Hello, i have a problem whit contact list. When i change contact's group to different group that contact disappears from "All" list and only shows in groups. I checked, this only happens when syncing to gmail account. When using only Phone storage for contacts it's all ok. I then checked my gmail account and from "My Contacts" list there issint that contact only in group. Is there a way to fix this that my contacts shows in "group" and in "All" view?
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By default, all of my gmail contacts synced to the phone were under the "Friends" category and all showed up under the ALL category.
However, the moment I change the category on a contact, it no longer shows up under ALL. Consequently, if I change the contact to be under no category, the contact disappears altogether.
Is this a bug ? If so, any workaround ?
Hmm, some more info.
Went into gmail, and all of the contacts missing from ALL were no longer in the "My Contacts" group. Now this group cannot be added to manually, but simply adding a contact to another group automatically adds it to this group also.
So the workaround for me was to add all of the missing contacts to a new group (made up) and then immediately remove them again. Sync this to the phone, and they now show up correctly in ALL.
Sounds like a bug with changes on the phone removing the contact from the "My Contacts" group. Anywhere this can be raised as a bug to have fixed ?
I'm having all sorts of issues with contacts. For one the people app refuses to remember the settings to also show facebook contacts. Because for some reason they think some of my contacts are in fact facebook contacts and they don't show up anymore under gmail.
Really seems like a total mess to me : (
Guess it will take some time to figure out what is what with all the linking and things going on.
You are not alone by any means. Both my mate and I are are having similar problems.
You are right that all contacts get download to the phone correctly and show up under "All" as you'd expect but when you add them to another group, i.e. Friends, they do get added to the group but disappear from "All". Remove them from the group and they disappear altogether. However, they are still on the phone as you can find them through the "Search People" app.
I went online to my Google contacts, at contacts.google.com, and found these contacts had been removed from the "My Contacts" folder but appeared instead in "All Contacts". I moved them back to "My Contacts" and they reappeared on my phone.
Surely if you add a contact to a group it should still appear under "All" contacts as well as the group it's been added to?
Workaround??
Been looking into this a bit more....
It seems that you can add contacts to the default groups on the phone but they will be removed from the "All" contacts list [BUG??!! - I'm sure my wife's Hero doesn't do this]. To get them back, and appear in both the group/s and the "All" list, you have to:
1. Login to Google Contacts Manager, www.google.com/contacts.
2. Remove these contacts from My Contacts. They will go to All Contacts.
3. Sync the contacts on the phone.
4. In Google Contacts Manager, move the contacts back to My Contacts.
5. Re-sync the contacts on the phone.
...a real PITA but it just worked for me.
Alternatively, you can control the Groups directly online in the Google Contacts Manager however this only works for new groups or groups that co-exist by default. Some groups on the phone do not directly correspond with those in the Manager and vice versa so if you add a new group to the Manager of a name that already exists on the phone you'll get a duplicate group on the phone.
The kicker is that if you create your own groups on the phone or in the Contacts Manager then everything works without a hitch.
Hello,
When I go to my contacts and select the tab "All", well, my contacts aren't all there! I can only see them all browsing by group.
Have you got the same issue?
Are you using Google contacts? I sometimes experience this when a new contact has not been added to the "My Contacts" group. I don't know why, but you may want to check to see if that is the cause.
I'm using Google contacts indeed.
My Wife for example appears in Family and in Starred contacts but not in "All".
Assuming it's the same problem I faced, if you go to the Google Contacts website (Google's url followed by /contacts) you should be able to see your contacts in "All contacts", and then add them to "My contacts". Once your phone syncs they should appear in your phone's contact list.
That was it! Thank You
On my Hero, I could launch the People app, go in to the contact groups, hit Settings, and set which contact groups to sync. I don't see this option, at least under Fresh 0.2. Has this been removed from this Android build, or moved somewhere else? It's driving me crazy having all these contacts; I just want to sync the "My Contacts" group!
Thanks in advance,
cent
CentroniX said:
On my Hero, I could launch the People app, go in to the contact groups, hit Settings, and set which contact groups to sync. I don't see this option, at least under Fresh 0.2. Has this been removed from this Android build, or moved somewhere else? It's driving me crazy having all these contacts; I just want to sync the "My Contacts" group!
Thanks in advance,
cent
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in the people app press menu then view then just have google and phone checked
dont check show auto gmail contacts or facebook for htc sense.
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in the people app press menu then view then just have google and phone checked
dont check show auto gmail contacts or facebook for htc sense.
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Not exactly what I'm referring to... In GMail, I have over 150 contacts under "All Contacts." I also have another contact group called "My Contacts" with about 60 people (friends, family, etc).
