Hi.
Recently bought my Pixel 4A and did all the necessary installs etc.
I realised it was long time since I had cleared unwanted/ unnecessary contacts from account.
After doing so I noticed something.
The dialer or Phone app still shows old contacts in the app.
I have tried clearing the apps data.
Removed Google account added back too.
Updated to latest phone app and still no joy.
Anyone else facing this issue and found a solution??
Please share..
I'm on Stock A 11.
It might be possible those contacts are stored in your SIM card.
JohnC said:
It might be possible those contacts are stored in your SIM card.
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Checked it out. No contacts in SIM card.
Noticed that the contacts I deleted were there in bin folder. Deleted them, cleared cache for the app and restarted phone. Still no joy..
If you log into your gmail/google account from a browser, are those contact in there?
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If you log into your gmail/google account from a browser, are those contact in there?
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Nope. It is confirmed these are deleted.
Try doing a "Clear Call History" from within the phone app.
And try clearing the data for the "messages" (SMS) app (caution this will probably delete all your sms messages)
JohnC said:
Try doing a "Clear Call History" from within the phone app.
And try clearing the data for the "messages" (SMS) app (caution this will probably delete all your sms messages)
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Done both still no joy.
Logged off from other phones as well. Still not working.!!
Is there any other app you installed that you gave contacts permission to?
Also, you can have more then one "phone book". So maybe these zombie contacts are in them.
Also, what happens if you go into the contacts app and manually try to delete one of these contacts?
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Also, what happens if you go into the contacts app and manually try to delete one of these contacts?
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I've deleted my contacts using web browser online. When using the contacts app on phone it is showing same data as online i.e 164 contacts.
But however phone app has a contacts section which ia showing all the deleted contacts too.
Don't know why or where is ut fetching them from.
I was of the opinion that phone app gets its data from contact app.
But clearly something else is happening
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Am I the only one with this problem? And is there a fix?
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This happens to me sometimes. I usually just backout of messages, and go back in and it works fine. Hasn't hapened for a few days though.
Happens to me ALL the time...
Yeah from my searching it's been happening to all of us at one point or another. I usually delete my facebook account from the phone and re-add them. Pics come back.
Here is the fix - you probably ran permission fix in CWM. This is one of the results...
Go into Applications - Manage applications
Go to ALL applications tab
Scroll down to Contacts Storage and click it.
Clear its data
Scroll down to Market
Clear data
Open market - accept agreement
Resync your contacts. This only erases the picture cache not your numbers. It gets corrupted when you run permission checks in CWM.
I had this same problem, it wasn't storing the picture right in the SMS app, and other apps like LauncherPro weren't able to pull any of the contact pictures. I also had it not syncing my Facebook picture with my local contact (which I find annoying).
What I did is added the Facebook for HTC Sense account, and let this sync. When I installed the FB app I told it to not sync anything.
Now everything is working great.
Well my problem was due to the cwr and cuz I was saving contact to the phone and not to Google ! How can I have saving to Google default
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adrianh85 said:
Well my problem was due to the cwr and cuz I was saving contact to the phone and not to Google ! How can I have saving to Google default
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Just do yourself a favor and edit your contacts at gmail.com... they push to your phone.
does anyone know of a mod that will defult the contacts to save to ur google account =instead of degfluting to the phone?
adrianh85 said:
does anyone know of a mod that will defult the contacts to save to ur google account =instead of degfluting to the phone?
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First of all:
psufan5 said:
Just do yourself a favor and edit your contacts at gmail.com... they push to your phone.
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Second of all, don't ever save your contacts on your phone, that's what google sync is for. When you start restoring saved contacts and letting google sync run, you're creating a huge mess.
In your case I would clean up the contacts on google, then wipe your phone (not restoring any contacts saved on the phone) so that everything you have on google is what you have on the phone.
I did this a while back, and have been happy ever since.
seandalton0 said:
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Second of all, don't ever save your contacts on your phone, that's what google sync is for. When you start restoring saved contacts and letting google sync run, you're creating a huge mess.
In your case I would clean up the contacts on google, then wipe your phone (not restoring any contacts saved on the phone) so that everything you have on google is what you have on the phone.
I did this a while back, and have been happy ever since.
