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Who should I blame for this contacts bug?

If I create a contacts group in google.com/contacts it never appears in my phone (even after sync, course). But if I try to add the same group name in the phone it tells me the group exists so I can't create it. Oh Ye?!?! So where is it you stupid SGS? Show it to me. Nada!
If I create a group in my phone it never shows up in google.com/contacts. I can even go there and create a group with the same name.
Is this by design? Who belongs this bug? Android or Samsung? Do you have this problem with SGS or other phones.

Blame Samsung. They replaced the stock Android Contacts app with their own. There are many complaints about it in the forums.

Lol thanks. Is there an easy or not so easy way of reverting that crap samsung contact app?

format said:
Lol thanks. Is there an easy or not so easy way of reverting that crap samsung contact app?
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You cannot uninstall the Samsung Contacts app, which is what syncs with Google. But you can install another third-party app and use that as your interface instead.
(Actually, I think the Samsung app does download the Google groups data element when it syncs, but just fails to display it.)
I have tried a free Market app called Contacts Evolved, which does display the contacts, by Gmail group, in separate tabs. A little buggy, though, with some force-close issues.

The more I try to use the really usefull features the more problems. I have the SGS almost a month and now can properly say (since this is stuff from other galaxy):
"Oh my god, it's full of BUGS"
I've created a calendar in Google calendar and it showed up in SGS. Great! This is rocket science.
Then I deleted that calendar. Vanished from the phne. OOooohhhoo!! Great.
Now I create another calendar. Nada. Zero. No way to make the calendar appear. Did I consumed my one calendar limit ?
Oh boy. This is so bad. Consumes a lot of time.
FM radio is mono. GPS is a joke. Contacts and Calendar have more bugs that entries. You get the strange sensation that when you peek under the hood it's a great hardware in the hands of the wrong guys. Just put vanilla FROYO please. It's easier and you can fire a lot of incompetent engineers.
I have 5 calendars in google calendar. Why this crazy phone only shows me 3? And what can I do besides selling it?
Sync and reboot are useless.
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I installed Gemini Calendar just to see if I can overcome the problem and with that app I can see all the calendars. I choose them, but the events I have in the ones missing from the stock SAMSUNG cal app, don't appear also. So one step closer to nothing.

just a question, did you enable viewing google contacts from the display option in the contacts app?

In the JP# Froyo builds, Google contact groups are listed (because this annoyed me too), so expect it in the official Froyo release when released

xfox said:
just a question, did you enable viewing google contacts from the display option in the contacts app?
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Yep! But the problem is with the groups not showing up.
andrewluecke said:
In the JP# Froyo builds, Google contact groups are listed (because this annoyed me too), so expect it in the official Froyo release when released
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Ok, let's hope. But there is already too much stuff sliding to froyo. It's gonna be the SGS mother of all fixes... not good, not good.
And now this calendar bug. This is starting to annoy me.

I actually used groupy a free app to overcome the stupid contacts apps from Samsung...shows all the groups perfectly from my mail contacts

I'll try that one also. Thanks

"Contacts GroupU" also does the trick. Good to group the google contacts on the phone, which did not work for me before.
I create the groups in the Samsung UI, fill them in the GroupU App. Thereafter all the stuff syncronizes correctly with my google account.
What doesn´t work for me, is vice versa.

Will Froyo fix all these problems? The answer is in September...
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Suuuuuuure it will (not). Froyo will be the mother of all fixes... Oh boy. You have to work in some other business to believe Froyo will solve all these bugs.
It will solve some, and bring different ones. That's a fact of life.

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Suuuuuuure it will (not). Froyo will be the mother of all fixes... Oh boy. You have to work in some other business to believe Froyo will solve all these bugs. It will solve some, and bring different ones. That's a fact of life.
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But then again, Samsung are focusing on fixing the major, most common bugs, so it will possibly fix all the major ones.. Also, Froyo is a refined version of Eclair (and a lot of Froyo stuff like highmem is already integrated in eclair builds). Google has probably fixed a lot too.
But nobody knows. That's the reality. We all have different beliefs, but they are simply that. Nobody has proof!

yeah i went form iPhone to SGS and I'm pissed that the really essential stuff doesn't work.
But i have some hope that it will be fixed soon because there is really a lot of these phones around,maybe they will fix the lag to.
Love the open system but then my iPhone was to open (jailbroken).

ylchong said:
Will Froyo fix all these problems? The answer is in September...
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The Samsung Contacts app is part of Samsung's firmware, not Google's Froyo OS. Now, Samsung may bundle a firmware fix along with Froyo, but that is a different matter.

