Indeed, it remembers what apps you have on which device so after a factory reset it will simply re-install said apps.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 2:01 PM, bill hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeff - I thought of that, but I got so frustrated that I went ahead and > did the factory reset, which fixed the problem. I didn't even have to > re-load my apps. They had all been saved to the Google cloud somehow. That > was a nice surprise. From now on, I guess I need to check my Google > Contacts frequently, to be sure everything's in there. - Bill > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bill, >> Those contacts are probably being saved locally to your phone and not to >> Google Contacts. I haven't had an Android phone in a little while, but >> maybe in the settings there is a way to tell it to always create Google >> Contacts and not local phone contacts. Once that is done, then all of your >> contacts will be in Google Contacts and will make it much easier if you >> ever have to wipe your phone or get a new phone again. >> >> Jeff >> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 12:34 PM, billhansen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I did confirm that they are not in the Google Contacts list. Today I >>> took the phone to the Verizon store where I bought it. The sales rep took >>> me through the procedure of synch'ing the phone >>> (Settings/Accounts/Google/[myaccountname]/Gmail) and the phone did appear >>> to synch - but nothing changed in the Google Conacts list, or on the >>> computers. The phone did not synch with anything other than itself. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 3:12:23 AM UTC-4, Marko V wrote: >>> >>>> Did you confirm, as per Kenneth, that all your contacts are in Google >>>> Contacts <https://contacts.google.com/>? >>>> >>>> If all looks OK there then I would just do a factory reset on your new >>>> phone and start from scratch. When you then add your Google account, the >>>> contacts will again sync. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:44 PM, bill hansen <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The only other phone I've had was a Trakfone, about 6-7 years ago. The >>>>> phone I had immediately prior to buying the present one was a Motorola >>>>> Droid. Both the Droid and the Samsung are Android phones. If all the >>>>> contacts from my Droid would transfer to my Samsung, I'd be happy. But am >>>>> I >>>>> correct that there's nothing I can do to get synch'ing to work again? It's >>>>> going to be a serioius annoyance if I need to manually put in each contact >>>>> on all four devices - two computers and my one phone (plus, I guess my >>>>> Google/Android contacts won't transfer to my wife's phone, which is also a >>>>> Samsung) - so that's four devices to peck away at, every time I add a new >>>>> contact. Seems like there should be some way around that, but I sure >>>>> haven't found it. >>>>> >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Bill >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:48 PM, bill hansen <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Zack - You're right - my phone is Android, a Samsung S5. Your >>>>>>> thought that he just copied contacts from my old Droid phone sounds >>>>>>> correct >>>>>>> too. It doesn't explain the dozens of contacts which were never on the >>>>>>> older phone, but that's a side issue. I guess I'll have to return the >>>>>>> phone >>>>>>> to Verizon to see if they can fix the synch'ing problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As Zack says, there is nothing to do if they are both Android. When >>>>>> you sign into any device with your Google account, the contacts will >>>>>> sync. >>>>>> >>>>>> What phone did you have before the 1st Android? Perhaps there were >>>>>> some contacts on the sim card from a previous phone, which were now >>>>>> copied >>>>>> on to the new one. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Marko >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Marko >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. 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