Davdroid does not store name, only number, when creating new contact (posteo.de)

[nachtigall]

I have an Sony Xperia Z3 Compact with Android 6.0.1 (Sony version, no custom ROM). I use Davdroid to sync to my posteo.de account like described at https://www.davdroid.com/tested-with/posteode/ and https://posteo.de/hilfe/kalender-und-adressbuchabgleich-mit-davdroid-android

Here’s my problem: Whenever someone calls me and afterwards I want create a new contact from this number, then the “Display name” of this contact is set to be the number itself not the name or firstname.

For example: 017xxx calls me. I create a new contact for this number with a name. But the display name is set to be 017xxx and not the name:

Well, obviously it is not very useful to see the number and not the name (seems like the name is not stored with the account info at all).

This only happens so for Davdroid. When storing this number as a new contact as Google contact or on the Telephone, then it works.

Not sure if related but I noticed that for posteo (Davdroid) there are different fields (“phonetic name” etc) when storing the contact:

Whereas for Google contact or the “Contact on telephone” there’s just firstname and lastname (which is fine!):

I had an Samsung S4 Mini with a CyanogenMod ROM (Android 4.4) with the same Davdroid+Posteo setup before and there it was working flawlessly.

Here’s my log: https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/XbMtWH~hU~emaSDEnPSTGg

[rfc2822]

Hi,

Thanks for the debug info! I guess this could be a Sony firmware problem, like https://forums.bitfire.at/topic/1166/issues-with-sony-z3-compact

Does it work when you use Google Contacts from Google Play?

[nachtigall]

@rfc2822 Yes, this solves the issue, that is, to use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.contacts (Google Contacts) instead of the Contacts-App that comes with the Sony Android version. Thank you!

(BTW: I did not get an email notification for your answer like one usually gets on discourse forums, so I think there is something wrongly configured maybe. I registered newly and did not tamper with my profile or settings)

[devvv4ever]

Thanks for the answer and great that it works with Google Contacts. Sad enough that Sony still did not fix their App after many years…

Regarding the forum: yes, we maybe change the standard behaviour so that there are email notifications.

[nachtigall]

@devvv4ever said in Davdroid does not store name, only number, when creating new contact (posteo.de):

Regarding the forum: yes, we maybe change the standard behaviour so that there are email notifications.

Well, yes. I even look at it another time now. At first, I did not find the setting for this. Do I have to enable:

send_chat_notifications

send_post_notifications

under Settings? This is really a bit cryptic (“Send e-mail notifications for topics you’re watching” or so would be better; maybe a discourse bug?). FWIW, I just did so now… Let’s see.