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| From | Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: contacts |
| Date | 2026-07-11 23:53 -0400 |
| Organization | BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) |
| Message-ID | <112v349$28tr$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> (permalink) |
| References | <nba0rnF1fs4U1@mid.individual.net> |
Carlos E. R. wrote: > Just found out that Samsung has its own contacts app. > > And if you want Thunderbird (K-9?) to use contacts, you have to install > the google contacts app to provide the API. I have a Samsung but I use OpenContacts (which has is own database, for privacy) and which ties to the dialer & some apps (like your default SMS/MMS messenger and WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, but not an MUA AFAIK). To your point though, apps like Google Contacts, K9/Thunderbird, WhatsApp, Signal, etc. all read from the standard contacts provider but apparently Samsung uses its own contacts provider most of the time. Hence, some apps cannot access Samsung's contacts provider because Samsung does not expose all the standard API endpoints that the apps expect. That means, depending on how you save/sync, contacts may or may not be in the Android SQLite contacts DB available to other apps like the K9 MUA. Since Samsung uses its own contacts provider, contacts saved to a Samsung account or device storage aren't stored in the standard Android contacts database. And since Thunderbird/K-9 relies on the standard Android Contacts Provider API (which Samsung doesn't fully expose), installing Google Contacts restores that API and lets K-9 access your address book. The more I learn about Samsung phones, the more I realize it's like a completely different Android. .
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contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-09 18:33 +0200
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-09 18:02 +0100
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-09 20:08 +0200
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-10 11:26 +0100
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-10 12:49 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-10 15:30 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-09 19:26 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-09 19:30 +0200
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-09 20:10 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-09 22:21 +0200
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-10 12:50 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-10 15:32 +0200
Re: contacts Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-11 08:50 +0100
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-11 12:25 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-12 09:59 +0200
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-12 19:31 -0400
Re: contacts Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-14 17:33 +0100
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-14 13:25 -0400
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-14 17:01 -0400
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-10 13:18 +0200
Re: contacts Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-07-10 13:38 +0000
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-10 16:49 +0200
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-10 18:32 +0100
Re: contacts Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-07-10 18:05 +0000
Re: contacts Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-07-10 19:12 +0100
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-11 18:37 +0100
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-12 11:58 +0200
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-12 19:36 -0400
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-12 19:44 -0400
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-10 13:16 +0200
Re: contacts "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-09 22:17 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-09 22:22 +0200
Re: contacts "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-10 11:12 +0200
Re: contacts Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-07-10 11:33 +0200
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-10 13:22 +0200
Re: contacts "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-10 17:53 +0200
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-10 13:20 +0200
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-12 00:03 -0400
Re: contacts ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-07-12 07:42 +0000
Re: contacts Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-12 09:44 +0100
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-12 13:49 +0200
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-12 16:18 +0000
Re: contacts "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-12 22:11 +0200
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-12 21:31 +0000
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-12 21:05 -0400
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-13 01:52 +0000
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-13 02:26 -0400
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-13 16:50 +0000
Re: contacts Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-07-13 20:04 +0000
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-13 21:17 +0000
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-13 17:00 +0100
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-13 17:00 +0000
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-13 18:10 +0100
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-13 17:48 +0000
Re: contacts Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-07-13 19:57 +0000
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-14 12:45 +0100
Re: contacts Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-07-14 14:07 +0000
Re: contacts Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-07-14 15:28 +0100
Re: contacts Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-07-14 15:45 +0000
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-14 16:06 +0200
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-12 12:04 +0200
Re: contacts Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-12 09:53 +0100
Re: contacts Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-07-12 12:01 +0200
Re: contacts AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-07-10 16:10 +0000
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-12 00:03 -0400
Re: contacts Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-11 23:53 -0400
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