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SMS delivery notice shows only the number not the name?

I am pasting the question from another forum which interests me as well…
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"Hi all,
when sending sms and you set the setting for ask for delivery notice on you get back the delivery notice but it will only show you the number not the Name.
This is very annoying when you are sending sms to many contacts.
Is there a work around that?. I contacted the poor online support of Imate and one "not-so-tactful" support lady said "this is what it suppose to do" and they cut me off even before asking my next question to them.
what a shame i-mate has such a poor online support."

Unfortunately I don't think there is. The delivery report comes back from the networks servers with the persons mobile number only. The contact name for that number is stored locally on your phone handset only. What you need is a program that can scan received delivery reports, pull out the number and match it to your contacts database. Far too long winded.
Such a function would probably only benefit someone sending one sms to multiple contacts, then waiting to see who actually received it, so probably not considered by any software developers.

never the less, it is still a shortcoming of the Windows Mobile software, as all nokia phones old and new (even the ancient 8210), and sony ericsson phones can do this!

If anybody is still trying to find the solution for this... here it is...
http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/index.html
SMS Delivery Receipt Fix

zormic said:
If anybody is still trying to find the solution for this... here it is...
http://www.saman-cz.com/ppc/index.html
SMS Delivery Receipt Fix
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Perhaps it's me being dumb, but I couldn't locate a download link on the site.

Dear astage,
Everything is there for you to download. Just click the menu of the left and it will give you the download link. A very staright forward link. Just try it again and don't forget to post your finding.
Regards,
morisa

Depends on your browser I guess... You can get it here, too.
www.freewareppc.com/communication/smsdeliveryreceiptfix.shtml

i have attached it since the original link is not accessible
damn i didnt realize i bumped the post
sory mods please delete it

What app. do you use for birthdays?

I need some suggestions on what applications is best to use for keeping track of birthdays?
It would also be nice that the applications auto sends a SMS message to the person is question

Birthday app
This is not really worth a new thread, but would belong in Q & A type thread like this.
But to answer your question, I would not use anything else but the HTC Sense contacts app called people. You have the choice of entering a birthday or an anniversary. You can set the reminder to between 1 minute and 3 weeks or so.
Sense also links to facebook which also has birthdays.
htc-hd2 said:
I need some suggestions on what applications is best to use for keeping track of birthdays?
It would also be nice that the applications auto sends a SMS message to the person is question
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Sorry, didn't read part B.
It's possible to do this but would require some serious work by a programmer.
There are auto sms apps around.

Xaddict said:
You have the choice of entering a birthday or an anniversary. You can set the reminder to between 1 minute and 3 weeks or so.
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You can set a reminder? I haven't seen that anywhere in the people app, please explain how!

Robrecht said:
You can set a reminder? I haven't seen that anywhere in the people app, please explain how!
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Yes, please explain how...
I know this is an old thread.

^^^ What he said!!!

Handscent Android group chat like iPhone

Well here it is my fellow androids. We asked for it and Handcent fell through. We should all thank Handcent and their developers for this new big update. Keep in mind this app is still in Beta stage. However, I tested it for a couple of days and I was able to chat with my fellow iPhone lovers. I was also able to chat with verizon Galaxy Nexus, Thunderbolt and LG revolution. I havent had a chance to chat with none Verizon phones. You guys will be our testers. Please list all bugs here and Ill forward the list to the developer. So far there are two bugs with this build. The first bug is double notifications on group mms and the second one is blurry background images with Droid Razor phones
Setup:
1. You must make this app default messaging app for all MMS and SMS.
"settings"->application settings->Default Messaging Application-> All(SMS&MMS)
2. You must enable Thread Group Conversation. Its all the way down in application settings
"settings"->application settings->group messaging->check Thread Group conversation
3. MMS retrieval should be set to Auto unless you want to download each group message.
4. You might experience some lag as the group mms pour in one after another. I think this is normal cuz I do experience it on my Razor maxx using the stock app since it has this this feature built in. In addition, I asked my freind with iPhone 4s if he experiences lag when all these group messages pour in and he said yes. Sometimes he cant touch his phone until all the messages have been received
5. Be gentle on me if I missed any bugs. Im already in the Dog house in my wifes book for spending too much time on this project. This is the reason why the developer is releasing the app for public feedback.
File got updated:
Fixed double notification
fixed some bugs
This file not in market, so you guys are Handcent beta testers.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6yz8r9rbrec9c85/hc_sms.apk

