore can't post a screen shot...unless theres another route you can advice me on then definitely. Maybe ill just take a photo of it with my camera if there is no other way lol.
After clearing all my info again and uninstalling any qik updates it shows qik in the corner of all these contacts, none of them are linked, and about half have actual content info.
From the contact list - long press - call mobile, send contact as vcard, add a fave now!
From within the contact - clicked on the menu button - all, link, send contact, save to sim, set speed dial
From within the contact - tried pressing every item i could and i can only "Edit" the number to something else...i cant do much else with it.
thanks for the help =)

ToterPunkt said:
Sadly i'm not rooted and therefore can't post a screen shot...unless theres another route you can advice me on then definitely. Maybe ill just take a photo of it with my camera if there is no other way lol.
After clearing all my info again and uninstalling any qik updates it shows qik in the corner of all these contacts, none of them are linked, and about half have actual content info.
From the contact list - long press - call mobile, send contact as vcard, add a fave now!
From within the contact - clicked on the menu button - all, link, send contact, save to sim, set speed dial
From within the contact - tried pressing every item i could and i can only "Edit" the number to something else...i cant do much else with it.
thanks for the help =)
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Sorry man, I tried everything I could to recreate this on my phone with no go.....
Make sure to check your contacts on the gmail site, make sure they are not listed there.
If that does not work it looks like you will need to do a factory reset. Sorry

Daguse said:
Sorry man, I tried everything I could to recreate this on my phone with no go.....
Make sure to check your contacts on the gmail site, make sure they are not listed there.
If that does not work it looks like you will need to do a factory reset. Sorry
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I was afraid of that...
I went ahead and rooted my phone, deleted qik completely off my system. That took care of it. Hope this doesnt happen to anyone else =/
Thanks for your advice though, i'm surprised it didnt work. It was extremely "stuck" and quite stubborn.

[Q] How to insert a picture near the "Me" mention withing SMS threads ?

Hey all.
I love myself so much that I would love to see my face near the "Me" mention within SMS threads.
However, while all my contacts have their own contact icon showing up near their names, I only get to have a grey square near the "Me" mention when I send SMSs (check screenshot above).
Anyone knows how to fix this ?
Thanks !
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I'd like to know this too. I have my google profile set up with some info including a pic. The google calendar does seem to pick up my bday from there, but the Messaging app don't appear to be using my picture on my nexus s.

I've tried to do this too on my Hero to no avail.

WTF? for real?
Go in your Contacts and find the first contact card named Me. Then just insert your own photo by clicking the box and selecting it, you are done.

STHNS said:
Go in your Contacts and find the first contact card named Me.
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There is no "Me" entry in my contact list.
EDIT : tried to manually create a "Me" contact. I'm still having a gray square near the "Me" mention in SMS threads.

WTF? Thats more retarded idk what google doing these days.
Do it manually then by going to your SMS thread and clicking "Me" and by adding yourself via New Contact. Then put whatever you want in data input and click on the User Avatar and pick your photo.

You need to ensure your mobile number is attached to the contact.

If you're using handcent you can
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You just need to sign in to your google profile and add a picture there. Then it will change.
www.google.com and sign in.
Click settings > account settings. Click Edit Profile.

If you change it with handcent it will work for all SMS apps even after uninstall of handcent. Works for me on the stock message app.
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AtomicPC said:
You just need to sign in to your google profile and add a picture there. Then it will change.
www.google.com and sign in.
Click settings > account settings. Click Edit Profile.
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I already have an image on my Google profile and it is not showing up.
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theophane said:
I already have an image on my Google profile and it is not showing up.
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Do you have a contact created with YOUR mobile phone number attached to it?
You may also need to ensure that "My Phone Number" in about -> phone shows your number (search for a guide if you need it).

fchipm said:
If you change it with handcent it will work for all SMS apps even after uninstall of handcent. Works for me on the stock message app.
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Just tried this. Not working either.

Highland3r said:
Do you have a contact created with YOUR mobile phone number attached to it?
You may also need to ensure that "My Phone Number" in about -> phone shows your number (search for a guide if you need it).
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Yes, I do have a contact with my phone number attached to it.
However, I'm not able to change the "My phone number" setting in the "About" menu.
See screenshot above :

Guys - this is in other threads - you need to assign your phone number on your SIM. You CANNOT do this form the NS. So - find some old phone, plug your SIM in and write the phone number to it - then when you use it back in the NS you'll get your picture...

rakh1 said:
find some old phone, plug your SIM in and write the phone number to it
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How do I do this ?
Just inserted my SIM card in an iPhone, and I cannot edit the "My number" entry.

As the chap above said this is discussed elsewhere. Sony erricson phones will let you do it.

OK I worked around the issue in this way:
From my gmail (on a computer), I created a contact for myself. I added my phone number, and my gmail account as the email. Then for the picture, the contact manager let me use "their picture". In this case, "their picture" is the picture I assigned to myself in my google account profile.
This really isn't a "solution", just a workaround. You also really shouldn't have to use 2 phones to sync your own google account profile to your own "pure google experience" phone. Android should automatically have a contact that syncs your google profile info, so you don't have to type it in twice. Right now only the profile pic is auto-sync'd.

ravidavi said:
OK I worked around the issue in this way:
From my gmail (on a computer), I created a contact for myself. I added my phone number, and my gmail account as the email. Then for the picture, the contact manager let me use "their picture". In this case, "their picture" is the picture I assigned to myself in my google account profile.
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Not working for me, still have that damn grey square in SMS threads.
ravidavi said:
You also really shouldn't have to use 2 phones to sync your own google account profile to your own "pure google experience" phone.
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Indeed.
That's pretty unacceptable for a high-end flagship device.

theophane said:
Not working for me, still have that damn grey square in SMS threads.
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Which part isn't working? The part you do on your computer (setting picture as "use theirs"), or the sync to your phone?

View only contacts WITH phone Numbers (When not using Sense) in JB

Anyone know of any way to make all my contacts from my g-mail that are e-mail only not show up in my contact list.
I only want a list of contacts with phone numbers and I dont want to have to go through the phone app every time to get it.

nnila said:
Anyone know of any way to make all my contacts from my g-mail that are e-mail only not show up in my contact list.
I only want a list of contacts with phone numbers and I dont want to have to go through the phone app every time to get it.
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in your contacts there is an option in the top of the screen that you can tick and untick whatever you want.see if you can do it from there

Not seeing the option at all - I'm not using Sense.

nnila said:
Not seeing the option at all - I'm not using Sense.
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i can't help you further
just wait for someone else

Hmm. You can make a group of contacts with phone numbers in Gmail. Then in the contacts app (in AOSP /CM) press the menu and select customize contacts to view then select the Gmail account then select the group of contacts with phone. It is a hassle, I know.
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Or use the dialer and swipe to contacts
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Was thinking about the option to make a group with people with no number.
I have over 1000 contacts in my gmail account so this would take forever.
Was thinking possibly to try make an app that would automatically put everyone without a number into a specific group.
Really surprised there was none already to do this.
Never done any android coding before so guess I'm going to have to see how this idea goes (if it goes even)