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does anyone know how to set by default it should list all contacts by Last Name, First Name?
I have 1500 contacts and I don't want to do it manually
Please help
any good Contact Manager out there, cuz the one that comes with the phone sucks
there is no scrolling by A B C etc...
there is no way to convert everything automaticly it should sort by last name first name instead of the other way around
bklynfire said:
any good Contact Manager out there, cuz the one that comes with the phone sucks
there is no scrolling by A B C etc...
there is no way to convert everything automaticly it should sort by last name first name instead of the other way around
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If you scroll a little bit and drag on the moving bar on the right, you get scrolling by A B C...
But there doesn't seem to be a way to change sorting options in the default program, sadly (though I like the current sort since it's how I think of things )
thecodemonk said:
But there doesn't seem to be a way to change sorting options in the default program, sadly (though I like the current sort since it's how I think of things )
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there is a way manualy by editing each contact individualy, but thats a pain in the neck, I have 1500 contacts,
the weird part is, that in outlook i set it the poper way, and when i synced it changed on it own
bklynfire said:
there is a way manualy by editing each contact individualy, but thats a pain in the neck, I have 1500 contacts,
the weird part is, that in outlook i set it the poper way, and when i synced it changed on it own
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Export the contacts from gmail to a CSV file, use excel and a formula to rename the contacts. Import back to gmail.
Formulas:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/FirstLast.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=excel formula first name last&num=20&hl=en&lr=&safe=off
r0ck0 said:
Export the contacts from gmail to a CSV file, use excel and a formula to rename the contacts. Import back to gmail.
Formulas:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/FirstLast.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=excel formula first name last&num=20&hl=en&lr=&safe=off
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I don't have them in Gmail, only in outlook????
Hey,
I finally bought a new HD2
I've some problems,
1. I can't get Contact order to set as First Name First and Last Name last. Its just Last Name first now. How do I change that?
2. Also has anyone managed to get Google Exchange working properly? Im able to sync mails, but not Contacts or Calendar entries?
Will add more doubts if I come across.
P.S. Ive searched before posting. If I did miss, kindly show me the link
Tanmay® said:
Hey,
I finally bought a new HD2
I've some problems,
1. I can't get Contact order to set as First Name First and Last Name last. Its just Last Name first now. How do I change that?
2. Also has anyone managed to get Google Exchange working properly? Im able to sync mails, but not Contacts or Calendar entries?
Will add more doubts if I come across.
P.S. Ive searched before posting. If I did miss, kindly show me the link
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1. If you go to contacts, then select the contact, edit, and a few lines down is "file as". It's labourious so may be easier to do from a PC
If you go to "people", you need to go to the contact, edit, scroll down to reach "more" at the end and it puts you in the contact edit field described aboce.
2. No idea, sorry.
Google Sync working fine here using the settings as per their set up pages, Calender and Contacts working.
for mass managing of the contacts in the right order you can use 'contacts changer 1.3'
NZtechfreak said:
Google Sync working fine here using the settings as per their set up pages, Calender and Contacts working.
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note that google sync only works for your main calendar, if you have multiple calendars, others wont sync...
PaoloWeckl said:
for mass managing of the contacts in the right order you can use 'contacts changer 1.3'
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Thanks a lot brother! That made the task a whole lot simpler!
Just a note that Contacts changer is not free anymore.
Now another problem I've been facing is that, Im not able to Copy Paste in Contacts app. Like I want to Cut one fields details and put it in another field, but whenever I select the text, and try to tap on it inoder to hold and get the menu, the text gets deselected.
Im not able to Copy-Cut-Paste properly.
Tanmay® said:
Also has anyone managed to get Google Exchange working properly? Im able to sync mails, but not Contacts or Calendar entries?
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Be carefull because Google Sync doesn't support Task synchronization.
You've to disactivate it to be able to synchronize Contacts, Calendar & Mails.
^^ Yea bro. You're right! Tasks was the issue! Now everything works perfect
But the CopyPaste problem still exists for the Contacts app (among other random apps) Any solution for that?
I think the only solution is to install a keyboard that has Cut/Copy/Paste functions.
My favourite is Touchpal but there are others that do this.
Ironically the original WinMo keyboard did include the Ctrl key so these operations were possible
Tanmay® said:
^^ Yea bro. You're right! Tasks was the issue! Now everything works perfect
But the CopyPaste problem still exists for the Contacts app (among other random apps) Any solution for that?
