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Sup y'all,
So I really enjoy having all my facebook contacts' profile pictures/birthdays sync with the contacts on my phone, but the problem I am having is that I have to go into each of my phone contacts and tell it which of my facebook friends to sync with. That kind of sucks, especially since I keep flashing my phone in order to try out new roms. Is it possible to have facebook automatically match up my phone contacts and facebook friends so I don't have to do it all manually? And if not, is it possible to somehow backup all the linked profiles so I don't have to redo it every time I flash a new rom? Lemme know thanks.
Every time I update my ROM.. during the first Facebook login, I'm given the option to sync ALL contacts that it matches with my Facebook Contacts..
(has to be pretty close on the name for it to match).
Try going to the ME contact entry, then sliding over to the Events tab (2nd from right, i believe), then make sure it's logged into facebook.
At the top, you might have a "Link Contacts" or something (going off of memory here). from that screen, it will show you the list of contacts that it has matched.
If you have names in your address book such as "Mom" .. that's not going to automatically match with Jane Doe on Facebook. Gonna have to update your local Contact name to Jane Doe, or the auto-match won't work.
Mine automatically matches about 20-30 of my contacts every time I re-ROM and login to facebook.
ah sick man thanks
I have a question regarding this every time i flash a new rom i do not get this option, i have to manually go in and link everyone to facebook. When i click my contact card I don't even get the option to look at history or status updates on the sliders... I'm logged in on both the sense tab and the facebook in the internet file in the start menu but have never been prompted to sync contacts. I am using Energy rom dec. 13th 29005. Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem was bored figured i'd ask as it gets tiring manually liking all contacts. any response is appreciated.
nitegmoney said:
I have a question regarding this every time i flash a new rom i do not get this option, i have to manually go in and link everyone to facebook. When i click my contact card I don't even get the option to look at history or status updates on the sliders... I'm logged in on both the sense tab and the facebook in the internet file in the start menu but have never been prompted to sync contacts. I am using Energy rom dec. 13th 29005. Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem was bored figured i'd ask as it gets tiring manually liking all contacts. any response is appreciated.
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Match the contact name with the facebook name and it will automatically match it when you sign into facebook. That easy!!
Possible to backup with Titanium?
Here is an idea.. You have to match them all up one or another once.. then SYNC your phone with your computer using Active Sync/Windows Mobile Device Center... It then SAVES all your facebook contacts in with your other contacts so when you hard reset or update your rom, when you sync it up, your contacts are all back (including their facebook contact info)... I hope that helps
*** edit - title is supposed to say No Full Gmail Contacts Sync **
Ok it's taken me a while to notice this as i've had the phone plenty long enough now, but it was only yesterday I needed to add a contact and found that if I select the option to add to Google Contacts it doesn't actually save them. I've tried multiple times and NOTHING. The phone is able to sync DOWN fine but seemingly cannot sync up. Sadly it seems Samsungs incompetent software tweekers have struck again.
Can anyone else verify if this is the case with all Galaxy S firmware at the moment?
So frustrating; really starting to wish Samsung would just have made this phone a STOCK phone like HTC.did with things like the Magic.
Not the case for me. I have flashed and reflashed a hundred times and when I add a contact, it stays and comes back after a flash through google sync.
Darkstriker said:
Not the case for me. I have flashed and reflashed a hundred times and when I add a contact, it stays and comes back after a flash through google sync.
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What particular firmware are you running? It tells me the contact has saved but then when I look through my phonebook the contact isn't there. Try adding one now to your Google account and report back.if you don't mind.
Darkstriker, can you log into your google account to see if all your contacts are listed there? Is it possible that contacts are synced, but they don't necessarily need to show up under the google account?
They aren't showing up on my phone book or online in my Google contacts, even though it says they're saved.
It could be that im running a custom rom, cant remember the name of it but its the main one that isn't SAMSET!
The main one that isn't samset... gotta love that statement.
Anyways: I may be a problem with your customROM. I am using JM2. I just added one and it shows up in contacts on phone and I'm guessing it will take some time to show up in gmail.
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The main one that isn't samset... gotta love that statement
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Im sorry I'm VERY hung over!
Hi,
Can anyone please let me know how to change the default contacts save location.
Currently it saves to phone memory and I want to change the default location to gGmail.
Please advice.
Sami
[email protected] said:
Hi,
Can anyone please let me know how to change the default contacts save location.
Currently it saves to phone memory and I want to change the default location to gGmail.
Please advice.
Sami
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I have been searching for the same sir. The other thread that was made on this, came up with nothing.
The default behaviour of android is to save to the last location selected, but the G2 phonebook doesn't seem to allow changing from the default which is the phone memory.
Rooting the device and tinkering with the APK for the phonebook could do something, but apart from that, I havn't been able to find a solution.
Plus one on this one
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Which phone model are you guys using? I have VZW, and it saves to Google as default just fine.
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i have lg g2 international and have this bug real problem for me after htc sensation
Just edit the contact and at the very top it will show where its saved, click there and chose where u want to save it to (select the gmail acct u want to use). Also you can export all your contacts to a file then login to your gmail from a computer and import that file.
x714x said:
Just edit the contact and at the very top it will show where its saved, click there and chose where u want to save it to (select the gmail acct u want to use). Also you can export all your contacts to a file then login to your gmail from a computer and import that file.
