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Voice call by using google voice

Hi
Whenever i double tap the home button and want to call a contact, there are always multiple contacts that show for the same person. Yoy have to keep repeating the name until it finally calls. I have show only phone contacts to show and hiding sim ones. How can i avoid multiple contacts
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Do the multiple contact entries have different phone numbers or are they the same? You can go into a contact and hold down on the number and make it the default if they have more than one. Also, it may be a good idea to clean up your contacts. I had to do this with my gf. It was a mess. She had stuff in her google account, on her sim card, and with facebook with various names. I put all her contacts on her google account and cleared out everything else. You are probably getting contacts stored on the phone and your google voice contacts showing up.

mircury said:
Do the multiple contact entries have different phone numbers or are they the same? You can go into a contact and hold down on the number and make it the default if they have more than one. Also, it may be a good idea to clean up your contacts. I had to do this with my gf. It was a mess. She had stuff in her google account, on her sim card, and with facebook with various names. I put all her contacts on her google account and cleared out everything else.
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Hi
The contacts have the same number. I only have one contact and name but it always says multiple found. I'm guessing it's still seeing the sim contact as well. If i long press on a contact there is no option to make it default.

indie said:
Hi
The contacts have the same number. I only have one contact and name but it always says multiple found. I'm guessing it's still seeing the sim contact as well. If i long press on a contact there is no option to make it default.
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I think you are right. I would log on to google voice and check your contacts there and then delete them off the sim card. It's obsolete to have them on the sim card anyway because of it's limited storage and the cloud where you can have your contacts on all your devices. Plus if they're only on the sim and you lose it, they are gone.
BTW, the long press default option only shows up in a contact that has multiple numbers.

I think I have solved it. I deleted numbers from the sim card that was also present on the phone. I then exported all to SD card. I went to manage applications and the ontact storage and cleared phone storage for contacts. The only numbers that were left were around 5 on my sim. I then imported the vcf file from SD card. It then showed some duplicate numbers contacts that were not showing anywhere before !! I then deleted them and left only 1 of each. It now dials on first attempt and no more duplicate entries found

[Q] cleaning contact list (Nubbie question)

I think this should be a simple fix, but I don't fully understand what I am seeing.
- When I look at my contact list, I see a single google icon on most. When I open those, they show as a joined contact with phone and google icons.
- Others show two or three google icons. When I open those, they show as a joined contact and a google icon.
Goal: I want to clean up my contacts list so I have a single copy of each entry that is synced to my google account. My google contacts are de-dupped and merged, so this is not a reflection of dups there AFAIK.
History: Initially I had most of my contacts in the phone. I went to the sprint store figuring this would be a simple queston for one of the Elves. 20 min later, I had 2-3 copies of every contact in my google account. In response to "where is the vcf file you just saved?" The elf told me, "There where no files on your phone and that there is nothing stored on my SD card." Anyway, the mess on google was corrected quickly from my computer. However I missed the oportunity to fix this mess when I recently flashed CleanGB and restored too much...
I have 2 questions:
1) What is the meaning of the multiple icons?
2) How do I just wipe the contacts on the phone and resync to google w/o wiping the google contacts?
Samsung Epic 4G, CleanGB 1.0

I had the same problem a while ago. I think I used the "contacts" section in gmail. That's where your phone syncs with. I found something in there that could delete duplicates or something. Or merge them? Sorry I'm not around a computer right now but that's the key. Hope it helps
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Login to your google account had the same problem a while back. Just go to google.com/voice and you can manage your contacts better
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in contacts hit menu>settings> check display only contacts with phones?

Thanks to all who replied.
I ended up doing the following:
1) backed up google contacts (as csv from gmail.com)
2) broke syncing of phone contacts.
3) wiped all contacts
4) re-enabled syncing
Joy.

[Q] Cntacts to display problem

I have been using galaxy devices for long and i have so far seen a major glitch in contacts app. If u sync your data with Facebook (only contacts already existing) it shows everything correctly where as it throws in all fb frnds and also once selecting the option of customized (under contacts to display) it automatically shifts to all contacts on exit... can anyone please confirm having same problem..​

Contacts App filtering question

Does anyone know if there is a way to add the filtering options to the contacts app instead of just the contacts in the dialler area?
Samsung seem to have removed the "display only contacts with phone numbers" from the contacts app... which means when I sync the phone with my google account, it syncs ALL my gmail contacts down as well.
So my contacts app is flooded with hundreds of contacts with random names and email addresses from Gmail that I rarely use, and it takes me ages to navigate through to find the contact I want to call or message. In the grand scheme of things, it's a minor annoyance really... but it's something i really hate about this phone now and it makes me dread opening the contacts app.
Just wondering if it's an option I've missed somewhere or if anyone knows a workaround for it?

Unfortunately there is no other option than installing and using another contacts+dialer app from the Google Play store...

that what i thought... damn, i hate using third party contacts / dialler options
hopefully some helpful developer will add the option to a custom rom so i can actually look at my contacts app without dread lol

My S7E has the option to only show contacts with numbers. Maybe your carrier removed it for some reason? Can't see why though?
In the phone app, go to More > Settings > and there's an option near the top for only contacts with numbers.

AFAIK that option is available only in the phone dialer screen, not in the contact list settings, but maybe once selected in the dialer settings it's also working for the contact list.
I'm using a third party contacts+dialer app so I can't test myself.

Ahhh, sorry, I misread the OP. You're right, it's only for the dialler contacts list, not the Contacts app itself.
You can choose a customised list, where you can select what users you want to see. That might be good enough?

how do you delete duplicate contacts?

I can't find "merge duplicate" in contacts menu... Help

thats wierd, I did it with some contacts when I got the phone, now that you asked I checked and the option is missing. I do not know if is a problem with the contacts/phone app or with the latest OS build

Same here and also takes 3 to 6 seconds to display contact info