I updated a contact stored in google contacts. the contact updated in the contacts, however, in the messages app the contact is still with its old name also the contact won't update in WhatsApp. what is the issue?
rajlal said:
I updated a contact stored in google contacts. the contact updated in the contacts, however, in the messages app the contact is still with its old name also the contact won't update in WhatsApp. what is the issue?
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You can try clearing cache of the messages app. Tap and hold on your messages app, and when context menu pops up, tap on App info. It will take you try app info screen, then hit force stop. Once done that, tap on storage and then tap on clear cache. Then load your messages app and see if it changed anything.
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I know there must be a setting for this but for the life of me I don't seem to be able to find it. I had to wipe my phone and flash it again today. Now when I go to make a call, it is not just showing my contacts that I sync with my pc but it is also showing my facebook contacts. Keep in mind this is in the phone app and not in the people app. How can I stop this from happening? I am on the fresh 2.1.2 rom.
In the address book, click menu, then view.
Assuming that you have your facebook contacts syncs checked, go to menu, settings, accounts and sync, and uncheck facebook sync. You should be good to go.
Dave I still see my facebook contacts in the phone app how about you OP?
cbarth3 said:
Dave I still see my facebook contacts in the phone app how about you OP?
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Try removing the facebook account altogether in manage account section (within the account and sync settings). That worked for me.
In the people app I have only the phone contacts selected. Where I see the facebook contacts is if I am in the phone app and I start scrolling through the list from the phone app or if I create a shortcut that is Direct Dial. In those 2 cases it shows the facebook contacts eventhough in the address book the google and facebook contacts are not checked.
In the people app I have only the phone contacts selected. Where I see the facebook contacts is if I am in the phone app and I start scrolling through the list from the phone app or if I create a shortcut that is Direct Dial. In those 2 cases it shows the facebook contacts eventhough in the address book the google and facebook contacts are not checked.
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What got rid of my facebook contacts is if you are looking at the main screen, you go to menu, then settings, then accounts and sync. If you have facebook at all in that menu, remove it completely. None of my facebook contacts comes up any more if I'm in the people menu or phone menu at all.
That's all I know.
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This worked for me also, now what i cant figure out is how to link the contacts in my people app, to facebook. I dont want hundreds of contacts in my phone when i dont give a rats @ss and dont plan on contacting them....
Syncing the contacts also sucks when you text. it list all the fb contacts in there....
Hi there, I'm new to android and I installed the Facebook for Android app.
I manually inserted some of my friends into the Contactlist.
I tried to sync my Facebook-friends that are presented into my manually added Contactlist.
When I want to send a textmessage (sms) and search for a contact, I can see my entire facebook friends... But I only want to see my manually added contactlist (with the facebook sync like: photo's, profile, etc)
So my problem:
- Contactlist ok (only my contacts from phonebook)
- Messages not ok (I can see my entire facebook)
Open Facebook, tap the stylized facebook text on the top left corner so you go to the 9 icon grid layout, then tap the Menu softkey, Settings, scroll down, tap Sync Contacts, choose Sync with existing contacts, then OK.
yamanote said:
Open Facebook, tap the stylized facebook text on the top left corner so you go to the 9 icon grid layout, then tap the Menu softkey, Settings, scroll down, tap Sync Contacts, choose Sync with existing contacts, then OK.
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I allready did this, but ALL the facebook contacts are still in "Message"
Try Don't sync, let it clear out your contacts list, then try sync with existing contacts again.
Also, check that you don't have facebook syncing contacts with the Social Hub.
yamanote said:
Try Don't sync, let it clear out your contacts list, then try sync with existing contacts again.
Also, check that you don't have facebook syncing contacts with the Social Hub.
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I deleted my fb accound and then I synced with existing contacts...
But in Messages I see all the facebook friends again.
I never opened social hubs, I did it now but I don't have any feeds because I have 0 accounts into feeds...
But on the tab Messages i see the link to messages...
And again same story = All facebook contacts.
