I may be being really dim, but I cannot find a way to have my contacts sorted by FIRST NAME - it sorts by surname, which I don't like.
Is it possible to change this? I'm on a Sammy based ROM (Omega).
Contacts/settings/.......it's right there in front of you
Still not seeing it.
I'm in Contacts, then when I press the Menu button I get the following options:
Delete
Import/Export
Merge with Samsung
Merge with Google
Accounts
Speed dial setting
Send email
Send message
ha ha ha.....scroll the menu to see hidden options! Embarrassed?
Thanks! Although I've been using Android since the G1, it never fails to surprise me how unintuitive some things can be - although obviously I'm blaming this particular one on Samsung, not Google. Some people wouldn't even know to press the menu button to find more options, let alone scroll a list which looks static and complete :-/
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The new messaging client is driving me batty. Two major issues:
(1) Delete is the default left softkey when a message arrives?!? Lost more than a few messages this way. Is there a reg entry to change this?
(2) Dismiss, which should be the default and easiest option, takes using the Menu right softkey, navigating up, and selecting it. And it doesn't mark the message read! That has to be a bug, but can it be fixed?
When i get a Text the left soft key is reply. the right soft key has always been that menu button and seems to be fine...
You're probably right, but in that case I believe Delete is still the default option when Menu is selected, and Dismiss still doesn't mark the message as read.
It driving me crazy too ! Palm messagin was so much better ...
Resurrecting this thread. Need to know if I can change the left soft-key in the messaging app to something other then "Delete"
Please let me know, thanks!
Got the same issue, google and saw this thread. Any update or solution? Driving me crazy too
Anyone notice the Hero keyboard doesnt have a £. Or is there some sort of key combination that brings it up?
I can get to it my going to numbers and then selecting the 2nd page - it appears where the "E"/"3" key would. Don't know if there's a faster way
Press the 12# key which is like acts like a shift key, and on the lhs is a 1/2 key, this brings up a second page - bit of a pain really, it would be better if it remapped for UK.
There is a setting 'Select locale' - 'Select language and region' but it only offer 3 languages and no region ???
Vince
Doh - beaten to it.
Excellent... cheers guys... One more question tho... is there a way that the phonebook can only display telephone numbers... I got contacts from my googlemail in there as well as telephone numbers and it is totally confusing...
Cheers
edit the sync groups so that it doesn't sync all contacts, but just my contacts.
Sprint Hero
Firmware 1.5 (stock)
I have searched for it, and I see no answers....
Problem: I have a contact in "people" named "john smith". "john smith" has a number (or two, or three) entered in for his contact already, let say his "mobile" number. "john smith" calls me and I say "hey where are you calling from?" he tells me he is calling from home. So now I would like to add that number to his contact. I cannot find a way to do this.
I have tried going into "people" then finding the contact, and going into "edit", I've tried pushing and holding everywhere to hopefully find a menu, i've looked in the "menu" and the "add" button looks promising but no go.
The manual says:
1. Display the entry in People
2. Scroll down the screen and tap: ADD>PHONE
3. Tap the type of phone number you want to add (for example, HOME or WORK)
4. Enter the phone number and tap: SAVE
...This sounds great, but when you click on MENU and then click on ADD it asks you to "select a default action".
I know I could add this in my contact entry for "john smith" through gmail, but you would think that I could also do this through my phone, it woould make more sense.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
-AndyS-
If you go in via the people widget, and you select a particular contact - one way is to select the three parallel bar button at the bottom of the widget - you can then select the person from the list after this (it defaults to the list). Selecting the contact should show the details for that person. From there, if you hit physical "menu" button, it will present options including "edit". Click on the "edit" option on screen, scroll to the bottom and click on "Add details".
thanks bluehawk, I had forgotten that I posted this.
and forgotten to thank you.
Update: Wow I'm an idiot. There's an icon right on the address bar that opens the exact window I'm thinking of. In my defense, I don't think I used to have to access it this way. I seem to recall there being a menu option. Who knows. I bricked my G1 so I can't go look.
On my G1 I could long-press on the Back button and get my browser history. I've read elsewhere that this is the case on other phones. This is mysteriously missing from the Vibrant. Plus there used to be a menu option to see it. I can find no way to access the history using the "Web" app. There is a button in settings to clear the History, but what's the point if no one can ever see it?
Same with Bookmarks. I can create bookmarks, but there don't appear anywhere! The button that normally shows bookmarks (if I recall correctly) is now an "Add RSS Feeds" button. The only way I've been able to access bookmarks is by creating a shortcut on my home screen. That's pretty ridiculous.
I seem to remember bookmarks, history, and possibly the open window list all being in one spot with a tabbed interface. All I can get to now is the open window list. EDIT: No, wait, I think it was bookmarks, history, and downloads all in one place. I was using CM5 at the time if that matters.
Am I missing something obvious here?
Also, does anyone else think it's annoying that the browser has it's own brightness setting and you can't just tell it to use the normal brightness setting? I understand the idea behind the future. You spend a lot of time staring at the screen when using the browser, so it's nice to be able to dim it to save battery power, but I sure wish there were an option to just make it use the normal brightness, because I really don't care. This is especially annoying when I have the brightness in the browser all the way up, and I'm using the reddit app at night in my bed, and I click a link. BAM! I'm blinded by the bright screen and have to keep staring at it to go find the setting to lower it.
I think Samsung made some really dumb mistakes with their version of Android. I know that custom roms solve these problems, but users shouldn't have to hack their phone to get basic features like access to browser history and bookmarks.
I have upgraded recently to Lollipop recently. I was trying to delete specific entries from the call log and I was surprised to see that there was no such option any more.
In Kitkat, we could select specific call details and remove it from the call history. But I think that functionality is not present any more.
Am I right, or I am not able to find that option, can any one help?
Click on the call log you want to delete, click on details and on the trash bin on the upper right corner.
Got it, thanks!
Somehow whenever i was clickinng on the entry it was dialing that number. I tried it many times. Then I deleted full call log and tried deleting log entries, it worked like you said.
That entire call log was from before my upgrade, may be it was because of that?...
Recents > details > thrash can
After you upgrade to Lollipop 5.0.2, it could be a little tricky! Try this:
1) Touch(Select) the Phone(Handset) icon on the left handside of your main menu. The SPEED DIAL tiles will show up.
2) Touch RECENTS tab. The recent call log will show up.
3) Touch the name of the caller who's recent call you want to delete. The DETAILS will show up.
4) Touch DETAILS. The call details for that respective contact will show up.
5) Touch the THRASH CAN. The call detail will be deleted.