Contact Displays

I liked to have my contacts ordered by last name, but I can't find that option on the Fasinate. On the Captivate for ATT it was in menu option at the contacts by pressing "MENU" then "MORE" and then "SETTINGS", and there you can change the "order of display name" to either "First Name Last Name" or "Last Name First Name"....
Like I said I like the Last Name First Name order, but can't find that option at all on the Fasinate....anybody know where it is at, if it's possible? And if it's not possible, what type of phone won't let you order contacts by the last name?!

anyone else having issues with facebook sync and contacts, my buddy said the ppl's FB pics are not syncing..

I believe that contacts sorting is a feature introduced in froyo 2.2

I don't see a sorting feature either, but for the record, my Facebook contact photos are syncing just fine. Note that I'm using the built-in Facebook sync option for that, not the Facebook app itself. I do have the Facebook app installed, but it's not configured to sync contacts.
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BTownTKD said:
I believe that contacts sorting is a feature introduced in froyo 2.2
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i have the captivate and i am able to sort contacts on 2.1.

clueless captivate said:
i have the captivate and i am able to sort contacts on 2.1.
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Yea I had the Captivate before switching to Verizon and getting the Fascinate and it was there......argh.

Im learing the Fascinate is very cut down compared to the Captivate it seems. The only thing it has going for it to me off the bat is the ability to load non-market apps, but thats SUPER easy to enable on the Captivate, and I suppose you could count the camera flash. Other than that, Im not sure. Looks like I might be moving to the Vibrant now to see what it has to offer, haha.
~T.J.

Just a suggestion, but you might wanna try installing Dialer One, a free dialer app, the best one in my opinion. It has just about all the features you'd ever want in a dialer (including sorting by last name), and then some. Looks a whole lot nicer too, none of that kindergarten color scheme stuff.

Thanks, I hate first name sorting. I'll give that a shot.
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ivorycruncher said:
Just a suggestion, but you might wanna try installing Dialer One, a free dialer app, the best one in my opinion. It has just about all the features you'd ever want in a dialer (including sorting by last name), and then some. Looks a whole lot nicer too, none of that kindergarten color scheme stuff.
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While at the Verizon store tonight playing with the Fascinate and Droid X trying to find the phone for me, we downloaded this app as it would be necessary for me as I use my phone for business and have over 1500 contacts in the address book. Great app but how do you make it the default dialer on the Fascinate? We were able to make it default on the Droid X but not the Samsung. Any help here as this would be a deal breaker on my choice.

[THINK TANK] Facebook adobe air?

http://github.com/jubishop/Facebook-for-Adobe-AIR
Source code for Facebook client for Adobe Air
We have air for Froyo now.
Is it possible to compile into android air apk for a GOOD Facebook client?

For the love of God, please.

technically if it were developed using adobe's software tools and is sourced for AIR it shouldn't be hard to port in to an .apk i guess we shall see...

Have you actually tried Facebook for Air? It's just a news feed and status bar. No other features. It is worse than Android Facebook.
Plus, AIR apps must be optimized for mobile. This one wouldn't be too hard to optimize if you have all the code, but it isn't just BOOM throw it into Flash CS5 and BOOM export to APK.

i was really hoping for something good out of this...facebook for android is downright HORRIBLE. I don't understand why the iphone version has not been put to use on android, considering there are more android running devices than ios.

Well, from the other apps I have converted, this should be easy.. will report back soon!
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not sure if this will work as is, with the popup to login and all.. but I will try

Thanks dg
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In the past few months, the facebook for android app has gotten infinitely better. It's almost on par with the iphone version now. What is it that you all feel is missing that would be remedied with this version? Just curious.
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Lee1733 said:
In the past few months, the facebook for android app has gotten infinitely better. It's almost on par with the iphone version now. What is it that you all feel is missing that would be remedied with this version? Just curious.
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The fact that when you get a notification it takes you to the mobile site is a big issue, unless I'm missing something. That just seems like they got lazy in their design because you can view all of your updates manually. Also a lack of IM feature also kind of sucks. It's got a nice look to it, but the iphone facebook app is much better.

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The fact that when you get a notification it takes you to the mobile site is a big issue, unless I'm missing something. That just seems like they got lazy in their design because you can view all of your updates manually. Also a lack of IM feature also kind of sucks. It's got a nice look to it, but the iphone facebook app is much better.
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Agreed. Plus it doesnt notify. Anyone else got more to add?

