Hello All,
I bought a dual sim phone Huawei G6 a few days ago. The problem is that it came with some pre-installed Chinese phone directory, which come up every time a dial a number and that's very annoying. I found out that they are connected to my Contacts and Contacts Storage apps. I tried to do everyting with that: getting root access, using Titanium Backup, Root App Delete and so on for wiping up data (only my own desappeared), freezing, backing up and restoring without data but nothing worked.
Tried to download alternative Contacts versions for dual sim, but the system rejected them and I could not input any data there
Titanium Backup clearly shows that there are pre-installed contacts in the Contacts app.
Is there any way I can get rid of them???
Please help!!! It's a new phone and I m planning to use it for some time. Do I really need to have all these Chinese phone numbers in front of my eyes for the next couple of years?...
Thanks,
Ania
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Hello All,
I bought a dual sim phone Huawei G6 a few days ago. The problem is that it came with some pre-installed Chinese phone directory, which come up every time a dial a number and that's very annoying. I found out that they are connected to my Contacts and Contacts Storage apps. I tried to do everyting with that: getting root access, using Titanium Backup, Root App Delete and so on for wiping up data (only my own desappeared), freezing, backing up and restoring without data but nothing worked.
Tried to download alternative Contacts versions for dual sim, but the system rejected them and I could not input any data there
Titanium Backup clearly shows that there are pre-installed contacts in the Contacts app.
Is there any way I can get rid of them???
Please help!!! It's a new phone and I m planning to use it for some time. Do I really need to have all these Chinese phone numbers in front of my eyes for the next couple of years?...
Thanks,
Ania
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Pre-installed contacts ... and you are sure that those contacts are not on your SIM card?
Ok, in the device's contacts app you may have an app menu Settings (or similar). Maybe you can find kind of "hidden" contacts.
Or they come from sync with an account (Google, etc.).
Maybe best idea is to store all your contacts in Google, and enable sync of contacts on your device like described here: Sync contacts with Google.
For your exact device, I only found this threads on xda:
huawei ascend G6 root method!
[GUIDE] Huawei Ascend G6 LTE [G6-L11] (Root & Xposed Framework)
So not a direct answer to your problem.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your answer. No, these contacts are not on my sim obviously, they came with the phone. I installed Root Browser and I can see them under data/data/com.android.contacts/databases.
I tried to use Root Browser to modify/remane/backup/delete them, but either the whole thing comes back after rebooting or I get the mesage "Contacts have stopped working" when I tap on the dialer or phone book icon, so have to restore them in order to make any calls.
Please help!!!
myphonequestion said:
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your answer. No, these contacts are not on my sim obviously, they came with the phone. I installed Root Browser and I can see them under data/data/com.android.contacts/databases.
I tried to use Root Browser to modify/remane/backup/delete them, but either the whole thing comes back after rebooting or I get the mesage "Contacts have stopped working" when I tap on the dialer or phone book icon, so have to restore them in order to make any calls.
Please help!!!
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If none of the links I have provided in my previous answer helps, then post in the Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Ask Any Question][Newbie Friendly] thread.
Maybe on of the experienced users there has a clue on it.
Good luck !
Thread closed. Thank you.
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Hi!, i was going thrue my phone for clearing some memory and deleting cache, but i was accidentaly deleting a thing called "Contact memory" in Settings > Programs/apps > Manage apps, my phone is in swedish so it may differ when i write in english. So i was first on 3rd party apps and then i went on running apps and accidently deleted "contact memory" And now all my contacts are gone and i haven't done backup on kies, so have i lost my contacts forever? I've tried to go to contacts and settings and display to see if they are in my google accounts but no nothing there either, please help i had a LOT of contacts that are important
What you did was to delete all the information in the Contacts application ( = all your contacts). If you have a copy of them on the SIM card it's ok... if you don't then I'm sorry about your loss
Thanks for reply, oh i see , then yea i have lost them permanent. But thats such a shame to be able to delete ALL contacts by a single click without it asking you "Are you sure?" Etc
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Hi there,
I'm a new member here and I have a really bad problem, so I'm so sorry if this wasn't the right place to put my problem in.
