I got an Galaxy S3
Yesterday I merged my contacts with google and they all disappeared!!! is there a way to revert this??? I can actually see them
if I go into settings and check the show them all option. But when I click on phone contacts I cant no longer see them. How can I fix this???
Pacbert said:
I got an Galaxy S3
Yesterday I merged my contacts with google and they all disappeared!!! is there a way to revert this??? I can actually see them
if I go into settings and check the show them all option. But when I click on phone contacts I cant no longer see them. How can I fix this???
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once you check merge with google, all your phone contacts will be moved to google account and they no longer appear as phone contacts. hope you understand that.
sriram231092 said:
once you check merge with google, all your phone contacts will be moved to google account and they no longer appear as phone contacts. hope you understand that.
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First of all thank you for answering me so quick. I understand that, my question was if there was any way to revert this, unmerge tha contac list or any other way of setting it back the way it was. I was just trying to backup my contacts using google.
Pacbert said:
First of all thank you for answering me so quick. I understand that, my question was if there was any way to revert this, unmerge tha contac list or any other way of setting it back the way it was. I was just trying to backup my contacts using google.
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i suggest you keep them that way. because when ever you flash something on your phone, you may loose your contacts when you data factory reset. once you login to your google mail, your contacts will be in your phone. you can even look up your contacts in your gmail on desktop. i hope you know all these already.
sriram231092 said:
i suggest you keep them that way. because when ever you flash something on your phone, you may loose your contacts when you data factory reset. once you login to your google mail, your contacts will be in your phone. you can even look up your contacts in your gmail on desktop. i hope you know all these already.
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Ok I guess there is no way to revert it. I'll keep them this way, it makes sense. Thanx a lot
Pacbert said:
Ok I guess there is no way to revert it. I'll keep them this way, it makes sense. Thanx a lot
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You can do this
Open Contacts
Tap > Menu
Tap > Import/Export
Tap > Export to SD card
You will get a message saying it is saving a 00001.vcf file
Tap > OK
All contacts are then saved to a single vcf file the on the external memory (SD) card.
Use a file explorer and make sure you have the file on your external SD Card
Next got to Settings > Application Manager and scroll across to All
Scroll down to Contacts Storage and tap clear data, this will wipe your contacts data
Go back to the Contacts
Tap > Menu.
Tap > Contacts to Display
Tap > Phone
Tap > Menu
Tap > Import/Export
Tap > Import from SD card
Import the 00001.vcf file and select Phone as the option
You should have all contacts back with a Google icon and a Phone icon next to them, if you have then finally do the below
Next log into Gmail click on the Gmail drop down (top left under the google logo) and select contacts, then select all and click More > Delete Contacts, give it a moment to clear from your phone
Done, removed from google sync and back on your phone also backed up to your SD card as a single vcf file
ag4751 said:
You can do this
Open Contacts
Tap > Menu
Tap > Import/Export
Tap > Export to SD card
You will get a message saying it is saving a 00001.vcf file
Tap > OK
All contacts are then saved to a single vcf file the on the external memory (SD) card.
Use a file explorer and make sure you have the file on your external SD Card
Next got to Settings > Application Manager and scroll across to All
Scroll down to Contacts Storage and tap clear data, this will wipe your contacts data
Next log into Gmail click on the Gmail drop down (top left under the google logo) and select contacts, then select all and click More > Delete Contacts, give it a moment to clear from your phone
Go back to the Contacts and the list should be blank.
Tap > Menu
Tap > Import/Export
Tap > Import from SD card
Import the 00001.vcf file and select Phone as the option
Done, removed from google sync and back on your phone
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Thanx a los sir!!!!
Pacbert said:
Thanx a los sir!!!!
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No problem, just updated it to say remove from Google after restoring the vcf file from the SD card just in case there are any problems with the import
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Hi!
I would like to know if it is possible to have *only* "phone" and "SIM" contact types and prevent them being synced to google account.
Thanks, Nikos
NikosA said:
Hi!
I would like to know if it is possible to have *only* "phone" and "SIM" contact types and prevent them being synced to google account.
