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?
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When i try to call somebody through SmartDialing it searches by LastName/FirstName is there a way or some registry hack where i can do it by FirstName/LastName......
isn't anybody facing any problem in this regard???
are u serious????
nobody is experiencing it????
is it only me???
.... is there a solution yet???
same problem
I have the same problem.
In Portugal, we call people by first name/last name.
Anybody knows how to fix it?
Regards
Marcus
I don't know what smart dialing you ppl are talking about but on my exec if i seach by name in contacts it gives both results - by first as well as last name.
If I use the keypad to key numbers in the dial mode then it searchs by number, firstname and lastname. So whats the issue about? Also the list of people is displayed wherein the matches for the firstname are displayed first and then the lastname. Yes the names are displayed in lastname-firstname format but that doesn't really make a difference does it? (the names are highlighted to the last character keyed in)
The only way to change the order from Last, First to First Last is via desktop Outlook. Go into Tools > Options > Contact Options and change the "Default Full Name order" and "Default File As order" options to what you wish.
However, the only way to change the existing contacts is to go into each within desktop Outlook and change the File As option.
Cheers
Ant
but isn't there a way or a registry hack to change the display to FirstName/LastName in smart dialing?
Try This....
I think is this what are you looking for....
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I think is this what are you looking for....
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I downloaded this to my phone and installed it... but nothing happened... Are there any steps that I should follow?
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gazela00 said:
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I downloaded this to my phone and installed it... but nothing happened... Are there any steps that I should follow?
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In contacts, press the contacts and it appears a new item in Menu in order to make first name, last name
Anyone know how to skip to a name in the middle of my phone book, instead of scrolling through all the names. I have a 8125.
Thanks
JW
Er.. you should play around with your phone more
Assume yours is WM5 (maybe 2003 is the same, not sure)
(Method 1) The top section, you have a list of alphabets, just click on them to jump to the names that you are interested
(Method 2) If you click on the keyboard (or pen) on the bottom (center) bar, you will have your input method (e.g. the keyboard), simply punch in the name of the person you are interested in, and it will scan through all names and filter out the relavent ones for you.
or if you press and hold the scroll button for two full pages (eg through "A"), it should pop up with the letters of the alphabet B through to Z, this will give give you direct access to letter by letter.
combination of sim and phone memory
How can you make it so that the sim and phone memories stay in 1 alpabetical list rather then 2 separate list its quite annoying that they are split in 2.
move all sim to contacts, simple.
sim has no where near the functionality of contacts.
i have a question also mate
how can i list my contacts
name first last name 2nd
not last name first and name
thanks.
Edyhan said:
i have a question also mate
how can i list my contacts
name first last name 2nd
not last name first and name
thanks.
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Use the CAB found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45664&highlight=first+last+name
Oh!! Is it possible to move all contacts from the SIM to the Memory contacts ? because I was adding each name from the SIM, I couldn't find a way to save them all at the same time. Please tell me how if it is possible.
Thomas1234 said:
Oh!! Is it possible to move all contacts from the SIM to the Memory contacts ? because I was adding each name from the SIM, I couldn't find a way to save them all at the same time. Please tell me how if it is possible.
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yes use the sim manager in programs select all then use the menu option to move to contacts.
Edyhan said:
i have a question also mate
how can i list my contacts
name first last name 2nd
not last name first and name
thanks.
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There does not seem to be a option for this on the device, but i got around it by changing it in outlook on my PC then syncing.
BTW, does anyone know how to hide SIM contacts so they dont show up twice in contacts?
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Edyhan said:
i have a question also mate
how can i list my contacts
name first last name 2nd
not last name first and name
thanks.
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There does not seem to be a option for this on the device, but i got around it by changing it in outlook on my PC then syncing.
BTW, does anyone know how to hide SIM contacts so they dont show up twice in contacts?
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Kinetics helped me with this in case you missed it this is the link for the first and last
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45664&highlight=first+last+name
hanmin said:
(Method 1) The top section, you have a list of alphabets, just click on them to jump to the names that you are interested
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I can't seem to click on the alphabet. is this just on certain versions or must it be on contacts? i currently have everything on SIM.
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or if you press and hold the scroll button for two full pages (eg through "A"), it should pop up with the letters of the alphabet B through to Z, this will give give you direct access to letter by letter.
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I tried that and it never goes to the letter I want. I also tried clicking on the group of letters at the top and it doesn't do anything. I don't want to have to go to the box and click on the letter i want to go to the name; I want to scroll through.
I am saving them to sim, does it need to be on memory for all these to work?
I tried searching thorugh the xda forums for an original HTC Home Plugin thread, but couldn't locate one, so i'll start here and maybe someone can forward me to the right place.
I have contacts in my contact list that just have a Company name, and not a first or last name.
The problem is that these contacts cannot be added to the quick dial area of the HTC Home Plugin, it will allow you to select it, but it doesn't show up, and you are unable to click that entry to dial the number. However, if you go edit that contact and add a first / last name, then it magically shows up on the quick dial.
Does anyone know of a bug fix / workaround for getting contacts with just a company name to show up? (And please don't say add a first / last name, that's obviously a solution, but not a fix.)
Any way to also have the phone number displayed on the screen as well when selecting a contact?
If you have multiple numbers on a contact, it just lists the contact 3 times.
J.D.
put the company name in the name field and then change file as: to the company name and it won't change it to look like a name
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
what i mean is if i get a call from a number that is not in my phone book and i decide to save that number after the call, when i save it it will usually save it as last name then first name. is there a way to change that. i know that if i go through contacts and add a new contact it will let me choose how to file that contact but is there a way to do that with "on the fly" contact saving?
you can change the name order before you save it for the first time. there is no need to save the contact then return to the contcat and change the name order.
The other option which i have used is a cab file which switches all the names with last name first around. Cannot remember what it was called, i need to find it again myself. will have a look for you!
regards
EDIT: just added the cab file below, hope this is useful in any way.
no i mean when i save a number directly from the call log or from the phone application, it will only give me three fields: first name, last name, number and the type of number (i.e mobile, home, etc.) it doesn't give me the option to change the file options. i know that this is possible through the contacts menu.
when you say file do you mean the order in which the names are shown in the contacts list?