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[Q] Contact view issue

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.

[Q] Contact list(s) please help!!

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

How to get rid of unwanted contacts

when I first got my phone it imported contacts from all over the place, including many places that I didn't want it to. It's a nice feature but I only want to use the contacts in my google account. Initially the phone found contacts on my sim, and t-mobile account. I understand in the contacts app you can go in to view and turn off the other sources, but my problem is on the phone app. When you open the phone app the first screen lists your contacts with your recent calls at the top. In that list my sim contacts are still showing. When I use the "Smart dial" feature it searches all the previous contact sources. Is there a way I can wipe all contact from my phone and just start over with my google contacts?

tommiwan said:
when I first got my phone it imported contacts from all over the place, including many places that I didn't want it to. It's a nice feature but I only want to use the contacts in my google account. Initially the phone found contacts on my sim, and t-mobile account. I understand in the contacts app you can go in to view and turn off the other sources, but my problem is on the phone app. When you open the phone app the first screen lists your contacts with your recent calls at the top. In that list my sim contacts are still showing. When I use the "Smart dial" feature it searches all the previous contact sources. Is there a way I can wipe all contact from my phone and just start over with my google contacts?
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So you've tried People > View > Then only have your google account ticked?
Because when i do that none of the contacts from my other accounts show up anywhere else...

I did do that. And on the people screen (which I believe is just the contacts application) those settings are honored. Even with those settings set properly when I go to the main phone screen I see sim contacts mixed in with my google contacts

tommiwan said:
I did do that. And on the people screen (which I believe is just the contacts application) those settings are honored. Even with those settings set properly when I go to the main phone screen I see sim contacts mixed in with my google contacts
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weird..
The only other thing i'd suggest is moving your sim contacts over to the phone, so they will show up as phone contacts, then hide everything else and see if that makes a difference.
Other than that you might have to delete/unsync all the other accounts with your contacts.

Ya, it's interesting. The people screen definitely pulls a different list than the main phone screen. I removed all contact sources from the people screen so that I see no contacts at all, then on the main phone screen nothing changed. I still see google and sim contacts.
Is there a way to delete all contacts and just start over without wiping my phone?

Well, for the love of god, don't put skype on your phone then. Skype totally raped my contacts list. I have all these random weird contact names in there now that I have no idea who they belong to. It seems that Skype doesn't like to fill out the contact info very well on the mobile device.
Who the hell is bootmomma? LOL! I would really like to get this issue sorted as well. If I find a way without sorting it by hand, I will let you know. The only other way I have found is to sync everything to google and then use the merge duplicates, then sync everything back. Also, there is an app that I use called "Contacts Cleanup" that formats all the numbers on the device to a uniform ###-###-####, which I like. Becareful when linking contacts between types, because sometimes it confuses different things. It has caused me to get numbers interchanged and stupid things to happen, especially when allowing <ahem> Skype access to the address book.
That's the best I have. Hope maybe it helps you a bit.

To wipe all of your contacts go to settings> applications & find contracts storage & wipe that.
A for skype just choose not to sync your contacts in the actual application. They'll still show in the app but won't import to the phone's contact list

Got the same problem as well! thanks for xnifex's idea I am doing it now

only google contacts info on my contacts

I have 4.1.1-based ROM and using the default people app to view contacts. It seems skype/whatsapp decided to display their ugly head into my google contacts thus when trying to call people, some numbers are displayed twice.
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like I have an entry for a friend's mobile on google contacts and they also decided to put in their mobile number in skype. Thus the numbers appears twice on the stock contact app and stock phone dialer.. and I don't want this. How do I restrict Android (I suppose this is system-wide?) to retrict contact info to only those coming from google contacts.
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I have set "contacts to display" to just my personal gmail account but whatsapp/skype info is still displayed. :/
thanks
ps. tried searching the net but not really sure what keywords to use and came back blank

Im running CM10 on 4.1.1, I like to just sync my contacts to Google, you can manage it from your PC very easily should you happen to have double ups you can easily delete them all with a few mouse clicks
Press your settings key in contacts, contacts to display, choose Google and sync them from home screen->settings->accounts, never loose them again. I found I lost a few contacts here and there with Titanium over time so I just use Google.
You might want to click import/export from contacts-settings to get any numbers you might be missing from your SIM card.
I don't leave sync on permanently just remember to do it once a week as I'm quite a jew when it comes to battery life.

Idol 3 contact back up..

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).