I'm using whatever the latest version is of JF's rom. I'm not exactly sure what happened. My phone said it couldn't log into google, and some box came up asking for my password (it wasn't a pop-up from the browser). It wouldn't send so I restarted the phone. It then went to the initial startup screen you see when you first get the phone, so I put in my name and pass and it started up. Everything seems to be alright, but my contacts are gone. I tried the import from sim option but there's only the defaults in that.
I've been using the JF rom for at least a month now with no problems and haven't done anything that I don't normally do that would cause the phone to crap out.
Every now and then I go into applications and clear out the junk the phone stores up for things I don't even use (any way to remove "myfaves" by any chance? I don't have any "faves" and don't want any "faves"). If I clear the contacts option, does that delete my contacts? I might have done that by accident, although this was way earlier when I first woke up. Either way my phone just crapped out so I'm hoping it's not on its way to becoming a paper weight.
Help, please?
Log into your GMail account and you can check to see if your contacts are still present there.
Oh wait I got it!
I selected all in gmail, move to my contacts, and turned on auto sync on my phone. I thought there was a way to manually sync like with gmail in case you don't want to run your battery down for no reason. Now I just have to sort through all the auto-added emails and delete them and I'm set, at least until the phone has another near-brick experience.
*** edit - title is supposed to say No Full Gmail Contacts Sync **
Ok it's taken me a while to notice this as i've had the phone plenty long enough now, but it was only yesterday I needed to add a contact and found that if I select the option to add to Google Contacts it doesn't actually save them. I've tried multiple times and NOTHING. The phone is able to sync DOWN fine but seemingly cannot sync up. Sadly it seems Samsungs incompetent software tweekers have struck again.
Can anyone else verify if this is the case with all Galaxy S firmware at the moment?
So frustrating; really starting to wish Samsung would just have made this phone a STOCK phone like HTC.did with things like the Magic.
Not the case for me. I have flashed and reflashed a hundred times and when I add a contact, it stays and comes back after a flash through google sync.
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Not the case for me. I have flashed and reflashed a hundred times and when I add a contact, it stays and comes back after a flash through google sync.
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What particular firmware are you running? It tells me the contact has saved but then when I look through my phonebook the contact isn't there. Try adding one now to your Google account and report back.if you don't mind.
Darkstriker, can you log into your google account to see if all your contacts are listed there? Is it possible that contacts are synced, but they don't necessarily need to show up under the google account?
They aren't showing up on my phone book or online in my Google contacts, even though it says they're saved.
It could be that im running a custom rom, cant remember the name of it but its the main one that isn't SAMSET!
The main one that isn't samset... gotta love that statement.
Anyways: I may be a problem with your customROM. I am using JM2. I just added one and it shows up in contacts on phone and I'm guessing it will take some time to show up in gmail.
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The main one that isn't samset... gotta love that statement
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Im sorry I'm VERY hung over!
I linked my facebook up on my phone and even after DELETING the program it still links all my contacts.
So now, I have 500 people when i go to select a contact to text and when I type in a friends name 3 entries pop up.
Ive tried looking up stuff on google and even tried everything to unsync it and its completely unsinked and it still wont help.
HOW DO I GET RID OF THREE OF THE SAME CONTACT POPPING UP ON MY TEXTS?
Please help its making my phone unuseable i really loved this phone until this issue
Best to start fresh. Deselect the contact sources you don't want to sync. Go to settings/applications/manage applications. Hit the running tab. Scroll to find "contacts storage" app. Select it. Select delete data. This will erase all your contact data. You can then resync the contacts you want.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G
ended up using a friends recommendation of contact remover/removal from the market nice free program
Here the fix it happen to me to:
Go to-Contacts-Views and choose only with phone number. I disable the facebook for my touch under options. You can disable the other choices you have there too. Hope this work for you!
So i have this strange problem.
When using the people app normally there is nothing wrong, i can scroll through all my contacts and view their details.
The issue starts when i try to search for a contact:
The contact doesn't show up first, even though i've entered the full name.
When clicking that contact the details page is just blank.
When i go back to the contacts overview, all contacts are gone and it just shows a blank page.
Then also when searching a contact in the dialer, i am unable to call that contact by clicking on it.
And when searching a second time it just displays nothing..
A while ago i did a factory reset and the issue is still present.
I'm running stock 4.4.2 with root and Xposed framework on top of the Matr1x 13.5 kernel.
I thought it may had something to do with gravitybox, as it can change functionality of the dialer, but disabling it doesn't change a thing.
I'm at loss here, hope you guys can help me solve the problem.
TD092854
I had a similar problem a long time ago.
But my problem happened because i really screwed up with MyPhoneExplorer.
Try checking your Google Account for the contacts. Check if they are all filled with info first.
And another question. When you reboot your device, the contacts are normal, or the problem persists?
Good old times when i used MyPhoneExplorer with my old Sony Ericsson feature phone haha.
All the contacts are there, and each and every one of them has the right information.
When i reboot or even quit the app for that matter the contacts return, but everything related to searching seems to break it..
I went to text a few people today and their names didn't come up in my texting app. I went into my contacts app and saw that quite a few are missing. However if I log into google they are all there.
