So I installed the February leaked ICS for S2 and while everything works mostly ok I am missing the contacts tab on my dialer. The Contacts/Groups/etc tabs are on the "Contacts" up but unless I was high in the last few months I remember a 'Contacts' tab being on the dialer too... It's only annoying of course, but maybe I am doing something wrong here. I already tried scrolling the tab area to see if it was hidden somewhere, no game. Also did a wipe on CWM to check if it was the problem and still no contacts tab.
coredump777 said:
So I installed the February leaked ICS for S2 and while everything works mostly ok I am missing the contacts tab on my dialer. The Contacts/Groups/etc tabs are on the "Contacts" up but unless I was high in the last few months I remember a 'Contacts' tab being on the dialer too... It's only annoying of course, but maybe I am doing something wrong here. I already tried scrolling the tab area to see if it was hidden somewhere, no game. Also did a wipe on CWM to check if it was the problem and still no contacts tab.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is not a fix for your problem but an alternative....Just go to the market and try the "Go Contacts" install and put a shortcut to your home....
Google has separated phone and contact app in ICS it used to be one app.
Hence your problem.
There should be another app called Contacts. like an orange rectangle with a silhouette of a man.
You can get into contacts from the phone app by pressing menu and selecting contacts. Google removed the contacts button from the dialer.
Really? That's strange (not to say stupid). Go Dialer is ok I think. Any other Dialer suggestions? I would like one that let me edit the number format (I use the phone in US english and it formats the numbers as xxx xxx xxxx but all my phones are xx xxxx xxxx)
Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for but I've heard a lot of good stuff about "Dialer One" on the market. It's free and has decent reviews as well. Good luck!
Contacts tab missing from ICS Dialer
coredump777 said:
So I installed the February leaked ICS for S2 and while everything works mostly ok I am missing the contacts tab on my dialer. The Contacts/Groups/etc tabs are on the "Contacts" up but unless I was high in the last few months I remember a 'Contacts' tab being on the dialer too... It's only annoying of course, but maybe I am doing something wrong here. I already tried scrolling the tab area to see if it was hidden somewhere, no game. Also did a wipe on CWM to check if it was the problem and still no contacts tab.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
After updating to ICS on my Droid Bionic, I've been looking for a solution to the odd disappearance of the Contacts tab that I was so used to in Gingerbread. I suppose I could just train myself to open Contacts first instead of dialer when I want to call someone. If I can't seem to remember to do that, I can always open Dialer then tap the menu softkey and select "Search" at the top of the list -- it will take you right to Contacts. This seems to be much easier than installing other contact apps and / or rooting.
Good day.
Related
Hello!
First of all - I'm new to android, bought my phone week ago. I love it! (Had Symbian previously).
Now I have a rooted T-Mobile G2, VillianROM 10.2 and while it might be ROM specific, I think it might count for every 2.1 rom.
On my HOME screen there is Phone button in the bottom. When I click it, I get listed the latest people I've talked to, and below, there are Facebook + Phone contacts. This drives me nuts! In facebook, there are many people I'm very very unlikely to meet any soon or call, so I don't want them there. They are like hundred. I want just my phone contacts listed.
When I click menu button - there are "Phone settings" with just 3 checkboxes and nothing relative to filters and also there is People button and in People app - my contacts are separated properly, but I dont want to go there. I'd love to be able to use the search of phone screen without searching in facebook contacts.
Is this possible?
Thank you so much!
Dimitar
Veseliq said:
Hello!
First of all - I'm new to android, bought my phone week ago. I love it! (Had Symbian previously).
Now I have a rooted T-Mobile G2, VillianROM 10.2 and while it might be ROM specific, I think it might count for every 2.1 rom.
On my HOME screen there is Phone button in the bottom. When I click it, I get listed the latest people I've talked to, and below, there are Facebook + Phone contacts. This drives me nuts! In facebook, there are many people I'm very very unlikely to meet any soon or call, so I don't want them there. They are like hundred. I want just my phone contacts listed.
When I click menu button - there are "Phone settings" with just 3 checkboxes and nothing relative to filters and also there is People button and in People app - my contacts are separated properly, but I dont want to go there. I'd love to be able to use the search of phone screen without searching in facebook contacts.
Is this possible?
Thank you so much!
Dimitar
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No unfortunately you can't it's a bug in all 2.1 ROMs:/
Is it possible to adjust a ROM so this isn't the case as it wasn't in all 1.5 ROMS? It's really starting to get annoying
Not that I'm aware of... I've not seen this in any 2.1 ROM, but I'll check out the apk for anything in the smali code
anon2122 said:
Not that I'm aware of... I've not seen this in any 2.1 ROM, but I'll check out the apk for anything in the smali code
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cheers, it's not just me though is it? As when you choose which contact type to view under contacts it won't show the facebook contacts etc but if you view them from the dialler then all are still visable....
winston6969 said:
Cheers, it's not just me though is it? As when you choose which contact type to view under contacts it won't show the facebook contacts etc but if you view them from the dialler then all are still visable....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have exactly the same issue, the facebook contacts dont show in the phonebook but show in the dialer?! Yet to find a way to stop them from showing.
