Google Contacts

Down at the bottom of the "People" app there is an option to view groups. You could set each contact to a group and then just leave the group that you want to see open instead of all the Contacts.

 

There is a folder you can add for all people, so in theory groups should be possible, but I can't find a way to do it. :-(

 

You can use the people widgets to only show a certain group of people, would it not be an idea to have the widget on one of your screens only showing the people from group 'friends'??

 

If you're inclined to do so you can go into Contacts on Gmail (on your PC)and in the first pane at the bottom there should be 'All contacts' and 'Most Contacted' if you move people from one group to another it should prevent them showing up on your phone, or at least it does in mine.

 

Funny, I just cleaned out mine today. Here's what I did... Oh, and I did it via my Gmail because it is insane to try to edit such things on the phone:

1) Make a contacts folder called "Keep Upfront". In it, I put all those I want to keep in the People first screen.

2) Create another folder called "Temp Toss". I'll explain the purpose later.

3) Divide up everyone into groups - Work, Friends, Businesses, Acquaintances, Overseas, etc.

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When you sort people into folders, they automatically get added to a folder called "My Contacts" - that is your primary phone listing.

4) Now go to "My Contacts" and select All and click on the pulldown and REMOVE THEM ALL FROM THAT FOLDER. The reason is because you were just sorting, so EVERY contact should be there because it was automatically added to "My Contacts".

5) Now go to "Keep Upfront" and add it to "Temp Toss". This action will add the contacts to "My Contacts".

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So I'll repeat, the thing to remember is that every time you move a contact to ANY folder, it will be put into "My Contacts". Remove it from there and it will not show up on the front. Every time I add new contacts, if they are part of the ones I want upfront, I make sure to tag them "Keep Upfront" so that I can repeat the process and declutter my front listing (i.e. if I added a bunch of businesses that I don't call often, but want to have the numbers of).

I would keep the two folders, "Keep Upfront" and "Temp Toss". I'd clear "Temp Toss", so that I could repeat the process easily.

Hope this isn't too convoluted. It's pretty simple... and because I'm lazy, this is by far the easiest way to sort.

Tim

p.s. You really can't **** up your contacts unless you hit DELETE. Do NOT hit delete. Otherwise, play around with your groupings and folders. There is no risk.

 

Anyone able to tell me how I can upload my contacts from my handset to my gmail account?

I only opened the account for use with marketplace, but it seems like a very useful way to back up contacts, and make quick multiple edits, and then send back to the phone.

I presume this is possible?

 

Many thanks Pojken, you really helped me finally figuring out how this works!

But the way I figure it, there's really no need for a "Keep Upfront" or "Temp Toss" folder, just simply selecting those you don't need and choose "Remove from My Contacts" from the group menu would do it, wouldn't it?

Of course, it's even easier if you already have your contacts marked into multiple groups, you can just select all in say "Old collegues" group and choose "Remove from My Contacts".

Everything is still in "All Contacts" group of course, so there's no risk messing up as long as you don't DELETE.

 

It should sync automatically. If it doesn't:

Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> you@gmail.com

 

Just tried that, it was very quick, and didn't seem to send anything up to the gmail account. They're certainly not there anyway when I log into the main website.

 

This isn't meant to be snotty in the least, but do a search on "upload contacts to gmail". I remember doing that a long time back and finding a way to do it with my Sony Ericsson phone. I am sure you can do it easily with your model - it's just a matter of looking.

Tim

 

Trust me i've searched. Your link even proves it's not straight forward.

The Desire (my model) exports to a vcf file, gmail requires a CSV file.

The reason I asked is because I presumed it would be something straightforward that I was missing (despite some googling) which would mean someone would be able to quickly say 'yeah just do a, b, c'.

Asking for help is kinda the point of forums I thought...

 

Have you tried this: Google Sync for your phone ? Again, I managed to do this somehow on my Sony Ericsson a long time ago, even though it's not listed. I guess I did something using Exchange. Don't remember.

Or tried converting the file? Convert VCF to CSV

It's not the most elegant solution, but the point is to get it on there and be done with it. Even if it's not straight forward, you'll only have to do it once.

Tim

p.s. Again, I wasn't being pissy. It's just that you didn't mention the model nor specific relevant information like you did in your last post. I assumed you were transferring information from an old phone and not the Desire.