Contact Editor Free is an app by Marten in the Productivity category, listed since at least September 2019. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 3 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: read contacts, find accounts on the device and write contacts.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.
This is the contact editor (and only the editor) from the Android 2.1 sources.
I just fixed it to make it work with arbitrary contact sources (like CardDAV-Sync) and removed the dependencies on the internal API to make it work with Android 2.2 and later.
So all credits go to Google.
This editor is a replacement/alternative for your native editor and it's invoked in the same way. It will be started whenever you try to edit or create a contact (and you select "Contact Editor Free").
If you can edit all your contacts you may not have any benefits from this app. It is useful if you use some custom Sync-Adapter that does not feature its own editor (like CardDav-Sync) and your editor can not edit those contacts.
However some people reported it is useful if your phone's manufacturer removed the ability to edit custom labels.
Also, have a look at "Contact Editor Pro" an improved version of this editor. ( https://market.android.com/details?id=org.dmfs.android.contacteditorpp )
Get support and news via Twitterhttps://twitter.com/dmfs_orgThis app can not edit or remove contacts from read-only sources like Facebook or Cloudtact! This is due to the definition of read-only!
Also, if you see a blank screen when editing contacts that are aggregated with a Facebook contact, try to remove and recreate your Facebook account. Facebook limits access from other apps which breaks the contacts API in a way. For further information seehttp://techcrunch.com/2011/02/22/google-android-facebook-contacts/Note regarding Events:
There is a big problem with events in this editor (better: with Android). The Android SDK documentation states about the database column for the date: 'The event start date as the user entered it.' Unfortunately does every manufacturer have it's own opinion about the format. Some are happy with 'yyyy-mm-dd', my phone uses unix timestamps.
So if your phone doesn't accept the 'yyyy-mm-dd' format try entering a unix-timestamp ;-). Seriously, I think about removing this feature until I've found a proper solution. You can help by sending me mails with your phone model, os version and which formats work or don't work for you.
Btw: just writing a comment like "Doesn't work on..." won't help neither you nor me to get it running on your device. Please contact me if you have problems.
Please report bugs by sending me a mail stating what happened and what you did before it happened. Often the Market bug reports are not very helpful without additional informations.
known issues:
* on some devices this app hangs when it is opened. If this happens to you, please send me an email!
* crashes in some very rare cases. I've no further information about those cases and I'm not able to reproduce them. Please send me an email with your phone model, your OS version and what kind of sync-adapters you have installed. Thanks!
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “dmfs.org”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedAug 14, 2014
Antivirus scan passedOct 9, 2020
Signed byCN=Marten Gajda, OU=dev, O=dmfs.org, L=Dresden, C=DE
Uploaded by “catappult”Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (3)
Contact Editor Free requests 3 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.
Find accounts on the deviceSensitiveandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the Contact Editor Free APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 2ea589865796d3df111e836a35207833.