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Firstname, Lastname in Contacts

Yes, I've searched and found 3rd party applications (for other devices, not Raphael. Not sure if they'll still work)
BUT, I swear when I first bought my phone last week, I was playing around with the phone, AdvancedConfig/DiamTweak/TF3DTweak, SOMETHING, and I KNOW I saw an option to choose Firstname, Lastname and vice versa. For some reason I can't find it now.
My question: Is there an option on the phone to change this or was I dreaming when I found it?
If not, what's the easiest way to set this option?
Thanks.

When you go to insert a contact via outlook or to edit existing contacts its the 6th option down "File as" and you can choose First/last or Last/First.

Maveaxe said:
When you go to insert a contact via outlook or to edit existing contacts its the 6th option down "File as" and you can choose First/last or Last/First.
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I knew I saw something. Thanks
Is there a way to convert all of them at the same time? Going one-by-one for 200+ contacts is extremely time-consuming.

I'm not a miracle worker haha. Maybe someone else can help I have no clue.

amazingly i was searching for this exact same thing yesterday.
unfortunatly there is no easy way apart by using outlook, BUT there is an app for the universal called FILEASCONTACTS.cab whih adds a sub menu to your contact screen which swops the display name to firstname. lastname.
i have tested on touch pro works fine. you will still have to do every single contact but at least you wont have to edit and then select file as...
hope this helps.
cheers
jason

any way to keep messages on server when deleting them by phone using gmail IMAP?

when i delete messages inside pocket outlook they also get erased on the server (in the web application), this is quite annoying because i get a lot of emails and dont want them all on my phone so i delete some of them, but then i might need them again because they contain order reference numbers or sth. similar. any possibility to keep them on the server?

pitchbend said:
when i delete messages inside pocket outlook they also get erased on the server (in the web application), this is quite annoying because i get a lot of emails and dont want them all on my phone so i delete some of them, but then i might need them again because they contain order reference numbers or sth. similar. any possibility to keep them on the server?
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use pop3 instead of imap

pitchbend said:
when i delete messages inside pocket outlook they also get erased on the server (in the web application), this is quite annoying because i get a lot of emails and dont want them all on my phone so i delete some of them, but then i might need them again because they contain order reference numbers or sth. similar. any possibility to keep them on the server?
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moved it to an unsynchronised folder, then delete. not tried but should work in theory

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Please post in the right section next time.

[Q] xoom chrome bookmark sync

What's the deal....syncing is sporadic at best.
Anyone know the trick yet?

You need to go into settings then applications and clear all data on browser, then sync and should work fine.
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roadratx said:
What's the deal....syncing is sporadic at best.
Anyone know the trick yet?
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Yup, I have the trick you're looking for. After some trial and error, I figured this out. Its essentially a method by which one can refresh the saved attributes (in this case bookmarks) across all Google/Chrome outlets:
1) On your desktop, open Chrome and sort out your bookmarks as you would like them.
2) Then, in Chrome, on the menu bar under "Chrome", go to "Synced...", and click "Stop syncing this account", and then click the pop up to "Stop syncing".
3) Right after that, in the same location, click "Set Up Sync..." (you'll be prompted to sign in to your Google account, so do it). Once you've signed in, you'll be prompted again; this time, check off the Bookmarks option as the item you'd like to sync (no need to check off anything else. Leave the other option for Google Account password ticked as it was.
4) Click "OK" and presto, your bookmarks will be refreshed across all Google/Chrome devices or browsers. At this point you can check your XOOM to verify that those bookmarks have updated.
Its too bad they don't have a slightly easier option for doing this, but its not bad and it works. And the best part is you don't have to do a thing on the XOOM to make this happen (i.e. no wiping of browser data like saved passwords, etc.) So every time you'd like to tweak your bookmarks, or change the order of them as they appear in your XOOM's bookmark list, I have found that this is the best method you should follow.
Enjoy!

