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Which app do you advise ? The Samsung integrated in the Social Hub or the official one from the market ?
I come from a TP where I really liked HTC's integration of facebook in Sense. Not too invasive and living quite well with my exchange account
Right now my contacts in my outlook (2011) on my PC are linked with their facebook profile, and so are they in Sense. With my Tab I worry a little bit about putting a mess in a system that has found its balance
Any risk to duplicate contacts if I use the Samsubg app ? Or the Android app ? Will they merge properly with my exchnage contacts ? Stay aside ?
I just dont wnat to make the step to find out after I messed up my contact list (More than 1200 people so clenaing that up would take me a few days....)
Hi I use Facebook from the market and also use one called boo
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The built-in one is pretty much for synching only, any actual facebook viewing would need to be done via the browser.
I switched from the built-in SNS client to the official Facebook client and didn't experience any problems.
knightnz said:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The built-in one is pretty much for synching only, any actual facebook viewing would need to be done via the browser.
I switched from the built-in SNS client to the official Facebook client and didn't experience any problems.
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I haven't installed anything yet Not tryig to fix anything just trying to be sure what I'll do wont create troubles to my contact list
The built-in app is just meant to sync your existing contacts on the phone and match them with facebook friends ? Or it adds all the facebook friends ?
The official app doesnt do this ?
Don't get the account permissions confused if you install the market app. Its annoying to find you gave the stock app permissions that arent on the market app.
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Alcibiade said:
I haven't installed anything yet Not tryig to fix anything just trying to be sure what I'll do wont create troubles to my contact list
The built-in app is just meant to sync your existing contacts on the phone and match them with facebook friends ? Or it adds all the facebook friends ?
The official app doesnt do this ?
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Both versions sync contact pictures etc. The official app gives you the option to sync pictures+status updates with all friends, just those with existing contact entries, or none at all.
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Both versions sync contact pictures etc. The official app gives you the option to sync pictures+status updates with all friends, just those with existing contact entries, or none at all.
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OK, thanks. To be clear the Samsung one will not offer more and wont let me the choice about what I sync and what i don't sync
Alcibiade said:
OK, thanks. To be clear the Samsung one will not offer more and wont let me the choice about what I sync and what i don't sync
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Anyone ? Maybe I am making too much fuss about this but I dont wnat to mes up my exchange contact list...
Not 100% sure about this, but I don't think it will mess up any of your existing contacts.
When logging in using the official Facebook app, it will create a sort of 'profile' for all existing contacts -- it won't merge info with the actual contact. You'll see this when you edit a contact, there will be 2 (or more) tabs when editing the contact.
It's like a 'Metacontact' in Trillian wherein it's only a merged 'View' of a contact, but in reality the data is in separate 'profiles'. The Facebook tab is uneditable and will only display info.
The only problem I have so far is that when creating a new SMS, it will display -ALL- contact numbers and e-mail address of contacts, even if the number is exactly the same:
i.e. I have a contact named Bob Smith in my Google, Exchange and Facebook accounts, and they are merged as one account. In the Dialer, all the info is merged into one contact when displaying, but when editing, they are editable in 3 separate tabs.
However when I create an SMS and scroll to find Bob Smith, it displays all contact infos of Bob Smith, even duplicate ones, like if I have his number +123456789 on Google and Exchange and Facebook, it displays 3 same numbers when selecting a recipient.
Edit:
Also, when you sign out or remove the Facebook app, it will delete the Facebook 'profile' of the contact on your contacts list, maintaining the state of the previous contact before you logged in / installed Facebook.
Thanks a lot, that's good to know
I already saw the mess it was having google contacts and exchnage contacts (I usually maintain both... for 1200 contacts!) The worst is for contacts for which I entered only the first name... they happen to be all merged together (Well done samsung... They could have defined a merge key a bit larger than just the name........)
What about when you use the Samsung app ?? Someone knows ?
Hi Guys,
i got a serious problem, i synced my contacts with google, now i got the problem, that i got every number like 5 times (all the same nr.) @ the contact list.
This is pretty annoying, because of this issue i got around ~4000 contacts saved..
Is there any app or so, that lets me just check/uncheck the contacts i want to delete so i can easily resort my contact list.
All the apps i found so far are only able to delete a single contact per task.
Thats a bit awful with ~4k contacts, thats why i ask you now
thx in Advance
Syther
Hey
really no one?
Bump ^^
thx in advance !