I also tried to delete them by KIES. But KIES only shows the right contacts (not the facebook contacts)
Just checked on my own phone and yeah I have the same issue.
Try Add recipient>Groups>My Contacts? Or Favourite all the people you want to text and tap the Favourites tab every time you text maybe?
Sorry that's all I can help you with. Dunno how to completely rid the nonessential contacts from Messages short of exporting the ones you want from Facebook and reimporting via Google or something.
seems to be a bug with Samsungs implementation of FB integration, you can choose to hide facebook only contacts but when messaging it will show your full Contacts list (including facebook) regardless of the selection made in the Contacts menu.
hope samsung sort it out !
Yeah same issue. chose only sync with existing contacts but it still synced all
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Annoying bug, I have a work around!
Any work around?
This is the same issue with mine, I have tried loads of things, it looks like a bug as selecting sync with existing contacts, should just sync existing contacts not 'All' which is what it's doing!
However I have recently started using 'Go SMS' as my default SMS app and when I follow the same process to text someone I don't get the whole of my FB friends now!
Try it see what you think but I prefer GO SMS to the default Samsung SMS app.
Ok so i have my regular gmail contacts with number, when i syned my FB contacts now i have double people when i click on a certain contact to txt.
I've clicked on phone, view and unchecked everything to see and still there. I guess its cause how the contact put there phone in FB for example
000-000-0000 vs. 0000000000
so when i click on txt and look for a contact sometimes double the person is there. any clause anyone?
It's a glitch I had too. I was told to uncheck the Facebook contacts sync, reboot (which might not be necessary), and check the Facebook contacts sync again. It fixed mine.
Is there a way I can have just my phone contacts showing when I add recipient to an sms rather than all my facebook contacts too? Ive already tried to disable facebook account in the phonebook but it doesnt make a difference. I have to remove the facebook account altogether for it to show my normal contacts.
johnbhoy89 said:
Is there a way I can have just my phone contacts showing when I add recipient to an sms rather than all my facebook contacts too? Ive already tried to disable facebook account in the phonebook but it doesnt make a difference. I have to remove the facebook account altogether for it to show my normal contacts.
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contacts
settings
select which to display
winwiz said:
contacts
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select which to display
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Tried that already, still includes everything when trying to send an sms, does that work on your s4?
Did you check the "Only show contacts with phone numbers" option? Path = Open contacts app, select contacts tab at the top, main menu button, select options, check Only show contacts with phone numbers box.
krabman said:
Did you check the "Only show contacts with phone numbers" option? Path = Open contacts app, select contacts tab at the top, main menu button, select options, check Only show contacts with phone numbers box.
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Tried that too but some of the facebook contacts had numbers too lol, ive just disabled facebook contacts altogether now.
lol Did the same a long time ago, having them merged wasn't worth the hassle for me.
Wondering, anyone got this problem of having multiple entries for the same persons in their phonebook. I only sync my contacts from Google Contacts, which only have less than 50 in it, but on my phone, there are over 100 contacts. Some person have 5 or 6 entries listed against them. When I delete one, all are gone including the one in Google (confirmed from Google Contacts website). It is NOT a case of having multiple entries of the same person as they are not repeated in Google Contacts. It is not a case of me having to merge contacts as there is nothing to merge. They are effectively the same entry repeating itself on the phone's phonebook.
I am using stock B09 ROM for A2017G with the stock Contacts app.
I noticed that those repeats are the ones which I have live chats on WhatsApp, BUT, it does not matter if I select WhasApp under "Contacts to display" or not.
Had the same problem in my davice. The fix for me was to clear data and cache for all the related apps such- phone, contact, contact sync, ext. Than re-sync the account.
As above - delete data for the "Contacts Storage" app and then re-sync.
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All contacts duplicated. How to remove
An Droid said:
As above - delete data for the "Contacts Storage" app and then re-sync.
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I have the same problem, apparently caused by the "OnePlus Switch" app, and tried to do just that. But on my new OnePlus 6T I cannot find any "Contacts Storage" app. Deleting data of the "Contacts" app does not cut it.
What can I do?