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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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
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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?
OK, so the standard contacts manager on android sucks.
Is there a separate Contact manager app for android with ability to add/edit additional fields (birthdays,anniversary etc)? I also want those fields to sync normally with gmail and show up on the calendar (Contact's birthdays and events).
Sorry if this been asked before. I have searched but, couldn't finds what I'm looking for.
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OK, so the standard contacts manager on android sucks.
Is there a separate Contact manager app for android with ability to add/edit additional fields (birthdays,anniversary etc)? I also want those fields to sync normally with gmail and show up on the calendar (Contact's birthdays and events).
Sorry if this been asked before. I have searched but, couldn't finds what I'm looking for.
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What phone do you use? On my Captivate we have that function built into the TouchWiz Contacts app.
This would actually be a very nice addition for me as well. I have a Moto Droid and the standard Android Contacts manager does stink for not allowing you to edit these fields.
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What phone do you use? On my Captivate we have that function built into the TouchWiz Contacts app.
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Yeah, I don't have touchwiz and not very sure how it works there.
I'm very surprised that with so many apps out there nobody has done a simple app (I don't really know how simple is it) that can do contacts->calendar events sync with google. I would think all that needs to be done is ability to add 2 date fields to the contact record. Is there something (google/os?) blocking this?
What I simply want to do is enter a birthday and anniversary for the contact on the phone, and want those dates show up on that "Contacts' birthdays and events" calendar. Can do it using Gmail on PC (sadly only 1 anniversary shows up ), but phone contacts app has no such functionality. Been waiting for this thing forever.
Thought to up the topic and ask again before giving up.
There is really no android app with such functionality?
Well your phone gets all of that info from Facebook (if I'm understanding you correctly), and facebook is different then google contacts. It shows up the same on the phone, but you'll notice that on your google account, you don't have those contacts.
It's impossible, currently, to get your facebook information to gmail. They are feuding intensely about this. If you've got a yahoo or windows live account, you can import into windows live, then export to google using vcf files.
This will make all of your contacts GOOGLE contacts, and then they will be fully editable.
I personally am opting to wait a few months for this to happen on its own. Google and Facebook are battling right now, but they'll come to a truse and facebook will allow google to get contact information, rather then excluding them and letting other providers do it.
There a few facebook apps, however, that will get the names and birthdays to your google account. From there, you can edit them. But none of them will include email addresses.
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Well your phone gets all of that info from Facebook (if I'm understanding you correctly), and facebook is different then google contacts. It shows up the same on the phone, but you'll notice that on your google account, you don't have those contacts.
It's impossible, currently, to get your facebook information to gmail. They are feuding intensely about this. If you've got a yahoo or windows live account, you can import into windows live, then export to google using vcf files.
This will make all of your contacts GOOGLE contacts, and then they will be fully editable.
I personally am opting to wait a few months for this to happen on its own. Google and Facebook are battling right now, but they'll come to a truse and facebook will allow google to get contact information, rather then excluding them and letting other providers do it.
There a few facebook apps, however, that will get the names and birthdays to your google account. From there, you can edit them. But none of them will include email addresses.
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You didn't get me. I don't care about Facebook. All I want is an app that I can use to edit a contact to add a birthday or anniversary on a phone. Standard contact manager on the phone only allows me to add an extra field (like a note). I can put something like this "birthday: 01/01/2001" in that field, and it will sync this info with my google account. The problem is that somehow that custom note field is not formated correctly and that birthday date does not show up automatically in Google's "Contact's birthdays and anniversaries" calendar.
If I enter the birthday date through Gmail on my PC, then date does show up automatically in that calendar.
So what I want has nothing to do with facebook.
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All I want is an app that I can use to edit a contact to add a birthday or anniversary on a phone.
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So try "Birthday Reminder GL". It works with gmail contacts in that way.
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So try "Birthday Reminder GL". It works with gmail contacts in that way.
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It does what I want in paid version, but it's a bit too much money for such simple function.
Couple of other apps that I have tried before got updated and now do offer what I need (and they are free).
I'm set! Thanks
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It does what I want in paid version, but it's a bit too much money for such simple function.
I think couple of other apps that I have tried before got updated and now do offer what I need (and they are free).
I'm set! Thanks
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Do you mind sharing what apps you're referring to? I'd like to have this functionality as well.
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Do you mind sharing what apps you're referring to? I'd like to have this functionality as well.
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There is a Birthday Manager app, EboBirthday and some other one (forgot the name). Both of those sync the dates with google contacts once you put it in the app. You can also do Anniversary. And those dates do show up in the google calendar "contacts birthdays and anniversaries". That's all that I needed.
This functionality really need to be in the OS itself.
I'm with the OP - This really needs to be part of the stock Google contacts and be editable from your device. We also need higher clarity contact pictures too!
