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Hi all,
any of you ever tried to sync only one (or more) specific contacts group?
I remember of such a function in Android 1.6, and it would be great to have it back on 2.1 too (maybe it's there and it's just me who cannot find it).
I don't like to have ALL the Google contacts sync'ed.
Thnx
Can't be done. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=662949
Thanks Cleargrey,
would you tell me if you ever tried to sync Outlook with the phone did you manage to do so? It seems my HTC sync won't sync, telling me no errors but no contacts sync'ed as well
I also tried to sync Outlook with Goole, and found a good prog to do so (Go contacts sync) since I don't want ot go over with CSV import/export, but it states it syncs pictures too, and it doesn't...
Cleargrey, just a little info to better understand the following HTC answer:
A1. It is not possible to sync just 'My Contacts', it would always be 'Google Contacts, or 'All Contacts'.
what do they mean with "Google Contacts or All Contacts"? Is it just basically a different way of referring to the same "All Contacts" group?
I'm asking because I just checked on Google Accounts and I didn't see anything like "Google Contacts"
There does seem to be some confusion over the various contact lists/groups on the phone and on Google Contacts.
BTW, Google Contacts can be accessed through your Gmail account (left side menu -> Contacts) or directly at www.google.com/contacts.
Basically:
All [phone] = My Contacts [Google Contacts]
Favorites [phone] = Starred in Android [Google Contacts]
Co-workers [phone] = Collegues [Google Contacts]
Family, Friends [phone] = Family, Friends [Google Contacts] resp.
user created groups [phone] = user created groups [Google Contacts], and vice versa.
All Contacts [Google Contacts] is never sync'ed on the phone.
All the above get sync'ed together, you can't cherry pick.
Sorry to correct you JT, but if I access Google Contacts on my desktop I find "All Contact" contains 643 contacts.
Now, doing the same on my phone (Contacts -> Menu btn -> view) I see "Google (643)".
Hence my phone sync'ed All Contacts.
It would be great if it would have sync'ed "My contacts" only, cuz even if it's not a subgroup, it only contains contacts I want to carry on the phone
Two very quick questions I'd love some help with.
1. Whats the quickest way to type a new sms message? When I open the messages icon and choose "new message" it lists ALL of my contacts. Anyone I EVER emailed in my life. 1000s. I justwant to see my 100 or so SIM contacts as I want to write an SMS message. any way around this?
2. I clicked on new message (in the messages icon) and typed in an email address. The phone then sent the email as an attached MMS message via my phone service provider? I assumed it would use my gmail details to send it? Am I set up wrong?
Thanks, Got the desire yesterday. First time on android. bit lost really. not as intuitive as expected, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.
fastest way to send sms to a specific contact is to go to "Contacts", look for the person you wantto send the sms to, and then click not on the name but on the picture (or on the pic placeholder): some icons will show up so that you cna choose what you want to do. Click on message and you're good to go.
your problem is the same to me: I DO NOT want all my google contacts on my phone cuz everytime I have to do something with contcts (apart from phone, where I checked "show only contacts with tel number") it will fill my eyes with unwanted persons
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Sorry to correct you JT, but if I access Google Contacts on my desktop I find "All Contact" contains 643 contacts.
Now, doing the same on my phone (Contacts -> Menu btn -> view) I see "Google (643)".
Hence my phone sync'ed All Contacts.
It would be great if it would have sync'ed "My contacts" only, cuz even if it's not a subgroup, it only contains contacts I want to carry on the phone
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Hmm, glad mine doesn't do that! Anyhow, go to your "All" contacts list on your phone, then MENU button -> View, un-check "Show auto Gmail contacts".
Seems I may have been wrong, Google Contacts' All Contacts do indeed seem to get sync'd in their entirety but this check box allows you to mask what you don't want to see.
checked that, and will test functionalities for some days, but going to "search contacts" still shows up all Google contacts.
