Contact fields for various Android flavours

[twinbee]

Hi all,

I have two android phones, one is a Galaxy S GT-I9000 ("Firmware version" 2.3.6) and the other is a generic brand off Amazon (costing me about

 

[chanchan05]

Other contact apps tend to add additional options but they aren't really needed (Generic phones usually use Contact apps from Play Store like Go Contacts, TouchPal, etc). Just select "Custom" and it will let you add the others. Depending on contact app they might stay as additional.

 

[twinbee]

Thanks for your reply. So for your SIII mini for example, is it just the 9 phone fields I mentioned from the I9000? Or does it have more like the 21 phone fields the generic Android version has? You can find out by creating a new contact and clicking the label button next to the phone field.

As far as I know the 'generic android' contacts app seems like a 'default' android app, and not a third party kinda thing.

You're right - I could add them as custom fields, but I'm developing an app to transfer contacts, so I need to know anyway.

 

[chanchan05]

Its just nine. But it could also be dependent on the saving method. AFAIK Google Contacts only has those 9, so it syncs to it nicely.

 

[twinbee]

Thanks! I presume your S3 mini is at least Android 4.1.1.

The 21 must have been an 'addition' due to the manufacturer then (or them using something else off the shelf like you say).