My problem is:
using Titanium Backup, I deleted contact icon from my Samsung galaxy s phone. I don't care about the data, I have it somewhere else. I just need to get back my contact icon.
I restored Factory data but it didn't work. it seems like I lost it for ever.
another thing: because I restored factory data, I lost my rom, and my phone now looks ugly. I tried to install another rom but I couldn't. every time it says: installation aborted.
Any expert can help me?!
Ever since the ICS upgrade, one contact's message thread refuses to open and is stuck on "O Loading" with that little circle revolving.
I downloaded go sms pro before and I was able to access his thread through that and the message count wasn't over the maximum limit per contact. I've since gone back to the stock app as he's out of the country and it's faster than go sms pro but he recently txted me and caused the problem to occur with other contacts (though a reset of the phone solves their issue)
Does anyone have a solution and failing that, advice? I should say right now that deleting his message thread is the last resort.
and HTC sensation
Android 4.0.3
Software 3.32.401.5
You could try to backup your messages (you can find some apps for that in the market), then delete all your contacts, and afterwards restore them again~
Though no idea if it will work :/
burningwipf said:
You could try to backup your messages (you can find some apps for that in the market), then delete all your contacts, and afterwards restore them again~
Though no idea if it will work :/
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Aye I could try it with a contact whose messages I don't mind losing and seeing if that works, thanks for the tip!
You can also use Google Voice, and have it copy all the messages to your Gmail account.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
So I started backing up and restoring and I was able to open all contacts' threads. The backup never fully restores all messages though and I have to keep hitting "restore" so that it'll restore them all up to the present day. Don't know why it's doing it this way.
Just now I've checked and that one contact won't open again. What I might do is try and restore all to the present, delete loads of messages I don't want, and backup this new message history.
I know this is most likely far too late but I was having the same problems and found this thread while trying to sort it and hope it will help anyone else in future who has the same problems. I tried backing up and restoring (Using both the default and sms back-up and restore) deleting the thread and restoring, eventually I solved it by installing handscent, deleting the messages sent/received back to when the problem started in that thread and a few before, then went in settings, apps, then all, messages cleared the cache, restarted and it is sorted!!
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I know this is most likely far too late but I was having the same problems and found this thread while trying to sort it and hope it will help anyone else in future who has the same problems. I tried backing up and restoring (Using both the default and sms back-up and restore) deleting the thread and restoring, eventually I solved it by installing handscent, deleting the messages sent/received back to when the problem started in that thread and a few before, then went in settings, apps, then all, messages cleared the cache, restarted and it is sorted!!
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Yeah it never resolved itself but I love the customisation of go sms pro so much that I don't mind anymore. Pity go sms pro crashes every so often and I think it slows the phone down.
I was going to start a new thread but see that this is the same problem I have.
I have a mt4gs (Doubleshot) and the problem described in this thread has happened twice. Both times i was receiving a text message and did something else with the phone at the same moment, and it seems to have jammed up the receipt of that text. The first time, i sent a text to the person at the same moment i received one. The second time, i locked the screen at the moment one arrived. Now that thread never loads, and loading other threads or contacts takes much longer than it should. In fact, i don't think contacts would ever load if i were willing to wait forever.
The first time I backed up the texts, reset the device, and restored, and everything worked fine, but that's a really time-consuming process and it seems like a ridiculous workaround for some broken buffer or queue in Android messaging.
It seems that there must be a direct fix for this. If it's easy enough to break messaging that it has happened to me twice, it must be a fairly common problem. But a search has turned up nothing but people saying there are too many messages or to use an alternative app for messaging. That's (1) incorrect and (2) again an ugly workaround for a problem with core functionality.
