[Q] Contacts displaying by nickname. Would like to turn off. - AT&T LG G3

I just switched from a Moto X to the LG G3. First, the screen is fabulous. After that I am losing interest quickly (bloatware galore).
I just spent the better part of an hour troubleshooting why I couldn't edit my existing Google contacts on the phone. Turns out you have to enable displaying of the local "Phone"calendar in the Calendar app. My best guess as to why is because for some reason the phone wants to save Birthday events to the phone calendar. There really is no reason for that.
My current issue. For one reason or another I have nicknames in some of my contacts. I use these nicknames (Such as when I tell Google Now to "Call my Wife") it adds the nickname. I am a little OCD about my contacts so it absolutely kills me that it now moved my wife down to the bottom and filed her under Wife. I see the options to Sort and Display by first or last but I am not finding the option to not display nicknames.
Anybody know of a solution? Thanks in advance.
Dennis

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Same problem here - It's driven me nuts - I cannot figure out how to get rid of the Nicknames - Interestingly as an android flashing addict - I have not had this problem "EVER" - I want my nicknames - just not on the phone.

Update on this issue?
Does anyone have any updates on this issue? I just switched from a S4 to the G3 and I really dislike this feature. How can I make it so it doesn't display nicknames?

jl337 said:
Does anyone have any updates on this issue? I just switched from a S4 to the G3 and I really dislike this feature. How can I make it so it doesn't display nicknames?
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Flash a custom rom
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Rbennett8994 said:
Flash a custom rom
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Well that was helpful. Why even comment?
As the OP, no I never did find a way around this. I dropped nicknames and am hoping it gets fixed in Lollipop.

Well folks I fixed it by deleting the annoying contacts and remaking them again with less love
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badrsj said:
Well folks I fixed it by deleting the annoying contacts and remaking them again with less love
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You shouldn't have to delete the contact completely. You can just edit the existing one and clear the nickname.

dmalone said:
Well that was helpful. Why even comment?
As the OP, no I never did find a way around this. I dropped nicknames and am hoping it gets fixed in Lollipop.
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badrsj said:
Well folks I fixed it by deleting the annoying contacts and remaking them again with less love
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I comment because I had the same problem and couldn't find an answer. after flashing most any custom rom I haven't had the issue and I have not changed my contacts. I'm on ROM 855 minus 5 and contacts work as they should.

I tried installing google contact, but no success, looks like problem of OS not the app
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Why my contact app is showing nickname, how can I disable this, to feel like AOSP contact listing.
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Even I rooted my phone for this but nothing had happened.

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NFL.com Fantasy App

Anyone having any issues with this app? I'm running SynergyRom 1.6 and noticed today that clicking on links in the app does nothing.
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Yes, the app is a POS. It's like it's a browser to their web site not a native app.
Is anyone having issues with the app that is just running stock?
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On stock rooted no problem here just a little laggy, but that's because this apk sucks in general for what it is.
I actually sent feedback through the NFL.com site and had a short email conversation with (presumably) one of the devs or customer service or whoever is running things for NFL.com Fantasy. They asked if I had downloaded the 2012 app which I replied with a yes and then described my problem with being unable to click links and that I thought it was sort of a shoehorned effort that looked like it was just pulling info as if it was on a browser and not an app.
The guy was nice and seemed to acknowledge my problem (even with my message title being "The fantasy app is terrible") and then apologize since they're still relatively new to it (3 years he said)...don't know how far it'll go but hey at least they're open to feedback? Maybe if enough people message them through the site they'll get the point better since they haven't updated the app since the beginning of the month.
Yea i was disappointed in the apk. This is my first year using them my league for the last 8 years used cbs and the NFL website is much nicer but the apk is worse than cbs i thought and cbs wasn't exactly great itself either I'll try shooting then an email too. I did notice i joined a 2nd league through them and i had to sign in and out to get the apk to refresh and show the new league.
Yea I used the app last season for fantasy and had no issues. That was on a rooted incredible with a custom rom. So not really sure what the deal is this year.
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Vagitarian said:
Yea I used the app last season for fantasy and had no issues. That was on a rooted incredible with a custom rom. So not really sure what the deal is this year.
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just wanted to jump in here and say that I'm having the same problems on my gnex and my gtab. both running custom ROMs and can't click on anything within the app.
to make matters worse, the mobile site won't let me click anything either unless I long press and open in a new tab.
possibly the worst experience I've ever had.
Vagitarian said:
Yea I used the app last season for fantasy and had no issues. That was on a rooted incredible with a custom rom. So not really sure what the deal is this year.
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Same here, app worked fine last year and now its buggy and slow. Was on a different device last year though...
thought id report back with what ive found.
it looks like running an adblocker (adfree or adaway) causes the buttons to become unclickable. Disabling the adblocker gets the app to work for me again.
I'm trying to find the proper hostnames to add as exceptions in adaway but am having no luck. anyone happen to know??
ianflo said:
thought id report back with what ive found.
it looks like running an adblocker (adfree or adaway) causes the buttons to become unclickable. Disabling the adblocker gets the app to work for me again.
I'm trying to find the proper hostnames to add as exceptions in adaway but am having no luck. anyone happen to know??
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I can confirm that disabling my adfree also fixed issues with the app.
Same here with my SGSII, I disabled ad blocking software and it works fine now. Guess NFL.com is making us see the adds or the app won't work...
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Being more specific: I was running adFree. Installing the app alone won't work. If you're using this app, use the "restore hosts" button before you uninstall it. Or keep the app if you'd like, just remember to restore hosts file before you run the Fantasy app
kevc2181 you are the MAN !!
kevc2181 said:
Same here with my SGSII, I disabled ad blocking software and it works fine now. Guess NFL.com is making us see the adds or the app won't work...
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Being more specific: I was running adFree. Installing the app alone won't work. If you're using this app, use the "restore hosts" button before you uninstall it. Or keep the app if you'd like, just remember to restore hosts file before you run the Fantasy app
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You sir, are a scholar AND a gentleman. This is EXACTLY the problem I have had for YEARS! I had suspected adfree so had uninstalled it but still couldn't click on any of the links. Re-installing, reverting hosts, then uninstalling again was the ticket. Now I don't have to hear the "dude why did you do a freaking NFL.com league again their app blows...." Thank you again!!! :good:
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Text messages from Verizon on CM10.

