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Hi all, loving my new Desire!
So, I've sync'd Facebook, Gmail and Flickr with my phone. I thought this was fantastic that it links people in my contacts with their facebook accounts!
BUT, it's made my contacts list stupidly big by adding in every person I've got on facebook, as well as every contact I have on my Gmail account! How do I turn this off? Finding a contact is stupidly hard now.
If I click on People, it only shows the phone contacts I've added, but if I open up a new sms and select to open up my contacts, it shows every name under the sun!
Thanks!
When viewing the complete list of contacts, press the menu button. Then press view, and you can turn on/off the contacts you want to see in your list
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DF
Great the "People" app but doesn't affect "Messages" ...
Yeah, the view thing only affects the People app but your FB contacts will still be searchable via Phone/Messages etc
I just had an idea of a possible workaround by adding all your phone contacts into a group.. then just going into this group when sending a text, etc. but it'll only let you send the text to everyone in the group!
This has to be the most annoying thing about the phone so far. Well, this and the utterly rubbish optical trackball.
jamiepyrite said:
I just had an idea of a possible workaround by adding all your phone contacts into a group.. then just going into this group when sending a text, etc. but it'll only let you send the text to everyone in the group!
This has to be the most annoying thing about the phone so far. Well, this and the utterly rubbish optical trackball.
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why is the trackball rubish?
btw, is it not possible to manually one by one attach phone contacts to fb contacts ?
cez10 said:
why is the trackball rubish?
btw, is it not possible to manually one by one attach phone contacts to fb contacts ?
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Errrm, I'm not sure to be honest. The way it works is if it's 100% sure a contact you have is a person on your facebook, it'll make the link between the two. If it's not 100% sure, it'll suggest the link to you and you have to manually agree to link them.
The trackball is just so innacurate. If for example I need to delete an extra letter in a word and using my finger on the screen gets me close, but not exactly where I want I have to use the trackball.. Which sometimes scrolls along too far or not enough.
Plus if you want to actually use it to do anything, you have to go mad with your thumb!
jamiepyrite said:
Errrm, I'm not sure to be honest. The way it works is if it's 100% sure a contact you have is a person on your facebook, it'll make the link between the two. If it's not 100% sure, it'll suggest the link to you and you have to manually agree to link them.
The trackball is just so innacurate. If for example I need to delete an extra letter in a word and using my finger on the screen gets me close, but not exactly where I want I have to use the trackball.. Which sometimes scrolls along too far or not enough.
Plus if you want to actually use it to do anything, you have to go mad with your thumb!
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there must be some kind of settings for this?
have you looked for any settings? sensitivity etc?
jamiepyrite said:
Errrm, I'm not sure to be honest. The way it works is if it's 100% sure a contact you have is a person on your facebook, it'll make the link between the two. If it's not 100% sure, it'll suggest the link to you and you have to manually agree to link them.
The trackball is just so innacurate. If for example I need to delete an extra letter in a word and using my finger on the screen gets me close, but not exactly where I want I have to use the trackball.. Which sometimes scrolls along too far or not enough.
Plus if you want to actually use it to do anything, you have to go mad with your thumb!
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it just needs some getting used to i guess, ... some people complained about the trackball of the N1 at first, but then they got used to it.
regarding your issue, .. why dont you save your important numbers in the SIM, and then clear all the phone numbers in the phone, and then copy from SIM again
I think if I did this, the next time it sync'd it'd add them all back again!
I could give it a try though
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I think if I did this, the next time it sync'd it'd add them all back again!
I could give it a try though
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choose not to sync again, .. there is an option for that right, .. the facebook/gmail syncing is not a must
Well some how some way I either had numbers in there before or they managed to sync from another phone how do I delete them?? There's numbers there I don't want one my phone period.
turboyo said:
Well some how some way I either had numbers in there before or they managed to sync from another phone how do I delete them?? There's numbers there I don't want one my phone period.[/QUOT
If they are in your t-mobile contacts I think you have to log into your account via a pc and delete them. You can als hide them from your "contacts app" view if you go int contacts' pull up your menu and hit view. Then uncheck anything that you dont want to show up in your contacts.
Not sure if any of that helps, but hopefully it will.
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I deleted them from online but I guess they loaded at some point before and now they won't come off even after hitting tmobile sync (and it being stuck on eternal sync). The view thing works but only within the contacts app. From the dialer the numbers still come up and from text messaging app they still come up..so frustrating I have people numbers coming up on the dialer that I don't use or want to see or be seen and I'm stuck with them..ridiculous.
Delete them from faves.
sk8rbebop said:
Delete them from faves.
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theres nothing in faves Im not getting double notification im getting old numbers (like ex gf and friends) come up on the dialer when dialing and its really aggravating.
turboyo said:
theres nothing in faves Im not getting double notification im getting old numbers (like ex gf and friends) come up on the dialer when dialing and its really aggravating.
