How do I delete all my backed up contacts on google servers?
I have multiple entries for several of my contacts but I'd rather not have any of them as I have all my contacts saved to sim.
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You'd probably be better going on the computer and them then signing in at Gmail.com and pressing contacts as from there you can "select all" then simply press delete
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At your own risk:
Multiple entries might come from having contacts at google and stored on SIM --> both are displayed.
If you don't want to have your contacts on google servers, go to settings -> accounts and sync --> tick you google acc --> uncheck contact sync
Then log into your google account via web browser (https://mail.google.com/) and delete your contacts.
But make sure, that you have backed then up on your SIM.
This should do it for you.
Try using the merge contact option in People....might be of some help
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At your own risk:
Multiple entries might come from having contacts at google and stored on SIM --> both are displayed.
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No, I have my sim contacts that I want, then have 3/4 multiple contacts for the same person, all from Google backups I'm guessing.
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Ok, I've deleted all google contact backups - but still have some duplicates, I believe the rest are because of Facebook.
Hmm.
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settings > accounts & sync click google and untick contacts.
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Hi, I have just got my desire and am very very impressed so far, however when I go into my contacts I see the ones I have synchronized from gmail and also my sim contacts.
Is there anyway I can stop the sim contacts showing in the app?
Thanks
Stewart
Wonder if this helps. Under Contacts there is a View option where you can set the sources. SIM is one of those and you can deselect that option to avoid any SIM entries.
Yeah that kinda helped! Now when i go to people the gmail only contacts appear, however when I go to phone dialer, my sim contacts are still appearing? Thanks, stu
I was annoyed by this too and the only workaround is to delete all contacts on the sim.
Desire couldnt do it and neither could the sim app I tried, so I put the sim on my old phone and deleted it from there.
Now I live happily ever after
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huleboeren said:
I was annoyed by this too and the only workaround is to delete all contacts on the sim.
Desire couldnt do it and neither could the sim app I tried, so I put the sim on my old phone and deleted it from there.
Now I live happily ever after
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I was able to delete the sim contacts using the desire. Long press on the contact, view contact, hit menu then delete. Job done. Might take you a while if you have alot to delete, but I didn't mind doing it one by one as I was also adding them to gmail as I went along.
I only had 60 sim contacts and even that would have been too much to go through one at a time for me - I am lazy
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I have read some posts which mention that the phone dialer includes all contacts and therefore what is applicable to contacts is not applicable to dialer. I am afraid that deleting contacts is the way to go (for now), unless someone is aware of any other option.
Well I deleted the contacts from my sim, so only my Gmail contacts are showing now. However, it seems like the contacts are not actually stored to my phone, as it doesn't show any contacts being saved to the phone.
Is there anyway I can copy all the Gmail contacts to my phone?
All you have to do is select contacts to be sync'd under Accounts&sync>google>sync contacts and press the sync now button. Once you do that all your gmail contacts should be available on your phone.
I keep my contacts on Googles servers only, there are none saved to the SIM card or phone as such.
I just changed ROM, restored using Titanium Backup, and now only three contacts show and they are ones that I added manually using the phone. It has synced to Google, but the other contacts just don't show (they are still on Google when I log in via the web).
Any ideas about this?
ta.
Have a look in Menu->Settings->Accounts & Sync - for the email account you are using, is "Sync contacts" checked?
Also, assuming you are using a Sense-based ROM, go into People and select Menu->View - again, check that you have checked "Google".
Regards,
Dave
Hmm, I tried this and it didn't work, but I did eventually figure it out so will post it here in case anybody else has this problem:
After doing what is mentioned in the previous post I went into Settings, then applications, then manage applications, pressed "all" then found 'Contacts Storage' Press Force Stop, then Clear Data, then restart the phone.
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Have a look in Menu->Settings->Accounts & Sync - for the email account you are using, is "Sync contacts" checked?
