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I have some contacts on my phone that appear in all or some of:

  • my phone
  • my google contacts
  • skype
  • facebook

Thankfully, Android allows me to link that contacts, so that I have only one entry in my phonebook with access to all the different sources. However, the names aren't always identical. For instance:

  • in some cases the name is in English, in others in Hebrew
  • some have the full name, others only the first name

Is there any way to select which of these is the default display name?

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possible duplicate of Choose contact name manually? – Nathan Fellman Feb 28 '11 at 6:46

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Edit the contact you want to be the default. Then press the menu button and join the additional contacts. This will keep the display name as the original contact you were editing.

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If contacts already merged, open the contact, press menu button and choose Mark as default

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I don't see that on my phone? Is this true for stock android or only for some variants? – Nathan Fellman Mar 8 at 9:26
Which version did you use? Tested it with Samsung stock 4.1.2. Possible it is Samsung only? – Megachip Mar 9 at 18:30
I am using stock on a Nexus. – Nathan Fellman Mar 9 at 21:53

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