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Go to contacts and press Menu. Select view and deselect T-Mobile. Temporary fix till you go online and hopefully sort it out with T-Mo website...
Thats been done too they still come up whenever you type it in the dialer and in the text app.. I deleted them from tmobile server checked on the tmobile to sync and still nothing, they remain. I also deleted all the data from every app that says tmobile on it in the stock app manager. Its just a bug or something, I thought someone would maybe know where there data is located on the phone or something.. Im sure Ill be fine if I wipe but its a bit ridiculous thats what it has to come to.
I had this problem. I had to go into Contacts and choose to view all the contacts I didn't want. Then I deleted all of them by pressing Menu -> Delete and choosing all of them.
Silly question, maybe, but are you sure they're from t-mobile's servers? Could they be on the SIM card?
One thing I found that helped me was to open the contacts list, hit menu > view, to see which contacts are saved where and how they're linked up. I then unlinked all the t-mobile contacts and deleted them manually. Then I turned off t-mobile sync. Finally, I went online and delted all the contacts from t-mobile's crappy servers. They really have a sorry mess of old and new websites crammed together over there and need to do something about their whole system.
There's a "me" contact register in People app.
How to edit it? Or how to merge it with my already existing "me" contact?
Not sure if there is a way to edit or merge it, but I renamed it to myself and signed into Google+ and then a few minutes later it had sync'd all my info over.
Stigy said:
Not sure if there is a way to edit or merge it, but I renamed it to myself and signed into Google+ and then a few minutes later it had sync'd all my info over.
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So the only way is creating a Google+ profile? I don't want to use Google+.
It paired with my G+ account automatically, otherwise just open it then go Menu>Edit and add some fields
Would be a lot easier if I could just merge with the contact I had already created with my information.
Besides, if I put a phone number in the "me" contact, would it go to Google+ profile?
Phantom1275 said:
So the only way is creating a Google+ profile? I don't want to use Google+.
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Just delete that piece of trash Facebook account and get Google+. If you do understand it, you won't regret the change.
lambda30 said:
Just delete that piece of trash Facebook account and get Google+. If you do understand it, you won't regret the change.
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And if I don't have neither Facebook nor Google+? I'm not really a social-network person...
If you inputted your name into the "owner info" during setup it replaces the "me" contact.
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Just delete that piece of trash Facebook account and get Google+. If you do understand it, you won't regret the change.
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The problem is none of my friends are on Google plus, which is kinda the point for a social network and since I rarely post but only stalk lol, G+ doesn't make a huge amount of sense for me at the moment besides keeping a barely there profile up.d
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And if I don't have neither Facebook nor Google+? I'm not really a social-network person...
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Fair enough. Before ICS, the connection between the Me contact on the phone could have been made to the "me" contact in Google Contacts from Gmail, if your phone number stored on your SIM card (check it in Settings-About phone-Status) is exactly the same with the phone number from the "me" contact in Google Contacts from Gmail.
Dunno if you followed me there, but if you did, give this a try. Also, you can change the phone number stored in SIM card by using some old Nokia/Samsung/LG phones that have this option in their settings. Just try on as many old dumb-phones as you can.
Why you need to edit yourself?
Its you with your number..why to change your own number to a wrong one!?
typhoonz said:
Why you need to edit yourself?
Its you with your number..why to change your own number to a wrong one!?
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What? Maybe he wants it to say his name instead of "me"
lambda30 said:
Fair enough. Before ICS, the connection between the Me contact on the phone could have been made to the "me" contact in Google Contacts from Gmail, if your phone number stored on your SIM card (check it in Settings-About phone-Status) is exactly the same with the phone number from the "me" contact in Google Contacts from Gmail.
Dunno if you followed me there, but if you did, give this a try. Also, you can change the phone number stored in SIM card by using some old Nokia/Samsung/LG phones that have this option in their settings. Just try on as many old dumb-phones as you can.
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Yeah, I'm following.
In fact, been there, done that. I had that problem of "telling" my Nexus S that contact "Thomaz" (this is my name) was me, so my picture would be shown in SMS app when I replied a message. Took an old Motorola V3, edited my SIM card stored phone number, and it worked.
I guess this would also work with Galaxy Nexus, but I was wrong.
I used to have a "ME" contact but its no longer required.
Now in the people app, there is a SECTION labeled "Me" with my name as the contact.
Just delete everything else and use it. FYI I do use Google+ so I don't know if it came there or not.
magnimus1 said:
The problem is none of my friends are on Google plus, which is kinda the point for a social network and since I rarely post but only stalk lol
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Facebook is for connecting to people you already know. Google+ is for connecting to people you should know. I hardly know anyone on Google+ and I've connected to people because their posts interest me. I don't wade through nearly as much "had xyz for lunch" posts on Google+.
