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Any idea on how to fix google contact sync for a android device?
The sync is starting but never completes, no error is shown and nothing happens. Only the Contact app is having those issues. Every other google app is syncing normally.
I do use an old OnePlus Nord and just noticed that issue as it read "last sync 45 weeks ago"
Already tried the default troubleshooting steps, like re adding the account, cache clear ...
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#OpenAI is rolling out support for #Gmail, #GoogleCalendar, and #GoogleContacts #Connectors in #ChatGPT (Pro). This allows ChatGPT to reference information from these services in conversations, making it faster and easier to bring information into chats. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-rolls-out-gmail-calendar-and-contacts-integration-in-chatgpt/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Dus je hebt een #Android telefoon en je wilt van #Google af.
#Mail kan van een ander
#Agenda kan van een ander
Alles kan anders behalve de #telefoondailer om te bellen dat gaat niet. Want die haalt de gegevens toch weer online vanuit #GoogleContacts.
Iemand een oplossing?
This week, we added an unusual feature to ChronoLink:
You can now use our #CalendarSynchronization service to create calendar events for the #birthdays of your Google Contacts. For details (including the answer to "Why would one need that when Google offers similar functionality?"), see https://www.chronolink.app/userguide/systems/google-contacts/.
Join our free public beta, no strings attached!
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#Calendar #GoogleContacts #GoogleCalendar #IndieDev #IndieApps #SaaS
For those of you who use Google Contacts but not Gmail and don't want Contacts to open a Gmail compose window when you click on an email address for one of your contacts, I have a solution:
https://blog.kamens.us/2025/02/02/tampermonkey-script-to-un-gmail-google-contacts/
#FOSS #Google #GoogleContacts #Gmail #Tampermonkey
Tampermonkey script to un-Gmail Google Contacts
When you click on a contact’s email address in the Google Contacts web app, instead of opening a new draft in your default email app with the “To” field populated with that email address, which is what it should do, Google Contacts opens a Gmail compose window.
I hate this behavior. While I do have a Gmail account, it is not my default email account, and I hardly ever use it. I want email addresses in Google Contacts to do what they do on every other web page: open a new draft in my default email app.
So I wrote a Tampermonkey script to implement that behavior. You can find it here. And the code is also below, in case you prefer to just copy and paste it from here.
Share and enjoy!
// ==UserScript==// @name un-Gmail Google Contacts// @copyright Copyright 2025 Jonathan Kamens// @license GPL// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/// @version 2025-02-03// @description change gmail links in Google Contacts to mailto: links// @author Jonathan Kamens <jik@kamens.us>// @match https://contacts.google.com/*// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=google.com// @grant none// ==/UserScript==// Instead of displaying email addresses as mailto: links as it rightfully// should, the Google Contacts web app sends you to Gmail when you click on// them. This script changes the email addresses back into mailto: links so// that when you click on them they open in your configured email app.//// Uses a mutation observer because the Contacts app dynamically inserts content// into the page after the browser thinks the page is finished loading.(function() { 'use strict'; let callback = (mutationList, observer) => { let addresses = document.evaluate( "//span[starts-with(@href,'mailto:') or " + "starts-with(@data-href,'mailto:')]", document); let addressElement; while (addressElement = addresses.iterateNext()) { let href = addressElement.getAttribute("href") || addressElement.getAttribute("data-href"); let addressString = href.substring(7); let anchor = document.createElement("a") anchor.setAttribute("href", `mailto:${addressString}`); anchor.innerText = addressString; addressElement.replaceWith(anchor); } }; let observer = new MutationObserver(callback); observer.observe(document, {subtree: true, childList: true});})(); Google Contact tests Google Play Store style search bar
📝 Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Google-Contacts-Search-Bar-Revamp.html?m=1
Enable on your rooted device -
📦 Package -
com.google.android.contacts#com.google.android.contacts
🏳️ Flag - 45619663
Google Contacts new and redesigned Organize tab
This change is part of Google Contacts version 4.27 but not available for anyone. This re-arranges the whole settings UI with clear description of each setting. If you have root, it can be enabled with the flag.
Thanks to nail sadykov for the flag.
📦 Package -
com.google.android.contacts#com.google.android.contacts
🏳️ Flag - 45621130
Google Contacts Minor UI revamp and new feature to view messages on widgets
📝 Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/02/Google-Contacts-Messages-on-w.html
"Hey, why isn't this new contact appearing on my #Android phone? Oh, looks like #GoogleContacts sync broke down a month ago."🙄
Contacts sync seems borked on my OnePlus 8T, even after I removed and re-added my #Gmail account. Funny, I had expected that this one area would "just work" when both the data and the OS are firmly in the hands of #Google.
Cops and Republicans love this
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#GoogleContacts on your #Android can now show your friends' real-time location | TechRadar
> Silent update adds a new feature
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This is one example of why data protection and privacy have to be a community effort. Other people can leak your data even if you are trying to protect it
https://onexception.dev/news/1079325/google-s-contacts-app-gets-real-time-location-sharing?utm_source=mastodon #GoogleContacts #GoogleMaps #real-timelocationsharing
Google is adding a new module to its Contacts app that allows users to share their real-time location with contacts. The feature is designed to help users stay connected with their friends and family, especially when they are away from home. The feature is expected to be available on Android devices running version 4.22.37.58668069
There does not seem to be a way to keep the iPhone contacts synced to my Google Contacts. This is a simple sync and pretty sure Apple hasn't enabled that feature to increase the friction of moving away from their ecosystem.
The solution I could figure out was to export the iCloud contacts in the Contacts app to a .vcf file, then pull into Gmail or online drive, download that file on a computer and then import it into the Google Contacts website.
#iOS and #Google gurus, got a question. I’m moving back to #iPhone and am wondering if I can keep my contacts on #GoogleContacts or if I need to transfer them to #iCloud. Preferably, I’d like to configure my iPhone to save contacts to Google by default, however I am unsure if that is possible. Any thoughts appreciated. Thx for any help.
But when I consider moving to #Microsoft #Outlook, I realize that my #GoogleContacts won't sync automatically to Outlook, and my apatite for switching over decreases exponentially. #google
“Individual Contact” and “Favorite Contacts” are the new two widgets rolling out with the new version of Google Contacts. Take a look at them!
https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/4/two-new-material-you-widgets-with-the-new-version-of-google-contacts/
Picture this. You went to a #conference and met a lot of interesting people. Days later, you need to find one of the #contacts, but you don't remember the person's name.
Sounds familiar?
There's a new feature on #GoogleContacts that you'll love.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/-acHqEb4pis
@mario uso nextcloud da qualche mesetto ormai, come alternativa a #googledrive, #googlecalendar e #googlecontacts e mi trovo benissimo.
Ho provato a caricarci le fotografie ma la visualizzazione dall'app è lontana anni luce dal poter sostituire google foto.
Mi spiego, non ho bisogno di chissà quale IA o sistema di ricerca, solo che mi piacerebbe avere le fotografie tutte insieme (non organizzate per cartella) e soprattutto con un'interfaccia più gallery e meno file manager