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The problem exists in HTC's PEOPLE app but not in the CONTACTS app located in the Outlook folder in the START menu.
Tanmay® said:
Thanks a lot brother! That made the task a whole lot simpler!
Just a note that Contacts changer is not free anymore.
Now another problem I've been facing is that, Im not able to Copy Paste in Contacts app. Like I want to Cut one fields details and put it in another field, but whenever I select the text, and try to tap on it inoder to hold and get the menu, the text gets deselected.
Im not able to Copy-Cut-Paste properly.
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Tanmay® said:
^^ Yea bro. You're right! Tasks was the issue! Now everything works perfect
But the CopyPaste problem still exists for the Contacts app (among other random apps) Any solution for that?
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Copy and paste works fine for me in contacts, just tap on the field, then tap and hold, menu pops up and select Cut, Copy, etc...
kassor said:
note that google sync only works for your main calendar, if you have multiple calendars, others wont sync...
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after using oggsync (app install needed on the phone) for more than one year, i just discovered nuevasync (no install, use activsync), it can sync till 11calendar with free account, contacts, etc... seems to work very great
hi
on my xperia wm phone i used groups added to my contects to be able to selecting
contacs... after exporting them to my google account i can still
see the groups if im online on gmail on my desktop pc.
but in my n1 there isnt a way to see the group of a concte rather to filter contects that way....
im missing it,any one a idea of how to solve that?
Very frustrating, especially when you have 100s of contacts...
No idea how to solve this
I too was frustrated with this especially since coming from the Hero groups were easily used. Have you guys tried Contacts GroupU it does the job for me.
audino said:
hi
on my xperia wm phone i used groups added to my contects to be able to selecting
contacs... after exporting them to my google account i can still
see the groups if im online on gmail on my desktop pc.
but in my n1 there isnt a way to see the group of a concte rather to filter contects that way....
im missing it,any one a idea of how to solve that?
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Try using aContacts, supports groups, plus many more. I have been using it for months.
hi,
i found a way on the nexus one own adressbook...
you have to go to the contects then press menü -> setting -> the gmail account and there you can set which typ will be shown...
The problem is that when you enter a new contact, or edit an old one, you don't have the option to put it in a group...
elio said:
The problem is that when you enter a new contact, or edit an old one, you don't have the option to put it in a group...
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Yes, you need to this online in your google account...
audino said:
hi,
i found a way on the nexus one own adressbook...
you have to go to the contects then press menü -> setting -> the gmail account and there you can set which typ will be shown...
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But that just controls what contacts are shown in the Contacts app. All the contacts are still synced to the phone and will show up in search such as when typing a name into gmail or messaging. They need to add this functionality back in. Or we need to figure out how to ourselves.
Yep, the whole lack of any viable fully fleshed out sync with outlook is pretty painful for me and this is one of the reasons.
Desire rom lets you do this. =D
muncheese said:
Desire rom lets you do this. =D
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Sense UI doesnt have the same feature set in the contacts no ?
I recall a bunch of Sim contacts , and other oddities last I tried senseui.
xManMythLegend said:
Sense UI doesnt have the same feature set in the contacts no ?
I recall a bunch of Sim contacts , and other oddities last I tried senseui.
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Rephrase that into something coherent please.
I'm trying to finally switch over to a custom ROM but the only thing that is holding me back is that I cant find a way to import my contacts from the Stock OS over to my gmail account so that when I use the custom ROM, theyll be there. My auto sync is on and it refreshed but gmail is only showing email contacts.
You can save your contacts to your sd card and then import them back over. Contacts >> menu >> export to SD
When I click menu on the people's app/contacts I dont see that option. Am I in the wrong spot?
PawkChop said:
When I click menu on the people's app/contacts I dont see that option. Am I in the wrong spot?
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I found it in Phone >> People >> Menu >> Import/Export
When I lick menu I only see the new contact button, search people, delete contacts, view, and sync exchange contacts
Theres an app (sry dont know the name as of right now) but it exports your entire contact list onto a CVS file or vCard - not that kind - and u can import all of them in gmail.
I believe there's another app that also converts all your current contacts to google contacts, so they sync automatically. I'll check the market later and post the names if u haven't found them already.