ATT sync is OFF.
Google Sync is ON.
I sign into Google, go to Google Contacts... nothing.
I flash a new rom, I sign into my account on my phone - all my contacts are there. With their painstakingly-manually assigned photos.
Are my contacts being saved in some dark sector of my phone? Are they hidden on some Google Sever? Where can I find them?!
You might not looking goot at Google contacts look carefuly
Yuna said:
You might not looking goot at Google contacts look carefuly
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I type "Google Contacts" into Google, and click on the first link. Where should I be looking?
go to Gmail, and on left check Contacts...
Maybe your error is that you search for something not being logged in into gmail, or another account?
If you are using any 2.1 rom then any contact appears on your phone when you sign into google... not Just 'my contacts' or any other group, so check the all contacts tab or whatever it's called. Every contact in your gmail account will appear, even your Craigslist adult services email addresses that you love to send to (the local police know about you). I would venture to say that 99% this is a Google issue and not a phone issue as there is no way your phone pulls these out of the blue. Also if its that much of a problem, hit the menu button in the contacts list and then go to display or settings (can't remember what) and unselect Google contacts.
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COuld be on the SIM card.
Well my phone's OS is totally busted, so I guess we'll find out the hard way
Use titanium backup and backup something called "contacts storage" (not the contacts app) and take a backup of it. This is the place where phone contacts are copied to, no matter where else they might be backed up the system. This has been a life saver for me many times, even today.
diablo009 said:
Use titanium backup and backup something called "contacts storage" (not the contacts app) and take a backup of it. This is the place where phone contacts are copied to, no matter where else they might be backed up the system. This has been a life saver for me many times, even today.
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Looks like I'll have to get Titanium Backup when I get my rom flashed, as Google didn't save my contacts anywhere. Time to redownload all my pictures... *sigh*
thehyecircus said:
Looks like I'll have to get Titanium Backup when I get my rom flashed, as Google didn't save my contacts anywhere. Time to redownload all my pictures... *sigh*
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Did you go to mail.google.com and sign in?
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Did you go to mail.google.com and sign in?
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Yes I did. They weren't saved on there before, and now that my phone had some issue and I reflashed it back to stock and logged back into my account, there are no contacts either.
thehyecircus said:
Yes I did. They weren't saved on there before, and now that my phone had some issue and I reflashed it back to stock and logged back into my account, there are no contacts either.
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When you add a new contact does it ask you where you want to save the contact to? choices would be phone, SIM or google.
imeraz said:
When you add a new contact does it ask you where you want to save the contact to? choices would be phone, SIM or google.
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I copied all my contacts over from SIM. I figured it would then put then onto my Google Contacts, but I guess I was wrong. It's not a big deal.
thehyecircus said:
I copied all my contacts over from SIM. I figured it would then put then onto my Google Contacts, but I guess I was wrong. It's not a big deal.
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Hmmm...strange, would think it would have too. Sorry I couldn't help out.
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Hmmm...strange, would think it would have too. Sorry I couldn't help out.
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It's too late for anyone to help anyway. It's not a problem. It could have been a Perception issue?
turn google sync on
yes, that one, the one under sync thingy setting somewhere on your phone, that you have turned off I bet. Let it sync like a crazy wild ass Then check in Gmail contacts on the left and voila. Wizard Magic of the totally not evil google.
Basically, never turn the google sync off, or your'e f-d on contacts and it seems a few other things too.
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yes, that one, the one under sync thingy setting somewhere on your phone, that you have turned off I bet. Let it sync like a crazy wild ass Then check in Gmail contacts on the left and voila. Wizard Magic of the totally not evil google.
Basically, never turn the google sync off, or your'e f-d on contacts and it seems a few other things too.
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I had Google Sync on since day one and it never did anything. I even turned it on and off to force the issue.
I have my new flash, and all my contact photos deleted. I have reupped a few of them, and nothing in my Google Contacts yet either. Do I need to "star" them in Android?
Going forward, when you create a new contact and it asks where you want it saved, choose Google. This will automatically save the contact to your Gmail account. When you flash your again and sign in after flashing, your contacts will be there
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Going forward, when you create a new contact and it asks where you want it saved, choose Google. This will automatically save the contact to your Gmail account. When you flash your again and sign in after flashing, your contacts will be there
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I like my accounts saved to my SIM card in case anything happens. I would also like them saved to Google as a redundant backup. Why is this not possible?
I have Rooted my phone but now every time i sync contacts through google it adds more and more to it. I have one contact that is on my phone like 40 times now others are 20. I just want to be able to se the list my phone is gettting my contacts from and edit it all. I went to gmail but the only thing that was there were emails no phone numbers....
Ok my contacts just jumped by 250 and i havent added anyone. Where do i go to manually fix this because i dont have 1400 contacts....
