Help Problems with contacts after upgrade to ATT 4.1.2

[rudymill]

ATT update came through OTA. Then I used Kies to back up contacts to Outlook. Then I used Kies to upgrade to 4.1.2

I found multiple copies of contacts on my cell phone. Initially, I began deleting the extra copies, until sanity prevailed. I began looking at the settings, and I found contacts listed under Google, Phone, SIM, etc.

Sooo, I think I've made things worse. Would someone tell me how I can best get all my contacts in one spot, delete extracopies, and then transfer the cleaned up list to phone, Google, etc...... Any explanation that will help me understand what I did and how not to do it again would help.

PS: I'm having crappy battery life with Jelly Bean. Under ICS, my battery life was great. Because of the battery life issue, I want to uninstall Jelly Bean.

If I do this with Kies, maybe I dont' need to worry about the contacts, and just go back to what I had 3 days ago?

 

[jlzibell]

I've found the easiest thing to do is to consolidate all my contact in gmail. I've had several issues with my phone lately and having don this has been a life saver.

Your best option may be as I said to consolidate contacts in gmail/Google and back up all your data. Do a reset and re-establish you contacts. Select the contacts list to show only Google contacts and life is easy. Since upgrading to 4.1.2 I haven't been able to connect my phone with Kies, so I just use my PC windows explorer function to back all data up to my computer. Also Google + is handy for storing all you photos.

If the reset doesn't fix your batter issue (mine is better with 4.1.2) an app like Juice Defender may help.

Good luck.

 

[rudymill]

I'm sorry I havent' been back to say thanks.

I like the idea of consolidating in Gmail. I'll give it a try.