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Same with calendar's.
anyone found work around to this? My galaxy S2 can do it easily, once I save my 1st contact to gmail, it sets gmail as my default contact storage and I don't have to keep selecting gmail every time I want to save a new contact. But with G2 I have to keep selecting every time I want to add new contact to the list.
+1 here... (I started another thread and now I found this one with same problem)
In calendar it shows only selected calendars that is ok. And somehow it uses my default google account for calendars.
But in contacts it gives option to save to "phone, SIM, google account 1 and google account2" and default is phone.
lg g2
I have KK 4.4.2 and i have the same problem.It's very annoying...Everytime i have to change when i want to save a contact.
Thanks to this feature (bug), I have lost quite a few contacts.
This is a serious issue which can potentially prevent you from getting laid. If you know what I mean.
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vangough said:
anyone found work around to this? My galaxy S2 can do it easily, once I save my 1st contact to gmail, it sets gmail as my default contact storage and I don't have to keep selecting gmail every time I want to save a new contact. But with G2 I have to keep selecting every time I want to add new contact to the list.
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is this forum for Lg G2, or can i ask for other questions ?
This is one major flaw for me. Plus the ability to not change navigation bar targets.
albsat said:
This is one major flaw for me. Plus the ability to not change navigation bar targets.
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I did factory restore on my phone and it made the trick
Sorry for bumping old thread, but is there any fix for this?
Its annoying to click every time to change sync from phone to google, plus, I lost many contacts because of this when changed the ROM
the bug is still present in lollipop
Same bug in the G3.
I wonder if the G4 suffers from it as well.
I wish for an xposed module would fix it.
I am having trouble with saving contacts. By default it is set to "phone" and everytime I have to choose my google account when saving account.
I tried deleting data in apps , "contacts, phone, etc,..." but still when creating new contact it is selected to save in "phone"
Has anyone any clue how to set default save location to my google account?
thank you!
marko-mb said:
I am having trouble with saving contacts. By default it is set to "phone" and everytime I have to choose my google account when saving account.
I tried deleting data in apps , "contacts, phone, etc,..." but still when creating new contact it is selected to save in "phone"
Has anyone any clue how to set default save location to my google account?
thank you!
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Go into settings while in contacts, and uncheck the other options, leaving only Google contacts selected.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
Nope... doesnt work for me... I have checked settings /contacts to show / custom and unchecked all but my google account.
stilll when typing number and saving a contact or creating new contact.. default selected is "phone"
My Incredible 4G does that too. Annoying.
Swyped from my Incredible 4G using Tapatalk Pro 12-10
bberryhill0 said:
My Incredible 4G does that too. Annoying.
Swyped from my Incredible 4G using Tapatalk Pro 12-10
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Go in to Phone orContacts settings, and then click "Contacts to display"
Select your google account.
It will then default to save on your google account. Obviously you will not see contacts from the phone or other accounts but I save everything on google so works for me.
cheers!
Nothing helps - searching since 6 month!
Yaken said:
Go in to Phone orContacts settings, and then click "Contacts to display"
Select your google account.
It will then default to save on your google account. Obviously you will not see contacts from the phone or other accounts but I save everything on google so works for me.
cheers!
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Nope, it will remain saving new contacts to the phone as default. I also have all my contacts saved to google, because i sync it with other devices. I'm realy wondering that only a few people complain about this issue.
If someone found a solution in the meantime - please let me know. Thanks
Same here
Not really a solution but FYI http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50637743#post50637743
marko-mb said:
I am having trouble with saving contacts. By default it is set to "phone" and everytime I have to choose my google account when saving account.
I tried deleting data in apps , "contacts, phone, etc,..." but still when creating new contact it is selected to save in "phone"
Has anyone any clue how to set default save location to my google account?
thank you!
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I have same problem but I don't know any solution for it at all. I though the KK update will make a difference but it didn't do anything. The problem remains the same in KK as it was in JB:crying:
Yip same problem here with no solution. Lost my contacts because of it. Really poor from lg.
lennois said:
Yip same problem here with no solution. Lost my contacts because of it. Really poor from lg.
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It is not LG thing, It is KK to blame; Last update of KK (4.4.2) does ALWAYS default save location to "phone" It IS realy annoying !
you can choose google acc. from drop down menu when saving a new contact, but you have to do it so EVERY time you add new contact
P.S. And no, you have not lost your contacts: just go to settings in contacts app, then choose display contacts and select customize, then check google contacts and phone - voala
Add one more person who was wondering and getting annoyed with that... isn't it a bit strange that there's no setting to change the default contact location??
Anyway... is there a way to export contacts from the phone to Google? Say for example you're in a rush to add a bunch of contacts, can you somehow get them into your Google Contacts later on?
Guess I will try and add all contacts on a computer from now on.
One more person who finds this really awkward. It must have been the same before KitKat, because when I updated (and wiped my phone) I lost a few recently added contacts...
