I have 2 problems: The option to edit contacts on my Android phone is no longer listed as an option. I can only view the contacts. When I want to add new contact on my Android phone, I can only add to my Gmail account. Any work around for these problem? Apart from switching to WP/Apple. ***Post moved by moderator to appropriate forum category.***

unable to edit/update (sync) contacts unable to see photos /facebook contacts in android phones... kindly help me out

Hi Everyone, We apologize if it took some time for us to update you on this. We have confirmed with our Product Group that this is by design. Contacts are unable to be modified via the Outlook.com App. As a work-a-round, you could add the account via Exchange ActiveSync using m.hotmail.com and synchronized the contacts that way as they are able to be modified in this manner. Please feel free to leave a feedback on the Play Store app location. Thanks!

I don't think you quite understand the OP's problem. It's not just about editing or updating contacts and more importantly it's not about doing it in the outlook.com app. The problem is that if you have all your contacts on outlook.com, you can't manage them at all on android. You cannot go into contacts in Android and create a contact and select that it is for outlook.com and neither can you edit it. This is a showstopper as you can use Android's default mail app to connect to outlook.com and more so, once that account is created you can just go into contacts on Android and add/edit contacts straightaway. All my contacts are on outlook.com and if outlook.com prevents me from creating or editing contacts from Androids native contacts area, that is a big issue. I will probably go back to using the Android app if there isnt a fix for this.

I agree with u,and thanks again,Along the way you said,i solved the problem,and I wrote a bolg summarize this solution: http://chenyitai.blog.51cto.com/996951/1213194 but sorry,the article is in chinese.

Now I can't edit contact and add new contact to outlook.com account on my Android phone.

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I have 2 problems:

The option to edit contacts on my Android phone is no longer listed as an option. I can only view the contacts.
When I want to add new contact on my Android phone, I can only add to my Gmail account.

Any work around for these problem? Apart from switching to WP/Apple.

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2013-06-30T06:37:24+00:00

unable to edit/update (sync) contacts

unable to see photos /facebook contacts in android phones... kindly help me out
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2013-06-25T04:19:23+00:00

Hi Everyone,

We apologize if it took some time for us to update you on this. We have confirmed with our Product Group that this is by design. Contacts are unable to be modified via the Outlook.com App. As a work-a-round, you could add the account via Exchange ActiveSync using m.hotmail.com and synchronized the contacts that way as they are able to be modified in this manner.

Please feel free to leave a feedback on the Play Store app location.

Thanks!
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2013-06-15T22:13:46+00:00

I don't think you quite understand the OP's problem. It's not just about editing or updating contacts and more importantly it's not about doing it in the outlook.com app. The problem is that if you have all your contacts on outlook.com, you can't manage them at all on android. You cannot go into contacts in Android and create a contact and select that it is for outlook.com and neither can you edit it. This is a showstopper as you can use Android's default mail app to connect to outlook.com and more so, once that account is created you can just go into contacts on Android and add/edit contacts straightaway. All my contacts are on outlook.com and if outlook.com prevents me from creating or editing contacts from Androids native contacts area, that is a big issue. I will probably go back to using the Android app if there isnt a fix for this.
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2013-05-31T02:26:13+00:00

I agree with u,and thanks again,Along the way you said,i solved the problem,and I wrote a bolg summarize this solution:

http://chenyitai.blog.51cto.com/996951/1213194

but sorry,the article is in chinese.
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