I have a bunch of contacts on my S6 phone. Most of them are on the sim card or in the "phone". About 20% of them are on my google account when I choose to display only google account contacts.
When I go to my accounts on the S6 and click on on my google account to sync my "contacts", It says "last synced" just then and there as you expect, however, it only syncs the contacts that are present in my google account, NONE of the new ones in my sim card or phone. I guess I have been saving new contacts to my phone rather than my google account, so what good is sync?
So when i go to my S5 and log in with the google account, it ONLY has the google account contacts present, and none of the other ones in the S6. I want to have ALL my contacts in my S5 that I have in my S6.
Furthermore, the S5 uses kies and the S6 uses smart switch, so I cant even work out how to sync the contacts on my computer and put them on the other phone!
Same for memos!
WTF samsung why did they drop KIES for the S6?
Search for Copy Contacts on Play Store
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Thanks westwood. I already solved the problem using an awesome app called "phone copier" I did it via bluetootha and viola it did ALL the contacts.
Prior to this I spent literrlay 4+ hours trying to get my contacts from one phone to the other. There was simply no way to do it via offical means, or if there was it as so convoluted and unimaginative that its ridiculous. I tried using smartswtich on both the s5 and s6 via the pc. I backed up one on phone and plugged in the other and restored. Guess what. AGAIN only the 30% or so google account contacts copied. Then I tried smartswitch over the air via play store. Guess what the phones found each other, but then one of them said not enough space and closed down without even letting me see what was going on. HEY I only want to copy contacts!! What do you mean not enough space. Ridiculous.
Every time I go into my Samsung account I press sync and it starts to sync and then the circular Arrow turns red when it should be light blue. It says basically that there is a syncing error and it will be back shortly. I've tried turning off power saving mode, turning on background data and pretty much everything else that I can think of. It worked once, but then went right back to doing the same thing again. The only thing that I haven't done is deleted my Samsung account and then trying to add it back again. Does anyone know of any fixes for this issue. Your help would be greatly appreciated.Thank you... Keith G
Last month I had something similar happening to my samsung account. I spend a few hours (thanks samsung) until I managed to fix it. I had to login to my samsung account in the browser and add first and last name.
It seems that recently some idiot samsung programmer introduced breaking changes in the account syncing, so it can only work if the account have first and last name.
I created my samsung account more than 5 years ago and I did not specify first/last names, and it work with no issues till last month.
so many stupid mistakes recently from sammy... I just don't trust this company anymore.
the above fix worked for me anyway.
Samsung push service - this is The reason. You probably freezed it or delete. If you want working Samsung account sync, must have that app
sebusmen69 said:
Samsung push service - this is The reason. You probably freezed it or delete. If you want working Samsung account sync, must have that app
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This is definitely NOT the reason. Keith G explained that he is trying to do a manual sync...
hi guy i know i might be in the wrong Section but anyways, i bought a s7 edge that was dead i was able to install a new rom and bring it back to life the problem that i have is that the phone was dead and the guy i bought it from couldnt remove his account from the phone i still have his number he is willing to help me but wont give me his gmail and password for good reasons so does anyone know if he can remove the google account for the phone from his computer??
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hi guy i know i might be in the wrong Section but anyways, i bought a s7 edge that was dead i was able to install a new rom and bring it back to life the problem that i have is that the phone was dead and the guy i bought it from couldnt remove his account from the phone i still have his number he is willing to help me but wont give me his gmail and password for good reasons so does anyone know if he can remove the google account for the phone from his computer??
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login to Google on Computer > Google my account > Signin and security > scroll down to Review Devices > select the device > click on remove
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Google on this Bypass FRP Google Account lock on Galaxy S7 Edge, S7, S6
it works , had the same problem
Hi i've got a problem. Instagram has got new updates with question sticker mention sticker igtv etc and i don't have any of these updates on my personal account. I have a samsung galaxy s8. The thing is when i add a different account from the same phone, thst account has all igtv and stickers updates. Why is that? Btw i forgot to mention that i am from Romania
Hi, I've got the same issue, Instagram update the app throught the play store and give us access to new features throught the account in instragam app, in my case, I think my personal account (and yours), kept outdated in their database or something like that.
I tried a lot of things, to find a solution, but I couldn't.
There isn't a phone problem, if u create a new Instagram account, you'll get all the new features.
If someone find a solution, tell me pls.
Cheers.
Its because Facebook manager is disabled...it also manages Instagram.
khawarjaved said:
Its because Facebook manager is disabled...it also manages Instagram.
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Nope, it's enabled
Greetings,
I just checked my Contacts Trash 'folder' and was shocked to see contacts that I never deleted, which were "scheduled" to be permanently deleted in 2 days. They all had this remark:
"Deleted from Google Play services on May 2,, 2020. 2 days until it's deleted forever". There is an option to restore them.
Does Google Play Services search for "unused", or "not frequently used" contacts behind the scenes and decides to delete them? God knows what other contacts were deleted from my Contact list.
Thanks.
Anyone? This seems to be happening once a week. Does anyone know what's going on, what/who is "deciding" that some of my contacts are not needed?
I saw this post as I was researching the same issue on my Galaxy S9+. I didn't delete ANY contacts, yet there were several in the trash. I never would have noticed it but I received a notification in the drop down bar about it. I checked it out and was appalled. Like you, I wondered what else had been deleted. Any ideas or answers to this issue??
