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Contact Tab from Manila 2.5 in Manila 2.1

Hi everyone,
Is there any chance to get the contact (people) tab from sense 2.5 in sense 2.1. I think the picture contacts are much more useable than scrolling through the 3d contacts (although it looks very nice).
I searched the forum and only found the old 15-Tabs extension (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2954955&postcount=1) for the touch HD which enables to have the favorite contacts list as main touchflo tab. Has anyone already tried this on the topaz?.
-> Or is there any other touchflo-compatible solution to get picture contacts? (flashing to a custom rom is the last choice)
greetinx,
gordon

I agree, the 2.5 contacts is way more useable than the 2.1 version. Would be nice if somebody could enable this.

I agree some features of 2.5 are better than in 2.1 And as it seems we don't get an update. Something I would also like to see in 2.1 is the calendar view and the way new appointments are made in 2.5.

What annoys me about the 2.5 contact screen is I can only seem to add a favourite to call OR message that person. Not both. I have friends that I either call or message all the time.
I would prefer if when I clicked on a favourite it brought up their contact page, where I can call, message, email them etc.

ozmbie said:
What annoys me about the 2.5 contact screen is I can only seem to add a favourite to call OR message that person. Not both. I have friends that I either call or message all the time.
I would prefer if when I clicked on a favourite it brought up their contact page, where I can call, message, email them etc.
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You can do that by clicking on the name underneath the picture rather than the picture itself. this brings up the contact page with all the options for that contact.

ozmbie said:
What annoys me about the 2.5 contact screen is I can only seem to add a favourite to call OR message that person. Not both. I have friends that I either call or message all the time.
I would prefer if when I clicked on a favorite it brought up their contact page, where I can call, message, email them etc.
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You can.
Click on the name, not the picture. If you click on the picture it will automatically bring up the first interaction you had with that contact if you set up as below.
To get your favourite contacts to come up without having to choose phone or text is a bit long winded but can be done.
Firstly do not use add favorite. Instead you have to go All people, select the person you want to add > takes you to their contact card. Edit Contact > More > click on Category tick HTC Favorite.
edit I see [email protected] has beaten me to the first part.

Thanks guys

I would also love this. 2.5 just isn't smooth enough for my liking so I'm back to 2.1 but i really did love the new home screen and contact tab

I want the same thing - 2.5 people tab in 2.1.
Then I was asking this question on other Thread of this forum, they usually tell me, it is an impossible - course it is an 2.5 part and that's it. But, as I understand 2.5 and 2.1 is an program? so it is possible to modify them - the question is how hard it could be. I'm not an programmer or software engineer, so I don't know the answer. But I'm sure, if it were easy, it could have been done already.
My be it is easy to wait, until 2.5 will be more stable and smoother.

there are news??

I would love if we could do this.

I would like it the other way round.. 2.1's contact tab in manilla 2.5
I think it's much better to choose your friend with the slider on the right and have the buttos under his picture where u can choose between SMS, Mail, call Home or call Phone etc. the new contact tab in 2.5 just allows you to choose the type of contact (sms, mail,..) once when you add the contact to your favorites.

thelol said:
I would like it the other way round.. 2.1's contact tab in manilla 2.5
I think it's much better to choose your friend with the slider on the right and have the buttos under his picture where u can choose between SMS, Mail, call Home or call Phone etc. the new contact tab in 2.5 just allows you to choose the type of contact (sms, mail,..) once when you add the contact to your favorites.
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i too would prefer it the other way around. i think the slider is really cool and more touchflowy than the pictures just sitting there with no animations.
+ there are more options such as changing the picture of a contact. i hope there is a way to get the contact tabs for each that way both parties are happy.

i would love to get this done. The 2.5 contact grid is much more usefull than the 2.1 one.
Anyone got it??

Druboo said:
You can.
Click on the name, not the picture. If you click on the picture it will automatically bring up the first interaction you had with that contact if you set up as below.
To get your favourite contacts to come up without having to choose phone or text is a bit long winded but can be done.
Firstly do not use add favorite. Instead you have to go All people, select the person you want to add > takes you to their contact card. Edit Contact > More > click on Category tick HTC Favorite.
edit I see [email protected] has beaten me to the first part.
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For for a REALLY easy way to do it. When you are at the contacts tab and click a back to add one. It takes you to your contact list, and then you choose a contact. Now at the screen where it has you choose a number, above it all it states "view contact card", click on that and the deafult action when clicking on your fav contact in the contact tab is opening the contact card.

