Hi All,
I have a brand new LG P714 phone.
1) How to remove phonebook sources
I now import contacts from the Sim card, phone itself, and gmail.
I want to extract contacts ONLY from gmail.
How can I do it?
2)
I want to remove the gmail account I am using from the phone, and associate it with a new one.
How can I remove an account (How to add is plain and simple but we cannot figure out how to remove)
BTW:
I don't want to root this phone.
Hey there,
1. I guess you use the stock dialer. If so, when on the contacts tab, go to settings and select customize. There you can choose the sources to display, and you can leave gmail only.
2. Removing accounts can be achieved by going to phones settings, then accounts and then removing the required account, google here. However, as the google account is so fundamental in Android, removing it is usually not easy (as many things rely on it). Maybe the only way is to go back to manufacturer's settings.
HTH.
D.
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rans0576 said:
Hi All,
I have a brand new LG P714 phone.
1) How to remove phonebook sources
I now import contacts from the Sim card, phone itself, and gmail.
I want to extract contacts ONLY from gmail.
How can I do it?
2)
I want to remove the gmail account I am using from the phone, and associate it with a new one.
How can I remove an account (How to add is plain and simple but we cannot figure out how to remove)
BTW:
I don't want to root this phone.
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Contacts= what he said
Removal= Master Reset also known as Factory Restore to get rid of device administrator account
Manufacturer's settings = Factory reset.
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we know but how do we know if everyone else does ?
Digdis said:
Manufacturer's settings = Factory reset.
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how is it written in menu ?
be noob friendly
IGGYVIP said:
how is it written in menu ?
be noob friendly
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You are right my friend. :good:
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Why can't you change the default for your contact that you create on the phone to default to a Google contact instead of the phone contact? Does anyone know how this can be changed? I rooted my phone and lost a couple contacts that I had put in the phone because phone contacts don't sync to the gmail account. Glad I at least found this out early so I don't have a huge problem when putting a different rom on it in the future.
lvond555 said:
Why can't you change the default for your contact that you create on the phone to default to a Google contact instead of the phone contact? Does anyone know how this can be changed? I rooted my phone and lost a couple contacts that I had put in the phone because phone contacts don't sync to the gmail account. Glad I at least found this out early so I don't have a huge problem when putting a different rom on it in the future.
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that was a really annoying "feature" of the samsung fascinate. I guess the only way around it is to use the AOSP contacts program. I will attempt to restore it from titanium backup and see if it works
it usually sets it as gmail right out of the gate when i'm creating contacts, etc...i find myself checking every once in awhile now anyways. it is truly annoying!
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evilmansin said:
I don't have a thunderbolt but that **** would piss me off. If they have you an option to save settings as defaults but thats lame sauce... Eff VZW
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A) language
B) It's a feature of sense, therefore htc, not vzw, is to blame.
however, yes, annoying. One solution would be to export contracts to SD from phone, import from SD to google.
(you would have to keep doing this, but it's a good way to back up before wipe/flash.)
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evilmansin said:
I don't have a thunderbolt but that **** would piss me off. If they have you an option to save settings as defaults but thats lame sauce... Eff VZW
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butthurt n00b detected....launching all countermeasures!!!
patches152 said:
butthurt n00b detected....launching all countermeasures!!!
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LOL! Couldn't have said it better myself.
edited my previous post. Seems go contacts wouldn't solve the issue.
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mcmillanje said:
however, yes, annoying. One solution would be to export contracts to SD from phone, import from SD to google.
(you would have to keep doing this, but it's a good way to back up before wipe/flash.)
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I did the same thing. I went into gmail and organized/updated all my contacts. So now all my phone contacts are Google contacts. Be sure to go into gmail and do a perge/merge of any duplicates. This makes porting contacts over that much easier.
What really annoyed me was the linking/suggested linking of contacts on the phone vs google vs facebook. After you centralize everything around your google contacts things become much easier.
To set contact default to Google go into you contact list then press menu and choose view next uncheck the box that says "phone" and now your default is Google
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lvond555 said:
Why can't you change the default for your contact that you create on the phone to default to a Google contact instead of the phone contact? Does anyone know how this can be changed? I rooted my phone and lost a couple contacts that I had put in the phone because phone contacts don't sync to the gmail account. Glad I at least found this out early so I don't have a huge problem when putting a different rom on it in the future.
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I think if you create the new contact in your google account (vs on the phone) then it will sync up and everything will be OK.
I have to get into my google account contacts and clean up some stuff, duplicates, etc., that seem to appear every now and then.
thejondude said:
To set contact default to Google go into you contact list then press menu and choose view next uncheck the box that says "phone" and now your default is Google
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Thanks, this is one step closer to what I need. I have a couple GMail accounts on my phone one of which I use solely for work contacts and I use the option of selecting which GMail account I added the new contact to. Really missing this feature
Any word if the AOSP contact app works?