I keep receiving these weird text messages from 6250 and in the body of the text it says "VZWNMN:5" or sometimes "VZWMNM:3". What is this?
rickyheferle said:
I keep receiving these weird text messages from 6250 and in the body of the text it says "VZWNMN:5" or sometimes "VZWMNM:3". What is this?
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yeah i got one saying VZWNMN:1
Haven't seen one yet but I'm curious now
Just got another one
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This is what I found regarding it: https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/770375
Seems it's related to Backup Assistant
Yeah I guess if you go on your vzw account and deactivate backup plus they will stop
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called verizon they turned off backup assistant
I keep getting weird texts too about an emergency flash flood alert? Except I live in so cal and I have never seen a flood in my life
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VZW sync
Hi all. This messaging is based on the Backup Assistant Plus that big red has set up with your phone. If you go to vzw.com/sync, you can see your email account being synced on their server and hence messages being sent to your phone. Turn off sync, but don't delete account, otherwise risk deleting the account on your phone.
If you don't see it there, go down the options on your account line at MyVerizon, there is something similar that you get automatically enrolled in "free" but is annoying needless to say.
Alternative is to download other email apps to hand your bidniz.
exoteric said:
I keep getting weird texts too about an emergency flash flood alert? Except I live in so cal and I have never seen a flood in my life
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you can uncheck emergency notifications in your messenger app settings.
Oh that was surprisingly easy.. thanks haha
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[APP] Morning! The Best Alarm you will EVER use. EVER!

