Hello,
There is a way to add more than 15 favorite contacts ?
It is a great feature but is limited to 15 contacts.
Many Thanks
This would be great if it's possible.
I have another question. How can i change the order of the favorite contacts?
Yeah, would also like to have more than 15 favorites. But maybe they made the limit because it would be too laggy otherwise ? Don't know really
Order of the contacts on people tab
I am also interested in changing the order of the contacts on my people tab. I have searched the site and this is the only reference found. Any update to this out there?
Thanks.
xponline said:
I am also interested in changing the order of the contacts on my people tab. I have searched the site and this is the only reference found. Any update to this out there?
Thanks.
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As far as I'm aware your favourite contacts appear alphabetically and this order cannot be changed.
If I am wrong, I apologize. But to be honest I don't see a need for this anyway as the time taken to scroll to any of your favourite is Minuscule anyway
thanks for reply. Just wanted to have the wife at the top of the pile - keeps her happy
AAAJessica Alba
I have numbered the beginning of the name of my favorite contacts from 01 to 15. This way you can reorder them in the TouchFlo 3D tab.
This trick works for the all programs tab, but not sure for the people tab
Since--if--the order is alphabetical, try putting a space before the name, e.g. " Jessica Alba" instead of "Jessica Alba."
Any news or updates on this one?
Hi guys, anyone out there had any luck with adding more favourite contacts? Any knowledge to share about the people tab that might help us out?
I'm running Sense 2.5 from Leo 2.02, seems pretty quick on my own WM 6.5 28014 build, but would absolutely LOVE to have more than the standard allowance for favourite contacts
P.S In all the Sense 2.5 versions i've used I've been able to manually rearrange my favourite contacts - guess it's a 2.5 thing, but it is doable.
UP!
Any news for add more then 15 favorite contacts on HD2 ?
Thanks!
I'm also looking for that, not easy to decide which friends should be the unlucky 16th, 17th contacts
thanks
perchera said:
I'm also looking for that, not easy to decide which friends should be the unlucky 16th, 17th contacts
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LOL
Fallen Spartan said:
As far as I'm aware your favourite contacts appear alphabetically
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Absolutely not.
They simply appear in the order they were created, and when you restore them after a ROM flash (what I do often these days ), they obviously appear in the order they were historically created in the main contacts list (still not using alphabetical order).
This is ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, is reproduced after each flash, and bears no discussion whatosever.
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and this order cannot be changed.
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If I could find where they are stored (I think I'll ask people who wrote favorite contacts backup programs - though I'm a bit worried, as Zenyee's Back FavPeople Up seems to save and restore actually NOTHING ! ), then maybe I should be able to write some utility to do that...
I don't even know if they are stored in a database, an xml file... The only thing I'm sure of is they are not stored in the registry !
The only way now is to delete them then restart from scratch !
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But to be honest I don't see a need for this anyway as the time taken to scroll to any of your favourite is Minuscule anyway
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It does't take any time actually if you use the 4x4 mod, as you even don't have to scroll.
But they're still messy anyway, making them not straightforward to click on.
I initially created them sorting professional and personal favorites... But, well, this nice order doesn't survive a ROM flash !
You must just be aware of the fact people just like their contacts to be sorted the way they want. In other words, they think THEY are the boss, not their phone ! LOL
Anyway, it's not forbidden to search for a way to change that, ask for help, and hopefully, find a solution.
I actually found this thread because I was precisely looking for that.
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I have numbered the beginning of the name of my favorite contacts from 01 to 15. This way you can reorder them in the TouchFlo 3D tab.
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But it has no effect at all for the reason I explained before.
g2tl said:
This trick works for the all programs tab, but not sure for the people tab
Since--if--the order is alphabetical, try putting a space before the name, e.g. " Jessica Alba" instead of "Jessica Alba."
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Same punishment !
OK, now I've managed to have Zenyee Back FavPeople Up actually saving something...
There is a very easy and simple way to sort the favorites using this tool.
Just edit the produced HTCcontact-backup.xml file, change the positions between the <FavoriteOrder> and </FavoriteOrder> tags, then restore it, and you're done !
Position numbers begin at 0, so the last one should numbered 14.
I'll now try to restore a modified xml file with a contact position modified to 15...
I'm also searching the registry for the key values enclosed between the tags <FavoriteContext> and </FavoriteContext> : will I be lucky ?
