<p>Settings -> accounts. Select your google account and unselect the contacts for sharing. I actually like this feature as your contacts are portable to new devices...</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 29, 2011 3:49 PM, "Rick Troth" <<a href="mailto:rmt@casita.net">rmt@casita.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I have a non-Linux (and non-Unix) question that I thought I should<br>
throw here first. Well ... it's about my Android phone, so maybe it<br>
*is* Linux sort of.<br>
<br>
Most of this critter works really well. One thing I do *not* like is<br>
that it links contacts. This linking is probably a feature in<br>
someone's mind. I don't object to the feature, but have not found how<br>
to turn it off. Going through all contacts and manually unlinking is<br>
impractical. Anyone got any ideas?<br>
<br>
It synchs with Google Contacts, which has very good elimination of<br>
duplicates. The linking of contacts seems to be a reinvention of that<br>
wheel. (But with less control.) To be specific, if I have a contact<br>
entry for Bob Smith and another for Sarah and Bob Smith, the "merge"<br>
function Google itself will let me say if I want the two merged or<br>
not. But the stoopid phone will "link" them without asking.<br>
<br>
I like the thing, but there are too few knobs to turn, so I'm looking<br>
for better controls. Recently I was searching Marketplace for a<br>
permissions controller. Some of these apps get way too much access<br>
and I don't see where to turn some off. Blackberry was better on that<br>
point.<br>
<br>
If anyone has suggestions, I am open. The phone has still not been<br>
rooted. That is overdue. (And maybe would help with permissions? At<br>
least put me more in control, I suppose.)<br>
<br>
-- R; <><<br>
<br>
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