How to delete a read-only contact from an Android phone?

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Problem transferring contacts from old mobile

It's 2021 and now we can say for sure that we have two types of smartphones, based on Android and iOS OS. The era of flip phones and Symbian OS mobile phones is over, although a small percentage of this technology is still in use. In the second half of the review there are detailed instructions for transferring contacts and for them.

In order not to read a large amount of information, I’ll write the summary right away, it will help someone right now.

Summarize:

how to export/import contacts via VCF file.

Export/import contacts in Android

we do it in the standard program: Contacts -> three dots -> Export/import.

Export iPhone contacts

We don’t do this on the phone; there’s no such option there. We export contacts in the browser. It's better to do this on a computer. Go to icloud.com, log in, Contacts button, wheel, Export vCard. We forward the received file from the computer to the phone (via mail).

Import contacts to iPhone.

Just run the VCF file (aka vCard). Contacts appear automatically.

This was a brief summary of the review, so to speak. And now in more detail.

So what are the options for modern smartphones? This is transferring contacts from Android to Android, from iOS to iOS. And between these systems from Android to iOS or iOS to Android.

If the transfer occurs from systems of the same type, then everything is simple. Save contacts to your account on your old meizu m1 note phone (usually this is already enabled by default). On the new phone, log in with the same account and contacts automatically appear in the new phone's system. For Android, this is the Google Contacts cloud service; for iPhone, this is the iCloud cloud service.

Note: Contacts of your meizu metal mobile phone can also be viewed or downloaded from your computer at contacts.google.com and support.apple.com.

If systems are of different types and contacts need to be transferred between them, for example from Android to iPhone or iPhone to Android. There are two possible solutions here.

First option:

A special program is used. Which is available both in the Android Play Store and in the AppStore for iPhone. She will be the mediator. First, it will upload your contacts from your old phone to its server. Then from the server to the new phone. For example, these are programs: CardDAV, My Contacts Backup and similar ones.

Second option:

We copy our contacts on our old phone to a special file. Then we transfer their new phone number via Whatsapp or Email. On the new phone, launch the contacts file.

The first option is simpler and more convenient, suitable for a beginner. The second option is for those who do not want to expose their contacts to someone unknown. But in the second case, it will take more time and understanding of what you are doing. This option is for professionals.

Disable account synchronization

The question of how to delete contacts from Android is directly related to device synchronization. If you really need to clear your phone book or erase certain information from it, you need to enable synchronization with your Google account on your smartphone. Otherwise, all unnecessary information will be saved in your account and will again appear in the gadget’s memory. Therefore, disabling account synchronization is not recommended when working with the phone book.

However, if you need to deactivate a large number of phone numbers at once, you can use disabling synchronization.

1. Go to settings.
2. Open the "Accounts" section.
3. Go to the Google section.
4. Deactivate synchronization.

What is transferred?

We clarify what we need to transfer

In addition to regular contacts, you can also transfer the following:

• message history;
• photo;
• video;
• bookmarks in the browser;
• mail accounts;
• events from the calendar.

In addition, you can download some free apps to your iPhone if they are in the App Store (and if they are also free in it).

After you send all the necessary information, you can download analogue applications on iOS. That is, if you used one text editor on your old phone, but this program is not in the App Store, then you will be offered applications with similar functionality.

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Is it possible to delete?

You cannot delete a contact from a read-only account, such as Facebook.
If it is impossible to clear the user, a corresponding notification will be displayed indicating that the mobile number will become hidden. To restore such data for an account that does not allow manipulation, you should delete it from your smartphone and then return it again. Good to know Where are deleted photos stored on Android?

If the subscriber's data includes information from standard categories, which include Contacts, as well as other services, for example, Facebook, then the user will see a message notifying that the number is read-only, so instead of deleting it will be hidden.

To find out how to delete a contact from an Android phone if it is not deleted, you need to click “ Edit contact ” in the smartphone’s number book, after which you will notice the presence of associated numbers with another mobile service. Therefore, through the menu you need to select “ Cancel connection ” and confirm the action with separation of contacts in order to get two numbers for the phone and the application. Once completed, both options can be cleaned up seamlessly.