I'm calling shenanigans on the 4000. I just manually deleted my contacts. I found a multiple select contacts app so I could batch delete contacts.
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Simple steps: make sure all your contacts are on Google, wipe data, login to Google, fixed!
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Hello Guys,
thx for the responses.
I already did several wipes (installed different builds) but google automatically syncs all ~4k contacts to my mobile phone.
Maybe someone had this problem too and could solve it easier then delete every single contact alone.
regards
andrew.cambridge said:
I'm calling shenanigans on the 4000. I just manually deleted my contacts. I found a multiple select contacts app so I could batch delete contacts.
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What is the app's Name?
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I had the same issue as you, syther.
I didn't think about looking for an app that would do that.
1) Go online (using GMail) to the Google account your phone is linked to.
2) On the left there should be a button called "contacts."
3) Click it and it should bring you to all your contacts that are synced to it.
4) Click the "more actions" button and go to "find & merge duplicates."
It won't merge all of the duplicates, but it'll merge most of the ones you have hopefully.
An example of a contact not merging would be
Joe-Bob (555-555-5555) and Joe-Bob (+1555-555-5555)
For that scenario I just went and deleted it manually through GMail to ensure it will never sync those contacts again.
Hopefully that will lessen the burden of deleting your contacts manually.
-lilhugo
you will also want to create groups in Google's contacts. What you may have happening is the ton of random one time emial addresses that got saved.
I've created a "main" group that only has legitimate contacts and haven't had any issues since.
You can also export all of the contacts out of Google into a .csv file that you can open in excel and fix to your hearts desire.
Thank you !
I could´ve come on that idea on my on lol - most time, the simplest things you cant find hehe
awesome i solved it through gmail directly really thank you people!
Hi guys I've tried doing a search and couldn't find anything so apologies in advance for my incompetence.
I'm new to the Android community and recently got my S3. I'm feeling very frustrated with the contacts syncing because the phone is syncing all of my contacts from gmail including the "other contacts" folder. However doing a basic search in google says that once you setup your android phone the contacts that sync are those in the "my contacts" folder. Is there any solution to this? There doesn't seem to be any place where I can restrict which contact folder from gmail it should be syncing with.
Thanks.
you would need to go to setting accounts and turn off contact sync.
fr8cture said:
you would need to go to setting accounts and turn off contact sync.
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Hey thanks for the reply, but clicking on the google account and disabling sync contacts? If so this didn't work I still have 244 contacts that are not assigned, and they happen to be the ones that are from the my other contacs folder, also if i disable the contact sync would that also disable the contacts that I'm interested in backing up with google?
Thanks.
g2sai said:
Hey thanks for the reply, but clicking on the google account and disabling sync contacts? If so this didn't work I still have 244 contacts that are not assigned, and they happen to be the ones that are from the my other contacs folder, also if i disable the contact sync would that also disable the contacts that I'm interested in backing up with google?
Thanks.
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Oh sorry I misunderstood what you meant. You could go into system accounts hit menu key and sync now?
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fr8cture said:
Oh sorry I misunderstood what you meant. You could go into system accounts hit menu key and sync now?
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Yeah I think I'm not saying things right let me try this,
so gmail saves contacts automatically everytime you send an reply, fwd,etc.. and those contacts are saved in the Other contacts group, this group shouldn't sync itself to the android contacts from My Contacts group in gmail (at least from what I've read) however for some reason it keeps syncing and I end up with 244 unassigned contacts which basically are people whom I'm really not interested in having as a contact in the phone?
Thanks again.
g2sai said:
Yeah I think I'm not saying things right let me try this,
so gmail saves contacts automatically everytime you send an reply, fwd,etc.. and those contacts are saved in the Other contacts group, this group shouldn't sync itself to the android contacts from My Contacts group in gmail (at least from what I've read) however for some reason it keeps syncing and I end up with 244 unassigned contacts which basically are people whom I'm really not interested in having as a contact in the phone?
Thanks again.
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Hmmm i think the only way to fix this is to turn off contact syncing unless there is a option in the gmail app?
fr8cture said:
Hmmm i think the only way to fix this is to turn off contact syncing unless there is a option in the gmail app?
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This wouldn't make sense, if I turn off contact syncing then I lose the ability to have google manage my contacts for backup purposes, there should be way to restrict what group in gmail the contacts are being synced from...hm...
g2sai said:
This wouldn't make sense, if I turn off contact syncing then I lose the ability to have google manage my contacts for backup purposes, there should be way to restrict what group in gmail the contacts are being synced from...hm...
