Questions tagged [contacts]
Built-in app for managing Contacts (names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail). Some manufacturers offer their own customized version.
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Deleted contacts still showing when I select forward messages on WhatsApp [closed]
When I forward messages on WhatsApp, the list of contact I have deleted on the phone book are still visible.
How can I get rid of these numbers completely?
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An unknown group Text appeared today on phone. I went to Google contacts online. It no longer was just Contacts.Contacts had a new title Contacts 801? [closed]
I think an App hacked my Contacts. An unknown group Text appeared today on phone. I went to Google contacts online to lookup the phone numbers from the unknown group. Contacts online was no longer ...
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How can I import a VCARD file (contact information) via a QR code into Android contacts?
I would like to generate a QR code for my contact information to put on a website or my phone to show people. They should be able to scan it and import it automatically to their phone contacts. All I ...
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How to restore Contacts from a filesystem backup?
I make filesystem backups of /data/ and am trying to restore my contacts.
Contacts appear to be stored in /data/data/user_de/0/com.android.providers.contacts/, specifically its database/contacts2.db.
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Add contact to ActiveSync on Samsung phone
I have two Samsung phones connect to my Exchange email using ActiveSync.
When I manually add a contact they are stored on the phone and not ActiveSync, how can I set the default storage mechanism to ...
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android.process.acore force-closing due to contacts list crashing
I've installed Android 4.1.2 on the Samsung Galaxy S Advance. I cope with a problem that more Android users have to deal with. The well-known android.process.acore force-closing (FC) or something ...
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How to merge multiple contacts of same person?
An Android newbie here --- I've recently got my first Android phone (HTC Desire S) and I'm trying to clean up a mess of my contacts from a SIM card (three of them, in fact). For example, a certain ...
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To add a “File As” field to your Google Contacts, you can follow these steps:
RESOLVED: Google Contacts WILL default to a 'File As' field as the main Contact name.
You just have to create the Custom field labeled File As. Follow these steps and you can change the names to ...
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Birthday in Contacts app not showing up in Google Calendar
I am running Android 12 on a Realme 8 5G phone.
I have a few people with registered birthdays in the Contacts app (the default Contacts app that came with my phone).
However, these birthdays are not ...
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How does WhatsApp show the name in the contact list?
This is bugging me about WhatsApp. My contact list in the WhatsApp app is presumably the list of contacts I have in my phone book who have WhatsApp. I can see their picture and status if they have one....
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A contact not showing in my phone but in WhatsApp
I wanted to delete a contact from my phone, but to my surprise, when I searched for their name in my phone's contacts, nothing showed up. No one with that name or number was in my contact list. Their ...
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How to view/delete read-only contacts with Google contact
I have 550 contacts. 450 have Google account, and 100 are read-only contacts.
I want to clean up my phonebook. So I want to do one of these:
Delete all 100 read-only accounts with no Google account ...
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How to sync facebook contacts after Ubersync deprecated
As of May 2015, Ubersync no longer works due to a change Facebook made. How can I keep my Android contacts book synced with my Facebook contacts now? I imagine other apps have suffered a similar fate.
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How to sync Hotmail contacts in both directions?
I have to use Hotmail, not Gmail, as I primarily use Outlook on a PC, and Gmail provides no (free) Outlook sync method for contacts and calendars. With iPhone, you just add your Hotmail account and it ...
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How to show only Gmail's contacts in the Contacts app?
I have recently reinstalled Android on B63M due to some problems with the SD Card. I decided to keep all my contacts only in Gmail, as a centralized solution to avoid problems in the future. I do not ...
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Deleting unwanted contacts from my cloud
I lost my S3 Mini and all my phone numbers were backed up on Google cloud. When I activated my Moto G and downloaded all my numbers, some of the ones that showed up on my phone were numbers that were ...
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Deleting unwanted contacts after accidental account sync
A friend borrowed my phone when they forgot theirs. They had to log into their Gmail to get their contacts to find where they left the phone. When they added their account, it was synced to my phone.
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Contacts synced when a Google account is added, how to remove them after removing the account?
I have a Realme phone. I added a Google email to the phone, and the contact numbers saved with that email got synced with the phone. Now I removed that email, but the contacts from that account are ...
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How can I auto-send all calls (not in my contact list) on Galaxy S20 (Verizon) to Voice Mail without ringing?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S20 (Verizon) phone. Contacts that I blocked create new telephone numbers online to call me constantly. I want my normal unblocked contacts to ring (family, friends, doctors, ...
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Unable to delete a contact from Contact List in Android phone
Phone: Nexus 5x
Operating System: Android 7.0
When I try to delete a contact in contact list of phone it displays the error message:
Contacts from your read-only accounts cannot be deleted, but they ...
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Nokia C01 Plus - is there a way to disable the "Emergency Number"
I have a Nokia C01 Plus running Android version 11 - this is Android Go.
For some reason, it pocket dials the number which is shown as "Emergency Number"
This is not something I stored, but ...
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WhatsApp only shows contact numbers instead of names on Samsung Galaxy S3 [duplicate]
On my Samsung Galaxy S3, the contact names are gone on WhatsApp. All it shows are contact numbers.
Is there a way to fix this problem?
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Force country code on known numbers to send an SMS
I've been looking on the internet for an answer, to no avail. I have a phone mostly used in France, I recently brought to the US with a US sim card. Unfortunately, most contacts were added with the ...
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Is there a contact book that allows partial access for apps?
In my phone book, I have both personal contacts and work-related contacts, like clients, contractors, etc.
Applications such as 'WhatsApp' are great and easy, but I do not necessarily want to add all ...
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Why I can't I add contacts on my Telegram?
