Google Contacts Groups versus Hero Contacts Groups - Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys,
Just started syncing my contacts from both work and home PCs with Google so that everything is to hand on the Hero etc.
However, I've run into a small problem that's annoying me...
After managing to get both PC's to get all the contacts into google, I spent an age putting them into the various google groups (Friends, Family, Colleages).
I then expected the same groups to be present on the Hero on the next sync. but no such luck. It seems that only custom groups appear on the Hero not the standard OOTB google ones.
Seems a bit flawed. Am I missing something ?
Also tried creating groups with the same name on the Hero and putting some contacts in there, but that just results in 2 groups with the same name in google but with different entries.
Any ideas ?
Thanks,
Zuber

+1 on that ... i too am not sure yet how the whole syncing goes.

yeah group syncing definetly doesnt work at the moment.
i just added the groups manually on my hero...

Solution...
Hi Guys,
I happened to do this by accident, but I'm pretty sure it all works fine.
1. Create a group on your Hero - eg, 'Family'
2. Add 1 person to this group
3. Allow to sync with Google
4. Log in to your Google account via a PC
5. Add the rest of the contacts to the group using Google.
Viola! Once this has syncronised again, all your 'Family' contacts will be added to the group on both your Hero and in Google.
I know this is not perfect, but it is a decent 'work-around' and it works ok for me.
Hope this helps
Dan

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[Q] Contacts app questions

1. I have loads of contacts (probably a couple of thousand). Normally you can do T9 search, like if I wanted to call "liliane", I would type 545263 and it would show liliane and a couple of numbers that have 545263 in them and other names that correspond to the combination. This works on the SGS2 but takes ages, which wasn't the case on my much older HTC Desire.
2. When I want to add a person to a group (going through groups > add contact), I get an enormous amount of contacts called "(Unknown)". Where do they come from? How do I get them out?
3. On my HTC, I nicely merged all of my contacts with their e-mail addresses and Facebook profiles. However, they have all become separated after syncing my Google contacts back to my SGS2 and the contacts app is just not very good at finding mergeable contacts. Also it takes forever to do so since I have a couple of thousand.
4. My Facebook contacts show up last name first, for no obvious reason. Even merged contacts sometimes have their last name first (i.e. Dan Scott will show up as Scott Dan in my phone). Annoying. How can I fix this?
leetel bump
Go on your computer and organize there all your Google account contacts, they will sync nice to your phone. That's what I did. I hope you use a Google account to sync your contacts, not Samsung.

How to manage contacts? It's messy!

Hi Guys, hope this thead is approppriate here.
I wonder how do you manage your contacts, for me it turned out very messy. Well I don't really have problem with Google contacts, but since our phones are also capable to show FB and many accounts contacts i would be awesome to combien all the useful infos....something like ENHANCING my Gooogle contacts using other accounts infos (like picture ansd birthdays, among others)
I don{t know if this is a temporary issu....but My FB contact are not synching well and and pictures are not always synched.
I used to have an iPhone 3gs and ther was this app called "MyPhone+"....was very handy......anyone know something like this for Android!
Hope you can help me....!
Thanks!
Go contacts in the play store
Samsung Galaxy SIII (SPH-L710)
you can manage contacts over here https://www.google.com/contacts/
If you only need to add the syncing aspect, Friends Sync by WATTO Studios is my Fave. It's consistent, small, fast, & syncs more fields than other apps. The logo is ugly, though, IMO.
~Via xda-dev app on mT4g running 0.0's CM10 JB Desire S port (v8/6)
from your account of Gmail , enter the version web and edit your contacts, it works for me.:good:
Windows Phone has an option of linking two or more contacts. Quite useful. There must be an easy way in Android as well.
When you go to Contacts and select any contact, there should be an option to join contacts. You can cut out the duplicate entries this way and have all the info show up on one name.
When you join contacts it's works but if you wipe flash new rom all changes revert back
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk 2
Google Contacts the very first time is a mess, but after you reorganize all your contacts everything works simple fine
Myphoneexplorer is quite good for cleaning up contacts. Used to allow merging but for some reason that got taken away.
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/
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I keep all my contacts in Microsoft outlook on my PC and sync using "myphonexplorer".
Categories in outlook sync with groups in both stock android contact manager and "go contacts".
I prefer "go contacts" to the stock contact manager because if fully customizable and allows group messaging without the cap on number of contacts also group chat..
"Myphonexplorer" syncs contacts, messages, calendar, and files via usb and Wi-Fi. Also allows you to text from your PC.
The only things missing from "Myphonexplorer" is mms and group messaging from PC which would be really nice.
Both "Myphonexplorer" and "go contacts" are free in the play store.
~Samsung Galaxy SIII (SPH-L710) - Blazer ROM v1.6 - TWRP~
I have to try this tips out. Thanks
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hd2000 said:
When you join contacts it's works but if you wipe flash new rom all changes revert back
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk 2
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Not if you sync them to Google after you have them sorted the way you want.
i don't want to open a new topic just for this question, so i'll post it here:
When adding a new contact to a google account from android, is there any way to auto insert that contact to a custom created group? I keep forgetting to add the new contacts to a specific group and i want this operation to be done automatically, any solutions?
maranello69 said:
i don't want to open a new topic just for this question, so i'll post it here:
When adding a new contact to a google account from android, is there any way to auto insert that contact to a custom created group? I keep forgetting to add the new contacts to a specific group and i want this operation to be done automatically, any solutions?
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vCard sucks.. it doesnt support enough kinds of information, such as categories.. it doesnt work worth crap for CJK Characters either.. I cant believe every single program for Android only supports vCrap anyway.. but its all we have for now I guess... Windows 7 only has vCard 2.1 support.. .. but, it could be remedied on the software end by a program that would allow you to group contacts by a specific field.. you could then use one of the other existing fields as a "Categories" field...
there arent really any good programs from what I've seen.. honestly, I think i need to learn how to program an Android app just so I can find something useful so i'm not always stuck in suckville
but then, i dont think android will be around much longer.

