add new contact - default to Google?

[weamish]

When I hit the + symbol to add a new contact, it defaults to Device. Is there a way to change this default to my Google account instead?

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Are you rooted if not try this

http://howikis.com/Manage_Contacts_on_Samsung_Galaxy_S4

Also when putting the contact into the phone you should see the option to put into gmail or phone

 

[weamish]

when putting the contact into the phone you should see the option to put into gmail or phone

Yes, there's a drop-down box with options. But the default is Phone, and my wife often forgets to change that. Would be a lot easier if we could just change the default to Google.

 

[sreum]

Why not just set goggle up to backup contacts.

 

[weamish]

Why not just set goggle up to backup contacts.

I have google sync set up. But if a new contact is added to device, it won't be synced.

 

[sreum]

I never really gave it much thought I guess as I get this screen every time I manually add a contact.



And if I'm in the log history and long press on a number in order to add a contact, after I add one contact as Google account, any others after default to Google. As you can see in this picture...



SEE MY NEXT POST FOR WORKING PICTURE LINKS

 

[BRAINZ2013]

I never really gave it much thought I guess as I get this screen every time I manually add a contact.

View attachment 74184

 

[sreum]

I never really gave it much thought I guess as I get this screen every time I manually add a contact.

http://androidforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=74186&stc=1&d=1408065621

And if I'm in the log history and long press on a number in order to add a contact, after I add one contact as Google account, any others after default to Google. As you can see in this picture...

http://androidforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=74187&stc=1&d=1408065621

Try above. Not sure what happened, was adding the photos thru my mobile, which I can never get right. Lol

 

[Mikestony]

Try above. Not sure what happened, was adding the photos thru my mobile, which I can never get right. Lol

Fixed for ya

 

[shmn]

When I press the "menu" button while in contacts, a menu pops up and I select "Contacts to Display" and select only my Google contacts. Now when I add a contact, it defaults to Google since the internal phone contacts are not displayed.

 

[happyboy7]

When I select my Google contacts to display, it still defaults to Device when I start to enter a new contact. This is SO annoying!

 

[shmn]

When I select my Google contacts to display, it still defaults to Device when I start to enter a new contact. This is SO annoying!

Are Google Contacts the only contacts you are displaying? Don't select any other choices. If you have only Google Contacts selected then when you create a new contact it will default to Google Contact (see attached screenshot). That's the way it works on a Sprint S4 with 4.2.2. If you have another carrier or a different version of Android then I can't help you as carriers change features all the time.