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Absolutely agree with you. After I rooted, i dont know what I did, but after i rooted, all my facebook contacts ended up on my phone. )And no, I didnt tell the facebook app to sync all) I think i added the google account and facebook accounts too fast and then hosed it up when it brought up suggested linked contacts. I just went to Google contacts, cleaned what i didnt want, made some changes to other contacts, cleared contact storage data, and had them all back how i like less than 2 minutes later. and i still had facebook for htc sense setup and it had everybody synced in about 5 minutes. been perfect ever since.
Hi i been using Mango for some time, recently realise one of my friend in my contact list when he try to message me on messenger it will his email address instead of his name. when i tap the email address it will prompt his name and account, only happen to him, my other friend who message me using live not having this issue, i try resync restart my phone still the same. On my Live account it show his chat name and seem fine. i wonder how can i make his name show on the phone. I notice his messaging option is only Facebook + SMS no messenger anyway to add it in? i link all his account together but still not working, very frustrating...
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I've got the exact same problem with like 4/5 of my Messenger contacts.
I did make a thread about a week ago but still haven't found a fix for this yet.
After reset to factory and restore the contact all works... FINALLY
What does the factory reset delete?
ChrisOliver said:
What does the factory reset delete?
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Everything...
amuroray said:
Everything...
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except your calendar and contacts are synced to the cloud and music, pictures, videos, and apps can be restored through ZUNE. You do lose game saves
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When you say, restored through Zune, do you mean like downloading the App's manually, or Restoring the device?
It's just download and install some of your previous app (that were installed on your phone before you made restore).
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When you say, restored through Zune, do you mean like downloading the App's manually, or Restoring the device?
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yes, music, pictures & videos have to be re-synced. Apps have to be reinstalled. As I stated, you will lose game saves and any other app specific files and save states
if you have a backup, you lose nothing, restore the backup and everything is exactly as it was when backed up. Apps, game saves, SMS, etc...
When I choose which contacts to display the phone doesn't seem to save them. I just want the phone to display my contacts from my Google account. I choose my Google account and press OK. Then when I go back to the contacts screen my Google contacts are showing. When I leave the contacts page and go back in, it displays all my contacts from all the accounts I have on the phone. I then have to repeat the process again.
If I choose Contacts to display > Customize > the choose my Google account, the contacts appear, but once I leave the contacts page and return all the contacts from all my accounts are showing. The accounts I have are WhatsApp, Corporate and Google.
I am using the Go Launcher and I am rooted. Can anyone help?
Can anyone help with this?
I am trying to display only the contacts with phone numbers. When I customise the contacts to display it works, but once i close the contacts and open it again it displays all the conatcts from all accounts.
xbroogw1 said:
Can anyone help with this?
I am trying to display only the contacts with phone numbers. When I customise the contacts to display it works, but once i close the contacts and open it again it displays all the conatcts from all accounts.
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In Settings > Accounts > Do u have another sync for contacts except for Google?
I only have Google contacts so I can't test...
Primokorn said:
In Settings > Accounts > Do u have another sync for contacts except for Google?
I only have Google contacts so I can't test...
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Thanks for your reply. In Settings > Accounts I have the following accounts:
Corporate, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Sync.ME and WhatsApp.
What should I be looking for here?
xbroogw1 said:
Thanks for your reply. In Settings > Accounts I have the following accounts:
Corporate, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Sync.ME and WhatsApp.
What should I be looking for here?
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Tap on Whatsapp for example and see if you have a line for contacts sync. If yes, disable!
Primokorn said:
Tap on Whatsapp for example and see if you have a line for contacts sync. If yes, disable!
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I have disabled the contact sync on the Whatsapp account and on the Corporate account, but the problem still occurs.
I have gone into the contacts app > accounts and turned off auto-sync app data, but that does not work either.
No matter what accounts I choose to display, it always defaults back to All contacts.
xbroogw1 said:
I have disabled the contact sync on the Whatsapp account and on the Corporate account, but the problem still occurs.
I have gone into the contacts app > accounts and turned off auto-sync app data, but that does not work either.
No matter what accounts I choose to display, it always defaults back to All contacts.
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Deleting Whatsapp and Corporate contacts from Contacts app should solve it.
(actually this is the procedure to remove Facebook contacts)
Primokorn said:
Deleting Whatsapp and Corporate contacts from Contacts app should solve it.
(actually this is the procedure to remove Facebook contacts)
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Sorry for being stupid, but how do I remove these accounts from the Contacts app? When I try to remove the account from the settings menu I got the following message: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts and other data from the phone".
