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Hangouts questions

I am using hangouts strictly for sms, is there a way to get rid of the stupid suggestions list?
Also is there a way to sync Facebook contact photos with it, they're sunbed already to my Gmail account.
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I found it annoying initially too, what I had done was this. I hopped onto Google plus and disabled suggestions. With that I also found it annoying to have circles in my SMS contacts too so I just hid them.
Another thing you could do is logout from your g+ account on hangouts.
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Whatsapp problems.

Hi, I have problems with whatsapp.
Often I lost my contacts and I need to sincronize it every time.
Any one have the same issue?

Having the same problem… it happens once every 2 days.
Anybody might have a solution?
Thanks

My p8 max was stolen, now I have another p8max, a new one, and I have the same problem.
Maybe it`s the huawei app that controls the application consumption;nI try to configure it, but the problem persisted.

i managed to solve the problem by doing a factory reset. then restoring

I have the same problem. I have to update my contacts sometimes. The App is protected and all permissions allowed.
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I think it is the stock messaging app that does that if you use the third party messaging app you won't have that issue

Sorry, I don't understanding.
Whatapp is not a native app.
What do you mean?

grillote said:
Sorry, I don't understanding.
Whatapp is not a native app.
What do you mean?
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yeah I know its not, just do what I said in the previous post it will fix your issue if not you can always delete the app.

zain0300 said:
yeah I know its not, just do what I said in the previous post it will fix your issue if not you can always delete the app.
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I try this before with no luck.
I deleted, and installed again, and nothing.
It seam's that today I solved the problem by updating the app from the huawei market place.
Today I don't need to synchronize my contacts.
I will say you something on a few days.
Thanks

grillote said:
I try this before with no luck.
I deleted, and installed again, and nothing.
It seam's that today I solved the problem by updating the app from the huawei market place.
Today I don't need to synchronize my contacts.
I will say you something on a few days.
Thanks
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I was having the same issue then I noticed when I received a text message my WhatsApp contacts would hide. I installed Google Messenger as default messaging app and it fixed the WhatsApp problem. I know its wierd but thats true.

Perfect two ways to fix the problem.

Just install true contacts from play store. Fix the WhatsApp contact issue.

grillote said:
I try this before with no luck.
I deleted, and installed again, and nothing.
It seam's that today I solved the problem by updating the app from the huawei market place.
Today I don't need to synchronize my contacts.
I will say you something on a few days.
Thanks
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Basically the stock contacts app is the one that cause this issue... so solution is :
- install any other contacts app (I'm using Contacts+ app)
- set the default calling or sms to that 3rd party app
Voila.. problem solved... at least for me..

Sorry Grillote, I have both updated WhatsApp from the Huawei App Store and installed Google Messenger, but the problem persists.
I'll try to install a third party contacts App, as some fellows have suggested.
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Yes, me to, this time it`s take a long time to stop the sync, but the problem persist.
I try to change the contact app.
Thanks

william1974 said:
Just install true contacts from play store. Fix the WhatsApp contact issue.
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Doesn't work for me.
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Sorry to hear that. I oso installed third party phone and contact app( true dialer) for more than 1 week. Set as default. No issue so far.

It seems that the latest whatsapp version managed to keep the contacts from disappearing!
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just download the last update app
and make refresh form the app setting and contact will showen

rowihel2012 said:
just download the last update app
and make refresh form the app setting and contact will showen
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No luck, with the last update, the problem persists.

Contact Management and Groups

Guys, I'm coming from the LG G2, still with a Kitkat Rom and planning to buy this phone. I played around with it in the store today and have some troubles understanding how it might work for me.
Example, I have about 3.500 contacts synced in my Google Account, neatly organized in Groups, which I use heavily and don't want to give up.
As I understand, Huawei uses its own contact manager as a substitute to the Google Contacts app, as far as I could see it would allow for Contact Groups also.
How would I go about using it? Google seems to be not supporting Groups anymore since Lollipop & Marshmallow (that's one of the reasons why I never updated my G2 with newer Roms). Although the contact manager from LG was always just a tuned version of the Google app, if I'm not wrong.
How did you get your existing contacts from your Google account into the Huawei Contact Manager? And did it transfer existing Groups also? The model they sell here seems to be the international version (L29).
Thanks for your help!

Nobody is using groups to organize their contacts? Wow, I thought it's more common...

Im sure there is a contactapp for you in the playstore

Yes, but the standard Google Marshmallow app doesn't support groups anymore..... Hmmm....

