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SIM Contacts in contacs

Hello,
I noticed that after upgrading, all SIM contacts are also present when
viewing contacts. I also noticed that it is now possible to synchronize
the contacts with the SIM contacts.
Contacts > Menu > SIM Manager > Menu > Tools > Contacts to SIM
Currently, my SIM contacts were added manually on the card.
If I were to remove them all from the SIM, and set "contacts" to
synchronize to the SIM, will the SIM contacts still show up in the
contacts list (or does it know they are synchronised, so it doesn't repeat
them)?
(a downside I see to this is that the SIM contacts can only be 14
characters in length, so the mark for home/mobile/work won't show up for
the majority of contacts; whereas I can force this when managing the SIM
contacts manually)
If they still show up, is there a way to only show contacts present on the
phone (not those on the SIM)? I gather it is possible by adding all
contacts to a group, and filter on this group; but is there an easier way?
Thanks!
Jörg

V J said:
If they still show up, is there a way to only show contacts present on the
phone (not those on the SIM)? I gather it is possible by adding all
contacts to a group, and filter on this group; but is there an easier way?
Thanks!
Jörg
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I remember with HTCustom 1.7 from Shadowmite, you can find here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307873, you can disable the SIM contacts even exsits on the SIM, so you only see your PDA contacs.
Regards.

Hey VJ,
Before I had my Hermes I always used the SIM contacts. Now I have push e-mail with my company's exchange server I only use my exchange contacts.
I have read a thread of a guy who is selling for 20$ an exchange account on his own server.
Maybe this is an solution for you.
I have past week flashed my device about 6 times. In each case I'm up and running with all my settings in about 5 minutes. And thats because I'm not so fast.........
So the exchange push mail/contacts is working perfect for me!

Regedit this mate (taken from wiki):
Show/Hide Sim Contacts:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Phone]
"ShowSIM"=dword:00000001 ->0 to disable, 1 to enable
The rest of the wiki's reg tweaks are on the same page. http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry Enjoy.

Associating a picture with a contact

Good day, dashers!
Situation:
Someone sends me a text message.
I click on their number and add them as a SIM contact.
Problem:
When I go my picture folder and try to associate a pic with the contact, the contact doesn't appear in the pick-list.
If I go find them in Contacts, associating a pic or an icon with that contact isn't an option.
Any ideas?
Should I save them as Outlook contacts instead of SIM contacts? Won't that upload them to my work Exchange address book when I sync up at the office?
Thanks in advance!
-GoJ

Contact needs to be on phone memory not sim

Thank you for half-way answering my question! {/light-hearted sarcasm}
It is possible to move them to phone memory now that they are SIM contacts?
When I open Contacts, am I only seeing SIM contacts, then, or all contacts?
What am I seeing when I click on a picture and try to assign it to a contact?
-GoJ

Don't have my Dash available but i always use Dopod SIM Manager to copy sim to phone.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487920
The viewing of SIM contacts, phone contacts, will depend on settings, i think as default you see both if you just want to see phone after copy you can use XDA SIM Show Hide
Hope that helps

Thanks stylez.
Hmmm...when I try to save a contact my only choices are Outlook, SIM, or Windows Live.
"Phone" is not an option.

Ghost of Jaco said:
Thanks stylez.
Hmmm...when I try to save a contact my only choices are Outlook, SIM, or Windows Live.
"Phone" is not an option.
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Save to sim copy to phone with the above sim manager

Thanks again!
It actually is Save to Sim, go to Sim Manager, open choice then Save to Contacts.
Open Contacts, open THAT Contact, and then it can be edited to include a picture and much more. After that I've been deleting the SIM contact to save space.
Thanks again, stylez!

