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

Anonymous
2013-01-16T06:29:35+00:00

I have 2 problems:

  1. The option to edit contacts on my Android phone is no longer listed as an option. I can only view the contacts.
  2. 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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  1. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2015-11-20T21:12:58+00:00

    > Anyone who wants to use Hotmail/live/outlook.com to keep their personal data is

    > forced to use the Outlook app,

    Simply not true. The built-in Email program should work just fine. It does for me. If your mailbox is on the "old" Outlook.com, choose Outlook.com as the mail type in Settings>Add account. If you have two-step verification enabled, you'll need to generate an app password or, I believe, use an authenticator program. If you are on the "Outlook Mail (Preview)" platform, you can create an Exchange account. Either will allow your Contacts and Calendar to sync with the mailbox. That's what I do on both my Android and iOS devices.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-21T15:45:59+00:00

    Interesting. But you have to pay for an Exchange account, right?

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  3. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2015-11-21T21:39:12+00:00

    Microsoft is in the process of moving all Outlook.com accounts to the Office 365 backend, which is Exchange. It will still be free. It will have ads for those who use the web interface.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-04T07:00:44+00:00

    I've just switched from Iphone and may go back which is a damn shame.  I love the galaxy note 5 EXCEPT I CANT EDIT, SYNC OUTLOOK CALENDARS, SYNC CONTACTS IN OUTLOOK TO TEXT... 

    ALL ARE LIKE SEPARATE ENTITIES.  I'VE ABOUT HAD IT.. IF APPLE CAN DO IT, WHY CAN'T MICROSOFT?????

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  5. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2015-12-04T14:30:25+00:00

    My Outlook.com calendar syncs just fine with my Android device. How did you configure the account? Describe what you did step-by-step.

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