Loving the capability! It seems to be working well.
Have one question/bug. Some replies say "Me:" and they go to the group. Some replies say "Me to name: and they are going individually to the group it appears.
I did not do anything different I don't think on any of the replies but I may be missing something or this could be a bug.
Thanks for the great feature!

tgrgrd00 said:
Loving the capability! It seems to be working well.
Have one question/bug. Some replies say "Me:" and they go to the group. Some replies say "Me to name: and they are going individually to the group it appears.
I did not do anything different I don't think on any of the replies but I may be missing something or this could be a bug.
Thanks for the great feature!
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What phone are you using? Can you send a screen shot. In other words when you reply to message, you are replying to yourself also? I had that at first was fixed. I wonder if each phone will have that bug
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trikotret said:
What phone are you using? Can you send a screen shot. In other words when you reply to message, you are replying to yourself also? I had that at first was fixed. I wonder if each phone will have that bug
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I am using the OG EVO. I will send you a PM with a screenshot.

tgrgrd00 said:
I am using the OG EVO. I will send you a PM with a screenshot.
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Go ahead send the screen shot and tonight ill email the developer. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to test on none Verizon phones but I'm sure it's a quick fix.
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so testing it with cm9 on HTC evo 3D (sprint) doesn't seem to want to send group messages at all. Just get that continuous loading symbol and never sends. I'll test it on stock first and see if it is the problem with the rom and report back

tgrgrd00 said:
Loving the capability! It seems to be working well.
Have one question/bug. Some replies say "Me:" and they go to the group. Some replies say "Me to name: and they are going individually to the group it appears.
I did not do anything different I don't think on any of the replies but I may be missing something or this could be a bug.
Thanks for the great feature!
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I'm also experiencing this, Droid Charge on Gingerbread.

so i tested this out and it seems to work somewhat on stock rom, has trouble with cm9 it seems. big problem is i have to always manually download the mms to make it show up on the thread.

fsalazar504 said:
so i tested this out and it seems to work somewhat on stock rom, has trouble with cm9 it seems. big problem is i have to always manually download the mms to make it show up on the thread.
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Do you have mms setup as auto retrieve?
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tgrgrd00 said:
Loving the capability! It seems to be working well.
Have one question/bug. Some replies say "Me:" and they go to the group. Some replies say "Me to name: and they are going individually to the group it appears.
I did not do anything different I don't think on any of the replies but I may be missing something or this could be a bug.
Thanks for the great feature!
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The file has been update. Hopefully fix your issue.

So far I have had it "break" and resort to sending separate messages once. I have three theories as to why...
It may have been due to not completely removing my old Handcent beta first.
I was Texting with friends pretty frequently, and I noticed if I exit the thread and re-enter it would "convert to MMS", Maybe it drops out of MMS if you send several texts in a row?
The thread I was sending to had my google voice number in it, so I was essentially sending messages to myself at the same time.
Sometimes if you have a group message with say Joe Smith as a participant and a separate thread with Joe, getting the group text will show a notification for the separate thread and you have to do "mark as read" to fix it.
I am on a HTC Thunderbolt BTW.
Did not try the updated file yet, downloading now.

Morkai Almandragon said:
So far I have had it "break" and resort to sending separate messages once. I have three theories as to why...
It may have been due to not completely removing my old Handcent beta first.
I was Texting with friends pretty frequently, and I noticed if I exit the thread and re-enter it would "convert to MMS", Maybe it drops out of MMS if you send several texts in a row?
The thread I was sending to had my google voice number in it, so I was essentially sending messages to myself at the same time.
Sometimes if you have a group message with say Joe Smith as a participant and a separate thread with Joe, getting the group text will show a notification for the separate thread and you have to do "mark as read" to fix it.
I am on a HTC Thunderbolt BTW.
Did not try the updated file yet, downloading now.
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I think the new file supposed to fix this since they did find a bug. please post your results after you install new file

It works well for me.
Is there anything I can do about the <Subject: New Message> that shows up before every message?

bauerknight said:
It works well for me.
Is there anything I can do about the <Subject: New Message> that shows up before every message?
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I asked the developer about it. I did a test and sent a screen shot. I really love public Beta

trikotret said:
I think the new file supposed to fix this since they did find a bug. please post your results after you install new file
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Have not had the issue where the group message sends separate again, but this one is still happening...
Sometimes if you have a group message with say Joe Smith as a participant and a separate thread with Joe, getting the group text will show a notification for the separate thread and you have to do "mark as read" to fix it.

