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[Q] Favorite Contact not saving (Contact Favorite Star)

Hello,
I've tried searching for similar topics closely related to my problem with no success.
Basically what is occurring is when I mark a contact as a Favorite (either by the star on the contact page, or holding down and selecting 'Add to Favorites' from the contact window.) it's not saving it. The moment I press 'back' and view the contact again the favorite star is grey again and it didn't save. I've tried several different ways to try to get it to work and it just won't stick. I've even used that popup menu item for contacts called, 'Add to Favorites'. The funny part is that this works perfectly fine on my sisters android.
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Prevail with stock Froyo 2.2. I'm also using this contacts on the default Google Gmail Contacts list. I haven't really done anything special to the phone other then install a few apps here and there. All of a sudden my favorites are just not saving anywhere.
Here is the weirdest part, I installed 'Go Contacts' app on the market and used their built in Favorites. I added a favorite there and it worked! When I checked the contact on the regular contacts app with Froyo the Star is gold and its saved. Now that's extremely odd. The Go Contacts app did what the regular stock Contacts couldn't.
That's basically it. I don't know what else to do as I've tried all sorts of things. I'm hoping it's something really simple that can be fixed.
Any help would be great

Update: Well I've tried some restoration options and file edits and it still doesn't seem to work. I'm beginning to wonder if it's the stock contact app itself that is not working properly.

I've had the same issue intermittently for no apparent reason, on more than one ROM. Can't figure it out. Running Gummycharged on my Droid Charge.

[Q] Contacts Management & Duplicates

I have moved contacts from SIM to phone, added contacts over time, and before changing phones, moved all contacts to the SIM creating duplicates. Some I think are from facebook and have no numbers. Some I have up to 5 duplicates.
In display options I have "Only contacts with phone numbers" unchecked with everything below also checked. A particular contact has 6 entries. A couple have numbers, most are empty and one facebook. When I select show only contacts with numbers I get 2. When I go to SIM management to export to SIM I see 6 again. There is no way to distinguish which has a number or any way to filter. All there is, is a checkbox and a name 6 times. I even merged the 5 of them and when I went to export to SIM I saw all of them separately again.
I can't write all 800+ to the SIM so how can I only transfer the ones with numbers attached??? The only way I can delete the contacts without numbers is to open the contact, see if it has a number and delete. I seriously don't want to do that 500 times.
Is there a smart way to write only the contacts with numbers to the SIM? I surely would appreciate the help!
Running 2.3.6

Why are you saving to sim card? Just manage them in contacts app and they sync with Google account between devices. There's an option in Google desktop contacts to merge duplicates.
BTW, sim contacts are stored as one contact per number. So a phone contact with 2 numbers will actually create 2 separate entries when exported to sim card.

I'm looking up Google Contacts and it has been discontinued. I found Google Desktop, but then started running across all these plug-in and fixes for different problems of mismatched databases...
I write them to the SIM so I can switch it another phone and have them all. It's just how I've been doing it since before any back-up capabilities. I suppose I need to open a new email account that doesn't have a couple of hundred email addresses to deal with and no phone numbers. Facebook contacts got copied as a name only because they were an entry I guess. No email address or anything.
I do need to find some way of merging all the duplicates. Do you have another suggestion that's not going to require me to read and dig up a discontinued program that I can continue to use? lol

I'm referring to the contacts in your Google (i.e. Gmail) account, certainly no discontinued and no plugin required, just log into it from a browser and go to the contacts tab. All of your contacts should be synced from your phone and you can find duplicates and merge there, which will then sync back to your phone.
Guess I'm making the assumption that you have a Gmail or Google apps account, which is almost a necessity with an Android device.

^ what he said. Its much easier to manage contacts in Gmail and have it sync over. If you change number or lost your phone no need to ask people for their number ever.
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I agree that it's easier to maintain it how you say.
That was nuts! I thought they were already synchronized with gmail, but I guess not. I went through and deleted what I wanted in gmail, then everything in my phone. I went to sync bac and it said it couldn't becuase of too many deleted contacts. I thought, yes, just delete them. Then I watched all my contacts disappear from my gmail account on my PC. Gmail has a cool feature to resore contacts as they were minute by minute. Eventually I got the whole list back and on my phone.
Thanks for the help! Saving them to the SIM is old school now...
I rooted my phone last night and thinking about installing ICS, the second leaked version UCLD2 because I'm not liking the lock screen on 2.3.6. I want to find a setup for my Skyrocket that people are liking, but that's kind of hard.... Hey, here's a great ROM. Camera is broken, WiFi has issues, screen gets stuck in wrong orientation... but it's great! Does't seem to be much out there for the Skyrocket. I was looking in the forum here under my correct phone type. Suggestions? I know, wrong thread, just asking a BTW...

