Well i cant seem to sync my contacts with phone. They are blank...just showing numbers...in the app i have default gmail contacts but they are not on watch.
All records about duration and calls from phone are on watch i mean time and numbers but no names...my contacts are blank... All permissions are set right i believe.
I am lost.
Can anyone help me?
Snap. I have a Gear Sport and have the same issue. For some weird reason the 4 contacts I have saved to the SIM card show but nothing else. Driving me mad!
Same here on gear s3, a few contacts showing only!! Any suggestions on a fix? Thanks.
Weirdly today one more contact showed up. Can't think why, I haven't called, messaged or altered that contact. Baffling.
I've been investigating to see what the correlation is between the contacts I can see, but cannot pinpoint a common theme. Contacts coming from different sources, same/ different fields filled in etc. Strange!!!!!
It is an issue with "history" I think. Contacts added after Tizen 4 update are shown usually. Same for messages, only the ones received *after* the update. I reset my watch today, contacts have sync, but not messages...
Rebel2k said:
It is an issue with "history" I think. Contacts added after Tizen 4 update are shown usually. Same for messages, only the ones received *after* the update. I reset my watch today, contacts have sync, but not messages...
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Just added a new contact to my phone and its synced to watch? I'm going to backup all my contacts and restore, let's see if they then all sync back to watch.
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Just added a new contact to my phone and its synced to watch I'm going to backup all my contacts and restore, let's see if they then all sync back to watch.
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So backed up all my contacts in all accounts, (test import file is valid first), deleted all contacts, re-imported and all contacts now sync with watch
Do you have your messages in the messages app or only new ones?
cabbage65, thanks for posting a solution. I have the same issue after an inadvertent reset of my Frontier S3 following the Tizen 4.0 update. Prior to the reset everything was golden. I have not tried your solution but it looks promising based on a sample I did. Have you had any adverse issues or cautions you care to share. Thanks again.
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Do you have your messages in the messages app or only new ones?
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In the default message app.
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Hello all, so following a comment regarding new contacts got transferred to the Watch, I thought what can I do for all my contacts be transferred to the watch. I thought what can I do, well deleted my contacts in my all accounts. So I did the following, but use at your own risk:
1. Backed up all my contacts in all my accounts on respective websites, google, office etc.
2. Tested I could restore above backups
3. On my phone, deleted all the contacts in all my accounts
4. Wait until the accounts resysnc
5. Import backed up contacts into each account
6. Wait until the accounts resysnc on your phone
7. Wait until the accounts resysnc on your watch
8. Repeat 5-7 for each of your accounts
Hopefully a fix will be released shortly.
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jfptx said:
cabbage65, thanks for posting a solution. I have the same issue after an inadvertent reset of my Frontier S3 following the Tizen 4.0 update. Prior to the reset everything was golden. I have not tried your solution but it looks promising based on a sample I did. Have you had any adverse issues or cautions you care to share. Thanks again.
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Hello all, so following a comment regarding new contacts got transferred to the Watch, I thought what can I do for all my contacts be transferred to the watch. I thought what can I do, well deleted my contacts in my all accounts. So I did the following, but use at your own risk:
1. Backed up all my contacts in all my accounts on respective websites, google, office etc.
2. Tested I could restore above backups
3. On my phone, deleted all the contacts in all my accounts
4. Wait until the accounts resysnc
5. Import backed up contacts into each account
6. Wait until the accounts resysnc on your phone
7. Wait until the accounts resysnc on your watch
8. Repeat 5-7 for each of your accounts
Hopefully, a fix will be released shortly. No adverse effects so far.
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In the default message app.
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Yes in the default app. On my side I only have access to recently sent messages (those sent or received after I upgraded the watch to T4). ON top of that, if I delete a message from the watch, it's not deleted on the phone, and if I delete from the phone, it's not removed from the watch either. In a nutshell, only the send/receive actions are synced, nothing else.