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To set contact default to Google go into you contact list then press menu and choose view next uncheck the box that says "phone" and now your default is Google
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That just changes which contacts show. I am talking about entering a new contact and letting it be a Google contact by default. I don't want to accidentally set it up as a phone contact which will not sync to your Google account.
lvond555 said:
Why can't you change the default for your contact that you create on the phone to default to a Google contact instead of the phone contact? Does anyone know how this can be changed? I rooted my phone and lost a couple contacts that I had put in the phone because phone contacts don't sync to the gmail account. Glad I at least found this out early so I don't have a huge problem when putting a different rom on it in the future.
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I gotta say Contact Management with Android has been probably one of my biggest frustrations. I like the ability to sync my GMail contacts, that's easy enough. But between getting pictures and "linking" "synching" and "attaching" contacts via Twitter, MS Exchange, and other means... TO not being able to only populate mobile numbers when creating SMS/MMS's and such, it is just way more difficult than it should be.
It could and SHOULD be much simpler. Maybe I'm just a wii-todd, idk.. Either way, I feel your pain dude.
Ya so was I.... Maybe since u have a mixture it isn't working for u.....Export all your contact to Google then remove ur Google account from the phone then delete all ur contacts off ur phone then sync with Google and do the steps I posted before
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That just changes which contacts show. I am talking about entering a new contact and letting it be a Google contact by default. I don't want to accidentally set it up as a phone contact which will not sync to your Google account.
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Hello everyone...
everytime I try to create a new contact (saving a phone number), my p500 selects the contact to be a "PC Sync" contact type...
I want it to be a "google account" type instead, so it can be synchronized with my Gmail acount...
I know I can change this option when saving a new contact to a google account type, but if I accidently save it as a PC Sync type, I just cant change it by editing the contact, I must delete the contact and create a new one again as a google type...
in short words - I want to disable\delete the LG PC Sync option from my Optimus one p500...
please help me out, and excuse my English.
Thanks alot..
Anyone? please help...
If you have a rooted phone, install 'titanium backup' and freeze the 'pc sync' service. This will remove the option of pc sync from appearing when you are trying to add a new contact. Unfortunately, for me, the default contact save location changes to 'sim' rather than the google account. I still am unable to remove the ' sim' option. You can try for yourself. if the 'freezing' doesn't work out, you always have the option of 'defrosting' through titanium backup.
And
I had created a thread with the same question. searching for it would have provided you with the same info as in my post.would have saved me the trouble of writing it twice.
Sorry, I did searched and never found an answer, thats why iI started this thread...
Hi,
any progresion here? It's realy annoying to allways set it to google - should be default definitely. I allways miss it and have to create contact twice :-(
I'm searching too for a fix for this thing. Did somebody managed to solve this?
I agree with victortangocharlie.
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I agree with victortangocharlie.
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Yeap, that worked , I disabled the app PCSync.apk with systemappremover after I did a backup of it and now it`s working...when I create a new contact I have directly my google account. Thanks allot for the tip
If I'm right there's an option in Contacts for it. Same goes for Calendar.
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If I'm right there's an option in Contacts for it. Same goes for Calendar.
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Please post screenshots of the option? We have all looked in the obvious places.
Maybe you are mistaken?
victortangocharlie said:
If you have a rooted phone, install 'titanium backup' and freeze the 'pc sync' service. This will remove the option of pc sync from appearing when you are trying to add a new contact. Unfortunately, for me, the default contact save location changes to 'sim' rather than the google account. I still am unable to remove the ' sim' option. You can try for yourself. if the 'freezing' doesn't work out, you always have the option of 'defrosting' through titanium backup.
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I had created a thread with the same question. searching for it would have provided you with the same info as in my post.would have saved me the trouble of writing it twice.
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On my optimus 2x worked with ur advice but on my Optimus One it switched to SIM How can I make it to be google by default instead of SIM? Anybody?
jeremysherriff said:
Please post screenshots of the option? We have all looked in the obvious places.
Maybe you are mistaken?
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Could be, didn't use the stock rom long
I know this option is available on cm7.
forforce said:
On my optimus 2x worked with ur advice but on my Optimus One it switched to SIM How can I make it to be google by default instead of SIM? Anybody?
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Anybody? I'm searching for days on how can I make google account by default when I create a contact but I can't solve this Can somebody help with this? It's very annoyng.
have been trying all day today to write my contacts to the phone, but it seems that this becomes impossible once one makes the mistake of adding a google, hotmail or any other account to the phone...
am I write in thinking that if I want to write my contacts to the phone I will not be able to check my google and hotmail email accounts on the phone?
it really sucks, my desire S did not have this bug
and system update not possible without Motorola ID/account whatever it wants...
