diff --git a/src/android/org/linphone/ContactsManager.java b/src/android/org/linphone/ContactsManager.java
index 25d4b956b..a11085162 100644
--- a/src/android/org/linphone/ContactsManager.java
+++ b/src/android/org/linphone/ContactsManager.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 package org.linphone;
 
-import android.*;
 import android.Manifest;
 import android.accounts.Account;
 import android.accounts.AccountManager;
@@ -176,13 +175,8 @@ public class ContactsManager extends ContentObserver {
 			return false;
 		boolean contactsR = (PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED ==
 				context.getPackageManager().checkPermission(android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS, context.getPackageName()));
-		boolean contactsW = true;
 		context.getPackageManager();
-		if (Version.sdkAboveOrEqual(Version.API26_O_80)) {
-			contactsW = (PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED ==
-					context.getPackageManager().checkPermission(Manifest.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS, context.getPackageName()));
-		}
-		return contactsW && contactsR && !context.getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.force_use_of_linphone_friends);
+		return contactsR && !context.getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.force_use_of_linphone_friends);
 	}
 
 	public void setLinphoneContactsPrefered(boolean isPrefered) {
diff --git a/src/android/org/linphone/LinphoneService.java b/src/android/org/linphone/LinphoneService.java
index ad9f5ec3f..9fdf5aa8c 100644
--- a/src/android/org/linphone/LinphoneService.java
+++ b/src/android/org/linphone/LinphoneService.java
@@ -431,8 +431,10 @@ public final class LinphoneService extends Service {
 			Log.e(e, "Couldn't find startForeground or stopForeground");
 		}
 
-
-		getContentResolver().registerContentObserver(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, true, ContactsManager.getInstance());
+		if (!Version.sdkAboveOrEqual(Version.API26_O_80)
+				|| (ContactsManager.getInstance() != null && ContactsManager.getInstance().hasContactsAccess())) {
+			getContentResolver().registerContentObserver(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, true, ContactsManager.getInstance());
+		}
 
 		if (displayServiceNotification()) {
 			startForegroundCompat(NOTIF_ID, mNotif);