Hi everyone,
So how do I?
I use "set as" from gallery....nope...nothing happens.
I open the contact and choose edit and all there is is the phone number, no way I see to add a picture.
Oh I searched and of course got info about 15 years old for android 2 or something, always helpful how up to date the net is.
Thank you for your up to date help.
No problem here...
Open contact, choose edit and click on the picture/icon. Then I can select icon, choose gallery or camera to select new icon.
Working may depend on where your contacts are stored... (google, phone, Microsoft exchange, etc). You can change standard location in contact - settings (3 dots)
OnnoJ said:
No problem here...
Open contact, choose edit and click on the picture/icon. Then I can select icon, choose gallery or camera to select new icon.
Working may depend on where your contacts are stored... (google, phone, Microsoft exchange, etc). You can change standard location in contact - settings (3 dots)
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Therein lies my problem, when I choose edit there is no picture icon, only contact name and number.
Is it possible this is because my contacts are on the sim and not saved on the phone?
I will give that a try, did not think of it before, thank you for prompting the thought.
NoteTaker said:
Therein lies my problem, when I choose edit there is no picture icon, only contact name and number.
Is it possible this is because my contacts are on the sim and not saved on the phone?
I will give that a try, did not think of it before, thank you for prompting the thought.
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It is more than possible since the contacts are at your sim card. Try moving them on your phone and see if that helps.
kinnyaz said:
It is more than possible since the contacts are at your sim card. Try moving them on your phone and see if that helps.
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Yes worked a treat!
However getting the contacts onto the phone was tricky.
I exported by sharing to FX file manager and saved to the SDCard then imported from there as there is no import from Sim option for some bizarre reason.
But got there in the end.
Thank you.
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Can someone tell if there is an easy way to do this?
Basically, I want to copy all my SIM contacts to my phone contacts (I know how to do this using the SIM manager).
But I don't want all of the contacts to apear twice in the contact list. Is there anyway to setup the contact list to hide the sim contacts? I want to keep the contacts in the SIM card so I can move them from phone to phone, but I want it in the phone as well so I can sync it to gmail through active sync.
Any Thoughts?
- thanks
dude101 said:
Can someone tell if there is an easy way to do this?
Basically, I want to copy all my SIM contacts to my phone contacts (I know how to do this using the SIM manager).
But I don't want all of the contacts to apear twice in the contact list. Is there anyway to setup the contact list to hide the sim contacts? I want to keep the contacts in the SIM card so I can move them from phone to phone, but I want it in the phone as well so I can sync it to gmail through active sync.
Any Thoughts?
- thanks
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Searching took me 2 seconds to find this registry edit. I'm not trying to be an @$$ but just remember to search before posting.
22. Hide SIM Contacts: HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone - create a new DWORD value named "ShowSim" and set it to 0
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What ROM are you running?
Also, IIRC either going to Options in the Contacts menu allows or changing a setting in the WM Settings menu does this.
As for copying your contacts from SIM to phone memory, you should have a SIM Manager in your applications that allows you to copy back and forth, as well as backup, etc. It took me a couple minutes to realize that you don't have to select each contact manually, rather there's a very narrow line above the first contact when you open the list to transfer. Make sure that's highlighted, then select to get all contacts at once.
uansari1 said:
What ROM are you running?
Also, IIRC either going to Options in the Contacts menu allows or changing a setting in the WM Settings menu does this.
As for copying your contacts from SIM to phone memory, you should have a SIM Manager in your applications that allows you to copy back and forth, as well as backup, etc. It took me a couple minutes to realize that you don't have to select each contact manually, rather there's a very narrow line above the first contact when you open the list to transfer. Make sure that's highlighted, then select to get all contacts at once.
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Wow !!! U need To use registry editor
MrDash said:
Wow !!! U need To use registry editor
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If you want to test this, i adapted the .exe to have icon and shortcut, have just installed and installs, but do not have a SIM to test Dash with, the program is originally for PPC.
