Delete duplicate contacts - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

When i first got my phone my wife set it up for me while i was at work, and she imported my cantacts from my sd card to my sim 3 times too many. So now i have 4 of each contact and is getting rather annoying. On previous phones, such as the mytouch and my vibrant, i was able to choose a setting to delete duplicates, but i dont see that option on this phone. Im on stock UVALEM right now. Any suggestions? Because i dont feel like deleting 550 contacts. Would take hours
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The only way I've found to do it is log into your Google account and go to contacts and it gives you an option to delete duplicates I believe. You can also manually multi select and delete them as well. I would be interested if there was another way.
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There are apps in the market that will do it automatically. Duplicate contacts is one.

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Fixing Permissions

I hit the "Fix Permissions" button in ROM Manager because I was having some force close issues in a couple apps and now my contact pictures don't show up in my SMS threads.
About 90% of my contacts have a picture, so going back and redoing all of them would be really time-consuming. With no recent nandroid, is there anything I can do to fix this?
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If you have the stock people app use the export option.
I usually export to sd card and I personally save all my contacts under phone and not google.
Everytime I export and import my contacts with that method the pictures are maintained.
Thanks for the reply. If I understand you correctly, you're saying to export my contacts and then import them? Doing that didn't restore them to my stock Sense messaging app. I'll keep tinkering with it though. I appreciate the help.
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Export your contacts, delete the existing on the phone, then import.
If that doesn't work then it's something a bit deeper.
Gotcha. Thanks for the help.
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Multiple Google contacts...plz help!

Not sure how it happened, but for most of my contacts I have about 3 identical google profiles for...I noticed this when I go to send a text...I get about 3 cell #s, 3 home #s, etc for each person...wondering if there is something I'm missing to clear out? Thanks in advance, just mildly annoying
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Might be a stupid question but..... have you checked your google account? Are they on there multiple times too?
Do you have more than one gmail account linked with your android phone? If so, do you also have these contacts on separate accounts?
Go to your contacts app and hit the menu button and check your display options too. See if something weird's going on there.
Or you can delete the data for your contacts through the Application manager and let it resync in case data was corrupted some how.
lilmikeyv said:
Not sure how it happened, but for most of my contacts I have about 3 identical google profiles for...I noticed this when I go to send a text...I get about 3 cell #s, 3 home #s, etc for each person...wondering if there is something I'm missing to clear out? Thanks in advance, just mildly annoying
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I actually get the same thing but I'm heavily modded and just live with it. For me I'm on 1.1 of Srf and running the honeycomb theme of amosher. Also sync across two main mail accounts with my mandatory Gmail account not being one of them.
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Clear the google services framework data.
First, I must apologize for posting in the wrong forum...meant to put in Q&A...sorry. And thanks for the suggestions...I cleared the data in the contacts storage, clear google services framework...reset the sync...unfortunately nothing worked...just weird...shows like 3 linked google accts under every contact...I can delete them manually, but upon reboot, they come right back...oh well, guess I'll just deal with it too...thanks again!
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Go to the sync settings and uncheck the Contacts option on all but one of them and then reset it again.
Login to Gmail on a PC and try merging duplicates under contacts/more actions.
Nicenice...yours was the winner...thank you! & thanks to all who responded, I appreciate it
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Happened to me once.. I've always had my contacts on gmail, but I once used a different back up app that restored my contacts, suddenly, I had two gmail entries for every person.. both on my phone and in gmail.. solution was to go on gmail on a comp and delete dup contacts
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Contact picture sync

