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> But I was even more peeved of Android when there was no way to store contacts locally. No option to store on the phone, but instead you had to save to Google
by wutbrodo 12y ago
> But I was even more peeved of Android when there was no way to store contacts locally. No option to store on the phone, but instead you had to save to Google account.
Are you sure about this? This may be unique to Touchwiz or something, but you can save a contact to either the device or to Google contacts.
- thaumasiotes 12y agoI had the same problem when I got a nexus 5. No way to store contact information locally without disabling google contacts sync. And I only knew to do that by complaining on HN at the time and getting the suggestion.
- iamshs 12y agoI am using Nexus 4, so no touchwiz. Only way (or the one in my knowledge) is to disable Google Contacts Sync. The problem with this one is if the switch somehow gets enabled one day, there goes your privacy.
- nly 12y agoWhen you disable the backup option on your phone, it warns and asks you to confirm that you want your data to be erased from Googles machines. So there's that. But yes, it's terrifying that millions of home WiFi passwords are stored on Google servers.
- iamshs 12y agoNo. I did not receive such prompt. The prompt I received was, disabling it can affect other apps. And the two contacts I accidently saved, are still in the gmail account, so there is that. The gmail account was a burner one for the phone.