I guess the thread topic speaks for itself.. I have been using HTC android phones for a while now but recently moved to using the Samsung Galaxy SIII. One annoying thing with the same contacts from different accounts is that it only allows joining 5.
Is it possible to remove this limitation so that more than 5 can be joined at a time?
I have another question to add. If I join contacts , will that gets saved in Google account so that in future I don't have to join them.?
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[DEV] Joining Unlimited Contacts in Single one Galaxy S3
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kartikb said:
I guess the thread topic speaks for itself.. I have been using HTC android phones for a while now but recently moved to using the Samsung Galaxy SIII. One annoying thing with the same contacts from different accounts is that it only allows joining 5.
Is it possible to remove this limitation so that more than 5 can be joined at a time?
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This thread will solve your issue:
[DEV] Joining Unlimited Contacts in Single one SIII - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716249
venki5star said:
I have another question to add. If I join contacts , will that gets saved in Google account so that in future I don't have to join them.?
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No, it will not save the merged social contacts in Google. In the event that you wipe your device, you will have to merge them all over again. One workaround to this is to backup your contacts through Recovery or Titanium Backup & restore after reset.
I feel like a complete tool/noob asking this but I cannot seek to figure it out nor find an answer.
I have my contacts sync from various accounts(facebook, gmail). However I cannot assign them to different groups ( ie. Friends, family)
Do I need to make a separate phone contact for each and join them all or am I missing something very easy?
Thanx in advance for any help with this utterly ridiculous question.
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Hello everyone
I hope someone can help me with this.
I have just moved to android from ios and hopefully i'll stay on android because of the fact that it can customize everything on it.
I have a question regarding some apps at the moment.
Does anyone know any good app for hotmail that allows to see all the folders.
At the moment the native app it makes it very hard to browse through my hotmail account where I need a few steps in order to switch folder and in addition it doesn't tell me which folder has emails unless I go in it.
On the iphone I was greeted with all the folder as a root window and each folder had a notification showing how many non read messages were in each folder so browsing was easy.
I've tried hotmail seven as well but the problem with the folder is the same unless I need to do something with the settings,which I don't have any clue about.
If someone has used hotmail and know what I'm talking about then please let me know if you know about any app.
Secondly: I wanted to know if there's an app that allows me to receive notifications about messages, emails etc but without showing the contentn of the message and that gives me also the ability to put passwords on messages so that it can't be accessed without it.
and finally: I'd like to know if you guys are aware of a good contacts manager that allows to keep contacts private so that names and similar stuff is now shown in the incoming and outgoing calls.
Sorry for the many questions but will appriciate if you can help.
Thank you
What I do to find all this information is go on Google and type in (example) best hotmail app for android and read the post.
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I've done so,that's why I mentioned hotmail seven ad it was considered one of the best but it doesnt have those features that I mentioned,reason why I'm asking if people used different hotmail clients and wheter they found better features in them
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Over the last month or so I've jumped into the "Rooted" world and the benefits of customizing my phone with different ROMs!!! - So i'm an official NOOB
I've installed MeanBean on both my EVO 3D and my EVO LTE. I use my LTE as my daily and it worked great with the exception of text-to-type, which acted like it did when it was first introduced (useless). In an effort to find a good ROM with that working and a higher aesthetic appeal, I flashed BeanStalk. I really like it! One big frustration is the accounts and contacts. It doesn't allow me to store a contact on the phone only. It just allows creating one in my Google account. More importantly, I cannot initiate an account for Windows Live. It says, "This account type is no longer valid. Please go to Settings>Account to add a new Microsoft account." Of course that is where I am when I'm trying to add it so there seems to nothing I can do to correct it.
As a Noob, I'm desperately in need of your higher knowledge. Please help if you're able.
Thanks!
Answer plus Question.
Okay, it took me sleeping on it to realize the "duh." So the only contact manager that is installed in BeanStalk is the pure Google Contacts. Of course this will not allow me to store local (phone only), contacts; nor will it allow me to sync with MS or FB or any other contact repository without adding them to Google.
QUESTION: Do you know of a contact app that is similar to the HTC Sense People app (that would be ideal), that will do the above?
Thanks.
PQueS said:
Okay, it took me sleeping on it to realize the "duh." So the only contact manager that is installed in BeanStalk is the pure Google Contacts. Of course this will not allow me to store local (phone only), contacts; nor will it allow me to sync with MS or FB or any other contact repository without adding them to Google.
QUESTION: Do you know of a contact app that is similar to the HTC Sense People app (that would be ideal), that will do the above?
Thanks.