Hey Folks,
The story starts with this:
I started my whatsapp in Sydney when I was studying offshore. Obviously it is a +61 number with my GNEX. Now, I have graduated and now back to my home country using a new +852 sim. I have no issue using my +61 number for my whatsapp with my +852 sim.
But now, N5 is coming I will be one of them to rush for the phone.
The problem is:
Once I get my N5, I will have a new phone but not the +61 sim (at least not functioning), I would not be able to get pass the verification later on even I root the phone and uses titanium backup...
Seemed not too related to N5 itself, but just wondering any workaround from the great XDA members and developers =]
Cheers,
eminemkh said:
Hey Folks,
The story starts with this:
I started my whatsapp in Sydney when I was studying offshore. Obviously it is a +61 number with my GNEX. Now, I have graduated and now back to my home country using a new +852 sim. I have no issue using my +61 number for my whatsapp with my +852 sim.
But now, N5 is coming I will be one of them to rush for the phone.
The problem is:
Once I get my N5, I will have a new phone but not the +61 sim (at least not functioning), I would not be able to get pass the verification later on even I root the phone and uses titanium backup...
Seemed not too related to N5 itself, but just wondering any workaround from the great XDA members and developers =]
Cheers,
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http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20902622
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I tried restoring WhatsApp with Titanium Backup, it doesn't asks for verification anymore. This was several months ago though, so I'm not sure if it still works just fine now.
Just make sure the app is on its latest version from the play store before creating a backup, and cross your fingers :fingers-crossed:
If all else fails I guess you can use your Galaxy Nexus as a wifi only device?
ranadylt said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I tried restoring WhatsApp with Titanium Backup, it doesn't asks for verification anymore.
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This only works if you're using the same SIM card / number, if not it will ask for verification.
The only way is to make a backup of your messages from within the app, then copy the folder "whatsapp" from your sd card to your new phone.
adam1000rr said:
This only works if you're using the same SIM card / number, if not it will ask for verification.
The only way is to make a backup of your messages from within the app, then copy the folder "whatsapp" from your sd card to your new phone.
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Actually, when I did that it was from an old Nexus S to my Nexus 7 (2012, WiFi). So I don't think it matters if I'm using the same SIM card since my Nexus 7 had no slot for it. Also I didn't copy the whatsapp folder on my /sdcard. Just a simple backup and restore using Titanium Backup did the trick.
Nonetheless, like I said it was several months ago. Not sure if it'll still work, but I think it's worth a try
If it still fails maybe try copying the whatsapp folder like adam1000rr suggested :fingers-crossed:
Thanks guys, I am now thinking of how whatsapp is detecting the verification need... if I am able to bypass this, titanium backup should work.
eminemkh said:
Thanks guys, I am now thinking of how whatsapp is detecting the verification need... if I am able to bypass this, titanium backup should work.
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Hi mate, got your Nexus 5 yet? I am in the same situation in that my whatsapp was originally registered in HK (+825) on a Galaxy Nexus and I don't have access to my SIM card right now while I'm travelling. Tested today 03/11, it all worked fine for me on the Nexus 5, just make sure both phones are rooted so you can install Titanium Backup for this to work.
I believe the following link is helpful to you:
http://nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-t...us-7-and-sync-with-your-phone-number-0142540/
hycian said:
Hi mate, got your Nexus 5 yet? I am in the same situation in that my whatsapp was originally registered in HK (+825) on a Galaxy Nexus and I don't have access to my SIM card right now while I'm travelling. Tested today 03/11, it all worked fine for me on the Nexus 5, just make sure both phones are rooted so you can install Titanium Backup for this to work.
I believe the following link is helpful to you:
http://nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-t...us-7-and-sync-with-your-phone-number-0142540/
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Hey buddy thanks for that, I managed to use titanium backup to get my whatsapp back online...
