Anyone else having an issue where customized lists don't work in the Contacts app?
I only want to display one group from my Google contacts. It worked fine on my Nexus 5. Customized list option is found in the Contacts app here: 'More' > 'Settings' > 'Contacts to display' > 'Customized list'
I emailed Samsung but their reply was worthless.
I'm having the same problem
My customized list isn't working, too. It displays everything, not just what I want
Maybe the upcoming Android 5.1 update for S6 may solve this...
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Hi there,
After finally getting the Android Stock Contacts app on my Desire, I'm finally able to use the "Sync Group" option to only show one group (let's call it "cormie) in the phone book. This is all fine, I have ticked off all other groups and only "cormie" is ticked on. It displays the "cormie" contacts and the contacts on the SIM (I can delete them off it later I guess) but the main objective is to just use the "cormie" contacts and nothing else.
However, when I go to add a new contact and save it, when I sync it to Gmail, the new entry doesn't show up in "cormie" but only in "all contacts" and once the contact is saved on the phone, it doesn't appear in the phone book because I'm only showing "cormie" contacts and it's not there To see the entry I have to go back in and to show all contacts, then I see it.
This puts a great hindrance on the purpose of the Sync Group option. The guy in post 10 here seems to have got it going, but as you can see in my reply, post 11, it's not saving to the desired group for me!
I'd really appreciate if anyone has a solution for this and could explain how to get it working properly. Or is there an alternative contacts program that will do it? Also, if anyone knows how to not display SIM contacts in the phonebook please share too
Any feedback appreciated at all!
Brilliant! I think I got a workaround
When I first started using the phone after rooting it, I selected "contacts" to be the default for all the options and it actually turns out that the Sense "people" app allows you to save a contact to a group even though it doesn't allow you to "sync groups", choosing which groups you want to sync only, so I needed to get the "people" app to be the default for adding contacts.
What I had to do was go to the main menu > settings > applications > manage applications > scroll down to contacts > and press "clear defaults"
This clears "contacts" as being the default for all the phonebook related actions. If you go back to the home screen and click "phone" you can set "contacts" as the default for this, but then when you go to add a new contact in contacts, it will ask what app you want to add a contact with, click set as default and click the "people" app. Now all "add to contact" actions will be carried out using "people" app, here you can select the group you wish to save it to and then it will show up perfectly in the "contacts" "contacts" menu and will be synched correctly to the chosen group on Gmail!
I think, after 18 days of buying it, I'm finally ready to put my normal sim card in the phone and start using it as a phone! Finally!
I realize this is WAY later than the original post, but have any of you found a solution to not being able to add a new contact to the group you want to add it to? I'm using an HTC Hero (cdma) that I Froyoed with aospmod 2.2.1, so I cannot use the htc "people" app - at least I read that. Sorting by groups is mucho importante to me and I find the default contacts app built into aospmod lacking in this area.
Thanks if you even reply to this!
Recently I updated from TnT 2.0.0 to 2.0.2, and I notice that the menu & return button on the notification bar has disappeared. In fact, they appear for half a second and then got covered by the notification bar, and now I can't change mode (day/week/agenda). The return button on the side of the g-tablet still works, but the menu button does not -- only for this app! Any suggestion?
One more calendar question, and I noticed that even back in 2.0.0: the calendar app does not show US holidays. The holidays do show up when I log into google calendar directly; they also show up on my pandigital novel, so this is an issue with the g-tablet calendar app. Any suggestion?
Bonus question: I thought that TnT 2.0.2 is supposed to have a different calendar & contact app than 2.0.0, but they look the same to me after the update. And I know there's an update since I now have a "home" button and long-press on home gives "recent apps". Any suggestion?
Are you able to select your online Google calendar?....I can't. I have my calendar on two separate android phones but not on this tablet. When I go into settings to select calendar from the Jorge app...there is nothing.
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Are you able to select your online Google calendar?....I can't. I have my calendar on two separate android phones but not on this tablet. When I go into settings to select calendar from the Jorge app...there is nothing.
