Hi new to forum and to the world of the smart phone ( so please be kind )
I picked up my new phone yesterday HTC Desire
so far so good but one thing annoys me that i cant fix
The phonebook is rubbish as it the first name of the person is not the first word in the phone book
as in :- John Smith Mobile is :- Mobile Smith John
is there any way to switch this round ??
Thanks
Funnily enough, I was just about to post some issues about the phone book and you beat me to it!
With regards to the swapping round of first/last names, I think your only option is to go in and manually change each entry. I've had this before and in GMail (I think) is makes a good guess what is first and last name. Sometimes when syncing between devices and the cloud, especially on the first time, the devices don't agree what is first and what is the last name.
Though I hope I'm wrong and you don't have to manually change everything.
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Though I hope I'm wrong and you don't have to manually change everything.
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I am not very good with phones (but I am learning )
I also hope we don't have to manually change as i have over 200 people on my phone book.
Believe me, I feel your pain. I'm decently versed in how syncing contacts can mess up as I've done it to varying degrees on past phones.
I've had all contacts duplicated and had to sit there for the evening deleting contacts. Over dinner, deleting contacts.
I've had to go in manually and correct contacts and change around details.
Probably the biggest piece of advice I can give you or anyone, is:
Before you do anything major, even syncing with a new device, backup (export) your online contacts!
And then:
When you've got your contacts nice and sweet synced between online/mobile device/whatever, backup your contacts!!!
You get a lot more leway for the future!
I had to spend about 40 minutes sorting out my contact list the other day.
Glad I took the time to actually go through and do it, as all my contacts are linked and organised properly, definitely worth doing.
I have just done the same now
how do you put a photo to the number?
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I have just done the same now
how do you put a photo to the number?
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Just replied in your thread, but will stick it here too:
People > Tap on the name > Edit > Tap on the camera icon in the top left.
thanks I'm getting there...
Will take a few days to get used to it
Does anyone else have a problem with the some of the contact names 'resetting'?
I originally copied over all contacts from my SIM, and have since linked most of them up to their Facebook profiles. I have set the display name to be the one listed on Facebook, and this works perfectly for the majority.
A couple of contacts keep going back to their name on the SIM, have no idea why...
When linked to my Exchange server. It's strange though, since my Htc Hero has no issues whatsoever with this. I can begin to type any name in the To: field and it start suggesting receivers. Now with the Desire, I get no name completion/suggestions whatsoever. It does however work in the recipient fields in for example the SMS application.
Anybody else experience this?
Running 2.1-update1 as is.
Thanks in advance.
Hi jivebunny,
Mine suggests names just fine (from history usage or from my contacts). What is does not do is to suggest names from the full corporate directory (this could take a lot of network/time if you have a big corporate directory). If you want to do that, click the little person icon next to the "to:" list and you can search your corporate directory.
John
Hi John,
Thanks for the reply, this is what I also found, yet how do you control these settings? I've synced my contacts onto the phone through activesync (or does it not work like that anymore?), yet it will suggest nothing when it comes to emails. If I indeed press the little contactperson I get corporate contacts as base, and clicking that again leads to device contacts. Is there a way to change the default setting for that?
I'd rather it not search through the corporate list, since it's big and slow indeed.
I searched and tried a lot of things, but no option found for this.
Thanks again!
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.
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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?
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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.
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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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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!?
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
I recently bought a new car and promptly linked the phone via BT. Unfortunately the Audi MMI can only sort by surname and with the narrow width in the in-dashboard display my recently called list can often look like this...
McConach...
McConach...
McConach...
which is less than helpful
So the question is, is there a way to have a secondary list, linked to my main list, in someway that can file the names as "Darren McConachie" (ie all one name rather than split into first and surname) and pass that to BT devices?
If you go in to contacts on the phone (the contacts app) not dialer. The click he menu button (three dot on top of eachoher) then settings you have some options there which may help.
Be sure to report back and let us know either way.
PS Get a BMW next time LOL
Yeah been through those settings, everything on my phone is sorted by first name! Looks like something I'll just have to get used to!
I have the same issue. In my old phone i was able to do a bluetooth setup to change the way these contacts where transferred. Even though i think this is an Audi problem, it could be worked around if the GN would deliver the contacts in a different format. This would be a matter of changing things inside the bluetooth stack i guess.
:-(
Martin with the new GN
Edit: Maybe i just crossover first names and last names in my exchange account, where this is coming from. I am only accessing it from the PC otherwise and there is an option to change the sorting so maybe i give that a try - pretty dirty workaround though
I have some issues with the address book after installing [BETA 0.11][03.06] ICS for Desire[ALL HBOOTS][4.0.4].
I am unable to add new contacts and cannot add a number from call history to people.
This is what happens:
Add New Contact
Click People icon from the main menu.
Click the + icon at the bottom Right Corner
That gives me an option of adding the Contact to my Gmail Or Hotmail that I have configured. But does not give me an option to add it to Phone Address Book.
Add from Call History
Click the Phone Icon to go to Call histoty.
Press on the number I want to add to People.
Gives me three options, Add to Contacts, Call Number, Send Message.
Select Add to contacts.
That gives me an option of adding the Contact to my Gmail Or Hotmail that I have configured. But does not give me an option to add it to Phone Address Book.
Read on some other forum that, the work around for this is to Press and hold the unknown number. A menu will pop up allowing you to send a text to the number, edit it, save it to contacts But here also the same, Can add it to Gmail or Hotmail. Not Phone Contacts.
I'm on another ICS ROM: BCM 3.7U0 and it's the same. I'm guessing this is how the ICS built in People app functions.
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Hi
It seems that Google with ICS have removed the feature of storing contacts on locally on the phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582586
Taken from the above thread:
Originally Posted by kafepuya
If you have ICS, you know that it is not possible to store contacts on the phone per-se, and rather ICS forces you to store them in one of your Google Accounts.
I'm still not a fan of this fact. I rather liked having them separated so that I could leave business contacts on the phone (actually the SIM, i didn't save any contacts to the phone itself) but ICS killed that. I'm not talking a backup to SIM, I didn't want the business numbers in my google account, period.
As to the question at hand, I leave it to Google and the account I made just for the phone, they already have hundreds of copies of the contacts on multiple servers. Anything else is going to be prone to error, incompatibility, corruption, etc. Also, google does the restoring & updating all on its own, no thought needed.
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Solved
Alien2653 said:
I'm on another ICS ROM: BCM 3.7U0 and it's the same. I'm guessing this is how the ICS built in People app functions.
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Go Contacts EX from Google Market, solved my issue. I can now store contacts on phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jbapps.contactpro&feature=search_result