Edit: just use ExportContacts and import the cvs file in gmail. then sync them to your phone. after that just make sure when adding a number its a google contact.
kyouko said:
Theres an app (sry dont know the name as of right now) but it exports your entire contact list onto a CVS file or vCard - not that kind - and u can import all of them in gmail.
I believe there's another app that also converts all your current contacts to google contacts, so they sync automatically. I'll check the market later and post the names if u haven't found them already.
Edit: just use ExportContacts and import the cvs file in gmail. then sync them to your phone. after that just make sure when adding a number its a google contact.
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Alright the app worked beautifully. Thank you so much and Ill take that advice. . Now just gotta relink to facebook :/
kyouko said:
Theres an app (sry dont know the name as of right now) but it exports your entire contact list onto a CVS file or vCard - not that kind - and u can import all of them in gmail.
I believe there's another app that also converts all your current contacts to google contacts, so they sync automatically. I'll check the market later and post the names if u haven't found them already.
Edit: just use ExportContacts and import the cvs file in gmail. then sync them to your phone. after that just make sure when adding a number its a google contact.
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What was the name of the one that just changes them from phone to "google" contacts? Ive found it once before but i cant for the life of me remember>.<
frostrunner said:
What was the name of the one that just changes them from phone to "google" contacts? Ive found it once before but i cant for the life of me remember>.<
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It was called contactsync > Linky
Official Website - Found at bottom and I quote
WARNING: phone instability has been reported on HTC Hero. Use ContactSync at your own risk!
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Personally I wouldn't use it as many people have reported that it messed up their hero. Its easier still to use "exportcontacts" and import the .cvs file in gmail and then sync them to your phone.
Hello,
Having big problem with contacts. I flashed Cm last night and when I went to my contacts they were not there...so I thought no big deal I would just goto Acct & Sync and then Manage acct and use tmobile...but its not there.
When I click on "add account"...there is no tmobile. Please someone help with a fix. I dont understand what to do...please keep in mind, Im kinda still new to this so if you have ideas please explain in simple terms.
Thanks in advance,
Brian
PS: am I the only one with this issue, if so why?
fst2011 said:
PS: am I the only one with this issue, if so
why?
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You are not the only one with the issue. All of Cyanogen's ROM are AOSP (android open source project). They do not have this feature. That is a feature added to the MySense that T-Mo bloats this phone with.
There is really nothing you can do unless you mind using a MySense based ROM.
wait...so how do all these people add the contacts back on their phones....I dont understand...there must be an easy way.
fst2011 said:
wait...so how do all these people add the contacts back on their phones....I dont understand...there must be an easy way.
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most, if not all, of our contacts on on our Google account. and when we log into the google account [on the phone] it automatically pushes the contacts that are on our account to the phone.
it's a "no touch" method. We just log in and Google takes care of the rest.
If it is possible to extract the contacts from the t-mo website as a .cvs file you may be able to bulk import them to your google account but i dunno. I used Google Sync on my blackberry prior to owning an Android so i never had that problem.
I went to tmobile site and from what I see there is no cvs...but I could be wrong. Aside from that...how can I get my contacts back to the phone...?
fst2011 said:
I went to tmobile site and from what I see there is no cvs...but I could be wrong. Aside from that...how can I get my contacts back to the phone...?
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manually enter them?
neidlinger said:
most, if not all, of our contacts on on our Google account. and when we log into the google account [on the phone] it automatically pushes the contacts that are on our account to the phone.
it's a "no touch" method. We just log in and Google takes care of the rest.
If it is possible to extract the contacts from the t-mo website as a .cvs file you may be able to bulk import them to your google account but i dunno. I used Google Sync on my blackberry prior to owning an Android so i never had that problem.
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here is a way to export to csv...dont know how well it works...
http://yincrash.livejournal.com/188605.html
I just used the UiA Backup Contacts app from the market on my wifes phone, and imported the csv output into her Google account...
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This is hopeless....I cant believe what a problem this is turning into. I might be able togo back to the Ice rom and get my contacts but the problem Im have then is...I cant get the contacts to sync with google.
Meaning....for example...I have my wifes phone, which is not flashed yet so as a practice run, I tried to sync her contacts to gmail/google and it will not take...if I can get this to work, they I might be able to fix this.
Any ideas on getting atleast my wifes phone to sync with google?
This is a pain to do, but it may help...
