topic Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8???? in Other/General

how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:12:27 GMT

I tried the following steps:

1. went to settings

2. selected applications

3. selected manage applications

but, there is not manage contacts present in my phone. what do I do? my father has stored over 500 contacts that i want to delete. Someone help me please

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Uliwooly — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:38:24 GMT

do you want to delete them all?

first run bakup & restore and DO NOT backup your contacts

now go to

Settings

Privacy

Factory Reset

go to your Phonebook once you see all the contacts press the MENU button (the one with four squares) then press delete contacts

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:10:52 GMT

if i click the menu button ihave four options

1. contacts to view

2. import/export

3. send contacts

4. accounts

i searched in individual options but no option suggests delete contacts. I however have an option of individually deleting contacts but there are over 500 contacts. i want to delete them all and feed in my numbers from my SIM

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Uliwooly — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:18:57 GMT

Ok lets try this, open your phone app, then click on contacts then press menu. This might a dumb question but are you running 2.1 or 1.6? Either or factory reset should delete everything stored on your phone

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

suze — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:15:50 GMT

Try Applications>Manage Applications, then if you are on 2.1 press the menu button (bottom left hardware) and Filter>All. Then look for Contacts and then clear data.

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:25:28 GMT

Thank you suze. uploaded all MY contacts into the phone. thanks a a tonn

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

suze — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:29:25 GMT

Glad you got sorted and lucky you having a Dad to pass on nice phones... my Dad has a steam powered mobile from Nokia from the early 1990's!!! The only thing I would want that for is to display it in a museum

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:42:15 GMT

Thank you suze and thanks a lot.

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:36:51 GMT

hi i have tried with your steps . but the contacts are not deleted from phone . apart from factory data reset is there anything possible to delete all contacts?

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

suze — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:03:58 GMT

Hi there, when you say you have followed all steps can you run through for me what you have tried and then I can try and reproduce the issue on my handset.

I wonder if you have a sync set up with Google/SE sync, so that as soon as you clear the phone of contacts its resyncing and filling up your phone book again. You could try Accounts and Sync and make sure all accounts are turned off and that Auto Sync is not ticked then follow the Manage applications route mentioned above.

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:25:22 GMT

oh ! sorry . i want delete my all contacts without doing factory data reset. is this possible ? thanks for reply

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

suze — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:57:05 GMT

Yes deleting all the contacts is possible without doing factory reset. Just confirm, are you using the 1.6 or 2.1 Version of Android on your phone. If you are unsure you can find this from Settings>About Phone>Firmware Version.

Re: how to delete contacts from an Xperia X8????

Uliwooly — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:40:30 GMT

go to your phonebook -> press MENU -> Delete Contacts -> Mark all > delete