My contact list under "Phone" shows duplicate contacts from google account and from SIM card. I only want only the SIM card contacts to show when I hit "Phone".
I've tried everything to only show from one source but nothing is working. I've tried merging the contacts, going to the "View" option and clicking to show SIM contacts only. I've searched the forums and have read the manual, can't find anything.
Please help.
Thanks.
Go to sync options and turn off sync contacts under [email protected]. Then go to view contacts only from google. delete them all. Then switch back to view contacts from phone.
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Thanks for the help, BonesRed. Can you elaborate on this part?
"Then go to view contacts only from google. delete them all. Then switch back to view contacts from phone."
I tried this but it doesn't seem to work.
You don't need to do all that. Just go to your contacts and hit menu key + view+SIM only contact.
jrwingate6 said:
You don't need to do all that. Just go to your contacts and hit menu key + view+SIM only contact.
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Yes, that's true, but that only does it under the contact list, but doesn't apply to the phone list from the home screen.
Thanks.
why would you want to use Sim card contacts?
with google you can store more then just the name and 1 phone number(multiple number/emails/ect) plus it updates live.
and if you ever loose your phone, you never have to worry about loosing your contacts as it's stored in your gmail account...
BonesRed said:
Go to sync options and turn off sync contacts under [email protected]. Then go to view contacts only from google. delete them all. Then switch back to view contacts from phone.
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Won't that delete all of his Google contacts if for some reason that syncing gets turned back on?
jrwingate6 said:
You don't need to do all that. Just go to your contacts and hit menu key + view+SIM only contact.
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the contacts are still there if you do this & still would show up when trying to dial.
My only way to get out of this was to quickly shut off contact syncing right after I put in my google credentials.
Another thing you can do is to shut off google contact sync. then go to Settings>Applications & delete the data for Contact Storage. Once that's done resync with whatever you did for your normal contacts.
xnifex said:
Won't that delete all of his Google contacts if for some reason that syncing gets turned back on?
the contacts are still there if you do this & still would show up when trying to dial.
My only way to get out of this was to quickly shut off contact syncing right after I put in my google credentials.
Another thing you can do is to shut off google contact sync. then go to Settings>Applications & delete the data for Contact Storage. Once that's done resync with whatever you did for your normal contacts.
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+1 I totally forgot you could just clear the cache. That's the best way to do it.
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This worked! Thanks so much.
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Hello
Problem: About 90% of my contacts have a "/1" at the end of them. For example:
Luis/1
John/1
Ashley/1
and so on...
When I login to my gmail none of them have the "/1". I sync my contacts but they still show the "/1" in my phone. How can I fix this?
I deleted all the contacts from my Sim Card, so I am only using and showing the Google Contacts.
Thanks for your help.
I got it fixed. In case anyone out there is having this problem this is how to fix it.
For some reason my contacts were being "linked" with gmail and phone, even though I had the option to only show Gmail contacts.
To Fix It
You have to do this individually, for each contact.
Open a contact, and under "Linked Contacts" delete the one from the phone or the one showing the "/1".
Hope this helps.
That's actually usually a problem with bringing contacts over from sony ericsons
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Yeah, I had a Sony Ericsson W760.
Hey.
I imported contacts from SIM, but cannot see them in contacts but can see in sms?
Like when I go into SMS and type new message, and I begin to write for example A, I see all my contacts starting from A, but I cannot see them in contact list?
After factory reset, working again.
awaisuk said:
After factory reset, working again.
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doesn't it will will remove all the contact list or all setting in phone? Can you tell me this method in more detail? thanks
Isn't there way to import the contacts from the sim onto your Google account and back them up? Pretty sure you can do it.
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Hey guys, so i have a problem. I know that in the contacts I can hide all the repeated contacts, meaning the duplicates that show up from google, and t-mobile, and the ones on the SIM card. I have all my contacts linked thro HTC facebook. But when I go to the dialer or to send message it shows all my contacts, so some people show up 4 times!
Is there anyway to hide all the duplicate contacts in dialer and MMS, and secondly, when I receive a message from someone it shows their SIM contact which has no picture and their name as I put it in, and not as it has been "linked"
Thanks in advance!
I am on the same boat. Its annoying cause I only want the Google contacts. Mines has both synced T-Mobile backup and Google. Gonna reset the phone and remove the T-Mobile app before I sync anything and get back to u
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I had this problem and it was unbelievably frustrating when I first got this and after a few days of searching and banging my head against the wall, I found something that worked.
This is how you solve it (or how I solved mine).
1: Sync everything to Google. Edit the contact list in google (use the automatic duplicate deletion), delete useless contacts etc.
2. Remove contacts from EVERYWHERE. Sim card, phone, uncheck google sync. Your phone should then be completely empty for contacts.
3. Re-sync with google contacts. if you want you can copy it back to the SIM and you shouldn't get doubles. I think I just left it with google only but the end result is I don't have 9 different "danny's" show up when I go to compose new message because I know three of them.
Ok great, I'll try that out.. When they gave me my phone, I told the employee at the store that I didn't want the tmobile contacts, and yet, she still set it up. I hope they fix these silly thongs with the update
Try this
I had the same problem, shows same contact more then 1 time. i resolved it this way
1) Go to Contacts (App)
2) Press Menu button (2nd touch button from left)
3) Select View
4) Now select (Check Mark) the contact you want to see. in my case i unchecked all option but Google and Facebook for HTC
5) Select done.
now it will only shows single entry for each contact
Thanks
When i open my contacts up to edit them i have @ 8-12 duplicate numbers under the contqct details.
