Q: Contacts suggestions corrupted
When composing or forwarding an email, click in the address line and begin typing > a pop-up/drop-down appears with a list of suggested addresses.
- The list includes: ALL previous recipients / previous contacts / previous addressees.
- The list appears to include addresses that have never been used or stored on the actual device, but have been used or stored on other devices at some point, but are also no longer stored in any Apps.
Why do these appear when?
a) Settings> Contacts>Contacts Found In Apps... is set to OFF.
b) Settings>General>Spotlight Search... everything is set to OFF.
Where is it "pulling" this information from?
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The same thing happens in Messages App, although the entries in the pop-up/drop-down list differ.
- The suggested lists also includes current Contacts, but displays previous names, e.g.: contact now is called - Ben. At some point previously the contact was labelled as - Jimmys Mate. Jimmys Mate is what shows up!
As well as being extremely time consuming, scrolling through endless lists. This has the potential to spell disaster, Contacts information changes continually. I've no desire to see multiple email addresses or telephone numbers I may have used previously, but are no longer relevant.
...It would appear like Mail & Message APPs are additionally referencing against some old database. I noted on iOS 10 device there is some database referred to as RECENTS which is where some of the suggestions are being pulled from.
Posted on Sep 15, 2016 3:16 AM