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try going to groups in your contacts app and deleting un-necessary ones (try doing this with a group which has only 1-2 unimportant contact names - so that if it gets deleted from gmail contacts as well - you don't lose many, also always backup )
I got the fix for ya. Go to contacts hit the menu / contacts to display / customize list / then click on Ur gmail . U should c it then choose the groups u want to be synced ....
Hope that works for ya
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chiaroscuro7 said:
try going to groups in your contacts app and deleting un-necessary ones (try doing this with a group which has only 1-2 unimportant contact names - so that if it gets deleted from gmail contacts as well - you don't lose many, also always backup )
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this wouldn't do anything, if i delete those contacts they get deleted from gmail as well...
SMR-DINO313 said:
I got the fix for ya. Go to contacts hit the menu / contacts to display / customize list / then click on Ur gmail . U should c it then choose the groups u want to be synced ....
Hope that works for ya
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Uhm, stupid question but I hit contacts and then hit on menu and the only options I have are Backup, delete, Import/export, merge with samsung account, merge with google, accounts, speed dial setting, and send email, don't have the contacts to display option...???
g2sai said:
this wouldn't do anything, if i delete those contacts they get deleted from gmail as well...
Uhm, stupid question but I hit contacts and then hit on menu and the only options I have are Backup, delete, Import/export, merge with samsung account, merge with google, accounts, speed dial setting, and send email, don't have the contacts to display option...???
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It's the option b4 the last when u hit menu
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It's the option b4 the last when u hit menu
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Which ROM are you on? Stock? I am on synergy and I don't see that option.
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Which ROM are you on? Stock? I am on synergy and I don't see that option.
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I'm in stock ROM or wahtever it is I ahvent played around with anything just rooted and unlocked but nothing else.
@OP I don't see the" other contacts" displayed in my contacts app, though they are synced they can only be seen
when I start searching for a particular contact - not helpful in solving the issue - jus an observation
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Ok. First try scrolling down when you are looking for contacts to display. Second it sounds like you are lazy and don't want to manage your contacts very well. If they are not contacts you need why are you keeping them? I simply take a few min once in a while and clean house... Deleting contacts that were randomly saved.
Hope that helps.
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g2sai said:
this wouldn't do anything, if i delete those contacts they get deleted from gmail as well...
Uhm, stupid question but I hit contacts and then hit on menu and the only options I have are Backup, delete, Import/export, merge with samsung account, merge with google, accounts, speed dial setting, and send email, don't have the contacts to display option...???
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Derp--didn't see that there was a second page
mdt73 said:
Ok. First try scrolling down when you are looking for contacts to display. Second it sounds like you are lazy and don't want to manage your contacts very well. If they are not contacts you need why are you keeping them? I simply take a few min once in a while and clean house... Deleting contacts that were randomly saved.
Hope that helps.
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nice.. scrolling down worked (oops , silly me).. thanks for that
--- as regards suggestion of cleaning house... thank you /s
chiaroscuro7 said:
@OP I don't see the" other contacts" displayed in my contacts app, though they are synced they can only be seen
when I start searching for a particular contact - not helpful in solving the issue - jus an observation
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Yes you are right thanks.
mdt73 said:
Ok. First try scrolling down when you are looking for contacts to display. Second it sounds like you are lazy and don't want to manage your contacts very well. If they are not contacts you need why are you keeping them? I simply take a few min once in a while and clean house... Deleting contacts that were randomly saved.
Hope that helps.
Sent from this wizbang Samsung S3 thingamabob @ 88 mph!
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Thanks that's what I was looking for and thank you for noting my lazyness, I didn't know this was going to be an issue (since I'm a noob in all this),however there are contacs that I'm simply no interested to have in my phone, again thanks that solves the problem :cyclops:
chiaroscuro7 said:
nice.. scrolling down worked (oops , silly me).. thanks for that
--- as regards suggestion of cleaning house... thank you /s
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Yup thanks!
GingerBread
g2sai said:
this wouldn't do anything, if i delete those contacts they get deleted from gmail as well...
Uhm, stupid question but I hit contacts and then hit on menu and the only options I have are Backup, delete, Import/export, merge with samsung account, merge with google, accounts, speed dial setting, and send email, don't have the contacts to display option...???