On the Hero, I could tell it to only sync specific groups, which I would only select "My Contacts". With what you posted, I either sync all Google contacts or not, but with the option to exclude auto-gmail contacts. That's not what I want; I want to sync only specific groups.
cent
CentroniX said:
Not exactly what I'm referring to... In GMail, I have over 150 contacts under "All Contacts." I also have another contact group called "My Contacts" with about 60 people (friends, family, etc).
On the Hero, I could tell it to only sync specific groups, which I would only select "My Contacts". With what you posted, I either sync all Google contacts or not, but with the option to exclude auto-gmail contacts. That's not what I want; I want to sync only specific groups.
cent
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you were not listening lol if you check "show auto gmail contacts" then YES you will see ALL CONTACTS...if you just check "GOOGLE" then you will only see the "my contacts"... the number next to google is the all contacts number but in reality it will only show the my contacts in your phone....
i also have 133 "all contacts" in my gmail... the number next to google shows you the number of ALL google contacts, NOT how many contacts it will sync with your phone....
do a test go to your Google contacts page online and just see if one of the contacts from all contacts is in your phone it shouldnt be..
so you see the number under the view screen next to the word "google" shows the "all contacts" number but it doesnt actually put those contacts in your contact list...just the ones who are in "my contacts"
like i said just do a test and see if one of your "all contacts" contact is in your phone contacts... i think you will find that it wont be...
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you were not listening lol if you check "show auto gmail contacts" then YES you will see ALL CONTACTS...if you just check "GOOGLE" then you will only see the "my contacts"... the number next to google is the all contacts number but in reality it will only show the my contacts in your phone....
i also have 133 "all contacts" in my gmail... the number next to google shows you the number of ALL google contacts, NOT how many contacts it will sync with your phone....
do a test go to your Google contacts page online and just see if one of the contacts from all contacts is in your phone it shouldnt be..
so you see the number under the view screen next to the word "google" shows the "all contacts" number but it doesnt actually put those contacts in your contact list...just the ones who are in "my contacts"
like i said just do a test and see if one of your "all contacts" contact is in your phone contacts... i think you will find that it wont be...
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Gotchya, understood! I guess the count was what was throwing me off... You're absolutely right. Thanks for clearing that up!
cent
I have one thats driving me nuts about contacts.
I want to have a custom number name, not just phone one, phone two, work, work2, home, I want to be able to name it. So, like for work. I can put my Company, then names by the numbers. Or can you group the numbers with the company name?
Thanks
Hi,
Does anyone else find that certain contacts in Gmail do not appear on Andriod in the People app?
I have some contacts which are in 'My Contacts' on gmail but try as I might I can't seem to get them to appear on the phone. The view settings in the People app are:
Sim
Google
My Phonebook
Phone
One of the missing contacts only appeared after selecting 'Show auto gmail contacts' and when I unchecked this option the contact still appears on the phone.
This problem also manifests itself when pulling in gmail contacts to Mozilla Thunderbird on the PC so presumably there is gmail setting I have missed - could this be 'display random contacts'
HTC Desire running stock HTC Sense, froyo.
Any advice or suggestions would be great
Thanks
Google has "contacts" and "My Contacts".
I found that only "My Contacts" are shown in the people apps and synchronised address books.
The contacts listed on GMail under "other contacts" are basically just everyone you've ever exchanged e-mails with. These are not synchronised with Thunderbird or Evolution and are not shown on your phone.
I think that's intentional.
thank you, ill give it a try and let you know
That does not apply to me because I have 98 contacts in ‘my contacts’ and only about half that number appear on the phone.
I get the feeling I'm beating a dead horse, but I'll try it anyway, 'cause it's driving me crazy:
S4 mini, stock 4.4.2
I have 3 google accounts set up, FB (sync disabled) and Shazzam (if it should matter).
Problem: I can't get "Other contacts" (aka Unassigned) to not show in the contact list. I've tried the following:
- Delete contacts from "Other contacts" in Google Contacts and disabling contact creation from email: Not really an option. I do use email like crazy for work and gmail's address autocomplete on all those unknown addresses is a blessing. Gmail seems to lose this magic skill if I mess with the "Other contacts".
- Uncheck "All other contacts" from "Contacts to display": doesn't seem to do anything; I still have the "Other contacts" listed under the "Unassigned" group. It's the same whether I disable "All other contacts" on any and all accounts.
- Remove sync group "All other contacts" : seems to stop showing/syncing all contacts for that account (the contacts I do want to sync are in "My contacts"; when I remove sync group "All other contacts" the contacts in "My contacts" disappear too, although "My contact" is checked for display and still listed in "Groups" but now has 0 contacts.
I've crawled around all topics on this matter, but it doesn't look like anyone was able to figure it out. This is something of a last try, it's so annoying for me that I think I'll return the damn phone just for this. It makes it UNUSABLE. This and any Android if there isn't an app or tweak out there to fix it.