I recently flashed a new rom on my girls GS2 and she now is telling me that she is missing several hundred contacts. i asked her if they were all tied to her google account and she told me that they were until now. she's had several other androids in the past and always had all the contacts transfer just fine. I work for T-Mobile and i have seen this issue in a couple of other devices before but have never been able to come up with any sort of rhyme or reason as to what, why, or how this is happening. can anyone shed some light on this for me? and if anyone knows a way to possibly recover those missing contacts that would help me out greatly. plus, it kinda worries me to think that one day if i flash a new rom onto my phone i may log in only to find i have lost all of my contacts......
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josh
Has she logged into gmail from a pc and verify her contacts are there?
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blackangst said:
Has she logged into gmail from a pc and verify her contacts are there?
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thats the big issue, they deleted out of her google account completely. on the phone and online. she had something like 800 contacts (crazy i know) the other day and now she only has around 250. ive seen this happen with a few of my customers phones at work as well where one day they have contacts stored to gmail then suddenly they are gone. its very strange.
Umm were they mostly guys number?
Are you sure it wasn't part of fb of fb contact sync?
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Teo032 said:
Umm were they mostly guys number?
Are you sure it wasn't part of fb of fb contact sync?
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lol no isnt trying to hide anything from me haha. and i asked her if they were FB contacts she said no. these were contacts that were tied directly to her gmail account.
I dunno man if they were on her acct online and now they aren't...that's a Google issue. No idea where to begin to fix it.
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lol no isnt trying to hide anything from me haha. and i asked her if they were FB contacts she said no. these were contacts that were tied directly to her gmail account.
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bahahahahaha!
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I dunno man if they were on her acct online and now they aren't...that's a Google issue. No idea where to begin to fix it.
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By having her not delete them to hide all the guys numbers from her boyfriend xD
Bahahaha! Just having some fun ^-^
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I am having the same problem. Phone was setup to sync contacts to gmail... but now its gone off phone and off gmail.
If I recall correctly, Google has an option to revert to previous versions of contacts up to 30 days ago. Maybe that would work?
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/restore-your-contacts.html?m=1
Hope it helps. ; )
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hey all my phone i just notice im not getting my gmail on it.... working fine on the computer but nothing on the phone???? i wasnt playing with any options, i actually started to change stuff over to my gmail cause it seemed like my yahoo wasnt working 4 a while?
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hey all my phone i just notice im not getting my gmail on it.... working fine on the computer but nothing on the phone???? i wasnt playing with any options, i actually started to change stuff over to my gmail cause it seemed like my yahoo wasnt working 4 a while?
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This happens to me on 4G as well. There are times I send e-mails from it and people never receive them and there are times I never get them. Then sometimes it works perfect. I switched to a 3rd party e-mail app. It never fails me. I am using Kaiten but its a paid app. Try K9 on the Market. You can make it black themed and it works well for many.
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I had this prob few days back, I turned syncing off, then back on. I then reboot the phone and bam! It started working again.
P.S. Under Applications>All. I also cleared data/cache.
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how do i get to the sync? also i went into the apps but do i have to clear the cache one by one??? there is a lot lol thanks!
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how do i get to the sync? also i went into the apps but do i have to clear the cache one by one??? there is a lot lol thanks!
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Settings->Accounts and Sync. On apps, select All, and choose Gmail, clear cache and data on that one.
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I have lost some faith in G-Mail. I don't understand why I can get a 3rd party app like K9, add my G-Mail account to that, and people receive the e-mails faster than using G-Mail itself. If someone can explain why this is, I would appreciate it.
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Settings->Accounts and Sync. On apps, select All, and choose Gmail, clear cache and data on that one.
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under sync gmail wasnt sync and same with fb, but back round data was and on the gmail tab it wouldnt let me choose the cache???
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I have lost some faith in G-Mail. I don't understand why I can get a 3rd party app like K9, add my G-Mail account to that, and people receive the e-mails faster than using G-Mail itself. If someone can explain why this is, I would appreciate it.
