Just a bit of info to pick everyone's brain:
Every time I would open the contacts and try to add a new contact, com.motorola.contacts would f/c.
I kept playing around with it, and when I tried to edit display options it would f/c. I ended up freezing about 10 different apps in Titanium Backup before I found the culprit: Contacts Sync, and now it works perfectly. WEIRD.
btw, I have made a full nandroid backup of my original system, and my phone has 0 bloatware removed. So idk if it's an issue with the stock rom, or me rooting, or what. but there you go. Any input is appreciated
I've got the same issue. I was wondering if I uninstalled a wrong file.
Having the same issue. I thought I tried unfreezing that and rebooted but still would not work. Will try again
Contacts sync is not frozen and I still cannot add contacts. Any other ideas appreciated.
I fixed the issue finally. When you are in Titanium Backup, first make a backup of the contacts sync apk, then convert it to a user app. fixed all my weird contacts issues and it actually still syncs my contacts.
I probably overlooked something when freezing apps, screwed something up. Can't wait for our fxz files!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the info. TB won't stop processing it but it started working again.
rockingout92 said:
I fixed the issue finally. When you are in Titanium Backup, first make a backup of the contacts sync apk, then convert it to a user app. fixed all my weird contacts issues and it actually still syncs my contacts.
I probably overlooked something when freezing apps, screwed something up. Can't wait for our fxz files!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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rock:
I had the same issue along with atquick IIRC. Restored all frozen apps/system with TiBu Pro; plus restored to original backup that was made when first rooted w/ Zedomax using modded Bionic Bootstrap. Nothing would correct FCs. Local VZW was told by Tech Support to replace phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20562332&postcount=7
Glad to hear you got your razr working again! Have to think the Bionic Bootstrap/recovery missed something during the backup; but that's just a guess.
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My Gmail has started acting up, and won't let me delete certain emails. I try deleting them on the NC, and the gmail app force closes!
Does anyone know how I can fix the problem?
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My Gmail has started acting up, and won't let me delete certain emails. I try deleting them on the NC, and the gmail app force closes!
Does anyone know how I can fix the problem?
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Are you trying to delete archived emails? That's when I had the problem. Had to delete from computer.
I'm trying to delete messages from the inbox. Some messages appear to sync once, but won't sync again ever, so if I try to delete, label, or archive one of these stuck emails, the app either quits or backs up. I can delete them from another device just fine, but those specific emails stay stuck and won't go away.
As a temporary fix, I'm using K9 until I can figure out how to fix it.
I'm having the same problem, rooted stock 1.1. I found that this only happens on emails that are marked as read. So if I mark the message as unread, then I can delete it just fine. This problem only occurs occasionally for me. Doesn't usually cause the app to quit for me, just fails to delete typically.
Hope this helps.
I've found Gmail to be very unstable on 1.1. I've switched to k9 and am happy with it.
I had this exact same problem on my rooted stock 1.1.
The issue did not appear until after I updated CWM from 3.0.0.5 to 3.0.1.0, including installing the kernel with ext2, 3, & 4 support. I was never able to determine with any certainty if the CWM update/kernel had caused the issue because even after restoring to a backup I had made prior to the update it didn't fix things.
I also tried uninstalling gmail and reinstalling it, but that didn't fix it either. I scoured the internet for a solution but couldn't find one. Eventually, I got so fed up that I completely restored to stock and took the opportunity to upgrade to Froyo. The problem did not carry over to Froyo, fortunately.
Nevertheless, this error shouldn't be happening on rooted stock 1.1 and it didn't for me for most of the time I used Eclair, so I'm not advising you to drop Eclair by any means. However, you might want to consider restoring to stock and starting over.
I noticed the same issue. Was not present when booted to Nookie Froyo on an SD card. I'm back to running the stock rooted OS, so I still see this GMail problem.
I'm just waiting for a good SD version of CM7 that has the market and soft keys preinstalled, preferrably that runs like it does on Nookie Froyo.
Anyone ever find a fix for this?
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No, but the good news is that a stable release of CM7 (aka Gingerbread) is nearly upon us. I think pretty soon Eclair and Froyo will be obsolete as far as the Nook goes.
My solution to this was to mark as unread and then delete, the app no longer FCs if I delete that way.
However, not all emails seem to trigger this problem
I recently upgraded to GSB v2.1 from my previously non-rooted bog standard Eris and am amazed by what I had been missing out for. I'm still pretty much a complete newbie to the whole custom ROM thing though, and have a few questions that may be quite stupid.
1) I'm getting force close crashes w/ the Facebook app. It'll load for a second and I'll see my news page, then force close comes up. Do I just need to reinstall or ... ? Edit: Facebook seems to be loading now, without force close issues. The problem was very repeatable (every time I tried to open the app!) last night, but seems gone today. Ah well, good riddance!
