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When i save a contact to my phone, i enter the name like so (Name Lastname)
but in the contact list it shows up as (Lastname,Name)
i don't like reading names backwards. so i enter names in reverse (Lastname Name) so now they show up in the contact list as (Name,Lastname)
my question is, how do i remove the comma (,) between name and last name? i don't like it because now my contacts are like (James,Smith) instead of (James Smith)
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Phone is an 8525, WM5.
without adding another software, you can enter name_lastname, NameLastname, etc...
joe_smith
JoeSmith
when you edit a contact, change the dropdown under 'file as' to change what the contact is displayed as.
It defaults to lastname, firstname, but I've got mine as "firstname lastname" for all my contacts.
You will need to do it for every one individually though.
I figured out how to fix it, thanks for your thoughts guys..but here's how you do it
Enter the name as you want to see it (John Doe)
and just place the comma at the end (John Doe,)
and now the name will show up as "John Doe" in the contacts list, with NO comma.
HTCMDA said:
I figured out how to fix it, thanks for your thoughts guys..but here's how you do it
Enter the name as you want to see it (John Doe)
and just place the comma at the end (John Doe,)
and now the name will show up as "John Doe" in the contacts list, with NO comma.
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but you screw things up with outlook contacts if you do that coz it saves everything as a lastname...
I don't use outlook.
Look at this.. i had the same problem...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=368858
Hi, if I start the new SMS application and I then click on the keypad letters to add a contact the names that pop up are not shown alphabetically.
For example if I press 'G' to add Gary the first name that shows on the small grey bar is Gemma, although I have 5 names that start with letters that come before Gemma alphabetically, like Gary !
So for example if I had a friend called AAA and one called AAB and one called AAC, when I press 'A' to add a name I get shown AAC first and not AAA.
Does that make sense?
Anyone any clues please it is really annoying me.
Yea, I would like to know how to list the first names first and the last names last. Right now my phone book is in alphabetical order by last name. I would like it to be in order by first name.
I simply swapped the fields when inputting contacts...
when you click on a contact and than press edit you can change the option to archiv. ass
there you can change to save first name first. i would be much easier if there was a program that automaticly changes this.
eithley said:
when you click on a contact and than press edit you can change the option to archiv. ass
there you can change to save first name first. i would be much easier if there was a program that automaticly changes this.
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sounds like a pain if you already have several hundred contacts in the phone backwards.
I have this issue too and it's synched with Google Contacts... I don't want to have to modify the first name into the last name, I want to modify how it is viewed...
I downloaded a program called 'contact changer' that sets the 'archive as' field in the first-last name order
if you create a new contact you should manually put the archive as in the correct order
http://www.shubaroo.com/index.php?module=contact
tested and synched with oultook 2007 with no problems.
slaman said:
I have this issue too and it's synched with Google Contacts... I don't want to have to modify the first name into the last name, I want to modify how it is viewed...
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I am having the same problem you are... I sync my contacts with google and everytime it is resync'd it goes back to last name first.
I downloaded a program called 'contact changer' that sets the 'archive as' field in the first-last name order if you create a new contact you should manually put the archive as in the correct order
http://www.shubaroo.com/index.php?module=contact tested and synched with oultook 2007 with no problems.
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I tried this app but its only a manual fix...like i said above everytime I resync it goes back to last name first.
Is there anytype of app/ cab or registry hack that makes it first name first by default?
I have tried to find if this has been answered elsewhere so I apologise if I have missed it.
Got my HD2 this morning and the first thing I did was update the firmware to 1.48.
Synced with Outlook and it has my contacts. Tried to put my wife on the People tab as a favourite. My previous phone would have stored her and I would have had to select her work or mobile number after selecting her picture on the tab. However, I see I have to choose which number when I add her as a favourite. That's OK - so I select her mobile number. I then try and add her again with her work number as a separate favourite but that deletes her first entry. It looks like you can only have one favourite per contact even if they have more than one number. Surely that can't be right? I don't want to have to create separate contacts for every number for my favourite people!
Have I missed something?