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I do understand you, I have many old and JIC contacts in my gmail that I don't want to delete, over 2700, but I only want 100 or 200 tops sync to my phone. If I play with the display settings when I enter the conects, only the contacts I want are displayed, but when I search for an specific contact, it searches over all the 2700 contacts and makes my Galaxy S3 verry slow, my old galaxy s2 as well,
If my memory does not fail, when I had the galaxy Ace with gingerbread, the contacts navigation and search was much faster because only the contacts in "My Contacts" where Sync into my phone, i am allmost positive of that. thanx for any responses.
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did not notice that there was a second page, i am new in the forum.
it is not lazy in my case, i have purged over 2000 contacts when i merged the information from my Facebook Contacts, Linked In, Yahoo, MSN, manualy merging some becuse the automerge process did not work for some cases (inverted names with diferent emails (old and new) or phone numbers, etc), but if i delete one and i review and old email, i won't know who was that from, oe maybe where i knew them from (have them in groups or notes) to organize a reunion :good:. anyway deleting information goes agains Gmal Policy (Never have to delete an email or contact again) LOL any help is welcome
Dear all,
I use google account to input my contacts. Now, when I input a contact to my android phone. The contact does not show in whatsapp. I am sure the user is having whatsapp installed. How can I make my contacts visible in whatsapp.
Thanks.
peterhon said:
Dear all,
I use google account to input my contacts. Now, when I input a contact to my android phone. The contact does not show in whatsapp. I am sure the user is having whatsapp installed. How can I make my contacts visible in whatsapp.
Thanks.
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in whats app setting, contacts, check the show all contacts...(maybe its hidden contact with this check its ok)
if not worked, maybe the one you think had whats app, registered with another phone number,
peterhon said:
Dear all,
I use google account to input my contacts. Now, when I input a contact to my android phone. The contact does not show in whatsapp. I am sure the user is having whatsapp installed. How can I make my contacts visible in whatsapp.
Thanks.
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Go to Whatsapp settings>contacts>tick show all contacts.. if the problem persists then try syncing your contacts again with whatsapp servers by going to phone settings>accounts& syn>tap whatsapp account then sync contacts... it will solve your problem...Click Thanks if i helped you.
Hi all , for days now im trying to fix this problem , i tried almost everything but nothing works.
Can't see my contact list on whatsapp , viber , line etc , it just doesn't want to sync. The apps are working fine but i can't see any contacts , i only see the number if someone msges or calls me , and even if i add it manually to my contact list nothing happens.
I imported my contacts from my SIM , synced it with the google account , whatsapp account , everything is up to date.
It might be a ROM problem (can't ask in the development sections need 10 posts )
Im on cm-10.2-20140104-Sultan-pyramid.zip (with ION) (HTC sensation XE)
Last ROM that worked: cm-10.2-20131117-Sultan-pyramid.zip (no ION)
It seems no one has the problem cause no one is complaining about it.
Is there a possible fix? Or it's just the ROM that is not compatible , but why is no one reporting the problem?
(Google couldn't help me, i hope XDA can! )
Thank you very much
Suggestions are welcomed, thanks
I guess i gonna have to try my luck elsewhere , thank you anyways
You can only share your contacts in whatsapp!
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It's not about sharing contacts its about having a visible contact list on whatsapp/viber and co
[email protected] said:
You can only share your contacts in whatsapp!
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No whatsapp contacts on CM 11
I do not have contacts, only telephone numbers in whatsapp chat, but nothing in contact list. Any idea ?
I think we have the same problem, im using CM 10.2 with ION
When someone messages me i do see the phone numbers without names , but yes my whatsapp/viber contact list is empty as well :/
jonnybcn said:
I do not have contacts, only telephone numbers in whatsapp chat, but nothing in contact list. Any idea ?
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BliZzArD_420 said:
I think we have the same problem, im using CM 10.2 with ION
When someone messages me i do see the phone numbers without names , but yes my whatsapp/viber contact list is empty as well :/
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Indeed! I have checked Viber and the same issue. Also my voip phone (Zoiper) does not keep call log. I have moved to CM 11 M2 Snapshot but in vain.
jonnybcn said:
Indeed! I have checked Viber and the same issue. Also my voip phone (Zoiper) does not keep call log. I have moved to CM 11 M2 Snapshot but in vain.
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SOLVED!!!!
Check your Privacy Guard setting per App under security or turn it off completely.
Solved here as well privacy guard kept turning on, so turned it off completely, thank you for the reminder
jonnybcn said:
SOLVED!!!!
Check your Privacy Guard setting per App under security or turn it off completely.