Thanks, Nikos
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Its possible to show only phone and sim contacts on phone if thats what you mean?
well, you can go to Settings - Data Syncronization - Google - untick Contacts
also in People press Menu - View and choose which you like shown in People app, and which to ignore, so even if you did sync Google contacts, you can still pretend they are not there
Thank you for your replies. But what I really mean is _not_ to sync to Google contacts. I want to keep everything local and disable, if possible, Google syncing completely.
Isn't there any advanced address book which would manage all contacts exclusively on the phone?
So far I haven't found any.
Thanks again, Nikos
well, you disable Google sync like i told you, Settings - Data Syncing - Google, there are the options to turn things off or on
if your contacts are already saved as Google and not Phone, i'm not sure you can change that, only restore them from Outlook or sim i guess :/
suisen said:
well, you can go to Settings - Data Syncronization - Google - untick Contacts
also in People press Menu - View and choose which you like shown in People app, and which to ignore, so even if you did sync Google contacts, you can still pretend they are not there
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Sorry for not replying to what you have written initially. I think what you describe is not an option. When you enter (at least in HTC Hero) Settings > Data Synchronization you have the options:
- Background data ( which is required if you want to install market apps)
- Auto-Sync (which I have disabled)
- Google mail (which is a "button" to execute syncing, IIUC)
- Calendar (same as above)
- Contacs (same as above)
So, I don't see where one can "untick" the Contacs and prevent them from being synced!?
Regards, Nikos
Brilliant man, I was wondering how to stop Google Contacts from appearing!
Also,
all of the above discussion does not reply my first question: is it possible to turn contatcs (from any type, e.g. SIM or Google) to "phone" type contacts?
Contact Types Displayed
Yes there is,
1. Open people
2. Press Menu
3. Select View
There are 3 options to choose from
Google
Phone
Sim
Leave the ones ticked you want displayed
Aother option of duplicated conatcts is at the bottom
Thanks for your reply seanyowl. But I don't have a problem choosing between types that are to be displayed. The "problem" is how one would perform a contact type cast? As the threads title states (maybe not so clear after all): how to change (=convert) to "phone" type.
Regards, Nikos
you cant.
and the reason you don't see the tick boxes in the google sync settings is because you have already turned autosync off.
rhedgehog said:
you cant.
and the reason you don't see the tick boxes in the google sync settings is because you have already turned autosync off.
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Thanks for the (final) answer to the initial question.
There IS a way to convert "Phone" or "Google" contacts into "SIM" contacts but it is a tedious one:
People > Menu > View > Choose which contacts to show > OK > Click every contact you want to save as SIM (choose the one you want) > Menu > More > Save to SIM
Or you can install "Contact to SIM" from the Market. With "Contacts to SIM" you export EVERY contact to the SIM card. But there is a bug when doing it this way though. It seems that when using C2S the change doesn't appear immediatly in People. That means that if you use C2S you will not see the SIM card get populated in People. You have to reboot the phone for People to see the change. I think People ONLY reads its own change to the SIM card and nothing else.
Remember that when exporting your contacts back to the SIM card you will loose every extra information but the telephone number and the name. And most SIM cards have a limit of 250 contacts.
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Remember that when exporting your contacts back to the SIM card you will loose every extra information but the telephone number and the name. And most SIM cards have a limit of 250 contacts.
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Thanks. This is why I entitled the thread <<...change to "phone">> ;-)
NikosA said:
Thanks. This is why I entitled the thread <<...change to "phone">> ;-)
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Oh... on what planet did I find these little green pills... they are sooo tasty...
Unfortunatly there doesn't seem to be any way to change the contact type once entered...
But atleast you know how to export the contacts back to the SIM card...
Thiesen said:
Unfortunatly there doesn't seem to be any way to change the contact type once entered...
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Allow me to comment on this: "Google, bad boy" ;-)
NikosA said:
Thanks for your reply seanyowl. But I don't have a problem choosing between types that are to be displayed. The "problem" is how one would perform a contact type cast? As the threads title states (maybe not so clear after all): how to change (=convert) to "phone" type.
Regards, Nikos
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Yeah, it seems no one understands the question. I want to be able to do the same thing: Keep all of my personal data OFF of Google (and away from the NSA and everyone else) and ONLY sync with my PC at home. I already have some calendar and contact info synced with Google, but I want to be able to "reclassify" all current Google contacts and calendars to be "Device" so nothing is synced with Google. Not sure why this question is so hard to understand...
