Hello Everyone! I'm making this guide as many users are facing this issue (including me) of Duplicate contacts showing in the Google Dailer and Contacts app. This issue is due to Google Contacts failing to merge WhatsApp, Duo, etc contacts with your primary contact, resulting into multiple entries of your contact. However, this can be solved through a working yet laborious fix (as of now, I'll try to make a script/app for solving this issue in the meantime).
To Fix this issue, follow these steps
1) Go to Settings-> User & Accounts.
2) Make sure every account (like Duo, WhatsApp) has Sync Contacts enabled.
3) Make sure you have enabled the Automatically sync data option set to on.
4) Go to Google contacts-> All Contacts.
5) Swipe to refresh the contacts list.
6) Now select the contact you have multiple entries for.
7) Make some changes (add/remove spaces, add country code, or simply add another digit) to the contact's number field and press save. You'll see a notification changes saved. You can revert back the changes you made.
8)Swipe to refresh again. You'll see that the contact and it's duplicate entries are merged.
9) Repeat 6 to 7 for all the duplicate entries.
Another solution is removing and turning off contact sync for WhatsApp, Duo and such accounts from User&Accounts and turning off automatic sync but will result in such apps failing to get contacts for any new contacts you add in the future.
Press the Thanks button if this helps!
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Just an addition , you've actually found the root cause though
So if a add a new contact will it have everything merge or i have to do it like you told?
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By default, all of my gmail contacts synced to the phone were under the "Friends" category and all showed up under the ALL category.
However, the moment I change the category on a contact, it no longer shows up under ALL. Consequently, if I change the contact to be under no category, the contact disappears altogether.
Is this a bug ? If so, any workaround ?
Hmm, some more info.
Went into gmail, and all of the contacts missing from ALL were no longer in the "My Contacts" group. Now this group cannot be added to manually, but simply adding a contact to another group automatically adds it to this group also.
So the workaround for me was to add all of the missing contacts to a new group (made up) and then immediately remove them again. Sync this to the phone, and they now show up correctly in ALL.
Sounds like a bug with changes on the phone removing the contact from the "My Contacts" group. Anywhere this can be raised as a bug to have fixed ?
I'm having all sorts of issues with contacts. For one the people app refuses to remember the settings to also show facebook contacts. Because for some reason they think some of my contacts are in fact facebook contacts and they don't show up anymore under gmail.
Really seems like a total mess to me : (
Guess it will take some time to figure out what is what with all the linking and things going on.
You are not alone by any means. Both my mate and I are are having similar problems.
You are right that all contacts get download to the phone correctly and show up under "All" as you'd expect but when you add them to another group, i.e. Friends, they do get added to the group but disappear from "All". Remove them from the group and they disappear altogether. However, they are still on the phone as you can find them through the "Search People" app.
I went online to my Google contacts, at contacts.google.com, and found these contacts had been removed from the "My Contacts" folder but appeared instead in "All Contacts". I moved them back to "My Contacts" and they reappeared on my phone.
Surely if you add a contact to a group it should still appear under "All" contacts as well as the group it's been added to?
Workaround??
Been looking into this a bit more....
It seems that you can add contacts to the default groups on the phone but they will be removed from the "All" contacts list [BUG??!! - I'm sure my wife's Hero doesn't do this]. To get them back, and appear in both the group/s and the "All" list, you have to:
1. Login to Google Contacts Manager, www.google.com/contacts.
2. Remove these contacts from My Contacts. They will go to All Contacts.
3. Sync the contacts on the phone.
4. In Google Contacts Manager, move the contacts back to My Contacts.
5. Re-sync the contacts on the phone.
...a real PITA but it just worked for me.
Alternatively, you can control the Groups directly online in the Google Contacts Manager however this only works for new groups or groups that co-exist by default. Some groups on the phone do not directly correspond with those in the Manager and vice versa so if you add a new group to the Manager of a name that already exists on the phone you'll get a duplicate group on the phone.
