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Several duplicate contacts in Messaging

Guys
Does anybody else have a problem when composing a sms that when typing a recipient some contacts are duplicated (two of each) in the scroll list that appears and also contacts that I have deleted keep appearing (although they are no longer in the people app or synced with google.
In the people app I have unchecked Google and Sim contacts so I am not sure why this is happening?
any clues?

Yes. It is. In the appointment too I got 5,6 repeated duplicates. May be... I think it is because Tattoo sync with Google Calendar besides Outlook calendar, and even Google calendar & Outlook Calendar (2007) they maintained a no. of different calendars like My Calendar and outlook ... and... So, these things created duplicate entries at some points of conflict or something.
This is really annoying.

I wonder if this happens on the hero as well - it runs the same htc sense and htc messaging app - it could be worth posting this in the hero forum as well

ok the plot thickens on this one - I just used HTC sync with outlook for the 2nd time since getting the phone to see if that would get rid of the duplicate contacts in the messaging app.
Guess what - after the sync ive now got three of evry contact showing on the drop down list. Ive got a feeling that syncing with outlook is causing this.
The only way I can think of getting around this is to master reset the phone then only sync with gmail. Ireally dont want to have to do this - anyone got any better suggestions?

I saved all my contacts on the phone and deleted everything on the sim to get rid of the duplicates.

emeed said:
I saved all my contacts on the phone and deleted everything on the sim to get rid of the duplicates.
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But actually it is not the question of duplicate from sim and phone.. I never save anything on sim... actually it happened while sync with MS Outlook 2007. But never complain before because I always sync with two PCs, one at home and another at my workplace.. and now it also sync with Google.. may be conflict from that...just guessing...
Anybody have some good explanation is welcome.

Just to let you know, this also happens on my HD2, the contacts from SIM and phone are displayed in messaging. This seems to be happening right across the board with sense. There must be a registry tweak or something to correct this? Anyone?

I know how to fix this
jporch316 said:
Guys
Does anybody else have a problem when composing a sms that when typing a recipient some contacts are duplicated (two of each) in the scroll list that appears and also contacts that I have deleted keep appearing (although they are no longer in the people app or synced with google.
In the people app I have unchecked Google and Sim contacts so I am not sure why this is happening?
any clues?
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You copy all your sim, phone, twitter, facebook contacts to Google first...
Then delete contacts from all other accounts except Google.
Now if your syncd with google, you can open the contacts within gmail ( would be good if you do on PC ) and use the 'find duplicates & merge' button.
i had around 700 contacts which duplicated many a times to some 3000....
this saved me alot of effort...
refer to ScreenShots... Hit Thanks

after everything is merged in google, do you just leave everything not saved on the phone and sim, or can you import them back to the phone and eliminate the duplicates?

Missing contacts on Google

Hi all,
I think all of you are syncing contacts with Google mail, but where are the missing contacts? Contacts created on Nexus appear on 'My Contacts' only but not in any other group, simple math will see they are hidden somewhere, anyone have any idea?
David

Here is the simple math
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Gmail contacts: Names imported but no numbers were saved

Hi! I tried importing my gmail contacts into my hd2, all the names are there alright, but no numbers are saved on any of them. Is there anything I need to do first so all the contacts and details get imported?
My contacts came from my first gen iPhone. The contacts appear just fine on my gmail account, but after importing them to the HD2 all I have are names.
I'd appreciate any help you guys can extend me. Thanks!
Oh and my phone keeps on freezing whenever texts arrive. Sucky.

syncing gmail groups

I can not figure out how to just sync the 'My Contacts' group instead of ALL the gmail contacts. I have 3000 contacts and I don't want them all. I also can't figure out how to sync groups at all.
Anyone solve this problem yet?

the best I have seen is to check "only show contacts with phone numbers".

that's just not going to get it done....
I can't believe I am the only person who has this problem?

Nope, you're not the only one. I, too, have this issue and would love to get the original contacts app back (the one where I can select which group of contacts should be used from the list of contact groups defined on google)
I hate the new Contacts app..

I don't have a SGS, but if your rooted couldn't you remove the current contact.apk and grab the original one from a stock build an install it via ADB or such?
Just throwing out ideas to help.

You are not alone in missing this! I find this very annoying after creating a trim my contacts list in gmail and syncing that with the g1. Samsung better fix this oversight because I haaate scrolling through my hundreds of contacts!

Did you guys overlook, that you also cannot assign a ringtone to your contacts that were synced from G1 to Gmail to Vibrant? Cannot put your gmail contacts as groups. Also, the checkbock for send directly to voicemail is gone.

for now..
.. I installed aContacts from the market. It isn't great, but it makes life a bit easier.

[Q] Phonebook - birthdays - missing fields

Hi,
My Outlook contact list includes birthdays along with multiple numbers for each contact.
However, when I sync the DellStreak with my Outlook, I can't see any birthdays on the Dell Streak.
Also, some of the numbers are lost.
How can I make a full contact list syncronization from PC to DellStreak ?
Thanks.

bump.
is there anyway to sync birthdays from my Outlook to Dell Streak contacts ?
also contact groups ?

Hi,
I still couldn't find a way to do this.
Any ideas ?