Hi all..
So I had a Google account register with my old msn email, but I decided to delete this Google account and register for a new one with Gmail, thinking that my contacts are preserved on my phone, but I switched off Sync function just in case. Somehow though, my contacts got removed from Contacts app. but they are still on the phone cause if I run the dialer app and punch in the first few numbers of any phone number that I remember, the app offers contacts suggestions, and I find the name and number of the contact I'm trying to call.
How can I get these contacts back and store them again on Contacts app?
Aserar said:
Hi all..
So I had a Google account register with my old msn email, but I decided to delete this Google account and register for a new one with Gmail, thinking that my contacts are preserved on my phone, but I switched off Sync function just in case. Somehow though, my contacts got removed from Contacts app. but they are still on the phone cause if I run the dialer app and punch in the first few numbers of any phone number that I remember, the app offers contacts suggestions, and I find the name and number of the contact I'm trying to call.
How can I get these contacts back and store them again on Contacts app?
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I'd try another Contacts app like Go or exDialer and see if they show up there. If so, you should be able to export them via Vcard and then go back to the main Contact app and import it. If that doesn't work, it might be helpful to list which phone you have and on what update it's on in case there is something more specific to that phone/update that might need to be done.
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I just rooted my stock 2.1 hero, and plashed froyo FusionRom on it. Before I root, I installed an application from the market that will backup my contacts as a .csv file. now how do i load my contacts again? I tried importing them to my gmail account and then syncing my phone to google contacts, but i still don't see any contacts appearing. The strange thing is when I call/get a call from someone who used to be in my contacts list, his name appears in the Call Log tab. But not in the contacts tab???
So how do people who flash many roms deal with this problem?? I mean I can insert the contacts manually by creating a contact and filling their phone numbers one by one (all 255 of them) but that doesn't look like something I want to do each time i load a new rom.
YDardeer said:
I just rooted my stock 2.1 hero, and plashed froyo FusionRom on it. Before I root, I installed an application from the market that will backup my contacts as a .csv file. now how do i load my contacts again? I tried importing them to my gmail account and then syncing my phone to google contacts, but i still don't see any contacts appearing. The strange thing is when I call/get a call from someone who used to be in my contacts list, his name appears in the Call Log tab. But not in the contacts tab???
So how do people who flash many roms deal with this problem?? I mean I can insert the contacts manually by creating a contact and filling their phone numbers one by one (all 255 of them) but that doesn't look like something I want to do each time i load a new rom.
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Google contacts syncs all mine down from the cloud every time
So you put them into gmail, now go into google contacts on your PC and see if you can see them there. If so, check the settings on your google account in your phone's settings menu, and be sure it's syncing contacts to the phone from that account.
You can open a .csv with any spreadsheet application (i.e. excel) - just add them to your gmail contacts online and they'll sync up.
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.
anticipation said:
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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Where are the Google contacts stored?
The only place I can see them is when I am creating a message and tap add contact. There seems to be all the contacts from my Gmail account many of which do not have phone numbers and some of which I wouldn't want certain family members to see.
I have tried every setting in contacts and accounts I can find but no luck. I have cleaned up my Gmail account contacts and did a sync hoping that would over write them but no luck.
Any help is appreciated.
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Where are the Google contacts stored?
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Google Contacts are stored on your phone and Google server if I am not wrong.
Regards.
By default Gmail adds anyone you email to your contacts. This used to be so annoying to most people.
Sign into Gmail on computer, go to settings, general, "create contacts for auto-complete" and check off "I'll add contacts myself".
Now go to your Contacts and start deleting the ones you don't want.
As for where they are stored, they are stored on Google's servers and not necessarily on your phone. Any changes you make either on your phone or via the web are pushed and synced I'm real time.
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LordLugard
Yep cleaned up the contacts on the gmail account. turned of the auto add. Did a sync still have them on the phone.
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I know they are stored on the phone and gmail account but where on the phone??
Can you see all the contacts when you hit the contacts tab in the phone menu?
If not then from within contacts Menu, More, Display Options and select the google contacts, under that there is a few options of what to display.
Why not try this last resort, remove your Google account on the phone and add it again.
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vessy
You are the man.
Yep need google contacts on in order to see them in Contacts. Then delete them and turn off google contacts again.
Now I can rest easy.
Thank you very much
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How to get contacts autofill in gmail
Hi,
I use viewsonic tablet with android 2.2 running. I have a gmail application installed . Whenever I try to send a new email or take a picture and want to send through gmail instantaneously, I get up to emal "To " field. In there it expects me to type the whole email address again. This is even true if I want to send it to my own gmail id. I mean to say that autofill of email addresses doesn't work. All my contacts is synched with gmail account and that show all the contacts which is available through my email account.
Is there a way to get around and get this autofill option enabled?
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Ravi
ok when i go in to edit any of my contacts on my photon it is showing google contacts then under that it shows phone contacts Unsynced. it use to never show this way on any contacts. It use to just show google contacts which is what i want to use. because the phone contacts thing shows the same as the google contacts. is there any way to get ride of all the phone contacts unsynced with out having to edit all 200+ contacts?
Also what is the difference between the two?
Also its showing the addresses twice now as well, is there any way to fix that or is that part of the google contacts/phone contacts unsynced problem?
You have some contacts saved on your phone storage, but they are not synced with your Google account and may not be there. If you have them all on your Google account also, just remove them all from the unsynced storage with a batch delete app.
If you don't have them on your Google account, go to the phone contacts and export them to your sdcard. Then import them from the sdcard into Google contacts. Now, once you're sure you have those contacts on your Google account, if you still have the "phone contacts unsynced", delete them using a batch delete app. But first make sure you have them on your Google contacts.
Let us know how it goes.
Have a nice day!
I just ended up doing a reset through the recovery option and it fixed it. Thanks for the help.
J.Parsons said:
I just ended up doing a reset through the recovery option and it fixed it. Thanks for the help.
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You're welcome
Hi,
I've been using android device for about 3 years now and recently got a Nexus 4. I'm trying to figure out how to make my Google contacts as my primary contacts so that when I add other accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked, etc, I want to sync contacts in my other accounts that are on my Google contacts only. I don't want any other contacts on other accounts to be downloaded. Is this possible?
Thanks.
I don't have it in front of me and tried a couple of different version of OS, but if I'm not mistaking if you go in the settings under your contacts (or maybe in accounts) and you should be able to select with contact/account to show. Personally I only have my google account so I only show those contact but if you have ie. facebook you can also choose to show those contacts as well. Or even only contacts with phone number so in this case I don't get all the contacts in you inbox.
You can also try my favorite app that can be highly customized. Go Contacts...
nitramus said:
I don't have it in front of me and tried a couple of different version of OS, but if I'm not mistaking if you go in the settings under your contacts (or maybe in accounts) and you should be able to select with contact/account to show. Personally I only have my google account so I only show those contact but if you have ie. facebook you can also choose to show those contacts as well. Or even only contacts with phone number so in this case I don't get all the contacts in you inbox.
You can also try my favorite app that can be highly customized. Go Contacts...
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Thanks. I guess you were right about the option to select which account is shown in the Phone app. I guess my problem was in the Viber contacts. I had the setting to Show All Contacts unchecked because it shows all contacts from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter which are not on my Google. I noticed that only the Starred in Android are shown if I had this setting. I could set all my Google contacts as Starred in Android but maybe there's another way of doing this.
Sorry for being difficult.