I don't want to remove the contacts from my phone. I just want them to not display on the contacts app. You could do this easily on the Galaxy S2.
Thanks for your help.
xbroogw1 said:
Sorry for being stupid, but how do I remove these accounts from the Contacts app? When I try to remove the account from the settings menu I got the following message: "Removing this account will delete all of its messages, contacts and other data from the phone".
I don't want to remove the contacts from my phone. I just want them to not display on the contacts app. You could do this easily on the Galaxy S2.
Thanks for your help.
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I've installed Whatsapp (I don't use it) and Contacts are linked to Contacts app so you can't delete them.
Maybe the app resets the custom display when you close it
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I've installed Whatsapp (I don't use it) and Contacts are linked to Contacts app so you can't delete them.
Maybe the app resets the custom display when you close it
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That is what seems to be happening. The contact app seems to resetting my custom display whenever I close it. Then it will show the contacts from all of my accounts on the phone.
xbroogw1 said:
That is what seems to be happening. The contact app seems to resetting my custom display whenever I close it. Then it will show the contacts from all of my accounts on the phone.
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I now have Whatsapp so I was able to make some tests and on my end the Contact app keeps my choice and only displays my Whatsapp contacts in the list, even after leaving the app.
Try to clear all data of your data.
I have deleted the data from the Contacts app and the Contacts storage app in the Settings of the phone. The phone now displays contacts from my Google account and Whatsapp account, but it still resets to show All contacts when the app is closed even when I choose which account to display.
What I have now is better than what I previously had as it does not display the contacts from my corporate account, so I am grateful for that.
I tried a factory reset to fix this, but it still didn't work correctly. I also noticed that all of my contacts were joined to other contacts. I've had to go into each contact manually and separate them and then join them back to the correct contact. A major hassle. I've never had this problem before.
I know this is an old thread, but I found the same problem today and I think it could be useful for people facing this issue.
The problem is the Go Launcher contacts icon on the dock. If you replace it with the contacts app it will remember your contacts to display preference.
It seems to be some difference between Go Launcher's phone and contacts and the system phone and contacts apps.
I just noticed something odd. So yesterday, I imported all my contacts from google, and use SMS Back up Restore and Call Log backup and restore. all my texts/calls are back in my new phone, which is nice. I noticed something odd with contacts though.
Not everybody is showing up. I had my old phone synced to google. The weird thing is, I think the contacts ARE in the phone, but not showing up. Today, my friend Eric texted me. His name showed up and everything, so I assumed the contact was in the phone. I went to my contacts app and looked at the list of contacts, and he wasn't showing up! When I go to the text message he gave me and clicked on his picture, I could see his contact details! But the contact isn't showing up in the app. Anyone know what to do about this?
Under contacts, Filter > Display Contacts. I had to select my gmail accounts and make sure all the checkboxes for the groups were selected. By default it seems they were not so as with you some of my contacts were missing.
Hope this helps.
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facespace said:
Under contacts, Filter > Display Contacts. I had to select my gmail accounts and make sure all the checkboxes for the groups were selected. By default it seems they were not so as with you some of my contacts were missing.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks, but it looks like certain contacts on my old phone weren't saved as Google contacts. I thought that having google sync on would make it so all of my device contacts would sync to my google account. Apparently, that didn't work. Oh well. At least this phone defaults new contacts to google. Whenever I would add a contact on my S4, I'd have to change it from device to Google. Frustrating as hell
Basically nexus 5 contacts disappeared. Running stock android 4.4 on t mobile. All contacts in people app have disappeared, except PayPal it seems. Strangely in Hangouts main screen it shows the names of contacts still, but if i try to call someone using the phone button in hangouts it shows just the number and no name. Ive tried manually syncing, and all settings "seem" to be fine. Any ideas?
Try logging into your Gmail account in your browser and see your contacts are even still there to be synced with your phone.
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Are all your contacts synced with Google? If so, go to settings/Accounts/Google and see if your contacts are checked to sync
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Try logging into your Gmail account in your browser and see your contacts are even still there to be synced with your phone.
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They arent.
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Are all your contacts synced with Google? If so, go to settings/Accounts/Google and see if your contacts are checked to sync
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The setting is checked, but google contacts in a browser is empty...
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They arent.
The setting is checked, but google contacts in a browser is empty...
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If your contacts aren't even showing in your browser then something wrong happened. Hopefully you didn't delete your contacts somehow but that's what it looks like. Maybe try and contact Google?