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[Q] Major contact duplicates problem!

Hi there, I've had this problem since day 1 I own the Galaxy S. I've tried every method, clear off everything and re import from Sim card, tried to clear duplicates using Contact Analyzer 2, but still, duplicates randomly appear again and again.
My sim card seems to duplicate itself everytime I flash a new rom or SYNC contacts from facebook/twitter. So, I untick display sim card. Seems to clear off. Then, I realise that in each of my phonebook contacts there are several similar contacts merging into one! This is crazy! I am getting tired of this.
I have 1000+ contacts and it's crazy to delete duplicates one by one. That would be 3000+ contacts to delete or so.
Your help is appreciated! Thanks!

i think maybe is is the Google contact...this is happened in my SGS too and it is named as joined contacts

i have a similar issue
i had to manually Merge or link duplicated contacts from different profiles together
and I happen to have 17 accounts in my phone
so i had to uncheck the box to NOT SYNC the other accounts that i don't use often
else it turns into a major bloody mess

Damnit guys, I lost all my contacts. Wtf, SGS contacts are not easy to manage. I didn't store contacts in Google. I should have, now I can't retrieve my contacts back!

freakfingers12 said:
Damnit guys, I lost all my contacts. Wtf, SGS contacts are not easy to manage. I didn't store contacts in Google. I should have, now I can't retrieve my contacts back!
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lor...what are u doing...are u sure u wipe it all or it is still there

Sync all of it to gmail then use gmail via web browser to del contacts. Faster.
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ickyboo said:
Sync all of it to gmail then use gmail via web browser to del contacts. Faster.
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How do i do this?

[Q] move phone contacts [SOLVED]

Hi,
Can anyone help me backup my phone contacts from my X8 to my N7000? Or even one better, move the phone contacts to my google account..
Thanks.

Re: [Q] move phone contacts
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the x8 android?
What system version is it on?
You should be able to just go to settings -> accounts and setup contacts sync with Google
Have you tried that?

Re: [Q] move phone contacts
This is what I did for my phone: set up your android with your Google account open contacts and add a contract manually it will ask if it should sync with Google select yes....then create a contract backup on your other phone and get it on your new phone with Bluetooth....then on the new phone select import contacts and import the backup.....once imported it syncs with Google and done
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Thanks for your fast answers. Even though i didn't quite understood how i did it i was trying your tips and finally i have my contacts in my N7000 and they're merged with my google account.
But i obviously screwed up somewhere cuz all my contacts now appear duplicated!!
Oh my God, what a mess. Is there any easy way to fix this?
Thanks for your patience.

Re: [Q] move phone contacts
Here are some apps on play
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madz78 said:
Thanks for your fast answers. Even though i didn't quite understood how i did it i was trying your tips and finally i have my contacts in my N7000 and they're merged with my google account.
But i obviously screwed up somewhere cuz all my contacts now appear duplicated!!
Oh my God, what a mess. Is there any easy way to fix this?
Thanks for your patience.
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On contacts press the menu button then go down to "display contacts" or "contacts to display" there choose custom and remove unnecessary displayed paths aka sim card or hotmail or whatever you don't need.
Or if you haven't merged facebook with google contacts then they will be displayed twice. Just check the icon that is shown on the dublicated contacts and merg that with google or remove from showing.
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madz78 said:
Hi,
Can anyone help me backup my phone contacts from my X8 to my N7000? Or even one better, move the phone contacts to my google account..
Thanks.
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Super Backup from playstore does it very easily

Re: [Q] move phone contacts
Please hit thanks button for the people here that helped, and add solved to thread title.

Braxos said:
On contacts press the menu button then go down to "display contacts" or "contacts to display" there choose custom and remove unnecessary displayed paths aka sim card or hotmail or whatever you don't need.
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This was very helpful, but all duplicate contacts are in google account in "My contacts" and are exactly the same contacts i had in my X8, i believe some error occurred while trying to backup contacts.. I'm afraid that even if i delete them one by one they'll still be in google and i would like to solve this.
Also if everyone doesn't mind me asking one more question.. I noticed the dialer keeps repeating same contact log instead of grouping all logs together in same contact.. Please check picture. Is there a way to solve this?
Thanks for all your help so far.