Also, assuming you are using a Sense-based ROM, go into People and select Menu->View - again, check that you have checked "Google".
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I too wonder why sync is not working. My settings are so as you advised in your post + autosync is active, but still 0 google contacts in "people" (i thought my phone contacts would be transferred to my google acc. Am i wrong?)
Brgds,
ilhan
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any suggestions..?
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Open People, press the Menu button, press View, is Google ticked?
Yes.. it is ticked and in accounts and sync menu google account is enabled for all three items; contacts, gmail and calendar. Gmail and Calendar sync working w/o prob but contacts not syncing at all..
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Hi! Want to make sure my contacts are kept also in Google contacts identically by syncing. Auto sync option is enabled, in "people" view settings both google and phone selected. Have linked all my contacts to mirror entries in google contacts but still have to make changes on both phone and google separately/manually whenever needed. Also newly added contacts (to phone) are not replicated to google with syncing, besides can't see a way to create contact directly on google from my Desire (so I can do that manually like as "copy contact to sim"). Anyone who have suggestions, maybe a complete solution to make this fully automated?
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Hi! ....... (so I can do that manually like as "copy contact to sim")...
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I mean, it would be Ok if there were a such option also for copying to google, but no chance.
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Linking makes two entries appear as one, but it will still be two separate entries and thus will not help you in syncing them. I do not know for existing contacts, but if you create a new contact you can select the contact type. This determines where it will be stored.
When you create a new contact it is prompted where you want to add it; google, phone or to sim. No multiple selections possible. However, you can first create a contact on phone then copy to sim afterwards whereas same is not possible to google contacts. Sync is not doing that either.
How to copy a phone contact into google contacts? That's the question.
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In contacts, choose export to sdcard.
This will create a .vcf file on the sdcard.
Then log into gmail via the internet (not on phone).
You should then be able to load the .vcf file into gmail.
From then on, any changes should be replicated in your gmail account.
HTH
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Thanks mike, will do so. Hope it works.. cheers!
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The easiest and most relaible way to sync contacts is by using MyPhoneExplorer which is free.
I imported all of my contacts from google, and now im stuck with 3 duplicates from most of my contacts. I tried several apps but they dont seem to do anything. I got 1200 contacts right now, any ideas how I can merge them and see only 300-400?
I literally tried all of the free apps in the playstore, contact analyzer etc etc. I don't like replacing my contacts app.
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klect said:
I imported all of my contacts from google, and now im stuck with 3 duplicates from most of my contacts. I tried several apps but they dont seem to do anything. I got 1200 contacts right now, any ideas how I can merge them and see only 300-400?
I literally tried all of the free apps in the playstore, contact analyzer etc etc. I don't like replacing my contacts app.
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Login to your gmail, using a computer. Click on contacts -> more -> find & merge duplicates
Is this an issue with your Google account or does it duplicate while syncing or somethiing? Assuming the former, try:
Go to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#contacts ->More->Find duplicates and merge.
Does that work?
It works within google, but i still have all the contacts i do not have in my google account, manual syncing didn´t help.
Any suggestions on how to do it on my phone alone would help.
Oke, this is how i did it: export to vcard, import to google, remove duplicates, export to vcard, delete all contacts on phone, import vcard, sync with facebook and share with google
SOLVED, Thanks!
I have lost Google as an option for the account type when creating new contacts. I can see all my Google contacts, but I am unable to edit them in any way. The edit button has disappeared from the screen where I'm viewing any of the contact cards.
My sync is turned on, and I made sure the People Details box was checked under the Google account settings / sync.
I have no idea what's causing this. I do have an exchange account for work, but that's been on my phone for a year.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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Is the device stock or modified?
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Stock... I never even got around to rooting it.
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Ok, I fixed the problem. I had added a second Google account to the phone. Apparently that screwed up the phone's ability to edit/add any Google contact. I noticed under the 2nd Google account, there was no option to sync contacts. I just deleted that 2nd account, and all is well now.
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