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wtf not being able to add bdays to address book?

I remember my old vibrant had that feature in the address book, i was able to add address, etc, etc, and birthdays!!
Now I have my galaxy s 4g on official gingerbread and it doesnt have that feature...
Did google strip this feature with firmware upgrades?
if so they are retarded. Its a very useful feature to have!

AlexSochi8 said:
I remember my old vibrant had that feature in the address book, i was able to add address, etc, etc, and birthdays!!
Now I have my galaxy s 4g on official gingerbread and it doesnt have that feature...
Did google strip this feature with firmware upgrades?
if so they are retarded. Its a very useful feature to have!
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SIM only contacts can't. If it is saved as a phone contact you will be able too.
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I use Go Contacts, adds all the info I want, and I backup to SDcard.

Alex, this phone is not a vibrant. I would suggest saving all of your contacts to the google servers and then you can adds whatever you want. Also, if you sync with Facebook, it handles most of that for you
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jager555 said:
Alex, this phone is not a vibrant. I would suggest saving all of your contacts to the google servers and then you can adds whatever you want. Also, if you sync with Facebook, it handles most of that for you
Lmao no ****! The phone I had before this one was a vibrant! So I guess its due to software because all my contacts are saved to my google account
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thegoo said:
SIM only contacts can't. If it is saved as a phone contact you will be able too.
UMmmm.. none of my contacts are saved to sum they are saved to google! So they can be synced if I buy another phone
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I edit my contacts all the time....so is it really the software? Or user error?
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jager555 said:
I edit my contacts all the time....so is it really the software? Or user error?
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ok if you do not believe me then Im a liar?
This is exactly what I see when I go to edit my google contact! :
Name:
Mobile:
Email:
IM:
ringtone
Postal address
organization+
more
when i click more mothing happens!
if you have a clue how to help or some tips please do so... I just dont like how this whole forum is filled up with some loud mouth geeks who are too devoted to talking **** on people instead of helping out

here I fixed it on my own jerk offs!
This really shows how lame and selfish this website is becoming, you ask for help you get smart comments.
This is a reason why I didnt see the birthday option:
apparently if you have you phone book setting set to: (ask where to store a contact, by default) meaning when you want to create a contact it will ask you where to store him phone, google, sim, etc....... then it wont let you edit birthday.. it will let you view however birthdays you put for some contacts,,, but if you want to create a new contact and you want to add a bday.. then by default you contact setting should be (store contact to google)
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Contacts in AOKP

I have a lot of contacts synced with gmail, but most of them are emails and i don't need them in my phones contacts. How do i delete multiple contacts at once?
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Don't remember if you can do a batch select (I've only done it once and for the same reason) but you need to log in to gmail from a computer and edit the contracts from there. Also I believe in contacts settings you can set it to show only contacts with phone numbers.
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Like eb says using a computer you can edit the contacts. What I would do is setup groups and only sync the various groups with phone numbers.

Thanks guys, but i tried something else. I installed go contacts ex and then did a batch delete of all the contacts i don't want
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Wait, couldn't you just have go into options on your phone and choose to hide e-mails?

adobrakic said:
Wait, couldn't you just have go into options on your phone and choose to hide e-mails?
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Don't have that option. And i have one more problem. How do i sync all my Facebook contacts. When i was on gb and installed Facebook, the first screen would all if i wanted to sync all my contacts, sync with existing contracts, or don't sync at all. But now i don't see and can't find that screen
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This works well for syncing fb contacts. You can choose all contacts or existing in the settings https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
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mierkat09 said:
Don't have that option. And i have one more problem. How do i sync all my Facebook contacts. When i was on gb and installed Facebook, the first screen would all if i wanted to sync all my contacts, sync with existing contracts, or don't sync at all. But now i don't see and can't find that screen
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Open app drawer select People, then menu contacts to display, customize. Select your facebook account and it will show a box for all contacts if that isnt checked then it is only syncing with existing contacts. If you select your gmail account you will have the option to sync all the groups individually.

It says no contacts. There's no way to get to that screen on the Facebook app that asks how youwant to sync the contracts?
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mierkat09 said:
It says no contacts. There's no way to get to that screen on the Facebook app that asks how youwant to sync the contracts?
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Clear all data log out and uninstall the app. Reboot your phone re-install the app. If that doesnt bring the option up then its go forever.

