I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I have noticed that my contacts are all fine when I look them up to call or browse but when I want to send a sms and go to select a contact I have a heap of contacts that shouldn't be there and a lot of them repeat themselves several times. I have cleared all my contacts from my gmail account and from both phone and sim card but they remain in my sms contact and i cant delete them. Its frustrating having to scroll through all the names that shouldn't be there when ever I want to send a sms.
Would a factory reset clear all my contacts?
I am using galaxy s2 with skyrom 8 xxkh3
android version 2.3.4
Do you use Facebook for Android? If so, did you select it sync at all? If so, it syncs all facebook contacts to the SMS area you are talking about. Easiest way to check is by opening the Facebook app then: Menu -> Settings -> Scroll all the way down -> Sync Contacts -> Remove Facebook Data
It's the same with any social media app, like Twitter. Twitter is the same way.
Let me know it worked for ya!
thanks David for your suggestions. I don't have or use facebook. I do have it synced with gmail and hotmail but I have cleaned out both accounts contacts and then synced it again but no change. I have also removed all contacts from phone and the sms contacts still remain.
I cant understand why the sms contact list repeats itself several times
zuesdog said:
thanks David for your suggestions. I don't have or use facebook. I do have it synced with gmail and hotmail but I have cleaned out both accounts contacts and then synced it again but no change. I have also removed all contacts from phone and the sms contacts still remain.
I cant understand why the sms contact list repeats itself several times
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You can try backing up your text messages with an app and then clearing data for your SMS application. I'm not sure if it will work, but it's worth a shot.
You can also try using a third party SMS app (like Hsndcent, Chomp, or Go SMS) and see if the problem is only with the stock app.
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thanks for the advice and help
I use a 3rd party sms ap (Go sms)
I will try to work out how to clear my sms data and see if that helps.
Just looked again and I have a contact listed 8 times in sms but the same contact doesn't show up in my normal contacts.
Thanks guys for your help and I will post the outcome
tried to clear the data from my contacts and sms contacts but it only removed a couple of names.
I've just noticed that some of the contacts in the sms list dont even contain a phone number only an email address?
problem solved.
in case others have this issue I will try to explain how I sorted it.
I wiped the data from contacts which made little difference until I rebooted then the contacts that shouldn't be there were gone but Iwas left with double of every contact.
I deleted all the contacts from the sim and that removed the duplicate from the sms......
A little bothered that I cant keep contacts on both sim card and phone. I like to keep them on both as if I needed to change phone my contacts would be there no matter what phone I put the card in. I also like to keep them on the phone as it allows me to store more info and pics of contacts.
If anyone has a fix for this I would be happy to hear it.
Thanks again to the guys who helped me out....and yes you did help!
From the SMS app, go into settings and make sure no show from history options are selected, also same with show email.
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I've more than 1500 contacts on my gmail contacts and when I bought the phone added the gmail account and sync'd everything.
Also there are about 500 phone contacts on my phone (with phone numbers) and nothing else since the last phone I used was a basic phone.
Now i've disabled the sync and disabled google contacts from displaying in contacts app.
Now when I get a call from unknown number and I try to add to an existing contact, I get to see 1500 google email contacts + 500
Phone contacts which is a big pain to search.
Is there anyway to circumvent this and display only phone contacts in all places or remove google contacts from without deleting from gmail.
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Also the problem exists when I try to text someone. Instead of displaying only phone contacts, the phone displays all the email (gmail) contacts as well
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Did you also turn off the phone contacts in the contacts app under desplay? Make sure nothing is selected except the sim card contacts. That should take care of it.
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not sure I entirely understand... but...
you know you can edit whats viewed in contacts by Menu > Display Options right?
That can then be expanded for a lot more options.
I wrote a guide a long time back on cleaning up google contacts and removing phone contacts... you may find it searching, may be helpful.
You can also press the search button to jump to contact faster
Yea if u go into Display options in settings while in you're in your contacts list you can customize what you see. Or just go online to your gmail account and play with your contacts.
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I've more than 1500 contacts on my gmail contacts and when I bought the phone added the gmail account and sync'd everything.
Also there are about 500 phone contacts on my phone (with phone numbers) and nothing else since the last phone I used was a basic phone.
