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just got the galaxy s on bell is there away to set my contacts to only show "my contacts" from google or do i always have to show "all contacts" in the contact list.

gthompson75 said:
just got the galaxy s on bell is there away to set my contacts to only show "my contacts" from google or do i always have to show "all contacts" in the contact list.
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There is definitely a way to show only Google contacts, but I believe you need to select Groups in order to do that. Groups, then Google.
I know, the Contacts program leaves a lot to be desired.

Its easy to filter the contacts.
Quickest:-
Load Contacts, click the menu button and then select Display Options and unselect the sources you don't want.
Longer way-
Link you contacts so it only shows them once.

Lamatrast said:
Its easy to filter the contacts.
Quickest:-
Load Contacts, click the menu button and then select Display Options and unselect the sources you don't want.
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And best way as lamatrast wrote, in setting you can select 1. Phone 2. Sim card 3. or google account.

The root cause of the problem is that the Samsung Contacts app, which the manufacturer installed as a substitute for the stock Android Contacts app, is screwed up. (Search the Galaxy S forums for "contacts" and find many similar complaints.)
Users new to Android may not notice, but veteran Android/Gmail users do. Samsung tried to do-Google-ize contacts on the Android and invent their own design paradigm derived from dumb feature phones, and just made an unholy mess. The app does not respect the grouping of Gmail contacts when it syncs.
The Samsung app cannot be uninstalled, but you can try to use a third-party contacts app in lieu of it as your interface. I use Contacts Evolved. It's a little buggy, but better than the Samsung app that completely fails in this regard.

Multiple Contacts Help

Okay so i was just wondering if anyone can help me fix this little problem im having with my contacts when i text.
So whenever i go to compose a message and i want to add a contact, the contact shows up 3 times. For instance i type in "John" and it will give me 3 Johns all with the same number. I only have one John. So does anyone know how to make it just show the persons name and number once? Its not so much an issue but it just kinda bugs me. Im also not synced with google contacts or anything else.
Thanks in advance

I have the same issue also, very annoying..

ditto!!
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Yea, same. Is it because we have more then one selected under the options for view when under the regular contacts.... IE---> Phone ---> Contacts ---> View

jjlean said:
Yea, same. Is it because we have more then one selected under the options for view when under the regular contacts.... IE---> Phone ---> Contacts ---> View
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I dont think its that because i always uncheck all of them and only view contacts from the SIM. I noticed it on both the stock and ICE roms. maybe its a sense thing iono.

If you link your similar contacts, then this problem will be resolved. I think.....
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yes, i believe linking your contacts together will solve this problem...
you are probably getting one number from sim and another number from FB.

ESKIMOn00b said:
yes, i believe linking your contacts together will solve this problem...
you are probably getting one number from sim and another number from FB.
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I tried, still didnt work , maybe its just my phone. thanks

The same thing happens to me when ever I factory reset or what not. Go to your contacts list, pick one of your duplicates, long press and select edit. Press menu key then select join. Pick one of the multiple names and confirm. Then select join again and select the last duplicate of that name. Confirm. Now when you go back to your contact list there should be only one of that name. Repeat for other contacts. Now if your having multiple names pop up when you text still, you need to edit contacts again and this time delete all the duplicates.
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Those 2 methods should fix your problem until you factory reset. Rebooting your phone will not undo the changes, but again a factory reset will, ie, whenever you flash a new rom
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Glad I Looked Here First
I was about to start a new thread defining the same issue. Got my G4 last week and experienced the multiple contacts on the native apps. Using "Companionlink" to sync my Outlook contacts with "DejaOffice". Works like a champ so far but it does seem like unnecessary duplication.

greygoose0 said:
The same thing happens to me when ever I factory reset or what not. Go to your contacts list, pick one of your duplicates, long press and select edit. Press menu key then select join. Pick one of the multiple names and confirm. Then select join again and select the last duplicate of that name. Confirm. Now when you go back to your contact list there should be only one of that name. Repeat for other contacts. Now if your having multiple names pop up when you text still, you need to edit contacts again and this time delete all the duplicates.
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Yeah i just ended up Viewing all the contacts and just deleting the duplicates. Thanks

[Q] Atrix (motoblur) creates contacts that i don't want

Hey Guys....
When i send a email from my gmail account (on a PC) if that email address is not in my gmail contacts it gets created as a contact on my phone !!
I'm not sure if this motoblur doing this or is it gmail. a contact isn't created in my gmail contacts just in the contacts of my atrix. when i click on the new contact it says it's a linked contact from google.
anyone else experience this....is there a setting i'm missing ??

go to contacts, hit the menu button, select more, settings, then click phone numbers only.

cegna09 said:
go to contacts, hit the menu button, select more, settings, then click phone numbers only.
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that option doesn't exist....when i go to contacts -> menu -> more -> settings all it has are two sections "new contacts" and "sim card contacts" with checkboxes to enable them or not. I don't see "phone numbers only".

cegna09 said:
go to contacts, hit the menu button, select more, settings, then click phone numbers only.
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^^^
This!!!
Also, I heard Google is going to end that annoying thing where contacts are automatically added. I hate flashing a new ROM or reloading my Contacts list to see a bunch of stupid email addresses everywhere. I'm a neat freak.

jodahall said:
that option doesn't exist....when i go to contacts -> menu -> more -> settings all it has are two sections "new contacts" and "sim card contacts" with checkboxes to enable them or not. I don't see "phone numbers only".
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Bell Atrix? I'm on the AT&T one.
i assure you it is there for me. Try stumbling though all the contact settings.