TIA
norm
Choose which number you're most likely to call - once the contact is added as a favourite, if you tap the name (as opposed to the picture) it will bring an "action" screen listing call mobile, call work, call home, send message, send email etc depending on what info is available for that contact
Thanks for the help, Isadora. That's good as it means I can have more favourite people. The only disappointent is that it is a little more difficult to hit the name instead of the picture if you're walking fast or something like that. But thanks again anyway.
norm
norm2002 said:
The only disappointent is that it is a little more difficult to hit the name instead of the picture if you're walking fast or something like that.
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If you add "View Contact Card" then the default action for that contact is to bring up the action list where you can call them, text them, email them etc..
It's a bit more like the original people style that was exhibited in TouchFlo.
johncmolyneux said:
If you add "View Contact Card" then the default action for that contact is to bring up the action list where you can call them, text them, email them etc..
It's a bit more like the original people style that was exhibited in TouchFlo.
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please elaborate on this "where and how to add this "view contact card" : there is no such option in the people tab. thanks
mobile88 said:
please elaborate on this "where and how to add this "view contact card" : there is no such option in the people tab. thanks
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When you select which contact you wish to add to the grid on People tab a seperate window will be displayed ^ the phone numbers & the option to add contact card will be there. Good luck!
Great! That's just what I needed. Now why can't a 310 page userguide tell you that?
Thanks
norm
Hi all
Question..
Can you view categories/groups instead of contacts?
When you have 200+ numbers instead of going through all the contacts by default is there a way that the categories/groups can be selected to find the number?
Is there any mod?
I know you can filter the contacts but would rather that the categories/groups are listed by default insteed of the contacts.
HTC diamond 2 wm6.1
cheers
In WM Contacts you can sort by group adding them to Business, favs, holiday, htc favs etc.
Bruce,
Do you know a way to have WM remember which category you selected after reset? That is to have displayed contacts from just one selected category?
Thanks
smielek00 said:
Bruce,
Do you know a way to have WM remember which category you selected after reset? That is to have displayed contacts from just one selected category?
Thanks
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I know that if you go into manila, after you have set up your company directory, you can select that company but I'm not sure how to get it to default to that automatically.
Bruce Inman said:
In WM Contacts you can sort by group adding them to Business, favs, holiday, htc favs etc.
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thx for your repy but i think you may have misread my question..
I want the categories to be displayed not the contacts.
This would make a contact easier to find
cheers
You can edit your homepage shortcutfrom this key:
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila
HomeLSKPath = !"\Windows\manila.exe" --switchtopage Manila://people\browserlayer\?.page
HomeLSKText = Contacts
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You can edit your homepage shortcutfrom this key:
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila
HomeLSKPath = !"\Windows\manila.exe" --switchtopage Manila://people\browserlayer\?.page
HomeLSKText = Contacts
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cheers
but what does this do?
I made the change and nothing happened.
thx
stugutzo said:
cheers
but what does this do?
I made the change and nothing happened.
thx
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These just change the mapping of your soft keys to open your contacts tab.
Not what you were looking for, right?
Thats right.
What I would like is to view my categories within my contacts.
In others words when I select 'Contacts' my categories show (whether it shows the categories alone or combined with my contacts'
Similar to some of the mobile phones out there where you can categorize numbers and then just select the category to find the number you want to dial.
At the moment td2 you need to select contacts then filter the categories. Was trying to make the categories as my main selection instead of the contacts.
hope it makes sense...
cheers
stugutzo said:
Thats right.
What I would like is to view my categories within my contacts.
In others words when I select 'Contacts' my categories show (whether it shows the categories alone or combined with my contacts'
Similar to some of the mobile phones out there where you can categorize numbers and then just select the category to find the number you want to dial.
At the moment td2 you need to select contacts then filter the categories. Was trying to make the categories as my main selection instead of the contacts.
hope it makes sense...
cheers
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I think your only option would be to find a contacts program that does this and assign it to a harware or soft key.
No way that I am aware of to do it within manila.
Appreciate the replies..
Would be a good feature to have.
If anyone knows of a app or mod that can do this I'm sure it would help out many users.
cheers
stugutzo said:
cheers
but what does this do?
