When I try to add a contact on my Moto E 2nd Generation 2015, it always says "Your new contact will be synchronised with . I either get the option to create a google account, or click ok. I do not get an option to not synchronise the contact anywhere. My goal is to save my contacts to my SIM only.
I have, in the mean time, disabled the synchronisation for Google contacts so that they do not get uploaded to Google servers. So even though this annoying feature still pops up telling me it will synch them to my email, the synchronisation should not be happening. But I want a way to save my contacts to my SIM. If this means coming off Andriod 5.0.2, then so be it!
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Hi!,
Just recieved my hero. Have had Windows live mail as my primare non work mail. Now that i got the Hero, do i have to switch over to the Gmail i.e in order to get the rooted access to marketplace etc etc? I know i can just forward my mails to a gmail account, but find it as a headacke to not just have things at one place.
So my question, do i need a Gmail account? Pro cons?
Thank you !
If you want to use the Market, yes, you need to have a google account.
Pros - everything is automatically backed up and linked to your account (downloaded programs, contacts, calendar etc) so if you install something that buggers the phone up and you have to hard reset, (or lose it etc.) as soon as you sign in everything is back (apart from apps but they are all listed so you can download them again immediately)
cons - none, unless you are paranoid about having your data in the cloud.
But cant i do that with my Win Live contacts as well? Just like with gmail?
Im just curious, not pro live or anything. Just annoying to keep moving everything as previous phone was WM based
When you say you know U can fwd to gmail, not sure if you mean that literally or are aware that gmail can receive/send hotmail/livemail automatically.
I set my gmail up to receive all my hotmail, so it's all in one place. I never need log in to windows live at all now.
rhedgehog,
When I log into my gmail account from my desktop, is there a list of android apps I have paid for? or downloaded?
Just import everything into Gmail.
when logged in to gmeil on your pc, go to settings and select import
follow the instructions and it will import your mail, contacts and everything.
then in settings, you add a signature telling eveyone that you are changing to your Gmail account and that they should email [email protected] from now on.
then a month or two down the line, just don't bother logging in to hotmail any more.
If you do want to keep hotmail going, then you can get google to log in for you and get all your emails....
Thank you for you replies. Just did as u adviced, lets go gmail now
OK, I transferred all my contacts etc to gmail, startet to use that instead. NOW, what really bumps me is that every contact i add on the phone, dont come on the gmail account. Neither does the group editing i do on gmail, show on the phone.
Any ideas ?
When you are creating the contacts on the phone, you are selecting to create them on google aren't you?
it's the very firts option after you enter their name....Contact type.
set this to google.
if you've already created some as Phone, just delete them and create them again as google type.
don;t use groups myself, so can;t help you on that...though i'm sure someone will be along shortly who can.
Yeah, all are google contacts. Got it to work today (i think), just pulled everyone into a group. Looks so. But on the other hand, is there a easy way of seeing how many contacts i have on the hero ? so i actually can be sure.
on the groups tab, press menu and then select sync groups.
each contact group (google, phone, exchange etc) will have the number of contacts next to it, so if you're only using google contacts, you'll see how many are there next to the google item.
Ok, Thank you rhedgehog, you have been very helpful
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.
ithehappy
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
No problem, glad to help, found out the hard way too!
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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?
Thanks
Ravi
Recently I've noticed some strange behaviour regarding my contacts.
first I save a contact by selecting new contact in the contacts menu.
Then I chose an account under which I want to create the contact.
I never chose phone-only and always sync to the same account, lets call this account 1.
After I save the contact details the contact does not appear in my contact list.
This contact will neither appear in the contacts of account 1 when I log into Google and look at my contacts.
When I search a certain contact name in my phone it says "Contact not found" below which it gives me the option to "Search all contacts".
If I press this option it will show me all the contact information just like I stored it.
I tried searching in other accounts beside account 1 that I could choose when storing the contact but that yielded no results either.
My questions are:
1 Where the **** does my phone store these contacts?? :S
2 Why can't I see them when I log onto Google?
3 How can I get them to display normally under contacts? (and in my Google account contacts)
Additional information:
I run a CM7 NAND-ROM (I think by HyperDroid) on a 512MB version of the HTC LEO
I mainly connect to the internet through Wi-Fi because I'm currently using a pre-paid subscription.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I cannot seem to get new contacts and calendar entries to sync to Google. It will only download new contacts and will not upload new entries.