kyoteqwik said:
You need to go into settings then applications and clear all data on browser, then sync and should work fine.
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The method I've detailed above is the best way I've found to truly get this to work; I've tried your method with extremely mixed results on many occasions.
EDIT - oh and by the way by your method you'll clear out any saved passwords for websites, etc, so if you want to keep any of those, this might not be a great idea. Just an FYI

joeski27 said:
The method I've detailed above is the best way I've found to truly get this to work
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ok, tried this and it synced my bookmarks bar and one of my & bookmark folders. Any suggestions for getting the other 5 folders to get synced?
Strange that its a partial sync. Its almost as if the sync process is time limited. Couple more milliseconds and it would be complete. Just speculating
By the way, I did get a full sync a couple of weeks ago. But a FC requred killing the cache and I accidentally killed the saved data too. PITA

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ok, tried this and it synced my bookmarks bar and one of my & bookmark folders. Any suggestions for getting the other 5 folders to get synced?
Strange that its a partial sync. Its almost as if the sync process is time limited. Couple more milliseconds and it would be complete. Just speculating
By the way, I did get a full sync a couple of weeks ago. But a FC requred killing the cache and I accidentally killed the saved data too. PITA
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Well the only thing I have now figured to do, with regard to utilizing the "Other Bookmarks" folders is to 1) populate your bookmarks bar with everything you'd like, and then 2)long press on the bookmark(s) you'd like to place in the "Other Bookmarks" folder, then click "Edit", and at that point you can select the location where you'd like this bookmark to appear. Once its there, if at any point you want to change the order of any of your bookmarks, you'd have to come back into Chrome on the desktop and take care of it there (followed by the syncing procedure I already outlined). Again, hopefully Google will come up with an easier method than this eventually

I had the same problem and got hold of the developer of chromemarks who informs me that its Google "throttling" the amount of bookmarks synched!
In Chrome, you can you goto the addess "about:sync" (no quotes) and you
should get some stats. Then you look for the "Unsynched count"
My original count on synch start was: 3,085
Mine shows today: Unsynced Count - 2,320
It is generally going down around 50 to 100 per day! So I will be waiting for some months before I get all my bookmarks synched!
Google Throttling - Read more
All the best,
Cheers,
Dave

deejaydave said:
I had the same problem and got hold of the developer of chromemarks who informs me that its Google "throttling" the amount of bookmarks synched!
In Chrome, you can you goto the addess "about:sync" (no quotes) and you
should get some stats. Then you look for the "Unsynched count"
My original count on synch start was: 3,085
Mine shows today: Unsynced Count - 2,320
It is generally going down around 50 to 100 per day! So I will be waiting for some months before I get all my bookmarks synched!
Google Throttling - Read more
All the best,
Cheers,
Dave
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You seriously have that many bookmarks? I think you'd be better off with a list of sites on the internet that AREN'T bookmarked, it'd be shorter!

deejaydave said:
I had the same problem and got hold of the developer of chromemarks who informs me that its Google "throttling" the amount of bookmarks synched!
In Chrome, you can you goto the addess "about:sync" (no quotes) and you
should get some stats. Then you look for the "Unsynched count"
My original count on synch start was: 3,085
Mine shows today: Unsynced Count - 2,320
It is generally going down around 50 to 100 per day! So I will be waiting for some months before I get all my bookmarks synched!
Google Throttling - Read more
All the best,
Cheers,
Dave
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Thanks for the tip. I had over 1000 unsync count and watched it sync to 0 in a matter of minutes.

Hmm.. I have 0 unscynced according to about:sync but I'm still missing folders on Xoom :/

bjarnia said:
Hmm.. I have 0 unscynced according to about:sync but I'm still missing folders on Xoom :/
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Actually seem to have fixed the issue. There were just a few root folders that were not being synced.. Renaming them on my desktop computer triggered a sync on my xoom.

so the problem is fixed now.
I deleted my chrome sync data from google dashboard and then added I back and xoom now has all my bookmarks and folders

email applet question

This might be a general android question - I don't know... (I've been playing with HC tablets for several months, but my phones have been iphones.)
In the skyrocket's email app, is there a way to select or mark multiple emails to delete or move them all at once?
Thanks
Gary

Menu > Move to Folder
You can use that to move to trash or any other folders you have by checking them on the right side.