This is something really pissing me off.
For real: I can't understand why 1.6 had the opportunity to select the groups and 2.1 does not!!!
The Contacts/People feature seems a bit confusing to me.
The best way I've found of managing contacts is to create a group called 'Phonebook' and just use the People widget to display that group on one of my home-screens.
I can then add or remove anyone I like in there and it's easy to pick someone to call/text. The widget looks pretty cool too with everyone's facebook pics.
Seems much easier than viewing all People and scrolling through loads of Facebook contacts I don't need or Google contacts with only an e-mail address.
I can manage it all online under my Google account as well so setting it up only took a couple of minutes.
See here for a workaround for syncing just my contacts:
showthread.php?t=666332&page=19
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
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Original post:
I am so mad at my "Hemroid" (I mean android) right now I am about to smash the g-damn screen,,,,
Apparently I am missing something important ?? - I dunno - ... Why do all contacts created in GMail sync to the phone, BUT,
Only "Some" of the contacts created IN THE PHONE sync back to gmail ????
I freaking hate being mad at stupid ****, this is retarded...
Any ideas ?
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When you create the contact from the phone, do you set it as a Google contact, or a phone contact?
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When creating a contact you may have to select it as a Google contact. Try recreating a contact that won't sync, select it as a Google contact, and see what happens.
Make sure that your phone is set to sync contacts in Accounts and Sync too.
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You'll get a hemroid if you push too hard!
ejdavis72 said:
You'll get a hemroid if you push too hard!
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Eeeeewwwww
When you create the contact from the phone, do you set it as a Google contact, or a phone contact?
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Set as a Google contact, and selected the correct email address.
I even tried looking at an alternate email I had, thinking it might have synced to the wrong one - nope...
Just for example, I had created 2 or 3 contacts from my phone, the same way each time, as google contacts. When I synced the phone, only 1 of them synced to gmail...
I though "WTF? maybe I screwed up", so I rebooted the phone, logged out of gmail, deleted the contacts, and tried again.
NOPE !!!
POS "Hem--RRRROOOOIIIIDDDD"........
Anything I create "From" gmail syncs correctly, but only "some" created from the phone synce back to gmail..
And yes also I did double, tripple check that 'background services, auto sync, sync contacts, sync email, default email account, were all correct... I tried repeatedly clicking 'manually sync now' 'sync this' and so on...
NOPE ! Nothing.
"Hem-ROOOOOIIIIIDDDDDD"
Well just chiming in my Gmail contacts won't sync on NY one account but they will on any other maybe try a new account?
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go to your contacts, hit menu, select "view" and uncheck everything but "phone" contacts...those are the ones that aren't syncing, am i correct"
"phone" contacts won't sync
"google" contacts will sync
I would follow the patches advice. I found that I was looking at facebook phone numbers but they were not getting uploaded to my gmail account. I dont understand why there is not a "phone to contact" or "contact to phone" option like sooo many phones in the past. It would be GREAT if there was an android app built for that. I dont understand why they do not have a "Sync ALL" option that will allow you to save all information from facebook/gmail/phone/ect to a single location to use.
I also dont like the "gmail" vs "mail". That may have something to do with it too. I set up my initial gmail account but never got to see my mail because it was always in the "gmail" app and not in the mail.
Anyway, I think that is a separate issue all together.
Good luck
SoBBie
patches152 said:
go to your contacts, hit menu, select "view" and uncheck everything but "phone" contacts...those are the ones that aren't syncing, am i correct"
"phone" contacts won't sync
"google" contacts will sync
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What a dumbass, What a dumbass I am ....
P.S.
ATTN: Hey all future searching dumbasses of America who stumble across this thread: Make sure that you click the dropdown menu that says "Contact type" and change it to Google, every single time you create a contact... And when you are sick or drunk, add them later, because you might end up looking like a dumbass, like myself
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What a dumbass, What a dumbass I am ....