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go to contacts, press menu, manage contacts, export to sim card?
Shadowdancer123 said:
Go to contacts, press menu, manage contacts, export to sim card?
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did that, it says phone memory empty - how this helps to keep my contacts on the phone? please explain, as I am new to android, my only other android device was Desire S
many thanks for your help
any other ideas?
there is no point for me to keep the phone without my contacts - must find a solution soon (or confirmation that it cannot be done and get rid of the phone)
What's wrong with keeping your contacts on your Google account?
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rbennett12 said:
What's wrong with keeping your contacts on your Google account?
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hi, this is a bit off topic, but I can explain:
I would like to keep my contacts (and info related to them) on devices owned by me.
I DO NOT like how I am "pushed" to use google (or any other account) for keeping my contacts on.
I like to have a choice, at the moment I choose off-line storage on my PC and my phone.
Can it be done like in good old days?
You can just put the contacts on your phone under your Google account and just turn off the sync for the contacts. It will still be on a Google account but it will offline. That's the only option I can think of.
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+, you can then delete those contacts from your Google account afterwards if you don't want to store them online after getting them onto the phone.
rbennett12 said:
You can just put the contacts on your phone under your Google account and just turn off the sync for the contacts. It will still be on a Google account but it will offline. That's the only option I can think of.
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+, you can then delete those contacts from your Google account afterwards if you don't want to store them online after getting them onto the phone.
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thank you guys - that seems to be a solution.
Just to make sure I understand correctly:
1. link my phone to my gmail
2. go to settings->accounts->gmail and untick sync contacts, sync email, sync calendar
is this correct?
will it work?
I am factory resetting my phone for a third time already so apologies for asking SO many questions, but I want to make it write this time
Yeah just sign into your account and it will ask you what you want to sync. Just keep anything unchecked for what you don't want to sync.
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download via market motorola pim sync ( there is mac and pc version), then download motocast for windows www.mymotocast.com/download
Then you will be able to sync your contacts via outlook.
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outlook backup and app like touchdown to sync.
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Im trying to avoid using external apps to do it, because im so sure that Ive read somewhere that the native gs3 contacts allow us to do it? But cant find any settings to do that? Clues?
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truewt said:
Im trying to avoid using external apps to do it, because im so sure that Ive read somewhere that the native gs3 contacts allow us to do it? But cant find any settings to do that? Clues?
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Hi,
I am tired of SGS3 and it's contact management.
1. I am syncing contacts from more accounts (google, exchange, etc)
2. Phone itself can merge contacts only manually and it is not usable (really, is not! I can merge like 10 contacts on 5 accounts, but try to do that for 400 contacts..)
3. HTC I used before has done this beutiful (suggested contacts suitable for merging)
4. I know there are some 3rd party apps that can do this but it not what I need (for example contact remover plus is really removing contacts and transfering them to other account, but I need them to stay where they are...)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1117069.html
Any suggestions? Else I'll make an app for that
My friend has this phone (I believe), and she lost all her contacts after a factory reset, due to the fact that the LG system by default adds contacts to the phone instead of her Google account. I know it's possible to choose where the contact is stored when you create a new contact, but it's terrible software design to force the user to remember that every time. Is there a way to make the Google account the default (or only) contact storage?
Or is the only solution to install a custom ROM? Thanks
fenstre said:
My friend has this phone (I believe), and she lost all her contacts after a factory reset, due to the fact that the LG system by default adds contacts to the phone instead of her Google account. I know it's possible to choose where the contact is stored when you create a new contact, but it's terrible software design to force the user to remember that every time. Is there a way to make the Google account the default (or only) contact storage?
Or is the only solution to install a custom ROM? Thanks
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I dont think you can BUT what you can do is make it as "google account" for each contact. So whenever she factory resets she can sync her account. :highfive:
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geeshiet said:
I dont think you can BUT what you can do is make it as "google account" for each contact. So whenever she factory resets she can sync her account. :highfive:
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Thanks. There's no address book or contacts app that will add all new contacts this way?
fenstre said:
Thanks. There's no address book or contacts app that will add all new contacts this way?
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I don't think so? Don't be lazy lol...
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geeshiet said:
Don't be lazy lol...
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Laziness is accepting an annoyance instead of trying to solve it permanently.
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Laziness is accepting an annoyance instead of trying to solve it permanently.
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You cant solve it permanently from what i know, thats why they added the option to move contacts to sim, phone, google account etc..
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geeshiet said:
You cant solve it permanently from what i know, thats why they added the option to move contacts to sim, phone, google account etc..
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Oh, is there an option to move all at once? That would be helpful. I don't know this phone very well.