Built-in app for managing Contacts (names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail). Some manufacturers offer their own customized version.
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How can I save keypad command numbers like `*#*#4636#*#*` to my contact list?
I learned from a previous question of mine that Android has got several system numbers, or "keypad commands," which produce all kinds of information or invoke a system mode.
As example: one of them ...
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How can you stop your phone from saving contacts to your sim?
I Have a T-Mobile Sidekick 4G. It runs on Gingerbread. I just got my phone and when I first tried to enter a contact I accidentally pressed "Save to Sim" and "Remember This Choice". I really want to ...
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Can apps be controlled through adb?
Can an installed application be completely controlled via adb?
For example:
Consider I need to to export my Contacts to SD Card. So here there are basically 5 Steps involved
1)Open Contacts ...
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Remove Facebook and Gmail contacts
Some time ago I have synced my Facebook contacts (using Facebook for Android app) with my contacts. I also have my Gmail account synchronized. Having all those contacts is too much.
I went to Account ...
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Is there a way to allow certain numbers to be called from a locked phone?
When I got my first cell phone I was told to put a "In case of an emergency call XXX" at the top of my list of phone numbers. While I haven't ever benefited directly from that, I have benefited from ...
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Duplicate contacts with Google+
I have a problem with my contacts in conjunction with google+.
Like most, I had already a lot of people in my contactlist, which is synced with the contacts in google mail. With google-plus, I have ...
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How do I merge contacts based on phone numbers?
I have been using 2 SIM cards in 2 separate phones and until recently I bought the Alcatel OT-918N Glory, a dual SIM Android phone.
Since I had 2 phones before, I am expecting to have duplicated ...
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Email application with notifications only for specified contacts (standard SMTP/POP3/IMAP)
I have a lot of mail traffic on my phone. But I want to be notified only for mail from certain contacts like my family, colleagues/boss, critical automated systems or at least any contact in my phone ...
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When I edit contacts on my Nexus S, it's deleting their birthdays from Google Contacts. Am I doing something wrong?
Is it something I'm doing wrong?
Where do I report this?
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Contacts on Android: Delete limit exceeded
A few days ago I deleted all of my Android contacts (using the "Delete Contacts" app). Not a mistake, I really want to delete them.
From that day, Android always shows a notification "Sync: Too many ...
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Contacts and calendar no longer syncing between google and phone
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that has suddenly stopped being able to sync my calendars and contacts with GMail. Every time I try, I get the message sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be ...
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Display additional information on the incoming call screen
I have a HTC wildfire running cyanogenmod and I really want to display the Organization for contacts along side their name and picture on the incoming-call screen.
Does anyone know of any ...
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How can I save all contacts into google account?
I did it using Gingerbread (Samsung Galaxy Ace 2), but with Ice Cream Sandwich (LG L5) I don't see appropriate action for that.
Previously I entered Contacts (ok), then selected Settings (ok), ...
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How do I restore a contact I deleted on my Android phone, but not in GMail contacts?
The contact in question had the wrong phone number in Viber, so I deleted it from Viber. I later found out that Viber had deleted it from my contacts, so I had lost all of the other correct ...
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Sort contacts by different field (not first \ last name)
Merging the gmail contacts with the phones address list has many advantages, but also one nagging problem.
While the gmail contacts contain full names, and in English, I want the display name in the ...
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How do I get my contact list to display busines name also?
How do I get the names in my contact list to be displayed WITH their organization? b/c I have business contacts who I may never remember by name but may need to contact someone from their place of ...
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How can I view my Google Contacts groups with my Samsung Fascinate?
My phone's contacts sync with my Google Contacts, but they are all in the same group (called "Google"). I would like for the sub-groups that I have created in Google Contacts to be accessible from my ...
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How do I create a Favorite Contacts shortcut on Droid X?
On the motorola Droid X there is a favorite contacts shortcut. I'd like to add this on another screen but I can't figure out how to create a new one. Any ideas?
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On an HTC Evo, is there any way to sync only 'my contacts' from gmail (not 'all contacts')?
I've seen references to this posted elsewhere, but never a solution. I'd like to only sync the "my contacts" group of contacts from my gmail (really google apps, but should work the same) account, ...
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Why are some contacts missing in some views after an android update followed by restoring the contacts?
Here is what happened: I upgraded my android version (to 2.1 on an Xperia X10 ), restored my contacts using the native apps. Some contacts are missing, but when I look at speed dial I can see some of ...
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How can I show two alphabets in my contact list?
I have a Galaxy S with an interface in Hebrew. Some of my contacts are in English and some are in Hebrew. However, I only have the option to scroll through the letters in Hebrew. The English alphabet ...
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Disable SMS (Messaging) icon in for a Contact
When you tap the contact icon for someone, it always offers to let you SMS a phone number. What if you do not want to ever SMS that number, is there a checkbox somewhere that lets you turn off that ...
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Lost all my contacts after flashing custom rom (sg2)
I got a Galaxy S2 as an upgrade from my HTC Hero around January this year. My phone contacts have always been synced to my Gmail account and the backup worked since I got all my contacts on my SGS2 ...
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Facebook non-official app for contact sync
I want to remove official Facebook app from system because its a piece of crap, but I am not doing it because it syncs my contact with Facebook. I add someone friend and I get her phone no. and email ...
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reduce memory usage of “Internet” and “contacts”
The DiskUsage app shows 14,8MB data used for "Internet" and 11,5MB used for contacts.
