Contact only appears in iPhone search

When I add a contact to my iPhone from an app such as Yellowpages or other business search app, the contact only can be found using the iphone search function. It does not appear in my iPhone address book nor does it sync via MobileMe.

iPhone 3G, iPhone OS 3.0

Posted on Aug 3, 2009 8:43 PM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2009 5:07 PM

This is another 10.6, or an iPhone 3.0+, or maybe iTunes upgrade gotcha. Not sure which, since I have done all three upgrades since I last added a contact. A new contact was not syncing, so I started checking the forums for clues.

When I looked in iTunes, sync contacts was no longer selected, one of them unselected the sync contacts checkbox in iTunes. Quite a few other preferences have disappeared since I upgraded to 10.6, so I suspect that is the culprit.

I reselected it and it synced. But it found two mismatches between the Address Book and the iPhone. Apple Computer Inc. does not match Apple Computer Inc. and another I cannot remember, also a perfect match. All entries predate the upgrades and I haven't seen the mismatch message for 2 years.

I forgot about iPhone search so I didn't try that. Hope that helps someone.
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