Gear S3 Classic & Frontier sync with a Galaxy S9 Pie, after watches Tizen 4 update I had Contacts syncing problem to, the solution for me was:
1. Uninstal Galaxy Wearable App
2. Uninstal plugins
3. Restart Phone
4. Reinstall Galaxy Wearable
5. Reset Watch
6. Pair with phone again
7. Regive all permisions on resync
Now all contacts, messages, calls are resynced, because all their need was a permissions reset.
I also had this problem. When i imported my Google contacts to my Samsung account each of them appeared on the watch. On Tizen 3 Google contacts showed... I'm getting enough of Samsung, it has a lots of problems. Annyoying bugs, amateur programming.
I have this problem also after updating to Tizen 4. I tried the solution of SirVss above but point '7. Regive all permisions on resync' does not happen. Neither the phone or the watch is asking for any permission related to contacts (only weather, location etc). I tried several times by resetting the watch while on the phone I disabled Galaxy Wearable (I cannot uninstall - it comes with the phone preinstalled), erased its Cache and all Data. However, I think by doing this the erase was not full either on the watch or on the phone as the name of the watch remained as I put it before Reset and while pairing them again they seem to 'know each other' as I was not asked many parmissions.
As an observation other 2 watches of my friends (we bought them together) paired with a Samsung S8 And S6 Edge work fine after passing to Tizen 4. Am I doing something wrong with Resetting everything? Thx.
Update: I recently uninstalled the Gear S plugin. After reinstalling I had to pair my watch again and the contacts have reappeared.
I fixed my contacts sync issues by clearing the data from the Gear S Plugin. Backup your S3 before you do this as after clearing the data one of the steps to complete the process requires resetting the S3.
SirVss said:
Gear S3 Classic & Frontier sync with a Galaxy S9 Pie, after watches Tizen 4 update I had Contacts syncing problem to, the solution for me was:
1. Uninstal Galaxy Wearable App
2. Uninstal plugins
3. Restart Phone
4. Reinstall Galaxy Wearable
5. Reset Watch
6. Pair with phone again
7. Regive all permisions on resync
Now all contacts, messages, calls are resynced, because all their need was a permissions reset.
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Hello,
This procedure worked perfectly for me.
Thanks very much.
Rudy.
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I got my S2 Classic yesterday and spent a bit of time setting it up. All was going well until I went in to the menu on the Gear app on my Note 3 and found that I was connected to my son's Samsung account. I have no idea how this happened as I didn't enter it at any point in the setup. I tried to see if there was any way to switch to my account but there doesn't seem to be. I decided to delete and reinstall the Gear app from the phone and factory reset the Gear but it's still the same. The only thing I can think of is to delete his Samsung account. He has a Galaxy S5 but says he doesn't remember setting up the Samsung account so I think I just registered the phone when I bought it and that's all the account has been used for. What would the effect be of deleting his account and, if I did, what would i do then?
Also, I have seen a list on here of apps which are compatible with the S2. When I look on the Gear app store there are a lot of them missing such as Gmail, GoSMS, Google Music and a load more. I wouldn't think that this is associated with the above problem but can't see why this would be unless they aren't available in all countries? I am in the UK.
I would really appreciate any help with this. Thanks.
Can anyone help please?
The phone is using whatever Samsung account is on it. You will have to delete that account on the phone and put yours on it. You may need to factory reset the watch too. In the app side the disappearing app seems to be a common problem. The apps do need to be compatible with your phone as well as the watch. Good luck
Thanks for the reply. If I delete my son's account I assume that I will only de removing it from the phone and not deleting it altogether?
I removed my sons's account and added mine OK. Thanks for the help. Re the apps, is there anywhere where you can find out which apps are compatible with which phone?
Not sure on that. If you know the app you can post here and ask someone to give you the developers email address
The one I'm most interested in is Gmail and I'm surprised that I can't find that on the Gear app store. Is it not available on the Note 3 or is it that it's not available in the UK?