The kicker is that if you create your own groups on the phone or in the Contacts Manager then everything works without a hitch.
THE PROBLEM:
I was going through my phonebook and for a few contacts, i would have A LOT of duplicates. By a lot I mean nearly 100 if not more of 1 person, but the contact would be something about facebook related. this was for about 15-20 people that had 100+ entries.
HOW I FIXED THIS:
people > Menu > View
Check or uncheck any of the want or dont want. after you're done, click done and check you're phonebook again to see if it worked.
make sure if you run all your contacts off google, you need to log into your gmail account and go to your contacts. delete all the duplicates, some contacts may be gray with a tiny + sign with a number next to it. this meaning you have multiple numbers for it. of coruse the duplicate.
hope this helped!
Hi All,
The Defy has what my google account contacts sync"ed" seem okay., now I hve many contacts in the Defy which is fine.
However, when I manually add contact within my Defy, it shows me "saved okay" but the contact I made is not seen from anywhere afterwards in the Defy., nor in my google account in gmail dot com/contact
I tried & tried & tried again, no hope. The Defy kept say "SAVED" but it couldn't be found from anywhere in the Defy the contact I manually added. Just like I never add one.
See if any solution from you guys. Thanks much. edmond
For me there are a few “annoying” things with adding contacts on the DEFY. I recently had to return mine due to the earpiece failure, so the following may be slightly off because I am working from memory
1) By default a new contact will be added to ALL accounts. For me this meant that each name would be added to 4 accounts (AOL, Exchange, Blur and Tmo). I believe the setting to change this is in contacts. You need to un-check the accounts that you do not want a new contact added to. UNFORTUNATELY, you cannot un-check the Blur account I would add a contact, then “un-link” the contact so I could delete the Blur contact and keep only gmail contact...
2) New phone contacts for any account other than Blur are “hidden”. Again setting under contacts will prompt you to select which contacts you want to un-hide.
3) New gmail contacts are not saved under “my contacts”. You may see that they show up under “other contacts” when viewing your gmail account on a PC...
I cannot seem to figure out WTF is going on. As soon as I add new contact in contacts list, it gets duplicated. If I delete one of the contacts, other one gets deleted as well. Why?
I`m on 9.0
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rbs_uk said:
I cannot seem to figure out WTF is going on. As soon as I add new contact in contacts list, it gets duplicated. If I delete one of the contacts, other one gets deleted as well. Why?
I`m on 9.0
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I have the same issue... I think it has something to do with Google and the synchronization
Oh great, its not me alone then. Its driving me nuts, can`t figure out why its doing it.
are you using google to sync your contacts or another service?
if you have multiple Accounts you can switch them in the contacts app.
also you can try to logout from your google account and login again
No, sync disabled.
How? Via play store?
Noob here. When I was on Samsung sometimes the contacts would save to my SIM card, which gave me the same problem as you. Don't know if the A2 lite has same problem.
Sent from outer space.
I tried to find such option, but I cannot find where it offers to save on sim.
Do you use Whatsapp? I remember some time ago similar issue, manifested as duplicated contacts (one from Google Contacts, one from Whatsapp) visible during checking contacts in Google Dialer - and only there. Contacts seen by Contacts app were correctly presented.
Yes I use Whatsapp. I disabled contacts sync in whatsapp.
Strange how one of the contacts has whatsapp icon, other one doesn`t. I can press whatsapp icon and message that contact directly.
Voilà, well-known error in Google Dialer, without (yet) any solution. Not sure if THIS will help, as I do not own A2 lite right now - however I can have access to it later and then surely see how it is working.
I found sim card sync setting. Go to settings, account, sim card look if sync is on.
Sent from outer space.
Sync if off there.
I can confirm that the solution I linked in the post #11 works. I had one duplicate contact, after performing all the steps described contacts were merged successfully
Please bare with me.
I am not sure I understand the issue and/or solution.
My issue is that there are not real duplicate contacts in the contacts app.
