Synching contact with Gmail adding contacts not in Gmail address book
I am using Gmail as default email. When I synch my iPhone 3G to update the contacts, I am getting addresses that are not on my calendar list in Gmail. These phantom emails appearing are addresses that I sent email to but typed in their addresses manually. They are not coming from Gmail's contact list directly.
Is there a way to stop this strange behavior and only synch the info in my Gmail contacts list?
Thanks in advance.
When new contacts are added, they are added to whatever account is set to the default.
To add a contact to another group:
Select Contacts
Select Groups.
Turn off contacts for all but the account desired to add the contact to.
Select Done.
Add the new contact.
Select Groups.
Turn on all contact groups.
Annoying, but it works.
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