Is it possible to use only Google contacts on my Redmi 3s and get rid of MIUI contacts?
The stock phone app of MIUI doesn't seem to work with anything else than the MIUI contact list.
In addition i would like to know, if you would recommend to use the Redmi 3s completely without a MIUI account? Or should i outright flash a custom ROM without MIUI?
First of all, you can use Redmi 3S without a MI Account. I've been using it for over a month now. The only downside would be that you won't be able to download themes from the Themes app. I'm skeptical about backing up my data to Mi Cloud so I never use that, now and even in the future.
As for your Contacts problem, I've synced my contacts to my Google account a long time ago and I've configured the Contacts app to only show my Google account contacts, nothing else. You can do that too by going into Contacts settings>Display preferences>Configure contacts lists and select which one you'd like to use and the app will only show contacts from the selected option.
Personally, I'd suggest using the phone without the Mi Account if you're not into using themes from the Themes app. There's no need to flash a custom ROM if MIUI is serving you well. And it's not mandatory to sign into a MI Account at all.
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Hi ...am about to receive my first android device ..NEXUS 4 (moving from nokia 5233) . Can anyone point me how can i get my gmail account ready so that I will have all the phone numbers and images associated with the contacts on the NEXUS on day one.
I have downloaded all the contacts from my phone. I was wondering if there was some software which will pull down all the information(email, birthday, photo) from the facebook and gmail to my system so that i can review and prepare them for the NEXUS 4.
Any other thing which I can do before it arrives will be great. :silly:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#contacts
You may add, import/export them there. From that point on, a Android device will sync with Google Contacts and sync them.
Facebook.. download FB app and u can sync it with FB (cant do it off the phone)
Apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992163 good list to work off of to prepare what you want in terms of apps.
Want to root? Check out a sticky on how to do it (please dont use the toolkit method).
I suggest fastboot oem unlock (unlocking bootloader) day one. So if you do decide to root or flash a custom rom, kernel you can keep your settings. Whereas, if you decide not to unlock bootloader and want to flash--you will lose your settings and have to start over.
Recommended app if you want to play with your phone; Titanium Backup Pro (backup and restores apps/data)
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edge12345 said:
Hi ...am about to receive my first android device ..NEXUS 4 (moving from nokia 5233) . Can anyone point me how can i get my gmail account ready so that I will have all the phone numbers and images associated with the contacts on the NEXUS on day one.
I have downloaded all the contacts from my phone. I was wondering if there was some software which will pull down all the information(email, birthday, photo) from the facebook and gmail to my system so that i can review and prepare them for the NEXUS 4.
Any other thing which I can do before it arrives will be great. :silly:
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If you are currently using GMail to manage all of your contacts, you transition will be a snap. Since an Android device is so intimately linked with Google, all of that information will show up natively, assuming you sign into the same GMail account with the new phone.
Otherwise, if all of your contacts are in a different format, such as a CSV file or another contact file format, you will likely want to import them to your Google account using your PC, instead of your phone. Signing into Gmail will allow you to access a Contacts section where you will be able to upload a file to import all of your contact to your Google account. The Contacts section is a bit hidden; it is within a drop down menu, near the top left of the page, just under the GMail logo.
Good luck!
zephiK said:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#contacts
You may add, import/export them there. From that point on, a Android device will sync with Google Contacts and sync them.
Facebook.. download FB app and u can sync it with FB (cant do it off the phone)
Apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992163 good list to work off of to prepare what you want in terms of apps.
Want to root? Check out a sticky on how to do it (please dont use the toolkit method).
I suggest fastboot oem unlock (unlocking bootloader) day one. So if you do decide to root or flash a custom rom, kernel you can keep your settings. Whereas, if you decide not to unlock bootloader and want to flash--you will lose your settings and have to start over.
Recommended app if you want to play with your phone; Titanium Backup Pro (backup and restores apps/data)
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I have all the contacts listed in my google contacts but most of them dont have phone numbers associated with it. I have merged the contacts which were on my mobile.
Is there anyway i can pull phone numbers from facebook page along with their pictures so that i can save them to my gmail account. I know most my contacts will have their phone numbers in Facebook page .
is there some kind of scrapper so that I can at least get my close friends pics and numbers
edge12345 said:
I have all the contacts listed in my google contacts but most of them dont have phone numbers associated with it. I have merged the contacts which were on my mobile.
Is there anyway i can pull phone numbers from facebook page along with their pictures so that i can save them to my gmail account. I know most my contacts will have their phone numbers in Facebook page .
is there some kind of scrapper so that I can at least get my close friends pics and numbers
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What your asking for like I said before is syncing your contacts with Facebook, it is done through the face book app. It cannot be done without you having access to a Android device
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I suggest using haxsync to sync your Facebook contacts. It has way more options and customizations than the normal Facebook app and also supports Facebook calendar syncing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
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In Mi A1, I am not seeing any option to save newly created contact in phone or SIM, the only option is to save in google account. Also tried in google dedicated contact app from play store, but the option to save contact in phone or SIM is missing there as well in Google contact app. Anyone know any app or workaround to save contact in phone or SIM?