Back to the original issue on hand, would it be possible to get the contacts tab for Manila 2.5 into Manila 2.1? That would be just great for me...

Yeah I want the 2.5 contacts tab on 2.1. And I want the 2.5 calender too. I guess what I really want is 2.5 to be as smooth as 2.1...

so, anybody have any updates? Is it even remotely possible? If anybody out there has any idea, please let me know. At least I can turn off the light at the end of the tunnel, save some electricity...

On my side, I want Contact tab from 2.1 in 2.5, is it possible ?

Official ROM update
Or you can just install the official ROM with 2.5 for the Topaz.
You can find it here: http://htcpedia.com/soft/htc-topaz-rom.html
I run it also, it runs good!
GL!

[Photo Sending] Is there a program thats REALLY useful ??

I was wondering if there is a program built in the HTC that can send photos in 1 click to the assigned emails.
For example : I take a picture, go to send - email, and thats it.
The software automatically sends the picture to any assigned emails.
On my previous N97, I had a program called PixelPipe that can do that. But since the HTC triumphs over the N97, I feel that it can do that without the fuss of using an external program.
If its not possible, what program does that ?

You can do that with the camera.
Take a picture, and when the menu bar appears, click the envelope

Thanks for replying
Yes im aware of that feature, but thats exactly why I was referring for (implied actually)
I want a way to click e.g. Send by Email => It sends to all assigned contacts directly
The option you are referring to, I have to add the emails manually, PLUS I must have an email assigned to the phone.
So any ideas ?

ZaZu90 said:
Thanks for replying
Yes im aware of that feature, but thats exactly why I was referring for (implied actually)
I want a way to click e.g. Send by Email => It sends to all assigned contacts directly
The option you are referring to, I have to add the emails manually, PLUS I must have an email assigned to the phone.
So any ideas ?
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Sorry - you've lost me there. Of course you have to have an email account on the phone, and of course you have to enter email addresses (or names, if they're in your contact list with email addresses assigned).
No phone in the world will have native functionality to send emails without you first setting up an email account, and to suggest you want to send emails without telling the phone who to send them to is ridiculous.
Either I've completely misunderstood you or that request is ludicrous (no offense, but it is!)

Hmm I think I wrote a rather confusing description
I remember in Pixel Pipe you had to register using your email, so yeah either way you must have your email registered, my bad.
But other than that here is how it works :
You open the program
You add a list of emails you want to send to
Take a picture
Press " SEND BY EMAIL "
The software comes in and you click your account name
The software sends the picture to emails you already registered to them before
I hope this makes it clearer

ZaZu90 said:
Hmm I think I wrote a rather confusing description
I remember in Pixel Pipe you had to register using your email, so yeah either way you must have your email registered, my bad.
But other than that here is how it works :
You open the program
You add a list of emails you want to send to
Take a picture
Press " SEND BY EMAIL "
The software comes in and you click your account name
The software sends the picture to emails you already registered to them before
I hope this makes it clearer
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Okay, I understand now. I just don't see why that's any better than the native functionality of the phone as it stands.
You open the camera app
You take a picture
You press send
You select email type
You enter email addresses
It sends an email
It's a very straight-forward process. I guess not many people would want to send picture after picture to the same group of people. (I'm not even sure the group of people would want it either lol).
If you really want the application you mentioned earler, you're better off requesting that from the developers. The only close alternatives out-of-the-box are things like facebook or twitter uploads.

Trying to do something similar to the BBM (black berry messenger) .. Friends share pictures in an instant, one click.
Since I dont have a blackberry, I send by email, so I just wanted a faster way to send pictures rather than typing the same email over and over again.

Have you tried using the "Groups" tool in the HTC Contact application? Not sure if it can do e-mail or just phone numbers since I'm not using it myself.

I dunno about the Groups tool, going to check it now.
But I found a good thing about HTC, thats why I love this phone.
If you assign someone with an email in Contacts, then by typing the first letter (or first few) in the " TO : " Field, the name will pop instantly, saving time from typing it all !!!
So its :
*take a picture
*press mailbox sign
*choose email
*type first letter
*choose contact
*send
Love it
But what is the groups tool you mentioned pphuck ??