Edit : I'm not !
And trying to renumber a contact beyons the limit doesn't work either.
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OK, now I've managed to have Zenyee Back FavPeople Up actually saving something...
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how did you manage to do that? i have an htc diamond2/topaz with the energy rom and back favpeople up! doesn't find any favourite contacts from my people tab :-(... i don't know why. it just says: backup completed; 0 contacts saved. it's really annoying having to add favourite contacts manually after each rom update.
Thanks for any suggestions!
OK, I looked further in the registry and in the contacts themselves (using Outlook on your PC can help, too).
The "Favorite" contacts are actually tagged as belonging to a group ! That's how Back FavPeople Up! works. The group is labelled "1", where not classified contacts are tagged "0".
I managed to have Back FavPeople Up! working by checking the "Sense 2.5" box (I tried previously without success, but now it works. It may actually depend on the ROM build, even if all of them use Sense 2.5).
On restoration, it sometimes doesn't restore them all, though.
Then I analysed the resulting file named HTCcontact-backup.xml.
It's actually a bit messy, because Zenyee din't add a carriage return between each section, but it still works if you add yours to improve readability... It's just XML, after all.
Here is its structure :
Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--Backup of HTC Favorite Contacts by dzenkinz ([email protected])-->
<ContactList>
<Contact>
<FileAs>Usual Name</FileAs>
<FirstName>First Name</FirstName>
<LastName>Last Name</LastName>
<RingTonePath>RingTone Path</RingTonePath>
<FavoriteContext>Index Number</FavoriteContext>
<FavoriteOrder>Order Number</FavoriteOrder>
</Contact>
<Contact>
...
<Contact>
...
</ContactList>
The contents between the tags should be self-explanatory for most of them ; some of them need some more explanation, however.
- If a tag is empty, then the syntax is simplified. If for example you don't have a specific ringtone linked to the contact, then it will just be noted :
Code:
<RingTonePath />
The same applies to any other empty tag.
- The "Index Number" tag contains some index relating to the contact's position in the list. It's a 7 digits (decimal) number. I'll go back on it later.
- The "Order number" tag is the most interesting, as it represents the position in the favorite list ! It's a decimal number between 0 and 14.
- The "Usual Name" is the one showing in the "Favorite Contacts" tab. The other ones are just a copy of their real content in the "All People" full list.
Now with these informations, I just did what I always do... Search the registry with the "Contact Number", hoping I could find them... And... Bingo !
You can find a section named "FavoriteOrder" in the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\People\] key...
And this is what's in it :
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\People\FavoriteOrder]
"0"=dword:Index Number 1
"1"=dword:index number 2
...
So this is a list of each contact index number, stored in a DWORD variable representing its rank on the "Favorite Contacts" tab.
It actually works, as if you juste restore these registry keys then soft reset, you'll see your contacts displayed in the require order.
If you want to leave some empty buttons in order to sort them, then you'll just put the value 0 into the variable wearing the position number (remember they begin at 0, so "0" is the first, "1" is the second, etc.)
You should actually fill in the whole 15 variables (using the 0 value for empty ones), or you'll end up with buttons wearing an old contact on it.
Warning : For the index number, be careful on the base you will use : the numbers found in the XML file are written in decimal, while the registry numbers are naturally written in hexadecimal, so if you must manually copy a value, be sure you first check the "decimal" button.
Technically, you'll just export the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\People\FavoriteOrder] key from the registry, edit it with the notepad, sort the contacts to your taste, the import it back to the registry (you can make a CAB to ease the process).
The method still have some drawbacks and difficulties, howether, so please read carefully the following :
1) The [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\People\FavoriteOrder] will be created only by Zenyee Back FavPeople Up! upon restoring previously saved contacts.
Though it's actually used by the HTC Favorite Contacts tab, it doesn't exist "naturally" !
So you'll have to restore a saved list first, or create the registry keys from scratch. Then you'll be able to export them, sort them to your taste and import them back.
2) There is an another limitation I found this morning. As you might expect, this tool is most useful after flashing a new ROM, when you want to get your favorite contacts back.
The problem is on the method you'll use to get back the full contacts list. maybe it won't be a problem for most people... But I had one.
Yesterday, when I flashed the last Energy ROM, something went wrong with my ActiveSync on my hom PC, and as I was downloading a Dinik version (it takes about 2h1/2 to get one ROM from Hotfile ! ), I couldn't reboot, so I synchronized my contacts this morning from my office PC...