Its not there for bell users. something i discovered as I have 200+contacts that are in there that aren't in my contacts.
Gmail (via your pc) now has the option to stop from saving email addresses to your contacts. Along with that you can delete those other contacts from there (if you don't need them) I ended up saving the ones I knew I'd use for sure and deleting the rest.

This is one of those little things that I noticed right away and really bugs me - why would Bell/motorola take this feature out? It's so useful.
y2whisper said:
Its not there for bell users. something i discovered as I have 200+contacts that are in there that aren't in my contacts.
Gmail (via your pc) now has the option to stop from saving email addresses to your contacts. Along with that you can delete those other contacts from there (if you don't need them) I ended up saving the ones I knew I'd use for sure and deleting the rest.
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plemen said:
This is one of those little things that I noticed right away and really bugs me - why would Bell/motorola take this feature out? It's so useful.
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good...i'm glad it wasn't just me (yes i'm on a bell atrix). Thanx for your help guys
funny thing was i came from a nexus one and they have the option to do "phone numbers only" too.
I love the atrix for a number of things, but sometimes i miss the simple bare bones of the nexus one interface....or as some call it "the pure google experience"

same here with the N1 and that was turned on by default. also the ability to show contacts by groups was nice to have. not sure why manufacturers take stuff away from the "pure experience" and not just focus on adding stuff to it.

linking contacts

Hi I have some contacts that are entered in separate but I would like to have all contacts as one entry (per name) and use Facebook picture (like on HTC)..

To link contacts to facebook you will have to use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync&hl=nl

I remember having a "join contact" option on froyo 2.2 on my last phone.. can't find it here but it enabled me to make 1 contact out of multiple from different types..

vikramkhalsa said:
I remember having a "join contact" option on froyo 2.2 on my last phone.. can't find it here but it enabled me to make 1 contact out of multiple from different types..
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The join function is still there. You just can't sync Facebook contacts.
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El Daddy said:
The join function is still there. You just can't sync Facebook contacts.
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The how do I join contacts?

la3bna said:
The how do I join contacts?
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Open the People app, find a contact, hit edit, then in the overflow menu choose join.

Save contact to Google account as defualt

when i am adding new contact to my g2, its save to the phone contacts and not to my google contacts.
can i change it? or its blocked by LG?
Thanks in advance

idanva said:
when i am adding new contact to my g2, its save to the phone contacts and not to my google contacts.
can i change it? or its blocked by LG?
Thanks in advance
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When you tape the "+" button to add a new contact, you have a list of your contact storage places (phone, google, sim, etc...), juste switch to your google account to save your new contact to it

gnucoder said:
When you tape the "+" button to add a new contact, you have a list of your contact storage places (phone, google, sim, etc...), juste switch to your google account to save your new contact to it
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I think he ment if there was a way to have it on google by default (My old HTC did. And I keep saving to the phone on my new G2.. goddammit)
I would really like to know if there was a way too.

there should be an option to save to phone or google... pick google

virtual-aidz said:
I think he ment if there was a way to have it on google by default (My old HTC did. And I keep saving to the phone on my new G2.. goddammit)
I would really like to know if there was a way too.
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that is exactly what i meant.
i didn't find any information on google.

How to set google contact by default

hdjack said:
How to set google contact by default
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Go into app management in settings and clear defaults for contact storage. Done.
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sublimejosh2000 said:
Go into app management in settings and clear defaults for contact storage. Done.
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He wants to set in the built in Contacts app, that contacts save to his Google account by default. I looked in on your instructions, and there is no clear default there.
I wondered the same thing to.

sublimejosh2000 said:
Go into app management in settings and clear defaults for contact storage. Done.
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Sorry, not contacts storage, but just plain contacts. Its under all apps. Scroll down and you will see "Clear Defaults". Next time you save a contact it will ask again which account to save it under and you choose Google this time.
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sublimejosh2000 said:
Sorry, not contacts storage, but just plain contacts. Its under all apps. Scroll down and you will see "Clear Defaults". Next time you save a contact it will ask again which account to save it under and you choose Google this time.
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It actually dosen't change. I tried it, and it remains the same. It just defaults it to phone contacts.

I just went to contacts, pressed the + sign to add a new contact, and it went to Google by default. Not sure why its not working for you.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.

Hi,
+1, not able to change this, each time when I want to save a number the place by default is "phone" even if I clear defaults of contacts, phone or else app...On my previous GS3 I firts choose google and then is consied as default....

Try this:
Go to your contacts list
Press menu
Press settings
Press contacts to display
Choose your Gmail account
Uncheck everything else
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.

trickster2369 said:
Try this:
Go to your contacts list
Press menu
Press settings
Press contacts to display
Choose your Gmail account
Uncheck everything else
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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I have the same "issue", and this doesn't help either...
Weird that it's not the same for everyone !!
Maybe it depends on phone model ? I have D802 on my side.

Up!

Same problem here, default to saving to Phone Contacts.
D802 Asian ROM HERE

I have same problem
Please help

Going to Phone Dialer -> type in # -> hit Add to Contacts -> select New contact, the New contact window will pop up, at the very top, tap on the drop down menu, choose either Phone or Google or SIM. Do the rest.

votinh said:
Going to Phone Dialer -> type in # -> hit Add to Contacts -> select New contact, the New contact window will pop up, at the very top, tap on the drop down menu, choose either Phone or Google or SIM. Do the rest.
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doesn't work :\
the default is sim, not google

Rotondo said:
doesn't work :\
the default is sim, not google
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I'm on D800 and it works for me w/o any problem.
I guess each case is different.
Can't help any further.