There is no GUI press once to hide, pres again to show.
Install to device.
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Wow !!! U need To use registry editor
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You didn't read my post very thoroughly, did you? Rather than digging into the registry at all, the ONLY thing that you NEED to do to hide or show sim contacts is to change ONE setting in your phone.
The other process I was talking about was how to use the included application to copy contacts from SIM to phone...and even that's easier than it sounds in my post once you know the nuance of the SIM Manager.
Well some how some way I either had numbers in there before or they managed to sync from another phone how do I delete them?? There's numbers there I don't want one my phone period.
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Well some how some way I either had numbers in there before or they managed to sync from another phone how do I delete them?? There's numbers there I don't want one my phone period.[/QUOT
If they are in your t-mobile contacts I think you have to log into your account via a pc and delete them. You can als hide them from your "contacts app" view if you go int contacts' pull up your menu and hit view. Then uncheck anything that you dont want to show up in your contacts.
Not sure if any of that helps, but hopefully it will.
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I deleted them from online but I guess they loaded at some point before and now they won't come off even after hitting tmobile sync (and it being stuck on eternal sync). The view thing works but only within the contacts app. From the dialer the numbers still come up and from text messaging app they still come up..so frustrating I have people numbers coming up on the dialer that I don't use or want to see or be seen and I'm stuck with them..ridiculous.
Delete them from faves.
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Delete them from faves.
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theres nothing in faves Im not getting double notification im getting old numbers (like ex gf and friends) come up on the dialer when dialing and its really aggravating.
turboyo said:
theres nothing in faves Im not getting double notification im getting old numbers (like ex gf and friends) come up on the dialer when dialing and its really aggravating.
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Go to contacts and press Menu. Select view and deselect T-Mobile. Temporary fix till you go online and hopefully sort it out with T-Mo website...
Thats been done too they still come up whenever you type it in the dialer and in the text app.. I deleted them from tmobile server checked on the tmobile to sync and still nothing, they remain. I also deleted all the data from every app that says tmobile on it in the stock app manager. Its just a bug or something, I thought someone would maybe know where there data is located on the phone or something.. Im sure Ill be fine if I wipe but its a bit ridiculous thats what it has to come to.
I had this problem. I had to go into Contacts and choose to view all the contacts I didn't want. Then I deleted all of them by pressing Menu -> Delete and choosing all of them.
Silly question, maybe, but are you sure they're from t-mobile's servers? Could they be on the SIM card?
One thing I found that helped me was to open the contacts list, hit menu > view, to see which contacts are saved where and how they're linked up. I then unlinked all the t-mobile contacts and deleted them manually. Then I turned off t-mobile sync. Finally, I went online and delted all the contacts from t-mobile's crappy servers. They really have a sorry mess of old and new websites crammed together over there and need to do something about their whole system.
I have a Desire Z. Everything seems to work well on it but whenever I take a pic with the phone camera it doesn't save to the gallery and then it'll randomly show up weeks to months later. Has anyone had this problem?
Also, When I add a new contact to my phone, it doesn't save it under "people". It's saved in some random area of the phone accessable by searching for the name. Any ideas?
CanadianDiamond said:
I have a Desire Z. Everything seems to work well on it but whenever I take a pic with the phone camera it doesn't save to the gallery and then it'll randomly show up weeks to months later. Has anyone had this problem?
Also, When I add a new contact to my phone, it doesn't save it under "people". It's saved in some random area of the phone accessable by searching for the name. Any ideas?
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Are you using the stock gallery? If so, I would download QuickPic from the Market as a replacement. The stock gallery has a way of mishandling my media, but QuickPic is near flawless.
With the contacts issue... I have no idea. Are you saving to google - not to phone? How long since you've replaced your SIM card?
Ditamae said:
Are you using the stock gallery? If so, I would download QuickPic from the Market as a replacement. The stock gallery has a way of mishandling my media, but QuickPic is near flawless.