And then the favortie contacts list I restored from the registry keys was all messed up.
The reason is simple : the index numbers were different from the ones that were saved.
I think the reason is my office Outlook file is actually a bit different from my home Outlook file. They are actually syncrhonized separately (of course ! ), so their databases grewn separately.
The other time I flashed, I resynced the contacts from home, so the list was saved according to the home contacts index list.
Then last flash, I resynced from the office, and tried to restore a list that was built from the home contacts list...
I actually don't know if the same could also happen if you still resync from the same PC... You'll have to try out.
But as long as you keep your contacts in your HD, you can freely export and import back the favorite list from and to the registry, and it will be fine.
Now I think that if you use antother method to save your contacts and restore them after a flash, for example if you use PIM backup or any other tool instead of synchronizing with Outlook, then maybe you won't have this problem at all, I don't know.
What i do to have my Fav contacts in tact after flash....
Before flash
Backup my contacts with pim backup
Backup fav contacts with Zenyee Back FavPeople (sense 2.5 checked)
Then after flash
Restore from pimbackup
Restore from Zenyee Back FavPeople and Reset when it will ask you (Importand).
This method is allways working for me in NRG roms
Yes, it works great, but there are some limits to what it can do :
1) If you already imported your saved favorites and let them in the order they came, saving and restoring them back with most probably keep this order.
However, if you rearrange them and save them again, then they'll be restored in the previous order.
Apparently, they are always restored in the chronological order they were created in the main list - something like that.
When they are saved, it's obvioulsy in this order. Zenyee actually scans the whole contacts database from top to bottom and saves the necessary information from the ones that are marked as belonging to group "1" while he encounters them. That's how it's done.
2) It will sometimes miss some contacts at restoration (and will display the warning). Don't ask me why. Maybe the ones I imported from the "Favorite People" tabs, as opposed to the ones I choosed in the main list, then use "Add to favorite" menu, since they might not have all the necessary information ? It actually looks like that.
In other words, Microsoft method seems to be more reliable than HTC method.
3) Beware if like me you're using 2 PCs, at work and at home, sharing the same Outlook information (information synchronized by ActiveSync, with new contacts added or deleted on one site, then synchronized with the HD, then synhronized again with the other PC, and not everyday, nor each time a change is made. So finally two somewhat different databases !)
Zenyee saves index numbers that refer to the current contacts database. That's the only way he actually links the saved data to the previously restored full contacts list.
If you happen to flash your ROM and restore your contacts from a different PC, restoring your favorites will then do a mess of them !
So I won't be so affirmative saying it will all restore to identical each time.
I could just say "it depends"...
Anyway, the method I explained above still relies on using Zenyee Back FavPeople Up! to restore your favorite in the first place (they'll be just in an incorrect order - or not : it depends, as I said above - with the spare icons at the end), as it's responsible for creating the registry keys.
It also requires you're NOT in case #3, or it won't work either !
Then you can import your previously saved registry data (taking care to fill in unused icons data with "0", or the previously restored favorite will still show in double).
After soft resetting, your favorite will then show in the exact order you saved them, including spare icons in the middle if you had any.
My suggestion doesn't replace what's already existing : it just completes it, ok ?
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I felt the need for this thread as i have posted the solution i found (somebody else may have discovered this) in many of the Leo (Manila 2.5.1919) thread, but some people fail to read and kept asking the same question over and over. Hence in a way i feel i can help the ROM chefs L26HDLEOV2, Dutty LeoR5, Miri R10 etc.,
I use microsoft myphone to back up and restore contacts and calendar entries. the strange thing is, I found this entry while editing a contact
1. in Manila, open a contact
2. click edit contact,
3. scroll down to the very bottom and click "more" (you'll be brought to the windows contact editor)
4. click "Notes" - a strange entry is noted - "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>" - I simply deleted this, and VOILA! i could add this same contact now to favorites without crashing!
i think i should get a copyright for this discovery!! LOL
this might only be applicable to people who are testing Manila 2.5.1919 and using microsoft myphone to backup contacts and calendar entries.
found a much quicker way to delete this note string "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>". log in to microsoft myphone in PC and delete the note string to any contacts which contains this.
