Hey,
I'm using Sergio's CoreDroid 1.5 on my HD2 and I've had this problem in all of the previous Android ROMs that I have used, but there are a good number of ppl who have had no problem with the same builds. Searching Google also does not turn up any suitable answer.
All the contacts in my phone are saved under Google, so whenever I make any updates to my Google Contacts on the web it is sync'd fine to my Phone. On the other hand if I edit any of my contacts on the phone (like adding an extra number or email address or change the name) they are never Sync'd back to Google Contacts on the web... instead it ends up deleting the new info from my phone when it syncs from the web!! Same is the case if I change the primary number for a contact (in case the person has two numbers in his contact) it reverts back to the original choice!
Making new contacts has a mind of its own.. Mostly it does sync back the new contact info to Google contacts, but sometimes it does not.. and the new contact is deleted because no such info exists under Google Contacts. I don't have any proof but I think it only syncs info back to Google if I choose specific groups for the newly created contact.
I have checked every setting in my phone but did not find anything which shows that my phone does not have privileges to edit contacts on my phone and reflect changes back to the web. Neither is there any setting in my Google Contacts which does not let me edit changes to Contacts from my phone.
Does any one else have this problem? My problem does not lie in a bad flash or anything.. as I have already made a lot of fresh flashes but nothing seems to work!
UPDATE: I backed up all my contacts in Gmail to a csv file, and then deleted all the contacts. I then imported all the contacts back to my Gmail contacts. Up till now all the contacts that I edit remain that way, and also reflect the changes back to Gmail contacts. I guess it was a problem with Google or something, cuz when I made all my contact lists last year they were made on Gmail and after that none would update when I changed anything on my phone, as I have already pointed out. But now all work as they are supposed to. You can also backup contacts on your phone and delete from the phone but it is not recommended as the phone backup does not remember the group divisions. So your best bet is to use Gmail as it will preserve the groupings. Also after backing up remember to delete the contacts from Gmail and also from your phone and then import back into Gmail, otherwise it will make a mess of making double contacts. Do let me know if this worked for you.
I originally imported Gmail contacts last November but now I have a cleaned-up Gmail list. It would be easier to completely delete the gTab file and reimport, but I can't find how to so... nor can I find a likely suspect data file on the tablet. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Tom
Not sure but maybe you just have to remove your Gmail account and create it again. Probably it will sync the new contact list
BR
Somehow it appears to me that the e-mail app is separate from the contacts app, and I haven't found anything clarifying what must be done to delete contact entries. There do not seem to be any controls to delete contact records one at a time or as a checklist ala File Expert. I was using the tablet mail app before I decided to experiment with the contacts list. I thought I might recognize a likely data but not yet.
On my phone it's under Settings -> Accounts & sync but I don't see any such option on my g tab. Maybe just not exposed in the older version of TNTLite I'm running. Worth a look...
uninstalled various apps using titanium back-up and my phone account for contacts is gone. Only gmail account for contacts available now. All the stuff i deleted were ok to delete on froyo. Anyone has any idea which app causes that? Possible candidates are lg pc suite, email, richnote ,social and a few more. Since i need to reinstall the rom everytime it is a bit annoying to try and eliminate each and every one of them so i was wondering if anyone has pinpointed the problem so far. And no if i make a backup of the apps i uninstall with titanium back up and then restore it my phone account doesn't return...
I can't help with what apps may cause it but you might find it easier to go into the settings menu of your phone and go to the part of it showing your applications and look at the permissions required to see what apps need sms or contact related permissions.
I can say that you are able to back up phone contacts with Titanium Backup and restore them which should mean that even if an app uninstalls them you can simply restore the contacts from an sd card.
Haven't used Titanium for a while so had to look up how to backup contacts for you but apparently this should be all you need to do in order to backup your contacts with it (copied and pasted from another websites support pages so not my instructions)....
1 - Open Ti Backup
2 - Select the 'Backup/Restore' tab
3 - Select the 'menu' button to bring up some options in this tab
4 - Select 'Batch' (there a bunch of pre-programmed choices)
5 - Option 3 <RUN> 'Backup all user apps+system data'
6 - This will open another window where you can view all the items that are going to be backed up one of which is 'CONTACTS/CALLS' among a bunch of other items.
7 - Select 'Run Operation' at the top and the backup will start
8 - Be sure to copy the contents to your local machine HD for safe keeping
If that is done you shouldn't have a problem with contacts again, alternatively you can also sync contacts with gmail so your phone contacts can be restored that way as well.
Dave
for some strange reason lg pc sync caused it. when I uninstall it my phone contacts account is gone. Not sure if it is happening to me only though...
hello,
when i change ROM or in any other way i delete contacts from phone, and after that i restore them (i am using My Phone Explorer) it simply doesn't create contact pics i had before wiping. this is main reason why i hesitate to try out new ROMs cos each time i have to manually attach pics for my contacts. So is there a way to do this (it doesn't have to be My Phone Explorer, it can be some other program or market app)?
also another thing that bugs me is that after i sync contacts from FB with phone it gives greater priority to FB contact pics than to those of phone itself, so contacts display FB pics instead of those from phone. I know i can fix this manually but again why should i each time i flash new ROM, if there is a way to do it automaticly. So, is there a way?
thank you
Hey,
i just did the following:
- installed SDK on my win7 PC
- managed to create a backup file with the "adb backup -all" command (the file is 300MB+) not sure why its called "-all" so far it looks like it backed only the app-settings
- synched my device with my google account
- did a factory reset
- logged into my google account
- several contacts are missing and i also dont see them in my googlemail accounts
- i restore the backup with the "adb restore 'filepath'" command it says successfully restored
- the missing contacts are still not in my contacts, BUT somehow they are in the phone. For example, when i dial "783" for "STE", the Name and Number of one of the missing contacts (in this example Steven) does appear above the dialpad and it even has a big "S" with a colored circle in the back (contact list icon) with it.