How to sync back Facebook info to Google Contacts? 2010-2013

I posted a similar question way back in 2010 in a thread for my old HTC Legend here.
3 years down the road and it seems there still doesn't exist a solution for that simple problem. So I want to try again:
Did anyone find a way to sync back facebook information to google contacts? If you get birthdays, email and phone numbers from facebook in your phone, it would be great to have that back in google contacts when using the desktop.
Even when properly linked, this kind of information is only in the phone and gets lost, when you loose a contact as facebook friend. When you flash a ROM or set up your phone new, installing Facebook with its sync will mess up your contacts again, creating duplicated for the same person, even if emails are the same and maintained manually in Google Contacts.
Is there really no other way? How do you guys handle that?

[Q+Challenge] Import contacts AND groups locally on non-rooted units

Scenario/wishlist:
I need to import contacts and groups to 20 brand new phones, to begin with. (Stock, non-rooted Galaxy S4+, 4.2.2.). The phones will stay un-rooted.
Avoid if possible using Gmail sync.
Avoid if possible using Kies.
Preferably use csv and/or vcf with groups (one group for each department).
Preferably not being forced to connect every phone to a computer by usb cable. Fixable by download from web site on local wireless network.
What I've tried so far:
Imported the original CSV:s, sorted them into groups, exported them as CSV to get the correct columns for android phones. So far so good.
Exported above mentioned CSV:s to VCF from a Google Contacts, sent it over to test phone by Pushbullet (for the test only, web site solution imminent), imported it in Contacts. Does not retain groups, shows as "Not assigned". It doesn't seem possible to create local groups? They can only be created with accounts such as gmail. (As I see it, this is my main problem now).
Tried Google Account sync: Problem not solved due to one single Google account, and one Google account on all phones are susceptible to contact deletion by fat fingers and people that are struck by bad luck while thinking. One Google account for each phone would do the trick, but probably not an accepted solution by our IT security "manager", even when using Google Auth.
Tried Kies Sync: Problem not solved due to USB connection, and still no local groups.
Tried Importing CSV file into Windows Contacts (which ****s up the columns, not all are matchable) and exporting as VCF. Problem not solved, no groups.
There's talk about a Blackberry Security server being used as a security server for the units, not sure what implication that will bring. I assume it will be something like the (old/obsolete?) Samsung Dive service. What possibilities that brings for account synchronization is unclear, but the solution is at best 1-2 months away and this solution is needed a.s.a.p.
I hope there's something I've forgotten that would solve my problems and I hope someone can point me in that directions. I'm running out of options..
CloakingDevice said:
Scenario/wishlist:
I need to import contacts and groups to 20 brand new phones, to begin with. (Stock, non-rooted Galaxy S4+, 4.2.2.). The phones will stay un-rooted.
Avoid if possible using Gmail sync.
Avoid if possible using Kies.
Preferably use csv and/or vcf with groups (one group for each department).
Preferably not being forced to connect every phone to a computer by usb cable. Fixable by download from web site on local wireless network.
What I've tried so far:
Imported the original CSV:s, sorted them into groups, exported them as CSV to get the correct columns for android phones. So far so good.
Exported above mentioned CSV:s to VCF from a Google Contacts, sent it over to test phone by Pushbullet (for the test only, web site solution imminent), imported it in Contacts. Does not retain groups, shows as "Not assigned". It doesn't seem possible to create local groups? They can only be created with accounts such as gmail. (As I see it, this is my main problem now).
Tried Google Account sync: Problem not solved due to one single Google account, and one Google account on all phones are susceptible to contact deletion by fat fingers and people that are struck by bad luck while thinking. One Google account for each phone would do the trick, but probably not an accepted solution by our IT security "manager", even when using Google Auth.
Tried Kies Sync: Problem not solved due to USB connection, and still no local groups.
Tried Importing CSV file into Windows Contacts (which ****s up the columns, not all are matchable) and exporting as VCF. Problem not solved, no groups.
There's talk about a Blackberry Security server being used as a security server for the units, not sure what implication that will bring. I assume it will be something like the (old/obsolete?) Samsung Dive service. What possibilities that brings for account synchronization is unclear, but the solution is at best 1-2 months away and this solution is needed a.s.a.p.
I hope there's something I've forgotten that would solve my problems and I hope someone can point me in that directions. I'm running out of options..
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I got to try the import on a unit that hadn't any Google accounts added. It then added the Google Contact groups as local groups. Has to be done before though..

