Re: Blasted Contacts App

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Blasted Contacts App
Date	2026-02-02 13:02 +0100
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On 2026-02-02 06:35, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 21:25:24 +0100, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2026-02-01 15:58, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:17:15 +0100, "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2026-01-31 04:42, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:06:55 +0000, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Java Jive wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now I have an extra choice of versions to edit!  How can I merge them
>>>>>>> all into one, just one, version and ensure that this idiocy never occurs
>>>>>>> again?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Occasionally my phone pops-up a message offering to merge and tidy up my
>>>>>> contacts, I've always said "no" as I'm worried how bad a job it could
>>>>>> make of it ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Having just had a poke about within the Google Contacts app, at the
>>>>>> bottom right is "Organise", within there is "Merge and Fix" it doesn't
>>>>>> seem to do any merging for me though ... YMMV?
>>>>>
>>>>> I had great difficulty when deleting unwanted contacts on my phone, it
>>>>> removed them from my Gmail account -- there are lots of people I will
>>>>> *never* want to phone, but I might want to email them.
>>>>
>>>> Just delete the phone number. Easy.
>>>
>>> Does that stop them from showing up?
>>
>> That number will not show, but the rest of the entries will. Not when
>> searching for phones.
> 
> That's no good. I don't need "contacts" on my phone if they don't have
> phone numbers. But I do want them on my Gmail contacts if they have
> email addresses.

Both use the same app. I don't see the problem.

If I'm making a phone call, the contacts with numbers appear, and if I'm 
writing an email, the contacts with emails appear.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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