Thinking about leaving Android
May 8, 2014, 7:40 am
#31
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My Android 4.4.2 People app is the same as yours. I think the designers' thought is that People is where you go for complete contact information; you go to the dialer when you want to make a call. If you follow that path you'll find it doesn't matter how your contacts display in People: only contacts with phone numbers display when you search for a contact within the dialer.
May 8, 2014, 8:12 am
#32
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My Android ver is 4.4.2
Trying to manage the contacts list, the options are as follows:
People => Me => Contacts to Display => Customize => Define Custom View
and then it lists, as the only options, my accounts: Skype, e-mail, Google+ (which I didn't activate, but they list it anyway).
My only choices are to include or exclude each account as a whole, except on the e-mail accounts, where there is option to select My Contacts (Current selected), Starred, Friends, Family, CoWorkers, All Others. No option to select Phones only.
(This is a Motorola Phone, sold while Motorola was a Google company; so I believe this is stock Android - no Motorola customizations)
Trying to manage the contacts list, the options are as follows:
People => Me => Contacts to Display => Customize => Define Custom View
and then it lists, as the only options, my accounts: Skype, e-mail, Google+ (which I didn't activate, but they list it anyway).
My only choices are to include or exclude each account as a whole, except on the e-mail accounts, where there is option to select My Contacts (Current selected), Starred, Friends, Family, CoWorkers, All Others. No option to select Phones only.
(This is a Motorola Phone, sold while Motorola was a Google company; so I believe this is stock Android - no Motorola customizations)
May 8, 2014, 8:14 am
#33
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Also, don't hold your breath for the Ubuntu for Android project it seems to be on hold: http://www.androidauthority.com/ubun...-limbo-374454/
May 8, 2014, 9:05 am
#34
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I think you may have gone down the wrong menu path; unless it is really missing on your OS version. My "Only contacts with phones" option is not under "Contacts to Display" path. It is actually under "Settings" right below "Contacts to Display". The first box under "Settings" inside "Contacts App" is "Only contacts with phones" check box.
Here's a screenshot showing the Settings menu:
I think the question is moot, though. The solution is to quit using the People app and just look up contacts from within the dialer.
May 8, 2014, 4:09 pm
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May 8, 2014, 4:18 pm
#36
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Did you try Go Contacts Pro as I linked to earlier?
Also, don't hold your breath for the Ubuntu for Android project it seems to be on hold: http://www.androidauthority.com/ubun...-limbo-374454/
Also, don't hold your breath for the Ubuntu for Android project it seems to be on hold: http://www.androidauthority.com/ubun...-limbo-374454/
Sad to know about the abandonment of the Ubuntu project.
I really would like to have a real computer in a handheld device (phablet-like), with phone capability. It is now in the realm of the possible (at least in terms of hardware): just a few years ago we had netbooks running Windows XP with less computing power (CPU + RAM) than the current generation of smartphones. Why are today's smartphones OSes so primitive/restricted?
May 8, 2014, 4:27 pm
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Until three months ago I was a cell phone (only) user; my current smartphone (Moto G) was an attempt to use a middle of the road, not too expensive smartphone to "feel the water". You can rightly deduce that I was not overwhelmed; and I believe the problem is the software, not the hardware capabilities (see my previous post).
May 8, 2014, 4:56 pm
#38
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From Microsoft's own site:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/features-8-1
For additional reading from some of the fan boy blogs, that typically have good/accurate information (note there are 5 pages):
http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-81-review
I'd start there anyways. One piece of advice, if you do go the Windows Phone route over Android, get a Nokia, and probably something like the 920, 930, 1020 or if you really want a big screen 1520. The Icon on Verizon I hear has great reviews, and the 925 is solid on T-Mobile & AT&T. Nokia (now Microsoft), has a very strong track record of updating their phones, something that can't be said for Samsung and HTC. I've received at least 4 updates on my Lumia 1520 so far. Nokia also does a lot with extending the capabilities of the phone. Things such as the glance screen and the call blocking capabilities.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/features-8-1
For additional reading from some of the fan boy blogs, that typically have good/accurate information (note there are 5 pages):
http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-81-review
I'd start there anyways. One piece of advice, if you do go the Windows Phone route over Android, get a Nokia, and probably something like the 920, 930, 1020 or if you really want a big screen 1520. The Icon on Verizon I hear has great reviews, and the 925 is solid on T-Mobile & AT&T. Nokia (now Microsoft), has a very strong track record of updating their phones, something that can't be said for Samsung and HTC. I've received at least 4 updates on my Lumia 1520 so far. Nokia also does a lot with extending the capabilities of the phone. Things such as the glance screen and the call blocking capabilities.