Use "LocalAccount" app from Play Store. Will do the trick.
That's be a use those options don't exist in stock Android. Sim cards in most places in the world have not been used for phone numbers in almost a decade so devices with it come with a separate app to make it happen
Contacts>>>>Menu then find 3 dots on top right corner and you find>>>>>Import\Export
Check this works
there is one way to save contacts in phine storage i.e first root your mobile and then by installing titanium backup,freeze google contacts sync.thats it your contacts will besaved to phone storage.
hope this helps.
This can't be for real ... is there still no way to store contacts on the device itself? What is Samsung doing that MIUI can't/won't?
I too was searching for this. There is no option in the mobile to do that.
Hopfully u could export all the contacts to SSD card and later use another Sim(new one), n
copy all contacts to it. U know phones before smart phones; were the ones that could do it.
Hey all,
I decided to flas the latest Oreo Open Beta program (Open beta 1 ) for Oreo. I flashed the official build through stock recovery.
However, when I check, not all contact are synced from my Google Contacts. For example, a contact is present on Internet in the Contacts app, but it isn't synced to the phone.
Anyone has this issue? Any way to solve this? Using stock kernel and stock recovery, everything stock
Thanks for your help!
Same here, but with other device. Tried many opengapps versions (todays, yesterdays, last weeks, 2 weeks ago, nano, micro) doesnt matter.
Not all contacts are synced.
Anyone else?
Yep, same here, it's a global problem with google right now, not even oneplus related or oreo related. see also https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/help/contact-sync-flashing-8-1-image-syncing-t3715229 seems to happen when you set a birthdate or weblink (like google profile)
Same issue. I thought it was my Google account. Factory reset my Pixel 2XL three times! On Stock 8.1
Also having this issue. Started last night after a clean install of 8.0 r34. Nexus 6. Google contacts online shows 800+ contacts, I'm missing about 100 in Google contacts on the phone.
Its problem from google side. Contacts which have weblink attached are not syncing if you delete weblink/google profile link that contacts will sync
Yeah thanks all for your help, saw that this is a google issue, I won't delete the URL stuff in the contacts, gonna wait until they fix it (soon I hope, not OnePlus soon though lol).
OK managed to sync my contacts, had the remove the data from an app, you can find the solution in the link somewhere here.
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Hey guys, I updated the dialer and contacts app and when I call or receive a call, I don't see the screen pop up with the dialer.
Anyone else have the issue? May not have to update... I'll have to test it
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Here is the fix
Ok fixed it. Go to system settings>apps. Show all then click three dots to show system apps. Then find contacts storage and tap that. Then storage and clear app data.
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Here is the fix
Ok fixed it. Go to system settings>apps. Show all then click three dots to show system apps. Then find contacts storage and tap that. Then storage and clear app data.
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Thanks a lot for the solution. It saved me hours of work. Cleared the app data of the contacts storage app and it synced normally after that.
Hello xda Community,
i recently swtiched from OnePlus3 to Xiaomi 9T 128gb with global Rom. While synchronizing all my apps on the new phone, i had some issues on some Apps (e.g. SwiftKey, Jodel (socialapp in germany)).
So what happens is, when i select on SwiftKey my Google Account to proceed the data sync (with my personal wordbooks etc), a white Popup comes up and a Loading-Circle symbol. after then nothing else happens. Exact same thing on the other app (Jodel). I select my Google Account to proceed backuping my data, and it just open a white popup window with the loading circle.
Any ideas why it is stucking ?
Thanks in advance
Found a solution on the Google Support website...
"To all of you guys having the trouble described above, the solution is here.
In a webbrowser login to your gmail account and go to gmail settings. Go to the "accounts and import" tab and find the entry "send as" for your gmail account. Next to it you have to use the link "change to @gmail.com" and confirm that. "
solved the problem for me.
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i got my xiaomi k20 today so i want to know how to transfer the data from iphone to xiaomi
Cheers, there are some weird ways using iTunes backup...
I did it for gf/ex by exporting contacts n stuff from iCloud to Google calendar.
Transferring WhatsApp data didn't work for us, though there seemed to be a solution for it.
elkadeho said:
Cheers, there are some weird ways using iTunes backup...
I did it for gf/ex by exporting contacts n stuff from iCloud to Google calendar.
Transferring WhatsApp data didn't work for us, though there seemed to be a solution for it.
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I heard when i setup the xiaomi mi9t there is way to transfer the data directly from the iphone without backup its correct?
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