Is there a way to back-up, move and or copy your lists of contacts onto the SD card? Had all of my contacts entered then I rooted and had to re-enter them all back in. I would love to just move files then inputing them over and over.
They should be backed up with google. Try settings>accounts & sync>your gmail>sync contacts
Or something. Haha
Irish Whiskey said:
Is there a way to back-up, move and or copy your lists of contacts onto the SD card? Had all of my contacts entered then I rooted and had to re-enter them all back in. I would love to just move files then inputing them over and over.
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You can back them up.
Dialer > People > Import/Export > Export to SD card
Master™ said:
You can back them up.
Dialer > People > Import/Export > Export to SD card
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Thanks alot.
Make sure if you don't want to backup your google contacts to uncheck the backup to google account. Otherwise you will have duplicates.
The last reply is the best method. It is always better to have it synced through gmail or another email server. Does anyone know how to force 'phone' contacts over to say gmail or exchange server without doing an export?
awesome info here - learning more everyday
Hey Guys Can we only back up Phne numbers?
M really bugged up wid Gmail Contacts ... 6000 up my contacts are ... Any suggestion?
You can set to hide all other contacts except for your Phone contacts. I use Youlu Address book for my contacts, the looks are pretty good too.
MPAI said:
You can set to hide all other contacts except for your Phone contacts. I use Youlu Address book for my contacts, the looks are pretty good too.
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Yes But when i export or back it up ... whole GMAIL - Emails are also being Backed up ....
You can backup your numbers via Kies. I guess that's the only useful function of the program.
music.soul said:
Yes But when i export or back it up ... whole GMAIL - Emails are also being Backed up ....
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Use Youlu, Hide your gmail contact, only display the contacts on your phone. I hope you are able to do this and then back up the contacts on your phone to Youlu.
I am using it the same way
easiest way of doing this is, open contacts > go to the options> click on Import/export > Export your contacts to Sdcard > then save the vcf file to a save location like your pc or back it up on mail
Why not transfer to SIM?
er.davinder said:
easiest way of doing this is, open contacts > go to the options> click on Import/export > Export your contacts to Sdcard > then save the vcf file to a save location like your pc or back it up on mail
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Hmmm i Dunn want email - id to be backed up
consegregate said:
Why not transfer into sim card
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Coz i have more than 1000 contacts and my Sim mermory is max 250
Hey everyone, searched through the forums and on google and couldn't find an answer. I got a HTC Incredible S and want to edit my android contacts on my computer.
I thought there would be an app with a web interface or something similar I could edit my contacts on my computer.
I have HTC Sync, but don't want to use Outlook to edit/add contacts.
Any ideas?
dmk0 said:
Hey everyone, searched through the forums and on google and couldn't find an answer. I got a HTC Incredible S and want to edit my android contacts on my computer.
I thought there would be an app with a web interface or something similar I could edit my contacts on my computer.
I have HTC Sync, but don't want to use Outlook to edit/add contacts.
Any ideas?
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Have you tried airdroid ?
dmk0 said:
Hey everyone, searched through the forums and on google and couldn't find an answer. I got a HTC Incredible S and want to edit my android contacts on my computer.
I thought there would be an app with a web interface or something similar I could edit my contacts on my computer.
I have HTC Sync, but don't want to use Outlook to edit/add contacts.
Any ideas?
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Kinda curious why you want to use pc to edit when you can it with your phone. Is it because you want to use a physical keyboard?
Have you tried Gmail? Your contacts are auto-sync'd with your Google account by default; just use the gmail Contacts interface to edit them quickly and easily. That's what I do.
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Have you tried airdroid ?
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Thanks for your suggestion, Just tried it then, it looks like a very promising app but has a few glitches which I suppose lays uniquely with HTC phones.
I can add/edit a contact all-right however when I delete a contact and refresh the list it comes back up.
koshoryu said:
Kinda curious why you want to use pc to edit when you can it with your phone. Is it because you want to use a physical keyboard?
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Yeah, have a lot of contacts to add and don't want to use the phones touchscreen. Also I find HTC's interface to delete a contact a little convoluted and have a lot of old contacts I want to remove.
mikebabcock said:
Have you tried Gmail? Your contacts are auto-sync'd with your Google account by default; just use the gmail Contacts interface to edit them quickly and easily. That's what I do.