Contacts Issue

I have 5 gmail accounts on my V10. Only one is selected to sync contacts. When I use the dialer I start typing a number and start to see choices from other unsynced gmail accounts. When I select other account as visible in the contacts app it populates the supposed unsynced account with names. I have tried clear contact storage a couple times but it keeps syncing the contacts I told it not to. This is getting frustrating. Any suggestions?
drewcam888 said:
I have 5 gmail accounts on my V10. Only one is selected to sync contacts. When I use the dialer I start typing a number and start to see choices from other unsynced gmail accounts. When I select other account as visible in the contacts app it populates the supposed unsynced account with names. I have tried clear contact storage a couple times but it keeps syncing the contacts I told it not to. This is getting frustrating. Any suggestions?
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5 gmail accounts? amazing, i just have 1, did not see this issue before. try some email app.
The issue isn't related to an email app.
Do you use Google +?
If so, the first time of use, it asks if you want to sync all your G+ contacts.
I made this mistake once and now I have thousands
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I don't use G+ and all the contacts are not synced to one account. The are listed under each individual gmail account. The issue only happened after moving to the V10. My note 4 didn't have this issue.
Any further suggestions?
can anyone confirm they have same problem
Anyone able to try duplicating this issue?
This happened to me on the Moto X (first generation) ... I've been screwed ever since.
My problem with this is how invasive - while at the same time disruptive, repetitive and completely unnecessary this unauthorized merge is as it duplicates contacts.
Example:
1. I have 1 email (& matching Contact List) for work and work related contacts. These contacts include only their work phone and email - and in some instances their work cell # -- which of course would be labeled "mobile" as that was the only labeling option a decade ago.
2. I have 1 email (& matching Contact List) for my friends. These contacts include only their personal phone and email. Although there are a few cell phone numbers that match the business cell, the rest of the info is unique to their personal life.
*** Part 2 of this Contact List is their wives/sig-other gets a Contact Listing - to which repetitive info like the land line and maybe e-mail address is entered, but more importantly their individual cell number. This makes contacting them individually an easy task without guessing what cell number goes to the husband or the wife ... and in some instances ... their kids (who sometimes baby/dog sit). [This may sound rather convoluted to you younger kids, but 10 years ago we didn't have the option of custom labeling the phone numbers, only a short pull-down list of Home, Cell, Fax ... so this is how we did it ... and a decade later with several hundred entries, we're NOT going back to redefine all these fields and merge contact lists as this is still an easy system].
Well - a while back when the Droid X came out, I loaded each email profile into the phone separately - Google/Droid decided to merge all contacts and it's been a friggin' disaster ever since! I went from 200 to 800 contacts in different email/contact profiles, to one, bigass, convoluted, double, triple, quadrupled contact list that is impossible to tell which one is from the Work List or the Personal List or any other miscellaneous list I had .... a 4000K Contact list for every email account - not just g-mail, but Outlook and Windows too! ! !
I've yet to find any app that can simplify or remedy this for me ... (I've spent WEEKS looking for one ... so about a year ago, I took several days and merged all the Contacts into one Gmail list and custom labeled EVERYONE on those lists into one, clear, concise list. I admit that I'm anal about keeping things organized and in clear and concise manner and this may seem nutty to some ... but I also don't make the mistakes my friends make with mis-dials and wrong numbers.
I've had some issues ... (hint: once done, copy to a window computer, then go and delete every back up you ever made of every contact list in every e-mail file to prevent reloading old files into the new, revised Contact list.) ... but I stay on top of it and delete or modify any duplicate. I'm almost back to being sane ... probably because I haven't stopped drinking ;- )
It's going to be a long and lonely road back to sanity. Google is invasive and loves getting all the info it can and will "F" up the way you kept it.
Good luck with a solution. Please post a solution if you find one.
I have three Gmail accounts on my phone. Mine, my daughters and wife's. I only want to sync the calendar, but it also syncs the contacts. Especially if I get a text from my brother, it will come up as Uncle.....(my daughter's account). I tried contacts sync fix as I read in a forum once that LG phones have an issue with broken contacts if you have an I.C.E. contact listed (in case of emergency). This did fix it for about two weeks and then something happened and I was back to seeing my wife's and daughter's contacts over mine.
If you find a solution, please let me know.

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