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I think it depends on many factors, we all have different apps, different roms, kernels, and also different qualiies of reception.
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under sync gmail wasnt sync and same with fb, but back round data was and on the gmail tab it wouldnt let me choose the cache???
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Can you be a bit more clear? I'm understanding bits and pieces... what I explained over clearing the cache was your answer to your question previous to your last post.
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Im trying to sync my FB and twitter (from accounts and sync in settings) and it keeps saying login failed try again later. Is anyone else having this issue?
If you tried a few times with a few reboots. Just give a second, is the phone within the first hour of activation?
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If you tried a few times with a few reboots. Just give a second, is the phone within the first hour of activation?
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Yes i just got it about an hour ago.
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Im trying to sync my FB and twitter (from accounts and sync in settings) and it keeps saying login failed try again later. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I am having the same issue.
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Make sure your old phone is powered off, it will cause issues...
Same issue.
Nevermind
10 char
Rebooted a bunch of times and still doing it. maybe its something on Samsungs side.
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No not trying to sync contacts trying to sign onto the media hub to get FB and Twitter messages.
yep... I am getting the same thing.
Me too....
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I had the exact issues with my Touchpro2. I had to use another app to get it to work. The built in apps that came with the htc phone wouldnt work but a off brand app did.
If I am not mistaken its because of the way the built in apps sends your login info to the authnication servers with FB and Tweeter.
Even with the facebook market app installed i cant add it to accounts and sync settings. Oh well itll get resolved soon enough
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Having the same issues here.
same here, probably just down because of all the activations, it will probably work before the weekend is over. does anyone know if this syncs contact photos with facebook? if so does it do it as well as sense does?
Called Samsung and they are now enlightened about the problem, said they would be looking into and call me back with resolution or when fix would be available
Synced fine on my phone with not too many contacts
Yeah its not syncing pics from FB kinda sucky
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Hmmmmm I couldnt even get it to log in. But when I grabbed the facebook app from the market place and used it it worked like a charm. Even the pictures and graphics for the different news feeds synced right up. All of my facebook contacts are on my phone now WITH their pictures.
I can't log in fb through social hub but I can through fb app for android. If anyone hears from samsung please share the news
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Same Here
Same issue. Media hub wont allow sign in FB or Twitt.
I dont wanna try it but if i format system from CWM do i lose contacts/joined ?
You will lose your contacts (and all other data) if you format system. If they are backed up by google though, all you have to do is sync contacts when you sign in on your google account and they will come back.
Is a pain if u also have them saved to sim. Cuz it will double up contacts. Its tedious to do but worth every bit of the time invested in order to get a clean flash. It just how I do it. Just my opinion
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I save all my contacts to my Google account. None of them are on my phone or sim card so there's no chance of losing my contacts. I can even see/edit them on google.com/contacts
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Reason I do it both ways is in the event I was hacked on my goggle. It happens just like any site. Everything is vulnerable to attacks so I rather not take no chances. Just being safe I guess.
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If you have the same contacts on both sim and google, you can "display" only one or the other in the contacts app so it doesn't show double.
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If you have the same contacts on both sim and google, you can "display" only one or the other in the contacts app so it doesn't show double.
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I guess is just the way I synch it. I open all my emails and such all of them. Just like having all my contacts handy. Is just personal preference.
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Am also backed up to google. But when u sync u lose the joined contacts from facebook account ... its the pain in the ass to rejoin them everytime
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I agree joining contacts is a pain in the ass, wish there was an easier way:-(
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I solved the sync issue with contacts and birthday's calendar between ICS AND Facebook with haxsync from the play store. Works like a charm
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I solved the sync issue with contacts and birthday's calendar between ICS AND Facebook with haxsync from the play store. Works like a charm
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true, i use it too nice app, but the problem is u still have to join ppl that u name different from facebook
It has a fuzziness setting that it worked pretty good for me. Also the option to create HTCData links in your google account as a backup for restore
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I'm having an issue where once contacts are joint, I lose the google name and it defaults to their facebook name.