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Phantom1275 said:
Yeah, I'm following.
In fact, been there, done that. I had that problem of "telling" my Nexus S that contact "Thomaz" (this is my name) was me, so my picture would be shown in SMS app when I replied a message. Took an old Motorola V3, edited my SIM card stored phone number, and it worked.
I guess this would also work with Galaxy Nexus, but I was wrong.
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Oh, okay. Sorry, couldn't have assume that you already knew that.
How come it doesn't work ? I tested it right now and it works. I cleared the cache for Contacts Storage and Google+, set Google+ to not sync contacts, then let the Contacts app sync with Google servers. After that, it showed Set up my profile under ME. I tested to see if I show up in SMS app, but a message pops up saying: The contact doesn't exist.
I put my name and my phone number EXACTLY as the number written on the SIM card and it worked. In SMS app, in a sms thread, if I touch the spot where my picture should be, a pop-up shows my name, picture and even my phone number. I assume that if I also put my email and other info, it will definitely show those too.
Checked again. Actually, even if I put only my name in the setup, it still shows from the SMS app, so I really don't understand where the problem is.
lambda30 said:
Oh, okay. Sorry, couldn't have assume that you already knew that.
How come it doesn't work ? I tested it right now and it works. I cleared the cache for Contacts Storage and Google+, set Google+ to not sync contacts, then let the Contacts app sync with Google servers. After that, it showed Set up my profile under ME. I tested to see if I show up in SMS app, but a message pops up saying: The contact doesn't exist.
I put my name and my phone number EXACTLY as the number written on the SIM card and it worked. In SMS app, in a sms thread, if I touch the spot where my picture should be, a pop-up shows my name, picture and even my phone number. I assume that if I also put my email and other info, it will definitely show those too.
Checked again. Actually, even if I put only my name in the setup, it still shows from the SMS app, so I really don't understand where the problem is.
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Let's see if I get that clear: you put your name and phone number in "me" contact, exactly like it's written on the SIM card, and now this info is shown in SMS app when you touch the spot. But do you have a "lambda30" contact, or you had to create a "lambda30" profile under "me"?
That's the point: I haven't had to do that in Nexus S. When I edited the phone number on the SIM card, it found a contact "Thomaz" with that number, and it understood that "Thomaz" was me, nothing more. In SMS app, I could see the picture assigned to "Thomaz" (my picture, actually), could touch it to see my contact card and etc. No need for a "me" profile.
Phantom1275 said:
Let's see if I get that clear: you put your name and phone number in "me" contact, exactly like it's written on the SIM card, and now this info is shown in SMS app when you touch the spot. But do you have a "lambda30" contact, or you had to create a "lambda30" profile under "me"?
That's the point: I haven't had to do that in Nexus S. When I edited the phone number on the SIM card, it found a contact "Thomaz" with that number, and it understood that "Thomaz" was me, nothing more. In SMS app, I could see the picture assigned to "Thomaz" (my picture, actually), could touch it to see my contact card and etc. No need for a "me" profile.
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No, it works with lambda30 name under Me.
Actually, I have observed that there are 2 different types.
1. In SMS app and Contacts app (non-Google apps), the info of your profile is taken from ME contact (which in my case is synced with Google+)
2. In Google apps, like Google Talk or Gmail, the info is taken from a separate contact from Google Contacts in Gmail (it is located in Other Contacts), which you can edit in Gmail.
It really is kind of stupid, but that's the situation...
LE: Also, in this situation, I think that the SIM card phone number doesn't even do anything... because like you said, on the Nexus S, the Contacts app would have automatically created your profile; which it doesn't here... So I think that the SIM card number is useless now.
So, if you want a ME contact that is uniformly seen throughout Android, you have to edit the ME account in Contacts and also edit your contact in Gmail in Other Contacts with the same info. But it still doesn't really do the trick, because the Gmail contact will not have a high-res picture of you. But, rather than having nothing, it's still good.
Along the lines of discussion here:
I'm looking for a way to BACKUP the "Me" contact. Because it doesn't seem to be sync'd via google sync / gmail - on restore of my phone to defaults, when google pulled down all my contacts, the "Me" one I had filled out wasn't there.
I use TiBackup - any idea of which file I need to backup to make sure I have that? Or a way to manually back it up?
Can any of you guys add twitter information to your "Me" contact? It seems like only Google+ works and you cannot "Join" any contacts to the "Me" contact.
ATT S3 i747
There are multiple questions in my mind, all related to the same general thing...management of contact storage on phone or SIM, and managing what is displayed when you hit contacts icon.
a. How do (can?) you choose whether SIM contacts or phone contacts are displayed when Contacts is opened? If you cannot select which set will be shown, which ones ARE shown?
