contacts question - HTC Excalibur

hey guys, is there any way that i can make groups in my contacts? like have a family group,with its own special ringtone, etc. thanks for any help

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What have you tried so far?
omaralt said:
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wat u mean ??? i've played around with the phone and did a search, and came up empty...

Is it that you can't figure out how to group your contacts, or you're looking for a way to assign a custom ringtone to a group of contacts?
If you don't know how to group them, take a look at each of the menu options in the built in Contact application, you'll find the answer there.
For ringtones for your groups, you'll need a 3rd party app -- I tried one a while back, can't remember what the name was -- just that it had to be memory-resident to work, and my Dash ran slower with it always present in the background. Other than that, you'd have to set the ringtone per-contact. I found it at Handango, by doing a search on 'ringtones'.

k, i just figured it out, in order to put your contacts in groups, they must be saved on the phone, cant be on the sim card..
and about the custom ring tones, you dont need a 3rd party app, just find the contact, go to edit, and there is a custom ring tone selection, what sucks, is that you have to do it for each individual contact, vs my old nokia phone, where you could set it just once for the entire group.. thanks for your help
omar

What I said was you'd need a 3rd party app to apply a custom ringtone to a group of contacts, not individual ones. In your original post, you used the group 'family' as example. Without a 3rd party app, you can't do that.
Glad you got things figured out.
omaralt said:
k, i just figured it out, in order to put your contacts in groups, they must be saved on the phone, cant be on the sim card..
and about the custom ring tones, you dont need a 3rd party app, just find the contact, go to edit, and there is a custom ring tone selection, what sucks, is that you have to do it for each individual contact, vs my old nokia phone, where you could set it just once for the entire group.. thanks for your help
omar
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contacts problems

for some reason all my msn messenger contacts were copied to my phone contacts, and its real annoying! anybody know how to take them off?
also, when i dial a number, and then press save, then new contact, it only gives me 2 choices: outlook contact or windows live
wth?? i just want to save this number on my phone.... how would i go about doing that?? thanks
omar
Hey Omar,
Welcome to WM6 . When you want to save a contact like that, just make it an outlook contact, that's the option you want to use. As for having your Messenger contacts merged with your regular ones, I like that feature about as much as you do. Once you sign into messenger your messenger contacts are copied down and merged with the rest. I don't really have a solution, just wanted to explain why it's doing what its doing.... it's a feature of WM6.
Bump.
Have the same issue and seeing if anyone has found a reg entry that this can be disabled.
Annoys the hell out of me. I have 150 msn messenger contacts and hate having them in my contacts on my phone. I think its really stupid for Microsoft to force us have them in there, i wish they'd give us a choice to add or not. Blahh
i use web version of msn messenger now.
http://mobile.live.com/GoLive/ got here for more info
This really sucks!!! Yesterday I updated to WM6 and now I'm really pissed off. There is no way to get back before synch? mmmmg
uwashock said:
I think its really stupid for Microsoft to force us have them in there, i wish they'd give us a choice to add or not. Blahh
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They DO give you an option, last I remember. And I'm pretty sure this was part of WM5 too. When you first use Messenger, I believe it asks you if you wish to merge the two items. I find it a little annoying (I end up with multiple listings for people, IE: Phil vs. Phillip), and I agree, there ought to be a way to disable it.
Delete all contacts
Kichigai said:
They DO give you an option, last I remember. And I'm pretty sure this was part of WM5 too. When you first use Messenger, I believe it asks you if you wish to merge the two items. I find it a little annoying (I end up with multiple listings for people, IE: Phil vs. Phillip), and I agree, there ought to be a way to disable it.
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I am in the same boat Is there a way to delete ALL the contacts, except those in my SIM?
Thanks!
Solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327757
Look at the "Updated Windows Live Messenger (Messenger Contacts Adding to Phone Book Fix)" part in the 1st post, that's the file you need to disable automated MSN contact book update.
konpaku said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327757
Look at the "Updated Windows Live Messenger (Messenger Contacts Adding to Phone Book Fix)" part in the 1st post, that's the file you need to disable automated MSN contact book update.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

[Q] Contact Groups

Does anyone know if there's a way to create contact groups for quickly texting or emailing a group of people?
greener88 said:
Does anyone know if there's a way to create contact groups for quickly texting or emailing a group of people?
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+1.................
i wish they did integrate categories (which outlook desktop offers). but anyways, the best work around i've seen is to create a text message (which is what i'm assuming you want this for) and add all the people you want to that message. then when you send it, and view the sms inbox, you can see the text you sent and it will say "x recipients". you can then reuse the list by clicking on it and writing a new message that way.
not the best approach, but it's works for the time being.
have you checked the marketplace?
I have seen sms apps in there like one called group sms or something to that effect.