Now i've disabled the sync and disabled google contacts from displaying in contacts app.
Now when I get a call from unknown number and I try to add to an existing contact, I get to see 1500 google email contacts + 500
Phone contacts which is a big pain to search.
Is there anyway to circumvent this and display only phone contacts in all places or remove google contacts from without deleting from gmail.
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I suggested this for a friend of mine who had an equally ungodly amount of contacts in his regular gmail account, so it may be worthwhile for you to consider.
Consider.....using another gmail account....one you use for your PHONE and only your phone. This in no way limits you from checking mail on your primary gmail account, and allows you to control which contacts end up on the phone.
It sounds to me you're merely annoyed with the ungodly amount of contacts to deal with if you use this as the phone's primary gmail account....so just don't.
@dan @s15274 @bobb
The display options work only in the main contacts . (home screen - contacts)
None of the selected options work in two scenarios.
1. when you type in a message and select contacts to select one and send a text.
2. In the call log when u try to save a number to an existing contact.
@master you got the problem. I'll try removing my gmail account.
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Hello People,
I use an unrooted SGS2 with offcourse the gingerbread firmware 2.3.3.
I have exported my girlfriends contacts (she has 1500 due to a stupid
actio of hers to sync her facebook friends) and send that file to my phone
for savekeeps.
I accidentally double clicked the file and I ended up with all her contacts.
Ok, so far, so not good.
I have managed to delete all the contacts I didnt want in my phone. Took
some time but ok. Now is where the problem kicks in.
When I want to choose a recipient for a sms I find the complete list of 1500
contacts. the ones I have deleted. I cannot delete the recipients and cannot
where they are hidden. I did delete them and they dont show in my contact
list.
Can anyone help???
While in "Contacts" it shows contacts only from selected accounts (Contacts->Menu->More->Display options-> select accounts that you want to display). But in SMS or email it still shows contacts from all accounts that are registered on the phone.
Your FB contacts probably got imported into some google account or something (try enabling accounts in Contacts->Menu->More->Display options, one by one and when you select the right one, contacts will appear in "Contacts").
You will have to remove contacts from the corresponding account and then go to
Menu->Settings->Accounts and sync->click that account->Sync Contacts.
I does look like a bug to me, but that is how it works now.
Hi, I am using both GO Dialer and GO SMS and have come to notice that both my Google and Facebook contacts show up in GO Dialer, though only my Google contacts show up in GO SMS. I have tried possibly everything I can think of, yet I still am experiencing the same problem. Hard pressing on a Facebook contact and hitting Send SMS will lead to me to GO SMS, but it will only show the number of that contact. Wondering if there was a way to fix this or do I have to literally add everybody to my Google contacts?
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Hi, I am using both GO Dialer and GO SMS and have come to notice that both my Google and Facebook contacts show up in GO Dialer, though only my Google contacts show up in GO SMS. I have tried possibly everything I can think of, yet I still am experiencing the same problem. Hard pressing on a Facebook contact and hitting Send SMS will lead to me to GO SMS, but it will only show the number of that contact. Wondering if there was a way to fix this or do I have to literally add everybody to my Google contacts?
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It has something to do with Go SMS not being able to get the contact pictures from Facebook or something. I had this issue before and I believe that downloading Friendcaster and syncing with your contacts would work. Try that out to see if it works.
EDIT: Just make sure that if you go that route that you link all of those contacts together so you don't have any duplicates.
Hello everyone.
My phone started behaving weird.. it keeps switching to vibrate by itself. I'm not sure yet whats causing this but I searched around and I found that it might be caused be some app. So I'm thinking about restoring factory settings, but I want to keep my contacts intact.
The thing about my contacts is that I spent a lot of time joining people's phone numbers with emails, Facebook accounts.. etc.. I tried to export a backup using Contacts app but it said some info fields might be lost. So I'm wondering if there is a way to keep contacts as s after resetting the device.
Thanks in advance,
Aserar said:
Hello everyone.
My phone started behaving weird.. it keeps switching to vibrate by itself. I'm not sure yet whats causing this but I searched around and I found that it might be caused be some app. So I'm thinking about restoring factory settings, but I want to keep my contacts intact.