Try this link, the page doesn't seem to be mobile friendly so you might want to try it from a PC.
https://www.google.com/accounts/Ser...d/&followup=https://www.google.com/dashboard/
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im having the same problem. When i log into the computer it only show 322 contacts but the phone shows 782.
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im having a problem with my contacts as well. its a little different though. if i add contacts to my phone, it will not back them up to google contacts. i lost every contact i made in the past 4 weeks when i rooted and installed a BAMF. i did the manual sync before i started, but didnt get any thing to my google account
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im having a problem with my contacts as well. its a little different though. if i add contacts to my phone, it will not back them up to google contacts. i lost every contact i made in the past 4 weeks when i rooted and installed a BAMF. i did the manual sync before i started, but didnt get any thing to my google account
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When adding contacts to your phone you need to make sure you change the first option to sync with your Google account. For some reason it defaults to phone and if you don't switch it, it won't sync. It would be sweet if any of the devs could make a mod so it defaults to your Google account.
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When adding contacts to your phone you need to make sure you change the first option to sync with your Google account. For some reason it defaults to phone and if you don't switch it, it won't sync. It would be sweet if any of the devs could make a mod so it defaults to your Google account.
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thanks. ill make sure i do when if i ever go back to stock. the new bamf asks me whenever i select to create a new contact. cool stuff.
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im having the same problem. When i log into the computer it only show 322 contacts but the phone shows 782.
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I'm guessing you have 460 phone contacts and 322 Google contacts on your phone.
Are you also syncing with your PC?
I would export your contacts to your sdcard (just in case) then delete all of your contacts and re-sync with Google.
I personally don't sync my contacts with Google.
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Its syncing anyone who has sent you an email basically, there is a setting in gmail to change it but have to be logged in to full site via pc or mac or the phone's browser
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duplicate contacts
i had duplicates upon duplicates for every number in my phone. for anyone else with this problem, and a google account, just sync all your contacts to your google account. go on your gmail from a computer. on the top left of the screen under "gmail by google" click on contacts. from there, click on "more actions" (right above the phone numbers) then click on "find and merge duplicates". then sync your contacts again and there you go, one phone number per contact! i hope this info is useful to someone else. i just wish i knew about this back in the good 'ol G1 days lol. but i guess thats what happens when cell phones replace computers ha!
Is it even possible now with the update to 4.0.4?
In the last release, I was able to only store contacts that were hosted on my exchange accounts or on the phone itself. Now with the latest updates, I'm stuck dealing with several hundred people I follow on Google+. Is there anyway to remove these contacts without disconnecting my gmail account from my phone?
Seriously, one of the most basic functions and it's completely jacked up.
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Is it even possible now with the update to 4.0.4?
In the last release, I was able to only store contacts that were hosted on my exchange accounts or on the phone itself. Now with the latest updates, I'm stuck dealing with several hundred people I follow on Google+. Is there anyway to remove these contacts without disconnecting my gmail account from my phone?
Seriously, one of the most basic functions and it's completely jacked up.
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open contacts -> menu button -. settings - accounts and there check witch one account want to be sync with...
BTW. i don't think you are undestend how android is working. My suggestion after i read some of your post is : " get back to iPhone".
VillainousVivi said:
Is it even possible now with the update to 4.0.4?
In the last release, I was able to only store contacts that were hosted on my exchange accounts or on the phone itself. Now with the latest updates, I'm stuck dealing with several hundred people I follow on Google+. Is there anyway to remove these contacts without disconnecting my gmail account from my phone?
Seriously, one of the most basic functions and it's completely jacked up.
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In /system/app directory (assuming u have root) delete the apk named GoogleContactsSyncadapter.apk
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VillainousVivi said:
Is it even possible now with the update to 4.0.4?
In the last release, I was able to only store contacts that were hosted on my exchange accounts or on the phone itself. Now with the latest updates, I'm stuck dealing with several hundred people I follow on Google+. Is there anyway to remove these contacts without disconnecting my gmail account from my phone?
Seriously, one of the most basic functions and it's completely jacked up.
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Open Google + hit menu>settings and disable add contacts from Google+
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Yeah, I figured out where the problem was. I had turned off Google+ contacts, but the contacts stayed there. I had to flush the contacts and contact storage in order to remove them. Also, with FB and Twitter, it synchronized contacts from there, which meant going into each app, disabling it, then re-flushing the contacts.
I also had to disable the Synchronize app for AT&T because I don't use their phonebook service and it was causing my contact list to take up to 15 minutes to begin showing because it couldn't access my subscriber information.
My issue was mainly out of frustration and because it is new enough there were no real results from Google that had helped. Now that all my apps are not synchronizing their contacts with the main address book, which was slowing it down, and I was able to get rid of the AT&T phonebook issues, it's better.