diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/ui/ContactsPreferencesActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/ui/ContactsPreferencesActivity.java
index 5a89745..8e0d94e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/ui/ContactsPreferencesActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/ui/ContactsPreferencesActivity.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.android.contacts.model.Sources;
 import com.android.contacts.model.EntityDelta.ValuesDelta;
 import com.android.contacts.util.EmptyService;
+import com.android.contacts.util.LocalizedNameResolver;
 import com.android.contacts.util.WeakAsyncTask;
 import com.google.android.collect.Lists;
 
@@ -441,8 +442,17 @@
             put(mUngrouped ? Settings.UNGROUPED_VISIBLE : Groups.GROUP_VISIBLE, visible ? 1 : 0);
         }
 
+        private String getAccountType() {
+            return (mBefore == null ? mAfter : mBefore).getAsString(Settings.ACCOUNT_TYPE);
+        }
+
         public CharSequence getTitle(Context context) {
             if (mUngrouped) {
+                final String customAllContactsName =
+                        LocalizedNameResolver.getAllContactsName(context, getAccountType());
+                if (customAllContactsName != null) {
+                    return customAllContactsName;
+                }
                 if (mAccountHasGroups) {
                     return context.getText(R.string.display_ungrouped);
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/util/LocalizedNameResolver.java b/src/com/android/contacts/util/LocalizedNameResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ee90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/util/LocalizedNameResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License
+ */
+
+package com.android.contacts.util;
+
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+
+import android.accounts.AccountManager;
+import android.accounts.AuthenticatorDescription;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.pm.ServiceInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
+import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
+import android.content.res.Resources.NotFoundException;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.Xml;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves localized names per account type. This allows customizing texts like
+ * "All Contacts" for certain account types, but e.g. "All Friends" or "All Connections" for others.
+ */
+public class LocalizedNameResolver  {
+    private static final String TAG = "LocalizedNameResolver";
+
+    /**
+     * Meta-data key for the contacts configuration associated with a sync service.
+     */
+    private static final String METADATA_CONTACTS = "android.provider.CONTACTS_STRUCTURE";
+
+    private static final String CONTACTS_DATA_KIND = "ContactsDataKind";
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name for All Contacts for the specified account type.
+     */
+    public static String getAllContactsName(Context context, String accountType) {
+        if (context == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Context must not be null");
+        if (accountType == null) return null;
+
+        return resolveAllContactsName(context, accountType);
+     }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds "All Contacts"-Name for the specified account type.
+     */
+    private static String resolveAllContactsName(Context context, String accountType) {
+        final AccountManager am = AccountManager.get(context);
+
+        for (AuthenticatorDescription auth : am.getAuthenticatorTypes()) {
+            if (accountType.equals(auth.type)) {
+                return resolveAllContactsNameFromMetaData(context, auth.packageName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds the meta-data XML containing the contacts configuration and
+     * reads the picture priority from that file.
+     */
+    private static String resolveAllContactsNameFromMetaData(Context context, String packageName) {
+        final PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
+        try {
+            PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageInfo(packageName, PackageManager.GET_SERVICES
+                    | PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
+            if (pi != null && pi.services != null) {
+                for (ServiceInfo si : pi.services) {
+                    final XmlResourceParser parser = si.loadXmlMetaData(pm, METADATA_CONTACTS);
+                    if (parser != null) {
+                        return loadAllContactsNameFromXml(context, parser, packageName);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Problem loading \"All Contacts\"-name: " + e.toString());
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static String loadAllContactsNameFromXml(Context context, XmlPullParser parser,
+            String packageName) {
+        try {
+            final AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
+            int type;
+            while ((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG
+                    && type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+                // Drain comments and whitespace
+            }
+
+            if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("No start tag found");
+            }
+
+            final int depth = parser.getDepth();
+            while (((type = parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_TAG || parser.getDepth() > depth)
+                    && type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+                String name = parser.getName();
+                if (type == XmlPullParser.START_TAG && CONTACTS_DATA_KIND.equals(name)) {
+                    final TypedArray typedArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
+                            android.R.styleable.ContactsDataKind);
+                    try {
+                        // See if a string has been hardcoded directly into the xml
+                        final String nonResourceString = typedArray.getNonResourceString(
+                                android.R.styleable.ContactsDataKind_allContactsName);
+                        if (nonResourceString != null) {
+                            return nonResourceString;
+                        }
+
+                        // See if a resource is referenced. We can't rely on getString
+                        // to automatically resolve it as the resource lives in a different package
+                        int id = typedArray.getResourceId(
+                                android.R.styleable.ContactsDataKind_allContactsName, 0);
+                        if (id == 0) return null;
+
+                        // Resolve the resource Id
+                        final PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
+                        final Resources resources;
+                        try {
+                            resources = packageManager.getResourcesForApplication(packageName);
+                        } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                        try {
+                            return resources.getString(id);
+                        } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                    } finally {
+                        typedArray.recycle();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Problem reading XML", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Problem reading XML", e);
+        }
+    }
+}