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I've been trying to get my contacts from the phone via GMAIL using the Google account associated with my phone and cannot seem to find the contacts interface. I'll look through it again, maybe I missed something
EDIT: Found It, but it doesn't have all my current contacts in there. Maybe it's because the contacts are stored on the sim card and both programs cannot get sufficient rights.
I deal with this all the time after converting folks to Android. Here's the thing:
The contacts system on Android is very powerful and flexible. There are 3 places where "traditional" contacts are stored, and on top of that, every app can have contact records that integrate with your built-in contacts.
SIM card contacts - contacts stored on the SIM card (duh)
Phone contacts - contacts stored on the phone's internal memory
Gmail contacts - contacts stored and synced on Google's cloud
All these contacts can be found in the contacts app - but you probably have phone contacts or SIM card contacts, that's why you can't find all of them in Gmail.
Here's what I suggest (I do this with every one who gets a new Android phone):
(based on how it looks when I do it, but how it looks when you do it depends on your android version, skin, gmail theme, etc.)
export all your contacts to a file on the sd card
contacts > menu > import/export > export to sd card
[*]copy this file to your computer
mount your phone's sd card to computer and copy file (should be called something like 00001.vcf or something like that)
[*]delete all contacts from the phone (this is so that you don't have duplicates and so that it doesn't get confusing)
settings > applications > manage applications > all > contacts storage > clear data
[*]go to gmail contacts and import the file
gmail.com > mail (top left) > contacts > more > import > choose file
[*]edit your contacts from your PC on a full sized keyboard for maximum comfort
hmm...
[*]make sure your phone can see your gmail contacts
contacts > menu > display options > choose contacts to display > google > system group: my contacts, facebook > all contacts, etc. etc.
[*]hit the thanks button
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oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.
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oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.
WiW said:
I deal with this all the time after converting folks to Android. Here's the thing:
The contacts system on Android is very powerful and flexible. There are 3 places where "traditional" contacts are stored, and on top of that, every app can have contact records that integrate with your built-in contacts.
SIM card contacts - contacts stored on the SIM card (duh)
Phone contacts - contacts stored on the phone's internal memory
Gmail contacts - contacts stored and synced on Google's cloud
All these contacts can be found in the contacts app - but you probably have phone contacts or SIM card contacts, that's why you can't find all of them in Gmail.
Here's what I suggest (I do this with every one who gets a new Android phone):
(based on how it looks when I do it, but how it looks when you do it depends on your android version, skin, gmail theme, etc.)
export all your contacts to a file on the sd card
contacts > menu > import/export > export to sd card
[*]copy this file to your computer
mount your phone's sd card to computer and copy file (should be called something like 00001.vcf or something like that)
[*]delete all contacts from the phone (this is so that you don't have duplicates and so that it doesn't get confusing)
settings > applications > manage applications > all > contacts storage > clear data
[*]go to gmail contacts and import the file
gmail.com > mail (top left) > contacts > more > import > choose file
[*]edit your contacts from your PC on a full sized keyboard for maximum comfort
hmm...
[*]make sure your phone can see your gmail contacts
contacts > menu > display options > choose contacts to display > google > system group: my contacts, facebook > all contacts, etc. etc.
[*]hit the thanks button
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oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.
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oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.
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Nice guide, thanks. A lot of people don't realise that Sense ROMs don't sync with Google automatically, so they're not being backed up to the cloud. I'm sure a lot of people will find your guide helpful.
oh, and make sure that every time you add a new contact from now on that it is synced with google.
Nice guide, thanks. A lot of people don't realise that Sense ROMs don't sync with Google automatically, so they're not being backed up to the cloud. I'm sure a lot of people will find your guide helpful.
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THIS. May also tell any new users to make sure they open Contacts and hit menu->More->Settings->Contacts Storage and pick their main Google account as the default location for new contacts, that way anyone they add later gets backed up to Google Contacts automatically.
(The simple fact that I was able to sync my Contacts with Gmail with my old iPhone and 3 different Android phones is the only reason I've been able to keep the same contacts list for 4 years or so. Minus some idiocy that Sense sticks in your Notes, it's worked super well, too, saved me many times from losing numbers.)
