Guyz... This issue is killing me. Is there a way to store Favorite Contacts on WP7?
I can see that the People Tile stores the "recent" Contacts for calls placed or received. But is there a way to actually store Favorites for Contacts?
Thanks for your help in advance.
The best I can think of is pinning your favorite contacts to the start screen.
Just press and hold the desired contact and use the option "Pin to start"
personally I too would prefer to have a Favorite Tile on the start which has all my favorite people..something like a filtered version of the people tile.
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....is there any way that i can set categories in my Contacts, and then set ringtones for specific categories? is there a program out there that does so? i tried Photo Contacts Pro, but didn't really like it, so is there anything else that could do so?
What's wrong with using Microsoft Outlook.? When you open Outlook contacts to set up a new or an old contact for that matter, at the bottom right hand corner there should be a box for selecting and editing categories. Then sync.
I don't regularly sync contacts, but I can recommend Pocket Informant for your ppc and it dose a very good job of managing and editing categories.
yeah, i set up the categories and everything, but i cant assign ringtones to a specific category, which is what im attempting to do...
Use Phonealarm to assign category specific ringtones...
There is no way to set ringtones per category. Just set them for each contact.
Look for a small program called Tone Manager - you should be able to find it on www.freewareppc.com This does exactly what you need. Assign a ring tone to ALL contacts in a category. Hopefully you have categories assigned to all contacts
Hi Everyone
I really liked how in 1.5 one could chose which of their gmail contact groups they wanted to have synced to the phone. Now let me take a min to explain what I am talking about because I think when I say this I have confused people in other thread topics when asking about it. Using the web interface of gmail I have created a couple of groups (phone family, phone friends, etc). I created these groups because I did not want all 500 of my of my gmail contacts on my phone. Creating these groups allowed me to specifically choose which contacts would be synched from the web to my phone and keep them organized based on how I know them. Now in 2.1 this was taken away and replaced by a sync all contacts approach (this was already aval in 1.5 so I don't know why they would chose to take out the group syncing ability). I know there are ways to limit which contacts appear in people by going to view and then choosing no phone number this is not enough control for me because my contact list/people app on the phone is still over loaded with contacts.
Are there any 2.1 roms that emulate the syncing options that were available in 1.5?
Thank You
There isn't. Only 1.5 has that option
That really SUCKS!!!! I could have sowrn that I read in one of the threads here that at least one rom did support that functionality but I have tried it and it has been a no go :-(
Is it a HTC thing or is it an android thing? By that I mean does 2.1 just make that impossible to do or is it something that if I or someone else wanted to to make a custom rom could add in or bring that functionality back?
I agree that this sucks that this option was taken away. I have asked a few different places about this option and have got no response.
I figured it out...
Hey everyone
I can't believe it I figured it out :-D I am feeling super happy I am one step closer to bringing full functionality back to my phone :-D
I haven't duplicated it on anyone else's phone so not sure if it is a fluke or what. Also only have it working in the custom rom I am using (ALOYSIUS 2.1)
If you want to know what I did pm me and I'll let you know.
you could just, you know, tell us in this thread so everyone doesn't have to PM you
This thread will most likely be moved to the hero general forum....but I just got his PM on how he got it to work.....
dsMA said:
Here is how I got it to work. I went to settings; accounts & sync; I have background data, auto-sync, and google, email checked.
You then exit out of settings and open contacts. Go to the contacts tab, menu, display options, click on gmail account, now a list of all your gmail groups should appear, check the ones you want to sync. Click done to save changes. Now the contacts tab should be populated by all the people in those groups you have selected. And now when you go to people it should be populated by only those groups that were checked in contacts. (i didnt change any settings in people, clicking menu, view, the only things checked are phone and google)
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interesting. i wonder if the same technique would work with a facebook group? i don't want all those people in my phone haha
I agree I don't really need all my facebook friends in my addressbook. In fact when you go to people -> view -> I leave facebook unchecked so none of them do. So if you would rather none of your facebook friends show up in the people app that is the way to do it.
Now it would be cool though if you could do something similar with facebook contacts that you could do with gmail contacts; I personally don't know. I suspect you might be able to filter the facebook contacts and sync/display by groups provided that facebook allows you to create groups of contacts but I don't know if they do.
Contacts in Phone App not necessarily People App....
I have 4200 contacts. I REALLY REALLY REALLY want this solved.
While testing the Andriod App and Google Contacts I realized a couple of things.
In Google Contacts selecting ALL Contacts I could REMOVE them from MY CONTACTS under GROUPS.
If you look to the left hand side column you will see MY CONTACTS now has ZERO contacts in it and ALL CONTACTS has all your contacts.