I made the change and nothing happened.
thx
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How would I use a code similar to this to make a link to the categories instead on the contacts?
thanks
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You can edit your homepage shortcutfrom this key:
HKLM/Software/HTC/Manila
HomeLSKPath = !"\Windows\manila.exe" --switchtopage Manila://people\browserlayer\?.page
HomeLSKText = Contacts
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How would I use a code similar to this to make a link to the categories instead on the contacts?
thanks
^bump^
can anyone help on this one please
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Does anyone know how to set up my own profile picture under CM7?
For example, if I go to SMS messaging interface, each message has a placeholder for the picture of the sender. The pictures of other people are, of course, taken from their profiles in the contact list. But messages sent from my phone just have an empty gray placeholder. How do I specify the picture to be used for my messages?
In HTC Sense ROM the address book has a special entry - "Me" - which is used as the profile of the phone owner and the picture from that entry is used with messages sent from this phone. CM7 has no such entry. What does CM7 offer instead?
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Does anyone know how to set up my own profile picture under CM7?
For example, if I go to SMS messaging interface, each message has a placeholder for the picture of the sender. The pictures of other people are, of course, taken from their profiles in the contact list. But messages sent from my phone just have an empty gray placeholder. How do I specify the picture to be used for my messages?
In HTC Sense ROM the address book has a special entry - "Me" - which is used as the profile of the phone owner and the picture from that entry is used with messages sent from this phone. CM7 has no such entry. What does CM7 offer instead?
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step one should of been to Search
that would of lead to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026503&highlight=PROFILE+PICTURE
neidlinger said:
step one should of been to Search
that would of lead to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026503&highlight=PROFILE+PICTURE
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Er... OK. So the last post at your link says
"Contacts - my contact card - menu - edit contact"
What does "my contact card" mean? There's no "my contact card" entry in contact list in CM7. There's no "my contact card" entry in contact list menu.
TheKorbenDallas said:
Er... OK. So the last post at your link says
"Contacts - my contact card - menu - edit contact"
What does "my contact card" mean? There's no "my contact card" entry in contact list in CM7. There's no "my contact card" entry in contact list menu.
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You have to create a contact card (person) for yourself. Then edit the picture within that contact point.
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You have to create a contact card (person) for yourself. Then edit the picture within that contact point.
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Well, I already tried that and it didn't work. If you simply create a contact card for yourself, it will only display the picture for incoming messages that you send to yourself. I.e. you send a message to your own phone number, then in the SMS list the incoming message will have the picture next to it, while the outgoing message will still have a gray placeholder next to it. Not very useful. So, no, simply creating a contact entry for yourself does not work (and the thread you found by search does actually state that "it didn't work").
I found the solution though. The key part is to go to "Settings -> Call Settings -> Additional Settings -> My Phone Number" and enter the phone number in that field. CM7 will find the contact with that phone number in the contact list and use the picture from that contact as your profile picture. Of course, the natural approach would be to create a contact entry for yourself and specify your own phone number as "My Phone Number"
P.S. It is surprising how many threads dedicated to this issue say that "you have to create a contact entry for yourself" and the authors of the original question immediately respond that "it doesn't work" (and it really doesn't) and the thread basically ends there without offering any solution. They "should of" (sic!) mentioned the key bit with "My Phone Number" setting! I hope this thread will serve as the complete solution for the issue.
Glad you figured out. What you were seeing was sense dialer combined with facebook for htc. I have a feeling if you downloaded the official facebook app and synced the contacts, you will get the profile picture back. I can't prove it since i am not on aosp roms, and cant remember how its was when I had mt3g. Good luck. All and all its not a big deal, you know what yourself looks like.
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P.S. It is surprising how many threads dedicated to this issue say that "you have to create a contact entry for yourself" and the authors of the original question immediately respond that "it doesn't work" (and it really doesn't) and the thread basically ends there without offering any solution. They "should of" (sic!) mentioned the key bit with "My Phone Number" setting! I hope this thread will serve as the complete solution for the issue.
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Indeed, OpenSource seems to attract lots of "knowledgeable" bullshitters.
Just wasted a whole load of time creating "me" contacts in different cases, trying it as Google and local contacts, nothing working, and then I found this thread hidden away...