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how do I simply delete/edit a contact?

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ralf23446

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I was tinkering around before activating the phone. Aparently I have a 'me' in my contacts I guess is shown to other android users in addition to what they have my # saved as. I aparently entered jumbled letters for this and can't delete or edit it. I also have a few other contacts I made while tinkering that don't have phone numbers. There seems to be no way to delete or edit the 'me' or the contacts with no #s or even the contacts with #s. Except for adding a photo.


I tried everything I could think of, pressing and holding down the names and everything and sliding, etc etc in the 'people' app and when pressing the phone icon which bring up different screens. The names in my 'people' that don't have a # saved don't show up when I click the phone icon to dial, but that's besides the point.
 
"People" app. You running Froyo on that device? I thought it switched to "contacts" around Gingerbread(ish)? I'm struggling to remember how the People app worked.
 
Welcome to Android Forums. What device are you using?

The People app on my Jelly Bean Droid Maxx allows me to ... select the Me entry filling the whole screen with the contact ... hit Settings ... and choose Edit. I can then change anything I want.

The Me entry is created to identify you and needs to be present. All kinds of apps reference it. As an example ... Touchless control on the Maxx uses the first name in Me to personalize the messages it displays.

... Thom
 
If I remember correctly, you tap on a contact and it gives you that page with their picture, email, phone, etc. Somewhere on that page there was a button to edit (upper right corner maybe?). Sorry I can't help more. It's been a while since I've been on froyo.
 
In my case, the "Me" contact which appears on top links to my Google+ account. You may want to check that out.
 
Forgot to mention this is a jelly bean ZTE AWE.
Now that the phone's activated, I can hold down pressed on the number and 'edit it before calling' , but I still can't figure out how to edit the name or just delete the contact.
The 'me' jumbled letters is gone now that I activated the phone and are replaced with my #.
All the contacts I saved when the phone wasn't activated are gone now that the phone's activated and it did a factory reset all settings.:confused:
 
they're not gmail/google contacts. I just entered them into the phone manually, and I can't edit or delete them now.

I plan to avoid gmail all together unless I'm forced to to get apps etc, I haven't checked out the app store yet.
 
It's a new phone not many have. I'm asking a general jellybean question. Can you switch it back so I can get help quicker, if not not at all? thanks
 
For the people app. Just press on the contact on your list and hit the settings button (the button on the right of the home button). It should look something like this.
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In your contacts list, press the little grey square to the left of the name, then in the next window press the name of the contact in the grey area, then in the next window press the menu button. You'll get a menu that includes "delete" and that's where you can delete the contact.
 
not sure if ralf23446 ever got this solved or not...
what I do is go into my contact list > select contact by clicking the name > select settings. then you can edit, delete, set ringtone for that contact, etc. :)
 
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