jigners said:
I felt the need for this tread as i have posted the solution i found (somebody else may have discovered this) in many of the Leo (Manila 2.5.1919) thread, but some people fail to read and kept asking the same question over and over. Hence in a way i feel i can help the ROM chefs L26HDLEOV2, Dutty LeoR5, Miri R10 etc.,
I use microsoft myphone to back up and restore contacts and calendar entries. the strange thing is, I found this entry while editing a contact
1. in Manila, open a contact
2. click edit contact,
3. scroll down to the very bottom and click "more" (you'll be brought to the windows contact editor)
4. click "Notes" - a strange entry is noted - "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>" - I simply deleted this, and VOILA! i could add this same contact now to favorites without crashing!
i think i should get a copyright for this discovery!! LOL
this might only be applicable to people who are testing Manila 2.5.1919 and using microsoft myphone to backup contacts and calendar entries.
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this solution was also reported in PhamQuang thread for v 62 or 63 as well.
jigners said:
I felt the need for this tread as i have posted the solution i found (somebody else may have discovered this) in many of the Leo (Manila 2.5.1919) thread, but some people fail to read and kept asking the same question over and over. Hence in a way i feel i can help the ROM chefs L26HDLEOV2, Dutty LeoR5, Miri R10 etc.,
I use microsoft myphone to back up and restore contacts and calendar entries. the strange thing is, I found this entry while editing a contact
1. in Manila, open a contact
2. click edit contact,
3. scroll down to the very bottom and click "more" (you'll be brought to the windows contact editor)
4. click "Notes" - a strange entry is noted - "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>" - I simply deleted this, and VOILA! i could add this same contact now to favorites without crashing!
i think i should get a copyright for this discovery!! LOL
this might only be applicable to people who are testing Manila 2.5.1919 and using microsoft myphone to backup contacts and calendar entries.
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i disagree with you - i use L26 V2 rom and i also have that string on my favorite contacts notes and i can add or remove favorites with no problem.
more than that - i did wtaht you suggested. i deleted that string from my favorites notes (on phone and on pc outlook), soft reset the phone, delete a favorite contact, add again, sync and guess what?
the string is back on place
so it must be something else
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i disagree with you - i use L26 V2 rom and i also have that string on my favorite contacts notes and i can add or remove favorites with no problem.
more than that - i did wtaht you suggested. i deleted that string from my favorites notes (on phone and on pc outlook), soft reset the phone, delete a favorite contact, add again, sync and guess what?
the string is back on place
so it must be something else
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This string is being added by Manila to allow it to identify favourates and link it to any facebook profiles you have. This string will always be created once added to your favourites.
THis string format could have changed between builds, resulting in some users devices hanging.
ardsar said:
This string is being added by Manila to allow it to identify favourates and link it to any facebook profiles you have. This string will always be created once added to your favourites.
THis string format could have changed between builds, resulting in some users devices hanging.
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you probably are right, but my point is that, as far as i am concerned, this string doesn't cause the crash
i had a stock rom which originaly created my favorite contacts
since then i flashed several roms and i restored my contacts every time with my pc outlook
i had not one single crash caused by adding favorite contacts no matter waht rom i installed
this is the reason i said "it must be something else"
my 2c
I've moved this to general discussion forum
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I've moved this to general discussion forum
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thanks Rick! Good day!
noris08 said:
you probably are right, but my point is that, as far as i am concerned, this string doesn't cause the crash
i had a stock rom which originaly created my favorite contacts
since then i flashed several roms and i restored my contacts every time with my pc outlook
i had not one single crash caused by adding favorite contacts no matter waht rom i installed
this is the reason i said "it must be something else"
my 2c
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yes, perhaps this "something else" is unique to my method of backing up contacts. as i mentioned in the first post, i only backup using microsoft myphone.
BTW, there is another quicker way of deleting the note string, to those who use myphone. I logged on to myphone and deleted all the contacts which contain the note string. and now i can sync with myphone and add favorites with no crashing
Hi,
Very confused about what happened during a ROM upgrade..
I went from 1.43 to 1.48, immediately following which I did a hard reset (perhaps not strictly necessary however commonly believed to be best practise when flashing ROMs).
HD2 started up, did it's initialization customisations, asked for my provider etc. I then went through and configured my connection with my Exchange Server and all my data sync'd up - all normal so far.