ROM
check out skyrocket Android development for Listing of Roms. I'm using SKYICS

I think that's where I got the UCLD2. I don't like it at all. I don't know if apps don't work because they're not ready, of if it's this version of ICS. People say it sucks for the battery and it's because messaging sits there and uses 90 of the cpu even in my pocket and the phone gets hot for no reason. I'll look up yours. Thanks Raven

Just click menu and merge with google
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Naming problem

I am using google to sync my contacts, I tried to put in a name Major Tom it saves the name without the word Major. I then tried to create another name Major Impact it saved the contact just as Impact. any ideas?

You can log into your gmail account on your pc or webbrowser on the phone and try from there.
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kormsbee said:
I am using google to sync my contacts, I tried to put in a name Major Tom it saves the name without the word Major. I then tried to create another name Major Impact it saved the contact just as Impact. any ideas?
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You have multiple numbers saved in various locations. Go to view in people app and select to show the three locations. Phone, google, and sim. See what numbers are already there and delete the extras and change the default locations of the ones you want to save. It wont allow the same name in more than one spot.
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[Q] Application suggestion needed. Basic but not found!

Hi all,
Making this post with a totally frustrated mind. I am looking for an app which will allow me to select few contacts and export them to csv or any other format which can be imported latter. Tried several apps. Not even single one does the job.! Please suggest an application which does this job.
OR
I am even ready to remove my unwanted crappy contacts. But still can't find an app which allows me to select multiple contacts and remove them together.!
I am wondering years older Android lacks this feature.
I am on Android 5.0+ AOSP ROM. Device is nexus 4 (I know it doesn't matter. Just saying)
Any idea about this ?

jithuelad said:
Hi all,
Making this post with a totally frustrated mind. I am looking for an app which will allow me to select few contacts and export them to csv or any other format which can be imported latter. Tried several apps. Not even single one does the job.! Please suggest an application which does this job.
OR
I am even ready to remove my unwanted crappy contacts. But still can't find an app which allows me to select multiple contacts and remove them together.!
I am wondering years older Android lacks this feature.
I am on Android 5.0+ AOSP ROM. Device is nexus 4 (I know it doesn't matter. Just saying)
Any idea about this ?
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Why aren't you using the build-in contact app? You can select several contacts to delete/export them by pressing the menu button and selecting the delete/export button and then selecting contacts.

Save contact to phone - R.R 7.x

Hi There,
I have tried to search but could not find out the answer to my issue, the phone, currently running on Resurrection Remix 7, didn't allow me to save contact to local phone and there was no option to turn it on as well. If this is the new Android Nougat standard then I will live with it otherwise please cross me a finger so that I don't have to re-flash it.
Thanks in advance.

Aren't your contacts saved in your Google/Gmail account?
Why do you want to save to "local" phone? Better to save to Google so if you ever lose your phone, your contacts are safe.

Is that mean Nougat does not allow to store contact on phone?
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pvhien said:
Is that mean Nougat does not allow to store contact on phone?
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No, I wasn't saying that, but after doing research that may be correct statement.
Really I'm just wondering if you realize storing contact only on phone is inferior method and I would never use it. In fact, for two separate friends who switched from iPhone to Android the carrier store exported all their contacts and stored them as "local". The first thing I did was export them to Google/Gmail to save them from potential disaster.
Now they can NEVER "lose" their contacts. No matter which device they ever use for the rest of their lives, they will have their contacts -- because it's also saved in Gmail web interface. If they use a tablet, phone, PC, whatever, their contacts are there. In Android, of course, it's in the "Contacts" app. On a PC, you would sign into Gmail on a web browser and then switch to "contacts" view.
If you save your contacts locally, and switch devices, do you know how to export your LOCAL contacts? If your phone is stolen or lost, how do you replace your LOCAL contacts? With contacts saved in Google, you don't have to worry about that. You just get another phone, sign in with your Gmail username/password when setting up the phone and BOOM, there's all your contacts waiting for you.
But here's a discussion on the very subject:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/LxxBVl-sSHg
It looks like with Nougat (at least according to this discussion) any new contacts are indeed automatically saved to Google with no option for future disaster (local).
Add contacts to phone (not to G account) Nexus 6P Nougat
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/LxxBVl-sSHg
Even the people helping were surprised, as they thought the guy just wasn't doing it right.