Contacts not syncing

[TimTho]

When I add numbers into my phone they don't sync up to my gmail account. I checked all settings and it is set to sync contact so I checked the new contacts and made sure it didn't have a setting to keep them on phone or sim instead of gmail account.  I do notice that the vzw back up assistant is set up and it is working but there is not way for me to turn it off to see if that will take care of it.  Am I missing something or has anyone heard of this before?



Thank you

[Tidbits · Accepted solution]

Are you sure you are adding them to your Google account.

When you start a new contact  make sure you scroll to the very top and make sure it says Google instead of Phone.

[TimTho]

OMG I feel dumb thank you haha.

[Tidbits]

I had the phone for a short time and I learned that myself on accident

[rsuri2]

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Tidbits wrote:

Are you sure you are adding them to your Google account.

When you start a new contact  make sure you scroll to the very top and make sure it says Google instead of Phone.

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Yeah, it took me a while to figure this out as well.  I wish there were a way to make all new contacts Google contacts instead of Phone contacts by default - to be consistent with the way other Android phones work.

[Ann154]

The one thing I noticed that was different from my Eris is that the Tbolt always defaults to phone contacts. The Eris would remember I had selected Google contacts when I made my first contact on the phone and then Google was the default. It's a good thing I haven't had to make a lot of new contacts on the Tbolt since I got it.