Is there a way to reduce memory usage?
I know I can delete Internet data using the general app settings but I ...
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Can I have different default phone numbers for different actions?
Take a contact which has several phone numbers... say Home, Mobile and Work. When I click the QuickContact action to text them, it asks me which number... so I select Mobile. Now, I'd like to set this ...
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How to change the default contact saving location for HTC Desire HD 2.2.1?
How to set HTC Desire HD Android 2.2.1 to save new contacts to Exchange? With Samsung Galaxy S 2.2.1 it's super easy: Contacts > Menu > More > Settings > Save new contacts to...
But with HTC Desire ...
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Always see last-viewed group in Contacts
Whenever I view Contacts it always defaults to the full list.
Is there a way to make it show the last-viewed Group of contacts? Or at the very least a specific group?
Thanks for any help!
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How can I merge duplicated contacts that are different only in one letter?
I use "Contact Remover Plus" to merge duplicated contacts. But I want also merge contacts that their names are different just in a letter.
How can I merge these duplicated contacts? I am looking for ...
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How can I manually extract my contacts from a backup image of Android?
So I recently made an .img using dd of my Froyo installation on my phone prior to wiping and installing a custom Jellybean ROM. Turns out that the contacts were saved locally and not with Google.
I ...
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Where are my Gmail contacts?
Where can I access my Gmail contacts on my ICS Android Tablet (DGM T-703)? This does feel like a silly question, but I cannot find my Contacts list anywhere?! Within the Gmail app I cannot see a ...
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Joined Google Contacts do not sync
I can join two contacts on my Android phone, regardless of where the contact is from (Google Contacts, Qik Video, Skype, etc). But when I join two Google contacts, I expect to see the contacts merged ...
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How do I import all contacts from a SIM-card to an Android phone?
My mother have got a HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2.
Now I want to import all contacts from her old SIM-card to the phone. I did it and it worked. Then I switched to the new SIM-card, and now when I ...
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Merging duplicate contacts - is my phone broken?
I just got my Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1.1) and I'm having the usual trouble with ridiculous amounts of duplicate contacts. I've tried the following methods to no avail:
My mom told me to go to ...
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How to sync contacts with Outlook, WITHOUT Exchange?
Can anyone recommend an app to sync Outlook contacts with Android? I know there are a number of them which sync with Exchange, but I am not using Exchange.
I'm looking for something that will sync ...
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Export contacts/text messages in a readable format
I would like to export both my contacts and my text messages. But I would like be able to easily read the file formats that it exports to. I can export the contacts as a VCF yet when I view it there ...
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Can I generate a QR code for a contact?
I'm pretty sure I remember someone showing me a tool they were using to generate QR codes for individual contacts on their Android.
Is there an app that does this either specifically for contacts or ...
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Share (through share menu) directly to own email address
I often send over images etc to my own email for forwarding or printing or what ever.
Problem is I have many contacts, and I have to type quite a bit to find my own email address.
I would really ...
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How do I add a phone number to contacts from the text message app?
I have a text message sent from a phone number that is not yet linked in any other method.
Is there a way to use this message's number to create a new contact or modify an existing one directly from ...
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Importing contacts from SIM card results in only mobile numbers, and no home numbers
I needed to reboot my phone, (Galaxy Ace, Android2.3), but wanted to save all my contacts. So I did the following:
export contacts to SIM card
reboot phone
import contacts from SIM card
The ...
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Find-and-Replace on contacts
Is thee any way to perform a find-and-replace in contacts? I want replace a letter with another one in all contacts texts. (My devise is Xperia Mini Pro androind 4.0)
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Sync only one contact group
I am using Samsung Galaxy ACE with Android 2.3. Since I have too many email contacts in google I do not want to sync everything to my phone and consume the precious phone memory. Also syncing so many ...
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Looking for application that captures name-card and sync with google contact?
I'm looking for an Android application that captures picture of name-card and can help to sync with Google contact the contact information in that captured image.
If you know one, please share.
ps.
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How to delete gmail contacts from contacts app in Gingerbread
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Y phone. I do not want my Gmail contacts in the phone contacts. I have disabled automatic sync. There seems to be no direct way to delete them
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Same phone number with different code problem
There is a strange bug/issue with almost all phones (non-android phones too). If two different contacts have same numbers with different starting code they appear as one contact.
In call log both ...
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How to unlink contacts?
I had a call from a new number. I went to create a new contact for it but accidentally clicked on the first item in my contact list. Now, it doesn't seem possible to unlink or unjoin them. When I view ...
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Galaxy S contacts - Media tab. What is it for?
Called supplier and researched the web no one seems to know.
Go to contacts. Select a specific contact. Look at the top of the screen.
It lists four tabs Info -- History -- Activities -- Media.
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Can I import contacts from vcf and NOT sync to Google?
I bought the Nexus S with Android 2.3 and am in the process of migrating my contacts from the Apple Address book. I was able to create and import a vcf file containing all the contacts into Android.
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How to transfer apps, contacts and settings between two identical phones?
OS: 2.1
Phone: Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S)
I'm having trouble with my new Samsung Vibrant (it constantly reboots) and I'm going to return it for a replacement unit. How can I transfer all of my phone ...
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Is there a reason why an app would want all of my contacts?
I've downloaded an application that wasn't in Google Play (private developer) for testing purposed. Part of the assignment is for me to send them back some information about my device (auto-generated, ...