Is it possible to delete?

You cannot delete a contact from a read-only account, such as Facebook. If it is impossible to clear the user, a corresponding notification will be displayed indicating that the mobile number will become hidden. To restore such data for an account that does not allow manipulation, you should delete it from your smartphone and then return it again.

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If the subscriber's data includes information from standard categories, which include Contacts, as well as other services, for example, Facebook, then the user will see a message notifying that the number is read-only, so instead of deleting it will be hidden.

To find out how to delete a contact from an Android phone if it is not deleted, you need to click “ Edit contact ” in the smartphone’s number book, after which you will notice the presence of associated numbers with another mobile service. Therefore, through the menu you need to select “ Cancel connection ” and confirm the action with separation of contacts in order to get two numbers for the phone and the application. Once completed, both options can be cleaned up seamlessly.

Disable synchronization with Google services

The principle of operation of this parameter is simple: when a user has added information on one device with the Android operating system, it will automatically appear on another if it is synchronized with the same Google account. For some Android device owners, it will be useful to disable this option, because it can sometimes harm the smartphone or tablet:

• the “Sync” function affects the battery life of the device - the gadget discharges faster;
• when the update is enabled, when working with mobile data, the parameter uses a large number of megabytes;
• contacts are created again, hence duplicates appear.

The following instructions will help you disable the option:

1. Open the settings menu in any convenient way.
2. In a clean firmware, you need to go to the “Accounts” section. In devices from .
3. After this, you need to open an additional menu (the button in the upper right corner of the screen).
4. In the list, you need to select the “Auto-sync” or “Enable synchronization” option.

After this, automatic data updating will be disabled. Sometimes you need to synchronize your device so that if problems arise with it, you can restore information. To manually synchronize, you need to do the following:

Problems and solutions

Unfortunately, users are not always able to quickly delete contacts from their phone, especially if there are a lot of them. As a rule, sometimes problems occur that are common on most devices.

Deleted entries are restored

If, for example, you deleted certain contacts, but after a certain time they still appeared in your phone book, it means they were restored automatically after synchronization. In this case, you can disable it (but it is not recommended).

• To do this, go to “Settings” and find the “Synchronization” tab;

• Select the accounts from which you want to disable it. Most likely, this is a Google account, which is why you choose it;

• And in the additional menu that appears, select what exactly you need to disable in synchronization. In our case, this is “Contacts”.

Checking for registration

Before you use the contacts synchronization feature, you need to check if you have a Google Account. This element is your business card in the phone and contains all the necessary information about your profile, downloaded data and actually activates all possible functions of smartphone applications.

To check if your Android has an enabled account, you need to:

1. go to “Settings”;
2. then go to the “Accounts” tab;
3. check if there are marks there regarding the presence of an account.

If you have one, then you will see a characteristic mark with the name “Google”. If there are no accounts, then you need to register, which may take a couple of minutes, and we will discuss how to do this further.

“Settings” -> “Accounts”

How to restore a page if it is blocked or hacked

1. In addition to the case described above, your page could be blocked in VK itself (moderators) for any violations. At the same time, a message appears indicating the timing and reason for the blocking, and also provides a link to security instructions that will help you avoid blocking in the future. It will not be possible to restore access to your Contact page before the specified period and you should not fall for offers to do this for money from third-party craftsmen - this is a scam for money and nothing more.
2. The simplest case can be considered the so-called “freezing”, when for minor sins your page is temporarily frozen until you go to it and, having familiarized yourself with the reason for the freezing, restore it by changing the password to a new one (you can immediately and change the phone number associated with the page if necessary).

   To unfreeze, you will need to enter the code received in the SMS message and come up with a new password, then click on the “Unfreeze page” button:

   That’s it, consider that access to your page has been restored and it will become visible not only to you, but also to all other users on VKontakte.

