Linking Contacts vs "Grouping"

One issue I have with WP (925) over my E7 and 9500 communicator, concerns the "linking" of conatcts. In the symibian devices, when a group is created, the contacts in the group are listed, with their particular contact details under the name, so you know that the number you are calling is the correct number for the person you are trying to contact within the group.
Not so with "linking" contacts. When you "link" contacts, all the phone numbers are listed, and then all the fax numbers, and then the contact names! Not only this, but the "linked" contacts are removed from the "people" screen, leaving only the "parent" link shown!
Does this "link" feature have any benefit? Is this useful to anyone?
"Grouplnig" was far superior!
Perhaps either updating the "link" feature so it acts as the "old" group" feature aoor alternativley letting us choose whether we want to "link" or "group" could be considered for the next WP "update"?

Enter into the contact you want. Menu:::edit contact Then Menu again and select "join". Select the contact you want to join and save your work. This should work! Good Luck!!

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I have a complicated problem On my i phone 5s.
i have 2 contact lists ( Groups ) one under the name of I Cloud (750 contacts ) and the other under e-mail name( 650 contact ) some contacts are duplicated in both groups , the problem that i clouds only sync those contact under its name i can't find the other contact list over i cloud . anyone know how can i link both groups or copy the other contact list to i cloud

To copy the contacts from your email account to iCloud, do the following:
Go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off, choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (any iCloud contacts will still be in iCloud).
Download the app My Contacts Backup. (If you have more than 500 contacts to transfer from your email account, you will need the “Pro” version.) Use the app to back up the remaining contacts on your phone (from the email account) as a vCard attachment to an email that you send to yourself. Confirm that you have received the email.
Go to Settings>iCloud and turn Contacts back to On.
Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Default Account (in the Contacts section) and set this to iCloud.
Go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars…tap the email account that you are syncing contacts with and turn off contacts syncing with this account (otherwise you will see duplicate contacts on your device).
Open the My Contacts Backup email and tap the attachment to import the contacts from the other accounts back to your device, and to iCloud.
All your contacts should now be in iCloud. Since you mentioned that there were some contacts were in both your email account and your iCloud account, you will probably have some duplicates in iCloud now that you have consolidated them there. If that's the case you'll have to go to icloud.com and manually delete these duplicates.

Unable to Link Contacts

I am unable to create new Linked contacts after upgrading to iOS7. I have an Exchange account where my company information is kept and my iCloud contacts. I have my phone set to create new contacts in the cloud. I usually create a new contact in the cloud to store personal details ... items not kept by our corporate exchange account (home addresses, home e-mail, mobile phones, etc..). I then Link the two contacts so that when I look up a contact on my phone i have the best of both worlds (personal information shared with me ... and corporate e-mail / phones / etc). This keeps me from duplicating information and having it out of date on my phone ... and allows me to keep personal information w/out fear of losing it when i leave the company.
Now after upgrading to iOS7, contacts previously Linked are still linked. The Link option is still present and allows me to browse my group
Contacts -> <select person> -> Edit -> Link Contacts (very bottom) -> Groups -> Company Global Address List -> <search for matching person> -> Link
The Link doesn't show up ... clicking Done doesn't save it ...

This is exactly what I am dealing with. Blackberry Link will work great for awhile and then something happens and I can not sync my contacts. I have spent many hours and days trying to fix this to no avail. BB support has been great but I still go through a long process each time. This week I finally gave up and started using the Microsoft Hotmail Outlook Connector since my company does not offer Active Sync or Exchange. It works flawlessly. I would dedfinitely check it out. If you swith to a Widows Phone or Android this is one of the options they recommend you use.
In a nutshell Link is awful and BB should be ashamed of the product they put on the market. I will only use it for syncing pictures and documents. Good luck!

How to link contacts on 4

I have read the manual and it says there is supposed to be a little blue button when in edit for the contact....I can't see it what am I doing wrong.
Thanks

Sorry for the confusion
I want to clean up my contacts and I have multiples of some individual contacts and of the groups. I want to merge my double contacts. I found a line in the pdf manual on page 215 that said to link contacts jit the little green plus button when in edit and pick contact but I can't find the little green plus every one I hit adds a field.

Transferring contact email groups to Z10 or Z30

Is there any way to transfer my contact (email) groups from my Bold 9930 to a Z10 or Z30?...the RIM tech said the groups can't be transferred with LINK...has.anyone been able to transfer contact groups?

