Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Unlink Contacts in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

One of the ways that can be done to avoid the Contacts app displays duplicate contacts when you have chosen to display all contacts from all sources or accounts is by linking the same contacts so that they will be displayed as a single entry in the Contacts app. Aside from linking contacts, if needed, you can also separate a contact from linked contacts so that the contact will be displayed as a separate entry in the Contacts app, for instance when you have accidentally linked a wrong contact.


How to separate linked contacts?
You can unlink a contact from linked contacts to display the contact as an individual entry by using these following methods:

Method #1

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact you want to separate.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Unlink contacts.
5. Tap next to the required entry you want to separate.
6. Tap OK button to confirm separation.
7. The selected contact has been separated.

Method #2

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact you want to separate.
4. Tap in the Connected via section.
5. Tap next to the required entry you want to separate.
6. Tap OK button to confirm separation.
7. The selected contact has been separated.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Link Contacts in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

As we all know that the stock Contacts app allows you to display or sync contacts from other sources or accounts, e.g: Facebook account, Google account, etc. Therefore, when you have synced contacts with those accounts, you will probably face a situation where you have a single contact whose the information are saved in the different locations, for instance a contact named Robert that has an entry with phone number stored in the phone memory and another entry with email address stored in the Google account. To avoid the Contacts app displays duplicate contacts, you can link those contacts so that the app will display them as a single contact but the information is still kept separate in the different locations.

How to link contacts?
You can merge multiple contacts into a single one by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Links contacts.
4. The device will show you all of contacts that can be joined. By default, the contacts are sorted by the name. If needed, you can change how the contacts will be sorted by tapping the box in the right side of the Sort by option and then select from the following options:
• Name: select this option to sort contacts by their names so that all contacts with the same name will be listed in a single section.
• Phone number: select this option to sort contacts by their phone numbers so that all contacts with the same phone number will be listed in a single section.
• Email address: select this option to sort contacts by their email addresses so that all contacts with the same email address will be listed in a single section.
5. Select the required contacts you want to join.
6. Tap Done button.
7. The selected contacts within the same section have been joined into a single contact. As the example, if the contacts are sorted by the name then all selected contacts with the same name will be joined into a single contact.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Sort Contacts in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

The stock Contacts app lets you sort your contacts list alphabetically, either by the first name or the last name. Sorting contacts list with the proper method will be able to help you to quickly and easily find the required contact. If needed, you can also change the way the Contacts app to display the contacts' names, either display contacts by the first name first or by the last name first.

How to sort your contacts list?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Contacts.
4. To change how the contacts will be sorted, tap Sort by and then select from the following options:
• Given name: select this option if you'd like to sort your contacts list alphabetically by the given name or the first name.
• Family name: select this option if you'd like to sort your contacts list alphabetically by the family name or the last name.
5. To change how the contacts will be displayed, tap Display contacts by and then select from the following options:
• Given name first: select this option if you'd like to display the contact's name in your contacts list by the first name first.
• Family name first: select this option if you'd like to display the contact's name in your contacts list by the last name first.
6. Press the Back key twice to go back to your contacts list and you'll see your contacts list will be sorted and displayed based on your selection.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Show Only Contacts with Phone Numbers in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

The stock Contacts app lets you display contacts from other sources or accounts, e.g: Google account, Facebook account, etc. Some of contacts from those accounts sometimes don't have phone number inside or only contain with email address. For any reason, if you don't want the Contacts app displays contacts without phone numbers then you have to set this app to only show contacts with phone numbers and hide other contacts.

How to show only contacts with phone numbers?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Contacts.
4. Check the box next to Only contacts with phones to enable this option so that only contacts with phone numbers which will be shown.
5. Press the Back key twice to go back to your contacts list.
6. The Contacts app will display only contacts with phone numbers and hide other contacts.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Select Which Contacts to Display in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

In Samsung Galaxy S5, you are not only allowed to add a new contact and save it in the different places(e.g: in the device storage, in SIM card, etc), but also display contacts from other accounts that you have added in your phone(e,g: Google account, Facebook account, etc). By default, the Contacts app displays all contacts you have, either those you have saved in your phone, SIM card or other accounts. However, if needed, you can select which contacts to display so that the Contacts app will display contacts from the selected source or account only.

How to select which contacts to display?
You can display only contacts from certain source or account by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Contacts.
4. Tap Contacts to display.
5. Here you can choose which contacts to display by selecting from the following options:
• All contacts: select this option to display all contacts you have.
• Device: select this option to display phone contacts only.
• SIM card: select this option to display SIM Card contacts only.
• Your Samsung account: select this option to display contacts in your Samsung account only.
• Your Google account: select this option to display contacts in your Google account only.
• Your third-party app account: select this option to display contacts in certain third-party app account only, e.g: Facebook, WhatsApp, etc
• Customised list: select this option to display customized list contacts. Tap to select which contacts you want to display. As the example, you can select Device and SIM card to display your phone and SIM card contacts only.
6. Press the Back key twice to go back to your contacts list.
7. The Contacts app will display only contacts from the selected source or account.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Delete Contacts in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

For some reason, you may need to delete contacts that you have added to your contacts list, for instance when you want certain contact no longer listed in your contacts list or when you want to clean up your contacts list by deleting unused or unwanted contacts.


How to delete contacts?
You can delete a single contact or multiple contacts from Contacts app by using two different methods that you can see in the following steps:

Method #1

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Delete.
3. Select the required contacts you want to delete.
4. Tap Done button.
5. Tap OK button to confirm.
6. The selected contacts have been deleted.

Method #2

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Long tap the required contact you want to delete to select it.
3. If needed, you can select another contacts by single tap the contacts.
4. Tap .
5. Tap OK button to confirm.
6. The selected contacts have been deleted.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add Photo to Contact in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you add a new contact to your contacts list and save it to the device storage or to your Samsung/Google account then you will be allowed to change the default contact's picture icon with a photo or another image. Adding a photo to a contact will help you to easily know the contact even without you have to read the name. The photo that you have added to a contact will also be displayed to represent the contact in other apps, for instance the photo contact will be displayed when the contact calls you or when the contact sends you a message.

How to add a photo to a contact?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact's name whose the picture you want to change.
4. Tap to edit the selected contact.
5. Tap and then select the required photo source. To use a photo from Gallery app as the photo contact go to the step #6, to use a tagged picture as the photo contact go to the step #7, while to take a picture and use the result as the photo contact go to the step #8.
6. Using a photo from Gallery app as the photo contact:
• Tap Image.
• Select the required photo you want to use as the photo contact.
• If needed, you can adjust the area of the photo you want to use as the photo contact.
• Tap Done button.
7. Using a tagged picture as the photo contact:
• Tap Tagged pictures.
• Select the required tagged picture you want to use as the photo contact.
• If needed, you can adjust the area of the photo you want to use as the photo contact.
• Tap Done button.
8. Taking a picture and use the result as the photo contact:
• Tap Take picture.
• Take a picture of a person or an object you want to use as the photo contact.
• Tap OK button.
• If needed, you can adjust the area of the photo you want to use as the photo contact.
• Tap Done button.
9.  Tap Save button to save the changes.
10. The selected photo has been added to the selected contact as the photo contact.