3. The page could be frozen if suspicious activity was detected on it:

   Defrosting is carried out in exactly the same way as shown above - i.e. you receive a code to the phone number associated with your account, come up with a new password (so that radishes who have gained access can no longer use it) and click on the “Unfreeze” button. That’s it, now no suspicious activity should appear, because you changed the password during recovery.

4. Your account could be blocked for more serious violations and then all you have to do is wait for the blocking period to expire (usually indicated). There is no way to restore the page faster - this is the policy of the VKontakte administration.

   If it says that the page has been blocked forever, then the only way to restore it is to contact the technical support of the social network. There is no need to be rude to them, push their rights and threaten them - it’s better to explain in detail the problem that has arisen and repent (maybe they will forgive you).

How to avoid this problem in the future

To avoid this problem again, you need to adhere to four rules:

• Do not take up your phone and SIM card memory completely. This quickly leads not only to the error of losing contacts, but also to other unpleasant consequences. Applications will slow down, and necessary information will be deleted. Memory will be restored faster if the condition of the device is not brought to critical.
• Buy working and new SIM cards in specialized stores.
• Keep an eye on the release of new versions of firmware (operating systems). The update is beneficial due to its advantages: eliminating errors, simplifying the work with the phone.
• It is important to save or write down the most important contact numbers off-device.

The video below shows another way to resolve the lost contacts error. This option means that applications stop running. It helps if unnecessary utilities are up and running. This will unload the operating system. This could be the cause of errors and bugs.

ATTENTION: this method does not work for all versions of Meizu. To start correcting various errors and bugs, it’s worth remembering the versions: 5, m3, m5, u10, u20, mx4, mx6, u20, m3s, m5s, m6t, m3s, m5s, m5c, mini, note (note) .

Transferring a book of contacts and data from a cell phone to a new meizu smartphone or computer.

Transferring contacts from meizu mx5 mx 5, m1 note, metal, mx3, flyme m2 gray white mini 16gb lte, mx6, redmi, mx4 pro 16gb, m2 mini, MX 4-core 64Gb, m9, mx2 32gb 64gb and other models, to A new phone is complicated by the variety of types, types of phone books that contain different contact fields.

Next, all possible ways to transfer contacts, messages and calendar entries, pictures, photos, videos and other data from one phone to another will be described. Choose the method that is most convenient for you.

Video: Saving contacts from your phone to your computer.

1.Saving contacts on the SIM card of your meizu phone.

Transfer via SIM card.

This is the easiest and most intuitive way to transfer contacts from phone to phone.
Depending on the meizu phone model, it is possible to transfer contact book numbers to a SIM card. If, when creating a new contact, you did not save it to a SIM card, then in order to transfer contacts from the phone memory to a SIM card, you need to run the command in the phone - copy contacts
from the phone’s contact book to the SIM card (not supported by all models).

Advice for simple push-button phones.

Experience with contacts shows that when creating an important contact, it is best to immediately save it to a SIM card. Even though the SIM card has few fields, there is no Email, Additional Information, or fields for Extension telephones. But a SIM card is usually used for years, and users change phones approximately every 1-3 years. In this case, when purchasing a new meizu phone, all important contacts will always be reflected in its phone book without any problems. To do this, you won’t have to do anything, just insert the old SIM card into the new phone. But don't forget to make backup copies of your contacts from time to time. For example, copy them to some old phone.

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2.Exchange business cards between meizu phones.

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Branded contact synchronization utilities for meizu.

Use of proprietary software.

This is when copying and transferring data from a meizu phone to a computer is carried out through special Software (driver, program). All more or less well-known manufacturers of mobile equipment: meizu and others, specifically create and distribute programs that allow you to enter the phone’s memory from a PC. But this is true for outdated models, push-button phones.

When using the phone manufacturer's proprietary program, first a backup copy of the address book is created on the PC of the old meizu phone. Then a new phone from the same manufacturer is connected to the computer: meizu and in the same program, the contact book is transferred to the memory of the new phone.

But we must keep in mind that phones of different price lines do not have the ability to connect to a computer or laptop. They either don't have Wi-Fi or USB or Bluetooth.

