I've seen references to this posted elsewhere, but never a solution. I'd like to only sync the "my contacts" group of contacts from my gmail (really google apps, but should work the same) account, rather than "all contacts". I can not find an option to change this. Any suggestions?
I don't know if the Evo uses the vanilla contacts and dialing app, but if it does, it's a two step process. First, you have to organize your contacts into groups in GMail. Adding a star to any contact on your phone will add it to the "Stared in Android" contact group in GMail. This will be principally for contacts that you wish to sync, but don't feel like putting into another group. For me, these are mainly the phone numbers of local taxi companies. Now, on your phone, open your contacts, hit the menu button, and select Display Options, expand the google contacts, and then start deselecting groups, especially All Other Contacts. All Other Contacts include all the contacts that are in My Contacts (added liberally by GMail) but aren't in any groups.
I like to sync all contacts and then in contact list I choose to only show the ones with phone numbers. To do this open Contacts > menu > View > select "Contacts with phone numbers". Not sure if that is what you are looking for but is the only thing I could find for a solution on Evo.
Strange, the directions below will work on other Android devices, but not an HTC Sense devices.
Open contacts > menu > Settings > Edit sync groups. Select "Sync all contacts", "My Contacts" or "Starred in Android".
For HTC sense do the following, contacts (people) > Groups tab > menu > Sync Groups.
Note, on my Evo neither option worked for me. I'm running 2.2 and suspect that is part of the reason.
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