ZaZu90 said:
But what is the groups tool you mentioned pphuck ??
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contact tab -> all contacts -> third icon "Groups"
my guess is that you can create a group of people and then use this group for your photo mail, but i haven't tested it myself

Not sure how that would work though, because you are supposed to enter contacts' emails in "Send To" field

ZaZu90 said:
Not sure how that would work though, because you are supposed to enter contacts' emails in "Send To" field
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i would presume that you could enter the name of the group as a contact

I just tried that, didnt work.
It sounds like a great idea though, it should be implemented !!

How to edit/remove contact favorites

Hi - does anyone know how to edit or remove favourites on the contacts screen? None of the menu options has it (or it's not obvious). I've set up some contacts with the "wrong" default contact method and I want to change it.
Thanks.
PS unlocked Desire from Clove - arrived Wednesday 14th April.

Press - People after that Groups, select Favorites and long press over the contact

soledue said:
Press - People after that Groups, select Favorites and long press over the contact
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Thanks Soledue. Typical - I sort of discovered the method not long after I posted and it's how you describe. The people widget can show any group - Favorites is just one of them! Cheers.

Am I being really dumb, because I'm having a problem with this too and your solution doesn't seem to solve it!?
All I want to do is remove some people from the "Favorites" group.
I have selected that contact, chosen "Edit", opened the groups list and unchecked the box. The list on the contact's screen still shows "Favorites" and they still appear on the widget. Go back in to edit the contact and the box is still unchecked.
If I open People and then open the groups screen, select the group and long press the contact I have the following menu items: "Call Mobile", "Edit Contact", "Delete Contact", and "Send contact as vCard". Delete contact does exactly that, delete's them completely from the phone.
So how can I get these people out of the Favorites group???

It's prob cause it's still on the Google sync'd contact...had some issues with it myself

EddyOS said:
It's prob cause it's still on the Google sync'd contact...had some issues with it myself
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My feeling was the same, especially since I have been able to get the contacts removed from the group and widget only to have them reappear minutes later. I assumed this was the result of the phone sync'ing. But I can't quite figure it out... if I view the contact in gmail they aren't a member of the "Starred" group and there is no "Favorite" group, so I think that group must be local to the device.

I am getting the same also, if you view the details they are not in any group, yet show on the widget and in the favourites group itself. Even went to google and removed the notes that, I think, related to the group entry???

Same problem here!
I've added a contact to the Favorites Tab and now I can't delete it from the Group. I've tried all the methods from above posts but none works.
Does anyone know how to fix this, because it's quite frustrating!

The only prob I have , i that every group has " voice mail " in it .. at the top!!...
cant get rid of it .. and it's not part of grp settings
any ideas?

i would like to know that how can i remove the Voicemail number from the contact list widget? tried doing it many times but it keeps on showing no matter what. i dont have a voicemail number and if i had it, it will never be my fave number ever. please help

deepakoffline said:
i would like to know that how can i remove the Voicemail number from the contact list widget? tried doing it many times but it keeps on showing no matter what. i dont have a voicemail number and if i had it, it will never be my fave number ever. please help
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i only hope that someone will help me

soledue said:
Press - People after that Groups, select Favorites and long press over the contact
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I have spent all day trying to remove one contact that was stuck in the favourites and your idea worked instantly.
I could remove and add other users just not this particular people.
Thank you

I have had a similar issue to all mentioned in this thread, and there is a way to resolve it.
I beleive the problem is caused by multiple entries per contact. These entries are from your contact, sim contact, google contacts etc.
This is how I fixed the issue;
>Click on the people app
>Select the contact you want to fix (unfortunately it has to be done individually)
>on the top right of the screen there will be something call "Linked", tap on this
>this now shows you what this contact is linked to. If it shows multiple phone, facebook, google etc unlink them all
>make sure you only 1 phone contact, in this set the Group to favourite (or whatever you want), now either link the google/hotmail etc ones to it, or copy the details to the contact and delete all duplicate details
I have condensed mine to phone contact and facebook (plus a few with google).
The desire links all different contact details from various form together. when it does this it picks its own default one, hence you have favourites that aren't, or vice versa.
It took me about 2 to 3 hours to go through my entire contacts list sort it out, pain-staking, but well worth it

soledue said:
Press - People after that Groups, select Favorites and long press over the contact
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THANK YOU!
I'd been at the groups menu and looked at my favorite contacts, but it never occurred to me to remove them from the group directly! Spent several hours editing this one contact I was dying to remove from favorites, only to find it stuck as a favorite. Went through my Google Contacts settings over and over, synchronizing manually every minute after un-starring it, but this was what I was looking for!
I registered only to thank you ^^

Im rather confussed
I have just got my ideos..
what widget r u talking about? I have no contact app.
Im wanting to deleted the people out of the "favroites" in the phone book area...
Please explain to me what to do???
thanks

Email Attachments?

