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Macbook won't sync contacts over to iPhone 3G
I just got a iPhone 3G and tried to sync it with the macbook air with mountain lion via iTunes. The funny thing is, all the music and apps were able to be "synced" but only the contacts wasn't be ...
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How can I see contact photos together with contacts?
Hello everyone I have a quick question I just upgraded from a my touch to iphone 4s...On my old phone when i looked through my contact list you were able to see a thumbnail image of the contacts ...
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Queries with phone contacts
I had certain queries with respect to how iOS 6 handles phone contacts:
My phone is synced with Exchange contacts. Does this mean that if I delete the contacts from my phone (local), the same will ...
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Can I make my iPhone to show name and number on incoming calls? [duplicate]
When I recieve a call it only shows the name of the contact. Is it possible to shows the number as well?
The same applies when I call a contact, it only shows the name, but I'll watch that thread ...
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Who controls the contact picture on iOS in address book?
My son has a inappropriate picture of a girl as her contact photo... When I questioned him about it he said that she had made it her outgoing contact photo and he had no control over it... Is this ...
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Can you sync only a group of contacts from a Mac to an iPhone?
I'm running iOS 6 on an iPhone 3GS. I see that all my contacts from my computer have appeared in the Contacts app on my phone. Now my contacts database on my computer is, to say the least, messy. It ...
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text messages forwarded from my google voice number aren't recognized as being from my iPhone contacts
I set up my google voice number to forward to my AT&T number, but when I get texts from some people who are in my contact list, the text appears to come from phone numbers I don't recognize. The ...
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cannot get my google contacts to show even after setting up the exchange account microsoft exchange
I have all my contacts in Google Contacts, so I was wondering is there anyway I could sync them with the contacts on the phone?
I have spent hours trawling through stuff online today, and can see a ...
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How to clear iPhone's concact cache for text messages?
My iPhone (model 5, IOS 6.1.2) seems to have some sort of contact cache which it uses when sending text messages: whenever I am sending a message to someone, I start typing the persone's name in te ...
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itunes can't sync contacts as contacts has been disabled on iphone
I am getting this error message.
itunes can't sync contacts as contacts has been disabled on iphone
Configuration: iOS 6.1, iphone 4
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Random contacts on my iPhone 5
I recently bought a new iPhone 5. When I was going through my contacts today, I noticed a lot of email adresses stored along with the other numbers. I didn't even know most of them! What has happened?
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How to save the contact from who I received an SMS?
I received an SMS from a phone nr that I don't have saved in my iPhone. How do I save that number as a new contact?
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Why do I have duplicate groups in Contacts app on my iPhone?
If I open the Contacts app on my iPhone I get duplicate groups, hence duplicate contacts.
I started to delete one of a duplicate contact but they both gone away.
I thought I could solve this problem ...
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How to access/edit iPhone Contacts on computer?
I run Windows 7 (no Outlook available) and don't seem to find any native Address Book application on my computer (it is a work-provided laptop). We use Lotus Notes as our mail application. Because my ...
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How to get gmail contacts on my iphone?
Under the 'settings' -> 'mail contacts calendars' -> gmail
there is no option to sync the contacts
what's the workaround?
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Imported contacts are empty
I have an odd problem. I got an iphone5 and of course, I want all my contacts from my nokia into my iphone, I imported the contacts into outlook, then exported to an csv file, then imported to gmail ...
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How to download contacts from iPhone to Mac?
I was able to do a backup of the phone using iTunes, but how do I see and access the contacts?
Do I need to import them into Address Book?
Is there a better way to download contacts from iPhone to ...
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Is there an alternative to Adress Book that works both on a Macbook or Imac *and* on Iphone?
Is there an alternative to Adress Book that works both on a Macbook or Imac and on Iphone? I always get stuck on managing contact groups on all my apple devices. Or is there a strategy to keep ...
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How to have a specific contact make a ring sound even in silent mode
I have an iPhone 4, and I have the switch on the side set to switch silent mode on and off.
I'd like specific contacts (for example, She Who Must Be Obeyed) to ring when they call, even in silent ...
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Contact syncing errors on iPhone
I deleted a contact about two years ago and it now appears under another persons contact. I have deleted all numbers for the contact I no longer need, but when I sync to computer Gmail the number ...
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Can I use Google's new CardDAV-based contacts sync to sync between my Exchange contacts and Google contacts on my iPhone?
I want my Google contacts and my Exchange contacts to sync through my iPhone as follows:
Google contacts <--> iPhone <--> Exchange contacts
and I was looking at Google's CardDAV sync as a way ...
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How can I use my iPhone's contacts with the new Google Maps?
The new Google Maps app seems like a good substitute for the inbuilt Maps app, as has been discussed ad nauseam. However, one drawback it exhibits over the inbuilt app is that it doesn't seem to ...
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Batch update the birthdays in my iPhone contacts
Years ago when I got my first iPhone, AT&T transferred all of the contacts from my old phone. My old phone didn't have a birthday field in the contacts. Instead of leaving the field empty on the ...
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iphone shares my email address without permission
I've found that with my iPhone 5 the following happens. When i give out my phone number to other people who also have an iPhone they can see my email address. I would rather this didn't happen. How do ...
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Best way to transfer iphone contacts away from Exchange server
The primary location for my contacts currently is with my company's Exchange server. I've sync'd with this since I got my first iPhone 3G in 2008. This is my last week with this company and I need to ...