I've cleared cache and also removed/reinstalled my account but still not 100% syncing.
Any suggestions??
Just logged on to post this same thing. It seems random - some of my family members come through but not all. My wife didn't make the cut either.
What version are you on? Phone, carrier? etc?
I am on Oreo Beta, bought from sprint, on sprint network. Unlocked bootloader, obv.
I noticed this when my wife didn't show up in the text app. I text her more than everyone else combined. No solution yet.
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Just logged on to post this same thing. It seems random - some of my family members come through but not all. My wife didn't make the cut either.
What version are you on? Phone, carrier? etc?
I am on Oreo Beta, bought from sprint, on sprint network. Unlocked bootloader, obv.
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I'm running the latest Resurrection Remix. I was only missing a few and readded them to my phone. I have duplicate contacts but at least I have em all. Must be some glitch
I show 218 contacts on the desktop and only 181 on the phone. No good. Removed google account, re-synced, nada. I'll try a factory reset later if nothing else.
I was only missing three names so it wasn't too hard to just add them. I'll deal with the duplicates and remove them once this gets worked out.
I was about to do a clean install, glad I waited to see it's not just me!!
Just did a reset and this time only 177 were imported. WTF?
I just got my phone and am running stock 7.1.1 and am seeing the same issue, 291 contacts show on the computer and on my pixel but only 278 on my essential phone. I factory reset the phone, and still the issue persists. I also removed the account form the phone and re-added it, still same issue. Hoping somebody figures this out
THANK GOODNESS FOR THIS FORUM. I thought I was going insane. I noticed the same thing. Some of my closest, oldest friends were suddenly missing when they texted me. I looked in the contacts app on my desktop on the browser and they are all there. It's just on my phone that they are missing. I tried everything, restarting, uninstalling, clearing cache, etc. So odd! Is this a google issue or an essential issue? I'm running the oreo beta.
It seems like people running various versions are all having the same issue so it's above my pay grade to figure out what the heck is going on haha
I'll just chime in with a #metoo and leave it at that.
Sent from my PH-1 using XDA Labs
Same issue, latest stock update
I ended up getting mine working by unlocking the bootload, downgrading to NMI81C and then installing the Oreo beta 1. Don't know if I just got lucky or if it will work for everyone, but thought I would share.
This was happening to me as well and figured out why. Go to your computer and go into Contacts from your browser. Open one of the contacts that's not showing up on your phone from your browser and you'll see near the bottom things like "Website" and "Notes" with urls (usually to Facebook, G+). Delete those fields.
I think they're metadatas automatically generated from previous phones (for me, 6P, HTC Evo, 1+1, etc.) and for some reason, any contact info with these urls and metadata tags are not displayed in PH-1 Contacts.
I have over 500 contacts and manage them through browser... so I had to go and open every single one of them this morning and delete any additional data other than email / phone / address. I hope this makes sense.
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This was happening to me as well and figured out why. Go to your computer and go into Contacts from your browser. Open one of the contacts that's not showing up on your phone from your browser and you'll see near the bottom things like "Website" and "Notes" with urls (usually to Facebook, G+). Delete those fields.
I think they're metadatas automatically generated from previous phones (for me, 6P, HTC Evo, 1+1, etc.) and for some reason, any contact info with these urls and metadata tags are not displayed in PH-1 Contacts.
I have over 500 contacts and manage them through browser... so I had to go and open every single one of them this morning and delete any additional data other than email / phone / address. I hope this makes sense.
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Will check this now!
Not sure why it's only just started though as I've not changed anything
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Will check this now!
Not sure why it's only just started though as I've not changed anything
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Yeah not sure either. It was driving me nuts and doesn't make any sense. Anyway, this fix worked for me so hopefully it helps you too!
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Yeah not sure either. It was driving me nuts and doesn't make any sense. Anyway, this fix worked for me so hopefully it helps you too!
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Went through and you're right! All synced up correctly now!
Well done and thank you!!
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I noticed this when my wife didn't show up in the text app. I text her more than everyone else combined. No solution yet.
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Pixel 2 owner here, exact same thing happend to me after updating to 8.1 my wife was not in my contacts.
dataslayer said:
This was happening to me as well and figured out why. Go to your computer and go into Contacts from your browser. Open one of the contacts that's not showing up on your phone from your browser and you'll see near the bottom things like "Website" and "Notes" with urls (usually to Facebook, G+). Delete those fields.
I think they're metadatas automatically generated from previous phones (for me, 6P, HTC Evo, 1+1, etc.) and for some reason, any contact info with these urls and metadata tags are not displayed in PH-1 Contacts.
I have over 500 contacts and manage them through browser... so I had to go and open every single one of them this morning and delete any additional data other than email / phone / address. I hope this makes sense.
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Nice find. This worked!
Just edit any contact detail on Google Contacts website and Save and it will appear on the device.
Change a birthday, or telephone number, change the nickname and it appears in the device where it was initially missing.
So I've tried putting an X at the end of the name, Save, then edit it again, Save and all is well!
So you can put back the urls. hyperlinks whatever you discovered was a problem.