Contacts: Not showing up after sync?

[charkswitlazers]

I've had this happen on all my phones after I get a new one. When my contacts sync onto the new device, not all of them show up in my contact list. However, they're all still in my phone somewhere, because when I want to type out a new text, I get all the missing names.
I've always wondered why they wouldn't all be in my contact list where they belong....

To make it more clear, in case some don't understand.. For example: I added john Smith into my address book. A month later, I got a new phone and synced all of my contacts to the new device. I went to my contacts list, and his name and number wasn't there... Most of the numbers I had before were, but his and a few others weren't. However, I went to open a new SMS. I started typing john in the "send to" section, and blam, his name and number popped up. But he's still not in my address book...

Yeah, that's basically it
Seems to be something I've been dealing with Android for quite some time now. Never could find a solution.

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[CloudBusterr]

I had the exact same issue, but I can't really remember how I got my contacts to come back...
I either:

1. exported the contacts, then imported them again, then rebooted.
OR
2. I synced them with my Facebook/Twitter and it brought them all back.

 

[charkswitlazers]

I had the exact same issue, but I can't really remember how I got my contacts to come back...
I either:

1. exported the contacts, then imported them again, then rebooted.
OR
2. I synced them with my Facebook/Twitter and it brought them all back.

How did you do option #1?

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[AndyOpie150]

If you don't have Gmail, get it. In the Gmail page you can add or delete your contacts,preview your contacts(make sure all contacts are there before tying to import), there are options for import and export etc.
There's more, just can't remember.
This should help.

 

[charkswitlazers]

If you don't have Gmail, get it. In the Gmail page you can add or delete your contacts,preview your contacts(make sure all contacts are there before tying to import), there are options for import and export etc.
There's more, just can't remember.
This should help.

Gmail is all I use.. Where exactly is the gmail page? Sorry for the dumb questions...
The more detailed instruction the better

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[AndyOpie150]

It's the page you have to be on to check your E-mail. If you look on the left side of the page, just under the muti- colored Gmail. There's mail,contacts,tasks. Click on contacts.

 

[danieljc1]

Have you tried going into contacts, pressing menu button, selecting display options, and messing around with the verious settings there?

 

[charkswitlazers]

I went to contacts in gmail, and the missing ones aren't in there... But they're still hidden in my phone somewhere, because they show up in the SMS section... Weird

 

[AndyOpie150]

Add them into your contacts on the gmail page and then make sure you turn on autosync in the phone settings for about 30sec.

 

[charkswitlazers]

Add them into your contacts on the gmail page and then make sure you turn on autosync in the phone settings for about 30sec.

So should I always add contacts through google then? I'm curious as to what is causing the sync problems

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[CuriousNoob]

Maybe try resyncing them? Or change the view to show all contacts

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[agamy]

There's a setting in my contacts that has a checkbox to display only contacts with phone numbers. I can't see the entries that only have email addresses, but they are accessible via email. Could this be partially your issue? (I'm on Harmonia though not stock so idk if the apk is the same for both)

 

[charkswitlazers]

There's a setting in my contacts that has a checkbox to display only contacts with phone numbers. I can't see the entries that only have email addresses, but they are accessible via email. Could this be partially your issue? (I'm on Harmonia though not stock so idk if the apk is the same for both)

The settings are set to show all contracts, I'm guessing it may be a google server issue? It can't be the phone since it did this with my triumph too..

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[charkswitlazers]

I got them to show, by exprting to sd the importing back in. But now, my phone has the permanant option to store contacts either only in-phone, or synced with gmail.... It used to sync with gmail by default w/out even asking, and I liked it a lot better that way. Is it possible to remove this option? I was messing around and couldn't find anything to get rid of it.

 

[AndyOpie150]

The fact that this problem persists no matter what phone you've had would indicate your problem is with your Google account.
Try setting up a totally new account, this can be done by going to menu/settings/accounts and sync/ select add account/ select creat new account. Then go into your new account add/ import your contacts.
In as much as this is not a regular problem setting up a new account and returning settings on phone back to default should cure your problems.
You might have to go to the market app to finish. If it ask you to sign in give it the info for the new account.
I personally keep auto sync turned off until I need it as it's such a battery drain. When I want to add a contact I turn it on let the contact sync then turn it off.

 

[charkswitlazers]

The fact that this problem persists no matter what phone you've had would indicate your problem is with your Google account.
Try setting up a totally new account, this can be done by going to menu/settings/accounts and sync/ select add account/ select creat new account. Then go into your new account add/ import your contacts.
In as much as this is not a regular problem setting up a new account and returning settings on phone back to default should cure your problems.
You might have to go to the market app to finish. If it ask you to sign in give it the info for the new account.
I personally keep auto sync turned off until I need it as it's such a battery drain. When I want to add a contact I turn it on let the contact sync then turn it off.

I'll give it a shot. Thanks so much for your help!

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