Is there any way to change the order of how the stock S6 Edge dialer displays contacts when they are calling?
I have contacts from different parts of the world with REALLY long names and the last names usually are not displayed when the person is calling.
So, basically, I want stock dialer to display Last name first and then First name. I managed to change the view in the Contacts app, but not in the dialer...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Is there a modified contacts apk or is it possible to make one to have the option to show all calls in the logs tab instead of calls and text? I don't quite understand why sammy made an option for dialed, recieved, and missed calls but doesn't have an option for all of them combined. I am stock rooted and want to keep it that way(for now) and don't want to download a different style contacts app. So wondering if this is possible or is already available. Thanks
I was also wondering about this. Half the time I get confused as to why so and so called me instead of texting like usual.
I have a Galaxy Nexus with stock Android 4.0.2. On day one, I imported a bunch of contacts by writing a small program using the contacts API. This worked great, and they all show up as "phone-only, unsynced contact" in the contact list, which is exactly what I want. When I now try to manually add a new contact through the phone's menus, I have no choice but to add it as a "Google contact". How can I add it as local (unsynced) from the menus? If this, for some strange reason, isn't possible, then surely someone out there has made an app that does this?
Thanks for any help.
here's my fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808037
Hi everyone from Greece,
I would appreciate your help with my problem.
I am an owner of Galaxy s2 simply rooted with 4.0.3 xwlp7.I use exDialer instead of stock and eventhow all my contacts are set correctly where they should be-meaning first name in the first name box,the same with last name-when i receive a call the first name appears first followed by the last name,which i want the opposite.
All the settings in exDialer as well as in stock app are correct-dispay order by last name,appearence by last name first,when i search for a contact it displays correct by the last name but when i get a call.....first name first...
I have tried everything but with no result..I forgot to mention that my contacts are Google contacts
Thanks in advance..
kermitlabros said:
Hi everyone from Greece,
I would appreciate your help with my problem.
I am an owner of Galaxy s2 simply rooted with 4.0.3 xwlp7.I use exDialer instead of stock and eventhow all my contacts are set correctly where they should be-meaning first name in the first name box,the same with last name-when i receive a call the first name appears first followed by the last name,which i want the opposite.
All the settings in exDialer as well as in stock app are correct-dispay order by last name,appearence by last name first,when i search for a contact it displays correct by the last name but when i get a call.....first name first...
I have tried everything but with no result..I forgot to mention that my contacts are Google contacts
Thanks in advance..
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IMO, this is a "feature" of the dialer app.
It receives the caller's number and makes a lookup into your contacts.
There it gets the first and last name information and displays the name.
If you can not find an option to change the order of the caller's name display, you may not be able to change this setting ... and have to try another dialer app, which supports such an option.
As I am using the stock dialer, and this doesn't have such an option either, I can not suggest a better dialer app ... sorry !
Thanks,but is it possible in my previus phone(galaxy s) everything to be in order and know in a better phone.....
Do you suggest to switch the order in the contacts and where it says''first name'' try putting last name and vice versa;
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After resetting and starting from scratch, I have loaded my contacts with my Gmail contacts.
Many of the contacts have multiple numbers : home, work, mobile
In the Phone app, using keypad I noticed, when your contact has more than one phone number, it does not show all its numbers, just the first one or the one marked as default.
I find this annoying.
I hope there is a person in this forum that uses the stock dialer....and can tell me if there is a way I can use keypad and be given a choice of all numbers that a contact has?
I moved from Samsung Galaxy S2 to S3 with a later Android version (4.3), and there are just a couple of things that are driving me crazy as far as the stock contacts and sms apps are concerned.
Before I decide to move to other apps (which I don't really want to do as I've been pretty glad about the stock apps so far):
How to change the generic picture for contacts?
I liked the earlier format with simple silhouettes in different colours and I totally hate the new creepy-looking faces with a smile, eyes, nose etc. (sorry, I am not allowed to post outside links yet, which is why I had to remove all the sample links from this question and the following ones, which may make my questions a little more difficult to understand).
How to remove the contact pictures besides the text messages?
Before, the text messages were displayed with text bubbles only.
Now there are little annoying contact pictures next to the messages. I've found a couple of threads about it on the Internet but no real solutions, unfortunately.
And this one has been bugging me since Galaxy S2:
How to hide all those contacts that include no phone number (i.e. those imported from my Google account)?
I am able to hide the contact in the normal view (if I simply scroll down the list, only phone contacts are displayed) but whenever I use the in-app search option, the e-mail contacts appear, too, which is pretty annoying (I use the search to find someone I want to call, not if I want to write an e-mail).
Anyone, anything? I know these aren't exactly the most interesting or serious problems, and they're rather Android- than phone-related... but I've spent a lot of time researching this and I've found no solution whatsoever (besides using other apps).
Question [Q] Stock contacts and SMS apps - configuration problems
I moved from Samsung Galaxy S2 to S3 with a later Android version (4.3), and there are just a couple of things that are driving me crazy as far as the stock contacts and sms apps are concerned.
Before I decide to move to other apps (which I don't really want to do as I've been pretty glad about the stock apps so far):
How to change the generic picture for contacts?
I liked the earlier format with simple silhouettes in different colours and I totally hate the new creepy-looking faces with a smile, eyes, nose etc. (sorry, I am not allowed to post outside links yet, which is why I had to remove all the sample links from this question and the following ones, which may make my questions a little more difficult to understand).
How to remove the contact pictures besides the text messages?
Before, the text messages were displayed with text bubbles only.
Now there are little annoying contact pictures next to the messages. I've found a couple of threads about it on the Internet but no real solutions, unfortunately.
And this one has been bugging me since Galaxy S2:
How to hide all those contacts that include no phone number (i.e. those imported from my Google account)?
I am able to hide the contact in the normal view (if I simply scroll down the list, only phone contacts are displayed) but whenever I use the in-app search option, the e-mail contacts appear, too, which is pretty annoying (I use the search to find someone I want to call, not if I want to write an e-mail).
Hi! Changing default generic picture is not possible without root at least(i think it might be best to use a custom rom maybe), removing the picture next to each sms is linked with the contact list so you should try other sms apps from playstore for that and hiding contact with no number in contact list is impossible - try to make a group with the ones that have number and one group with the ones that don't have numbers or remove the email only contact from google contact list(on gmail). Hope i gave you some directions Cheers!