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Adding B-Day date on a contact?

hi,
i just wanted do add a bday to one of my contacts and i couldnt on the phone only online in my google account... is there a way to add this in phonebook or not?
and does anyone know a widget that shows my next/future calender items and birthdays on homescreen and im able to set the weeks or days it shows in future?

There is an app called birthday or something like that. I use that since Google doesn't have an entry for birthdays. Only thing is that only syncs with your facebook contacts but I believe you then can edit anyone that isn't also so now it will have their birthday on to your G contact. It also has a reminder widget if you want it.
It's not perfect and the UI isn't the prettiest but it works.

There is a feature in Google Calendar where you can add your Gmail Contact birthdays. I then use Agenda Widget which shows everything on your calendar/s and it comes in different sizes.

You can always do it on your pc as well, via gmail, under contacts.

Abbsta said:
There is a feature in Google Calendar where you can add your Gmail Contact birthdays. I then use Agenda Widget which shows everything on your calendar/s and it comes in different sizes.
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I do this too. It's a great solution

There is also an entry for this problem in the Android bug/feature request list:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1211
Log in with your Google ID and click on the "star" to vote for it to be addressed.

Stop motoblur from pulling facebook phone numbers?

Is it possible? Its pretty annoying having a phone number list of well over 500 people... I just want my PHONE contacts to be there, not facebook. Anyone know?

I think all you have to do is remove it from "Accounts". It will still allow you to login to the app, but wont pull all yoru contact info. I had this issue with my Hotmaill account and that is how i stopped it.

If you want it to keep syncing but only see your google or sim contacts, you can change who is viewed in the contacts app by clicking the top where it says "Contacts: All contacts" and picking a different menu option. (this will not effect the contacts part of the dialer)
Alternatively you could add some contacts as favorites. And those could be more easily found in the Dialer since there is a contacts menu.

Contacts > Menu > More > Settings
Uncheck facebook account
At least I think.
There you can check Phone numbers only as well to remove all contacts that do not have a phone number associated with them.

xenorabbit said:
Contacts > Menu > More > Settings
Uncheck facebook account
At least I think.
There you can check Phone numbers only as well to remove all contacts that do not have a phone number associated with them.
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Also if you set up linked accounts in the blur accounts section you have to delete all of them except the actual blur account.
The Social networking/messaging and a few other widgets won't function though.

I guess the work around right now is to remove accounts, create a list with everyone on it, then add back on facebook. Whenever you view contacts, use the new list you made.

I was just using it to sync pictures. I removed the account and downloaded syncmypix from the market. Free and easy.

Also, another "fix" would be to go into contacts-> menu-> settings-> then selecting "phone numbers only". This wouldn't necessarily get rid of every Facebook friend from your contacts list, but since most (at least of my friends) don't seem to list their phone numbers, this should cut down your list dramatically.

I tried the above tricks but in the end the only way I could find to get rid of them from the Dialer contacts (which has no options at all) was to remove the account.
Thanks for tip on pics sync, that's all I wanted too. The actual Facebook app and Facebook widget do the rest.

contact filtering in stock messaging app.

I've noticed there doesn't appear to be any options in the messaging app to filter the contact list as you can with your basic contacts list. I've got a ton of google contacts without phone numbers so I've excluded them from the phones contact list but in messages they are still all there and its rather annoying. Any options or do I need to switch to a different messaging app?

Hiding Google Contacts

Hey, I just got the Moto G Play. When I go to my contacts list in the dialer it displays all of my Google contacts. I want to hide the Google contacts in the Dialer and just manually enter the numbers I want. I'm able to hide them in Contacts, but can't figure out how to hide them in the Dialer. How do I do this? The settings in Dialer don't have thd option to hide the Google contacts.
Thanks,
Adam

Unable to edit new contacts but old ones are fine

Using the stock contact app;
Any contact I added a week or so ago I can edit & everything is fine. Any contact I try and add today if I don't enter everything at the initial add I can no longer edit the contact.
If I go into a new contact instead of the pencil icon at the top right I only get the head+ icon which does nothing.
Contacts are not synced to google. Contact sync is disabled, Contacts are local to the device only.
If I use a 3rd party app then I can edit new and existing contacts just fine.
Any ideas?

iam-q said:
Using the stock contact app;
Any contact I added a week or so ago I can edit & everything is fine. Any contact I try and add today if I don't enter everything at the initial add I can no longer edit the contact.
If I go into a new contact instead of the pencil icon at the top right I only get the head+ icon which does nothing.
Contacts are not synced to google. Contact sync is disabled, Contacts are local to the device only.
If I use a 3rd party app then I can edit new and existing contacts just fine.
Any ideas?
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Same problem here, have you resolved it?

Yes - I found out what caused it - if you disable the system app 'Google contacts sync' this will cause the default contact app to not recognise where to store a contact - so presumes its not saved and won't let you edit it.
If however you use a 3rd party app to manage contacts (like exDialer) then you can edit contacts quite happily, but if you set the contact group to be 'My Contacts' then the default in-built contact manager will edit the contact as normal.
It's basically google getting upset I won't allow contact sync under any circumstance - rather than allow/work in another mode it just decides you cant edit the contact. - You should also check the contact(s) your trying to edit are actual phone contacts, not Whatsapp or Facebook or something 3rd party (Other people have reported the fact you cant edit those)
If you re-enable the sync app then the default contact editor will work again (for any new contact) for any broken contact update/check the group setting.
I don't need or want my contacts attaching to a google account - why can't the phone just accept that rather than desperately trying to upload everything to the GCloud when it feels like it...