Built-in app for managing Contacts (names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail). Some manufacturers offer their own customized version.
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How to move phone contacts to Google?
When I create a contact on my Android phone, I can choose to store it to the SIM, the phone or to Google. If I choose phone, is there an easy way that I can move or copy that contact to Google (so it ...
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Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol?
I've been toying with the idea of getting away from syncing my contacts and calendar with Google. I'd like more control over my data. I've heard that Funambol might be a good solution to this and I'm ...
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How do I sync only “My Contacts” from Google on Samsung Galaxy S?
Is there any way that I can limit my Galaxy S to only download & sync contacts from the google account that are in "My Contacts"? Right now, it downloads everything, in particular, contacts in the ...
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Contacts with and without international extensions
I'm in the UK. My Nexus S received its update to 4.0.4 yesterday, and I now have the following problem.
If I have a contact with (say) the number 07123456789 and I receive a text from this contact, ...
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Use existing contact for “Me” in Ice Cream Sandwich
My Nexus S has just been updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, and I notice that in contacts there is a new space for "me". Is there a way to assign the existing ordinary contact for me (a contact with my ...
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Restore only part of nandroid image
In attempt to install 2.2 I've deleted all my contacts(contacts were saved on phone, not as google contacts)
I've done full nandroid backup while phone still had those contacts; however when I try ...
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How do I change the default phone number?
The phone is a Galaxy S 2.2. I set up the phone for my wife using my SIM card. Now she is using the phone with her own SIM card, but the phone still displays my phone number in the system settings ...
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Separate ringtone for calls from numbers not in the contact list?
good old Siemens phones had a feature that allowed you to set a single ringtone for all calls coming from your contacts, and a single ringtone for all calls coming from numbers not in your contact ...
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Can I use the Google Market without syncing other Google data?
I have HTC Wildfire phone. I want to access Google Market, but I don't want to import any data from my Google Account.
I don't want contacts or any other data from my Google Account on my phone. Is ...
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Proper PC Suite for android?
I was expecting Android Phones to have some powerful PC Suite, but apparently not.
I'm looking for application that can:
manage my phone files (audio/photo),
calendar (ms outlook independent)
...
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Can I store contacts on my SD card? How?
I have 400mb of internal storage on my HTC, 100 of which is consumed by my (extensive) contacts. I am constantly low on storage--is there any way to store my contacts on my SD card?
I looked in the ...
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How to sync contacts and calendar with Linux system, without using Gmail?
How can I sync my contacts and calendar with a Linux system?
I'd prefer to sync with my desktop, but setting up a server on the internet would also be possible.
I want to avoid Google mail for ...
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Sync to my own server for contacts, sms and notes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol?
Does anyone know any effort on Android which can sync contacts, sms or even notes/todos to my own ...
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How can I transfer my contacts from an iPhone to an Android device?
I tried to transfer data from my 3 year old iPhone to my new HTC Inspire via bluetooth but it keeps saying the two are "paired but not connected". Seems I can't get past this problem.
How can I ...
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How can I specify a default contact for merged contacts?
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 ...
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Choose contact name manually?
In my contact list, I entered a number of "household" contacts combined together. For example, "Bob & Sally Smith", with the corresponding e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc. The problem is ...
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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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Sync only Gmail “My Contacts” group on android 2.3
I have more then 2k contacts on other contacts, but i only want to sync the "my contacts".
Any hints?
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Is it somehow possible to change MANUALLY the format of a telephone number?
In this question Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed ? @Edelcom asked to change the format of telephone numbers, but he could get his wanted format just ...
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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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How to move contacts and other data from Symbian to Android?
I am changing my mobile from Symbian(Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - S60v5) to Android(Samsung Galaxy SII).
I want to move the following data from my old mobile to the new one somehow.
Contacts
Calendar ...
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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 can I backup my contact list without rooting my phone?