2) While trying to play a vid from Youtube, the sound is working flawlessly but the video doesn't seem to be advancing. I can move forward manually but all I get are still pictures from the video. This is using the browser that came with GSB; I haven't yet tried to get any other apps.
3) My wife's phone seriously needs this too, but she's leery of wiping her phone of apps. What's the best way to backup apps from a non-rooted Eris?
Thanks in advance for any answers you guys can provide!
Download titanium backup for the apps I'm new at this too I'm unsure about your problems with Facebook and YouTube did you wipe the dalvik cache?
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I did wipe the cache, although like I said, I haven't put any apps on here yet, so no harm in just wiping it all again and reflashing the rom to make sure it works. Thanks for the titanium backup tip!
No problem gsb is a great rom these Eris devs do awesome work I use gsb 2.0 no problems I'm trying Ginger tazz now I think battery life may be a little better but both are excellent. You should totally hook your wife's phone up too
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I recently upgraded to GSB v2.1 from my previously non-rooted bog standard Eris and am amazed by what I had been missing out for. I'm still pretty much a complete newbie to the whole custom ROM thing though, and have a few questions that may be quite stupid.
1) I'm getting force close crashes w/ the Facebook app. It'll load for a second and I'll see my news page, then force close comes up. Do I just need to reinstall or ... ? Edit: Facebook seems to be loading now, without force close issues. The problem was very repeatable (every time I tried to open the app!) last night, but seems gone today. Ah well, good riddance!
2) While trying to play a vid from Youtube, the sound is working flawlessly but the video doesn't seem to be advancing. I can move forward manually but all I get are still pictures from the video. This is using the browser that came with GSB; I haven't yet tried to get any other apps.
3) My wife's phone seriously needs this too, but she's leery of wiping her phone of apps. What's the best way to backup apps from a non-rooted Eris?
Thanks in advance for any answers you guys can provide!
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I think the Youtube thing is a known issue, and I'm guessing that it's just because Cyanogen Mod 7 isn't completely done yet, so maybe it'll be worked out over time.
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I did wipe the cache, although like I said, I haven't put any apps on here yet, so no harm in just wiping it all again and reflashing the rom to make sure it works. Thanks for the titanium backup tip!
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Just to let you know, you can wipe the Dalvik cache any time you want to, even after loading apps. It'll just longer to rebuild it when you reboot, but it can help solve issues sometimes.
Welcome to rooting!
That's great to hear! Well, it's not great that youtube doesn't work 100%, but at least it's not some weird problem particular to me. Lol.
I have to say, I really really have grown to like this ROM very fast. My wife is clamoring for it even knowing she's gonna lose all her apps. Any tips on how I set my contacts to import Facebook profile pics now? I did it before, but have no clue where that was or where it may have moved to now.
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That's great to hear! Well, it's not great that youtube doesn't work 100%, but at least it's not some weird problem particular to me. Lol.
I have to say, I really really have grown to like this ROM very fast. My wife is clamoring for it even knowing she's gonna lose all her apps. Any tips on how I set my contacts to import Facebook profile pics now? I did it before, but have no clue where that was or where it may have moved to now.
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best option i found for backing up my wife's apps before flashing from stock was to use "universal androot" to root (it is a software root so there is no rebooting or flashing or really any risk of loosing aps). then you can install titanium backup. it will even backup protected files since you have root. when titanium backup loads, hit menu->batch and pick the backup all new apps and newer versions. after flashing, load titanium backup, menu-> batch and pick restore all missing apps (i restored them with data, but many people have had to install the app only and then put back in the other info). FYI i rooted several (5) phones this way. if you install rom manager from the market and install a recovery (clockwork or amon's) from the rom manager, you can turn phone off, then hold vol down and power on to boot to recovery. from there you can wipe and flash. it is the easiest way to root and flash a new rom imho.
sorry figured i should answer your post i quoted. lol. if under menu-> accounts and sync->add account->facebook. input your info and select sync all or sync current contacts. it should pull in the information. if you have different names for people in your contacts and your facebook (ex "wife" in your contacts and "jane" on facebook) you can "sync all contacts" and manually link them. contacts->long press on contact->edit contact->menu->join. this should link you contacts with their facebook info. the facebook pics will sync it just takes a good bit of time sometimes.
Not really a question so much as a rant/discussion/question mix.
To let it be known up front... I use Ti Backup for backup and restore of apps.
But the built in Google Android backup...
Its just so inconsistent... and not from the "not all the apps and data backup" perspective...
