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Questions tagged [contacts]

Built-in app for managing Contacts (names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail). Some manufacturers offer their own customized version.

Questions tagged 'contacts' are expected to be about the built-in app for managing Contacts or a manufacturer enhanced version.

By default, the Contacts app synchronizes with the contacts stored in your Google account.

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How can I sort contacts by date added?

Is there a way to sort contacts by date added, or at least see contacts that have been recently added? I'm running android os 2.2.
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How can I set a default contact for a phone number?

In my contact list I have a number of contacts that share the same home phone, because they are family members. For instance: my mother my father my brother the family's house I keep the home phone number for each contact so that when I want to…
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Can I create a contact in a particular contact group on Android 2.2?

Is there a way to add a new contact into a particular contact group which I have in my Google contacts? Similarly, is there any way to move contacts from one group to another? It seems as of now, I can only create contacts on Android but cannot put…
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Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number

My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2. It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting. She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it…
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How do I get my contact list to display busines name also?

How do I get the names in my contact list to be displayed WITH their organization? b/c I have business contacts who I may never remember by name but may need to contact someone from their place of business.
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How do I change the default phone number?

The phone is a Galaxy S 2.2. I set up the phone for my wife using my SIM card. Now she is using the phone with her own SIM card, but the phone still displays my phone number in the system settings and sends SMS as my number. There seems no way to…
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How does Android contact linking work?

I'd like to understand how contact linking in Android works - or to be specific I'd like to understand it pretty deeply, almost from an algorithmic point of view. What I've observed on my phone is that some contacts were linked automatically, some…
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Alternative contacts app, faster than Google's with 2000 contacts?

Google's Contacts app is very slow to load when I want to quickly get a friend's phone number. Is there a quicker/lighter contacts app? I have found nothing fast enough in the Market. My dream app: Loads the list of ~2000 contacts in less than ~3…
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How to add contact from email?

Someone sends me an email with a phone number, address, etc. I want to add it to my contacts. I'd think it would be somewhat simple, but it is quite difficult. I can click on the phone number, call it, hang up before it rings (ick!), go to call…
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How to import contacts from symbian mobile to android mobile?

I had Nokia 5610 ( S40 v5 ) mobile, and recently i got a new Android mobile ( HTC Desire S ). Now, when i put my sim card in my new phone i get all contacts which were saved in SIM memory, but there were lots of contacts in phone memory. I would…
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Is there a way to edit contacts birthdays on the phone?

As far as I can tell the default contacts app on the phone does not have a field to enter or edit birthdays. Is there a way to do this? What about other contact apps?
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Why are my Contacts icons on my phone with different colors?

Example: Why is that? Does each color mean something? What is this?
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How can I easily edit / add contacts to my phone book without them showing on Google?

I got my Galaxy Nexus and now I'm stumped how to get my contacts right? There's no phone book anymore here. These are just my Google contacts of which I have just a handful with phone numbers. What's the best way to get my phone numbers into those…
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Remove duplicate contact information

After merging contacts from different sources like Facebook, Twitter, Exchange and Google+, it was apparent to me that now my contacts contain a lot of duplicate information such as the same email addresses, birthday date, website address. Ideally,…
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How can I create a downloadable file with my contact info

I'm trying to create a link on my website where you can click and add my info to your phones contacts. Is there a file format that android will recognize & load a contact from?
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