Up until now, I was always storing my new contact phone numbers on my SIM card because that way, when I buy a new phone, I have all my numbers transfered automatically.
However, it really is nice to ...
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Is there a Google-less “personal cloud” for contacts, calendar, tasks and images sync? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Suggestions for syncing data to someone besides Google? Funambol?
The idea is to cut Google's (or other 3rd-party) proprietary bits out of an Android installation, while ...
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Is there any contact information on the SD card?
I found an sd card that was definitely in someone's android phone. Is there any file within the card that would have it's owner's info, so that I might contact them somehow and return what they've ...
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How can I add a photo to a contact?
It seems like this should be possible - how can I add a profile photo to a contact that I manually created? At the moment they're all boring silhouettes.
In my Contacts, the only ones with photos are ...
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How do I transfer my phone numbers to an Android phone?
I just bought a new Android Phone (HTC Hero), but I need to import my Outlook contacts with all their phone numbers.
Any directions as to how to do this?
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How do I change the number identification format (to associate with a contact's number)?
I have a Sony/Ericsson Xperia Arc phone with Android 2.3 In my country, I can receive calls with the following number patterns (it's the formatting used by my operator):
12345678
0aa12345678
...
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“Show only contacts with phone number” - Filter missing in Android 4
The stock contacts app of Android 2.3. (and older versions) had a filter that displays only contacts with a phone number, accessible under Menu -> Display Options -> Only contacts with phones.
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How can I force-link a Google contact with a Facebook profile?
Back when my HTC Desire had its stock Sense, there was an option to link Facebook accounts to Google contacts, by selecting them from the Facebook friends list.
This created fields for my contacts ...
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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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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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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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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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Is there a way to create groups of contacts?
On my old Nokia phone I was able to create groups of contacts. I found this very useful and had groups such as Co-workers, Neighbors, Doctors, Friends, Family, etc.
Is there a way to do this on my ...
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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 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 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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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 do I prod my Droid 2 into resync'ing Facebook profile pictures?
The Motorola Droid 2 supports, from out-of-the-box, the notion of logging in with not only a Google account, but also a Facebook and Twitter account, and maintains three separate groups of contacts ...
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How do I transfer iPhone contacts to an Android phone?
I know someone who just got an Atrix 4G and previously had an iPhone 3GS. I was asked how he could move his contacts from the iPhone/iTunes onto the Android device. I have never owned an iPhone and ...
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Facebook contact sync in Ice Cream Sandwich
The rivalry between Google and Facebook seems to have gotten in the way of a really useful feature from Gingerbread: Facebook contact sync. Currently my Verizon Galaxy Nexus has the ability to add ...
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How can I merge contacts in CyanogenMod?
Can I merge contacts in CyanogenMod 7 like I was able to do in HTC Sense?
Let's that I have my contact 'John Smith', then I import contacts from Facebook and a new John Smith appeared. I want these ...
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Backup link between gmail, facebook, twitter contacts
I have contacts from my GMail, Facebook and Twitter account. In my GMail accounts, I've saved my contacts with their first names or nicknames, so I end up having to manually link most of my Facebook ...
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Remove duplicate contact information
After merging contacts from different sources like Facebook, Twitter, Exchange and Google+, it was apparent to me that now my contacts contain a lot of duplicate information such as the same email ...
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Good idea to transfer all phone numbers from SIM card to google contacts?
I am new to the whole smartphone thing. Currently all of my telephone contacts are on my SIM card. I suspect it makes sense to move all my phone numbers from the SIM card to my Google contacts (i.e. ...
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In google contacts where is the contact for me?
I'm not sure if it matters but my phone has 'HTC sense'.
I have all my contacts sync'd with my google account.
I have a normal contact called "me" in my google contacts that through various merging ...
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How can I edit or remove people from the favourite contacts widget on my HTC Legend?
How can I edit or remove people from the favourite contacts widget on my HTC Legend?
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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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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 ...
