Can I sync Google email but not gmail contacts?

[Hiranoe]

I've been playing around with the sync settings lately but haven't been able to find a way to get my gmail emails synced without also syncing gmail contacts. If I turn off the gmail sync feature within contacts it seems to automatically turn off all sync with the gmail account, meaning my emails no longer sync either. Because gmail "creates" a contact for every person you email I have all of these duplicate entries within my contacts and I prefer to manage all contacts as "Phone" contacts. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Try this: Settings / Accounts; tap on Google, Tap on the account you want to change; Uncheck Sync Contacts.