Found the sollution!
Contact Duplicates Removal: Found below solution. My only problem is I don't have a "Find Duplicates" button! I don't even see a right-side panel!! Be gentle!
"Open the Contact Manager.
Click the Find duplicates button in the right-side panel.
We'll display the duplicates we've found. You can expand them by clicking the details link next to each one and uncheck any that you don't want to merge.
When you're ready, click Merge at the top of the list."
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Thanks

Empty Duplicated Contacts Read Only?

Ok I've done some digging and can't seem to find anything with my exact problem.
Yes I have looked up duplicated read only contacts BUT everyone seems to have this issue with contacts synced from another app. Mine is no.
Got this baby this past Sunday (found out that I can upgrade 7 days early so of course I did it. Love the phone and think I will be okay without root. Got Helium backup to backup my data. Only thing left is for them to add a Restart in the power menu then I'll be fine with no Root. OH and they need to get Lolipop out ASAP)
But ever since then I've been having this issue. I've been having new contacts made, same name as a contact I have, but with not info (most of the time. Sometimes it has their number in it). Now here is where it gets weird.
They are Google contacts that it says are saved under my Gmail. I go to Gmail, No duplicated contacts there, I try to delete, says they are read only and can only hide, AND it seems like the contacts that are getting duplicated are contacts that I seem to call most often. I have all other apps and their contact sync turned off so I know it's not an issue with them, and since they are saved under Gmail and when I turn off the local Phone contacts they are still there so I know they are not local saved/SIM contacts.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know. I felt like I had this issue loooooong ago with another phone but pretty sure it was back when Facebook synced its contacts and I had to link them.
I'm a savvy guy and know my way around Android.
Thanks

Ok well i ended up getting it myself.
For people with this issue:
Turn off google contact sync. Then go to apps in settings and then look for the contact storage app. Force stoo the act and clean all data. Check contacts to make sure its empty. Then enable google contacts sync.
Sent from my XT1254 using XDA Free mobile app

Contacts in Android are stored in a database, and as they come from multiple sources (synced from Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, LinkedIn and copied from SIM or stored as "local phone" contacts...) it's easy to have multiple instances of same contact with different info or even duplicates. Contacts app let you "join" multiple contacts from different sources so they will appear joined in your contacts list, but they will still be stored inidividually in the database.
Anyway, there are multiple apps that let you manage your contacts at a deeper database level. With MiniContacts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brapeba.minicontacts you can see all raw contacts one by one showing its original account source (group). And you can delete all contacts from a source (i.e. those coming from LinkedIn, or Facebook) or choosing manually those you don't want. Notice that if you don't disable the syncronization with the source those deleted contacts will reappear again. So, first disable syncronization! If you want to delete the contacts permanently from everywhere instead of just from your Android database, go to the source (LinkedIn, Facebook...) and delete them there.
Hope it helps...
drtweak said:
Ok I've done some digging and can't seem to find anything with my exact problem.
Yes I have looked up duplicated read only contacts BUT everyone seems to have this issue with contacts synced from another app. Mine is no.
Got this baby this past Sunday (found out that I can upgrade 7 days early so of course I did it. Love the phone and think I will be okay without root. Got Helium backup to backup my data. Only thing left is for them to add a Restart in the power menu then I'll be fine with no Root. OH and they need to get Lolipop out ASAP)
But ever since then I've been having this issue. I've been having new contacts made, same name as a contact I have, but with not info (most of the time. Sometimes it has their number in it). Now here is where it gets weird.
They are Google contacts that it says are saved under my Gmail. I go to Gmail, No duplicated contacts there, I try to delete, says they are read only and can only hide, AND it seems like the contacts that are getting duplicated are contacts that I seem to call most often. I have all other apps and their contact sync turned off so I know it's not an issue with them, and since they are saved under Gmail and when I turn off the local Phone contacts they are still there so I know they are not local saved/SIM contacts.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know. I felt like I had this issue loooooong ago with another phone but pretty sure it was back when Facebook synced its contacts and I had to link them.
I'm a savvy guy and know my way around Android.
Thanks
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Thanks for the reply but it is making blank contacts with theur name and storing then as phone contacts. Google is the only source i sync any contacts from but ill give this a try
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Thanks for the tip, @drtweak! This was driving me nuts and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Good work...