I have the same issue. Found out recently that google play was involved but i guess this is going on for a year or so. I keep on losing contacts but don't know when or why.
Trying to revoke autorisation on using contacts with certain apps ???
Where did you see that google play was involved? I'd like to read up about it. If google play is involved, I'll just delete it. I've already migrated to Youtube music, since play music is going away at end of the year. I've held onto it so far, because I prefer to listen to my music with the play app instead of the YT app. It still worries me that the contact deletion was happening, but I haven't found any more contacts in the trash since my last post.
OK, I need to revive this.
I can't believe that only 3 people in XDA are experiencing this behavior. I just checked my Contacts TRASH again and there are hundreds of contacts that are due for permanent deletion. Some say Deleted from Google Play services (on date), others say Deleted from null (on date).
Samsung won't let us choose another Contact app as default so we are forced to use the Samsung app (you can use another Contact app, but you can't set it as Default and when you click the Contacts within your phone dialer, you will always be directed to the Samsung one).
So can anyone shed some light on what the hell is going on?
Thanks.
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OK, I need to revive this.
I can't believe that only 3 people in XDA are experiencing this behavior. I just checked my Contacts TRASH again and there are hundreds of contacts that are due for permanent deletion. Some say Deleted from Google Play services (on date), others say Deleted from null (on date).
Samsung won't let us choose another Contact app as default so we are forced to use the Samsung app (you can use another Contact app, but you can't set it as Default and when you click the Contacts within your phone dialer, you will always be directed to the Samsung one).
So can anyone shed some light on what the hell is going on?
Thanks.
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My 10+ uses the Samsung Contacts app. It stores on internal memory/sim and backup to the SD card.
I have all Goggle backup* disabled in it's settings and with a package blocker.
Google is spyware inc... they suck fb bad.
Do not rely on or trust Google, they will bone you proper in 3-10 years, every time.
It's their nature...
*and many more Google apks blocked and/or firewalled with Karma Firewall. Some like Goggle Play Services and Playstore I turn on as needed.
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My 10+ uses the Samsung Contacts app. It stores on internal memory/sim and backup to the SD card.
I have all Goggle backup* disabled in it's settings and with a package blocker.
Google is spyware inc... they suck fb bad.
Do not rely on or trust Google, they will bone you proper in 3-10 years, every time.
It's their nature...
*and many more Google apks blocked and/or firewalled with Karma Firewall. Some like Goggle Play Services and Playstore I turn on as needed.
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But Google won't delete contacts by itself, I've always had Android phones and never had this problem (granted - I always used the Google Contacts by Default, never had an issue of Samsung not letting me disable their app).
sbi1 said:
But Google won't delete contacts by itself, I've always had Android phones and never had this problem (granted - I always used the Google Contacts by Default, never had an issue of Samsung not letting me disable their app).
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Google doesn't care... they do what they want.
Perhaps someone can explain to me how this stupid app (the Samsung Contacts) work.
I keep all my contacts on my Google account. That's my main account. I have almost 600 numbers/contacts in there.
That's what I set in the Samsung Contacts app to show, nothing else.
Can someone tell me what the heck are all these 3050 "contacts"? Nowhere across any of my accounts anywhere do I have 3050 contacts. If I set the app to show all contacts, I get the same person 50-60 times.
I tried to clear cach and data and as soon as I opened the app again, it showed the same thing.
I don't understand this. Why is it so complicated? What am I missing here?
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Google doesn't care... they do what they want.
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I know they don't care but that doesn't answer the question about Samsung Contacts App that deletes random contacts and the thousands of "made up" contacts that I posted above.
Who knows? One day Contacts lost all my contacts that started with "S". I restored them from a backup copy.
Importing ones either manually or automatically can create dup accounts. Don't forget the sim card as the same can happen with/because of it.
I export contacts from my Samsung Contact to the SD card and back up that copy on the PC.
Fun times... play with it if you want answers
I have the same problem going on for like 1 year now, and this is the point where i found out that i have the same deleteion message in the trash.
I don't know what could be a solution. Anyone?
Having this same darned issue on my s22 ultra and I'm going nuts. It's been like this for a while now
Someone tell us how to fix thus please!!!!!! I even had removed permissions of contacts but nope doesn't work.
JERZIE82 said:
Someone tell us how to fix thus please!!!!!! I even had removed permissions of contacts but nope doesn't work.
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Try disabling Google backup.
It may be bug in Samsung contacts though.
Make sure your contacts are backed up... redundantly to hdds.
I am just happy that finally, 2 years latger, I am not the only one who experience this.
I moved all my contacts to Samsung account, and the problem has gone for now. I will inspect this when I will have time
Just now noticed this issue, I own a Samsung Galaxy S20. Google Play Service deleted my contacts on 17 and 19 April 2022.
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I am just happy that finally, 2 years latger, I am not the only one who experience this.
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Hello, I think I fount the cause of this. For me it started when I installed the Google Contacts App and then clicked fix & merge contacts.
Ever since, keeps adding 17 contacts in the (Samsung Contacts app) Recycling ♻ bin.
Just uninstaled Google Contacts app.
Observing recycling bin for any updates...