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Facebook for myTouch contact issue

I have the facebook app installed on my phone. When i went to upload a photo onto facebook it gave me the option to use the facebook app or facebook for mytouch. i went ahead and tried it through the mytouch option and i signed into my account which seemed to add my facebook account onto my phone as something it automatically syncs. it synced my facebook contacts to my normally contact...a cool feature and all BUT i dont want it...
i deleted the facebook account off my phone but my facebook contacts are still mixed with my normal ones. i cant delete them either, i tried long pressing and also tried going INTO the contact to maybe edit it and it wont let you do a thing.
any advice?

Were the contacts linked with facebook accounts?
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You may want to sort you contacts, from the contacts > Menu> View and uncheck facebook. It won't delete them but you won't have to deal with them.
Also try clearing the data in the Facebook for MT app, not sure if it will do it but it should't hurt.

imabrokendownload said:
Were the contacts linked with facebook accounts?
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They were these were contacts that i've never had in my phone before then they appeared on my actual contacts. Some did/didn't have contact numbers depending if they had them in their actual facebook and what i'm noticing is they all have the little circle by their name greyed out meaning i can video chat with them. I deleted all my video chat programs and cleared all my data for contacts/facebook/video chat and they wont go away.
These people have never been on my phone before it happened right when i tried out the facebook for mytouch.
*i wouldnt mind this but i play a lot of farmville and "those" games and half the people on my friends list are "neighbors" only*

Daguse said:
You may want to sort you contacts, from the contacts > Menu> View and uncheck facebook. It won't delete them but you won't have to deal with them.
Also try clearing the data in the Facebook for MT app, not sure if it will do it but it should't hurt.
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I did as you advised and i dont even have a facebook option. I just have the option to show tmobile, google, google (youtube), video chat, sim, phone.

ToterPunkt said:
They were these were contacts that i've never had in my phone before then they appeared on my actual contacts. Some did/didn't have contact numbers depending if they had them in their actual facebook and what i'm noticing is they all have the little circle by their name greyed out meaning i can video chat with them. I deleted all my video chat programs and cleared all my data for contacts/facebook/video chat and they wont go away.
These people have never been on my phone before it happened right when i tried out the facebook for mytouch.
*i wouldnt mind this but i play a lot of farmville and "those" games and half the people on my friends list are "neighbors" only*
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hmm any way you can post a screen shot.... Also when you go into the contact and click the name..... in the top right what does it say? Google? Linked? Facebook? And one last thing, once in the contact can you click menu and delete? if not what happen?

Daguse said:
hmm any way you can post a screen shot.... Also when you go into the contact and click the name..... in the top right what does it say? Google? Linked? Facebook? And one last thing, once in the contact can you click menu and delete? if not what happen?
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Sadly i'm not rooted and therefore can't post a screen shot...unless theres another route you can advice me on then definitely. Maybe ill just take a photo of it with my camera if there is no other way lol.
After clearing all my info again and uninstalling any qik updates it shows qik in the corner of all these contacts, none of them are linked, and about half have actual content info.
From the contact list - long press - call mobile, send contact as vcard, add a fave now!
From within the contact - clicked on the menu button - all, link, send contact, save to sim, set speed dial
From within the contact - tried pressing every item i could and i can only "Edit" the number to something else...i cant do much else with it.
thanks for the help =)

ToterPunkt said:
Sadly i'm not rooted and therefore can't post a screen shot...unless theres another route you can advice me on then definitely. Maybe ill just take a photo of it with my camera if there is no other way lol.
After clearing all my info again and uninstalling any qik updates it shows qik in the corner of all these contacts, none of them are linked, and about half have actual content info.
From the contact list - long press - call mobile, send contact as vcard, add a fave now!
From within the contact - clicked on the menu button - all, link, send contact, save to sim, set speed dial
From within the contact - tried pressing every item i could and i can only "Edit" the number to something else...i cant do much else with it.
thanks for the help =)
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Sorry man, I tried everything I could to recreate this on my phone with no go.....
Make sure to check your contacts on the gmail site, make sure they are not listed there.
If that does not work it looks like you will need to do a factory reset. Sorry

Daguse said:
Sorry man, I tried everything I could to recreate this on my phone with no go.....
Make sure to check your contacts on the gmail site, make sure they are not listed there.
If that does not work it looks like you will need to do a factory reset. Sorry
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I was afraid of that...
I went ahead and rooted my phone, deleted qik completely off my system. That took care of it. Hope this doesnt happen to anyone else =/
Thanks for your advice though, i'm surprised it didnt work. It was extremely "stuck" and quite stubborn.

