Hi There,
I have tried to search but could not find out the answer to my issue, the phone, currently running on Resurrection Remix 7, didn't allow me to save contact to local phone and there was no option to turn it on as well. If this is the new Android Nougat standard then I will live with it otherwise please cross me a finger so that I don't have to re-flash it.
Thanks in advance.
Aren't your contacts saved in your Google/Gmail account?
Why do you want to save to "local" phone? Better to save to Google so if you ever lose your phone, your contacts are safe.
Is that mean Nougat does not allow to store contact on phone?
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pvhien said:
Is that mean Nougat does not allow to store contact on phone?
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No, I wasn't saying that, but after doing research that may be correct statement.
Really I'm just wondering if you realize storing contact only on phone is inferior method and I would never use it. In fact, for two separate friends who switched from iPhone to Android the carrier store exported all their contacts and stored them as "local". The first thing I did was export them to Google/Gmail to save them from potential disaster.
Now they can NEVER "lose" their contacts. No matter which device they ever use for the rest of their lives, they will have their contacts -- because it's also saved in Gmail web interface. If they use a tablet, phone, PC, whatever, their contacts are there. In Android, of course, it's in the "Contacts" app. On a PC, you would sign into Gmail on a web browser and then switch to "contacts" view.
If you save your contacts locally, and switch devices, do you know how to export your LOCAL contacts? If your phone is stolen or lost, how do you replace your LOCAL contacts? With contacts saved in Google, you don't have to worry about that. You just get another phone, sign in with your Gmail username/password when setting up the phone and BOOM, there's all your contacts waiting for you.
But here's a discussion on the very subject:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/LxxBVl-sSHg
It looks like with Nougat (at least according to this discussion) any new contacts are indeed automatically saved to Google with no option for future disaster (local).
Add contacts to phone (not to G account) Nexus 6P Nougat
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/LxxBVl-sSHg
Even the people helping were surprised, as they thought the guy just wasn't doing it right.
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Hi,
Im using a Samsung I9000 and when Im saving a new contact the phone always asks where it have to be saved:
Phone
Sim Card
gmail account
youtube account
Im few new to android and I tough every contact on my phone is also on my gamil account is this right?
When Im selecting phone will this contac be synced with gmail or not?
Actually, you can choose to save your contact in one of several different "places". For instance, if you use Gmail for contact management, you would save your contacts to Google contact type.
However, there are many other information management applications and sites. Many people use Outlook or another computer based PIM application, and use that to sync contacts to the phone. These would be put in the Phone contact type.
Since you are using a GSM based phone, you can also save new contacts as a SIM contact type. Note that SIM contact types have some limitations compared to the others as far as how many phone numbers, email addresses, etc. can be saved per contact.
You say you are new to Android, but is this your first smart phone? In other words, how did you get your contacts on the phone in the first place, or are you just adding them now?
If this is your first smart phone and you are just adding the contacts, as long as you are ok with Google having all that information, then save them as a Google contact type. The point of that is so if you loose your phone, or it is damaged or otherwise, you still have the data backed up and can get it to another phone. In fact, if you are using Gmail to manage your contacts, just log into Gmail on a computer and enter all the contacts that way. It will be easier and faster and they will sync to your phone automatically.
Hi,
thank you very very much you helped me a lot!!!
This isnt my fist smart phon, before I had many many WM Phones and synced with outlook which I would prefer but as I bought my i9000 they told me it wont work and I ve to transfer my contacts to google to get them synced...
I think Ill switch back from that because I dont like to hafe google my contacs and if it works with outlook its much easier for me!
Thanks a lot
Hi everyone,
I'd like to store my contacts on the local phone storage. Unfortunately the contact app doesn't seem to support that. If I remember right the one from "Vanilla ICE v2" did.
Is is possible to just flash the apk from Vanilla/CM9/whatever supports local storage? Can I perhaps change the settings in the current app to support local storage? Or is there a option somewhere and I am just stupid^^?
Thanks for the help.
Best
Teorax
PS: I am not really keen on syncing my contacts with google or anyone else so thats not really a solution...more of a dealbreaker. :/
There should be an option to Import/Export from storage in contacts.
Go to Contacts > press menu button > Import/Export
You'll then get the options to:
Import from Sim card
Import from Storage
Export to Storage
Share visible contacts
If the options are not there, then it must be a bug in BlindIce v8.
Oh, and be sure to turn off Google's contacts sync!
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Teorax said:
Hi everyone,
I'd like to store my contacts on the local phone storage. Unfortunately the contact app doesn't seem to support that. If I remember right the one from "Vanilla ICE v2" did.
Is is possible to just flash the apk from Vanilla/CM9/whatever supports local storage? Can I perhaps change the settings in the current app to support local storage? Or is there a option somewhere and I am just stupid^^?
Thanks for the help.
