[SyncEvolution] Re: Syncing a new Android phone - Gnome Evolution Contacts/Addressbook & Calendar - some progress

[Max Pyziur]

Adding one item, please see below.

On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, Max Pyziur wrote:

>
> Greetings,
> Because I was required to upgrade to a 5G phone, in November I acquired a 
> Samsung A52 replacing my Samsung S7.
>
> Almost everything was transferred correctly, except what seemed to be the 
> addressbook and calendar.
>
> I had been using SyncEvolution and MemoToo (a cloud service), and MemoToo's 
> phone app to move the calendar and addressbook data to the phone, using 
> Evolution on my computer to manage the data.
>
> On the phones I use the default installed Samsung Contacts and Samsung 
> Calendar apps.
>
> At first, I reported that neither Memotoo addressbook nor calendar data were 
> visibile to the Samsung apps on the new A52 phone.
>
> Correction: the data is visible to Samsung Calendar, including the birthdays 
> of people in my addressbook data.
>
> What's still not visible is the addressbook data.
>
> As it turns out, it's a difference in the features to the Samsung Contacts 
> (ver 3.28.27.11) on the S7 phone, and the Samsung Contacts on the A52 phone 
> (ver 12.7.05.26).
>
> ver 3.28.27.11 has the feature: Settings -> Contacts to Show where you can 
> individually select which accounts' addressbook to show; in this case, 
> Memotoo's. Other choices that appear are things like the contacts in Signal, 
> WhatsApp, Outlook, etc.,
>
> ver 12.7.05.26 on the A52, as best I can tell, does not have this feature, 
> and hence, the addressbook data that I want/need to show is unavailable.
>
> When I first reported this issue, the suggestions made included the use of 
> different apps (e.g. NextCloud) or services.
>
> Now, I thought that possibly I could install a different Contacts manager; of 
> the ones I found (so far, and which seem to have considerable popularity), I 
> have installed Contacts+, SimpleContacts, and Google Contacts. None of these 
> three has a "contacts to show" feature that would directly allow me to access 
> specific account data.
>
> At this point, I'm turning again to the SyncEvolution community for advice:
> - is there a Contacts app that allows specific account access?
> - should this issue be raised with Samsung (there are some forums and 
> feedback mechanisms that Samsung provides); ver 12.7.05.26 does have a 
> "Contact Us" feature
> - or other approaches to solving this -
>
> A little more: ver 12.7.05.26 of Samsung Contacts has a "Manage Contacts" 
> menu; Manage Contact -> Import or Export contact -> Import has two options:
> From "Phone or Cloud Storage" or From "SIM Card." Is this an acceptable 
> option? Does someone have experience with this or other options under "Manage 
> Contacts"

Adding: from ver 12.7.05.26 menu (three bars), there is "All Contacts;" 
tapping that shows a breakdown of different addressbooks on the phone, but 
it doesn't show the MemoToo addressbook.


> Much thanks,
<recycle>

> Max Pyziur
> pyz at brama.com
>
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