Then I selected ALL CONTACTS in the left hand side column. The I selected only the contacts I wanted to be in MY CONTACTS. When you click on a CONTACT you now have an option next to GROUPS at the top that say MOVE TO MY CONTACTS.
The great thing about this is under the PEOPLE APP only MY CONTACTS and the GROUPS I have created show up in the PEOPLE APP.
This is what I hoped would happen.
What happened in addition to this you ask?
Now when I go into the PHONE APP I click on MENU then PEOPLE and voila! Only the selected contacts come up. Perfect so far right?
Wrong. From the HOME screen I press the TALK BUTTON. When I start scrolling through the HISTORY of the calls and I arrive at the last HISTORY call I see that the 1st CONTACT of my 4200 contacts shows up. Then I scroll on down and realize that all 4200 contacts ARE THERE!!!!
So it is not only the PEOPLE APP that needs work but ALSO the PHONE APP. In my opinion.
Am I missing something?
So my question is now how do I tell the phone app to only sync whats in PEOPLE APP and not request ALL CONTACTS?
Any thoughts? Ive only worked and researched this for about 5 hours. So I am probably missing something.
Thank you for your help.
David
Build: Damage Control v2.09.01
Firmware: 2.1-update1
Baseband: 2.42.01.04.27
Kernal: 2.6.29-bc0d2cf
The Fix
For people who stumble upon this thread and need an answer let me share my experiences.
In version 1.5 of the OS HTC allowed us to pick which contact groups we wanted to sync to our phones from our gmail accounts. Enter 2.1, now we no longer have that granulated control, we are forced to sync all of our gmail contacts. After talking with HTC they told me that this is not a result of a change in their contact app (people) but rather a change google made to the android os.
I will now talk about some of the display options provided by people:
launch people - click menu (physical phone button) - click view
As it relates to google here if you want to sync your google contacts you must check the google box. Unfortunately as I stated above this syncs all google contacts. HTC does allow you some limited control over which contacts are actually displayed in your contact list though sadly the controls are not all that great. The only real useful option is at the top "show only contacts with phone numbers". This will only display those contacts which you have a stored phone number for. This option applies globally so if you have your phone tied to flicker, facebook, and twitter then also only contacts with phone numbers present will be displayed. There is a setting under Google that says "show auto gmail contacts" this will display those contacts that are set to show up in your gchat.
How to fix the problem.
Simple answer is that you are going to need to have the AOSP contacts app on your phone. The easiest way to do this is find a rom that includes it. This is actually easier said then done if you want to keep sense on your phone. Everyone has their opinion of sense, either you like it or you don't; personally I like it. The only rom that has both that I am aware of is Alyosius. I find it to be a good rom with both oc and non oc versions aval. If you have a rom that has the aosp contacts app here is what you do:
1. launch the contacts app (contacts)
2. menu (physical phone button)
3. display options
you will now be provided with the various accounts your phone syncs to
click on your gmail account
a set of sub options should now show up, after scrolling through the suboptions you will notice that all your gmail contact groups are shown.
4. check which ever groups you want displayed
Note: this does not prevent your phone from syncing all your contacts, there does not seem to be a way to prevent your phone from syncing all your gmail contacts. this simply makes managing the contacts that show up on your phone more manageable. This trick will limit the contacts that show up in the contact/people app to just those whose groups you have checked.
Note: when preforming a search view the search app or search button it is still possible to search for contacts that are not displayed i.e. since all groups are synced no matter what you will get search hits on those contacts same goes for when using the dialer.
If the rom you use does not have AOSP contacts I would contact the rom developer and see if it is possible to install the AOSP contacts app on your own and see if they can help you.
I hope this is helpful to people.
Anyone found a way with froyo to have a home screen shortcut or folder to access a contact group?
I have a contact group of 50 work related numbers that I would like ready access to. Froyo lets me create "All", "starred" & "with phone numbers" folders which all seem pretty superfluous because they are readily available via the phone button anyway. I ca also create icons for individual contacts who in most cases will be in my favorites anyway.
I can go through the convoluted process of contact display options to filter to a contact group but it is a PITA.
I dont want a home screen replacement. Ideally I just want shortcut that would open contacts pre-filterd to one of my numerous contact groups.
Anyone else want this?
Does anyone know of an app that will allow multiple widget instances or a widget view that isnt every calendar I sync with. I am looking for something that will allow me to view my personal calendar on one screen and other calendars I subscribe to in another. Month view is perferred if possible. Thanks in advance for any info.
Android Agenda Widget might be worth looking into. I don't have multiple calendars so I can't test it out but under the settings there is an option that says"Widget calendars independence - Have separate calendars for each widget"
Not sure if month view is possible.