So now I had a fresh install, just with my Exchange data on (contacts / calendar / email etc). Definitely a clean install (just to emphasis the point!) as obviously my app shortcuts weren't there from the home screen, my weather cities of choice weren't there but instead the default, etc etc etc. All as expected.
BUT..
I flicked to the People (contacts) section of Sense (the second tab by default) and to my surprise there were the six faces of the people I had configured previously!! They were in the wrong order (no logic to the new order) but yup they were there!! VERY STRANGE!!
The only thing I can think of is either a) such configuration is stored on the storage card (which obviously isn't wiped during ROM upgrade) or b) it is somehow stored and sync'd back in the individual Outlook contact records themselves (unlikely I'm thinking..).
Any comments??! Even if just to confirm? Or am I going completely mad!!
Same here - very random - my photos and music have been juggled around too...
SimonW500 said:
Hi,
it is somehow stored and sync'd back in the individual Outlook contact records themselves (unlikely I'm thinking..).
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It is this^
When you add in a contact to favourites in sense and sync back to exchange, you will notice that your contact has been added to a category called "HTC Favourite".
Check Outlook on a PC to see the categories your contacts are assigned to.
Thanks for the quick reply and confirmation - good to know I'm not going mad!
So can someone explain how this is done? ie. kept on storage card / sync'd back to Exchange / AN Other?
I'm particularly concerned if it is sync'd back to Exchange, as until now I often try quite a few Windows Mobile devices and enter in my Exchange details etc on the assumption that nothing that particular device does is actually kept once I wipe the phone.
Audio Oblivion said:
It is this^
When you add in a contact to favourites in sense and sync back to exchange, you will notice that your contact has been added to a category called "HTC Favourite".
Check Outlook on a PC to see the categories your contacts are assigned to.
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Wow - another amazing quick response!!
Excellent - thanks for the info - well spotted! Now despite my above comment I can live with this more than happily, actually see it as a useful feature!
Thanks again.
Moving People around?
Following on from the above (loosely!)..
Is there an easy way to move the ordering of these shortcuts around?
Being the picky individual that I am (!) I have them in a certain order, which effectively means that even though the right people are 'remembered' I still have to delete and create them all again to put them in the right order.
Thanks again..
Your photo and Music are located on your SD card. SD card is not impacted by either HARD RESET or Memory Flashing.
You favorties contacts are part of a group... And this informations is stored in the contact information on your Exchange server (like if you've put them in a group named "Restaurants" "Best Friends", etc. But it's not storing their positions; If you flash hard reset multiple times, it will always put them in the same position. (Sync order? Older first? By phone number? no idea right now)
For the other informations (shortcuts) it's not saved either on your SD card, MyPhone account nor Exchange server... no way to get them back automatically..
Kridek said:
Your photo and Music are located on your SD card. SD card is not impacted by either HARD RESET or Memory Flashing.
You favorties contacts are part of a group... And this informations is stored in the contact information on your Exchange server (like if you've put them in a group named "Restaurants" "Best Friends", etc. But it's not storing their positions; If you flash hard reset multiple times, it will always put them in the same position. (Sync order? Older first? By phone number? no idea right now)
For the other informations (shortcuts) it's not saved either on your SD card, MyPhone account nor Exchange server... no way to get them back automatically..
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Good summary - spot on!
It seems with this little integration of Outlook groups, and the use of MyPhone, re-flashing roms or hard resets are getting slightly more "user friendly". I realise there a 3rd party apps to do this (and more) however to me half the beauty of doing such a flash/reset is to NOT carry things over other than pure data (ie. not config)..
People
The faces images info is stored in the pim.vol but whatever you used to reinstall contacts(Exchange?) has sorted them in the wrong order.
I use a method which comes from doing countless rom upgrades.
I used sashimi but realised all it was doing was copying and restoring the pim.vol
Don't use PIM backup as going back & forth from backup and restore seems to lead to corrupted pim.vol files. I know you haven't done that but just a warning.
The way to get a mirror restore, is to copy the pim.vol file in the root folder(device\) before reinstalling to your sd card or pc, then copy back over the empty pim.vol after reinstalling. You can't do it in the device explorer or in activesync but with resco explorer or fexploreext you can. I avoid activesync so I don't get either duplicates or wiped out contact/calendar info. This may seem laborious but after hundreds of rom flashes it has value in being quick and safe. I have 450+ contacts I have accumulated in 7 years of owning PPC/WM's and always have a plethora of calendar items which I can not afford to lose or have corrupted.
