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Re: Samsung Standard Apps ignore EssentialPIM System Account

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:50 pm
by Nurgotora
With the Samsung Upgrade to Android 12, which has been delivered last week (10.1.22 - 16.1.22) to my Galaxy S10e the problems described in this thread seem to have gone away.

OneUI version: 4.0
Android version: 12
Android Security Patch Level: 1.12.2021

Re: Samsung Standard Apps ignore EssentialPIM System Account

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:19 pm
by bobmac1547
I have a new Samsung A53 5G running Android 12. AEPIM 6.0.2 prevented phone numbers from syncing. Downgraded to 6.0 RC and the phone numbers are back.

HOWEVER, I cannot get the EPIM contacts to appear in the Android Contacts list, even though SYSTEM ACCOUNT is checked. (I even restarted the phone.) This is vital for me. Any help out there?????? :?: :?: :?:

Re: Samsung Standard Apps ignore EssentialPIM System Account

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:29 pm
by bobmac1547
SOLUTION: in desperation, I messed around with settings and unchecked the SYSTEM ACCOUNT. Then I rechecked it and got the message "Setting up account." Now it all works.

Re: Samsung Standard Apps ignore EssentialPIM System Account

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:15 pm
by cybolon
hi bobmac,
was this in the contacts settings or the settings of the smartphone? If of smartphone, please tell where. ty

Re: Samsung Standard Apps ignore EssentialPIM System Account

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:47 am
by poet-man
Hi @ all,
this still seems to be something unsolved. Especially as to Samsung phones (at least it always seems to be described here in forum in connection to Samsung).
In my case, as described before, it is difficult to see the contacts in WhatsApp. When installing AEPIM there are numbers only in WhatsApp. Sometimes numbers are replaced after some time by the contacts from AEPIM, sometimes they are not. In this case I have to uncheck the option for System Account in contacts settings of AEPIM and check it again, so System Account is set up again.
Then either at once or after some time or maybe even next day, the contacts appear in WhatsApp again.
Also when wanting to create a new contact in Android, there I donot have the possibility to choose EssentialPIM where it should be stored. I can choose Android itself or Google or Tablet but NOT EssentialPIM. Whatever I tried to do during the last years, on which Samsung tablet ever, I could never get it to the point, to have the possibility to choose EssentialPIM where to create a new contact.
I do hope, that some time this will be possible, because it is irritating always to have to create a new contact in AEPIM manually.
Thanks.