(message deleted. I should have looked before replying.)

garyd9 said:
Yes, that will move the currently selected message. However, I have more than one I want to move at the same time. On my HC tablet (sgt7+) I can put a checkmark next to each message, and then delete or move them all at once. On the iphone I can tap "edit" and put a checkmark next to each message, and then delete or move them all at once. On my PC (using outlook 2010), I can click each message while pressing CTRL to highlight multiple messages, and then delete or move them all at once.
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I can do this too unless I'm using a different email client than the default built-in one by mistake. I froze them in Titanium Backup since I only use the Gmail client. When I click 'move to folder', I can then check off as many as I want on the right side and then move them all at once.
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(message deleted. I should have looked before replying.)
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Ok cool. Thought I was going crazy for a minute as it wouldn't be the first time. LOL. So it worked?

yep, it worked.

[HOW TO] Delete Duplicate Google Contacts

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Hello. Are you a keen flasher? Do you have duplicate contacts after syncing? I am writing this because I had some trouble finding out how to do this. It's actually extremely simple but you just need to know where to go.
1. Log in to your gmail account (Easier on Computer)
2. Top left hand corner of this gmail main page click on "Gmail" (It's just under Google)
3. Select Contacts.
4. Navigate to Other Contacts or wherever your duplicates might be. I had over 1600 duplicates lol
5. Check which contacts you want to delete or select the check all box at the very top
6. At the top middle of the page click on "more" then "delete"
7. That's all
This might seem too easy? Sounds dumb? At the end of the day even if this helps just 1 person I am happy

here is an easy way
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Sorry Mods I need this to be moved
Hello. Are you a keen flasher? Do you have duplicate contacts after syncing? I am writing this because I had some trouble finding out how to do this. It's actually extremely simple but you just need to know where to go.
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if your syncd with google, you can open the contacts within gmail and use the 'find duplicates & merge' button.
i had around 700 contacts which duplicated many a times to some 3000....
this saved me alot of effort... :victory:
Hit Thanks if i have helped you

much simpler way
Open Google contacts
Enter user pass
Look out fore MORE under that see for restore and restore our contacts back to original form without duplicates based on the time period....
Hope this helps all XDians
Keep flashing and enjoy

these fixes work everytime.
Everytime being the operative word.
Duplicates happen over and over again, and it seems to be the same ones that duplicate.
Annoying.
I think, in my case, it has something to do with the fact that I have OSX Address book involved as well.
But I know that is set up right.
Perhaps Google Contacts ins't quite up to the task.

Doesn't work for ME
uppon2 said:
Sorry Mods I need this to be moved
Hello. Are you a keen flasher? Do you have duplicate contacts after syncing? I am writing this because I had some trouble finding out how to do this. It's actually extremely simple but you just need to know where to go.
1. Log in to your gmail account (Easier on Computer)
2. Top left hand corner of this gmail main page click on "Gmail" (It's just under Google)
3. Select Contacts.
4. Navigate to Other Contacts or wherever your duplicates might be. I had over 1600 duplicates lol
5. Check which contacts you want to delete or select the check all box at the very top
6. At the top middle of the page click on "more" then "delete"
7. That's all
This might seem too easy? Sounds dumb? At the end of the day even if this helps just 1 person I am happy
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I have had this same issue for over 2 years and just threw my hands up to just deal with it! It's starting to annoy me again and I was hoping that there is a better solution than what I saw some 2 years ago! I can't even click on the "Contacts" symbol without getting an error message stating "Gmail is temporarily unable to access your Contacts. You may experience issues while this persists. Learn more"! Further more after THIS message I get "Oops… the system encountered a problem (#101) - Retrying in 3s…"! I'm at my wits end on this but don't want to delete my account! this also affects my Contact Synching on my other OS devices! Can someone out there help me?!
Thank you!

find and merge duplicate options
chaztastic said:
I have had this same issue for over 2 years and just threw my hands up to just deal with it! It's starting to annoy me again and I was hoping that there is a better solution than what I saw some 2 years ago! I can't even click on the "Contacts" symbol without getting an error message stating "Gmail is temporarily unable to access your Contacts. You may experience issues while this persists. Learn more"! Further more after THIS message I get "Oops… the system encountered a problem (#101) - Retrying in 3s…"! I'm at my wits end on this but don't want to delete my account! this also affects my Contact Synching on my other OS devices! Can someone out there help me?!
Thank you!
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for a year i had problem of dupicates and syn not deleting too many contacts,this post made me open contacts on pc,and voila i found the ' find and merge duplicates contacts"under the more option very handy it solved my problem hope it helps u,i think this feature is newly introduced.

Thanks you.
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