An issue happens when you send texts too quickly it sends you back to inbox and doesn't display the messages. From what my friends tell me it displays something weird in their group chat. I have to visually see it to confirm. Love that it actually works though
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA

fsalazar504 said:
An issue happens when you send texts too quickly it sends you back to inbox and doesn't display the messages. From what my friends tell me it displays something weird in their group chat. I have to visually see it to confirm. Love that it actually works though
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA
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can you send me a screen shot please and Ill forward to developer.

How is it supposed to work? I tried it with my friend who has an iPhone but it didn't send messages via Internet service but normaly as SMS messages. Friend with iPhone tried to pull his sim card out of phone with no succes. Does it need any special settings to make it work?
Anyway I don't care much cause I have all my SMS free I just wanted to try that function.
I use HC Talk service to chat with my girlfriend everyday so there's no problem about functionless HC Service

loqan said:
How is it supposed to work? I tried it with my friend who has an iPhone but it didn't send messages via Internet service but normaly as SMS messages. Friend with iPhone tried to pull his sim card out of phone with no succes. Does it need any special settings to make it work?
Anyway I don't care much cause I have all my SMS free I just wanted to try that function.
I use HC Talk service to chat with my girlfriend everyday so there's no problem about functionless HC Service
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In the first post is suggests going to settings>application settings>default messaging application>set it to all sms and mms.
Then settings again>application settings>scroll all the way down>check the thread group conversation box.
Then should work
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA

trikotret said:
can you send me a screen shot please and Ill forward to developer.
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Ok I'll try and get one
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA

[Q] Group Text Question

People who respond to a group text are coming in separately on a different text...how do I have it where the conversation is all in one text? Like a chain text instead of individual ones?
I never had this issue in CM..there must be a setting for this.

Download Textra and never use another messaging app again.

crazymook said:
Download Textra and never use another messaging app again.
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Thanks for your response...is there a way to use the native messaging app?

Android group messaging out of the box is awful. Tho I wanna say it was grouping properly when I first loaded up my S5. I still would recommend ditching it for Textra. Its vastly superior.
Edit: I just checked my stock messaging app and its grouping properly...

Yes...it groups properly but when ppl respond it is going in a separate text.
Ex. When I send a group text to A and B. When A respond it does go in the group message I sent. Same for B. Are you experiencing this also?
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Are you asking me if the example is how it works for me? I have NOT used the stock messaging app to send a single message. I just checked to see if it was grouping messages and it was. So beyond that, I really cant offer help.
Seriously tho, ditch it for Textra. You'll be way happier.

Datfoooo said:
Yes...it groups properly but when ppl respond it is going in a separate text.
Ex. When I send a group text to A and B. When A respond it does go in the group message I sent. Same for B. Are you experiencing this also?
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In the message settings under Multimedia Message, is the group message option checked? I haven't done a group message over text yet, but when I do I use Hangouts as it always handled group messages well for me.

bgask1717 said:
In the message settings under Multimedia Message, is the group message option checked? I haven't done a group message over text yet, but when I do I use Hangouts as it always handled group messages well for me.
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Yea...there is no option there for group messages under Multimedia Message setting. Yea if i can't find the settings, prob need to install Textra or a messaging app. Thanks.

What I don't understand is why Android STILL cannot handle group texting to more than 10 people.
I have a group text with a group of my friends. We have about 12 people in the group and I can't text in it. I receive all of them just fine but nothing I do let's me send a text. Different phones, different apps, different APN settings...nothing. It's a joke.

DrexelDragon said:
What I don't understand is why Android STILL cannot handle group texting to more than 10 people.
I have a group text with a group of my friends. We have about 12 people in the group and I can't text in it. I receive all of them just fine but nothing I do let's me send a text. Different phones, different apps, different APN settings...nothing. It's a joke.
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I was able to do all these group texting just fine on CM Rom. I am trying to stay with stock for awhile until I get bored and start flashing away..btw I looked at Textra..looks like that app has issues with sending out pictures sometimes so its a no go. If anyone has any ideas or a way to enable group texting (all conversation in one text chain).