Hi,
Have you tried transferring your contact groups via Gmail? I know you can create contact email groups in Gmail and you might be able to migrate them using that.
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Site administration link "people and groups" link breaks if you delete the excel services viewers group

Creating a HNSC using powershell, the default groups are not created. Used the UI method of creating the default groups.
However, if I delete the "excel services viewers" group, the site administration link "people and groups" breaks. I have attempted to "set the default group" again, after creating the "site default groups" as
mentioned above, but still no luck.
Anyone seen this? Should it be reported as a bug?
Joshua Fuente

Hi Joshua,
For troubleshooting your issue, you can create the default groups using the following PowerShell script and see the result:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
$currentUser = "$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:USERNAME"
$siteCollectionUrl = "http://manasbhardwaj.net"
$siteCollectionName = "Manas Dev Site"
$webApplicationUrl = "http://manas"
New-SPSite -Url $siteCollectionUrl -OwnerAlias $currentUser -Name $siteCollectionName -Language 1033 -HostHeaderWebApplication $webApplicationUrl -Template sts#0
$web = Get-SPWeb $siteCollectionUrl
$web.EnsureUser($currentUser)
$web.CreateDefaultAssociatedGroups($currentUser, "", "")
Reference:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/790726/How-to-create-default-groups-in-SharePoint-Host-Na
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How to sync linked contacts?

I upgraded to iOS 6 today, and so far have successfully linked a bunch of Gmail contacts with Facebook contacts on my iPhone. I also edited the unified contact information. Now, when I open contacts on my iPad, it still shows the contacts before they are not linked - one item for the Gmail contact, another item for the Facebook contact.
I don't want to go through the linking process again. Is there a way to sync the linked contacts with unified contact information?
Thanks a lot..

I have the same question.
When Facebook syncs with its own group of contacts on an iOS device, it seems that linking contacts with e.g. Their iCloud or a gmail exchange counterpart on the device is the only way forth to "integrate" facebook informations with existing contacts (on an iOS device).
Or is it? At least the Facebook integration does not seem to update on existing groups of contacts, but instead uses its own group.
Another question: when (manually) having linked an existing contact with the now new Facebook counterpart, there is an option to choose a profile picture.
Again, manually, you can choose e.g. Facebook profile picture.
I guess this is what most people aim for; could this not be automated?
Again, this even does not sync to other iOS devices. So like the beginning of this thread; no infos within linked contacts seem to be synced across devices.
So it seems, that a lot of Facebook integration into contacts ends up with a lot of manual work on each iOS device you might own?
Any suggestions or solutions on more effectively automating facebook integration into contacts in iOS 6?
Before iOS 6 I used a 3rd party app which seemlessly synced facebook profile pictures and birthdays directly into existing contacts, which that way synced in its normal way via services used (gmail / icloud). But in iOS 6 it seems that facebook contacts get their own "group" in contacts, that you manually need to link to existing contacts?
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How do I view contacts by group in E63?

How do I view contacts by group in E63? I tried scrolling right in the contacts list and all that came up were the connection options (voice call, send text message, etc.)? I really need this function as I need to group contacts by country for ease of search. Thank you.

Contact groups
Select each contact you want to add to the contact
group, select Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark to
mark it, select Options > Group > Add to group>
Create new group > Group name, and enter a name
for the group.
If you want to make conference calls to the group,
define also the following:
• Conf. service number — Enter the conference call
service number.
• Conf. service ID — Enter the conference call ID
number.
• Conf. service PIN — Enter the conference call PIN
code number.
To make a conference call to the group, select the
group, scroll right, and select Call conf. service from
*** source E63 user guide
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How can I send a message to multiple contacts using "groups".

How can I send a message to multiple contacts using "groups".
It was easy on my sony ericssonn....do i need to download an app?

There is no group send option like you are looking for.
To send to a group you have to pick each person you want to send to and send as a group that way. Then don't delete that SMS thread and you can reuse it again later.
As for an app, well SMS works via your carrier and the OS, not something an App can do unless the app send the data to them (a third party) and then they relay it to the carrier. Do you really want to be sending your SMS to some 3rd party first?

How can I stop my iPhone from synching my contacts and groups lists twice?

How can I stop my iPhone from synching my contacts and groups lists twice....I am using iCloud but am not sure how correct this duplication.

Go into Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Is this happening at the bottom in the signature section, or in the header of the mail where your email address is? If it is the signature, then go to the Signature area of the Mail settings. If this is in the header, then go to the account in question and edit your account information to include your name instead of Johnny.