My desire is to have ALL of my contacts on the SIM, but I use some of them only infrequently. I would like to have a sub-set of the total set (on the SIM) to show in contacts. My general idea is to have that sub-set in the PHONE storage, and display the PHONE set in Contacts...but be able to switch over to view SIM when needed.
Is the above possible?
If not, how do I achieve the same result--to have contacts display a subset of my total set, but be able to access the total set occasionally?
Thanks.
Try in contacts
Menu > contacts to display > customize
There you can choose which contacts to display.
I wouldn't worry too much about where they are stored. Sim card contacts are imported automatically and the contacts list is synced with Google.
jefferson9 said:
Try in contacts
Menu > contacts to display > customize
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Huh. Are you talking an ATT S3?
Contacts>(contacts tab)>menu drill down on my phone has no such entry as "contacts to display". It has 8 items...
delete
sim management
import/export
merge w samsung acct
merge w google
accounts
speed dial setting
send email
Hmm my bad I should have mention I'm on aosp not touchwiz. Sorry
So, since that help was for a non-touchwiz ROM, I still am looking for answer to the original question if anyone can help. I don't see how to do it--or how to accomplish what I want a different way.
Some AOSP ROMs have Sim Management the same way, but not with as many options...
I don't have aosp. I have stock!
movrshakr said:
I don't have aosp. I have stock!
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It's still the same... and don't yell at me...
I just fail to see why people keep bringing up AOSP when it helps not a twit answering the question of this thread.
And it is NOT "the same" as the previous "how to" from someone usiong AOSP will not work on my stock phone whatsoever.
Unfortunately the way you would like to do it isn't possible. All contacts will show. But you can create groups, such as Work, Friends, Family, and even manage them easily at www.google.com/contacts
The groups are accessible in your Phonebook...
I use googke contacts....all of my contacts are stored and added to google.if i mess things up..they are restored when I log back into google.
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dunlap92 said:
I use googke contacts....all of my contacts are stored and added to google.if i mess things up..they are restored when I log back into google.
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He's inquiring about the organization of the contacts... creating groups would be the easiset way, but still have a full phonebook...
so when I changed out my sim card for new sg3 at tmob store, guy told me to import google contacts even though I explained they were on old phone only. Afterwards some contacts now have like 4 contact listings. Kind of a pain...so my question is how can I get my phone to not display my google contacts...I see options for sim only etc...but like i said my previous phone stored them on the phone not the sim. I'd like to not have google contacts showing then somehow move phone contacts to sim card.. Right now I'd have to move all contacts (including google to sim) which I don't want to do for reasons stated.
thx in advance
Select all, deselect the ones you want, delete. That's the fastest way I found. You coulda been done in the time it took to post.....
Go to your Google account settings on the phone and uncheck sync contacts
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Over even just go to the settings of the contacts and change what contacts are displayed.
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Go to your Google account settings on the phone and uncheck sync contacts
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thank you for posting
so i did that--and should help in the future- but now when i say display contacts on phone they have all already been imported i guess and are still displaying
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Over even just go to the settings of the contacts and change what contacts are displayed.
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He said he already tried that.
OP seriously... just select all and unselect the ones you don't want to delete. I don't understand waiting days for a solution instead of just taking a few minutes to do it.
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so i did that--and should help in the future- but now when i say display contacts on phone they have all already been imported i guess and are still displaying
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That would only happen if you for some reason also copied them to the SIM card. When using smart phones and you have a data plan, I find it incredibly dumb to use only the SIM for contacts... why not just add your SIM contacts to Google, hide SIM contacts and display/sync Google contacts? Contact info on SIM cards is completely archaic.
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That would only happen if you for some reason also copied them to the SIM card. When using smart phones and you have a data plan, I find it incredibly dumb to use only the SIM for contacts... why not just add your SIM contacts to Google, hide SIM contacts and display/sync Google contacts? Contact info on SIM cards is completely archaic.
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I would have no issue using google contacts as opposed to the sim card, but google seems to import EVERTHING! So an example is say Joe Smith, I have Joe Smith cell#, home # etc, and email in my contact for him. Then google creates a second contact which shows Joe Smith email, then a third one for an old Joe Smith email, then a fourth one for Joe Smith biz email.
Thats my issue. So when I go to call Joe Smith, I open one of the listings, ok nope not the one, open another etc...
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He said he already tried that.
OP seriously... just select all and unselect the ones you don't want to delete. I don't understand waiting days for a solution instead of just taking a few minutes to do it.
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I hear you with the select all then deselect ones I need to keep. Problem is, google imported like everyone I ever emailed, and each different email address for a person is now listed as a separate contact under the same name..The one I need is not always listed first...(see my previous reply for some color on it)