I'm running VillainROM 12 btw, and apart from this little gripe the ROM is awesome!!!
I've been asking about this for ages... I thought it was only me!
Glad to see this thread even if theres no solution as it means I haven't gone completely loopy!
its also show sim contracts which are not in the people program. I turned of the view in people as im on o2 and they have preinstall number for bolts on and stuff like that but there still in the dialer and even if i delete them from the sim if i reboot they are back..
that the only thing that get on my wick with this new update.
It wouldn't of thought it would be to hard to solve as there must just be a slight change from the 1.5 dialler as they look identical?
It's in every 2.1 Rom I've used.... VERY annoying!
I've also come to realise that when trying to send a message whichever application I use it seems to use the same contact settings as the dialer, so if somebody has a different mobile number saved to Facebook it will give you the option of 2 numbers for them and It's impossible to know which is the sim, phone, Google or Facebook number... Grr..
Moved as not development.
Ok just hope it gets as god response in here
I guess not....
To best of my understanding this is a lost cause: The problem is obviously with the HTC phone application, but we don't have the source for this application so it almost impossible for someone other than HTC to fix it. You can try to bug HTC about it but I doubt anything will come out of it.
So is this a problem on official 2.1 update too?
Like others, this is the only real annoyance for me.
Would it not be possible to replace the application with the one that was used in 1.5 to solve the problem? It's a major oversight at the moment
Surely this isn't impossible.....
Is there any reason we can not use the dialer found in the Epic 4g dump? The reason I ask is because it is the standard Android Dialer with a few extras. I have not really had the chance to use it but I am hoping it will have proper contact management with the ability to view "My Contacts" and not "All Contacts"
Dialer can be seen here
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/08/30/sprint-samsung-epic-4g-review/
Epic dump can be found here
http://www.4shared.com/file/dgE_26tO/Epic4G-system-dump.html
Humm, I like this idea. I don't like the 'Voicemail' tab on the Vibrant dialer, having a contacts tab would be much better.
ritalin said:
Is there any reason we can not use the dialer found in the Epic 4g dump? The reason I ask is because it is the standard Android Dialer with a few extras. I have not really had the chance to use it but I am hoping it will have proper contact management with the ability to view "My Contacts" and not "All Contacts"
Dialer can be seen here
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/08/30/sprint-samsung-epic-4g-review/
Epic dump can be found here
http://www.4shared.com/file/dgE_26tO/Epic4G-system-dump.html
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The stock i9000 dialer and captivate dialer both work on the vibrant, and they both have the "contacts" tab instead of voicemail. I'm not sure if you really need both Phone.apk and DialerTabActivity.apk, but I replaced both on my vibrant, and it works fine so far.
Also, the captivate contacts app works too, though its not much different than the vibrant version, and I've not been able to get the stock i9000 contacts app to work.
FYI, the contacts app will be the real source of fixing the contact management issues you mention, not the dialer app.
Will try the epic dialer & contacts app once I finish deodexing the system dump I downloaded.
cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
s0niqu3 said:
FYI, the contacts app will be the real source of fixing the contact management issues you mention, not the dialer app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea I realized that after making my post, just thought I would leave it up because of the change to the tabs.
s0niqu3 said:
The stock i9000 dialer and captivate dialer both work on the vibrant, and they both have the "contacts" tab instead of voicemail. I'm not sure if you really need both Phone.apk and DialerTabActivity.apk, but I replaced both on my vibrant, and it works fine so far.
Also, the captivate contacts app works too, though its not much different than the vibrant version, and I've not been able to get the stock i9000 contacts app to work.
FYI, the contacts app will be the real source of fixing the contact management issues you mention, not the dialer app.
Will try the epic dialer & contacts app once I finish deodexing the system dump I downloaded.
cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can you post the deodexed system dump when your done, i want the launcher.apk thats in there
Hi
I find that dialling from s2 lacks following
1. In keypad, it sorts either first name or last name, not both. Very disappointing.
2. When we click contacts from home menu, it does not give option of default num key pad. Only default key board comes when we hit search bar.
Any option, suggestion on this. I find dialling too slow.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Well thats the way it works. Do you know one thing, say you have to call John, you just have to dial 5646. I like this feature so much.
Regards.
Sent from GT-I9100
kk4htc said:
1. In keypad, it sorts either first name or last name, not both. Very disappointing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That makes 0 sense.
kk4htc said:
2. When we click contacts from home menu, it does not give option of default num key pad. Only default key board comes when we hit search bar.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you want to dial someone, open the dialer, not the contacts.
Sort by both names?? Do tell..