Haxsync / Contacts -People help

Ok so I realize facebook won't sync with ICS so I get Haxsync that was recommended and its ok. However, I don't like this People app that ICS uses compared to the old simple Contacts. When I need to manually merge contacts I used to longpress and choose join contacts and now I cant . But I've seen posts where people say they manually join them, so there must be another way I'm not seeing. Menu options don't bring up merge or join either.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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it is a bit annoying managing contacts in ics...i haven't figured how to automatically join contacts but I have been able to do it manually...for example...let's say your friend's name is "Michael B. Jordan" in facebook and simply "Michael Jordan" in your normal contacts...you have to change the name to "Michael B. Jordan" in contacts facebook and press "space" after the name change..you should see the "facebook name" be suggested right under the contact being edit..click it and it should say "join"..it is pretty annoying way to join contacts (maybe there is a better way, I don't know)...
it took almost an hour to properly sync my 70 contacts and their pictures with haxsync...sorry for the horrrible grammar and I hope it helped..
Annoying it may be... But open "people" Menu> edit> menu> join. Then either pick a suggested person or scroll down to find the right person.
Sent from my CM9 Epic 4G.
Speedin07si said:
Annoying it may be... But open "people" Menu> edit> menu> join. Then either pick a suggested person or scroll down to find the right person.
Sent from my CM9 Epic 4G.
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Just made an already tedious process even longer. Damn girls and their stupid fb names. That's the only crappy part of wiping during ROM changes for me. Apps, data, ringtones, wallpapers, etc are all easy but damn having to manually rejoin contacts. Now even worse that's it's not native in ICS.
I'm at the point now where I think I'm just going to manually assign pictures to my contacts. Maybe download them from facebook assign them thru my contacts in google. This way the pix will stick from now on. Anytime I flash a rom, I won't need to go thru this tedious process any longer. I've given up lol.
big_bake said:
Just made an already tedious process even longer. Damn girls and their stupid fb names. That's the only crappy part of wiping during ROM changes for me. Apps, data, ringtones, wallpapers, etc are all easy but damn having to manually rejoin contacts. Now even worse that's it's not native in ICS.
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If you export your joined contacts to your sd card don't they come back joined when you import them?
Speedin07si said:
Annoying it may be... But open "people" Menu> edit> menu> join. Then either pick a suggested person or scroll down to find the right person.
Sent from my CM9 Epic 4G.
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This works, I knew it was there somewhere, thanks! For anyone else reading this. You have to click on the contact first, then menu, then edit, then the menu button again, then join. Ugh! lol
kennyglass123 said:
If you export your joined contacts to your sd card don't they come back joined when you import them?
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You know I think this would make sense, but I just tried an import and the only option is to import a single vCard file from bluetooth or email.
This used to work out nicely in the 2.x.x days. You sync your google contacts and then facebook contacts. Join a few that the names don't match (ie John Doe and John D). Now with ICS, it won't even try to join John Doe with John D. Doe or Johnathan Doe, even though they are the same person.
The other thing is that haxsync only does photos. I have friends that I don't have saved in my google contacts because their info is on their facebook. Guess I could go through them and manually save a duplicate contact and number to my google contacts, but that's something I didn't have to do in the past. Taking steps backward is not what integration is about.
big_bake said:
You know I think this would make sense, but I just tried an import and the only option is to import a single vCard file from bluetooth or email.
This used to work out nicely in the 2.x.x days. You sync your google contacts and then facebook contacts. Join a few that the names don't match (ie John Doe and John D). Now with ICS, it won't even try to join John Doe with John D. Doe or Johnathan Doe, even though they are the same person.
The other thing is that haxsync only does photos. I have friends that I don't have saved in my google contacts because their info is on their facebook. Guess I could go through them and manually save a duplicate contact and number to my google contacts, but that's something I didn't have to do in the past. Taking steps backward is not what integration is about.
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Then switch to Friendscaster or Friendscaster Pro.
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Anyone know of a similar program that will work for syncing twitter?
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Speedin07si said:
Then switch to Friendscaster or Friendscaster Pro.
Sent from my CM9 Epic 4G.
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Well I got friendcaster then used it to sync and it copied over with crappy low res pictures, so that pissed me off. The haxsync ones looked decent at least. I'll be fine for now until there is stock integration built into to CM9. I know the OTA ICS guys have figured it out.
big_bake said:
The other thing is that haxsync only does photos. I have friends that I don't have saved in my google contacts because their info is on their facebook. Guess I could go through them and manually save a duplicate contact and number to my google contacts, but that's something I didn't have to do in the past. Taking steps backward is not what integration is about.
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Haxsync does have an option "Additional friends to sync" under "Sync Preferences" - the help text says "These friends will be synced even if they don't match any contacts on your phone". Does this do what you want?
I think he means their contact info from facebook. The main app syncs not only a contacts photo, but any contact info they have on their profile.
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For those who have multiple accounts and want to join them in a few easy steps:
Log into you Gmail account and go under Contacts.
Right above your contacts list, right in the middle, there is a button you click and have some settings come down. One of them is a "join multiple contacts". Hit it and it will automatically join all of them together. A lot easier if u have LOTS of multiple contacts and dnt want to merge them manually
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I would love to have it sync the phone numbers . Like the FB app does.
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Well I got friendcaster then used it to sync and it copied over with crappy low res pictures, so that pissed me off. The haxsync ones looked decent at least. I'll be fine for now until there is stock integration built into to CM9. I know the OTA ICS guys have figured it out.
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haxsync is not showing my entire friend list from facebook
what is to be done??
In the options their is a setting which by default only syncs people already in your contacts. You can change it sync all your friends from facebook.
Also to some of the people earlier in this thread, the latest version of Haxsync lets you write HTC tags to the notes section of your contacts so at least you won't have to do it all again manually when you change roms