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I just borked my calender for stupid unrelated reasons, but this is what I did to get it working (I believe others have similar things; search!):
* fire up the contact app
* click menu > add account > choose corporate
* enter your google account info, make sure you enable both contact & calendar sync
* once you're done, go back and turn off and then back on both contact & calendar sync. I found that I had to do that a couple of times before the calendar syncs.
YMMV! Now, back to fixing my borked contact :-(
If you're wanting the calendar and contacts to work on your gtablet the same way they do in basic Android (without having to use the Add a Corporate Account kludge, and to see multiple calendars), I figured it out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856066
Requires wiping your user data to start fresh (on TNTLite 2.0), but it is doable.
Im having issues with my calendar.
Im syncing with google (of course..) and I have there 4 calendars.
On my phone, however, I can see in ( calendar > settings > calendars) only three of them.
How can I activate the fourth one?
I also tried (and removed) Simple calendar widget and there I had the forth one listed (doesnt happen on the regular calendar screen) as "not active".
I found few threads around the forum related to my topic but none of them was helpful. even erasing data & FC to calendar from Settings > apps > manage apps > calendar..
I saw couple of videos on Youtube about Realme 2 pro and they were able to search the contacts (along with apps and messages) when they swiped down from any of the screen. Unfortunately am not able to search contacts. App and messages search works fine. I checked the search settings also and all three searches are turned on (Settings > Additional Settings > Search).
Is it working fine for everyone here? Anyone knows what could be the problem?
Solution
Settings > Application Management > click show system processes > go to "Search" App. Give this app permissions to view contacts . You should be good
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Settings > Application Management > click show system processes > go to "Search" App. Give this app permissions to view contacts . You should be good
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I checked and Search already has permission to view contacts but still it's not working
How do I change the default Contacts app on Pixel 4a running Android 11??? Aftering searching for the answer, I can tell you:
1. It is not under Apps & Notifications / Default Apps. (Yes, some apps are listed, but Contacts is not listed.)
2. It is not by Apps / Contacts / Open by default. (It says, "No defaults set")
3. I don't want to run a different launcher. I just want to use a different Contacts app.
It seems like a simple thing, I just can not figure it out.
Any help would be appreciated...
Try installing a new contacts app, then when you try an operation that normally would invoke the contacts app, it should pop up a dialog to select which contacts app should be the default (the built in one or the new one you installed).
Also, it might say "no default app" if there is only one contacts app installed on the device (so there is nothing to choose between), so trying the above will test that theory.
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Try installing a new contacts app, then when you try an operation that normally would invoke the contacts app, it should pop up a dialog to select which contacts app should be the default (the built in one or the new one you installed).
It might say "no default app" is there is only one contacts app (so there is nothing to choose between), so trying the able will test that theory.
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Sorry, should have included that info. Phone has both standard Contacts and a second app "Smart Contacts".
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Sorry, should have included that info. Phone has both standard Contacts and a second app "Smart Contacts".
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Maybe I figured it out. Loaded third contact app and got the choice for default! Apparently Smart Contacts does not register as a Contacts app... Thanks for the help.
Then certain apps, like the built-in phone app might be hard-coded to use the built-in contacts app for certain functions (but not all contact functions), just like the built-in camera app is hard-coded to use the built-in photos app to preview just taken pictures.
But for things like clicking on a phone number in an email should display a "Select Contact app" if you have two contact apps installed (and you have not selected a default contacts app after installing the second contacts app)
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Maybe I figured it out. Loaded third contact app and got the choice for default! Apparently Smart Contacts does not register as a Contacts app... Thanks for the help.
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So when that "select contact app" dialog box finally did appear (after you installed the third app), are you saying that "Smart Contacts" wasn't in that list?
yup. When I loaded "Simpler Contacts" app and triggered the contacts, I got a choice between "Contacts" (Google's installed app) and Simpler. Smart Contacts did not appear in the list. (I know Smart Contacts was functional. It would load my contacts when opened.)
I really appreciate the help with this...