If you want to backup sms's you can use PIM Backup.
Maybe you would find it easier to use MS Myphone. I have avoided it so can't give a review.
Pure data
Pure data is great, but once there are uc(user customisation) compliant Leo roms, there will be available, a beautiful way of reconstructing about 80% of all settings, applications and shortcuts. It restores all one's customisation in pristine order, with only the new rom's updated functions.
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Good summary - spot on!
It seems with this little integration of Outlook groups, and the use of MyPhone, re-flashing roms or hard resets are getting slightly more "user friendly". I realise there a 3rd party apps to do this (and more) however to me half the beauty of doing such a flash/reset is to NOT carry things over other than pure data (ie. not config)..
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Xaddict said:
The faces images info is stored in the pim.vol but whatever you used to reinstall contacts(Exchange?) has sorted them in the wrong order.
I use a method which comes from doing countless rom upgrades.
I used sashimi but realised all it was doing was copying and restoring the pim.vol
Don't use PIM backup as going back & forth from backup and restore seems to lead to corrupted pim.vol files. I know you haven't done that but just a warning.
The way to get a mirror restore, is to copy the pim.vol file in the root folder(device\) before reinstalling to your sd card or pc, then copy back over the empty pim.vol after reinstalling. You can't do it in the device explorer or in activesync but with resco explorer or fexploreext you can. I avoid activesync so I don't get either duplicates or wiped out contact/calendar info. This may seem laborious but after hundreds of rom flashes it has value in being quick and safe. I have 450+ contacts I have accumulated in 7 years of owning PPC/WM's and always have a plethora of calendar items which I can not afford to lose or have corrupted.
If you want to backup sms's you can use PIM Backup.
Maybe you would find it easier to use MS Myphone. I have avoided it so can't give a review.
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Good tip with with pim.vol file..
For what it's worth, I too have a similar amount of valuable contact and calendar data, however to date I'm pleased to report no amount of heavy ActiveSync (direct Exchange Server connection) abuse has caused any serious issues.
Activesync issues
There's always a first time, and 2nd and so on...
p.s. I'm not sure I want to flash roms the way I did on my HD,
but when I was doing it, activesync gave me a lot of problems.
SimonW500 said:
Good tip with with pim.vol file..
For what it's worth, I too have a similar amount of valuable contact and calendar data, however to date I'm pleased to report no amount of heavy ActiveSync (direct Exchange Server connection) abuse has caused any serious issues.
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Xaddict said:
There's always a first time, and 2nd and so on...
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LOL - very true! For this reason I try to take a copy of all my contacts within Outlook at least once a month; both protects me from any wayward devices as well as any modifications I may make and then regret (change of numbers, deletions etc!).
I love this feature
usually , one had to reconfigure all the favorite contacts after a hard reset.
Now, when syncing with Exchange, like said above, your favorites will be restored with pictures and all. Great
Never had them pop back in in the wrong order though.
lucid said:
usually , one had to reconfigure all the favorite contacts after a hard reset.
Now, when syncing with Exchange, like said above, your favorites will be restored with pictures and all. Great
Never had them pop back in in the wrong order though.
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Same here, I upgraded from HD to HD2, as soon as i sync with exchange i got my favs back in the correct order with all my emails , text messages etc etc.
Is there anyway to change the view, when in all contacts so that peoples first names and listed first?
thanks
and a happy new year!
You will enjoy this tiny freeware software that does just that: almost instantly order your contacts by first name (or middle name or last name). Look here for Contact Changer. You run it once and 1 second after, all your contacts are sorted. The downside is that it doesn't change standard setting of the program, which means that the default order will still be LAST NAME first. But since the application is free and quick... You could run it everyday.
Happy new year mate
rzasharp said:
You will enjoy this tiny freeware software that does just that: almost instantly order your contacts by first name (or middle name or last name). Look here for Contact Changer. You run it once and 1 second after, all your contacts are sorted. The downside is that it doesn't change standard setting of the program, which means that the default order will still be LAST NAME first. But since the application is free and quick... You could run it everyday.
Happy new year mate
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Thanks man, it works a treat
Happy new year
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Is there anyway to change the view, when in all contacts so that peoples first names and listed first?
thanks
and a happy new year!