Maybe?
http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-enable-facebook-contact-sync-ice-cream-sandwich-41136/
Found this. I haven't tried it since I'm at work doing a 24 hr shift. Figured I would let people know what I found. I plan to give a try after I get some sleep. If anyone gives it a go could you please let us know how it goes?

justcallmeb said:
http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-enable-facebook-contact-sync-ice-cream-sandwich-41136/
Found this. I haven't tried it since I'm at work doing a 24 hr shift. Figured I would let people know what I found. I plan to give a try after I get some sleep. If anyone gives it a go could you please let us know how it goes?
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I'll just wait for an update
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"Unfortunately, Google calendar sync has stopped"

This is the message I get every time I try to sync my phones calendar with my Google account calendar. No appointments are showing up on my phone. Everything else such as e-mail and contacts sync just fine. I was on NoSympathy ROM.
Hard reset didn't work. I even flashed stock unrooted ROM via Odin. Now pretty much back to the phones original condition.
Still not syncing and getting the same message. So it's either the hardware (didnt think this could be a hardware problem) or a problem with my Google account (then why would email and contacts sync no problem?)
I'm stumped. Should I take the phone to the store?
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when you go to calendar, settings, under sync settings(sync events/tasks) does it show your gmail acct?

Yes it does.
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Yes it does. Oops... double post
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Contacts showing multiple only when searching

As the screen shots below show when im using the contacts its fine (1 contact per name) but when i search for a specific person 6 or more contacts show up for that name. I wouldnt mind this but when i save a new number say from a text message and try to add it to the exsisting its like a guessing game which one to put it under because only 1 shows up under contacts normally. If i add it to the first one it says saved but then going into contacts its never there.
Stock 4.0.4 rooted.
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Join contacts

ekklesiaillusion said:
As the screen shots below show when im using the contacts its fine (1 contact per name) but when i search for a specific person 6 or more contacts show up for that name. I wouldnt mind this but when i save a new number say from a text message and try to add it to the exsisting its like a guessing game which one to put it under because only 1 shows up under contacts normally. If i add it to the first one it says saved but then going into contacts its never there.
Stock 4.0.4 rooted.
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I have run into this. You more than likely have more than one account syncing your contact (google, samsung, verizon?) To get rid of the contacts (multiple) Sync them to only one account, delete all contacts, then resync. Hope this helps.

greatdaneduke said:
I have run into this. You more than likely have more than one account syncing your contact (google, samsung, verizon?) To get rid of the contacts (multiple) Sync them to only one account, delete all contacts, then resync. Hope this helps.
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Ill give it a try thanks
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chamberc said:
Join contacts
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+1
When you have multiple accounts syncing the phone can't always reconcile small differences. If you long press on a contact you can join it to another one manually. It's been something I've had to do since I let Facebook sync.
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Email behavior is wierd now

I have 4 email accounts and they all sync 'ed perfectly until this week. Something must have updated, but I cant figure out what. All accounts are POP. Twice, my Gmail and Yahoo email accounts marked 25 emails as Unread. They each are set to load 25 messages, I re-read them and they get set to "read" until I Sync then they get set back to "unread". I deleted the Yahoo email acct & recreated it, and that fixed it, until tonight when it happened again, my unread count is 50 again. I rebooted out of desperation, but I'm still at 50 unread emails. Any ideas?
I sold my iPad for the SGN which was the best techie decision I made in a long time-but that means my support network is not helpful anymore! If the answer to every question is "Buy a Mac/ IPad" I'm going to scream! <sorry for Venting>
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Check your tablet email program settings. That's what was wrong when I had a similar issue.

Do you remember the setting you changed to resolve the problem when you had it? The settings on mine look ok and I haven't change anything for a while. Thx.
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taylork1 said:
Do you remember the setting you changed to resolve the problem when you had it? The settings on mine look ok and I haven't change anything for a while. Thx.
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Updates change settings without meaning to. What client are you using?

The app info says "email 4.0". I looked at all the settings for both Yahoo and Gmail. Didn't see anything odd.
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I use MailDroid. Sorry I can't help.

OK-thx anyway. Has anyone else experienced this?
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