I have tried the usual, checking and unchecking Auto-sync, contacts, calendar. Tried "Sync Now." Nothing. Email works both directions tho.
This is a huge pain, because I already lost new contacts I entered after a hard-reset.
My Rezound sinks the google calendar better than my computer does.
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LTE 4G Rezound
jbh00jh said:
My Rezound sinks the google calendar better than my computer does.
Sent from my HTC
LTE 4G Rezound
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Sadly, I just added a new calendar entry and contact, manually hit "Sync Now" and there is no sign of them on my Google Account.
Can you try adding a new contact and see if it shows up on your G account?
I have verified both contacts and calendar entries I've created on my phone are displayed correctly when I access my Google Contacts and Calendar from a desktop.
Do you save new contacts to "Phone" or "Google" when you enter them on the phone? Do you have "All Calendars" selected, or just the Google calendar, in your Calendar app?
Added new contact to hotmail and it went to hotmail and gmail on computer and phone.
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punman said:
I have verified both contacts and calendar entries I've created on my phone are displayed correctly when I access my Google Contacts and Calendar from a desktop.
Do you save new contacts to "Phone" or "Google" when you enter them on the phone? Do you have "All Calendars" selected, or just the Google calendar, in your Calendar app?
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I have all calendars selected. How do I change to just the Google calendar?
Also, where is the option on where to save contacts? I didn't change anything from the way it came and would assume that it automatically saved to google.
Thanks to everyone helping me figure this out.
From the homescreen, go to Phone>people>"+" sign to add a new contact. Then the first box is "contact type" change that from default (Phone) to your google account.
I found this out the hard way when i lost all phone numbers after a hard reset. It's strange that they're not set to "google" by default.
Hope this helps.
nlitend1
under phone/people, you can also click on view and choose just google contacts. From there on, it will only add them to your gmail contacts.
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under phone/people, you can also click on view and choose just google contacts. From there on, it will only add them to your gmail contacts.
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This is what I needed! Verizon is trying to teach some hard lessons. Google should definitely be the default.
Same was true for the calender. It defaults to "PC Sync" for new entries, not gmail.
Thanks!
nlitend1 said:
From the homescreen, go to Phone>people>"+" sign to add a new contact. Then the first box is "contact type" change that from default (Phone) to your google account.
I found this out the hard way when i lost all phone numbers after a hard reset. It's strange that they're not set to "google" by default.
Hope this helps.
nlitend1
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HA! I think Verizon is hoping Android newbs won't know that it syncs contacts nd saves them between phones/resets in the hope to push their sync option.
There is still the problem/issue of when you edit a google contact on your phone in the people app, it will NOT sync the change back to the google servers. For example, if a contact's phone number is (123)-456-7890, and I go to the people app and edit the contact and change the number to (111)-456-7890 and save it. It only stays changed on the phone for a few mins. When it re-syncs with google's gmail server it goes back to the way it was (123)-456-7890. Or if you edit a contact's email address or home address, or group name, etc. The changes on the phone only last 30 seconds to a few mins until it re-syncs with google's servers and then the changes get wiped out. Its like its only a one way sync. I've never had this issue on any other android phone or ROM.
I believe this is a bug in the People app on the Rezound. I've emailed HTC several times and they tell me I'm making a mistake. But [email protected] how hard is it to edit contact info?
Dont know if anybody paid attention to this but there is no option for linking a contact to google account. The newly created contact is added only to as local phone contact and not as google contact. This creates a big problem for people with multiple devices as information does not sync across.
I had installed google contacts app but still this is just a workaround and not a right way. This is big deal breaker for me.
How is it working for you ??
As I know currently if you save contact at Dial Pad, it will automatically go to LeEco Account contact, and you cannot choose where it goes to. if you want, you need to open Contacts, choose gmail account, then add contact there, then it will be synced to Gmail account. A bit troublesome but no choice for the moment.
gnolihp said:
As I know currently if you save contact at Dial Pad, it will automatically go to LeEco Account contact, and you cannot choose where it goes to. if you want, you need to open Contacts, choose gmail account, then add contact there, then it will be synced to Gmail account. A bit troublesome but no choice for the moment.
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With the released cm13 Port with included gapps it works as it should.
Actually just find out that you can just change the Account to google when add contact, and all are fine. Just that you cannot change the default to Gmail contact only.
With me it was the "Google contacts sync" that was missing. You have to install this one, either by the "google installer" app, or by searching the correct apk version, since not all versions wil work with your OS