Best
Teorax
PS: I am not really keen on syncing my contacts with google or anyone else so thats not really a solution...more of a dealbreaker. :/
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may i ask why u dont want to use google to sync as trillions of people use it ?
Hi,
@miz_pimp
Thanks for the help. If I understand you right, I should just use the Google account but not sync it. I already thought of that but hoped there would be a real local storage (like in other roms I have used).
@htc-phones
I just not comfortable with Google constantly integrating my contacts into my other web activations. And also I find it kind of rude that they use this data for there business.
And also I don't think the masses are a good adviser...
To precise my original question: is there a possibility for "real" local storage like some roms are able to (without the fear of accidental sync)? Does it depend on the contact app used?
Thanks again.
Teorax
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Maybe I misunderstood you. I have my contacts saved to my SD card, and do NOT have it synced with Google. Every time I flash a new ROM, I just restore my contacts from my SD card, but before doing so, I do not sync my Google account yet.
While my account is syncing, I quickly turn off "Sync Contacts", before any of my contacts are synced with my Google account.
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I think I understood what you meant, but if I got you right your still linking your contacts to your Google-Account (the one you e.g. log into the market with), you just don't update (sync) the contacts within its "online address book".
But what I am infact looking for is the possibility to NOT link the contacts. In Endymion for example (but I remember correctly Vanilla as well) you can select "phone storage" as location to import your .vcf to. That option I am missing.
The workaround you suggested might work, but after flashing most roms auto sync is on and you have to be quick.
The point is since you can not really take back any mistakes in that field (since leaked informations can not be retrieved) I would really prefer a local solution.
But thank you for your help!
Best
Teorax
PS: Perhaps I would not be so "paranoid" if I had not received a mail from Google congratulating me to my new Galaxy Nexus after flashing Vanilla >.<. Or if I would be able to delete the serial of my old DesireS which I returned after fried eMMC...
I'm not so sure then, as I don't recall seeing that option, sorry.
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here's my fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808037
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en
Hope it helps!
I don't sync my contacts with Google either, all my contacts are backed up with TB then restored after a new Rom by just restoring data not app and data, as a backup I export to sd card.
Swyped from my desire s running blindIce
I have moved contacts from SIM to phone, added contacts over time, and before changing phones, moved all contacts to the SIM creating duplicates. Some I think are from facebook and have no numbers. Some I have up to 5 duplicates.
In display options I have "Only contacts with phone numbers" unchecked with everything below also checked. A particular contact has 6 entries. A couple have numbers, most are empty and one facebook. When I select show only contacts with numbers I get 2. When I go to SIM management to export to SIM I see 6 again. There is no way to distinguish which has a number or any way to filter. All there is, is a checkbox and a name 6 times. I even merged the 5 of them and when I went to export to SIM I saw all of them separately again.
I can't write all 800+ to the SIM so how can I only transfer the ones with numbers attached??? The only way I can delete the contacts without numbers is to open the contact, see if it has a number and delete. I seriously don't want to do that 500 times.
Is there a smart way to write only the contacts with numbers to the SIM? I surely would appreciate the help!
Running 2.3.6
Why are you saving to sim card? Just manage them in contacts app and they sync with Google account between devices. There's an option in Google desktop contacts to merge duplicates.
BTW, sim contacts are stored as one contact per number. So a phone contact with 2 numbers will actually create 2 separate entries when exported to sim card.
I'm looking up Google Contacts and it has been discontinued. I found Google Desktop, but then started running across all these plug-in and fixes for different problems of mismatched databases...
I write them to the SIM so I can switch it another phone and have them all. It's just how I've been doing it since before any back-up capabilities. I suppose I need to open a new email account that doesn't have a couple of hundred email addresses to deal with and no phone numbers. Facebook contacts got copied as a name only because they were an entry I guess. No email address or anything.
I do need to find some way of merging all the duplicates. Do you have another suggestion that's not going to require me to read and dig up a discontinued program that I can continue to use? lol
I'm referring to the contacts in your Google (i.e. Gmail) account, certainly no discontinued and no plugin required, just log into it from a browser and go to the contacts tab. All of your contacts should be synced from your phone and you can find duplicates and merge there, which will then sync back to your phone.
Guess I'm making the assumption that you have a Gmail or Google apps account, which is almost a necessity with an Android device.
^ what he said. Its much easier to manage contacts in Gmail and have it sync over. If you change number or lost your phone no need to ask people for their number ever.
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I agree that it's easier to maintain it how you say.
That was nuts! I thought they were already synchronized with gmail, but I guess not. I went through and deleted what I wanted in gmail, then everything in my phone. I went to sync bac and it said it couldn't becuase of too many deleted contacts. I thought, yes, just delete them. Then I watched all my contacts disappear from my gmail account on my PC. Gmail has a cool feature to resore contacts as they were minute by minute. Eventually I got the whole list back and on my phone.
Thanks for the help! Saving them to the SIM is old school now...
