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Contacts - save & backup

Where do you save and backup your contacts?
PHONE
SIM
GOOGLE
I prefer to save them to the phone then back it up to Google, but sometimes Google won't sync both ways.
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I just have all mine saved to Google
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bfranklin1986 said:
I just have all mine saved to Google
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Same here.
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Google.
If it doesnt snyc right away, I just go home and manually do it on my comp to gmail contacts.

Google for me too.
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Unable to edit contact on People

I am unable to edit contacts in the stock people app as there is no edit option in the menu...
According to this help info, it should be there but isn't...
http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2587593
Any ideas?
Thanks
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don't you just click on the Pencil on the top bar?

When I clicked on the pencil it wanted to send that contact a message...
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Ok you are right... I am an idiot! Thanks!
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OldDogEyes said:
Ok you are right... I am an idiot! Thanks
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Don't sweat it....

Google People is quirky.
It collects contact data from accounts it recognizes, like Yahoo Mail and Skype.
If you try to change data in one of those "foreign" data section, it says This app can not change data. I guess that is reasonable.
You have to use the data "owner", like Skype, to modify it.

Best calendar app

Is there a good calendar app that will sync with the iPhone? My wife wont switch from that phone and I am struggling to find a good one that can sync over both platforms. Any suggestions?
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alphamale99 said:
Is there a good calendar app that will sync with the iPhone? My wife wont switch from that phone and I am struggling to find a good one that can sync over both platforms. Any suggestions?
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I think google calendar works on both devices. HERE . She have to liik in iTunes Store for one

Tried that one but would prefer a calendar that shows on the widget what is happening without having to open the app
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alphamale99 said:
Tried that one but would prefer a calendar that shows on the widget what is happening without having to open the app
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then try this Google Calendar Live Widget. I think iPhones don't have ability to use widgets.

No they dont but it would be nice to be able to enter a calendar event and have it show up on my wifes iPhone calendar also
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I am able to instantly sync 2 Iphones and three android phones using Google calendar threw a datacated Gmail account, it's strictly for calendar synchronization threw out both platforms. I have no issues just syncing the calendar only.
No matter where the phones are the calendar events anyone puts in gets pushed to the other phones.
Hope that helps...
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I sync the built-in calendar app on my S4 with the built-in calendar app on ipad, also using gmail. It's dead simple to use. Just enter an appointment on one and it instantly shows up on the other.

You could try Cozi. I believe it supports both devices and Android version had widgets. Can also assign tasks, grocery list, etc between family members. My wife and I use it and it works pretty well.
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Contacts extra connections, BUG or FEATURE?

After backing up all my contacts in my s3, bluetoothed the .vcf file to my N3, arrows in notifications showed that transfer was successful but there was no .vcf file in the bluetooth folder on my internal sd as its supposed to be. Then, i tried emailing and downloading the .vcf file... went fine but after installing all my contacts, there is about at least 2 connections in every contact name. It's a real pain to delete one by one as there's no need for the extra connections...i wonder if this is a bug or feature??
Anyone facing this too??
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This is what i meant:
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Why don't you just use Google to back up your contacts... Unlink the contacts
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deeznutz1977 said:
Why don't you just use Google to back up your contacts... Unlink the contacts
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Thats one of the reasons these connections increase
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How the heck did non contact full name appeared when I dial their phone number????

So I dialed a number that was not in my contact list and somehow the person who I called name populated in the dial screen which made it look like it was one of my contacts. First and last name appeared.
How the heck did that happen? I can't find anything here as to how it happen.
I'm bugged out!!
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Facebook syncing? Twitter syncing? That would be my best guess.
I know Facebook tried to sync my stuff from the get go
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lawmangrant said:
Facebook syncing? Twitter syncing? That would be my best guess.
I know Facebook tried to sync my stuff from the get go
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No it wasn't that even though I was logged into Facebook but the person was not my friend on Facebook nor do I sync Facebook and I don't have Twitter
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google+ profile probably

leaderbuilder said:
google+ profile probably
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Nope no Google+ profile either
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cpugeeker said:
Nope no Google+ profile either
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Theirs not yours
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leaderbuilder said:
Theirs not yours
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Exactly from what I saw they don't have one

Lol I'd bug in from that too. Wasn't Google doing some sort of Yellow Pages integration into KK? But I thought that was for local businesses, but not sure on that. Gonna search this out myself as well
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reverepats said:
Lol I'd bug in from that too. Wasn't Google doing some sort of Yellow Pages integration into KK? But I thought that was for local businesses, but not sure on that. Gonna search this out myself as well
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I searched and search couldn't really find anything. I wonder if it is a ATT feature
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cpugeeker said:
So I dialed a number that was not in my contact list and somehow the person who I called name populated in the dial screen which made it look like it was one of my contacts. First and last name appeared.
How the heck did that happen? I can't find anything here as to how it happen.
I'm bugged out!!
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Well found this below. Look at FAQ #4 will my name show on callers outgoing call.
It says depending on service it might
http://m-support.verizonwireless.co...dOptionalServices|faq_share_name_id.tp_2.html
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