You can print your T-mo contacts from the T-mo website. If you install a pdf printer driver (neevia docuprinter), you can print the contacts to pdf. You can then select the data on the pdf, and cut and paste into a csv, and import into your Google contacts.
You will only get the basic information, like name, cell number, email, etc...
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First thing I did when I got this phone was disabled tmo sync so all my numbers default to google. Sorry, man. I feel your pain. You sure there's no way to export contacts from the tmo website? I bet there is.
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If we did bet you would have lost...Lol, here is the problem
I spent about 1 hour on the phone with a tmobile smart phone tech...we both logged into my tmobile acct and looked at the contacts, which were about 250. He was shocked...as was I, that there was NO export...only import. We both dont understand why they would make it this way but its dumb.
ok...so he had me do one method which didnt work well but I will post it here, maybe someone might be able to fine tune it.
So, the tech had me goto my "manage contacts" page. Then look for an option to print, once that window opens you hold down ctrl+A...this will highlight all your contacts. The right click and copy.
Next, open up excel and paste into the first column "A1". Then you have to adjust each column just a little to make the names and numbers fit.
Next, you goto save as, and choose "CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv)"
Next you goto gmail and choose import and browse to the file you just created. This will add all your contacts however here comes the part, maybe someone else can figure how to fix...when you import the contacts, it doesnt put the numbers in the right spot...it puts them in the "Notes" section.
So you would then have to goto each name and copy and paste into the correct section...yes I know thats alot of work, but it beats entering in each number by hand.
Also, I'm not some tech...Im still new and make no claim to be smart with this...so save the put down remarks.
The other option which I did...was I just flashed back to my first rom "Ice"...then I Exported contacts to SD card...next you flash the rom you want...go thru the steps the guides tell you, when done, setup google and sync...this will add all contacts.
*** Make sure thu, that when you add NEW contacts to your phone that you create under the google acct. Meaning, when you open up the new contact window, you add the name of person and then (depending on custom rom) you can choose to create under tmobile or google...you want to choose google.
And thats it...
Brian
fst2011 said:
If we did bet you would have lost...Lol, here is the problem
I spent about 1 hour on the phone with a tmobile smart phone tech...we both logged into my tmobile acct and looked at the contacts, which were about 250. He was shocked...as was I, that there was NO export...only import. We both dont understand why they would make it this way but its dumb.
ok...so he had me do one method which didnt work well but I will post it here, maybe someone might be able to fine tune it.
So, the tech had me goto my "manage contacts" page. Then look for an option to print, once that window opens you hold down ctrl+A...this will highlight all your contacts. The right click and copy.
Next, open up excel and paste into the first column "A1". Then you have to adjust each column just a little to make the names and numbers fit.
Next, you goto save as, and choose "CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv)"
Next you goto gmail and choose import and browse to the file you just created. This will add all your contacts however here comes the part, maybe someone else can figure how to fix...when you import the contacts, it doesnt put the numbers in the right spot...it puts them in the "Notes" section.
So you would then have to goto each name and copy and paste into the correct section...yes I know thats alot of work, but it beats entering in each number by hand.
Also, I'm not some tech...Im still new and make no claim to be smart with this...so save the put down remarks.
The other option which I did...was I just flashed back to my first rom "Ice"...then I Exported contacts to SD card...next you flash the rom you want...go thru the steps the guides tell you, when done, setup google and sync...this will add all contacts.
*** Make sure thu, that when you add NEW contacts to your phone that you create under the google acct. Meaning, when you open up the new contact window, you add the name of person and then (depending on custom rom) you can choose to create under tmobile or google...you want to choose google.
And thats it...
Brian
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Thanks for your post
I recently flashed cm7.2 and I lost my tmobile sync and tried to get my g1 to sync but there was no sync so i had to figure a way to do it.
I took what you posted in the tmobile conversation and copied the contacts and saved as a cvs file. Than i exported a google file to see their format. copied and past my cvs info to the google export file and got the name to number to match. Thanks! will use google for now on for contacts!
Wow.... This was a old post of mine and really glad I was able to help you out. Take care
Brian
profen said:
Thanks for your post
I recently flashed cm7.2 and I lost my tmobile sync and tried to get my g1 to sync but there was no sync so i had to figure a way to do it.
I took what you posted in the tmobile conversation and copied the contacts and saved as a cvs file. Than i exported a google file to see their format. copied and past my cvs info to the google export file and got the name to number to match. Thanks! will use google for now on for contacts!
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