How to see only phone contact no SIM Contact

[mihirp]

i am having Dell xcd 35
my phone book was showing phone contacts as well as sim contacts

so when i see list it just show some contacts twice. i dont want that
so in display option of contacts i just unchecked sim contacts.
so it solve my problem

but same problem i face when i am composing SMS at that time
when searching for contacts it shows both Phone and SIM contacts.

is there any way to disable SIM Contacts??

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Harry2]

The only way is to delete the contacts at the SIM.
But note, there is no easy way to put them back to SIM.

Harry

 

[mihirp]

@Harry thanks for your kind reply

is there any 3rd party tools available for doing same??
previously i was using Nokia Phone in which this was possible

and it was showing only contacts which are by default selected.

Are you sure i can't do it in my android???

 

[Harry2]

There are a lot of apps for to replace the phone book.
Some may suppress the view at SIM contacts.
But I don't know which ones will do it (because I don't want a separate app for phone book ).

My own way:
I own a old SIM card reader for PC. So I back up the SIM at PC. When I need the SIM in a new Phone, I'll write the contacts directly back to the SIM card. So there is no need for contacts at the SIM at my Desire

Harry

 

[Deleted User]

The above is not necessarily correct.

On the DHD you go into Contacts > View and from there you can choose to show contacts from the SIM, phone, Facebook etc ... there may be something similar on your phone.

 

[Harry2]

The above is not necessarily correct.

On the DHD you go into Contacts > View and from there you can choose to show contacts from the SIM, phone, Facebook etc ... there may be something similar on your phone.

That is right for the 'People' view
But with the Phone Book view, you will see both phone book contacts and SIM contacts

Harry

 

[Deleted User]

That is right for the 'People' view
But with the Phone Book view, you will see both phone book contacts and SIM contacts

Harry

Fair point well made Harry

 

[mihirp]

I own a old SIM card reader for PC. So I back up the SIM at PC. When I need the SIM in a new Phone, I'll write the contacts directly back to the SIM card. So there is no need for contacts at the SIM at my Desire

ya harry i fell your way is better because for this problem using any application doesn't make good sense. So instead of that clearing SIM contact is good idea.