Android 6.0 local contacts, how? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I use the OOS 3.0 Update on my OnePlus Two to have Marshmallow (Android 6.0)
Now I wanted to create a new contact on my phone and it asks me, if I want to create it in my Google Account. I can only say OK or cancel.
I don't use my Google Account to store my contacts and I don't want them to be stored there.
With Android 5.1 I created a local account in my contacts and stored allof them there. I sync my contacts using MyPhoneExplorer.
Now I have a local account on my phone after I synced the contacts, but I can't use it.
So all my contacts are stored correctly in my account store "Phone", but for a new contact I can't decide which account to choose and for the existing accounts I can only create an new Google contact, but I can't edit them on my phone as if I click on edit, it only says "New Google contact" and at the end after clicking on "more" I can see the local contact, but can't edit it.
Is there any solution on using local contacts on Android 6.0 ???
The program for creating a local contacts account "MyLocalContacts" doesn't work any more under Marshmallow

Nothing?? noone?

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[Q] New contacts not syncying with Google account

I have trouble getting new contacts that I add to my phone to sync with my Google account. I've lost quite a few new numbers that I've put into my phone, not knowing that it hasn't synced to my Google account, I flash a new ROM and restore contacts from my account only to find out that I'm missing that person's number . I have "Sync Contacts" checked in my Google account settings and I make sure the contact is assigned to a group. Even with a force sync within the contacts app and my google account settings doesn't bring the newly entered contact over. Anybody else experience this or have a work around?
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Do you have your phone set to save new contacts to google?
Contacts > Menu > Settings > Save new contacts to
edit:
post above mine is the way to go....
It worked! Thank you so much. Now do you have to do this every single time? Seems counter productive to having auto sync features with your google account if you have to do this every time you add somebody.
edit: settings was set to "Save to phone" Why did I not even think of this! Thanks again
Nope, that is the default setting for all contacts. Set it once and you should be good. However, I would double check it after re-flashing ROMs and such, just in case.
I would set that setting to 'Always ask'. This setting will be applied whenever you add a new contact. The default is 'Phone' which does not sync with Google. If you have Exchange server account, you will see exchange contact as well.
So, each contacts belongs to a specific contact provider: Phone, SIM card, Google, Exchange account or any other account types you installed. Only the contacts that belongs to a that contact provider will be synced with that provider. Phone and SIM card contacts stays on the phone or SIM card, never synced with any cloud services.

[Q] How to keep contacts in sync with Google?

We inserted SIM in my wife's new Nokia Lumia 800 and copied the contacts from SIM into the phone memory.
Now how do we set it up so that these contacts gets uploaded to her Google account and stays in (2-way) sync (i.e., between phone memory and Google)?
Your current contacts must be stored under a Live account then since you moved them to your phone with only a Live account added?
I think you will need to add your google account and move the contacts to that account. When you later add a new contact you can choose which account to add it to. In this case Windows live or Google. It will auto sync once setup.
i dont think wp7 lets you sync contacts with google
Add your google/gmail account and contacts should sync over automatically. You can sync gmail, google contacts and google calendar with WP7.
A couple of caveats. WL only supports one mobile number per person and if you have HTC garbage in your Notes field in google contacts you will receive an error and will have to clean up your google address book to remove the rubbish from the notes field, else it should work just fine.
It will sync them to your Live account. What you need to do is export them from your live account, then delete them from your live account.
Import them into your google account and re-sync your google account and Live account on your phone. This will remove the live account contacts from your phone and sync your new google contacts to your phone.
Thats it, now your synced to your google account.

Sync the Contacts with Google Contacts

I have a work phone and a personal phone. The work phone is registered with my work gmail email address and my personal phone with my personal gmail address. I would like to share my personal Google Contacts with both work and personal phone. Can someone advise me how to configure my Android phone v 4.0.4 to accomplish it.
Once I set up, can I edit the existing contacts and add any new contact on my any phone and automatically update the Google Contacts. I want to make Google Contacts as a central address book. Thanks!
I haven't tried this myself, but I believe you can add your personal Google account to your work phone (so two google accounts in your work phone). On your work phone, go to Settings -> Accounts & sync -> Add Account -> Google -> Existing -> put your personal gmail account.
If that works, then you should be able to access both personal and work contacts on your work phone. If you modify contacts on your personal account from work phone, the change will automatically sync with your personal phone as well.
Give that a go, and I hope that helps :fingers-crossed:

Contacts not saving- google account

Hi,
I've just updated my phone (Samasung Galaxy S3 i9305) and a lot of recent contacts are not there. This is frustrating and problematic.
It seems my contacts are not saving to my google account (ie I can't find them when I check my gmail account on a PC).
When I save a new contact:
I'll type the number, then click "Create contact". At the top of the contact info, it has the blue google G, says "Google contact" and has my email below it.
However, upon searching a lot of new contacts aren't there! Is there a set time/regularity that the contacts back-up to online?

Contact storage...no option for google sync in default contact editor. Big BUG !!

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

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