Datfoooo said:
I was able to do all these group texting just fine on CM Rom. I am trying to stay with stock for awhile until I get bored and start flashing away..btw I looked at Textra..looks like that app has issues with sending out pictures sometimes so its a no go. If anyone has any ideas or a way to enable group texting (all conversation in one text chain).
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Use handcent. Enable group conversation and automatic download in the settings.

i dont understand why the option is not there in the stock app or google hangouts... I had the galaxy s4 and both apps worked fine. I was with AT&T and now i am with T-Mobile..

Zamdam1 said:
i dont understand why the option is not there in the stock app or google hangouts... I had the galaxy s4 and both apps worked fine. I was with AT&T and now i am with T-Mobile..
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Okay i figure out what happen, I was missing a setting that now allow S5 to use group text.
Open up native messaging app, menu, multimedia messages, there should be an option that say group messaging. make sure that is checked.
For some odd reason I was missing that setting and finally found someone on the internet that was having the same issue. a factory data reset resolves the issue. yippppie.

Datfoooo said:
Okay i figure out what happen, I was missing a setting that now allow S5 to use group text.
Open up native messaging app, menu, multimedia messages, there should be an option that say group messaging. make sure that is checked.
For some odd reason I was missing that setting and finally found someone on the internet that was having the same issue. a factory data reset resolves the issue. yippppie.
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I tried reseting my phone 3 times.. Doesnt work for me. THe only options i have under Multimedia messages is, Delivery reports, read reports, auto retrieve, roaming auto retrieve, set restrictions and MMS alert.
Also, what would explain the group messaging option not being there in Google hangouts?

Zamdam1 said:
I tried reseting my phone 3 times.. Doesnt work for me. THe only options i have under Multimedia messages is, Delivery reports, read reports, auto retrieve, roaming auto retrieve, set restrictions and MMS alert.
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Same here...do a hard reset. power down your phone. hold power, up volume and home button. wipe data and factory reset.

Datfoooo said:
Same here...do a hard reset. power down your phone. hold power, up volume and home button. wipe data and factory reset.
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Still does not work...fckkk. My wife has the S5 too and she has that setting "group conversation" . Seems like other people were able to fix it.
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/840946-group-messaging-problems.html

Datfoooo said:
Okay i figure out what happen, I was missing a setting that now allow S5 to use group text.
Open up native messaging app, menu, multimedia messages, there should be an option that say group messaging. make sure that is checked.
For some odd reason I was missing that setting and finally found someone on the internet that was having the same issue. a factory data reset resolves the issue. yippppie.
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Same here...do a hard reset. power down your phone. hold power, up volume and home button. wipe data and factory reset.
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Ill try that now, but why isnt the option for group messaging in Google hangouts?
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the hard reset didnt work for me either.. I called tmobile earlier and they said to bring it in so we can swap it out..

Zamdam1 said:
Ill try that now, but why isnt the option for group messaging in Google hangouts?
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the hard reset didnt work for me either.. I called tmobile earlier and they said to bring it in so we can swap it out..
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I tried bringing it in...they are sold out. So I guess I might root then flash with a stock rom to see if it fix. Even the demo phone at tmobile was missing that setting strange..

Zamdam1 said:
Ill try that now, but why isnt the option for group messaging in Google hangouts?
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the hard reset didnt work for me either.. I called tmobile earlier and they said to bring it in so we can swap it out..
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Any luck getting this fixed?

Datfoooo said:
Any luck getting this fixed?
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Yes. I went to the store and got a new sim card. That's what fixed it.

Duplicate contacts on phone app

Anyone figured out how to get rid of dupe contacts on the phone app? On the contacts app, they show up fine. But, on the phone app, I sometimes show three listings for the same person - due to whatsapp and duo being added for the same contact.
Thanks.

same problem here...with Xiaomi mi a2

Open your contact app > tap on the 3 dots setting at the top right corner > customize view > select customize > uncheck every boxes but my contact.
Let me know if it works?