I can't add more contacts to my Telegram account. They said "[Name] is not on Telegram yet, would you like to invite them to join?" but the contact is indeed already existed on Telegram. I ...
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Gmail autocomplete -- how to clear contact suggestions when composing a new message?
When I compose a new message in Gmail on my Android phone I'm offered several suggestions for the recipient (i.e. for the email's To: field) via an autocomplete function. These are often very old/...
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How to move phone contacts to Google?
I'm using the Samsung Vibrant, T-Mobile's variant of the Galaxy S, running Android 2.1. When I create a contact on my Android phone, I can choose to store it to the SIM, the phone, or to Google. If ...
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Duplicating a contact in the Samsung contacts app
How can I duplicate a contact in the phone memory of a Samsung Android 11 smartphone without entering the same information again ? This is helpful for example when adding a person in the same ...
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How to remove other apps icons (like Skype or WhatsApp) from contact and phone app?
I would like to keep Skype Mobile installed but get rid of its icons from contacts AND/OR from being asked whether I want to make a call to the contact through Skype or other similarly annoying ...
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whenever I receive a call a corresponding contact is duplicated, how to fix?
whenever I receive a call a corresponding contact is cloned, so I have tons of duplicated similarly named contacts . How to fix?
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Why do QR scanner apps want to access my contact list?
I want an app to scan the occasional QR code which usually should contain an URL.
The other day, I meant to download an app for that and searched the market for one that does not want access to all my ...
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Need to block users from accessing the "MANAGE CONTACTS" option
We want all contacts created by users on Android's phones to go to the O365 email account and therefore we need to block the ability to change the SYNC ACCOUNTS inside CONTACTS - MANAGE CONTACTS.
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How to extract Google contacts pictures?
I would like to have all my Google contacts' pictures extracted in a folder, for instance in JPG format.
I know that it's already possible to export all contacts including pictures, for instance via ...
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Contact deleted from phone but still visible in WhatsApp
First i deleted chat from WhatsApp, then i deleted contact from my phone. Then i refreshed WhatsApp 2-3 times but when i type name in search bar, that contact is visible in WhatsApp without any ...
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A Strange Contacts [duplicate]
I found a strange contact with a short strange number on my android device.
The contact name is "Siiii" and the number is a combination of just 10 numbers. Is this a spam? Or a hacking issue?...
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How do I Remove a Google Contact from Phone without Deleting it from Google Account?
My work Google account is one of many synced to my phone. I'm a teacher so I have lot's of student emails as contacts on my work Google account. When I do a search for say "David" on my ...
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Link events (birthdays/anniversaries) from Google Contacts to Google Calendar in Android
In my contacts app, I have birthdays and anniversaries saved for most contacts. On most birthdays, I get a reminder 3 days before and then on the day of the birthday at 10 am. I have not created this ...
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Importing the Telegram contacts into the phone book - Android
I have a fairly serious problem. I lost all the numbers in the phone book, breaking the SIM card, but luckily I saw that most of them are stored on telegram. I tried with telegram desktop to export ...
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Advice Setting Up an Android Phone for an Elderly User
My grandmother wants to use a smart phone but I'm struggling to set it up in a way that is intuitive for her. Although she's used older mobile phones for decades, she doesn't have any experience with ...
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How to give an app permission to see a subset of contacts
Some apps require access to my contacts list in order to function (e.g. WhatsApp). I am concerned about the privacy implications of giving permission to apps to see my entire contacts list, which may ...
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Why can't I add existing contacts to my Telegram account?
I can't add more contacts to my Telegram account. They said "[Name] is not on Telegram yet, would you like to invite them to join?" but the contact is indeed already existed on Telegram.
So ...
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I imported my Android contacts to Google contacts, and now they are all duplicated
I was under the impression my Android contacts are not syncing with my Google contact list, but after importing them to Google contacts they are all duplicated in Android.
Any tips how to undo this ...
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CardDAV and Outlook for Android
Is there a way to get contact from a CardDAV server (Radicale) into Outlook on Android?
I'm aware of DAVx5 and it seems to work fine on my phone. I can use this to see CalDAV calendars in Outlook but ...
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Saving contacts to SIM / view SIM contacts [duplicate]
I've just bought a new Android phone (Wileyfox Swift 2X) and updated to Android 7.1.2.
Up until now I have always saved my contacts to my SIM card, which saved me a great deal of trouble with past ...
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Facebook Messenger notification sound for contact seems to not be in use
I want to set the notification sound for messages from a Facebook Messenger contact.
When showing the contact profile, there is a "Notification Sounds" menu
and when clicking that, I can ...
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Sort contacts by Hanyu Pinyin
I have tried the Google contacts app, the Samsung contacts app, and the Asus contacts app.
Only the latter will sort Chinese contacts in Hanyu Pinyin order, without requiring the entire phone to be ...
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How can I force Google Contacts to respect "File as" (or "NickName") field for sorting and display?
Let's say one wants Android to display their father not as "FirstName LastName", but simply as "Dad". This seems to be a pretty essential feature; and, as I have heard, it is ...
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Facebook Messenger changing names of sender
I have received several text messages from person A. The name and phone number were correct. Today, I received a text message from person A. Facebook Messenger has the correct phone number, but all ...
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How to set contacts to show different names based on through which SIM (SIM1 or SIM2) the call is received?
I want my Android phone to show a name (for example, Daniel) when a call is received through SIM-1 and a different name (for example, Jon) for the same mobile number when a call is received through ...
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How can I make WhatsApp use the "File As" field?
In the Google Contacts app, I can enter a value in the "File As" field in a contact's details. I can search for contacts using this field (both in the Android app and on the web https://...
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