[Q] Problem regarding the Me contact picture during text messaging.

I have a Nexus S which I love to all my little hearts content.
I have one small gripe though.
In my text messaging threads, I (as in Me) comes up in a little greyed out box.
I want to be able to set a picture for myself, but I don't know how.
I read online somewhere that I need my phone to recognize my sim card number, (or something of that nature) but my phone only says Unknown in the Phone Number section.
Any fixes?
Thanks for your time everyone!

It should work if you create a contact for yourself, with your phone number.
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my phone only says Unknown in the Phone Number section.
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Some other phones let you set this, if you use CyanogenMod it also lets you set this from your Nexus S.

In 2.3.3 I have my google account picture. Try setting it and do a sync.

DoomFragger said:
In 2.3.3 I have my google account picture. Try setting it and do a sync.
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Your google pic? Mine shows the android pic. It used to show the grey box, because my sim card showed "unknown number". Solved it inserting the sim card in another mobile that gives me the option to change my number (like an iphone 3G).
But now I want my google account picture too

I dont have the option of putting my sim in an iphone. I have my photo set in my google account but it still doesnt appear in my text messaging threads. Does anyone know another way of solving this without rooting

chips78 said:
I dont have the option of putting my sim in an iphone. I have my photo set in my google account but it still doesnt appear in my text messaging threads. Does anyone know another way of solving this without rooting
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It does not require an iphone, you can use any phone that allows you to change the number.

is there no way i can just use my google account photo

Have you set your display picture through gtalk?

Yes my photo is set in that although i never use it

My girlfriend is having the same problem with her Nexus S. Both her gmail and gtalk have a picture attached to them. She also tried adding herself as a contact to no avail. Subscribing for answers.....

What worked for me was going to google accounts and creating an online profile...
Synced the picture to my phone apparently

Productivity lock screen

Are you guys able to add Gmail as a mail account that shows up on the Productivity lock screen? I keep getting an error when I try.
My only guess is that the phone is not letting me log in properly due to 2-step verification I have on my Google account?
Anyone else?

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Are you guys able to add Gmail as a mail account that shows up on the Productivity lock screen? I keep getting an error when I try.
My only guess is that the phone is not letting me log in properly due to 2-step verification I have on my Google account?
Anyone else?
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Are you using the Gmail app or Exchange for Gmail with the HTC Mail app?

I'm seeing the same thing, have a google apps account configured (with 2 factor auth) that is not showing up in the list. Annoying.

dabeeeenster said:
I'm seeing the same thing, have a google apps account configured (with 2 factor auth) that is not showing up in the list. Annoying.
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Ditto, love the concept of the lockscreen, but it sucks. Texts show up as numbers and not names, r and gmail doesnt work on there either.

robstunner said:
Ditto, love the concept of the lockscreen, but it sucks. Texts show up as numbers and not names, r and gmail doesnt work on there either.
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Also, the weather keeps showing up, despite it not being selected in the settings. Seems like a great concept, to have appointments and such on my lockscreen (have lots of meetings at work, and horrible at remembering them). But it keeps showing the weather forecast most the time, which is not useful (since they show up as calendar events, they often trump - or cover up - my upcoming appointment).

redpoint73 said:
Also, the weather keeps showing up, despite it not being selected in the settings. Seems like a great concept, to have appointments and such on my lockscreen (have lots of meetings at work, and always need reminders). But it keeps showing the weather forecast most the time, which is not useful.
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Make sure the weather widget doesnt have "show weather in the morning" or whatever it's called enabled. It will show every time you disconnect from charger.

robstunner said:
Make sure the weather widget doesnt have "show weather in the morning" or whatever it's called enabled. It will show every time you disconnect from charger.
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Thanks for the tip, but this option was not enabled.

