Managing Contacts

[Sebastian42]

My Huawei with Android 5.1 has an icon for contacts, which if tapped, displays a dozen entries. I want to run a phone/PC program called Pushbullet, which allows me to type SMS text on the PC, that gets sent (and received) via the phone. On the desktop, Pushbullet prompts contacts which are exclusively Vodafone 'official' numbers, like for call-back etc. So obviously, it is NOT accessing the list of entries that display in Contacts. I assumed that it is getting the Vodafone numbers from the SIM card and that the SIM has none of MY contacts on it. So I looked into Import/Export where 'Copy Contacts From' offers for four categories : Vodafone; Gmail; Phone Contact and Phone Storage. But when I try to do any transfers, all four categories are empty. I need help.

 

[Dannydet]

Use Google contacts on your phone instead and access them automatically on your computer

 

[Sebastian42]

Dannydet - I wrote that my phone has content in its Contacts - so doesn't that constitute USING Google contacts ? Beyond that I want to avoid USING THE PHONE - that is why I have Pushbullet, so I can text from desktop keyboard. Problem is that Pushbullet does not access that content, instead it accesses/prompts numbers I do NOT want.

 

[mikedt]

Could be a compatibility issue with Pushbullet and this particular Huawei device? Might be worth contacting their support about it.

Android 5.1 is quite old, and may not be supported by this app/service now?

 

[Sebastian42]

Could be a compatibility issue with Pushbullet and this particular Huawei device? Might be worth contacting their support about it.

Android 5.1 is quite old, and may not be supported by this app/service now?

"may not be supported by this app/service now" Pushbullet does work in Android 5.1, but I'm having this CONTACTS problem.

 

[mikedt]

"may not be supported by this app/service now" Pushbullet does work in Android 5.1, but I'm having this CONTACTS problem.

Maybe it's storing contact data in its own proprietary "Huawei" way, that Pushbullet doesn't recognise? Are you using Huawei ID rather than Google with this device? I have Huawei phones myself, but I don't use Pushbullet, so can't say for sure if that's the problem.

Have you actually tried contacting Pushbullet support, seeing if they can assist.

 

[Sebastian42]

I have tried asking Pushbullet, both through their web 'Contact Us' and their email address - supplied by them. Neither has elicited a response. Mind you, I have been struggling with this problem for a while, and above is a much more polished version of the problem than was sent to Pushbullet.

I have received an email with a question about which phone I use, but although that email linked to this thread, the actual email's content I have not found in this thread.