Nexus 5 just as sweet as kitkat (didn't have 32gb in hk tho)! Now I have Force close on wechat "people nearby" and go keyboard. Other than that, it is just perfect =]
eminemkh said:
Hey Folks,
The story starts with this:
I started my whatsapp in Sydney when I was studying offshore. Obviously it is a +61 number with my GNEX. Now, I have graduated and now back to my home country using a new +852 sim. I have no issue using my +61 number for my whatsapp with my +852 sim.
But now, N5 is coming I will be one of them to rush for the phone.
The problem is:
Once I get my N5, I will have a new phone but not the +61 sim (at least not functioning), I would not be able to get pass the verification later on even I root the phone and uses titanium backup...
Seemed not too related to N5 itself, but just wondering any workaround from the great XDA members and developers =]
Cheers,
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Hi guys,
I have a new issue. Continuing my story... I managed to get my +61 number whatsapp account on my N5 via titanium backup but now I HAVE LOST MY N5! My heart broken and got one back immediately (32gb haha). Now the issue is, I do not have a titanium backup of my N5 (of the +61 whatsapp account data) but only my GNEX one (which obviously outdated). When I am trying to do the same trick, it asks me to verify my new N5. Obviously the sms verification does not work nor the "call me" verification.
I don't care about the whatsapp conversation anymore (as it would be impossible to retrieve as the history is stored in the phone itself due to the whatsapp nature). My little wish is to have my +61 number back as my whatsapp account....=[
Please, my fellow XDA Developers and N5 buddies, give me a hand... I could buy you guys a bear if there is a fix..
Thank you...
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I only just started using Whatsapp -- I'm curious, what does it matter which phone # you have? Is the only reason to "recover" a phone # you don't actually have anymore the convenience of not telling all your friends about your new #?
Hi everyone,
I few days ago a virus got into my s6, and completely messed up the phone. I went to the phone service, and they removed the virus, and now the phone works properly. But the virus apparently deleted all contacts, both from the phone and google contacts. And i really need those contacts.
I rooted the device with CF Auto Root, checked the root status with root checker, and tried restoring the data with Android Recovery Transfer, FonePaw and EaseUS. Some of them asked for root like it wan't rooted, and one of these (i think FonePaw) found only 2 contacts. I believe that the problem is with SuperSU, so i downloaded it from a few different sites, and still nothing changed.
I wanted to try rooting again so i did full unroot with SuperSU, tried rooting again with KingoApp, which failed.
Then i installed aSQLiteManager, went to /data/data/android.providers.contacts/databases, and found 1 contacts database, which was created after the virus, and i honestly didn't really understand the programe.
I also tried restoring contacts on google as well, but it also couldn't find anything. It restores the contacts as they were 15 days ago, and nothing changes.
Any chance this contacts are still there somewhere ?
Hello, if you login into a Samsung account using your phone in the past your contact may be backed up there, that's if you have backed them up on the Samsung account
Yes, my Samsung account is already on, and contact syns is enabled too. Nothing there tho.
But i don't understand how can i not restore the contacts on google. It's as if they never existed, or deleted permamently.
the virus may have filtered to your google account and deleted them to. Since you had Samsung account accessible to the virus through the sync feature.
Just unbeliveable... Going to try downgrading to 5.1.1, and trying data recovery after that. Don't know what to do if that doesn't work.
Hi i got big problem..my phone Lenovo p1m40 is rooted and i decide to get rid of some Google apps, but i delited some apps wich is impportant to my phone..be cose when i restart my phone after i delited Crome app and contact app some persist notice is always pop up on my display and notifing about phone.com wich is unfortunatly not working and my sms app is also unfortunatly not working. So i delite this app with Titanium backup but i don' t make back up..of this delited apps. I try factory reset but nothing i working. When i pull out my sim card pop up notification is disapeare but notifiction about sms is still there. So i cant put my sim in to my phone and i cant using my phone for the calling or sending sms..this two sys aplication is missing. What can do..please can you hlp me with that problem..with reagard Manuel.
Hi !
You maybe have root access on your phone so better revert to stock as per this post
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70194354&postcount=12
Good luck !