But from the "sometimes it never restores and sometimes it does" perspective.
I just flashed a CM10 nightly on my Gnex, after running CM9 for a while. It started restoring all sorts of apps imediatly, some I stopped using months ago. I went into the market to download Ti Backup, and there it was, a huge list of apps being downloaded.
Thing is, I had just done a factory reset and reinstall of CM9 the other day to fix a persistent bug with Gtalk... I got no automatic app restores when I did that. I used Ti Backup as normal.
I have noticed this odd behavior many times... even when using the same ROM or merely an update to that ROM.
Whats everyone else's experience with it? Anyone find some sort of pattern to explain its behavior?
I rooted my Note 2 about a year ago, but had left it stock until yesterday. I had wanted to be able to adjust my APN settings and that seemed like as good as time as any to try a rom. I had TB backups that I have been running since I rooted my phone, and made a Nandroid backup in TWRP and then flashed CM11. Had a few hiccups along the way, but eventually got it working. I read the warning about not using TB to restore all system data, but people seemed to ahve success using it in a more limited way to restore just select data, so I tried using it just for contacts...but that didn't restore my contacts and caused other immediate issues. Did some more reading and saw that TB is apparently not good at backing up contacts, just everything else. Standard reply was to use Google to sync contacts, but I don't do that anymore after having problems with it years ago when I first tried an Android phone.
So the other solution I came across for people who hadn't ever synced with Google was to use the Nandroid backup you made before flashing to go back to stock. Get your contacts there and then sync them with Google, export them, or use another app to back them up, and then flash back. So I tried this, but when I restored my Nandroid backup in recovery it restored a factory reset device. I was able to download TB and use it to restore most of my data, so I'm now about 80% of where I was before I flashed...but still no contacts (well actually it restored 1 of my contacts, plus the VZ default contacts). So am I screwed, or is there any other thing to try to get my contacts back?
Screwed.
Use Google, dude. Google has made major leaps in the past few years.
I flash a lot and use tibu a lot. Never ever been able to successfully restore contacts unless from an exported file or from a tibu restore.
You could use that file you exported and import it to Google, maybe?
Thanks. Figured that was the case. Google screwed up my contacts in the same way a couple of years apart the first two times I tried an Android phone. I got a ton of duplicated contacts, a bunch of unrelated contacts were merged, and phone numbers were forgotten. The only way I got everything resorted was by taking my old dumb phone into a Verizon store and after about an hour of playing around they were able to figure out how to get the contacts onto my smart phone. Which is what I guess I will end up doing again. I'll lose the last couple of years worth of new contacts and contact changes, but at least I won't be starting from scratch. Once I do that it looks like I need to make sure to export the contacts and save them as a vcf somewhere off my phone. Maybe even print them out. Oh well, valuable lesson and all that.
Is anyone else having issues with Facebook and messenger apps since rooting? It's the only thing I'm having problems with. The apps try to start but immediately crash before the login screen even appears. I'm using a clean install rooted 11b,not the upgrade option, I've tried clearing any and all fb files and folders from my device, clearing cache and deleting data, no change in fb apps, instant crash. And they were installed before almost everything else except busy box. Any ideas? Thanks in advanced!
-Kyle
Facebook working great here, don't use messenger so can't answer that sorry
Messenger working great here. While I don't use facebook, the other user confirmed that's good too. Try rebooting. That fixed an issue of mine after completing the process.
Try uninstalling and reinstalling the app.. I had a similar issue with instagram and a simple uninstall/reinstall fixed my issue.
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Nope, reboots and reinstalls didn't work sadly.
I typically don't use Messenger from the app, but I installed it to see if I have any issues and it is working well.
I would re-run your root process. I have seen this before. Something didn't quite gel on the first go-around that running it again might help.
Clean stock flash, then 11B root upgrade.
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I typically don't use Messenger from the app, but I installed it to see if I have any issues and it is working well.
I would re-run your root process. I have seen this before. Something didn't quite gel on the first go-around that running it again might help.
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Basically what I ended up doing. Facebook wasn't the only thing not working as it turns out, Titanium Backup wasn't recognizing all the backups, out of the 140 backups I had, it was only finding 31. So I ended up doing a refurbish with a stock unrooted 11B erasing everything for a true clean start, then doing an upgrade with the rooted 11B and now everything is running smoothly. Facebook, messenger, Titanium Backup, all good. I'm not sure, but it might have been something to do with the fact that I was on 10B and tried to do the upgrade option with rooted 11B, but others say they had no problems upgrading from 10B to rooted 11B. So I don't know what happened, but it's good now, just in case anyone else is having random issues, maybe this will help you.
Thank you guys for the help and ideas!!!
-Kyle