Thanks!
drtweak said:
Ok well i ended up getting it myself.
For people with this issue:
Turn off google contact sync. Then go to apps in settings and then look for the contact storage app. Force stoo the act and clean all data. Check contacts to make sure its empty. Then enable google contacts sync.
Sent from my XT1254 using XDA Free mobile app
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I could kiss you right now. I have been scouring the internet and downloading apps for hours trying to figure out how to fix "read only" and "can't be deleted" contacts on my second replacement dud Turbo 2. Duplicates galore, and they wouldn't go away. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :laugh: No more Verizon Cloud - that really messed it up both times. Merry Christmas! :good:

Christina729 said:
I could kiss you right now. I have been scouring the internet and downloading apps for hours trying to figure out how to fix "read only" and "can't be deleted" contacts on my second replacement dud Turbo 2. Duplicates galore, and they wouldn't go away. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :laugh: No more Verizon Cloud - that really messed it up both times. Merry Christmas! :good:
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The app Simpler Contacts can merge duplicate apps. I've used it on friends' phones to do that.
Of course, Simpler Contacts also would like you to keep using their app and even their backup service, and they have a Dialer app too. But you don't need all that. I just use Simpler Contacts once in a while to check for duplicate contacts.
But this solution above is good too.
I also used Simpler Contacts to export all contacts from a "local" account. Helped to friends do this when they switched from iPhone to Android and the carrier store exported all their iPhone apps to "local" phone account -- which is STUPID. All the contacts need to synced with Google.

Partially lost contacts after 5.1 OTA update (XT1058 AT&T)

Any ideas how to recover my contacts lost after updating my locked bootloader Moto X (AT&T)? It was not even rooted. I did nothing special within the update, but some contacts were lost fully. Some still have just WhatUp accounts (not phones). All rest is working like needed exept "system/applications update" within every reboot. I can't even return to 4.4.4 back or reflash 5.1 in order to check system without the bug. Can I recover and copy contacts on another Android phone? (my Google Autosync is switched on)

If your Sync is ON, you're safe!
Vivjen said:
Any ideas how to recover my contacts lost after updating my locked bootloader Moto X (AT&T)? It was not even rooted. I did nothing special within the update, but some contacts were lost fully. Some still have just WhatUp accounts (not phones). All rest is working like needed exept "system/applications update" within every reboot. I can't even return to 4.4.4 back or reflash 5.1 in order to check system without the bug. Can I recover and copy contacts on another Android phone? (my Google Autosync is switched on)
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If your Sync is On, your contacts should have been saved in your google account right?
You can log into your google account in any phone and get then there by Synching

nijom said:
If your Sync is On, your contacts should have been saved in your google account right?
You can log into your google account in any phone and get then there by Synching
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No, nothing happen on another phone. How OTA could corrupt my userdata?

Vivjen said:
Any ideas how to recover my contacts lost after updating my locked bootloader Moto X (AT&T)? It was not even rooted. I did nothing special within the update, but some contacts were lost fully. Some still have just WhatUp accounts (not phones). All rest is working like needed exept "system/applications update" within every reboot. I can't even return to 4.4.4 back or reflash 5.1 in order to check system without the bug. Can I recover and copy contacts on another Android phone? (my Google Autosync is switched on)
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Try my troubleshooting steps posted here if you use AT&T Address Book. Be sure to check online to see what contacts are saved on your account via your PC.
If you use Google Contacts then I would check on your PC and then go to Settings > Accounts > Google > Email > Contacts > UnCheck and then check the sync option. If you have over 1K contacts it may take a while to sync.
Mark
Motorola Support