Only in dialer each contact shows twice:
One entry is the "regular" one.
The other shows Whatsapp links to chat, call and video call if opened.
Having two lines per contact in dialer is anoying.
But there are actual copies of contacts in the contacts app.
Is there a workaround to clean the dialer view?
Thanks,
v
Did you try the solution I mentioned in a post just above yours? https://forum.xda-developers.com/max-pro-m2/how-to/guide-duplicate-contacts-google-dailer-t3883924
Did you guys are maybe using Revolut?
If you have many duplicate images in your system, Then you must try the Duplicate Photos Fixer app. It will clean your storage from unnecessary photos and make your device smooth.
If you want to remove duplicate contacts, there are several free apps on the Google Play store that can help you remove duplicate contacts.
Duplicate Contacts Remover
Duplicate Contacts Fixer and Remover
Cleaner - Merge Duplicate Contacts
Duplicate Contacts
Hello All,
I am frustrated with automatically contacts adding without name into my device contact.
For example I have John Doe contact saved already then same contact number will be saved without name automatically, and those contacts appearing into whatsapp and other apps and I cannot recognize the contact untill I remove it. I have disabled contact sync from all the accounts.
Some contacts I have deleted many times but they are added again and again.
Anybody else is facing this issue?
Many thanks in advance.
Shoaib.Khan said:
Hello All,
I am frustrated with automatically contacts adding without name into my device contact.
For example I have John Doe contact saved already then same contact number will be saved without name automatically, and those contacts appearing into whatsapp and other apps and I cannot recognize the contact untill I remove it. I have disabled contact sync from all the accounts.
Some contacts I have deleted many times but they are added again and again.
Anybody else is facing this issue?
Many thanks in advance.
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Never heard of that. Try changing which contacts to display in Settings. Also you could edit your contacts the way you want it (delete duplicates), save them on the phone as .vcf, clear storage/cache of Settings and import the saved file. I always save my contacts on the phone, not on Google and from time to time back them up to vcf.
Shoaib.Khan said:
Hello All,
I am frustrated with automatically contacts adding without name into my device contact.
For example I have John Doe contact saved already then same contact number will be saved without name automatically, and those contacts appearing into whatsapp and other apps and I cannot recognize the contact untill I remove it. I have disabled contact sync from all the accounts.
Some contacts I have deleted many times but they are added again and again.
Anybody else is facing this issue?
Many thanks in advance.
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Did you use 'Google' contacts? Or some apps have access contacts that syncs automatically (i.e. Telegram syncs my contacts sometimes without permission, and I''m wondering my contacts are gone, sometimes duplicated )
Sometimes, it happens here, syncing contacts even when syncing turned off. I revoke 'contacts' permission on most apps (Telegram, Instagram, Messenger, etc.), not using Google's contact apps (I dunno if it's the default contacts app on stock, as I don't use stock) and that problem went away.
celrau said:
Never heard of that. Try changing which contacts to display in Settings. Also you could edit your contacts the way you want it (delete duplicates), save them on the phone as .vcf, clear storage/cache of Settings and import the saved file. I always save my contacts on the phone, not on Google and from time to time back them up to vcf.
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I did it many times but again everything messed up automatically. The same contact already available in phone memory and duplicate created with empty name and this duplicate contact act as default contact for every application. it happens only with around 50 contacts out of 200.
RFD80M-75679 said:
Did you use 'Google' contacts? Or some apps have access contacts that syncs automatically (i.e. Telegram syncs my contacts sometimes without permission, and I''m wondering my contacts are gone, sometimes duplicated )
Sometimes, it happens here, syncing contacts even when syncing turned off. I revoke 'contacts' permission on most apps (Telegram, Instagram, Messenger, etc.), not using Google's contact apps (I dunno if it's the default contacts app on stock, as I don't use stock) and that problem went away.
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I use Google contacts, MI A2 lite comes with stock Android 9 and stock Google apps. Let me try to revoke the contact permissions from all the apps.