[Q] Hiding Texts and Contacts?

Hi there,
This is a bit of a random question but is there a way to hide a certain person from appearing in your contacts and their text messages from showing? I don't want to delete them or their texts, just to hide them?
Thanks
You Can Delete The Contact
im affraid you cant do such thing but there is in the store some apps to lock your stuffs including contacts if you like
SeaViper said:
Hi there,
This is a bit of a random question but is there a way to hide a certain person from appearing in your contacts and their text messages from showing? I don't want to delete them or their texts, just to hide them?
Thanks
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I don't know about contacts but the Sense roms I used would allow you to move single texts or entire conversations to the secure box, hiding them until you enter your password. The aokp rom I use now has no such option.
Sent using the power of the dark side.
As the previous person said. Theres an app in the play store called secret box and miui has it as a built in function. Havent played with the miui one too much. Not sure if it hides it or blocks it.
I hope my gf doesn't read this
Edit: the app hides the contacts, pics, calls, messeges. But play around with it cause I think it will still show at the moment it comes in. You don't need any surprises. Oh, and I'm talking about sms messages.
Sent from a dream.
More to say have I. My drinking buddy rom is vu (i know its old but works n is sexy) which is sense. If that's you this works. Never seen the app.
Put the contact you ent to hide on you sin. Open people, click menu, click view deselect sin.
Wit that n the secure sms inbox, its hides. Will show on Sense lockscreen except weather or pics. But u may want hide some them too.
If u not sense, try app. Let us know. Some US secrets too.
If you can read this, I's been a drinkin
Teichopsia said:
As the previous person said. Theres an app in the play store called secret box and miui has it as a built in function. Havent played with the miui one too much. Not sure if it hides it or blocks it.
I hope my gf doesn't read this
Edit: the app hides the contacts, pics, calls, messeges. But play around with it cause I think it will still show at the moment it comes in. You don't need any surprises. Oh, and I'm talking about sms messages.
Sent from a dream.
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Previous person? Is that all I am to u? I thought we were buds. When I use this Rom I think evetbodu is buds. Hahaha. I mean lololol. :beer:
If you can read this, I's been a drinkin
biglittlegato said:
Previous person? Is that all I am to u? I thought we were buds. When I use this Rom I think evetbodu is buds. Hahaha. I mean lololol. :beer:
If you can read this, I's been a drinkin
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Sorry buddy..... I didnt remember your name while I was writing.
Sent from a dream.
There is SPC (Super Private Conversation) on Market for your purpose
Great, cheers for that guys!
I use PSB, the cool thing about is that it has no icon under programs, you go to your dialer type 1234 and hit dial and it opens up.

