[Q] contact recover help - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I recently installed the cognition OS on my captivate and I am loving it. But I have run into an issue where my contacts doesn't show in contacts but when they text me it shows there full contact info but that wont go into my contacts. can anyone please help?

Bit of an update if it helps. When I dial through my hands free I can see all my contacts. Any idea how to make them visable in my phone?
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Swanton187 said:
Bit of an update if it helps. When I dial through my hands free I can see all my contacts. Any idea how to make them visable in my phone?
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They appear to be in there some where. Go to contacts on your phone. Hit the menu button then display. Make sure all options are selected to view. Phone, sim, google
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Problem with reply path for sms

Alright. I bought Bell's Version of the of the galaxy s.
Within the first few days i messaged someone using a accidental area code (426) Instead of 416.
and now i cannot figure out how to change it back.
Every time i receive a message from said person, it sets my reply path to 426.
So I receive messages in one thread but have to reply in another.
I've also installed handcent
From what i can tell, its not saved on my sim or contacts.
I'm so lost
Please help.
Edit:
I'm also rooted
If that makes any difference.
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Anyone?
I need ideas
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just go into your contacts, and edit the contact number
Its not saved.
I have the 416 number saved
But when i reply it replies to 426
Its weird the 426 number isn't saved on my phone.
So I have to
Message on another thread
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same problem sms reply
I have exacly the same problem with a number of one of my contact.
The first sms i have send was wrong. 0606Xxx instead of 06xxx.
Since i have change my contact but when i send a sms it's allways the bad number.
I have clean all history. I delete my contact et recreate. I d'ont know what to do else.
If you have idea? thanks a lot
I wish i knnew how
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login to your gmail account update the user phone number in your gmail account
then sync the phone
if you have a duplicated contact in phone and gmail, merge them
Well the number is kinda not saved in contacts
Like its a problem I have with messaging
The 416 number issaved.
Thee 426 is not.
I synced it sand edited out but it still happens
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Its as if the contact is saved somewhere else.
I dunno
Its a problem with android from what i hear.
Just a small update.
It fixed itself after I flashed with darky's gingerbread rom
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Wrong contact number

Hi, yesterday I added a new contact into my Nexus. When I went to text the contact later on, the message failed to send. I noticed that I had entered the contact number incorrectly (had an extra 0 at the front) and corrected my mistake. The thing is now, whenever I receive a message from that contact, and reply, it tries to reply to the incorrect number I originally entered, even though there is no reference to it. I have to keep deleting the thread on Handcent, and starting a new one, but it still always messes up when I have to reply to a text.
Anyone know why this is? I tried to delete the contact from the phone, and I get this message: "This contact contains information from multiple accounts. Information from read only accounts will be hidden in your contacts lists, not deleted"
If it's of any help I have nexus one with cyanogenmod 6.0 installed and use handcent and have whatsapp installed as well (not sure if ths makes any difference)
Bump, incase anyone missed it.
Have looked at the contact info via your web Gmail?
When you go to edit your contact, keep scrolling down. Android as an annoying way a merging multiple contacts if they have the same name...
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prettyboy85712 said:
Have looked at the contact info via your web Gmail?
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Ye, it's all normal in there
danger-rat said:
When you go to edit your contact, keep scrolling down. Android as an annoying way a merging multiple contacts if they have the same name...
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Did that but there is nothing out of the ordinary there either.
Try clearing data from your Dailer and Dailer storage?
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danger-rat said:
Try clearing data from your Dailer and Dailer storage?
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Did that too, as well as contact storage and contacts. It has to be being cached somewhere, but I don't know where.

Contact names not showing up in messaging app.

Whenever I get a message from someone, all I get is their number. I realized it was only happening with my facebook synced contacts. I believe its because the facebook contact number has dashes (555-555-5555) and when I receive a text, it doesn't (5555555555). Is there a quick way to fix this? Or do I have to add every number and join it to that persons contact?
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What message app are you using?
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Sorry that I couldn't get back until now, but I'm using go SMS. But it does it in any messaging app. I tried checking the stock SMS app, and the same thing happened.
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ags on board said:
Sorry that I couldn't get back until now, but I'm using go SMS. But it does it in any messaging app. I tried checking the stock SMS app, and the same thing happened.
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It is due to the way the numbers are saved. You will have to link them and make sure they are set up the same way as the ones that work.
If you're using google sync too you might want to go to your contacts and edit your google contact details cuz I think the contact list uses google details over facebook ones
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SIM contacts are displayed partially

Hello!
I'm running GT-N7000 on 4.0.3 stock ROM (N7000XXLQ3 - Baltic).
When I open contacts list from SIM card I see only 134 contacts but there must be 237 contacts (SIM card from my old phone).
Anybody know what the reason of problem is and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance!
In contacts press menu button you will see contacts to display there you can change settings and you might be able to see all contacts
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sitanshu91 said:
In contacts press menu button you will see contacts to display there you can change settings and you might be able to see all contacts
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I’ve tried this but problem still exists.
Looks like contacts from SIM are partially read from the SIM memory but on old phone (HD2) everything was OK.