[Q] Gmail does not display full message

Evening all
Have just got a Smartwatch 2 and although I'm loving certain things about it, there are a few things that are proving to be frustrating.
I have paired mine with my Galaxy S4 and sadly the stock email app is not supported on the device. So I migrated my Hotmail account into Gmail (which is supported) but having done so, I can only see the first line or two of any email message. This is the case in both alerts and when I try to read the message.
I've tried K-9 but don't like the look of it on either my phone or the watch, so ideally I'd like to stick with the Gmail app if I can get it working properly.
Anyone else had this issue or know of a fix?
Cheers

tjjpowles said:
Evening all
Have just got a Smartwatch 2 and although I'm loving certain things about it, there are a few things that are proving to be frustrating.
I have paired mine with my Galaxy S4 and sadly the stock email app is not supported on the device. So I migrated my Hotmail account into Gmail (which is supported) but having done so, I can only see the first line or two of any email message. This is the case in both alerts and when I try to read the message.
I've tried K-9 but don't like the look of it on either my phone or the watch, so ideally I'd like to stick with the Gmail app if I can get it working properly.
Anyone else had this issue or know of a fix?
Cheers
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Not wanting to bump my own thread, but could anyone let me know if this is a common problem or just limited to me (and some reviewer who mentioned the same problem)?
Thanks

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tjjpowles said:
Not wanting to bump my own thread, but could anyone let me know if this is a common problem or just limited to me (and some reviewer who mentioned the same problem)?
Thanks
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It's the same for me with my Samsung Galaxy S2. However, via the app WATCHIT, I can read the whole text of the email. Watchit is supposed to only give the notification but it actually puts the whole text, while the specific app of gmail only shows 2 lines...
I am about to uninstall the Gmail App

Can tell me everyone what is the difference between 'toasts' and 'notifications' in the App WatchIt!? Sorry, I'm German and don't know what toasts in this way means. Thanks.
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tjjpowles said:
Evening all
Have just got a Smartwatch 2 and although I'm loving certain things about it, there are a few things that are proving to be frustrating.
I have paired mine with my Galaxy S4 and sadly the stock email app is not supported on the device. So I migrated my Hotmail account into Gmail (which is supported) but having done so, I can only see the first line or two of any email message. This is the case in both alerts and when I try to read the message.
I've tried K-9 but don't like the look of it on either my phone or the watch, so ideally I'd like to stick with the Gmail app if I can get it working properly.
Anyone else had this issue or know of a fix?
Cheers
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Yes, same for me with a Nexus 4.

gargamel26l said:
It's the same for me with my Samsung Galaxy S2. However, via the app WATCHIT, I can read the whole text of the email. Watchit is supposed to only give the notification but it actually puts the whole text, while the specific app of gmail only shows 2 lines...
I am about to uninstall the Gmail App
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Great tip, thanks for this!
Watchit now installed, Gmail uninstalled and I can now see the full message. Bizarre that this needs to be done but it works!

The gmail app is only supposed to give you the first few lines of the email. It has always been like this - even on the previous smart watches.
Watchit will give you the full email but there is a limitation. If you do not read that email on your phone before getting a second email, you will not get the full email on your watch. Watchit appears to give the same text as what appears in the notification bar on your phone. Receiving more than 1 gmail without clearing the notification will result in watchit not providing the full email to your watch as the information is not available to watchit.

Notifications appear in your notification bar on the phone, meanwhile toasts are those little messages that appear at the bottom of your phone on top of everything and disappear quickly

gargamel26l said:
It's the same for me with my Samsung Galaxy S2. However, via the app WATCHIT, I can read the whole text of the email. Watchit is supposed to only give the notification but it actually puts the whole text, while the specific app of gmail only shows 2 lines...
I am about to uninstall the Gmail App
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Hi gargamel26l
Do you have problem on your hp when you activate accessibility to use WatchIt? Whenever I activate accessibility, all video will be very laggy. Any idea how to go about this. Thanks.

Duplicate numbers in dialer

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
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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 !

Freshou said:
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.