topic Re: Importing Contacts to Google Contacts in Other Smartphones

Importing Contacts to Google Contacts

texaspro — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:07:10 GMT

I don't want to use Samsung contacts at all. I only want to use my Google account. For the most part, it's not an issue, but whenever someone shares a contact with me, my phone ALWAYS saves it in my Samsung contacts, not my Google Contacts. Very frustrating. How do I 1) eliminate Samsung contacts alltogether and only use Google contacts

Re: Importing Contacts to Google Contacts

AndrewL — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:10:35 GMT

@texaspro: Please can you confirm the model number and current Android version of your phone, and I will have a look into this for you.

Re: Importing Contacts to Google Contacts

texaspro — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:24:41 GMT

Model: SM-G960U (Galaxy S9)

Android Version: 10

Re: Importing Contacts to Google Contacts

AndrewL — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:31:41 GMT

@texaspro: Thank you. Can you try opening the Contacts app > Tap the 3 lines in the top left > Select 'Manage Contacts' at the bottom of the pop up window > Default Storage Location > Select your Google account. Can you also look in the 'Sync Contacts' section, and turn off Sync for your Samsung account, if applicable. Alternatively, go to Settings > Accounts and Backup > Accounts > Samsung > Tap the 3 dots in the top right > Sync Settings, and untick 'Contacts' here. Let me know how you get on.

Re: Importing Contacts to Google Contacts

texaspro — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:46:53 GMT

Thank you. Can you try opening the Contacts app > Tap the 3 lines in the top left > Select 'Manage Contacts' at the bottom of the pop up window > Default Storage Location > Select your Google account. Google account is already set to default. That's the frustrating part. Everything I can find has Google contacts as the default, but whenever someone shares a contact, it saves to Samsung contacts without giving me the option on where to store it. Frustrating.

Can you also look in the 'Sync Contacts' section, and turn off Sync for your Samsung account, if applicable. This was not already done so I went ahead and did it. Thanks!

Alternatively, go to Settings > Accounts and Backup > Accounts > Samsung > Tap the 3 dots in the top right > Sync Settings, and untick 'Contacts' here. Let me know how you get on. This was unchecked from the previous step.

Re: Importing Contacts to Google Contacts

texaspro — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:18:00 GMT

I tested this by having someone share a contact with me. It saved it in the Samsun contacts again...Any ideas how to fix this or at least move my Samsung contacts to my Google contacts?