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I think its contact+ in the market. It should help you out with the syncing problems. And thanks for trying my Rom
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So I finally upgrade my LG simple 1G phone to a VZW Galaxy S4, allowed it to update to MK2, setup my gmail account (not G+ though), take care of organizing it like I want, etc. Next thing I notice, that in my gmail I start getting dangerous looking spam ("update your Amazon credit card info", "update your ###### info", and the image had a link which would've sent me to a Yemen domain. Nothing happens without a reason, and the only thing that changed was I gave the phone my gmail logon. I did not directly give account info to any of the other vendors advertised on the bloatware on this phone. I should add that prior to this I was familiar with the spam I'd get in gmail (and gmail would flag it into spam folder) and it was consistent and never made it into my inbox.
This being my first android I'd appreciate comments on your experiences with this, and anything you can share on how to better safeguard my info. I hate google, or anybody for that matter, having so much access to my credentials which I normally and successfully hold fairly close. (Yes this is my first smartphone).
I am a Malwarebytes registered user on my desktop and laptop so I downloaded their app onto my phone, but something tells me what caused this spammer to source me was over-sharing of data on google's (android's?) part.
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MessyPotamia ("because in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates, things are a MESS")
Huntsville, Alabama
I think its pretty safe to say its coincidence. My family owns about 5 Android devices and I myself have three Android devices currently in active use , two gmail account, one for my personal devices and the other for family use and so far, we have yet to get any 'weird' spam issues except for the occasional spam that promises me that I'll get bigger manhood and such. Try playing with the app settings or try another email app. I mean, if you have a gmail account all this while and google wants to sell off your personal information, they would have sold it a long time ago and not wait only now because you have a new smartphone right? Lol
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I think its pretty safe to say its coincidence. <SNIP> I mean, if you have a gmail account all this while and google wants to sell off your personal information, they would have sold it a long time ago and not wait only now because you have a new smartphone right? Lol
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Didn't mean that I think G directly sold it off, but something enabled a spammer to target me. Have been getting this same spam about 1x / day since I shared my 10 yr old gmail acct w/ VZW/I545/MK2. Something triggered it, I don't believe in coincidences (my prior CI work, sorry!), and the only thing that changed was my new setup.
Maybe its something that you've installed? Like have you pirated any apps or downloaded any sketchy apps? Besides that, I can't think of other ways besides logging in to your gmail account, and actively mark the emails from that address as spam.
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mha93 said:
Maybe its something that you've installed? Like have you pirated any apps or downloaded any sketchy apps? Besides that, I can't think of other ways besides logging in to your gmail account, and actively mark the emails from that address as spam.
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Two days later from my orig post. First, I have not downloaded any suspicious apps (only 2 banking apps, and they're pretty secure), one or two others from app store (but uninstalled them when I wasn't impressed). I set up my wife's yahoo email account as another account under email; one gmail account I use often as another email account; and my regular gmail account is the main phone account. My regular gmail account gets very little spam.
Now I notice my wife is getting evidence her contacts have been harvested, as folks in her contacts (some very old contacts) are replying "Did you send this? " or rejection messages from their .gov or .mil enterprise mail server. She has had registered malwarebytes on her laptop, as do I on mine. Tomorrow I will run CCleaner and HijackThis on both hers and mine. I must say the neither of us visit suspicious places or have any poor practices regarding opening emails or attachments, and our Secunia PSI scores are usually around 98.
This has to have something to do with my new Galaxy S4 and the fact that I gave it my gmail credentials, and her yahoo credentials.
This is not a coincidence.
After googling around, I came upon several forums stating that their users are getting spam mails after logging into their gmail accounts from their 'new' smartphones. So I guess your case is not unique. In all the cases, they managed to solve the problem by changing their gmail password. So what I'm thinking is that your phone is a 'manufacturer refurbished phone' or at least one that was returned to your carrier and repackaged again and that the previous owner left a malicious code or script in the phone. So short of returning to your carrier or to Samsung, I suggest that you change your password, factory reset your phone, update the firmware before logging in to your gmail account and see if it changes anything. The best bet is to return it to Samsung or your carrier on grounds that its a 'defective device' or at least claim that something is wrong with it. Chances are, they will reflash a fresh new firmware onto your phone and would in theory solve and delete any malicious code in your phone. Or they'll replace yours with a new phone. Yeah sounds troublesome but if you want to skip Samsung and reflash a new firmware yourself, head over to the S4 forums and see the method of flashing a new stock firmware. Sorry that your new smartphone causes so much problems. Google is quite helpful when its working right.
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After googling around, I came upon several forums stating that their users are getting spam mails after logging into their gmail accounts from their 'new' smartphones.<<SNIPPED for brevity>> Google is quite helpful when its working right.
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The source of the spam is most assuredly the YAHOO MAIL ANDROID APP (downloaded 3 days ago from App store and put on her android, not mine). After running (reg'd) malwarebytes, plus CCleaner and HijackThis (all showed nominal) I began to suspect it was on Yahoo's side, and sure enough there are plenty of recent articles about their vulnerability. Removed the app from her Moto Droid.
I particularly enjoyed reading this:
[I can't post outside links, google the search terms "even-yahoo-employees-dont-use-yahoo-mail"]
Meanwhile, everyone here I thank for participating in this thread.