So say i open 'Joe Bloggs' contact his number is listed 8-12 times, i have edited these manually deleting the excess numbers but then they reapear!
Any ideas on how to fix it?
jamiee6610 said:
When i open my contacts up to edit them i have @ 8-12 duplicate numbers under the contqct details.
So say i open 'Joe Bloggs' contact his number is listed 8-12 times, i have edited these manually deleting the excess numbers but then they reapear!
Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Open the People app, go to the menu -> More -> Linked contacts. Unlink all the duplicates. Go back to the main screen and you'll be able to delete the duplicate entries.
debunk said:
Open the People app, go to the menu -> More -> Linked contacts. Unlink all the duplicates. Go back to the main screen and you'll be able to delete the duplicate entries.
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Thats not going to work, what you have to do is go in your gmail on a pc or anything other than your phone and go to contacts and delete the duplicates. The problem is your contacts are being save to gmail and simcard so everytime you sync with gmail your contact are going right back on your phone along with you sim contacts wich are the same as gmail contacts.this will stop it from happening everytime you sync or flash a rom
phonegod said:
Thats not going to work, what you have to do is go in your gmail on a pc or anything other than your phone and go to contacts and delete the duplicates. The problem is your contacts are being save to gmail and simcard so everytime you sync with gmail your contact are going right back on your phone along with you sim contacts wich are the same as gmail contacts.this will stop it from happening everytime you sync or flash a rom
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It depends completely on whether the contacts are stored as phone contacts (which is the default for contacts entered/imported on the phone) or google contacts. I've had the same issue the OP had, and it was caused by duplicate phone contacts, not google contacts. Doesn't hurt for him to check, of course, you may be right
also the duplicates could be coming in from htcsense.com if you use that or tmobile's contact backup crap if you use that. I also had an issue with HTC Sync where it didn't like that I had contacts with notes on them & started auto duplicating my contacts.
So i just got the alcatel idol 3 last Wensday and had to manualy enter all of my contacts in, how do i back them all up to my google account so i dont have to enter them all in next time ?
Is there any good tip/tricks for this phone besides rooting ?
As long as you are logged into your google account on the phone, it should backup automatically. If you want to make sure, go to settings->accounts->Google, then touch your email address. You can turn off different things to sync, one should be "Contacts"
The manual way, if you want to keep a copy yourself, is to open the Contacts app, then check the settings there. Should be an option to export contacts. It makes a .vcf file that can hang on to.
rouyal said:
As long as you are logged into your google account on the phone, it should backup automatically. If you want to make sure, go to settings->accounts->Google, then touch your email address. You can turn off different things to sync, one should be "Contacts"
The manual way, if you want to keep a copy yourself, is to open the Contacts app, then check the settings there. Should be an option to export contacts. It makes a .vcf file that can hang on to.
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i checked and it is turned on and i went ahead and synced it again, went online on my desk top under my gmail account and the contacts are not showing up.
racefan82 said:
i checked and it is turned on and i went ahead and synced it again, went online on my desk top under my gmail account and the contacts are not showing up.
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Not showing up in contacts.google.com?
rouyal said:
Not showing up in contacts.google.com?
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correct.
Probably going to make that vcf file backup, then clear data and cache in the contacts apps. Then restore contacts with the vcf file, and try resynching.
it wont sync, because you inserted the contacts to phone not to gmail account. You canverify it by going to contacts, hit menu (three dots im upper right corner). then select showed accounts and deselect phone. You will notice, that the contacts are gone, because they are only onbthe phone memory (not synced). You have to export all contacts to vcf file, then inport the vcf. When you select import from sdcard the app will ask you if you wish to import to phone (not synced) or to your google account (you have to be loged in). You select to google account and its done. In few minutes you will see the contacts also in your gmail account under contact on computer... howgh ?
DallasCZ said:
it wont sync, because you inserted the contacts to phone not to gmail account. You canverify it by going to contacts, hit menu (three dots im upper right corner). then select showed accounts and deselect phone. You will notice, that the contacts are gone, because they are only onbthe phone memory (not synced). You have to export all contacts to vcf file, then inport the vcf. When you select import from sdcard the app will ask you if you wish to import to phone (not synced) or to your google account (you have to be loged in). You select to google account and its done. In few minutes you will see the contacts also in your gmail account under contact on computer... howgh
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thanks every one get them backed up google..
so one more question on the whole contact thing.
So i noticed when i go to my contacts under the phone icon my contact list is fine but when i go to my contacts through the text message icon every thing is doubled up, how can i fix this, its kinda irritating ?
racefan82 said:
so one more question on the whole contact thing.
So i noticed when i go to my contacts under the phone icon my contact list is fine but when i go to my contacts through the text message icon every thing is doubled up, how can i fix this, its kinda irritating ?
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ho do you mean going to contacts through text message icon?Do you mean when you start a text message and choose the recipient? It could be because you have the numbers on your phone/sim and also on google account. delete the one in your phone (before make sure they are on your phone and that you have backed them to google account or to cvs file through export option).