Definitely going to second Android Agenda Widget. Takes a bit of time to setup, but you can customize it quite a bit and get it to look just the way you want. I currently have three of the widgets setup because I use several calendars and it works great. I'm also not sure about the monthly view, I know you can set how far ahead it "looks" and do a few other things to that extent, though I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're looking for. Either way, definitely give it a shot, it's a great app!
Pure Calendar also allows you to select which calendars it displays
I use Android Agenda Widget, but I can't get any of my calendars besides (my email) and U.S. Holidays to show up. When I go to Google Calendar (the site, not the app), I have a Birthdays/Anniversaries calendar, in addition to a few sports calendar. How do I get those to show up as well?
Thx 4 all the input but the list view of all events is not quite what I was looking 4... visual week or month... something like what u might find n a paper planner is closer 2 the overall goal... did try it and I must say Android Agenda Widget was the best of its kind I saw... and 2 linkraceist
linkraceist said:
How do I get those to show up as well?
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Tap that round settings button bottom, center of the widget/tap "calendars"/ and select "choose calendar"... that screen should fix u up
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I'm looking for a minimal gTasks app with a screen widget that is transparent and looks clean.
Currently using the free version of Google Tasks Organizer which is not transparent and has annoying green arrows to cycle through nonexistent/undeletable lists...
Thanks!
Pheno.menon said:
I'm looking for a minimal gTasks app with a screen widget that is transparent and looks clean.
Currently using the free version of Google Tasks Organizer which is not transparent and has annoying green arrows to cycle through nonexistent/undeletable lists...
Thanks!
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This is a good one
http://www.appbrain.com/app/google-tasks-organizer-lite/com.tinjasoft.tasks_trial
Best Google Tasks App
I tried all tasks app that sync with Google Tasks and ended up using BHive Google Tasks. I really like it so far! It really allows me get different views of my tasks through its filtering system. You can for example setup a filter to only show high priority tasks, due today, with the tag #computer (and the filters are available as quick buttons on the main screen). Also it allows you to group and sort your tasks really cleverly. For example you can have the task list broken up by priority, due date, task list and then with each group further sorted by other attributes. Last but not least it has the same cool new task facility as Remember the milk, hard to explain, you have to try it. Also its the only app that has more advanced recurring options, similar to that of outlook and ical.
Hopefully to save a few people some time - I spent a whole day yesterday researching and deciding on the best way to go regarding a task management app.
As I researched i discovered that Google Tasks introduced the first/new Google Tasks API this year - see Youtube: "Google I/O 2011: Google Tasks API"
On this basis Google tasks would be a nice option to get a laptop solution as well as a mobile solution with synchronization between the two AND it integrates into Google Calender All VERY Android and cloud friendly.
So now I just needed to find the Android app which uses the new API and syncs with Goggle tasks. I found these:
Any.DO
Astrid
BHive Google Tasks
Google Tasks Organizer
Checkmark
Tasks N Todos
Toodledo
One of the binds of using these task apps is the time it takes to put an entry in. I didn't try them all from the list above but once I tried BHive I was sold. (This also ties in with victorcharlie's comment above - how I found this thread in a search btw!)
After the task description entry (which can be entered immediately after opening the app) they have used one press large buttons to allow v.quick entry of the rest of the data (without any shunt up/down nudge type data entry if you know what I mean or text entry using small keys). This steps you through each section of entering the task VERY rapidly and non fiddly.
Then with sync on auto or manual, the entered task on Android appears on the laptop in Google Tasks and Goggle Calendar at the task due date in the calendar. Really cool and logical. I won't go into the other great things about it here -
thedailybuggle.com has a nice review of BHive Google Tasks:
"how-to-sync-google-tasks-with-android"
BHive Google Tasks also has what the first poster in this thread Pheno.menon was asking for "a screen widget that is transparent and looks clean" and it has two sizes of widget available.
Try all the test apps and you decide. Astrid has the biggest following by far but that doesn't have to mean it's the best. Please report back here, I would be interested to here what you find.
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Forgot to say - if your a Google chrome user this Chrome extension taskmail.org is great for adding tasks from web pages. Just select some text in the web page to use as a task description, then right click and select 'create task'
Also Google's chrome extension for tasks is good too "Google Tasks (by Google)"
Another tip and a v.nice feature. If you get an email say for example a Car Service due - go into the email, then select the more button, then "Add to tasks". This automatically creates a task which includes a hyperlink back to the email
Is there anyway to set google tasks so that an email can be automatically converted to a task?
This would be helpful as unlike in a desktop browser there doesn't seem to be a way to convert an email to a task in the gmail app on the phone.
I've tried a few - Any.DO was the most simplistic that I found and super easy to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ogle-tasks-t3225869/post63341193#post63341193