***AWESOMENESS***
OK guys. I ported this app from the Samsung Note 3. I could not get it to work properly but i finally got it working.
I shared it on another thread but thought i would share it with you exclusively.
It is Samsungs "Morning" Alarm Clock and it has some AWESOME features.
The UI is amazing and the settings are endless.
You can set as many alarms as you want.
You can have it read out your New Email, Weather for the day, and traffic conditions to work or herever.
screenshots attached below
Here is the link to the download
straight from my drop box link.
DOWNLOAD
DONT FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON :good:
OR IF YOU'RE FEELING GENEROUS HIT THE DONATE TO ME BUTTON
Thank you! I will try it.:good::good:
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App worked fine for me this morning, got the weather read out to me by it also. Though I'd prefer to have an option for degrees centigrade and miles per hour instead of fahrenheit and miles per hour, but, minor issue really as app works great.
I really love this app until Xdabbabs latest Rom. The volume steps he uses makes this unusable. I loved how it read the weather too..kinda sucks lol
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zathus said:
I really love this app until Xdabbabs latest Rom. The volume steps he uses makes this unusable. I loved how it read the weather too..kinda sucks lol
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I'm using it with xdabbeb's latest (v1.1.1) without issue. Just tested it even. Alarm went off, was plenty loud, and the reading of weather, etc. worked great.
I'm loving this alarm. Also not having issues with Xdabebbs 1.1.1.
Sorry the screenshots were not visible. I just added attachments to show screenshots.
ingoljosh said:
Sorry the screenshots were not visible. I just added attachments to show screenshots.
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Thanks for this! Does it work on AOSP roms?
minnysota said:
Thanks for this! Does it work on AOSP roms?
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I think it does but i have not tested it.
YThis has been confirmed to work on AOSP roms or any custom Rom.
Well I've been using this for past week and everything has been almost great, (but there's always a but) but for some reason the email notification doesn't always update to the latest, currently mine is reading out emails from May 4 so my question is, is there any way to get it to refresh more often/has anyone else experienced this?
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XxZombiePikachu said:
Well I've been using this for past week and everything has been almost great, (but there's always a but) but for some reason the email notification doesn't always update to the latest, currently mine is reading out emails from May 4 so my question is, is there any way to get it to refresh more often/has anyone else experienced this?
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I will have to do some testing. I have not noticed that.
The only thing i can imagine is that you have some "unread" email from May 4th. Go to your email inbox and see if you have anything that was never marked as read on May 4th.
If you have nothing "NEW" or "UNREAD" that morning, you will not get any emails read to you that morning. In settings it does say UNREAD EMAIL ACCOUNT so only what is unread will be displayed.
But like i said. let me do some testing.
ingoljosh said:
I will have to do some testing. I have not noticed that.
The only thing i can imagine is that you have some "unread" email from May 4th. Go to your email inbox and see if you have anything that was never marked as read on May 4th.
If you have nothing "NEW" or "UNREAD" that morning, you will not get any emails read to you that morning. In settings it does say UNREAD EMAIL ACCOUNT so only what is unread will be displayed.
But like i said. let me do some testing.
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Well I can assure you that there there are no unread emails because every night before going to bed I make sure there are no unread emails, if you figure anything out please let me know
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XxZombiePikachu said:
Well I can assure you that there there are no unread emails because every night before going to bed I make sure there are no unread emails, if you figure anything out please let me know
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ok try doing this. In the Settings tab under unread email account select None and then select your email account go back out and refresh it and this should fix it. I don't know if this is a permanent fix I will let you know tomorrow morning.
ingoljosh said:
ok try doing this. In the Settings tab under unread email account select None and then select your email account go back out and refresh it and this should fix it. I don't know if this is a permanent fix I will let you know tomorrow morning.
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Thank you this seems to work and even if it's temporary it's better than nothing
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XxZombiePikachu said:
Well I've been using this for past week and everything has been almost great, (but there's always a but) but for some reason the email notification doesn't always update to the latest, currently mine is reading out emails from May 4 so my question is, is there any way to get it to refresh more often/has anyone else experienced this?
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same issue here
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fiatandroid said:
same issue here
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well post #15 is the only solution and it has to be done everyday, so if you do it before going to be sleep and have unread mail then that's what you will hear in the morning
Well, maybe I'll give this a shot. I've been using the stock Note 3 alarm and although it works, after rooting the Widget isn't sized properly. I'm running Sweet Rom V15 so let's see what happens!
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GruesomeJeans said:
Well, maybe I'll give this a shot. I've been using the stock Note 3 alarm and although it works, after rooting the Widget isn't sized properly. I'm running Sweet Rom V15 so let's see what happens!
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EDIT: after just downloading it, it does work. I haven't tried the weather stuff and don't really need emails for my Gmail to be read. However, I kind of wish there was a widget for it as well. No biggie. So far it's good!
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Excellent app! works with Pardus Rom 7.2???

Is there an App Similar To An Aimbot?

[Question] Is there an App that...
Hey guys!
I was thinking about if there is an Application for Android, that detects a specific color on the screen and taps it. Kind of like a simple Aimbot. If there isn't one, is anybody here able to build one? I think it would be an interesting App-Idea that many people might use.
~Meritili
Edit: if there is one here on the Forums i'm sorry, the search function in my XDA App somehow won't work...
Yes there is it's called "color grab" and it's free on the play store..there's actually several others I believe.
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Or wait do you mean detects a color and performs an action you choose?
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Yes, i mean an App that performs actions when a specific color shows up
meritili said:
Yes, i mean an App that performs actions when a specific color shows up
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Oooo ok interesting, well I bet you will have to go with something like tasker or e robot , an automation system basically I know it's been done with tasker but its a fairly complicated thing to pull off . I would check some of the tasker g+ communities
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Notifications history? Only last message?

