Well, this is a problem on every Android phone, it seems. On the Captivate, how do I have it just sync "My Contacs". You know, as much as I enjoy having 50 sale...@craigslist.com contacts in my address book...
Have you looked into Settings > Account and Sync ?
So far this phone syncs way differently than my N1 does. In the N1, you were able to pick and choose what type of contacts you wanted sync. With this phone its all or nothing. One thing that I found to help was:
Contacts > menu > Display options > Only contacts with phones.
That got rid of a lot of my contacts who were just screen names or email addresses.
Ok, so the 'only contacts with phones' does clean the list up. However now i realize that the 'synced' contacts actually don't sync properly with the phone memory. I can't assign these contacts to groups (I would have expected the gmail groups to carry over!). I also can't assign these contacts personal ringtones. There must be something I'm missing here.
I tried finding this app called contact groupsU . No luck either in the marketplace or even on google search.I posted about this in another thread as well. Seems that the groups thing under contacts in the phone just does not work.
I downloaded a free app called "Contact GroupsU" from the marketplace and it works great. Very easy to assign people and ringtones. I have been using it on my N1 and its very reliable and works seamlessly with the OS.
It's a bummer that they don't have the option to sync "My Contacts" only.
But, a simple workaround is to create a shortcut to "Starred Contacts" and then star the ones you want to see (i.e. the ones in My Contacts). Just do one or two and after the next contact sync, your gmail (on your PC) contacts will have the new group "Starred in Android". On your PC, click "All" of your "My Contacts" and then add them to the group "Starred in Android" and your done.
What a joke. This is a GOOGLE phone, and yet if you want Google contacts to sync properly, you're best to go buy an iPhone, which doesn't have this issue at all.
is there a way to delete phone contacts? On their Aria you just choose to view by phone only, then delete. I can't seem to figure it out. I want to delete then, but I don't want to have to do then one by one.
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