Help Contacts are acting funny

[cashearer314]

Hey there

I'll start off by saying I'm pretty new to the Motorola Droid, as in I just got it yesterday. I'm loving it so far and I've only encountered one problem, and that's what brought me here. I've looked far and wide for a solution to this, but I haven't been able to find one.

When I first got the phone, my friend Liz tried to text me, but the name came up as my other friend Eliza. Which was very strange. When I looked at the entry for Eliza, I noticed that Liz's entry information as well as the entry information for another friend of mine was in Eliza's entry. So I attempted to remove the two extra entries from the original, and I got rid of them. Except, when I create a new contact, it always adds the new contact to Eliza's entry. Are you following me so far? However, I did manage to get Liz's entry to go on her own, but every other entry goes to the same one. Any ideas?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Fabolous]

This happened to me too, but it was my friend Beth, whose info showed up as Liz.

I'm thinking there's some name/nickname algorithm going on. How to turn it off I have no idea.

More proof happens when I merge a Facebook contact with a preexisting contact (i.e. Andrew such and such, it will suggest Andy in my contacts).

I think the easiest way to get around this is to add a last name.

 

[cashearer314]

This happened to me too, but it was my friend Beth, whose info showed up as Liz.

I'm thinking there's some name/nickname algorithm going on. How to turn it off I have no idea.

More proof happens when I merge a Facebook contact with a preexisting contact (i.e. Andrew such and such, it will suggest Andy in my contacts).

I think the easiest way to get around this is to add a last name.

Alright I have everything squared away now! I would like to be able to turn that off though, it's pretty annoying and unnecessary.

Thanks for the help

 

[tranzz]

turn what off?

the nicknames? the last names?

How'd you get it "squared away" We'd all like to know, that's why we come here!

 

[MisterEff]

I had this happen to Rob and Robert...I wish I could turn it off.

Edit: Found the answer.

If you go to the contact and hit Menu -> Edit Contact -> Menu -> Separate

Also, if you want to merge two contacts there is a merge

 

[cashearer314]

I had this happen to Rob and Robert...I wish I could turn it off.

Edit: Found the answer.

If you go to the contact and hit Menu -> Edit Contact -> Menu -> Separate

Also, if you want to merge two contacts there is a merge

Oh thank you so much, that's exactly what I was looking for!