Managing contacts on Android/Desire

axer

Hi all,

I have my phone a while now but haven't moved my contacts over to it so I want to properly put my contacts list together.

Ideally I would love to have my contacts all in Gmail or somewhere like that so that if I lost my phone then it wouldn't be a big deal as it would just sync up again. The only thing with Gmail etc is that it seems to show up contacts from people I might only have contacted once etc.

Is there any way to do with this (doesn't necessarily need to be with gmail) but keep it to only the contacts I want in my list?

Thanks.

Abelloid

Google contacts?

The phone is designed to automatically sync with this.

Yelnahs

What I did was most all my gmail contacts (collected loads over the years and 99% of them I didn't need).

I then exported all my contacts to excel and uploaded it to google contacts, its really really handy, will never have to back them up again (you can add new contacts to your google account through android)

axer

I thought Google Contacts pulls in contacts that you might have just emailed once from gmail or from your phone? If not then that would be perfect.

Abelloid

axer wrote: »

I thought Google Contacts pulls in contacts that you might have just emailed once from gmail or from your phone? If not then that would be perfect.

It can do that too, but it's fully editable, even with profile pics etc.

axer

JustinOval wrote: »

It can do that too, but it's fully editable, even with profile pics etc.

Excellent, thanks.

pwwillia

how do you sync all your contacts with google contacts? including the ones on your sim card?

Stephen

Also you can configure your phone to only show contacts that actually have phone numbers entered, which is usually enough to drop all of those people you might have emailed once 5 years ago that wind up in your google contact list.

Orlee

How would I access my contacts to upload them on my pc?

(HTC HERO btw)

KoolKid

Stephen wrote: »

Also you can configure your phone to only show contacts that actually have phone numbers entered, which is usually enough to drop all of those people you might have emailed once 5 years ago that wind up in your google contact list.

You can goto Contacts > Menu > Display Options and check only disply contacts that have phone numbers.

BeciMester

Orlee wrote: »

How would I access my contacts to upload them on my pc?

(HTC HERO btw)

If you want to be able to edit the contact list, your best bet is to let the phone sync with your Gmail account, then in Gmail on the PC select Contacts/Export and pick the .csv option. You can easily open and edit .csv files with MS Excel or OpenOffice Calc.

(You can also export all your contacts onto the SD card and transfer that to the PC, by going to People app - menu button - Import/Export - Export to SD card, but my Desire insists on exporting in .vcf format which is a pain in the teeth if you want to edit... It's great for backup purposes though.)

Abelloid

Orlee wrote: »

How would I access my contacts to upload them on my pc?

(HTC HERO btw)

To edit/manage them? By far the easiest method is to simply log in here -

http://www.google.com/contacts

..assuming you have a gmail account, and you have sync'd your phone.