MarkAtMoto said:
Try my troubleshooting steps posted here if you use AT&T Address Book. Be sure to check online to see what contacts are saved on your account via your PC.
If you use Google Contacts then I would check on your PC and then go to Settings > Accounts > Google > Email > Contacts > UnCheck and then check the sync option. If you have over 1K contacts it may take a while to sync.
Mark
Motorola Support
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Thank you. I will try. David Schuster confirmed the issue with 5.1 for AT&T phones only https://plus.google.com/+DavidSchuster/posts/5qMzkiFGQQg

Vivjen said:
Thank you. I will try. David Schuster confirmed the issue with 5.1 for AT&T phones only https://plus.google.com/+DavidSchuster/posts/5qMzkiFGQQg
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No problem. Any info you can give with your specific use case will be helpful. Certainly if you have any contacts on phone memory you should move to the cloud (Google Contacts) if you decide to reset or Clear Contact Storage App.
Mark
Motorola Support

MarkAtMoto said:
No problem. Any info you can give with your specific use case will be helpful. Certainly if you have any contacts on phone memory you should move to the cloud (Google Contacts) if you decide to reset or Clear Contact Storage App.
Mark
Motorola Support
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Dear Mark,
The issue was not solved. As I have found that I have never used AT&T Address book on this phone. Google sync was switched off as well (It's too late to switch it on now).
Any another ideas how to find lost contacts? Which application keeps contacts in case of non-registering into AT&T Address book app?

Vivjen said:
Dear Mark,
The issue was not solved. As I have found that I have never used AT&T Address book on this phone. Google sync was switched off as well (It's too late to switch it on now).
Any another ideas how to find lost contacts? Which application keeps contacts in case of non-registering into AT&T Address book app?
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But if you log into Google Contacts and check, are your contacts in there? If they are then they should sync back down to the phone.
If not there, then they were 1 either never syncing before KitKat, were in AT&T Contacts or were only in phone's memory. If in AT&T Contacts then you should be able to log on to AT&T Addressbook and find the contacts and then disable and reenable app to resync to the phone. That would only work if you are an AT&T user and not if you were using AT&T phone on another network.
If contacts were in phone's memory then they should have been there after the upgrade to Lollipop. If you have reset the phone then the contacts wouldn't be restored after the reset as they were local and never in the cloud.
Any contacts on the SIM card?
Mark
Motorola Support

select contactlist in telephone app

Hey guys,
I'm looking for a solution on how to specify which contactlist is to be shown in the telephone app (NOT the contacts app)
right now, my S10 displays ALL contacts, from all sources (google accounts, simcard, phone contacts) together and thats just a mess....
I want it to show my contacts from my google account only...
So is it possible to select a specific contactlist to display only?
please keep in mind, that I am talking about the contacts in the telephone app, not the "contacts" app.
thanks for your help

oh, no one with this problem?

I also have this issue. On Huawei's EMUI it was possible to choose the contact list including groups when using Google.

Same problem but no solution... ):

I'm using the Groups-Icon in the contact list to filter. But it's kinda annoying. It's faster to search for the specific contact.

xsvaxn said:
Hey guys,
I'm looking for a solution on how to specify which contactlist is to be shown in the telephone app (NOT the contacts app)
right now, my S10 displays ALL contacts, from all sources (google accounts, simcard, phone contacts) together and thats just a mess....
I want it to show my contacts from my google account only...
So is it possible to select a specific contactlist to display only?
please keep in mind, that I am talking about the contacts in the telephone app, not the "contacts" app.
thanks for your help
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Hi... is this mby what you are looking for ... look at the screenshot..( follow the arrows)..

thx all. its good to know, that I am not the only one with this problem.
Xode said:
look at the screenshot..( follow the arrows)..
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thank you for your screenshots, which actually show how to create a new contact and where to store it.
But my problem is, that I want the telephone app to show contacts from one specific source only...
For example: show / display contacts from gmail-account X only...