Can't comment on pictures

Hydrocharged said:
Can't comment on pictures
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cant tag them either

can't get push notifications either. you have to keep refreshing your app.

if you click the "messages" tab too quickly and pick a thread you were already messaging someone in, it shows up blank and you have to restart facebook... sooo frustrating

My biggest gripes are no push notifications, no tagging, no picture commenting, no liking statuses, and no "places" functionality.
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i think facebook is just doomed for android lol

The biggest gripe I have is previously on my Dream(G1 for AT&T Canada) they ported the nexus facebook app over- which is the same app with a few more features. They had the ability to Sync your pictures/updates with contacts in your phone. It worked like the official twitter app works. On our phone its just plane broken. If you uninstall-reinstall the app and go through the setup it will give you a "finish" button after signing in the first time. If you hit your back button on the touchpad you will see the contact sync. Sad thing though is its just broke. If you Go to your accounts sync in settings you will see the SNS setings up top then the Facebook down below your Gmail. If you click on it though nothing happens- on my Dream it went back into the facebook app's sync settings.
I also agree with the other points people have brought up on no comments on pics etc. The app will eventually be updated for the Galaxy but until then we just have to live with crap. I decompiled the app back in the day and wanted to modify it a little bit but never got around to actually doing it. If I was to modify the Official Android app, would this violate copyrights? Is it based under GNU licensing? I have seen "Colored" versions of the Official app in the market and wondered if they were violating terms by selling a black version of the exact same app? Anyone care to shed some light?

Sorry to go off topic but BOOMER

malfuncion said:
............the ability to Sync your pictures/updates with contacts in your phone...........If you Go to your accounts sync in settings you will see the SNS setings up top then the Facebook down below your Gmail. If you click on it though nothing happens- on my Dream it went back into the facebook app's sync settings.
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I just tested this on my Captivate running Cog 2.2B7 with no issues. I can see all the profile pics from FB in my contact list. When I open the FB app I can "like" wall posts and comment on pictures.

aNdroidnut said:
Sorry to go off topic but BOOMER
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SOONER!
CB650 Wolf said:
I just tested this on my Captivate running Cog 2.2B7 with no issues. I can see all the profile pics from FB in my contact list. When I open the FB app I can "like" wall posts and comment on pictures.
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So youre telling me you see this: (pictures are in order according to my post on how to get there)
http://wtfokc.com/sef****/0.pnghttp://wtfokc.com/sef****/2.pnghttp://wtfokc.com/sef****/3.png
This is what happens on my Cog2.2 B7. I reinstalled fresh, get the first sign in, then I get "Finish". If you hit your back button you then get the Sync options. This function however doesnt work for me and hasnt on any of the Rom's Ive tried so far on teh captivate. I have read a lot on it and it appears to be a problem on all the Galaxy devices. If yours is working, I'd like to know how?
Only thing I can think is you have your SNS settings setup? Those are the ones in Account/Sync options at the Top -> Facebook, Myspace, Twitter. If so, they will auto sync pictures and junk for you- however it loses links very often- or did for me in previous versions of cog. I would get wall posts and pics in my contacts.. then next day I'd only get twitter, if I got any at all. Also my contacts would lose thier pictures and wouldnt let me re-add or associate them again. I would try over and over to reconnect the contacts to FB and couldnt unless I totally removed the account and reset it. This hap'd multiple time for me. It was rather craptastic syncing and aggravating..so I stopped using the built in SNS accounts all together and just use the official apps now. Only downfall is Facebook's sync doesnt work, twitter's however does.

Samsung/Android Email MADNESS!!

Why oh why can't I see unread counts in sub folders on my active sync account? This is utter madness!!! Phone ending madness (no I don't want to pay for a separate app, it should be a standard function in the stock email app)
Why Google/Android are you forcing me to get an iPhone for work!!!
Anyone have a non rooted stock ROM work around? This really is the most annoying bug I have found with any phone!!!

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Why oh why can't I see unread counts in sub folders on my active sync account? This is utter madness!!! Phone ending madness (no I don't want to pay for a separate app, it should be a standard function in the stock email app)
Why Google/Android are you forcing me to get an iPhone for work!!!
Anyone have a non rooted stock ROM work around? This really is the most annoying bug I have found with any phone!!!
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I`d rather buy a email app then an iPhone, much cheaper (and better)
Quote: Thanks, but this has not helped.
A: Getting another email app because it misses one option makes makes more sense than changing to another OS imho.

gee2012 said:
I`d rather buy a email app then an iPhone, much cheaper (and better)
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Thanks, but this has not helped.I have owned an Android handset since the S2 so there's no need to troll
Simply put, how can they have possibly missed this utterly basic feature

Contacts groupswhat

What happened to contacts groups?
I've had Samsung phones during the last 3 years, so this is my first pure Google phone since ages, and cannot find D a way to view/manage contacts groups.

That's because it is not part of aosp. It has to be added.

Any good and working alternative?

thegios said:
Any good and working alternative?
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Use a different dialer from the play store. Can't really say for sure as no one I know uses the groups function.