Caltinpla said:
Open your contact app > tap on the 3 dots setting at the top right corner > customize view > select customize > uncheck every boxes but my contact.
Let me know if it works?
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Thanks,
But this didn't solve that.
On Contacts app i see every contact once, but on the Phone app i see 2 entries for every contact, i mean everything is duplicated. when i'm opening each contact i see that one entry is for his phone, and the other is for his Whatapp's account.
I removed Whatsapp app and now nothing is duplicated on the Phone app, but when i'm reinstalling the whatsapp - again everything is duplication in the Phone app (the contact app is always fine, no duplicates).
I saw this bug online, but nothing that people offered helped me.
This is a new phone, it's the Xiaomi mi A2 with Oreo 8.1.0.
Please advise

idopes said:
Thanks,
But this didn't solve that.
On Contacts app i see every contact once, but on the Phone app i see 2 entries for every contact, i mean everything is duplicated. when i'm opening each contact i see that one entry is for his phone, and the other is for his Whatapp's account.
I removed Whatsapp app and now nothing is duplicated on the Phone app, but when i'm reinstalling the whatsapp - again everything is duplication in the Phone app (the contact app is always fine, no duplicates).
I saw this bug online, but nothing that people offered helped me.
This is a new phone, it's the Xiaomi mi A2 with Oreo 8.1.0.
Please advise
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I don't want to be rude but this is Essential phone forum so I don't have your kind of phone to replicate the issue that you are having.
Did you contact Xiaomi tech support for help?

Caltinpla said:
I don't want to be rude but this is Essential phone forum so I don't have your kind of phone to replicate the issue that you are having.
Did you contact Xiaomi tech support for help?
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Everything cool
I contact them vie email, they didn't reply yet.
I don't believe it's something that caused by the phone model or brand, i believe it's a bug that sometimes happen on Android..

idopes said:
Everything cool
I contact them vie email, they didn't reply yet.
I don't believe it's something that caused by the phone model or brand, i believe it's a bug that sometimes happen on Android..
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Check this out...it might help.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....o/workaround-duplicate-contacts-t3740903/amp/

rtype0 said:
Anyone figured out how to get rid of dupe contacts on the phone app? On the contacts app, they show up fine. But, on the phone app, I sometimes show three listings for the same person - due to whatsapp and duo being added for the same contact.
Thanks.
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Unsync the offending accounts...

Caltinpla said:
Check this out...it might help.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....o/workaround-duplicate-contacts-t3740903/amp/
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Thanks, But that didn't help,
When i'm doing :
Code:
1- Goto settings>Apps & notifications>App info,then search for whatsapp>Permissions,then turn off contacts permission.
and opening whatsapp, all the chats are without the contact name, just bare numbers..

Ok...I found a fix for this. It has to do with the different way Google and WhatsApp handles international numbers. I had to change the way my numbers were in my google contacts from 123-456-7890 to +1123-456-7890. Strangely, it was already displaying that way when I viewed my google contacts on my desktop; however, when I edited them on my phone contacts app, I didn't have the +1. So for anyone else having this issue, make sure to add the '+' and your country's international code to the beginning. If you have a lot of contacts to change, you might want to export your numbers as csv, use a spreadsheet program to concatenate the '+ country code', then import them back.

rignfool said:
Unsync the offending accounts...
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Thanks, but unsyncing didn't really work.

I sent this bug to Xiaomi, and they weirdly replied :
Hi Ido,
Greetings from Xiaomi!
Thank you for writing to us.
Sorry for the delay in response.
I understand that you are facing the issue with your Mi A2 due to duplicate contacts. I regret the inconvenience.
With respect to your concern, would like to inform you that this an inbuilt feature of Mi A2/A1 phone that Whatsapp and Google account contacts could not be merged and they remain separately shown in the contact list of the device.
I regret that there is no way to merge the duplicate contacts of both the accounts. We regret the discomfort this may have caused you.
However, I will definitely transfer your feedback to our concerned authorities so that they can work upon the same. We assure you that we would do our best in order to avoid any further inconvenience to our customers. We value your opinion and see it as an opportunity to learn and improve.
Hope your bond with Xiaomi stays forever and we walk a long distance together.
Please get in touch with us if you need any further assistance.
Regards,
Suman
Xiaomi Customer Support
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Had the same problem
I found a solution for my Xiaomi A2. The new google contacts website on my pc shows a flag in front of the phone number of the contact while i had still the country pre selection code within the phone number. I removed the +YourCountryPreSelection, while leaving the correct flag, then the double contacts in the phone app disappears after a sync.
On some contacts without a country pre select number in front of the phone number i had simply to edit the number.
After some more playing around it most likely is enough just to edit the phone number via browser.

Quick solution. - Download Merge+ from Google Play Store - it worked for me