Hello Guys,
I have tested so many different Android builds, but one that I like the most was, in which gave me the ability to attach live Camera Pictures, Video and even voice to my emails....I was able to hit attach, and hit the camera take a live picture, or even record a short video, and even a voice note, and was able to send it directly....
Anyone know if that was the build, or actually an add-on software...Hope someone help caz I really liked that option, sometime I was driving, and I was able to recorde a note and email it, so I didn't have to write anything, or take some live picture for my girlfriend to show her that I was actually on the way, or things in that matter...
you can PM me, if you know the build or software...
Thanks a lot.
Edit found the solution, don't use the gmail created by the phone, use the stmp mail or something how do I close this thread?

CM7 And "Me" in messages

Hello everyone I have tried searching for this but cant not find it. the one link that I did find returned a dead page.
What I am asking today is in reguards to CyanogenMod 7 and messaging. I text a lot and find it annoying that the "Me" in messages does not have my picture in it. Before I went from stock everything to CM7 I had the ability to edit me contact card and this allowed my pic to display for my messages sent. But now I can not find out how to do. I was told to do Settings > Call Settings > Additional Settings > My Phone Number but I do not see additional settings.
While it is not a big thing it does annoy me as my OCD kicks in and I see received pics of the contact but an android bot as my pic. Can anyone help me out with this.
BTW here was the dead thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-760222.html

Valkiryn said:
Hello everyone I have tried searching for this but cant not find it. the one link that I did find returned a dead page.
What I am asking today is in reguards to CyanogenMod 7 and messaging. I text a lot and find it annoying that the "Me" in messages does not have my picture in it. Before I went from stock everything to CM7 I had the ability to edit me contact card and this allowed my pic to display for my messages sent. But now I can not find out how to do. I was told to do Settings > Call Settings > Additional Settings > My Phone Number but I do not see additional settings.
While it is not a big thing it does annoy me as my OCD kicks in and I see received pics of the contact but an android bot as my pic. Can anyone help me out with this.
BTW here was the dead thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-760222.html
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I'm not sure if this is the right way or what, but it's pretty easy. Just create a new contact using your own phone number. Name the contact 'Me'. Then select a picture of yourself to set as the photo for the 'Me' contact. Save your changes. Your picture should now appear in the text mesaging threads as the Me contact.

k2buckley said:
I'm not sure if this is the right way or what, but it's pretty easy. Just create a new contact using your own phone number. Name the contact 'Me'. Then select a picture of yourself to set as the photo for the 'Me' contact. Save your changes. Your picture should now appear in the text mesaging threads as the Me contact.
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I will try this to see if it will work, but that will last till my OCD kicks in when I try to make my contacts look better LOL.
Will post back if it does/does not work.
Edit- Thanks k2buckley that did it. Appreciate the help with that. But having "Me" in my list will bug me in a bit I am sure. Stupid OCD LOL

Valkiryn said:
I will try this to see if it will work, but that will last till my OCD kicks in when I try to make my contacts look better LOL.
Will post back if it does/does not work.
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It should work. I use that method on every AOSP rom I've ever used, because I also hate seeing the blank spot on the 'me' contact. Should work no problem.

Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760222
My text has my gmail picture....I think I uploaded it to latitude once and it got associated with gmail.
Anyhow, you should be able to add a contact pic to your gmail and it will show up.
My phone also has the same picture in my contacts where I have put all my information for myself. I didn't associate it with this contact, so it must be done through Gmail.

k2buckley said:
I'm not sure if this is the right way or what, but it's pretty easy. Just create a new contact using your own phone number. Name the contact 'Me'. Then select a picture of yourself to set as the photo for the 'Me' contact. Save your changes. Your picture should now appear in the text mesaging threads as the Me contact.
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This 100% works.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

That is how I did it as well. Works great.