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Yes, it's a built-in function. But you have to go right to the bottom of the edit screen for the entry and select it from 'others'.
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Just installed the Contact_changer_v1.3.cab. via file explorer on my HD2, but no joy. Restarted it and checked my contacts, still showing as Last, First.
Am I missing something?
Cheers
Ibb1982 said:
Just installed the Contact_changer_v1.3.cab. via file explorer on my HD2, but no joy. Restarted it and checked my contacts, still showing as Last, First.
Am I missing something?
Cheers
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I think restarting resets it
[★] said:
Is there anyway to change the view, when in all contacts so that peoples first names and listed first?
thanks
and a happy new year!
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Ye if you select a contact, then go to edit. Scroll to the bottom and select "more". This brings up the standard WM contact editor. Then in the box "File As" Select the "First, Last" option. This is long winded but it survives soft reset.
optiknerv said:
Ye if you select a contact, then go to edit. Scroll to the bottom and select "more". This brings up the standard WM contact editor. Then in the box "File As" Select the "First, Last" option. This is long winded but it survives soft reset.
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cool thanks ill do that on a rainy day
You can do that within Outlook, that's probably more convenient than on the phone.
freyberry said:
You can do that within Outlook, that's probably more convenient than on the phone.
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Thats true. I dont use outlook anymore now that there is "my phone" might look if there is the same option on the web site.
Contact_changer_v1.3.cab did the trick for me, thanks guys.
I used the app, I then set the contacts in my outlook to be First:Last and now each time I sync the names are they way they should be as opposed to Last:First. So no need to use the contact changer app on the HD2 anymore, but I'll keep it on there just incase it reverts back to Last:First.
Thanks again
I tried going to edit contact -> More but when I scroll down I don't see "More", just the entries like birthday, spouse etc. Am I in the wrong place?
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I tried going to edit contact -> More but when I scroll down I don't see "More", just the entries like birthday, spouse etc. Am I in the wrong place?
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The bottom 3 data fields are Birthday, Anniversary & Link (for facebook). There's a "More" button below that.
Ah, thats in "people", not "contacts". "More" takes you to the edit menu for contacts - I see the option now.
If you go to contacts, just go edit and it's a few lines down
my god, what a long winded way of doing this !!!!!
I've emailed HTC through their support page, to see if they can release a hotfix or advise a registry tweak, to enable you to select the default contacts display option, without having to edit each and every contact !!!
I imported my contacts from my SIM card.... due to limitations on SIM memory, the names were merged into the Lastname field only, which was fine... in AllPeople they appeared listed correctly
But when I spent 3 hours manually editing every contact in my phone using the inbuilt MyPhone feature (I don't use Outlook on any of my home or work computers), and synched the phone, they all appeared lastname, firstname.... VERY frustrating
And there was NO field or setting within the MyPhone service website (that I could find anyway) that allowed me to set the correct default name-display.
VERY f**ing annoying, as now I have to go through the phone manually and adjust every single contact again !!!!
Come on HTC..... the phones advertised/marketed as being user-friendly.... more-so than other phones.... how about fixing the little name-display issue
Other than that, I don't want to use the cab file listed above, as I really dont want to keep adding new programs to duplicate existing ones that don't quite work the way they should...... and I don't want to have to keep running it every day...... does anyone know if there is a simple quick registry tweak/setting, whereby I can permanently set the default display as First Last ? I'm NEVER going to want my contacts displayed any other way than this.....
This is extremely annoying when you use Google Sync. In order for it to work, you need to edit 1 contact, switch to ActiveSync, press Sync, then go back and edit another.
If you edit more than 1 contact at a time between syncing, it reverts everything back except the last change.
poedgirl said:
This is extremely annoying when you use Google Sync. In order for it to work, you need to edit 1 contact, switch to ActiveSync, press Sync, then go back and edit another.
If you edit more than 1 contact at a time between syncing, it reverts everything back except the last change.
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just came across this while browsing and remembered you had said something about googlemail
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-smssyncup.html
Havent checked it out but maybe its of some use to you
installed contact manager (for .99$) all problems sorted out, after retart also remains the same.. thx for the info..
anyone has the old .cab that is free??? would it be possible to upload here?
thanks in advance,
This seems to be another thing that I used to have on the Hong Kong rom (which was on the phone when I got it second hand) and has now disapeared once I have flashed the O2 uk Rom onto the phone.