Why do you need the numberpad to open from contacts??
Open contacts, swipe contact, you're calling. What's "too slow" about that?
When we open dialer, and say I search a person with last name, his or her name will not pop.
When in contact, for searching, we need to pop up the keyboard. A dialer pad auto pop would have made it fast.
I know it cannot work like qwerty, but in my earlier dial pad of htc, sorting of both names was there.
My earlier e72 too lacked this, but, in a firmware update it was fixed.
Else I have to remember and change many first name.
My query make sence. When we dial, it should be quick to reach to no.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
So you want to be able to search both names, not sort them.
It doesn't do containing text searches - it only searches for names that begin with what you type. Just bare that in mind and you can't go wrong. It is fast and easy - it's just different from what you've used before so you have to learn how to use it correctly.
I'm gonna borrow this thread a bit actually. I'm using dialer one since it has all the options I need, but right now I need to get a hold of the stock dialer for entering a USSD code (for disabling fast dormancy).
I've tried entering it in dialer one, but it just said "connection error or invalid MMI-code". I reckon this is since I'm trying to enter it from a third party app. So, trying to find the stock samsung dialer I go. I've checked both phone app and contacts app but cannot for the poop in me find the dialer pad. (You know the 0-9 + * and # keyboard). All I find are call logs, contacts and groups. But nothing about a dialer. I know I saw it somewhere when I first got this phone, but now I can't find it.
Any help?
drinside said:
I'm gonna borrow this thread a bit actually. I'm using dialer one since it has all the options I need, but right now I need to get a hold of the stock dialer for entering a USSD code (for disabling fast dormancy).
I've tried entering it in dialer one, but it just said "connection error or invalid MMI-code". I reckon this is since I'm trying to enter it from a third party app. So, trying to find the stock samsung dialer I go. I've checked both phone app and contacts app but cannot for the poop in me find the dialer pad. (You know the 0-9 + * and # keyboard). All I find are call logs, contacts and groups. But nothing about a dialer. I know I saw it somewhere when I first got this phone, but now I can't find it.
Any help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried scrolling the tabs at the top of the screen? The dialer is on the far left.
Haha, thank you. I knew I'd seen it somewhere before. And of course it now worked like a charm. Have a good one.
I'm running on a Samsung S9+ on Android Pie and for a while I'm having the following problem.
When I modify a contact sometimes this does not work, I get the message 'Unable to save contact'.
If I redo the same changes a second or third time, the save works.
Almost all my contacts are in my gmail account, only a couple of them locally.
I already read forum and they say to export contacts, delete all of them and reimport but this does not make much sense when the contacts are in gmail.
I also know I can hard reset the device but that's something I want to avoid.
Are there any other options to get rid of this error.
As far as I can see I'm using the Samsung contacts app.
deboopi2 said:
I'm running on a Samsung S9+ on Android Pie and for a while I'm having the following problem.
When I modify a contact sometimes this does not work, I get the message 'Unable to save contact'.
If I redo the same changes a second or third time, the save works.
Almost all my contacts are in my gmail account, only a couple of them locally.
I already read forum and they say to export contacts, delete all of them and reimport but this does not make much sense when the contacts are in gmail.
I also know I can hard reset the device but that's something I want to avoid.
Are there any other options to get rid of this error.
As far as I can see I'm using the Samsung contacts app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
use the google contacts app. never had an issue with it whereas i had the same issue with the sammy one
Youdoofus said:
use the google contacts app. never had an issue with it whereas i had the same issue with the sammy one
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, this is something I'm going to try and see what the results are.
But is this a general problem, I haven't found complaints about this on other forums.
Is it the combination of the Samsung contacts app with some other apps?
If possible I would like to get it to work with the sammy app.
I went back to the original of Pie contacts app and that's version is 10.2.20.10 but with the same problem.
There's a release 11.060.2 but I cannot install this version.
And than there's something else. When I open the camera and leave it open for a while without taking a photo or video it shuts down on itself.
Is there anybody with this problem too?
deboopi2 said:
Well, this is something I'm going to try and see what the results are.
But is this a general problem, I haven't found complaints about this on other forums.
Is it the combination of the Samsung contacts app with some other apps?
If possible I would like to get it to work with the sammy app.
I went back to the original of Pie contacts app and that's version is 10.2.20.10 but with the same problem.
There's a release 11.060.2 but I cannot install this version.
And than there's something else. When I open the camera and leave it open for a while without taking a photo or video it shuts down on itself.
Is there anybody with this problem too?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ive had the same issue with my current S9, previous A8, S5's (yes, plural. 3 of them to be exact. 2 were mine, one was my dads. 2 G900V's and a G903VL) and a S4. Different networks tested, different carriers, all the same result. Samsung contacts app has always been broken for me and ive frequently tried it too as it gets annoying and i too wanted all sammy stuff on my sammy phone.