P.S.
ATTN: Hey all future searching dumbasses of America who stumble across this thread: Make sure that you click the dropdown menu that says "Contact type" and change it to Google, every single time you create a contact... And when you are sick or drunk, add them later, because you might end up looking like a dumbass, like myself
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ANOTHER PROTIP: every once in awhile go check how many "phone" contacts you have by following the steps in my last post. i also found that i have a bunch of duplicate contacts, you can either link them, but i find it easier to edit via PC from the gmail contacts area. you can select multiple contacts, merge them, etc. when you email people gmail automatically creates a contact, but it's stored under "other contacts". you can move contacts in and out of the different groups, etc. get familiar with that and it's way easier than doing it from your phone.
inb4 TWSS
Good learning, and sound advice for folk.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your input, I had the issue of my gmail contacts wont sync and throws up the error that it cant sync at this time, and it keeps trying and runs your battery dead trying to. this was all after I rooted my dinc s-off, I even deleted all my contacts and it would sync one time successfully then go right back to the same crap.
But I never tried making all my contacts into gmail contacts mainly because I wasnt having an issue until I rooted my device, but here is a bigger mystery, I run Cyanogen7 and dont have any issues syncing anything, only when I run the stock rom.
So I guess I need to be added to the DA list...LMAO
And one last tip if you have a bunch of "Phone" contacts and want to get them all transferred at once: you can export your phone-only contacts then import them all into google.
People > Menu > Import/Export > Export to SD Card > Phone
This will export all of your contacts marked as "Phone".
People > Menu > Import/Export > Import from SD Card > Google
This will re-import everything into the gmail account you select.
This is some good information. My wife was asking me about this the other day. XDA FTW.
like my title says: activesync does not add all google contacts completly
this means, when i set my active sync on my mobile up, to sync with my gmail account. it does add all my contacts but allot of them are missing their phone number and further details..
gmail and calender are working fine, its just the google contacts that does not import all of phone numbers to the contacts.
What i have in my contact list in my phone after sync are:
79 contacts (the same as in google contacts on pc)
13 of them have their info (phone numbers, email adresses) synct
the rest is just only an plain contact with only the name
I guest that the eve phone you were using is an Android device.
Just go to your google contact on PC then edit one by one the type of phone number to anything different Other type.
nhathoa said:
I guest that the eve phone you were using is an Android device.
Just go to your google contact on PC then edit one by one the type of phone number to anything different Other type.
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this worked! thnx allot man, i was getting crazy of this haha
So far my only 1 contact have synch with the facebook profile.
I used to have to sense and there was a way to manually assign a facebook profile to a contact so it would "absorb" all the info, includying the profile pic.
Is there a way to do it in gingervillain, I know there are some apps for that, but I just want to know if its possible of doing it without one.
Thanks in advance for the help.
For me it synced pretty much the contacts, only a few remained due to incorrect e-mail addresses.
If you want to do it manually, then EDIT contact and then press menu then the option JOIN. You can now join with the FB and other profiles.
Well for some weird reason if I press join it only shows the ones that are in my contacts, but not a way to select a facebook account or any other account.
That might be because the visualization in contacts is set to "contacts with phone number only" but again its a nonsene...
Also I found this the other day:
With Gingerbread, Google removed support for facebook contact integration as well as facebook video upload from the gallery. Yeah, it doesn't make any sense to go backwards in facebook integration, but the two companies have been having a PR fight. So we, the android user, get to receive the negative consequences of a tech giant fight.
I now use the SyncMyPix app to sync fb profile pics with my contacts. Works really well if you have the correct first and last name.
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Strange. It works for me :S
Download the facebook app and sync contacts from there (sync all contacts in the menu) - then you should be able to join.
Again the quote is right, but after downloading the facebook app, syncing all contacts it works for me as I mentioned before. BTW, I also have the option "contacts with phone number only" selected.