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BliZzArD_420 said:
Solved here as well privacy guard kept turning on, so turned it off completely, thank you for the reminder
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I've different problem, Suddenly all but few of my contacts disappeared. I ticked "show all contacts" and they are back again. But the problem now is, I can see their status updates, online time but cant see their photo.. Few contacts photos are still visible and updates also when they change it. But 90% contacts photos are gone now.
btw I'm using slim ROM on nexus-s
hiya all i have this prob only a couple contacts showing and i am using phoenix rom on galaxy note 2
anyone have any ideas?
thanks flobz
I just imported my contacts from my SD card on the last ROM flash and every one appeared
same problem is happening wid me i am a htc 626g+ user
BliZzArD_420 said:
Hi all , for days now im trying to fix this problem , i tried almost everything but nothing works.
Can't see my contact list on whatsapp , viber , line etc , it just doesn't want to sync. The apps are working fine but i can't see any contacts , i only see the number if someone msges or calls me , and even if i add it manually to my contact list nothing happens.
I imported my contacts from my SIM , synced it with the google account , whatsapp account , everything is up to date.
It might be a ROM problem (can't ask in the development sections need 10 posts )
Im on cm-10.2-20140104-Sultan-pyramid.zip (with ION) (HTC sensation XE)
Last ROM that worked: cm-10.2-20131117-Sultan-pyramid.zip (no ION)
It seems no one has the problem cause no one is complaining about it.
Is there a possible fix? Or it's just the ROM that is not compatible , but why is no one reporting the problem?
(Google couldn't help me, i hope XDA can! )
Thank you very much
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I too have the same problem, i have updated whatsapp and now i can see the phone numbers and msg but no name, and my contacts in whatsup also show empty.
Hello everyone,
I am running a stock rom on my GS6 and since yesterday, when I had to call someone I noticed that I have duplicate phone numbers for each contact, but only when I type a contact's name using the T9 function of dialer. If I go to contacts, everything is fine.
I noticed that the issue is solved after uninstalling whatsapp. When I reinstalled whatsapp from the play store, it installed version 2.12.176, but I instantly got the update for 2.12.242 which was the version I had before. The issue came back after 30 minutes of use...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
dkreventon said:
Hello everyone,
I am running a stock rom on my GS6 and since yesterday, when I had to call someone I noticed that I have duplicate phone numbers for each contact, but only when I type a contact's name using the T9 function of dialer. If I go to contacts, everything is fine.
I noticed that the issue is solved after uninstalling whatsapp. When I reinstalled whatsapp from the play store, it installed version 2.12.176, but I instantly got the update for 2.12.242 which was the version I had before. The issue came back after 30 minutes of use...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi any solution to the issue? I am also facing the same problem since the past few days.
dkreventon said:
Hello everyone,
I am running a stock rom on my GS6 and since yesterday, when I had to call someone I noticed that I have duplicate phone numbers for each contact, but only when I type a contact's name using the T9 function of dialer. If I go to contacts, everything is fine.
I noticed that the issue is solved after uninstalling whatsapp. When I reinstalled whatsapp from the play store, it installed version 2.12.176, but I instantly got the update for 2.12.242 which was the version I had before. The issue came back after 30 minutes of use...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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waqasahsan said:
Hi any solution to the issue? I am also facing the same problem since the past few days.
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i guess we'll have to wait for whatsapp/samsung to fix this problem
I sent whatsapp an email and they replied with this.
Will do so this weekend and come back with feedback.
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dkreventon said:
I sent whatsapp an email and they replied with this.
Will do so this weekend and come back with feedback.
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i tried the following:
1. back up
2. delete whatsapp
3. download from whatsapp.com
4. installed whatsapp
5. restart phone
6. activate whatsapp
but the number still shows as duplicates.
dkreventon said:
Hello everyone,
I am running a stock rom on my GS6 and since yesterday, when I had to call someone I noticed that I have duplicate phone numbers for each contact, but only when I type a contact's name using the T9 function of dialer. If I go to contacts, everything is fine.
I noticed that the issue is solved after uninstalling whatsapp. When I reinstalled whatsapp from the play store, it installed version 2.12.176, but I instantly got the update for 2.12.242 which was the version I had before. The issue came back after 30 minutes of use...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I had that problem also but because of another app, you need to not sync the app with your contacts. I was able to unsync the contacts from my app. Try going into settings, accounts and see if you can set it to not sync or maybe in the app unsync your contacts.