Contact must to be on phone not sim, transfer them first and it will work

if u jus choose outlook option insted of sim then u dont need to go through copying it to phone... for showing n hiding sim contacts open setting - phone- call options- show hide sim contacts

Ghost of Jaco said:
Good day, dashers!
Situation:
Someone sends me a text message.
I click on their number and add them as a SIM contact.
Problem:
When I go my picture folder and try to associate a pic with the contact, the contact doesn't appear in the pick-list.
If I go find them in Contacts, associating a pic or an icon with that contact isn't an option.
Any ideas?
Should I save them as Outlook contacts instead of SIM contacts? Won't that upload them to my work Exchange address book when I sync up at the office?
Thanks in advance!
-GoJ
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if u dont want them to b uploaded then u can open active sycn-menu-option and remove the contact option...it will not sync or download contacts with pc.. gud luck

contacts duplicated

Hi, if i go into people all my contact are there how they should be but if i go in to messages & search all my contacts are duplicated, its a right pain when its showing 2 of everyone. When i go to people & view, only my google contacts have a green tick by them, even if i just tick sim contacts its still the same. The only way around it for me is to delete all my phone contacts & just use the sim ones but id rather use google as i can add photo's to the contacts.
is there a way around this ?

Are you sure its duplication and not simply showing you each number you have for a contact. E.g. you have say dad in your contacts and have stored his home, mobile and email address. This example would list dad 3 times in messaging but each would have a different number or address.
If this isn't it I did find my contacts got messy and deleted everything from phone and sim and now store and maintain my contact in gmail ONLY.

jamesmcuk said:
Are you sure its duplication and not simply showing you each number you have for a contact. E.g. you have say dad in your contacts and have stored his home, mobile and email address. This example would list dad 3 times in messaging but each would have a different number or address.
If this isn't it I did find my contacts got messy and deleted everything from phone and sim and now store and maintain my contact in gmail ONLY.
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Yeh they are definitely duplicated, i like to keep my contacts as simple as possible i dont want e mail addresses or anything on there just my contacts. it looks like this.
(photo) other: allan 0187 ******
(sim) phone numbers: allan 0187 ******
(photo) other: david 0163 ******
(sim) phone numbers: david 0163 ******
its showing the sim even though ive not got it ticked in the view option. I know i could delete the sim contacts & it would look ok but thats not something i want to do as the battery is not the best on the desire & with the contacts on the sim ive always got that option to use someones else's phone in an emergency

Ah I understand what you mean. Must be a software bug then perhaps. All I can suggest is to get a payg sim store all your contacts to it and shove it under the back cover then just use google contacts only. Sorry I cant be of more help.

[Q] Contacts names on SMS threads & Call list taken from Sim

Hi !
After placing/receiving calls or sending/receiving SMS, device shows the contact name from the Sim card. (The contact name that appears in the call log or SMS thread tittle).
Contact to display is set to - Phone. Still it seems the device looks into the Sim card by default, while it registers the call/SMS.
This makes the names appear shorten as they are in the Sim.
How can I set the device to look at the contacts that are store on it ??
I'm using the original Lg apps and software (Android version - 5.0)
Thanks

Same thing happened to me after I did a full reset. I have my contacts in google contacts so what I did was -
1) I deleted all my contacts (phone and google). It should also delete those in google cloud. So keep internet and sync enabled.
2) Go to contacts.google.com and restore your contacts from yeaterday(for instance). Google keeps all your contact changes from the last 30 days.
You should have Sync and internet enabled all that time on your phone during that.
It should sync the contacts and all should be working fine.

[Q] Cant import sim contacts to s6 edge

Hi, I have a sprint s6 edge that's unlocked. I live overseas and I'm trying to import my sim contacts to the phone with these steps.
Start your Galaxy S6 and open the Contacts app and tap on “MORE”.
Open the “Settings” and tap at the top in the list at “Import/Export contacts”.
Now you can see the “Import”-Button at the top. This will allow you to copy the contacts from your SIM to your Samsung Galaxy S6.
In the “Import contacts from” popup you have to choose “SIM card”.
Save it to “Device”, wait a second and you’re done.
Now use the Home key to return to the home screen and you can see your contacts in the Phone book.
However the "import contacts from" popup does not have the "SIM card" option. It only shows device storage. Can anyone help?

USe Google Account to import or Export Contacts