Built-in app for managing Contacts (names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail). Some manufacturers offer their own customized version.
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Add mobile number to Facebook contact?
My Android phone connected to Facebook and grabbed all my friends. Now I want to edit their info and add a mobile number, but it does not let me do that; it only lets you change their ringtone and a ...
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how to link contact with facebook, gmail etc?
I am on cm7 & HTC Desire. Old HTC Sence was linking my contacts with Facebook, Gmail etc. It gave me good suggestions what could be linked or an easy way how to link a contact item with some other ...
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How can I choose which contacts to sync from Facebook to my HTC Desire HD?
In relation to this question, I asked if there is a way to choose which contacts get synced and got a suggestion to post this as a new question.
So here it is. How can I manually choose which ...
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How can I sync .vcf contact photos between Android 2.2 and Gmail?
I can save all of the contacts to one .vcf file, then use a PC to import it to a Gmail account but there are no photo in the Gmail contacts. I checked the .vcf file there is photo data in it. Is there ...
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contacts storage on android 2.3.5
Is there a way to have access to the file/s that list the contact details on an Android 2.3.5 phone? My contacts storage is growing up to many MBs, and I would like to be able to delete some of these ...
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Save merged contacts information
I just spent a lot of time merging contacts from different sources (two Google accounts, Google+, Twitter, Facebook, Skype), and now my contact list looks somewhat clean for the first time in months. ...
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Merge Skype and Gmail contacts
I recently installed Skype on my phone, and so all of my Skype contacts are added to the full list of contacts in my phone. However, most of these contacts are redundant. A few of the redundancies ...
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Merging Contacts
How to merge more than 5 contacts in the default contacts app? It gives the error saying "Unable to join contact.Maximum number of joined contacts is 5"
And in gmail (browser) you can go to contacts ...
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Contacts disappeared after adding new google account
I am using a Google Nexus S I9023 mobile phone (Android 4.0.4). For whatever reason my google account was deactivated. So, I registered a new one and added it to the phone.
Afterwards, 80% of the ...
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ICS upgrade - Contacts freezing on Galaxy S2
This morning I upgraded my Galaxy S2 from Android v2 to ICS, using Settings/About/Software Update. Since doing so, I am encountering a problems with my Contacts, which crashes practically every time ...
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how do you delete specific contacts in ICS?
I have a Nexus S phone just updated to ICS. This forum was very helpful in finding out ICS' now more cumbersome way to delete specific calls from call logs. Thank You.
It's a new year, and I want to ...
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How do I stop Facebook linked contacts' pictures from automatically updating from Facebook?
I have several contacts with linked Facebook accounts. I've set contact pictures for them using Google Contacts, but every time they update their Facebook profile picture, the Facebook picture is ...
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How can I remove pictures from contacts to save space?
I am desperate for app space on my HTC Desire. When looking at what I use app storage for, i can see that 12 mb (since this question was first asked this has grown to 16 mb) is spent on contacts. This ...
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How can I fix Droid2 “Link Contacts” so it chooses the right primary name?
I'm having a problem with my Motorola Droid2 (Android Version 2.2) (System Version 2.3.20.A955) when it comes to linking contacts.
When I link any Google Contact and/or phone contact with a Twitter ...
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What is the easiest way I can send one contact's phone number to another on my Android?
I have to send two contacts in my phone book to another contact, on my Nexus One Android 2.2. How can I do this easiest?
On my old SonyEricsson this function was on a nearby menu, but I can't find it ...
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How Google Contacts sync works?
I want to know the process of syncing contacts between Android Contacts and Google Contacts.
The direction of sync, effect of updating contacts etc.
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How to choose which joined contact to use for contact image?
Okay, I'm running a Galaxy S III with the TouchWiz ROM.
I knew how to do this in AOSP ROMs, but cannot find it in the Samsung people app.
If I have an aggregate contact with numerous joined ...
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Dialling with favorites
With My old phone as soon as I hit my favorites button, the phone would automatically dial the number that I set as a default. With this phone, when I hit an entry on my favorites list, it brings me ...
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Transferring contacts, calendars and applications from one device to another
I am completing my contract on my EVO 4G and replacing it (with a Galaxy SII Epic 4G).
Both are Android - I am wondering what is the best way to transfer my contacts (a few thousand) and calendar (a ...
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Sudden loss of contacts on my Samsung Galaxy S - running Gingerbread
I have recebtly experienced that all my phone contacts suddenly disappeared from my internal phone memory.
I could still see the 2 contacts that were on my sim-card, and I have no contacts on my ...
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Re-run 'matched contacts suggestion'
I have a hTc Evo 3D, with hTc sense. Sense has a great little tool that matches contacts from different accounts, so that all the details for a particular person are linked. i.e. Facebook, Twitter and ...
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How do I transfer contacts from my PC to my phone, without putting it in Gmail?
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. I want to copy my outlook contacts to my phone without gmail. This is my first time I bought a Android. It seems great, but one thing I do not like is that I have to ...
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Saving ringtone selection in Contacts app
My wife's Samsung Captivate (AT&T's Galaxy S variant) phone is running CyanogenMod 7.1 (Android 2.3.x). Several times for various reasons her Google account was removed and had to be re-added. ...
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Sharing contacts on HTC Desire HD
I have a stock Desire HD using HTC Sense and am having trouble sharing contacts. When I choose mail as a method to send contacts it doesn't offer me the choice to use my Gmail account?
Anyone have ...
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HTC People Widget: Changing Pictures
Is there any way to change or set the source for the pictures on the People Widget when you have linked contacts?
Example: I have my wife as one of my contacts. I have her Facebook/Twitter ...
