How to edit the contacts list???
SteveInWA:
"...this method..."
Do you mean manually editing a contact from the phone's on-screen GUI? Sure, why not? The 2182 uses the same GUI (with some model-specific button changes) as the 1000 series.
To precisely answer your question: I am standing right in front of one of my 2182s, and yes, it works.
N7AS:
Thanks Steve,
I remember before I got my 2182, on The 1032 I had to import from my cellphone via Bluetooth and found out if I didn't' erase all of the contacts from the 1032 I would have each contact listed twice. I did try to edit the 1032 from the phone GUI and things got screwed up somehow. I will try to edit the 2182 sometime when I do have to change a contact.
SteveInWA:
Overall, it isn't practical to manage contacts via the phone's GUI. As you noted, all you can do is import the contacts from Google Contacts. If you edit a contact on the phone, it isn't synced back to Google Contacts, and you can't synchronize only changed items back down to the phone; you have to do a complete erase/replace.
I simply manage all adds/changes/deletions on my computers via Google Contacts in the cloud, then periodically do a erase/replace to the phone.
I don't see this situation changing or improving for the consumer-level experience. In enterprise installations, the phones will typically be set up to use an enterprise directory vs. a local contact list.
N7AS:
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 27, 2020, 02:56:32 pm
Overall, it isn't practical to manage contacts via the phone's GUI. As you noted, all you can do is import the contacts from Google Contacts. If you edit a contact on the phone, it isn't synced back to Google Contacts, and you can't synchronize only changed items back down to the phone; you have to do a complete erase/replace.
I simply manage all adds/changes/deletions on my computers via Google Contacts in the cloud, then periodically do a erase/replace to the phone.
I don't see this situation changing or improving for the consumer-level experience. In enterprise installations, the phones will typically be set up to use an enterprise directory vs. a local contact list.
Do I export a .csv file from Google Contacts? How do I get it on the OBi2182?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: N7AS on February 27, 2020, 03:16:24 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on February 27, 2020, 02:56:32 pm
Overall, it isn't practical to manage contacts via the phone's GUI. As you noted, all you can do is import the contacts from Google Contacts. If you edit a contact on the phone, it isn't synced back to Google Contacts, and you can't synchronize only changed items back down to the phone; you have to do a complete erase/replace.
I simply manage all adds/changes/deletions on my computers via Google Contacts in the cloud, then periodically do a erase/replace to the phone.
I don't see this situation changing or improving for the consumer-level experience. In enterprise installations, the phones will typically be set up to use an enterprise directory vs. a local contact list.
Do I export a .csv file from Google Contacts? How do I get it on the OBi2182?
Hunh? I thought you already knew how to do this. You don't have to do any manual file transfers. Just sign into the OBiTALK portal, click on the row for the 2182, then scroll down to the bottom of the next page (the device's main configuration page). There is a blue button in the lower right to import Google Contacts. OBiTALK will do it for you, via the same authentication method it uses to connect to your Google account.
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