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Contacts only off of my sim card?

What if I only want to use the contacts off of my sim card and not contacts saved to phone or from my Google account? Is this possible?

Yes, contacts -> display options uncheck google and facebook.

Do I need to "Import from SIM card". With my Vibrant and any other GSM phone I just slide the SIM in and there are my contacts shown off of my SIM. Does stock Android not do this?

I imported my SIM contacts and in display options under Choose contacts to display. Only Google is showing up AND I am showing triple contacts in my phonebook, YES THREE OF EACH CONTACT. What the HECK is going on. A little frustrated with this.

DanRo80 said:
I imported my SIM contacts and in display options under Choose contacts to display. Only Google is showing up AND I am showing triple contacts in my phonebook, YES THREE OF EACH CONTACT. What the HECK is going on. A little frustrated with this.
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first of all, in contacts under accounts, uncheck sync contacts.
then delete all the phone contacts (you may use mass contact delete app from market).
then import from sim card.
in this way, no repetitions and only sim contacts would be displayed on the phone.
also if you want to manage the contacts on phone and on the sim use "contacts to sim" app from market.
hope it helps.
and also to mange the contacts of your gmail, in pc go to gmail, then on left side, click contacts.
and in options click merge duplicates. it does it.
but again duplicates. lol
so what i did is deleted the gmail contacts and if it again backups i delete again.
hope it helps.

Thanks for your assistance. I just wish that "SIM" would show under "Accounts" just as it does in my Samsung Vibrant.

How to get rid of sim card contacts?

As mentioned in the title.
I have imported the contacts from SIM card to the phone.
How do I delete the contacts in the SIM card?
Is the people app the only solution?

Go to Contacts -> Settings -> View -> SIM, and deselect other contact groups.
Then you can choose the contacts and delete them.
Or you can choose to just not show the SIM contacts.

jkolner said:
Go to Contacts -> Settings -> View -> SIM, and deselect other contact groups.
Then you can choose the contacts and delete them.
Or you can choose to just not show the SIM contacts.
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Thank u for the reply.

jkolner said:
Go to Contacts -> Settings -> View -> SIM, and deselect other contact groups.
Then you can choose the contacts and delete them.
Or you can choose to just not show the SIM contacts.
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but how do i in reverse save contacts in peoples to SIM CARD . as there is no option in import/export .

how to take sim contacts to phone...

how to take sim contacts to phone.. i dont see any optoins for taking my simcards contacts to phone..how do i manage that? thx..

Dialer > contacts > manage contacts

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thx done...

[Q] is there any way to save contacts to SD card..?

i wonder if there a way to save contact to SD card.. so i don't need to Sync to Gmail anymore.
if any1 knows it.. tell me please..
cause when i sync to Gmail.. 1 contact can be 4 on my contact after i sync..
or is there anyway to delete contact on Gmail..? so when i sync it won't fill up my contacts..?

try this
go to contacts > press menu button (left button) > choose export to sd card

droidface said:
try this
go to contacts > press menu button (left button) > choose export to sd card
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hmmm.i think what he is saying is that if we can make the default storage of contacts be in sd card so he wont need to resync after wipe data.
as far as i know it can't? don't know if others can but me myselft don't know any method to do it.
can press "Thanks" if i helped,;]

2nd post op is right can tact can be exported to sdcard with that option and after a wipe they can be restored
one other thing the op of thread can do is go to "contact to display" setting and unticking Google from the list

eksdiey said:
hmmm.i think what he is saying is that if we can make the default storage of contacts be in sd card so he wont need to resync after wipe data.
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Personaly i think it's not good idea, things are saving in phone memory (like widgets, contacts, settings) are essential to good working phone without his sd card. Placing there contacts is quite weired :|. Wonder that would be unpractical if you using 2 sd cards

okay, here's a tip how i reorganize my contacts so i dont have duplicates and also clean contacts database..
at first we need to use gmail and it would be easier to open it from pc..
step 1 : sync your phone contacts with google
step 2 : open gmail, login and go to contacts (click on the text gmail, you'll see 3 menus: gmail, contacts and tasks.. choose contacts)
step 3 : export your contacts to sdcard, and import them to gmail.
step 4 : on the left, choose "My Contacts"
step 5 : select all contacts, and on the "More" drop down menu, select "Find & merge duplicates..."
step 6 : recheck your contacts manually for empty names or numbers/emails without names (in my case, there are some emails with no name, so i just delete the not important ones, and merged the ones i recognise with the correct contacts)
now, if you think you've sorted all of the contacts then you could MERGE/DIVIDE the contacts into groups..
you could do that by ticking all the contacts and click the "Groups" drop down menu, and uncheck everything except "My Contacts" group.. this step is to remove "imported" groups from android..
if you need to divide contacts into groups then you can select the contacts and create a new group from the "Groups" drop down menu..
Now, if you think your contacts are perfect, this is the last step.
EXPORT YOUR GMAIL CONTACTS to pc for safety reason.. then
DELETE ALL YOUR CONTACTS FROM THE PHONE (you could install "go contacts" or similar app to easily bulk remove them.)
SYNC your contacts from your phone
and you are done.. after all contacts are correctly synched to your phone, you could export them again to SDcard for later use..
sorry if the steps are messy and maybe a little unclear, if there's any questions just let me know

Xperia Z1- Contacts Don't Save

contacts don't save
Hi all,
I have the problem that contcts don't add to my contacts list any more. Also, the option "show phone contacts" does not appear under filters any more. Just SIM contacts and all cantacts.
How can I recover the contacts?
Is it possible to reset the phone to a previous situation (backup from april?), and how?
Thanks for your help,
Andreas