- when i press the name/number, nothing happens
- when i press the contact list icon, i get a system message that reads like "this contact doesnt exist" and i get kicked to my homescreen
- BONUS: i synched again with my google account and now the "hidden" missing contacts are all gone again.
- i want all my contacts back. what can i do?
I know this sounds strage and I dont have any clue how this could be solved, so - any info/feedback would be great!
Thanks,
L3O
You have allready deleted your contacts on gmail server. So, anytime you try to restore them and than sync, this contacts will gone.
Best option to get them all back is to restore, (not sync with Google yet), get some 3rd party app to sync contacts with PC, than sync with Google and at the end sync contacts from yout PC to phone as edited.
zagorteney said:
You have allready deleted your contacts on gmail server. So, anytime you try to restore them and than sync, this contacts will gone.
Best option to get them all back is to restore, (not sync with Google yet), get some 3rd party app to sync contacts with PC, than sync with Google and at the end sync contacts from yout PC to phone as edited.
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Thanks for your quick reply! :good:
Meanwhile i also tried to restore the backup without sync with Google. Same scenario as before, only without the Google Contacts. That means, in this case my contac list is empty, but i still can see the missing contacts when I dial (for example 783, like in the example above).. I think that means they are on my phone, but not listed in my contact list - do you have any idea where these contacs may have been saved?
And can you suggest a 3rd party software for the workaround you mentioned in your commend?
L3O said:
Thanks for your quick reply! :good:
Meanwhile i also tried to restore the backup without sync with Google. Same scenario as before, only without the Google Contacts. That means, in this case my contac list is empty, but i still can see the missing contacts when I dial (for example 783, like in the example above).. I think that means they are on my phone, but not listed in my contact list - do you have any idea where these contacs may have been saved?
And can you suggest a 3rd party software for the workaround you mentioned in your commend?
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I've solved situations like this with MyPhoneExplorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fjsoft.myphoneexplorer.client , http://www.fjsoft.at/en/ (PC Client).
BE CAREFUL when install PC client; there is a lot of malware during installation!
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L3O said:
Hey,
i just did the following:
- installed SDK on my win7 PC
- managed to create a backup file with the "adb backup -all" command (the file is 300MB+) not sure why its called "-all" so far it looks like it backed only the app-settings
- synched my device with my google account
- did a factory reset
- logged into my google account
- several contacts are missing and i also dont see them in my googlemail accounts
- i restore the backup with the "adb restore 'filepath'" command it says successfully restored
- the missing contacts are still not in my contacts, BUT somehow they are in the phone. For example, when i dial "783" for "STE", the Name and Number of one of the missing contacts (in this example Steven) does appear above the dialpad and it even has a big "S" with a colored circle in the back (contact list icon) with it.
- when i press the name/number, nothing happens
- when i press the contact list icon, i get a system message that reads like "this contact doesnt exist" and i get kicked to my homescreen
- BONUS: i synched again with my google account and now the "hidden" missing contacts are all gone again.
- i want all my contacts back. what can i do?
I know this sounds strage and I dont have any clue how this could be solved, so - any info/feedback would be great!
Thanks,
L3O
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Huh. Or maybe you think about Google Dialer feature named Caller ID?
zagorteney said:
Huh. Or maybe you think about Google Dialer feature named Caller ID?
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not sure what this means - the caller id feature links google maps entries with a number you are calling, right? how can this feature be helpful for my issue?
meanwhile i tried myphonexplorer and every app that might contain the missing contacts (ie. facebook app).
i have a whole lot of contacts now, many only containig an email adress, but still the same problem as before:
some of the contacts are only displayed in the dial window, but i cant call them and they are not in my contact list. also myphoneexplorer doesnt list them
so, my guess is, that adb backup restored some data at some place on my nexus 5 where the phone app can acess them, but the contact list doesnt.
does anyone know where this data might be saved and how i could access it in a way that i can export/sync it?
Thanks!
I seem to remember logging into my google account (on my laptop / desktop) and somewhere within Gmail/ Contacts there was a setting to retroactively restore "older" syncs of my contacts..
For instance I restored my contacts list from a sync a week prior..
Mal_toofy said:
I seem to remember logging into my google account (on my laptop / desktop) and somewhere within Gmail/ Contacts there was a setting to retroactively restore "older" syncs of my contacts..
For instance I restored my contacts list from a sync a week prior..
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for some reason, google dindt sync all the contacts - i guess thats the actual reason i have this mess right now.
meanwhile i decided not to invest any more time in error-tracking, typed all the "ghost contacts" into myphonexplorer by hand and synced it first to my nexus 5 and then to google. i think i lost some though. meh.
Thanks for your help anyways!