I rooted my phone last night and thinking about installing ICS, the second leaked version UCLD2 because I'm not liking the lock screen on 2.3.6. I want to find a setup for my Skyrocket that people are liking, but that's kind of hard.... Hey, here's a great ROM. Camera is broken, WiFi has issues, screen gets stuck in wrong orientation... but it's great! Does't seem to be much out there for the Skyrocket. I was looking in the forum here under my correct phone type. Suggestions? I know, wrong thread, just asking a BTW...
ROM
check out skyrocket Android development for Listing of Roms. I'm using SKYICS
I think that's where I got the UCLD2. I don't like it at all. I don't know if apps don't work because they're not ready, of if it's this version of ICS. People say it sucks for the battery and it's because messaging sits there and uses 90 of the cpu even in my pocket and the phone gets hot for no reason. I'll look up yours. Thanks Raven
Just click menu and merge with google
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What is the best way for me to go through and organize my contacts for my Google account?
My list is so sloppy and looks bad with duplicates, some several duplicates. I know sometimes in the past I would attempt it just with manually deleting and checking all names/numbers and I would often get some sort of message saying I couldn't delete this contact for some reason(I forgot what the reason it said was).
I would prefer to edit this list on my PC, but if this easier done with some sort of app then I'm down. I also want my new organized list to sync across all my devices that sync contacts from my google account.
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On the website (https://contacts.google.com) you can identify duplicates.
You can also export your contacts on your PC (CSV or vCard format).
And you can pretty simply merge duplicates so that if, for example, one has a landline number, a second has a mobile, a third has an address, etc., you can put them all in a single entry with a mouse click.
I was in your position a few months ago and it took me about half an hour to whip my contacts list into shape.
I exclusively use contacts from my gmail/Google account. I never ever have them on the phone or the sim. In case I lose or break or change the phone, I never lose a contact and never have to re-enter them. I'm very OCD about things like that and being able to sit at my PC and standardize all contacts is worth a ton to me. Using the above cited Google contacts link is my preferred method.
Dear all,
I'm being a very long user of LG V series from V10, recently I have changed 4th my LG V50 due to breakage of those phones and etc. Usually data transfer were accomplished very simple way thru either LG app or recently just thru the google itself past 2 LG v50 phones had no problem, all the data were transfered such as sms/contacts/apps/dial history and etc. Until now, I have did all the same, but instead of over 4k contacts it did transferred only 2.5k including missing sms from those contacts and etc. Problem is I have realized it a bit late, and due to nature of my business / my phone is my life. So I have new sms and contacts. Question what options do I have ??
1) I'm thinking simple one is obviously to try re do the entire transfer
2) I need some app or whatever I can do to combine old contacts and sms with new ones ???
3) What would be a best application to manage contacts??
PS Forgot to mention that I have 4 different email accounts that those contacts are spread between them - I wanna unite them into one email account. And I'll answer NO I always log in all my emails prior to data transfer and etc.
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Dear all,
I'm being a very long user of LG V series from V10, recently I have changed 4th my LG V50 due to breakage of those phones and etc. Usually data transfer were accomplished very simple way thru either LG app or recently just thru the google itself past 2 LG v50 phones had no problem, all the data were transfered such as sms/contacts/apps/dial history and etc. Until now, I have did all the same, but instead of over 4k contacts it did transferred only 2.5k including missing sms from those contacts and etc. Problem is I have realized it a bit late, and due to nature of my business / my phone is my life. So I have new sms and contacts. Question what options do I have ??
1) I'm thinking simple one is obviously to try re do the entire transfer
2) I need some app or whatever I can do to combine old contacts and sms with new ones ???
3) What would be a best application to manage contacts??
PS Forgot to mention that I have 4 different email accounts that those contacts are spread between them - I wanna unite them into one email account. And I'll answer NO I always log in all my emails prior to data transfer and etc.
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For contacts, the Gmail account. But be sure you sync them manually and verify on desktop mode that all contacts are stored in that Gmail account.
For sms try a dedicated app or maybe main lg software.
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For contacts, the Gmail account. But be sure you sync them manually and verify on desktop mode that all contacts are stored in that Gmail account.
For sms try a dedicated app or maybe main lg software.
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Thank you for response, what do you mean by manually sync them ?? Press sync button on the older phone ?? If so than I did it, and what it means to verify on the desktop mode?? I'd love to manually sort them out one by one since I have bunch of them in double or triple or missing some details like emails or phones and etc.
I have tried LG software but apparently I'm doing something wrong its not recognizing the LG V50......please help me. Thank you
PS on my PC (win10) LG suite asking to install LG air drive on cellphone but there is no such app, instead I have updated or installed LG data SENDER app. but still nothing......
Manually sync them when uploading to Google account, verify that all of them are copied via desktop login, after that login into new phone and let them sync.
Or use built in app when restoring