If you go to your gear app on your phone and then to notifications you can click on manage notifications ands select Gmail and any other app you want to get notifications for on your watch. try that
Yes, I ticked Gmail there when I set it up but I don't get any Gmail notifications at all. I also have Email ticked although I don't have that set up. I have tried unticking that but it doesn't seem to make any difference. I had assumed that I would need to download a Gear Gmail app, I take it that I don't?
Is Gmail set up on your phone? That's where the notification comes from. . There is no Gmail watch app that I know about
That makes more sense! I had been looking for a separate app for the Gear. I have now gone in to the Gmail app on my phone and turned on Notifications. This is partially successful in that it did start sending notifications to the Gear but it also beeped on the phone which was why I had set Notifications off in the first place. It seems to be a bit unreliable though in that only some of the emails are showing on the Gear. I have fixed the beep by setting the tone to be played as Silent. I'll see how it goes over the next few days with Notifications. I'll also re-explore the list of apps I was looking at as I am now assuming that those I thought I was missing are actually not Gear apps at all but Android apps which can send Notifications to the phone. Many thanks for your help with this.
Enjoy
how to find which samsung accounts are associated with my gear s2??
I just picked up the S3 yesterday and sync'd to my S6 phone. But my calendar events are not appearing nor are my contacts sync'd?
Am I missing a permission or something or will the contacts or calendar not sync?
Chickenhawk2016 said:
I just picked up the S3 yesterday and sync'd to my S6 phone. But my calendar events are not appearing nor are my contacts sync'd?
Am I missing a permission or something or will the contacts or calendar not sync?
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Got mine yesterday. Can't tell how I did it but Google Contacts and Google Calendar have both synced. What happens if you open Contacts on the watch?
The watch just asks to add contacts. I don't understand why it won't sync. I may factor reset it. I had another device sync'd before the S3, I have since deleted it.
So I tried doing a factory reset and reconnecting the phone and watch, I still can not sync my contacts or my calendar.
Any help please?
If this doesn't work I will be returning the watch, this is ridiculous.
My original S2 had not issues with the sync.
FWIW, I've had no trouble with my contacts or calendar syncing either. Are all the permissions for Gear S Plugin and Samsung Gear enabled?
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I went thru my permissions and enabled everything thru the plug in and gear. The calender now populates vbut my contacts still won't sync. Trying to think of what I am missing?
So I reset all phone permissions back to factory and now the contacts are in. Thanks for the assistance.
Now, ifor they will make a good stopwatch app I will be happy.
hmm. I had an original gear, with some sideloaded apps to connect it to my op3. I ended up having to delete all of those, then redownload the new gear app (not just update it). then my gear s3 worked ok.
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Now, ifor they will make a good stopwatch app I will be happy.
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I don't find anything wrong with the built in stopwatch or Tyne one on the built in watch face Chronograph+. Failing that install Watchmaker and download one of hundreds of faces with a stopwatch (or make your own).
Since setting up my phone on 20th April, Google contacts has failed to sync, but Samsung contacts is working fine. This is showing up in both the Cloud/Accounts/Google contact sync and in the Contacts App /manage contacts/sync contacts. Is anyone else experiencing the same, thinking it may be that i used Smart switch to transfer content from my S6.
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Since setting up my phone on 20th April, Google contacts has failed to sync, but Samsung contacts is working fine. This is showing up in both the Cloud/Accounts/Google contact sync and in the Contacts App /manage contacts/sync contacts. Is anyone else experiencing the same, thinking it may be that i used Smart switch to transfer content from my S6.
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Download "contacts sync fix" from the play store and run it. Worked for me.
Is this with all contacts? Or just those You've entered in your new phone? What if you add a contact via the website? Does that sync to your phone?
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Download "contacts sync fix" from the play store and run it. Worked for me.
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I was having the same issue of not syncing Contacts in two Google Account, used the suggested app, it seems to be working. Thanks.
I've noticed I lost some contacts when I synched my s7 to my s8. I realized it when I would get texts from someone, see no name and just their number in the messaging app but was able to figure out who it was based on the message history which transferred over fine using smart switch. Of course the missing contacts were propogated to google and not sure how they got deleted.