So so far by putting the o2 UK ROM on the phone my contacts wont sync with FB, no contact images are being imported against the names. The sync all contacts with FB function has gone, so I have to do each one individually, and now I realise the first name second name thing.
Going to try and find the Hong Kong rom off the net and load it on again to see if all this comes back again. Still has the English keyboard so isn't really any different.
Hi all,
When I choose [people] then [Add favorite], in which map and file(s) does the HD2 put this stuff ? (XannyTech ROM V1.3)
It doesnt put it in a file, it adds meta data to the 'notes' field of that contact.
For example, if you have outlook on your PC, add someone as a favourite, then open their contact card on the PC and in teh notes field you will see something like
<HTCData><!-- Please do not modify -->
<Favorite>actionid:CallWork</Favorite>
</HTCData>
If that person is a favourite and also a facebook contact you will see
<HTCData><!-- Please do not modify -->
<Favorite>actionid:CallWork</Favorite>
<Facebook>id:#########/friendof:#########</Facebook>
</HTCData>
That is why favourites and facebook linked people persist after hard reset, so long as they are synced.
Thanks Sam !
So can I extract and restore this favorite data (incl. photo) from a stored SPB
backup ?
You dont even need to extract that data. So long as you have backed up the contact list, as soon as you restore it you should find the favourite people tabs automatically filled, and as soon as you connect the 'me' contact card with your facebook account, all your contacts that are linked to facebook contacts will get teh facebook contact image and access to the albums and such like.
Oh one thing I missed out, the favourites are added to a contact category of 'HTC favourite'
I'm not sure exactly how it knows which contact to put on which shortcut, but ive flashed new roms four or five times, with another two or three hard resets, and each time as soon as i sync outlook the people favourite shortcuts are there again.
OK fixed with 1 more little step for each favorite ..then all is allright !
Thanks !
I have several entries for almost all of my contacts. Same, correct numbers, not doubled, multipled.
I do ROM flashing, I do NAND backups prior to that which I usually go back to. (this may already of course contain the multiple entries)
I always do a full wipe, even dalvik before flashing.
This doesn't slow my phone or so, it is just annoying having 5-6 of telephone entries and 5-6 Google entries for the same contacts.
They show as one, because they are linked of course. When I go to editing I just have so many to delete.
Anyone else having this? Any way to clean the mess?
One of the underutilized feature of Android is that the contact book is synced to Gmail Contacts and it can be edited there (with your keyboards and with extra features)
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#contacts
You can choose the duplicated entries, then choose More => Merge Contacts
Or, you can do the lazy way, which is More => Find and Merge Duplicates
In any case, your contacts books in also in the aforementioned link, and you can manage it on a computer, using a web interface, much much easier than managing in the the phone. I have around 500 contacts and it took me 2 hours to fine tune my contacts book to my taste.
Edit: By the way, after you have done that, allow the phone to have 2-3 to sync with the gmail contacts. Then it is set.
moolash said:
I have several entries for almost all of my contacts. Same, correct numbers, not doubled, multipled.
I do ROM flashing, I do NAND backups prior to that which I usually go back to. (this may already of course contain the multiple entries)
I always do a full wipe, even dalvik before flashing.
This doesn't slow my phone or so, it is just annoying having 5-6 of telephone entries and 5-6 Google entries for the same contacts.
They show as one, because they are linked of course. When I go to editing I just have so many to delete.
Anyone else having this? Any way to clean the mess?
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KyraOfFire said:
One of the underutilized feature of Android is that the contact book is synced to Gmail Contacts and it can be edited there (with your keyboards and with extra features)
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#contacts
You can choose the duplicated entries, then choose More => Merge Contacts
Or, you can do the lazy way, which is More => Find and Merge Duplicates
In any case, your contacts books in also in the aforementioned link, and you can manage it on a computer, using a web interface, much much easier than managing in the the phone. I have around 500 contacts and it took me 2 hours to fine tune my contacts book to my taste.
Edit: By the way, after you have done that, allow the phone to have 2-3 to sync with the gmail contacts. Then it is set.
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Thanks. I've heard this from others, too, sound obvious.
I have multiple entries in the "Telephone" category, too, not just google.
To describe it (and my original problem) better, some entries are just empty, like an empty text field and then "telephone" or "google" next to it. but there's no number in the box, and you can delete the entry by pressing the "x" after it.