Another problem is that different phone models have different numbers of fields in the contact book. Because of this, when transferring contacts from an expensive model to a budget model from the same manufacturer, the contacts will not be transferred correctly. For example, when you transfer a Misha contact containing 6 phone numbers to a simple device, you can get six contacts with the name Misha, each of which will have one number. Or such data is simply lost during transfer.

And if the transfer needs to be done between phones from different manufacturers, then it is not Meizu proprietary software that is used, but universal software to synchronize phone data with a computer and with different models from different manufacturers.

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4.Transfer meizu phone contacts via computer.

The classic way to transfer contacts from mobile to mobile phone is to use Meizu Branded Software or a similar program mentioned earlier, for example MobilEdit and others. In this case, the phone connects to the computer via cable or Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or infrared. Next, the data synchronization program is launched and the contacts from the meizu phone database are copied to the PC. If the models are the same or the phone manufacturer is the same, this method is effective. If the old and new phones are from different manufacturers, then in addition to the proprietary program of the phone manufacturer, an “intermediary” program is used - Microsoft Outlook

(from the Microsoft Office package, not to be confused with the Outlook Express email client).

Microsoft Outlook program

located in the Microsoft Office suite of programs, can be used as a contact storage database, which can be accessed by a wide variety of mobile devices. It is convenient to edit Outlook address book fields on a computer or laptop, add new fields or entries, and then synchronize them with cell phones of almost any model and manufacturer.

So, to transfer contacts via a computer or laptop you need: - Microsoft Outlook (from the Microsoft Office software package). - a proprietary program of the meizu phone manufacturer (see on the meizu website or on the CD from the phone), which allows you to read data from the address book of the meizu phone, and then write it to the Outlook database. — and depending on the method of connecting the phone to the PC you need: Cable, IR or Bluetooth connection, WiFi connection.

Microsoft Outlook

- the most common program for storing personal data or a contact book. Almost all developers of programs for synchronizing mobile phones use it as a database.

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5.Export your contact book through the “safe” mode of your meizu phone.

In addition to synchronization through Outlook, for smartphones and meizu phones, there are other methods for transferring contacts. For example, a method of copying a phone book directly from the phone's file system and then converting it to a standard spreadsheet file - .CSV.

It is necessary to warn that incorrect actions with folders and files on your phone in safe mode

, can
lead to its inoperability
and loss of warranty on the phone.

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6.Transfer meizu contacts via the Internet.

The most modern and convenient way to transfer contacts from an old meizu phone to a new one is to transfer your contact book via a Web service.

In order to use this service, you must have Internet access on both phones, old and new. But even with this opportunity, there are exceptions; for very old or inexpensive phones, you will not be able to use this method of transferring contacts. The system may not support them.

Contact transfer is based on SyncML technology.

SyncML enables synchronization of data across different devices and applications over different types of networks. SyncML technology is usually supported by many mobile device manufacturers, including meizu.

This technology allows, after registering on the site, to transfer data from the meizu phone to the server database via the Internet: Address Book, Calendar, SMS and MMS Messages, Data from other Applications, and then download this information to another device.

Based on this technology, there are several web servers on the Internet that transfer data from the phone meizu mx5 mx 5, m1 note, metal, mx3, flyme m2 gray white mini 16gb lte, mx6, redmi, mx4 pro 16gb, m2 mini, MX 4- core 64Gb, m9, mx2 32gb 64gb and others, to your phone via the Internet. The most popular ones at the time of writing will be written below. You can search for other sites in Yandex and Google.

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Read more about how to transfer the meizu contact book, messages and calendar through the Yandex Disk service,

described in the article: Yandex Disk - transferring contacts from Java to iPhone or Android.

Video: Transferring a phone book from one Android phone to another.

PS:

This article was created with the goal of covering all possible ways to transfer contacts from a meizu phone to a phone or another manufacturer, without switching to specific phone models.

It is clear that depending on the model and capabilities of a particular phone, some method will work and some will not. This depends on the phone’s operating system, whether it has Internet access or the ability to connect to a computer via Bluetooth or a USB port.

That's all,

I wish you successful transfer of contacts to your phone.
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