Hi, i own also a Gear S and if i swipe right i have old notifications (whatsapp, gmail, etc.) and i can read them again, in Gear S3 when i read it on the phone it disappear from watch and it's impossible to read it again; for me it's a step back....
Another (for me) big issue is this: if a guy send me for example this text on whatsapp:
"Hi andre"
"see you at 7"
"at usual place"
in my watch i can only see "at usual place" but i miss 2 previous messages..... when i can see him?
Ok i must open whatsapp on smartphone but watch loose his utility...
(sorry for my english, i hope u understand what i mean)
I have exactly the same annoying problem. Only the last message is kept in the Gear 3. This is a huge step back. I have browsed the internet but have not yet found a solution. What you want is being able to read back ALL new messages of whatsapp!
I made an app to address this exact issue. The name of the app is Whats History. You can find it in the gear store. There's a demo video on that page as well
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Wow, that is great thank you! But does it still work after the most recent Tizen update on the S3? Please let me know and I will try your app as it seems to be a good solution!
tipztv said:
I made an app to address this exact issue. The name of the app is Whats History. You can find it in the gear store. There's a demo video on that page as well
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Yeah it's Good but it should be native... DAmmit...
I can view all of my messages on the watch - go to settings -> messages
It shows all of your threads and you can drill down to conversations.
If you reply to a message, from the notification, it drops you into the entire conversation.
But not whatsapp
Not WhatsApp...
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tipztv said:
I made an app to address this exact issue. The name of the app is Whats History. You can find it in the gear store. There's a demo video on that page as well
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Work on gear S3 ?
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Goldenrooster said:
Wow, that is great thank you! But does it still work after the most recent Tizen update on the S3? Please let me know and I will try your app as it seems to be a good solution!
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Yes it works. Both S2 & S3 run the same OS, and I am using the S3 classic with Whats History on it. I just have not updated the screenshots
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Excellent! Meanwhile I installed the app. Working great. One question. How do I delete long histories from watch and/or phone? Thanks!
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Goldenrooster said:
Excellent! Meanwhile I installed the app. Working great. One question. How do I delete long histories from watch and/or phone? Thanks!
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That feature will be added next along with the reply feature.
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Yhank you! I am very much looking forward to that, as history threads tend to get extremely lengthy.
But where are they stored now on the phone/app, because there must be some way to find and then delete them manually? Any timeframe for this addition.
Again, app works like a charm, but this is a bit inconvenient! Thanks a million!
Goldenrooster said:
Yhank you! I am very much looking forward to that, as history threads tend to get extremely lengthy.
But where are they stored now on the phone/app, because there must be some way to find and then delete them manually? Any timeframe for this addition.
Again, app works like a charm, but this is a bit inconvenient! Thanks a million!
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All entries are stored in a database that you cannot access unless you have rooted your phone. Only 50 messages are stored per contact though... I will try to update this feature right after Christmas.
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And when I remove the app, will the history (imagine 100 contacts times 50 messages...) be deleted as well or remain on the phone?
tipztv said:
I made an app to address this exact issue. The name of the app is Whats History. You can find it in the gear store. There's a demo video on that page as well
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Can you upload some screenshots to this thread? I have no gear s2/s3 and have to decide between Huawei watch or gear s3 and this is one big con for me so it would be nice to see how it works
Goldenrooster said:
And when I remove the app, will the history (imagine 100 contacts times 50 messages...) be deleted as well or remain on the phone?
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Of course all will be erased.
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Captain_iGlue said:
Can you upload some screenshots to this thread? I have no gear s2/s3 and have to decide between Huawei watch or gear s3 and this is one big con for me so it would be nice to see how it works
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I have this video: https://youtu.be/L2CiK8VxEtQ
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RickCain said:
I can view all of my messages on the watch - go to settings -> messages
It shows all of your threads and you can drill down to conversations.
If you reply to a message, from the notification, it drops you into the entire conversation.
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That's because you have a Samsung phone. Non Samsung phones don't have the Messages app.
tipztv said:
Of course all will be erased.
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I have this video:
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Thank you very much! I think I'm gonna by a gear s3 classic, what this app does is all I need on a smartwatch by this aspect
Captain_iGlue said:
Thank you very much! I think I'm gonna by a gear s3 classic, what this app does is all I need on a smartwatch by this aspect
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I believe WhatsApp on an Android Wear watch also show a short history of the conversation when the notification comes in. You may not be able to view all conversation history offline like my app, but maybe that's enough?
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