Contacts Integration and Management

[Dom Orsler]

Many contact records on my phone get compiled from linked accounts in FaceBook, LinkedIn, Outlook, etc. Which is great, but the trouble is, I can't add to them if (e.g.) someone gives me their cell phone number and it's not in one of the linked sources. NOTE I am not expecting to be able to edit information that comes from a linked source - I appreciate why that is forbidden, as it would mean I'd be editing (e.g.) their FaceBook personal details.

All I want is to be able to add information to contact records on my phone, but can't do this for most of them.

Thanks.

 

[touringhaggis]

Hi,

I had this problem too. I think that you need to create a local or google contact for the person you want to update and then merge the imported contact with the one you just created.

Regards,
Eric.

 

[Dom Orsler]

Thanks for the advice, Eric, but given I have hundreds of contacts, I'd be doing that for about the next two weeks. There *should* be functionality that allows the inbound, linked contact details to populate un-editable parts of a local contact record, to which I can add editable fields. That strikes me as a no brainer, architecturally speaking. Anyone know if this can be done.

Also, something odd is going on with contact name resolution. For example, when I create a new text message and start typing the name of the recipient, it takes *ages* for it to think about it and come up with the name. I've concluded it is probably related to the linkage problem I have described above, where it going out to the cloud and searching linked accounts for a name...?

Really sucky architecture, android people. Seriously.

 

[touringhaggis]

Hi,

Given that I would expect that this is not a Note 4 or even Samsung specific problem, there may be some mileage in trying a more generic forum, perhaps this one. Then your question will be seen by more of an audience.

Although I agree that this is clearly something that should be handled more automagically, surely the extra step of linking a contact will not be that time intensive. That said, I hope you find what you seek. Please let me know if you get a solution.

Regards,
Eric.