Can't see groups in Google Contacts

[douglasrac]

Hi,

I have more than 400 contacts in my gmail, all groupped in more than 13 different categories. Groups are extremely important to me, so I can find my contacts easily.

So, now I have an Android phone, and for my surprise it synced all my gmail contacts, but NO groups. They are all together like a big mess. There is just no way to see only one group or only another group.

I read in other forum that I need to install a 3rd part app to see my groups, like Contacts GroupU.

Is seems too absurd to be real. Is that what it is? I need an app to see groups of gmail? Already Android 2.1 and Google didn't manage to do this simple and obvious task?

Please advise.

 

[dylo22]

Which phone do you have? As far as I know stock android doesn't come with the ability view contacts in groups. Nor can you assign a group to a contact. Some manufacturer (such as HTC sense) will implented with their overlays, but not all. If you don't own a HTC phone, then the best you can do is use a third party app.