I don't have this whatsapp contact sync problem, but i had duplicate contacts. Did you try to "merge contacts" from the menu in the contacts app? For me this worked
GZA1337 said:
I don't have this whatsapp contact sync problem, but i had duplicate contacts. Did you try to "merge contacts" from the menu in the contacts app? For me this worked
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the problem is that contacts don't show the duplicate numbers, it's just from whatsapp/other app that is giving this problem.
I have the same problem on my Galaxy s6... Any fix?
Yes i have this problem. Any Fix??
Hello I have the exact same problem. But a lot of people that have the S6 (95%) doesn't have this issue.
Maybe we have a contact problem in our Google account?
I'm thinking of deleting and retyping all of them bit it's annoying...
Should I give a try? I need WhatsApp so much but this double number issue is very frustrating at the same time....
Okey, so I had the exact same problem and I think I might have found a way to fix this. The problem is it's contact by contact and not bulk.
1. Go to your contacts in your S6. Search for a contact that you know have duplicate numbers in the dialer.
2. You will now see that there is just one number added to the contact.
3. Click the "show more" link in the bottom of the contact card (above your recent activity)
4. This expanded view now shows you more contact info. Look for the "Connected by" field with a link symbol on the right.
5. This field will show you what services link contact info to this contact. Click it and press the "-" by the connected app to split it from this contact.
6. Now if you search for this contact again you will find two contacts. The original one and the one you just broke free.
7. Click the unwanted one and press "more" in the top right and select "delete". It will warn you that you cant delete read only stuff but proceed anyway.
8. Voila! Now you don't have duplicate numbers in your dialer.
As I said this is a bit tedious, but it works. I have done it to my most frequent contacts and thats good enough for now. There is an option in the contact app where you can choose what sources to show in your contacts but that doesn't seem to work or doesn't apply to the dialer.
Hope this helps
.- Alex
Thanks for the help Bathyon I'll try this when I get back from work!!! I'll let you know.
This problem is not restricted to only the S6. I have the exact same problem on my Galaxy S4 mini Duos
I'm having the same problem with my Moto X (1st Gen). :/
Bathyon said:
Okey, so I had the exact same problem and I think I might have found a way to fix this. The problem is it's contact by contact and not bulk.
1. Go to your contacts in your S6. Search for a contact that you know have duplicate numbers in the dialer.
2. You will now see that there is just one number added to the contact.
3. Click the "show more" link in the bottom of the contact card (above your recent activity)
4. This expanded view now shows you more contact info. Look for the "Connected by" field with a link symbol on the right.
5. This field will show you what services link contact info to this contact. Click it and press the "-" by the connected app to split it from this contact.
6. Now if you search for this contact again you will find two contacts. The original one and the one you just broke free.
7. Click the unwanted one and press "more" in the top right and select "delete". It will warn you that you cant delete read only stuff but proceed anyway.
8. Voila! Now you don't have duplicate numbers in your dialer.
As I said this is a bit tedious, but it works. I have done it to my most frequent contacts and thats good enough for now. There is an option in the contact app where you can choose what sources to show in your contacts but that doesn't seem to work or doesn't apply to the dialer.
Hope this helps
.- Alex
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Working ! ! ! ! Thank you very much ! You're a hero ! WhatsApp settings doesn't ask you if you want or not the app to mix up with your Google contacts. You found the solution to "separate" them without having twice the same contact anymore !
Thanks again !
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Working ! ! ! ! Thank you very much ! You're a hero ! WhatsApp settings doesn't ask you if you want or not the app to mix up with your Google contacts. You found the solution to "separate" them without having twice the same contact anymore !
Thanks again !
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Glad I could help. It was driving me mad so I'm as happy as you are
I don't think it's the proper solution. The apps need to fix the problem. I'm having the same problem on S5 too
Also having this problem. With the latest Whatsapp Beta. I will try seperating them.
For those who are still annoyed by this problem, I've found a more elegant solution - yet still somewhat of a hack. Unfortunately, root is required until marshmallow hits our devices:
1) Uninstall Whatsapp from your device
2) Install "App Ops" by nowsky from the Play Store
3) Reinstall Whatsapp (but do not yet open it)
4) Open up App Ops
5) Scroll down to Whatsapp in any of the categories (e.g. location)
6) Press on Whatsapp and untick its ability to "modify contacts"
7) Open and configure Whatsapp normally
Henceforth, Whatsapp won't be able to create duplicate numbers or entries. This solution does not seem to have any detrimental effect on Whatsapp itself. All Whatsapp capable contacts are properly displayed, there are no error messages and what have you.