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Where is “Contact” information stored within iOS4
I have a problem in iOS4.0.1 on my 3GS where not all contacts I have saved show up in the "Contacts" app or tab within "Phone". However, when I enter names in a new text message contact field, they ...
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Texts/Messages shows a contact listed nowhere else
When I send a new text message, I can search in my contacts. But for some reason, deleted contacts appear in the list as well... I think they are remains from the recent-calls list and all texts ...
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Is it possible to VIEW Google Contacts Customized Fields on iPhone?
We have some Google Contacts with Customized Fields (not customized email titles) such as:
Certifications Attained:
Years Experience in this Field:
Among other customized fields that show up ...
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iPhone Contact Sync
new iPhone, which is synced with iTunes for music. I have around 200 contacts on here - I read somewhere if I sync now my iPhone with Exchange, it will overwrite all my contacts, leaving my with only ...
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iPhone Facebook integration overrides local contact names
IOS 6 on iPhone 4.
I enabled Facebook integration and it correctly associated many contacts in the address book with Facebook friends. There were some errors (a contact got linked to a person I don't ...
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Contacts sync conflict with google and exchange
On my iPhone, I sync with my business Exchange account on one side and with my private Gmail account on the other side. This runs smoothly.
My contacts information, however, is centralized in Google ...
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How did a photo magically appear in the iphone contacts?
I am not wise to the ways of apple. I've had an iphone for about 6 months, and this is the first time I noticed this occurring.
I created a new contact by directly entering it into the Contacts ...
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Contacts first and last name order inconsistent between iCloud.com and iPhone
The iCloud.com Contacts interface orders the name fields as following: Last name, First name
On the iPhone, the order is reversed: First name, Last name.
Can this be adjusted so the order matches?
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Recover contacts after deleting from iCloud?
I recently purchased a MacBookPro which I synced to the same iCloud account that my iPhone is synced with. When I did this, the birthdays of all my contacts showed up as a day late on my MacBookPro. ...
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Any way to move contacts between groups on iPhone?
Is there any way to move a contact in Contacts on my iPhone into a group? I can create a new contact in any group, but I don't see a way to move an existing contact between groups.
Seems like an ...
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Editing contacts creates a duplicate
I have 5 different email accounts: iCloud, GMail, Hotmail and two others which my iPhone does not give the option to sync its contacts.
So, I have only synced my contacts with iCloud and since ...
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iPhone contacts off by one digit and/or swapped digits
A few weeks ago, I erased and reinstalled my iPhone software (iOS 5.1). I also decided to jailbreak it right around that time.
Since then, I've noticed that several of my contacts have the wrong ...
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How do I perfectly sync my contacts with gmail?
when syncing my contacts between my iPhone and itunes/gmail, although i'm warned about how many contacts are going to be added/modified/removed, there's no way for me to know what is actually going ...
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strange contact just appeared on my iphone
i have a new iphone...i did not link up my contact list from my old blackberry, as i wanted to keep things simple, and just add my family...
today, i noticed that a contact has been added onto my ...
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How to backup iPhone contacts (no iCloud, iTunes or Outlook)?
I have an iPhone from another age (pre 2008) which is ready to be commissioned as defunct and replaced with a new 4S. My question, is how to back up the contacts form the old iPhone and transfer them ...
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Facebook deleted email addresses from Contacts, how to restore?
Most of my contacts that I'm also connected with on Facebook, no longer have any email address in Contacts. Sigh!
The problem is described here:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13197
I ...
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How can I manually replace the addressBook files on my iPhone?
I upgraded from iOS 4 to iOS 5 and after it installed, I realized my contacts and apps were no longer there. I'm not too concerned about retrieving my apps, but I would really like to retrieve my ...
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Keeping contacts on iOS5/iPhone4s
So, I have my iPhone 4S with iOS5. I don't plug it into my computer often (I don't think I plugged it in since I got it), but I did plug it in today and I lost all of my contacts. I don't know if it ...
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Transfer iPhone contacts to iCloud or Mac
I just got involved into a new project at work, and I added all my colleagues to my iPhone contacts. In the middle of the process I got the idea it would be better to add the contacts to my iCloud.
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Problem editing cotact's photo on iPhone
I have a problem changing/deleting the picture of a contact in my iPhone.
After I change or delete it, it reappears when I view the contact details again.
Having searched the web for a solution, this ...
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Contacts deleted when setting up e-mail on iPhone 4S
New iPhone 4S. When I set up my e-mail exchange account all my contacts are deleted. I have restored from back up twice and turned off the sync with contacts, calenders and reminders but it still ...
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Numbers appear with country code in message app
A friend of mine just bought an iPhone. She imported all her SIM contacts using the regular method: Settings > Contacts > Import from SIM All went well.
But when she opens the Messages app, ...
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No Plus Sign Button or Edit Button in IOS Contacts App
The Contacts App on my iPhone 4 (with IOS 5.1) has no '+' in the top right corner to add a contact and no "edit" in the top right corner to edit a contact. My friends do have this. How to it get these ...
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Erasing a bunch of contacts at once?
My friend got an iPhone from her uncle and started using it without wiping out all the data. Now she wants to delete all the existing contacts on the phone (over 500) but doesn't want to reset the ...
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iPhone contacts bar with letters doesn't work for letters D-Y?
I have this very strange issue with my iPhone 4's (iOS 5.0.1 9A405) Contacts app.
As you know, there is this "bar" on the right which allows you to touch a letter and have the table directly "jump" ...
