Sort contacts by first name, last name?!

[William_777]

I have an HTC Magic - Vodafone, and it is set to display my contact list by last name...

How do you change it to view by first name?

Thank you

[William_777]

Someone must know

[constellanation]

Is it an option in gmail? If so, that maybe how to do it?

[komodo]

My free app can do it! Download it here:
Komodo Contact Manager

[NomadCF]

Old Post I know, but you can and always have been able to sort by the last name.

THIS WILL NOT MESS UP YOUR CONTACTS, everything will still know what is the real first name and what is the last name.

1. Backup your contacts (export them, just in case. Think of it as a CYA )
2. Log into the web interface for your gmail/hosted apps account.
3. Goto your contacts
4. click to edit one of your contact
5. on that 1st screen where you can see the contacts full name. Change the name from "Chris Franklin" to "Franklin, Chris"
6. Click save

Wait for your phone to resync and presto. Your Android is sorting my last name. And if you edit the contact on your phone everything is still in it's rightful place.

This works because google's contacts under stand the standard "LastName, Firstname" naming convention.