With the contacts issue... I have no idea. Are you saving to google - not to phone? How long since you've replaced your SIM card?
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I am using the stock picture gallery. I will try DLing quick pic and give that a try.
I'm not sure if it's saving to google not to phone. Is there any way to check that? If I type in a persons name it will show their contact info but if I just go to the people icon and look through the list it won't show them. It's like their hidden contacts.......
CanadianDiamond said:
I am using the stock picture gallery. I will try DLing quick pic and give that a try.
I'm not sure if it's saving to google not to phone. Is there any way to check that? If I type in a persons name it will show their contact info but if I just go to the people icon and look through the list it won't show them. It's like their hidden contacts.......
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You won't be disappointed with QuickPic.
As far as contacts, I'm not really sure where the setting is with regard to saving to google versus phone. It does sound like your contacts are on phone only at this time. If you go to Settings > Accounts > Google is there a box ticked to Sync Contacts? If not, enabled it for sure. I do know that when I "add a contact" I am prompted with the option to save to google (synced) or save to the phone only. Of course, I always choose google.
Perhaps try googling "how to move contacts from phone only to google sync on Android?" Or something like that...
lots say its a bug, appears after GB OTA.
im using quick Pic. solves my problem, faster than stock gallery/sense gallery.
Ditamae said:
You won't be disappointed with QuickPic.
As far as contacts, I'm not really sure where the setting is with regard to saving to google versus phone. It does sound like your contacts are on phone only at this time. If you go to Settings > Accounts > Google is there a box ticked to Sync Contacts? If not, enabled it for sure. I do know that when I "add a contact" I am prompted with the option to save to google (synced) or save to the phone only. Of course, I always choose google.
Perhaps try googling "how to move contacts from phone only to google sync on Android?" Or something like that...
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I DL'ed QuickPic, thank you! Great app, solved my missing pictures problem
And you were right, my contacts were being saved to google which wasn't checked off to be shown on my contacts list. So I clicked to add google contacts to list and problem solved.
Thanks for your help
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.
Stigy said:
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?
Phantom1275 said:
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.
lambda30 said:
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!?
typhoonz said:
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.
magnimus1 said:
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.
Hey guys,
Just tried out the new parallel apps feature from ob21.
But with the new account from the second SIM i dont have any of the contacts from my phone.
Anyone got a solution for that?
Did you try to give permision to access contacts in the second instanse of the app ?
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Did you try to give permision to access contacts in the second instanse of the app ?
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Yup.
Does it work for you with your contacts?
Same problem for me too....any solution yet?
May be the feature is still under development
When i try to view system contacts it pops up the error given in the attached screenshot ....
I guess we have to wait for a fix then from oneplus.
If someone finds a workaround pls let us know here.
Still this is a great feature one plus added, once its fully working it will be awesome.
I figured it out.
Easiest method I found is going to the Parallel Whatsapp -> Settings -> Contacts -> Show all Contacts
This forces a refresh on Parallel Whatsapp.
You don't have to toggle back to check mark. just pressing it will refresh the contact list.
IronSingh said:
I figured it out.
Easiest method I found is going to the Parallel Whatsapp -> Settings -> Contacts -> Show all Contacts
This forces a refresh on Parallel Whatsapp.
You don't have to toggle back to check mark. just pressing it will refresh the contact list.
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the thread is from august dude xD the problem is long fixed with following betas.
thx anyway
I have the 5T latest update 4.7.6 still has this issue
Go into where you have your contacts stored whether it's on phone or email, edit the contact number and place the area code before the number example 1 555 then number. It work for me. Go back to whatsapp and refresh contacts.
GUYS PROBLEM SOLVED
go to settings of the phone and follow the below steps
advanced features ---> dual messenger ---> scroll down to find the "USE SEPERATE CONTACT LIST"...switch the setting off for it --->go back to whatsapp and refresh the contact list