I like Gmail. When you change a contact on your phone GMail get changed as well and vice versa.
savedR said:
THIS. May also tell any new users to make sure they open Contacts and hit menu->More->Settings->Contacts Storage and pick their main Google account as the default location for new contacts, that way anyone they add later gets backed up to Google Contacts automatically.
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I'm actually not seeing that on my N1 running CM7... I get a prompt with every new contact where I get to pick either synced with gmail or unsynced phone storage.
WiW said:
I'm actually not seeing that on my N1 running CM7... I get a prompt with every new contact where I get to pick either synced with gmail or unsynced phone storage.
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This is due to CM roms removing this code from the OS as they remove all Google based coding. Same reason there is no sim option
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I'm actually not seeing that on my N1 running CM7... I get a prompt with every new contact where I get to pick either synced with gmail or unsynced phone storage.
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That's odd. CM7 is AOSP and syncs automatically to your Google account. I've been using CM7 since the inception and never been prompted.
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That's odd. CM7 is AOSP and syncs automatically to your Google account. I've been using CM7 since the inception and never been prompted.
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Only if you install gmail. Remember cm roms don't use Google apps by default.
Also don't forget that CM is based on AOSP but they do alot of code changes so its not pure AOSP.
There is a software called as MobileGo. You can edit your phone contacts.
Remote web desktop
I use a plugin for my email client (thunderbird) to sync my gmail contacts, so i can edit them in thunderbird
The plugin is called: Google Contacts
koshoryu said:
Kinda curious why you want to use pc to edit when you can it with your phone. Is it because you want to use a physical keyboard?
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Because I can't use language-specific characters directly on phone, like Č Ć Š Đ Ž
mikebabcock said:
Have you tried Gmail? Your contacts are auto-sync'd with your Google account by default; just use the gmail Contacts interface to edit them quickly and easily. That's what I do.
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Yeah, but I DON'T want my contacts to be synced with gmail or any other cloud.
I want them synced with Outlook. And I want them edited in Outlook (see above).
Or if not in Outlook, in any other computer-based address book or contacts editor.
And if my contact is named Đuro Šeširđija, and I want all those crazy characters on phone too.
And I want him to have picture I assigned, not his avatar on gmail/FB/whatever profile.
I humbly apologize if I was rude.
For now latest Kies will do...
I'm been having problems syncing with google for a few days now dont know whats going on wiped my phone thinking all my contacts were backed up online but for some reason there no longer there but was there a couple of months back? also tried to restore and no luck
I have my contacts synced to google contacts, you can edit them in gmail and it will show up on your android device. And it helps because you never have to backup your contacts.
On my Galaxy S I had it set up so my contacts would only display my Gmail contacts. On the Galaxy SIII every time I go into my contacts I have to select the option to show contacts from Gmail.
How can I make this permanent???
Pretty sure it's in the same section. Rather than just selecting google contacts, go down to were it says customize, and set them there.
Diaf82 said:
On my Galaxy S I had it set up so my contacts would only display my Gmail contacts. On the Galaxy SIII every time I go into my contacts I have to select the option to show contacts from Gmail.
How can I make this permanent???
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contacts > left soft key > contacts to display > select google (or whatever u want)
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contacts > left soft key > contacts to display > select google (or whatever u want)
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I do that but as soon as I restart the phone it goes back to showing contacts on the phone, sim, google, and facebook. How do I make it permanent?
Anybody?
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Pretty sure it's in the same section. Rather than just selecting google contacts, go down to were it says customize, and set them there.
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Sorry, didn't realise I was talking to myself (just having a dig) I've turned my phone on and am now looking at it and will detail where to go.
Press menu
select Contacts to Display
select Customized List
Then go through each account option and either tick, or untick the ones you want. For me, when I do this it stays on each reboot, boot up, what ever.
In this section I have 4 google accounts showing on my phone, a facebook, a samsung, the sim, and the phone account. But I keep all the contacts I want in one of the google accounts so that is the only one I have set to display. And while I don't use any other accounts, there are some provider numbers in the sim account, and obviously facebook ones. But none of them ever show when I set this.
Hope that helps this time.