So i'm wondering if anyone is also having issues with syncing Facebook pics to your contacts? I've clicked sync in the Facebook app and also in my contacts on the phone and the pictures don't sync. Maybe i'm doing something wrong?
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Esevw said:
So i'm wondering if anyone is also having issues with syncing Facebook pics to your contacts? I've clicked sync in the Facebook app and also in my contacts on the phone and the pictures don't sync. Maybe i'm doing something wrong?
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yeah i have problems with it too... i end up using friendcaster to solve my problem. plus higher resolution pictures.
Ok I'll try that out. Anyone else have this problem?
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Ymmv for me too
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just flashed the latest darkside from, after about ten minutes fb pics started showing up by my contacts
Hercules was here
I just downloaded the friendcaster app and that seemed to work great. Thanks.
If anyone knows of another way to sync contacts please post.
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Esevw said:
I just downloaded the friendcaster app and that seemed to work great. Thanks.
If anyone knows of another way to sync contacts please post.
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well for the FB app.. the uh original one... you can always click "don't sync" let it erase everything then click sync again. Or Don't sync... remove FB app then dl fb app and sync.. just have toy around with it. Remember you need to let it fully sync before resetting or doing anything that will make you lose data connection. that just messes everything all up again lol.
Just realized... I should delete my FB account if I'm at a point where I help others on fb troubleshooting..
Mine will sync a handful of pictures (always for the same contacts, oddly enough) but never more than 5 or 6. Even though their Facebook page is displayed in their contact info, it won't bring their pictures over. Could this be a privacy setting on their end perhaps? I can't think why else it would sync the same people every time on three different ROMS and kernels and ignore everyone else.
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I'm a quick learner, teach me something.
I use syncmypix app and it add pictures to my contacts... check it out
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I use syncmypix app and it add pictures to my contacts... check it out
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Huh never heard of that app but I will try it out thanks.
Esevw said:
Huh never heard of that app but I will try it out thanks.
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That app works really good when I had the g2x and my contacts pics would never sync right lol
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I just tried that app last night and it worked good. All my contact pics are synced and I don't have to have a big program on my phone.
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Esevw said:
I just tried that app last night and it worked good. All my contact pics are synced and I don't have to have a big program on my phone.
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I'm glad its working out for u
Thanks for your help/comment.
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Google contacts
I am also having a issue with my "Google" contacts syncing pictures. I was on a stock rooted ROM with the issue, I now have the Juggernaut ROM and still, no contact pictures. I am not really interested in "Facebook" pictures, just Google contacts. If anyone has a clue on how to remedy this issue or can point me in the right direction I would be grateful. Thanks in advance XDA members.
UPDATE: I figured this out, it seems I am not the only one who came across this problem, so this is how I solved it, If you make changes to your contacts that you want to undo, you can restore your full contacts list to an earlier saved version. This allows you to undo changes like:
Recovering contacts that have been accidentally deleted
Restoring contacts after an unsuccessful sync
Undoing a recent import
Undoing a recent merge
To restore your contacts to a previous version, just follow these steps:
1Click Contacts.
2From the More actions drop-down menu, choose Restore contacts.
3Choose the time you'd like to revert your contacts list to (e.g. 10 minutes ago, one hour ago, one week ago, etc). We suggest that you also make a note of the time that you restore your contacts, in case you'd like to return to where you started.
4Click Restore. You'll see a confirmation at the top of the screen when the rollback is complete.
Hope this helps people restore their missing contact pictures and data!
If you guys wanna get the all pics for the synced contacts you should open the Facebook app and get to your friends list by using the draw on the left side. Friends is under the apps subsection. Once you are there scroll al the way down to the end of the list and wait for the pictures to load. Once you get photos for all friends loaded just reboot the phone. It should do.
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This happens to me all the time amd I final found away to solve it.
0) Have your contacs with same name as they have on facebook
1) Uninstall the Facebook App
2)Go and manually syn your contacs
3)Install Facebook app
4)Once you put your email and password choose syn all contacs from.facebook app
5)on your phone setting syn press syn so facebook and your google account get syn
6) Do step 5 again
7)Go to the facebook app and click settings. Then choose syn only contacs on my phone
8) Go to your phone setting and manually syn all contacs twice
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peconaut said:
This happens to me all the time amd I final found away to solve it.
0) Have your contacs with same name as they have on facebook
1) Uninstall the Facebook App
2)Go and manually syn your contacs
3)Install Facebook app
4)Once you put your email and password choose syn all contacs from.facebook app
5)on your phone setting syn press syn so facebook and your google account get syn
6) Do step 5 again
7)Go to the facebook app and click settings. Then choose syn only contacs on my phone
8) Go to your phone setting and manually syn all contacs twice
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sync*
and I'm assuming when you say to manually sync all contacts you mean to sync the contacts under your google account under settings>accounts?
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sync*
and I'm assuming when you say to manually sync all contacts you mean to sync the contacts under your google account under settings>accounts?
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Thank for correcting me and yes that's what I mean when I say manually sync
Or you can use this great app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssyncFB Contact Sync
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Contacts

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?

JB facebook sync workaround

Okay this isnt a complete solution for jb but if you use Facebook for alot of your numbers then this will work for you. Unfortunately for now haxsync doesn't sync numbers just pics, statuses, etc etc so what i did was use an app called super backup: sms and contacts and backup contacts in an ics rom that supports fb sync then flash the jb rom and restore contacts with the same app. You should have them all and it actually makes them into regular contacts so you dont have to use fb anymore for them. If you want hq pics then use haxsync or any of the other fb picture sync apps
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Nice find, I wish I saw this while I was still on ics. I made a post about this a few weeks ago but didn't get much input
Thanks
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Np and hey you can just backup your current setup and then flash an ics rom that has fb sync and go back to the backup. Itll take maybe 30mins max but its worth it if you need the contacts like i do
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I might just use my old sgs2. Sync the contacts there and copy over to my nexus
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that works too lol
Thanks for the info
Np. Glad i can help
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Just use haxsync awesome quality pictures lol
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Another workaround:
I was going to start a new thread on this, but since it's my first post I feared getting flamed..
So, here's the best workaround that I've come across for phone number syncing for Facebook on Jelly Bean..
1. Go ahead and sync your facebook contacts by clearing the Facebook app cache and adding your Facebook account to your phone. It will ask you to sign in, and then it will sync contacts without phone numbers.
2. As you try to dial someone's number and you realize that it's on Facebook instead of Google, open up the Facebook app and search for that contact by clicking the "three horizontal line" icon on the top left.
3. The contact will have a phone icon next to their name if they have their phone number stored on Facebook. Go ahead and click the phone and it will bring their number up in the dialer.
4. On the bottom right of your dialer, click the "three dot" icon and select "add to contacts". You know what to do from there.
It's not the best solution, but it's the best i've seen so far. You won't have all of your contacts at once, but you can search for the ones that you know right off the bat, and then search for them as needed later on.
Thats a really long process lol i have over 300 friends so that would take forever. My process saves you alot of time and has the added benefit of turning the fb contacts into regular Google contacts.
Also haxsunc doesn't sync numbers so alone it was useless to me lol
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Upstreammiami said:
Just use haxsync awesome quality pictures lol
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LOL, did you even read? sigh...
Bloodykiller86 said:
Thats a really long process lol i have over 300 friends so that would take forever. My process saves you alot of time and has the added benefit of turning the fb contacts into regular Google contacts.
Also haxsunc doesn't sync numbers so alone it was useless to me lol
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All of your facebook contacts can be dialed directly from Facebook. So just keep them on the facebook app until you need to dial a specific Facebook contact, and then take the extra 2 seconds and save it to Google contacts before you dial it.
Plus, I'm sure everyone doesn't need that weird kid from science class from the 7th grade's phone number. This way you can pick and choose who to add as you need it.
Even if there is eventually a way to sync every facebook contact, i much prefer this method.
Thank you for the tip

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