[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Norcalz71:
DD'ing the ROM at the moment, just trying to continue to work out a few quirks as this is my first run with LP.

#1 - anyone know how to get my contacts setup/synced more like the stock touchwiz dialer/contacts? I have my personal # as my cell # and use my google voice # as my work cell. I sync both my gmail contacts and my exchange/outlook contacts. Previously when I synced my outlook/exchange contacts, it would sync all my contacts that were in "my contacts" or "people" in outlook locally, as well as my companies global address book. When I did a search for a name, it pulled up all my local synced coworker contacts first and then after a second or two, added to that list below with everyone who was in the global list, thus I could access any contact in the company directory. This seems to no longer be working, thoughts? Different dialer app?

#2 - also related - in syncing to my outlook contacts/exchange contacts, It appears that the phone has synced ONLY to the "auto-complete" list of people I have emailed before, but do not have saved as contacts and/or are not part of the global address book. For example my coworkers Mark and Brian, who are saved in my local outlook contacts, did not sync, and my regional VP Chris, who is on the global address list, did not sync, but a guy named bernie from a company I have emailed a handful of times but who is not saved to either list DID SYNC. It used to be the exact opposite, only my contacts would sync, and the global address list would "sync" but only when I searched for a persons name. If I searched for the regional VP chris, since he is not saved to my local outlook contacts, the phone would think for a second scanning the global address list and then display chris as an option below the other Chris's who were saved in my local outlook list - if that makes sense. The names of people I have emailed but not saved (the auto-complete list, hate that thing) never synced, which is how I wanted it. Same thing (kind of) is happening with gmail, it is syncing all my contacts plus any email addresses that I have communicated with that are not saved (a random guy on craigslist, a warranty repair email, etc). I don't see any options anywhere in the new dialer or under account settings to control what syncs.

#3 - again related, but the old 4.2.2 touchwiz dialer clearly delineated exchange contacts, gmail contacts, contacts with WebEx connectivity, etc with the icons in the contacts list. I have some friends with duplicate names to coworkers so that was really helpful to see who was who via the associated icons. Any similar functionality here that I am missing?

EDIT: Disregard (mostly) all of that. One tiny missing \ seemed to caused the non-sync error.

I AM still getting the extra sync though, basically all the emails that have cached to my gmail or outlook but that are not my contacts or global address book, again random people from others companies i have dealt with at work, craigslist ad emails, etc. Anyone know how to get these to NOT sync? I Now have my gmail contacts, my outlook contacts, and my global address book, plus the cached contacts from both gmail and outlook. I want to drop all the cached contacts (and any future ones that might cache). I also would like to either format the dialer, or use a different dialer/contact interface similar to touchwiz that visually indicates who is gmail, who is exchange, who has webex, etc, etc. The lollipop look is a little too minimal/stripped down to be functional for so many contacts. Open to suggestions.

Thanks,

Overall this ROM is waaaaaay faster than stock and the dialer is really snappy and smooth. The problem is the organization of contacts and functionality to group them really seems to lack - perhaps due to some settings i have overlooked. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Much as I dislike talking on the phone, this is a combo work/personal device so that contact organization is really important. If it had the speed of this dialer with the functionality of the touchwiz stock dialer from 4.2.2 I would be set. Any help would be greatly appreciated, the main thing right now is my work contacts are not syncing right and that's an issue.

Thanks,