Feature Request: List of linked contacts

hi there,
as there is bug with disapearing gmail contacts (those which are linked with SIM contacts if SIM card contacts display is switched off) i've tried to view all linked contacts and unlink them. i found the only way to do this is to go trough all contacts in list, check everyone is it linked or not separatelly. as usual contact list may exceed even 100 positions it is really hard task, or time consuming.
it wouldbe very nice to have:
1. a quick access to list of all linked contacts, so i may decide manually which one should be unliked, or:
2. maybe a little icon next to a contact name to indicate that contact is linked, or:
3. little icon at right side of the name which would indicate a type of storage: gmail, local phone, sim... contacts linked from few sources could have more than one icon.

Try this:
Once logged in, click 'All Files' from the top-left corner. Then click the 'Clock' symbol to 'List by when I viewed'
I realize it's not exactly what you've asked for, but it may be helpful!
I've shared this feature request with the Workspaces product manager too.

How can I link contacts (e.g.. Facebook and Exchange) in Mountain Lions Contact App

After I installed ML and setted everthing up, everthing is fine. On my iPhone and iPad as well as on the Mac the contacts are there. Alle contacts with same Name / Email are linked. But some, where name is not 100% matching are not. On iPhone and iPad i can link them manually but this linking is not synced between the devices. Well anyway, this is not a problem. Then i tried to link the respective contacts in Contact App on the Mac. There seems to be no option to do that. How can I link contacts on the Mac?
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Jan

Do you think it's acceptable if I simply put the contact email address without a link so users can just look at it and then copy and paste into their own web client/browser?
You have to be a masochist to consciously publish an email address on a site anymore. In a matter of weeks or months, you will get hit with so much spam mail, you won't want to open your inbox.
Use a form-to-email-processing script in PHP, ASP or whatever programming language your server supports. Find one that hides your email address and has good spam prevention built-in. It may take you an entire day to set-up your first contact form but it's worth it. Otherwise, use a service. See links below:
Form-mailer.php script from DB Masters
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Forms to Go from Bebosoft (script generating software)
http://www.bebosoft.com/products/formstogo/overview/
Wufoo.com (on-line form service)
http://wufoo.com/
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How do you get your contacts into groups?

how do you get your contacts into groups?

When you ask a question, please include the version of Mac OS X on your computer. iOS is not a Mac operating system.
Assuming you are running OS 10.9.1:
Open Contacts. Click File in the menu bar and select New Group. Enter the name of the group in Contacts on the left.
Go back to All Contacts (on the left) then drag and drop the names you want in that group on to the folder you just named.
Repeat as necessary for other groups.
Note that the names remain, as they should, in All Contacts, even after you have added them to a group.. You can delete a group if you want. The names will still remain in All Contacts.

How do I link contacts on the MACBook Pro?

Is contact linking not available on the MACbook Pro?
I'm using OSX 10.9.2, Contacts 8.0?
I can only find how to merge contacts on the MAC but not link them as I can on my iPhone. Am I missing something?

Hello there, jimmyatpc.
Although each action is similar in each OS, they are ultimately a bit different. While contacts in Mavericks "merge" and become one contact (unless in different accounts), on iOS 7 when you link 2 contacts they remain two unique contacts and the information is just shared. See the following Knowledge Base article respectively to get a clear explanation of each:
Contacts (Mavericks): Combine duplicate contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH15079
If you have more than one card for a contact, you can combine them, preserving all the unique information.
If the contact cards are in different accounts: You can link them, which retains the separate cards, but displays the combined contact information in one card.If contacts have the same name, the cards are linked automatically.
If the contact cards are in the same account: You can merged them, which combines the cards into one card.
If you remove an account with linked cards, the cards simply unlink, and only the cards in that account are removed.
Add contacts - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph14a87326
Unify contacts. If two entries for the same person aren’t linked automatically, you can unify them manually. Edit one of the contacts, tap Edit, then tap Link Contact and choose the other contact entry to link to.
Linked contacts aren’t merged. If you change or add information in a unified contact, the changes are copied to each source account where that information already exists.
If you link contacts with different first or last names, the names on the individual cards won’t change, but only one name appears on the unified card. To choose which name appears when you view the unified card, tap Edit, tap the linked card with the name you prefer, then tap Use This Name For Unified Card.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro

Report links by user group

hi, is it possible to set the "report links" per user group
for example, the report links are Download, Refresh for user group Sales.
the report links are Download, Refresh and Modify for user group Sales Admin.
Just wanna know whether this can be done.
thanks!

If "Sales" doesn't have the Answers privilege, then the "Modfiy" link won't be rendered even if specified for the request. So you can just keep it in and all users having access to Answers will see it. Read-only users (i.e. no Answers) won't.
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