This is really annoying for people who don't use their real names on facebook...
Is there something I'm missing where I can default it to the google contact name?
What is the best contacts hiding app for the S III?
Why would you need to hide contacts
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The stock contacts app.
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What is the best contacts hiding app for the S III?
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Lol man stop trying to cheat on your girl lol jk..
Hmm idk I never even heard of a contact hiding application, did you try searching the play store
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Why would you need to hide contacts
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Why does it matter to you??
Anyways op, if I wanted to hide contacts. I'd probably save the contacts to the sim card or to a second gmail account and in the contacts app I would hit menu>Contacts to display and just select to display my main gmail account contacts and not the ones in the sim or secondary Gmail
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What exactly is your purpose in hiding the contacts? Is it because you are sneaking around on a loved one? Or is it for guilty pleasures like dominos pizza hotline? Maybe even you setup your voicemail as a contact so you can easilly dial it.
An all around solution would be to use a "vault" application. Vault hide is pretty good.
I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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Teo032 said:
I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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At being a slut or an actual solution? Lol
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At being a slut or an actual solution? Lol
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Keeping random hookups from having my number.. And not getting woken up by drunken booty calls on work nights.
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Then he should use google voice, it worked wonders for me.
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I second google voice lol. It really is badass
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psykhotic said:
Keeping random hookups from having my number.. And not getting woken up by drunken booty calls on work nights.
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Best wake up calls ever!!
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If you just want to hide some contacts in order not to have them in your list, I'd suggest the configuration of the preinstalled contacts App. But if there are contacts, you want to keep "secret" give "Hide it" a try. It pretends to be an Audiomanager, but you can access a hidden vault by typing in a code. In this vault you can store pics, Videos, texts, contact, etc
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ALL - wow, so judgmental...
OP - I hide contacts frequently because I sync my office/exchange contacts but don't care to see them on my personal phone on the weekends...
solution: stock contacts app allows for viewing certain groups - if you really need contacts 'invisible' under passcode on your phone, there are third party apps to do that, or set them on your sim with a sim lock password or on you samsung account online or elsewhere...
FB.
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I think it is because a lot of contacts from his Gmail account or fb is showing up so he's trying to hide them?. Or he's a slut. Probably the latter
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I have fb contacts I don't want/need on my phone (in main contacts), so I searched and found the answer in another thread. Works, so I'm happy
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Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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I use contact sync for Facebook. .. It works great!
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Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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Did you check the sync settings for facebook and select "sync with contacts"?
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Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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Facebook decided it wasn't going to place nice with google anymore and throw up all kind of restrictions on the API to sync contact pictures with Android. Basically it's not even supported with JB so that means you need to use a 3rd party app unfortunately. Don't ask me for sources because I read it somewhere when I was researching why my contact pictures weren't syncing. I just tried to go back and find where I read it but couldn't find it.
Personally, I've been using this app on the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDMsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
Yeah, I read about Facebook not playing well with JB. I just use Friendcaster to sync contact photos then remembered to un sync it after it drained the battery not allowing the phone to sleep, if you don't un sync it syncs constantly.
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Yeah, I read about Facebook not playing well with JB. I just use Friendcaster to sync contact photos then remembered to un sync it after it drained the battery not allowing the phone to sleep, if you don't un sync it syncs constantly.
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Friendcaster doesn't have the option of how often it syncs? The app I recommended does. I have it set to once a day on wifi only. And you can specify how large you want the picture to be. High Quality photos on the N2 is amazing!!!
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Friendcaster doesn't have the option of how often it syncs? The app I recommended does. I have it set to once a day on wifi only. And you can specify how large you want the picture to be. High Quality photos on the N2 is amazing!!!
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Big thanks, downloading now. Better options, imo.
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Big thanks, downloading now. Better options, imo.
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No problem. Let me know how it works out for ya. And feel free to pass on any other useful/cool apps. Love this phone
I'm using HaxSync and it works great for me.
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