[Q] CM9 contacts

I have CM9 beta 3.
I can't find the settings to view just the contacts with Phone number. In the stock ROM there is an option to hide the contacts without phone number.
Are there any option to customize my contact list? I dont want to use any other Contacts app.
spinieskhadgar said:
I have CM9 beta 3.
I can't find the settings to view just the contacts with Phone number. In the stock ROM there is an option to hide the contacts without phone number.
Are there any option to customize my contact list? I dont want to use any other Contacts app.
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let me make things clear:
1st, do you have contacts in your phone that doen's have numbers? if so, how come you have them? useless, i think..
2nd, no need to hide the "contacts without phone numbers" when in the first place they are not important contacts, right? they are just names (yeah, names only as you said..)
3rd, if you like to save contact names, use your memo app and not the contact apps..they are for contacts with numbers..
lastly, as you said, hitting the menu button inside your contact app would reveal indifferently as compared to the stock rom..nevertheless, it is not a big deal..
and, try to wipe your contacts stored in your sim card to avoid multiple contacts..
also, try backing up your contacts to your sdcard for security purposes..
-salute!
So i have a lot of contacts in my google account and a lot of them are only email addresses. I would like to hide the emails and keep only the contacts which have phone number. In the stock rom there was an option to do it but here i can't find anything.
reinjoy said:
let me make things clear:
1st, do you have contacts in your phone that doen's have numbers? if so, how come you have them? useless, i think..
CONTACT: People/organization with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, esp. those with influence and able to offer one help
if we get with this definition we can see that anybody who we interact can be a contact. like the professor of a lecture we take or an it department. And we may "contact" them with e-mail.
2nd, no need to hide the "contacts without phone numbers" when in the first place they are not important contacts, right? they are just names (yeah, names only as you said..)
My Professor or my boss are important contacts for me and i don't have to contact them using phone numbers. i don't have to memorize their mail addressess.
3rd, if you like to save contact names, use your memo app and not the contact apps..they are for contacts with numbers..
you don't say . so a person with an e-mail address is not a contact. really?
lastly, as you said, hitting the menu button inside your contact app would reveal indifferently as compared to the stock rom..nevertheless, it is not a big deal..
and, try to wipe your contacts stored in your sim card to avoid multiple contacts..
also, try backing up your contacts to your sdcard for security purposes..
-salute!
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salute.
reinjoy said:
let me make things clear:
1st, do you have contacts in your phone that doen's have numbers? if so, how come you have them? useless, i think..
2nd, no need to hide the "contacts without phone numbers" when in the first place they are not important contacts, right? they are just names (yeah, names only as you said..)
3rd, if you like to save contact names, use your memo app and not the contact apps..they are for contacts with numbers..
lastly, as you said, hitting the menu button inside your contact app would reveal indifferently as compared to the stock rom..nevertheless, it is not a big deal..
and, try to wipe your contacts stored in your sim card to avoid multiple contacts..
also, try backing up your contacts to your sdcard for security purposes..
-salute!
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very very clear, thank you, sir
I never, and don't ever save (manually) a name only in my contact list
but I have two thousand contacts with and without numbers are listed
synced from my g+, gmail, live, yahoo, ovi mail, and facebook too :laugh:
reinjoy said:
let me make things clear:
1st, do you have contacts in your phone that doen's have numbers? if so, how come you have them? useless, i think..
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Well, I also do have contacts without phone numbers. My skype contacts are listed there for example.
reinjoy said:
2nd, no need to hide the "contacts without phone numbers" when in the first place they are not important contacts, right? they are just names (yeah, names only as you said..)
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´Well, I would like to have them hidden too. It´s no question about it´s needed or not, but it´s annoying because they are even there if skype is not running.
reinjoy said:
3rd, if you like to save contact names, use your memo app and not the contact apps..they are for contacts with numbers..
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Oh well. If you have a solution for him on how to sync the Memo app with his google account to get his email contacts saved there and a solution how my skype contacts will be stored in the memo app but not in the contact list, we both would really appreciate it.
Beside this he first would need the Memo app to get installed on his phone, as there is no memo app present in CM9.
Btw.
reinjoy said:
(yeah, names only as you said..)
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Not sure what´s wrong with you all of the sudden, but putting someone words into his mouth he never used is not a helpful answer to a legit question.
@ ekril, tem, and honeyx:
1st of all, tnx for your comments, you guyz rock!!! lol..
whatever, bring home the bacon guyz..
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