Hope this solution might work for you ! I'm using S8 plus and the root cause was that the battery saving mode disabled these things
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Download "contacts sync fix" from the play store and run it. Worked for me.
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this ap worked for me, THANK YOU SO MUCH
This sucks!
"sync is currently experiencing problems, it will be back shortly"
... AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT WORK SINCE!
Does the app in the store kick it back into gear... Or is it just a temporary fix?
Fixed
After switching over to to the S8+ from the S7 EDGE, I
1. uninstalled the main Gmail account from my new phone
2. Reinstalled it
3. Restored contacts from main phone settings menu
4. Went to phone, contacts menu, and removed the "hide contacts with no number"
5. Magically, the contacts I wanted... were there. But they had their numbers stored in another account. Not sure why.
6. Copied and pasted the number I had been missing into all my main or pertinent Gmail accounts from within the contacts app of the phone.
7. Beautifully, the contact shows up now... AND... the phone backs up and syncs contacts as it should with no error message.
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Thanks, my friend was having this issue on his older galaxy phone.
fridgeman said:
Since setting up my phone on 20th April, Google contacts has failed to sync, but Samsung contacts is working fine. This is showing up in both the Cloud/Accounts/Google contact sync and in the Contacts App /manage contacts/sync contacts. Is anyone else experiencing the same, thinking it may be that i used Smart switch to transfer content from my S6.
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If you turn on power saving mode , just turning off the Power Saving feature .
I try on my Galaxy Note 5 it work....
This app fixed my contacts issue as well. I've used iOS for five years now, but now bought a Samsung S8. LOVE this new device! Only my new contacts wouldn't keep properly synced to my Google Apps account (basically my domain coupled with gmail). This app fixed this, everything now works peachy! I'm going to buy this app just to reward its creator! THANKS!
GeorgeMike said:
Hope this solution might work for you ! I'm using S8 plus and the root cause was that the battery saving mode disabled these things
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bump..
Disappearing contacts
I have Verizon S8+ and lately gmail contacts I have had in my Android phones for years, have started disappearing. Last week, I noticed in messages, a number with no name. when I looked at texts, I noticed this is a friend I have had in my phone for years and his number had been deleted in gmail. I noticed about 10 others that same thing has happened. I had to go back into gmail and enter number. Anyone know why this is happening?
Root cause = battery saving mode
GeorgeMike said:
Hope this solution might work for you ! I'm using S8 plus and the root cause was that the battery saving mode disabled these things
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I have the same phone and issue and this was the root cause too! Thank you!!!
What's annoying is that no where does it say anything about the mode interfering with your account settings.
Thank you for the find!
I am suffering from this problem as well, tried turning off battery saving mode, downloaded the contact sync fix app and still nothing. Still says last contact synced in March. Also my calender won't sync nor Keep Notes either :/
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I have had the Note 8 for about 2 weeks now and earlier this week I just started noticing the freezing problem with the contacts and messages application. I have tried clearing data/cache. I have tried going into safe mode and removing third party apps. I have factory reset my phone as well. I have noticed that holding the contact down to select it will work, but simply tapping it freezes the phone. This goes for both the default messages and contacts apps.
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I have had the Note 8 for about 2 weeks now and earlier this week I just started noticing the freezing problem with the contacts and messages application. I have tried clearing data/cache. I have tried going into safe mode and removing third party apps. I have factory reset my phone as well. I have noticed that holding the contact down to select it will work, but simply tapping it freezes the phone. This goes for both the default messages and contacts apps.
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The contact app is the same for both messaging and phone. It's a stand alone app. I've seen a few people with this issue, and am curious what causes it. I have had no issues with my so my guess is it has something to do with your setup.
Take a look at the below and see if any work
1.) What version of Contacts is in stalled on your phone?
I'm running v 3.4.04.4 Contacts and v 1.0.01.25 contacts storage. If you are not on either of those go grab the APK from APK MIRROR
2.) Check your account settings
Start with you Google account and see if there is a sync error. If not there then check Samsung cloud. If not there check your sync settings in the contact app. If there is any issue syncing it could be causing the crash.
