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DC2R · 02-11-2014, 12:07 PM

Possible workaround is to copy all Google contacts to SIM. Not the most graceful solution but it should work. This is how I keep my exchange and Gmail in sync. Every six months I wipe my Gmail contacts and update from exchange

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mid_life_crisis · 02-11-2014, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DC2R

Possible workaround is to copy all Google contacts to SIM. Not the most graceful solution but it should work. This is how I keep my exchange and Gmail in sync. Every six months I wipe my Gmail contacts and update from exchange

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Problem I have with that as a solution is that many of my contacts have multiple numbers, home, work, etc. The simm will only store one number per contact, so you need to make a separate entry for each number.

IronSean · 02-11-2014, 02:40 PM

If you're running stock android (ie, Samsung has it's own Samsung Bluetooth stack that none of this applies to) they recently re-wrote the entire thing for either 4.3 or 4.4. It added the ability to run in BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and to send audio information like title and artist information. These didn't work before. However, though in my experience things mostly improved, there could still be some weirdness to it.

And then, as I mentioned earlier, other OEMs like Samsung could be using their own thing entirely. For instance, Samsung was sending artist information since 4 or 4.1 at least, if not longer.

1ucky11 · 02-11-2014, 04:13 PM

Hey guys, new update. I just played around with my phone. and got it to transfer my contacts to the radio. Under the contacts, it looks like all sim card contacts are listed, but under settings you can just import all contacts in sim to the phone. yes, you'll have two entries for each person, but, it finally allowed me to transfer all contacts to the HU. Hope that helps some of you.

DC2R · 02-11-2014, 04:40 PM

Glad to hear. Anyone running touchwiz with 4.3? Messages coming in is wonky and I can't get Pandora to show any information on screen of head unit but it does stream(poorly)

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RMStringer · 03-12-2014, 02:53 PM

I use Gonemad player and all my Metadata plays on Bespoke HU using Bluetooth. I worked with the dev on the 4.3 upgrade and i use Note II It is a system wide issue from samsung on the 4.3 upgrade.

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02-11-2014, 12:07 PM	#15
DC2R Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2014 Scion FR-S Location: United States Posts: 1,021 Thanks: 699 Thanked 159 Times in 132 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Possible workaround is to copy all Google contacts to SIM. Not the most graceful solution but it should work. This is how I keep my exchange and Gmail in sync. Every six months I wipe my Gmail contacts and update from exchange Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

02-11-2014, 02:40 PM	#17
IronSean Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2006 Toyota Camry Location: Canada Posts: 38 Thanks: 16 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If you're running stock android (ie, Samsung has it's own Samsung Bluetooth stack that none of this applies to) they recently re-wrote the entire thing for either 4.3 or 4.4. It added the ability to run in BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and to send audio information like title and artist information. These didn't work before. However, though in my experience things mostly improved, there could still be some weirdness to it. And then, as I mentioned earlier, other OEMs like Samsung could be using their own thing entirely. For instance, Samsung was sending artist information since 4 or 4.1 at least, if not longer.

02-11-2014, 04:13 PM	#18
1ucky11 Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S whiteout Location: North Carolina Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hey guys, new update. I just played around with my phone. and got it to transfer my contacts to the radio. Under the contacts, it looks like all sim card contacts are listed, but under settings you can just import all contacts in sim to the phone. yes, you'll have two entries for each person, but, it finally allowed me to transfer all contacts to the HU. Hope that helps some of you.

02-11-2014, 04:40 PM	#19
DC2R Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2014 Scion FR-S Location: United States Posts: 1,021 Thanks: 699 Thanked 159 Times in 132 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Glad to hear. Anyone running touchwiz with 4.3? Messages coming in is wonky and I can't get Pandora to show any information on screen of head unit but it does stream(poorly) Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

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