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How to search contacts with T9 dialer on Nexus 4
I had a myTouch Slide 4g rooted and running Android 4.0. I was using the default dialer that came with CyanogenMod's Google Apps ROM. I recently picked up the Nexus 4 (not rooted and the bootloader is ...
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How to change the way joined contacts are displayed
I have several accounts synchronized on my galaxy S3 (google, google+, skype, facebook, linkedin) and I grouped the same contacts from various accounts into one.
How can I modify the way this merged ...
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How to filter my Google contacts?
I have synced contacts from my Google account on my Samsung Galaxy.
Now in my contacts are all kinds of people I've written once an email to, which Gmail stored in my contacts.
Some contacts even ...
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Contact search in Xperia Z doesn't show all contacts
The contacts system on my Xperia Z doesn't search through all my contacts, for some reason. All of the contacts were imported from my Google account, which has no groups or anything special.
As an ...
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How use the Samsung Galaxy S3 stock contact/phone app with custom ROM?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Verizon with the custom ROM Cyanogenmod 10.1. It has it's own people app and dialer.
Previously, before I rooted my phone and installed the Cyanogenmod, the S3 comes ...
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How to remove GMail contacts from Messaging app on Samsung Galaxy S Advance?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Advance and when I try to send a SMS message to someone I have to search through all my GMail contacts that for some reason appear on the app along with my phone contacts. I ...
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Dialing an extension automatically
How do I add a phone number extension to a contact in a way that it will dial the extension automatically a few seconds after a call is connected? I have seen 4 different ways that appear to work on ...
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import contacts from sim to phone only
I have to set up an android phone (Orange Boston, Android 2.1-update1) for a colleague.
I added two accounts, one gmail and one exchange, both only used for mail & calendar.
Now my colleague has ...
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Import multiple vCard files to Galaxy S3 contacts
How can I import contacts from hundreds of vCard files to my Galaxy S3 which is shipped with Ice Cream Sandwich ? I don't want to import it one by one.
I am using Windows 7 Ultimate.
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CWM Backup / Contact Recovery
So I just rooted using mobile odin lite and the Entropy512 kernel that has CWM recovery. Then I performed a CWM backup. Stupidly, I forgot to backup anything except for my camera data before doing ...
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Upload contacts from Nokia to LG Optimus L5: phone numbers in notes field
I have exported contacts from Nokia to CSV and TXT files and upload to gmail contacts then I set LG to sync gmail contacts.
It worked but all contacts are in comments.
I can't call when I select ...
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Access Company Directory on Samsung S3
Does anyone know how to access Microsoft Exchange company directory on Samsung S3? This used to be available on my previous phone (HTC Desire) but I can't seem to find it on the Samsung S3.
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<HTCData><Facebook> auto sync after changing ROM
I had stock rom for my HTC Wildfire S with HTC Sense and facebook. I had joined contacts - Google account and Facebook friends.
Now I flashed to Cyanogen mod 7 and they are not synchronised. But I ...
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ICS: Add Google Contact Group To Home Screen
Please note I'm using Ice Cream Sandwich.
I'd like to add a shortcut to a Google Contacts Group such as 'Co-Workers' to my home screen. Can I do that?
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Droid x on Liberty 3 v 2: How can I restore contacts with titanium backup after flashing?
I just rooted my droid X and installed liberty 3v2. Awesome experience so far.
Before I flashed, I backed up most of my apps + system data with titanium backup. What app / data do I need restore from ...
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Change “contact” photo when making a call
I've started using Google Plus and I want my Android "contact" picture to change to the picture used in G+; a real photo of me. It's currently using an old avatar picture I once set for Google Talk, ...
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Make Google my default contact type on T-Mobile my touch 4G
New contacts sync to T-Mobile instead of Google unless I manually change the contact type EVERY time I add a contact to my phone.
I want the default to be Google not T-Mobile
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Migrate from Sony Ericsson W810i to Galaxy
I just bought my new Galaxy S. My old mobile phone is Sony Ericsson W810i. I wonder if I can do something in order to migrate my SMS and contacts. For example I was thinking the following:
Connect ...
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Are my contacts encrypted on my Android?
Are my contacts encrypted on my Android and where are they?
How can I access them? Any public APIs? (From PC)
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Motorola Defy does not sync to GMail
I have purchased a Motorola Defy some time ago, and imported my address book from my old featurephone using the SIM card.
Under Settings / Account now I have two accounts listed in the Motoblur ...
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How to update the picture of my contact from Facebook in HTC wildfire?
How to update the picture of my contact from Facebook in HTC wildfire? I am able to update all other contacts but not able to update my contact from facebook. I am using android version 2.2
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How do you copy a contact from the SIM card to the phone in order to assign a picture to it
Searching the site here has let me to believe that you cannot assign a picture to a contact which resides on the SIM card ( I am using a Samsung Galaxy S, and that indeed seems to be the case - at ...
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How to show all the browsing letters in contacts list (right hand side of the screen) in Samsung Galaxy I5500 Europa?
I am using Samsung Galaxy I5500 (aka Europa). But when I browse contacts list not all the letters through A-Z show in the right hand side of the screen. The missing letters are K,L,Q,R,W,X. So, that ...
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How can I make my Droid2 push Facebook-originated contacts to Google?
On my Droid2 (Android Version 2.2) (System Version.2.3.20.A955.Verizon.en.US), I fully utilize the phone's ability to log into a Google, Facebook, and Twitter account, and link the contacts together. ...
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How can I get the stock mail application in Android to sync all my Exchange/Outlook contact folders?
Device: Samsung Galaxy (T959)
OS: Android 2.1 (stock from T-Mobile USA)
Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise
How can I get the stock mail application in Android to sync all my Exchange/Outlook contact ...
