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Primarily only by not being able to use the play store, and having to disable the 'Google Contacts Sync' to store numbers locally without having google sniff th

Primarily only by not being able to use the play store, and having to disable the 'Google Contacts Sync' to store numbers locally without having google sniff them. Make a gmail account, add no personal data, and use it only for the playstore, and problem solved.

thaumasiotes 13y ago
It's really pissing me off that in CM11 (Android 4.4?), when I go to add a contact, the message is "your new contact will be synchronized with <google account>". As far as I can tell, the option to store numbers locally has been intentionally hidden (the only way I can think of to do it is create the information on a different phone, export it to a contacts file, and transfer the file...).
- iam 13y ago
  Have you tried turning off Contacts synchronization in Settings > Accounts ?
  - thaumasiotes 13y ago
    Yep, but I still get the message.
    - blueskin_ 13y ago
      Install Titanium Backup and uninstall or freeze 'Google Contacts Sync'. Private contacts live!
    - iam 13y ago
      That sounds like it could be a bug, you should consider filing it on https://code.google.com/p/android https://code.google.com/p/android