This information is suitable for those techy enough and have smartphones with the necessary specs (both of which I am not and have not). Make sure you are confident enough before you attempt, otherwise, you might face the problems of data migration (missing names, as intended by some unscrupulous people) like that faced by our PTPTN!
Hi,
Some of you may find that the People (Contacts List) in Android a bit constrainted, esp. in terms of duplicate or multiple copies of some of your contacts, and find it cumbersome to delete or remove them, well, here is a simple solution.
This is for Android v4.0 or higher ONLY, and preferably with Wifi ON :::
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1. You must have already sync-ed your contacts list with or into your Google GMail account for this to work.
A copy of all your contacts, once synced, can be viewed and edited (using your Desktop PC).
Tidy up this Contacts List in this GMail on the Desktop PC. It's much easier to edit this contacts list on the PC. Once you are satisfied with its contents and everything looks ok, now log out.
2. Now go to your Android smartphone. Check into your Contacts app, and you see all those multiple copies of your contacts. Now is to clear the entire Contacts List and restart with a new one.
To clear all the Contacts on the Android mobile, do or goto your Settings:
a. Settings>Storage> (scroll down to) Apps>Contacts Storage>Clear Data
then return to the Home page, and
b. click on People (Contacts) app.
- You will find this Contacts List all EMPTY now.
c. press on the Menu within the Contacts app, and tick Auto-sync app data (with your default Gmail account)
d. select only to sync with Contacts (others like BookMarks, Calendar, etc. should not be ticked) ONLY
e. let it go, and wait until the sync has completed.
Once done, you'll see the new Contacts List which is an EXACT copy of the one stored in the GMail Clouds.
Oh, yeah, just one more thing. Switch off your SYNC once you are done, and no longer wants to sync with your Google GMail all the time. If you wanna stay SYNC-ed, ignore this. Staying SYNC-ed all the time can be taxing in terms of time and money, esp. if you are not on Wifi but dataplan.
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Hi,
Some of you may find that the People (Contacts List) in Android a bit constrainted, esp. in terms of duplicate or multiple copies of some of your contacts, and find it cumbersome to delete or remove them, well, here is a simple solution.
This is for Android v4.0 or higher ONLY, and preferably with Wifi ON :::
==============================================================
1. You must have already sync-ed your contacts list with or into your Google GMail account for this to work.
A copy of all your contacts, once synced, can be viewed and edited (using your Desktop PC).
Tidy up this Contacts List in this GMail on the Desktop PC. It's much easier to edit this contacts list on the PC. Once you are satisfied with its contents and everything looks ok, now log out.
2. Now go to your Android smartphone. Check into your Contacts app, and you see all those multiple copies of your contacts. Now is to clear the entire Contacts List and restart with a new one.
To clear all the Contacts on the Android mobile, do or goto your Settings:
a. Settings>Storage> (scroll down to) Apps>Contacts Storage>Clear Data
then return to the Home page, and
b. click on People (Contacts) app.
- You will find this Contacts List all EMPTY now.
c. press on the Menu within the Contacts app, and tick Auto-sync app data (with your default Gmail account)
d. select only to sync with Contacts (others like BookMarks, Calendar, etc. should not be ticked) ONLY
e. let it go, and wait until the sync has completed.
Once done, you'll see the new Contacts List which is an EXACT copy of the one stored in the GMail Clouds.
Oh, yeah, just one more thing. Switch off your SYNC once you are done, and no longer wants to sync with your Google GMail all the time. If you wanna stay SYNC-ed, ignore this. Staying SYNC-ed all the time can be taxing in terms of time and money, esp. if you are not on Wifi but dataplan.
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