The thing about my contacts is that I spent a lot of time joining people's phone numbers with emails, Facebook accounts.. etc.. I tried to export a backup using Contacts app but it said some info fields might be lost. So I'm wondering if there is a way to keep contacts as s after resetting the device.
Thanks in advance,
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Go into Settings > Accounts and make sure all of the ones you have contacts with are synced and if you have some that are just stored on the phone only, make sure to sync to your Google account.
Will this keep Facebook, and other profiles linked to their contacts in the contact app?
Also, I deleted some Facebook contacts from my contacts app. If I synced Facebook app, will this remove the contacts from my Facebook account,? or re-adding them again to the contact app?
Aserar said:
Will this keep Facebook, and other profiles linked to their contacts in the contact app?
Also, I deleted some Facebook contacts from my contacts app. If I synced Facebook app, will this remove the contacts from my Facebook account,? or re-adding them again to the contact app?
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When you install the Facebook app back to your phone after factory reset and login. It will ask you to sync your contacts with the Facebook Profiles. In other words. This will link your contacts with the Facebook profiles on your friends list. And no it will not remove the contacts from your Facebook.
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When you install the Facebook app back to your phone after factory reset and login. It will ask you to sync your contacts with the Facebook Profiles. In other words. This will link your contacts with the Facebook profiles on your friends list. And no it will not remove the contacts from your Facebook.
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But note that when I installed fb app and synced contacts with the fb profiles, most profiles (I believe the ones that had no phone number) were not linked to contacts. I had to use the Join feature in Contacts app to link them one by one. I wouldn't have to do it again, would I?
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But note that when I installed fb app and synced contacts with the fb profiles, most profiles (I believe the ones that had no phone number) were not linked to contacts. I had to use the Join feature in Contacts app to link them one by one. I wouldn't have to do it again, would I?
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Yes you would they don't save joined. Most just in case you don't install one of the apps again.
There is no way to do what your looking to do without redoing them.
This is the first android phone that I have had without the option in contacts to choose "show only contacts with phone numbers." Anyone know another way to make this happen? Through Gmail settings or a certain app? Frustrating seeing so many random emails and crap pop up because of Gmail. Sorry if it's a noob question, help much appreciated!
I'm in the same boat as you. I have a S6 and hate that I can't "Show only contacts with phone numbers" on here. Hope this is something in the works or perhaps I'm just not doing it right.
This setting is in the contacts to show options, where you choose accounts contacts are to be pulled from.
Unfortunately it still pulls all email address only contacts. I'd like only contacts with phone numbers.
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it's not there. the problem is that the S6 or maybe Gmail itself has decided to move all contacts to My Contacts and even if you attempt to edit those contacts into a different group, it won't let you. going into an individual contact on the phone, the My Contact field is grayed out and it won't even let you deselect it so you can filter another group etc.
i was going to move all the email only contacts to a different group but that won't even work now because every contact is now defaulted to My Contacts and even in Gmail contact settings itself you can no longer change that. even if you move email only to a different group, they will remain listed under My Contacts (or All Contacts) as it's called now.
pretty stupid. hopefully there's a fix coming. i'd hate to use a separate Contacts app.
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it's not there. the problem is that the S6 or maybe Gmail itself has decided to move all contacts to My Contacts and even if you attempt to edit those contacts into a different group, it won't let you. going into an individual contact on the phone, the My Contact field is grayed out and it won't even let you deselect it so you can filter another group etc.
i was going to move all the email only contacts to a different group but that won't even work now because every contact is now defaulted to My Contacts and even in Gmail contact settings itself you can no longer change that. even if you move email only to a different group, they will remain listed under My Contacts (or All Contacts) as it's called now.
pretty stupid. hopefully there's a fix coming. i'd hate to use a separate Contacts app.
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You can use the web version to that.
h t t p :/ / w w w .google. com/contacts
There, you can remove contacts from the group "My Contacts" so they won't show up in the cellphone anymore (unless you search manually).
Also, I find this post very helpful:
http: / / forums.androidcentral.com/android-5-0-lollipop/465143-how-do-i-display-only-contacts-phone-numbers-lollipop.html#post4377999
The scripts keeps in your "My Contacts" group only the contacts with cellphone numbers.