3.) see if all of your contacts cause it to crash or just a specific one.
It could be an issue with something one app is trying to add to your contacts. I've seen linked in cause contacts to crash, and I've seen Facebook cause contacts to crash. If either of those are syncing with your contacts (check permissions) they could be causing the issue.
4.) Finally back on my S7 edge for some reason the contacts sync got jacked up when moving from my Note 4. The only thing that fixed it was running this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix) Haven't had an issue since.
If any of these work let me know so we can help spread the word. Thanks.
korakesion said:
I have had the Note 8 for about 2 weeks now and earlier this week I just started noticing the freezing problem with the contacts and messages application. I have tried clearing data/cache. I have tried going into safe mode and removing third party apps. I have factory reset my phone as well. I have noticed that holding the contact down to select it will work, but simply tapping it freezes the phone. This goes for both the default messages and contacts apps.
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Hi. I had similar problem. Try find solutions on web, none. Complaint to samsung facebook, no response. So I decided to;
1. Do System Update... but it says I have the latest installed already.
2. Open PlayStore, found out I set Auto Update to OFF. So I manually update everything (except Games apps)
3 Open Galaxy Store also Auto Update turned OFF. So do manual update everything (except games again)
4 Restart Phone
Dont know which steps solved it, but I dont have issue with Contacts or Message anymore. Its been more than 3 days now... no issue. So I guess you can try the above and see if it helps.
Its started to happen to me but while im in a game not on the phone or messenger.
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Its started to happen to me but while im in a game not on the phone or messenger.
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If it's in game and not the contacts app try adjusting your performance mode in Gamer Tuner.
If it's not that then the game is probably the issue.
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If it's in game and not the contacts app try adjusting your performance mode in Gamer Tuner.
If it's not that then the game is probably the issue.
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Sorry for the late post it was the sync to the samsung back-up server i turned it all off since i don't much of the samsung stuff and haven't had any issues since
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Sorry for the late post it was the sync to the samsung back-up server i turned it all off since i don't much of the samsung stuff and haven't had any issues since
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Try the app I used in my for suggestions. Pasted below. It fixed any issues I had.
4.) Finally back on my S7 edge for some reason the contacts sync got jacked up when moving from my Note 4. The only thing that fixed it was running this app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix ) Haven't had an issue since.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix
ShrekOpher said:
Try the app I used in my for suggestions. Pasted below. It fixed any issues I had.
4.) Finally back on my S7 edge for some reason the contacts sync got jacked up when moving from my Note 4. The only thing that fixed it was running this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix) Haven't had an issue since.
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Not that i need it since shutting off the Samsung syncs worked for me but your link is no good
frome901 said:
Not that i need it since shutting off the Samsung syncs worked for me but your link is no good
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Thanks should be fixed now. Definitely a helpful app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.ivary.ContactsSyncFix
Hey all,
After reset, I can't sync contacts to watch. Only 4 contacts are synced. Tried everything including another reset, but the problem still remains. Developer mode is on. Any ideas?
shaharofir said:
Hey all,
After reset, I can't sync contacts to watch. Only 4 contacts are synced. Tried everything including another reset, but the problem still remains. Developer mode is on. Any ideas?
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I just had the same issue with 1 contact not syncing. My memory may be failing me, but I think I Force Stop the contacts app in the Wear plugin on my phone. Watch Settings/apps/contacts/Force Stop. Then open app, when app reopened on watch everything synced
Tried it. It syncs more contacts, but 10 of 100 contacts. Wierd.
Thanks anyway
Try to remove your Google account from the phone and readd it.
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Try to remove your Google account from the phone and readd it.
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Thanks, but I tried it already... Still stuck with about 10% from my contacts
Only other option is to remove your Google account from the phone. Reset the watch and add it to your phone again and then add Google account back to the phone. May need to remove your email app too.