The same applies to the calendar, new entries are by default added to the phones calender, and I can't find a setting to change this.
Finally, whats up with the "recent calls"-menu? If I go there, I expect a list of the calls I've made, received and missed, in reversed chronological order. Going to "recent calls" on the G2... Well, I can't for the life of me figure out what it shows. I always have to go via menu and filter out either dialed, received or missed. It's idiotic.
I would be very happy if LG fixes this error in the next firmware version.
no one has found the fix yet?
its weird
When you save a new contact, you have an option above to choose . Phone Contact is default, you can also choose Google or SIM .
Hope this will help .
P.S Sorry for my english mistakes .
Problem still present in Lollipop...
No fix yet ?!
iAmRuSu said:
When you save a new contact, you have an option above to choose . Phone Contact is default, you can also choose Google or SIM .
Hope this will help .
P.S Sorry for my english mistakes .
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We already know this. We just want "Google" from the dropdown list as default, every time.
Still not resolving?..
Same problem for me...
Really annoying!!!
Seem impossible there's no way to trick it...
I bought a P8 Lite smart and so far I really love this device (well, I came from a Gingerbread phone, oh well). When I was transferring all my data from the old device to the P8 lite, I noticed that, while importing contacts, it didn't transfer the birthday dates. I thought it was a transferring issue, but when I went to edit the contacts, I didn't find a field to put the birthday date. I tried transferring again (this time with the Super Backup app) and creating a new contact, and yep, no way to insert those dates.
This issue continues in the Calendar: it's supposed to have a local "Birthdays" calendar that shows all the contacts' birthday, but of course, without a way to put these birthdays into my contacts, that calendar never shows up.
What can I do? Am I doing something wrong or there's an issue with the P8 lite smart default applications? I actually thought that, maybe, this P8 lite smart took some features off, but I searched and found no results whatsoever.
AnotherPotato said:
I bought a P8 Lite smart and so far I really love this device (well, I came from a Gingerbread phone, oh well). When I was transferring all my data from the old device to the P8 lite, I noticed that, while importing contacts, it didn't transfer the birthday dates. I thought it was a transferring issue, but when I went to edit the contacts, I didn't find a field to put the birthday date. I tried transferring again (this time with the Super Backup app) and creating a new contact, and yep, no way to insert those dates.
This issue continues in the Calendar: it's supposed to have a local "Birthdays" calendar that shows all the contacts' birthday, but of course, without a way to put these birthdays into my contacts, that calendar never shows up.
What can I do? Am I doing something wrong or there's an issue with the P8 lite smart default applications? I actually thought that, maybe, this P8 lite smart took some features off, but I searched and found no results whatsoever.
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Backup your contacts on Google account. It will save every detail.
Suleiman01 said:
Backup your contacts on Google account. It will save every detail.
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It is really necessary to upload contacts to Google? I don't have a Google account anymore and I prefer not to tie the phone to an account.
Also, I tried creating a contact with a birthday date on the older phone (let's call it Phone #1), sending it to the Huawei, then from the Huawei to an older Huawei phone my friend has (let's call it Phone #2). In both Phone #1 and Phone #2 the birthday date is intact, while my Huawei does not display it. So what I think is: the birthday date is actually saved and memorized in my Huawei, but the contacts app refuses to display it for some reason.
I even tried to install "Contacts+", and that displays the birthday dates just fine, so that somewhat seems to confirm that the problem lies in the default contacts app...
AnotherPotato said:
It is really necessary to upload contacts to Google? I don't have a Google account anymore and I prefer not to tie the phone to an account.
Also, I tried creating a contact with a birthday date on the older phone (let's call it Phone #1), sending it to the Huawei, then from the Huawei to an older Huawei phone my friend has (let's call it Phone #2). In both Phone #1 and Phone #2 the birthday date is intact, while my Huawei does not display it. So what I think is: the birthday date is actually saved and memorized in my Huawei, but the contacts app refuses to display it for some reason.
I even tried to install "Contacts+", and that displays the birthday dates just fine, so that somewhat seems to confirm that the problem lies in the default contacts app...
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Yes. You need to create a Google account and tie that account to phone.
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Suleiman01 said:
Yes. You need to create a Google account and tie that account to phone.
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Have you tried backing up contacts on sdcard and restore it on other phone.
Yes, I tried both the import/export in the address book and the SuperBackup contacts export and both give the same result: birthday info are saved, but the Huawei Contacts app doesn't want to display it, while almosy every contacts app that you can find in the Play Store display them just fine in the Huawei. So, again, the default contacts app seems to be acting up
EDIT: just now the Updater app notified me about an OS update and the changelog supposedly includes "bugfixes". I will update and see if it's an actual bug in the contacts app
I did the update. The issue still persists.
AnotherPotato said:
I did the update. The issue still persists.
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Are you on marshmallow?
Suleiman01 said:
Are you on marshmallow?
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No. I'm on Android 5.1
AnotherPotato said:
No. I'm on Android 5.1
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Try again after updating to marshmallow.
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Try again after updating to marshmallow.
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This model cannot be upgraded to Android M
Bump.