Direct Message widget on Null Rom?

So when I click on the widget it brings me titanium backup for some reason. I think I remember someone posting an apk...maybe a contacts apk that made it work.....anybody recall that?
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I just went to add one to see and I have no contacts listed there so I can't see if I have the same issue...
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TroyLeeWells said:
I just went to add one to see and I have no contacts listed there so I can't see if I have the same issue...
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Thanks for trying....I wish they would have kept the Null thread still available but just closed...there was alot of useful info on that thread...anyways if anyone knows the trick to getting the direct message widget to work i would appreciate it...like i said when i click on it, it bring me to Titanium Backup for some reason.
What widget are you talking about?
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What widget are you talking about?
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The preinstalled widget on nulls rom that says "Direct Message"......I can get Direct Call to work but when i press on the direct message widget it takes me to Titanium backup form some reason....
as far as i know, you can't message from gear yet. direct dial do work, but not messaging.
Direct messaging ? I dont recall anything like this..
You sure you didnt have AOSP messages installed or something ? Cause I didnt include anything related to texts/messages..
If i look in my available widgets i also have an option for direct message. When i put it on the desktop with a contact selected it just says "App isn't installed". I'm assuming that direct dial only works if you have gearmanager installed on your phone? I tried to setup a contact and it just shows the dialing screen and doesn't do anything on the phone.
styz said:
If i look in my available widgets i also have an option for direct message. When i put it on the desktop with a contact selected it just says "App isn't installed". I'm assuming that direct dial only works if you have gearmanager installed on your phone? I tried to setup a contact and it just shows the dialing screen and doesn't do anything on the phone.
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Could be apart of contacts in that case.. must includes a direct message widget also.
The direct dial should work fine, when the gear initiates a call it makes it on the host phone.
fOmey said:
Could be apart of contacts in that case.. must includes a direct message widget also.
The direct dial should work fine, when the gear initiates a call it makes it on the host phone.
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I believe it is. There is a direct message and a direct dial widget right next to each other.
I still have the issue where when I select either of them my contacts come up blank. I have contacts on the watch, they just do not show on that widget. They used to.
Any ideas?
TroyLeeWells said:
I believe it is. There is a direct message and a direct dial widget right next to each other.
I still have the issue where when I select either of them my contacts come up blank. I have contacts on the watch, they just do not show on that widget. They used to.
Any ideas?
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I tried the direct dial, worked fine.. make sure you add your contacts to the aosp contacts app in your app drawer it does not pull your contacts from your phone.
Although direct message does not work.. I believe because there is no messaging app installed.
Add to the contacts in my app drawer
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Odd post. Didn't mean that...I will try to figure out how to do that. May have been a fluke but I never had to add them. They all just came over...
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fOmey said:
I tried the direct dial, worked fine.. make sure you add your contacts to the aosp contacts app in your app drawer it does not pull your contacts from your phone.
Although direct message does not work.. I believe because there is no messaging app installed.
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Yeah i understand what your saying about having not messaging app installed but i thought maybe it would be possible to give you the option to send a predefined message or s voice message. For some reason when I click on it it opens Titanium Backup. not a huge deal just thought it would be cool to click on the widget and send an s voice message or predefined message I had saved
TroyLeeWells said:
I believe it is. There is a direct message and a direct dial widget right next to each other.
I still have the issue where when I select either of them my contacts come up blank. I have contacts on the watch, they just do not show on that widget. They used to.
Any ideas?
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Thats weird man, no idea what could be causing that.. In reality nothing has changed in that department since the last update..
In regards to predefined text replys, I believe there is a APK Samsung have included for this already.. In theory if we could call that popup in a app, perhaps you could select a reply...
Im just spit balling tho, I haven't tested or even looked at it yet.
If you want to see what im talking about create a shortcut using novalauncher to "Select reply".
EDIT: Decided to have a look of the source of the reply apk I mentioned, sadly thats not going to work ! Back to the drawing board.
fOmey said:
Thats weird man, no idea what could be causing that.. In reality nothing has changed in that department since the last update..
In regards to predefined text replys, I believe there is a APK Samsung have included for this already.. In theory if we could call that popup in a app, perhaps you could select a reply...
Im just spit balling tho, I haven't tested or even looked at it yet.
If you want to see what im talking about create a shortcut using novalauncher to "Select reply".
EDIT: Decided to have a look of the source of the reply apk I mentioned, sadly thats not going to work ! Back to the drawing board.
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Your the best F0mey....not a big deal...i was just messing with it and thought it was strange it brought me to titanium backup and then thought how it would be cool if i could send an svoice message or predefined text but its not really a necessity.

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