I can confirm now, that the group management works with the Huawei contact manager, if anybody has the same inquiry.
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nomad4ever said:
Yes, but the standard Google Marshmallow app doesn't support groups anymore..... Hmmm....
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My contacts are managed on Exchange Outlook server. and I have no problems syncing them on Mate 8, as every group is present

Google Contacs
Is there any way to get Google contacts on Mate 8 NXT-AL10?
Play store say not compatible with you device. I have copied them from my other phone to this phone but would like to keep everything synced.

Messaging (SMS) & Contacts Conflicting?

Not sure if this should've been posted under Xperia Z5 or Android General forum, but here is goes: a friend got married and changed names. I went to update her entry under Contacts and so far so good. Easy job. Now here is the weird thing: Text messages under "Messages" are still showing her with her old name. I even tried completely deleting all texts and the contact entry under Contacts and recreating her entry. As soon as I texted her to test if it worked, her OLD name showed up under Messaging.
What is going on here? Kinda annoying and not sure if there is an rational explanation why this would happen.
Any feedback or ideas? Should some sort of cache be cleared?
This is for a Z5C with Marshmallow recently upgraded. Stock Firmware. Not rooted.
Thanks in advance,
OldSkewler

Any feedback? Anyone else facing this?

OldSkewler said:
Any feedback? Anyone else facing this?
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Go to the desktop page of Google contacts and ensure your changes are there too. And then force resync your Google account on your device.
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millicent said:
Go to the desktop page of Google contacts and ensure your changes are there too. And then force resync your Google account on your device.
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Nope, this didnt work: first I don't use Google Contacts (phone only) but I did try to search for the entry under Google Contacts (maybe it syncs regardless, I thought) but the entry is not even listed there under Google.
This is definitely something local to the phone I think.
Thanks for the feedback though!
BB

OldSkewler said:
Nope, this didnt work: first I don't use Google Contacts (phone only) but I did try to search for the entry under Google Contacts (maybe it syncs regardless, I thought) but the entry is not even listed there under Google.
This is definitely something local to the phone I think.
Thanks for the feedback though!
BB
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That's interesting, I imagine the local contacts just doesn't play well with its text message counterpart. Should be a z5 problem.
What if you switch to a 3rd party sms app, such as textra?
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Google Contacts

Hi ,
Just received my mate 9 from China with GMS Core and Play installed but can't get my google contacts to sync??
Can anyone help asap???
Many thanks!?!

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...gle-contacts-sync-7-1-1-android-apk-download/
You must download the APK from online sources like this one above and after that, you should have no problem reaching out to your contacts.
Same for the Calendar sync APK file. That should be all that you need.
Have Fun!

Thanks mate! Worked like a charm...

You can also get the Google contacts app there and use it rather than Huawei's contact app.
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Thanks.
Just wish there was a decent dual sim dialler as I like to assign sims to contacts as I use my phone for work too.

I saw something on Play store like that, cannot recall app name but it let choose SIM to call from after you click a contact number.
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SWBgHz said:
I saw something on Play store like that, cannot recall app name but it let choose SIM to call from after you click a contact number.
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But this is how it works right now.... You press a contact and open o new window asking you which sim to make the call sim 1 or sim 2...
I think that he wants sim association contacts... The only device that work with it is LG G4, LG V10,LG V20 all dual sim...LG is the only device that you can assign contacts to a sim without have to choose every time which sim... But it doesn't has the "Always ask" option...
You can install and try from playstore "true phone diler & contact" that manage both options but some times is getting mess up with stock diler... It will be great if you could freeze or disable stock diler....

When you select a contact in the dialer, it shows the two sims and it tells you also which sim was used last time for this contact. It is not a fixed connection between contact and sim, but for me it is a good approach. I'm not willing to go through all my contacts to connect them to a sim. And probably redo this when moving to another phone.

Thanks Guys. Currently using True Caller. Moto do a great implementation of this...

Try drupe dialer from playstore
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Just like to say thanks. Bought the Mate 9 from China Aliexpress with AL00 china model. Having problem syncing all my contacts via the google account. Finally fix the issue with this thread. Thanks again.

I just notice my google contacts are not being synchronized despite having the latest apk installed. I have reinstalled the app giving it full permission and still not able to synch my contacts last synch is dated Feb 11
last update: deleting and re-adding the gmail account fixed the problem

Thanks, I just had same problem with my Mate9 from China; moreover GMS core were not installed and so no Gmail, no Playstore etc. I had to install gms core from Hiapp(in the phone), and after that install all the google apps one by one from the store. Now all run fine! Thanks again

Hi!
I tried this but it keep saying that the App can't open =/
It redirects me to the HiApp version, which is in Google Contacts but with a Chinese Title.
Any ideas anyone?