rizzoports
Newbie
Trying to add a home number to a contact whose cell number I already have saved on my SIM card, but is it not giving me the option to. What am I doing wrong?
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Help Contacts on SIM card
- Thread starter rizzoports
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rizzoports
Newbie
Thanks for the response, I figured that out. I ended up moving all my contacts to my phone, then added the secondary number.
sremick
Android Expert
Indeed. Mentioned in the Captivate FAQ too, by the way.
Contacts - CapFAQ
Looks like OP is all set now though.
rizzoports
Newbie
Follow up issue...
When I select the 'Messaging App', go to 'Compose New Message' then select 'Contacts', all of my contacts appear twice on the list. I'm assuming once from the phone and once from the SIM.
When I go the route of Phone>Contacts, each name only appears once. And when I click on the Contacts App itself each name only appears once.
I've gone into the Display Option settings for my contacts and unchecked SIM contacts to display leaving only contacts on my phone to display. I also have all the Facebook and Google options unchecked as well.
Any ideas on why names appear twice under the Messaging App?
When I select the 'Messaging App', go to 'Compose New Message' then select 'Contacts', all of my contacts appear twice on the list. I'm assuming once from the phone and once from the SIM.
When I go the route of Phone>Contacts, each name only appears once. And when I click on the Contacts App itself each name only appears once.
I've gone into the Display Option settings for my contacts and unchecked SIM contacts to display leaving only contacts on my phone to display. I also have all the Facebook and Google options unchecked as well.
Any ideas on why names appear twice under the Messaging App?
sremick
Android Expert
By design. The view setting you changed only affects what contacts are displayed while within the "Contacts" app. It has no affect on the full directory list of contacts that will be searched any time you go to enter in a contact in a field of any other app. That full index will include all accounts you have synced, as well as all your SIM and phone contacts.
rizzoports
Newbie
Do you know how I can get rid of this issue, do I have to delete my contacts from my SIM card?
MonteMuscle70
Newbie
Yeah. If you take them off the SIM card they'll only show one copy instead of two. The way I did this was to import all the contacts to my phone from the SIM, then connect the phone to my computer and copied all the vcf files. I believe they'll be in the folder "sd" on your phone. I saved them on the computer so I have a backup if I ever need it. Use the 'Safely remove hardware' feature on you computer. Then you can turn off usb file transferring on the phone, and disconnect the USB.
Then use the 'Contact Remover' app from the market place. This will erase all the contacts you have on the phone and the SIM. This might take a few minutes to do depending on how many contacts you have altogether.
Once that's done, you can reconnect the phone to the computer and move all the vcf files back into the sd folder. Then again disconnect the phone (you can't really edit anything while its mounted) then go to the contacts app, then Menu button>More>import/export>import from sd card.
That will put all the vcf files for your contacts back, and they'll only be in the phone, not on the SIM. That will make it display only once through the messaging>contacts option like you're using.
Let me know if it all works out.
Then use the 'Contact Remover' app from the market place. This will erase all the contacts you have on the phone and the SIM. This might take a few minutes to do depending on how many contacts you have altogether.
Once that's done, you can reconnect the phone to the computer and move all the vcf files back into the sd folder. Then again disconnect the phone (you can't really edit anything while its mounted) then go to the contacts app, then Menu button>More>import/export>import from sd card.
That will put all the vcf files for your contacts back, and they'll only be in the phone, not on the SIM. That will make it display only once through the messaging>contacts option like you're using.
Let me know if it all works out.
sremick
Android Expert
Yes.
The only way to have them only show one instance is to have them only appear once in all the various places you sync contacts. Or to only sync to one contact list.