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Re: contacts

From Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: contacts
Date 2026-07-12 11:58 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <112vofd$2nofl$2@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <112olrq$8v3c$2@solani.org> <112qke9$164er$2@dont-email.me> <112r3ld.15oo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <112r0ps$1a8b0$3@dont-email.me> <uIu*PSeLA@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>

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Theo, 2026-07-10 19:32:

> Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg, 2026-07-10 15:38:
>>
>>> Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> The problem is, that Samsungs *custom* Android version cripples the
>>>> official APIs, so that only Samsung Apps work as expected. Blame Samsung
>>>> for that, not Android.
>>>
>>>   I don't think there's anything wrong with the Samsung 'Contacts' app
>>> (actually part of the 'Phone' app).
>>>
>>>   For example the Contacts app handles WhatsApp contacts just fine. I
>>
>> Well - Samsung and Meta are both big companies. They will have some
>> agreement to get thinks working.
> 
> Or perhaps the Samsung app uses the standard Android contacts system? 

If this is the case, the K-9 should work fine, because it also uses the
standard Android contacts system.

> That's how it's done on every Samsung I've had (admittedly the most recent
> one - which I still use - was released 2014).

Then the original post must be an error:

"And if you want Thunderbird (K-9?) to use contacts, you have to install
the google contacts app to provide the API."



-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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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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