asked 2013-12-25 22:12:01 +0200
I cannot do anything (even change number) with things that have Earth icon beside it. I assume this is info from various merged accounts. But why are they shown in edit form/page if they are not editable (nor cannot even be copied)?
answered 2013-12-26 11:47:03 +0200
The globe indicates a synchronized detail, originating from a source that we cannot modify. We will later provide the option to sync changes back to that data source (where that is supported), but until then the detail is read-only. Of course, we will receive updated information if you edit the data at its origin.
It's not the problem of modifying it in the source. The source doesn't tell you (in most cases) if it's a home number. It doesn't tell you if "123 456 789" is the same as "+48 123 456 789"... This are just some of the reasons why you need to be able to discard/sort/override some numbers locally.
Nux ( 2013-12-27 05:11:18 +0200 )editanswered 2013-12-26 01:43:07 +0200
I guess the idea is as follows: if you merge a Google Talk contact with a phone number contact, then removing either of those info would actually be equivalent to remove the entry in one of the accounts.
Say you remove the Google Talk ID from someone, it would mean to remove the guy from your Google account, but not from your phone directory.
Basically, I think that the workaround would be to unlink the contact, and then delete it.
But if I may give my point of view on that, I think that this way of handling multi-accounts is quite clumsy. Simply separating contact info in a per-account manner would seriously help.
Asked: 2013-12-25 22:12:01 +0200
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Last updated: Dec 26 '13
