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I do share his frustration with the contact list on the iPhone. I also have over 1000 contacts, which built up over the years of painstakingly migrating them b
by kokey 14y ago
I do share his frustration with the contact list on the iPhone. I also have over 1000 contacts, which built up over the years of painstakingly migrating them between models of Nokia phones, often having to write scripts to do it with. Then I got a Macbook and it paired with my Nokia phone so easily and painlessly I was really impressed, and when I got an iPhone my contacts magically ended up on it and I was impressed even further.
However, with this number of contacts, finding one is quite difficult. Apart from the alphabetical sorting by surname, scrolling to the top is impractical, or even through one letter of the alphabet. So, I have to rely on the search, and the button is hard to get to.
A similar problem happens when you want to phone someone you've been messaging. If the message history is long, it's a long scroll to get to the top of it to get to the contacts options.
- Game_Ender 14y agoTapping the bar which displays the time and battery life at the top of the screen will quickly scroll you top of most content on the iPhone, Contacts App and Safari included.
- kokey 14y agoThanks! See, I should complain more there is probably a solution for all these things, even though it's not that obvious to me.
- ahlatimer 14y agoOr you can tap anywhere on the alphabet bar and swipe up. You can scroll through the alphabet like that as well, no need to tap exactly the right letter.
- justincormack 14y agoDoesn't touching the top bat take you to the top any more? It used to but maybe the new notifications messed with it?
- vikramls 14y agoFor contacts, I have been using a CardDAV server called Davical (OSS). This is supported on iOS and Macs since it implements the CardDAV standard. With 1000+ contacts, it is a more robust solution than scripts for every new phone. On a similar vein, I also use CalDAV which does the same thing for calendars.