Does performing a factory reset through recovery (to flash a rom) delete my sim contacts? I'm checking my phone after just installing ics and none of my contacts are there... Apparently Google didn't back up any contacts
alexnaoumi said:
Does performing a factory reset through recovery (to flash a rom) delete my sim contacts? I'm checking my phone after just installing ics and none of my contacts are there... Apparently Google didn't back up any contacts
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Couldnt tell ya really, but i dont think it will touch your Sim. make sure you have Sim contacts checked to display, then go and copy all them over to your phone, as long as AutoSync is set for contacts. they will be backed up.
No it doesn't erase your sim contacts.
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SIM is completely separate... I coulda told ya that and im no androidian genius like some of these folks! Think of it as a completely separate partition, or better yet, a secondary hard drive.
And if you're really worried about it, remove SIM before doing a reset
Clay
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Sounds like someone has sim contacts and phone contacts confused.
Sim isnt touched at all by factory resets. Phone contacts do get wiped. Always verify they are synced with google.
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Pirateghost said:
Sounds like someone has sim contacts and phone contacts confused.
Sim isnt touched at all by factory resets. Phone contacts do get wiped. Always verify they are synced with google.
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+1 sync with Google is a really good way to always have your contacts safe
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alexnaoumi said:
Does performing a factory reset through recovery (to flash a rom) delete my sim contacts? I'm checking my phone after just installing ics and none of my contacts are there... Apparently Google didn't back up any contacts
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It doesn't erase your contacts on the SIM.
MotoMudder already gives you a solid answer as well as a suggestion.
Once your contacts are synced one they don't just disappear unless you did something on your end. and keep in mind when U flash a new ROM obviously you have to add your google account again.
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I cant get the notification to go away, or get it to actually authorize. Anyone found a fix? Stock htc amaze, just got it today. Facebook works and all but notification is annoying.
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RZJZA80 said:
I cant get the notification to go away, or get it to actually authorize. Anyone found a fix? Stock htc amaze, just got it today. Facebook works and all but notification is annoying.
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Which authorization? I'm trying to follow what you're asking.
Have you tried restarting the phone?
When i first started my phone out of the box today, i logged in to facebook to sync contacts. I got a notification saying
"Authorize htc sense to access facebook". I tried many times and it says sense failed. I cant remove the notification now.
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RZJZA80 said:
When i first started my phone out of the box today, i logged in to facebook to sync contacts. I got a notification saying
"Authorize htc sense to access facebook". I tried many times and it says sense failed. I cant remove the notification now.
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Try this, restarting the phone first.
If it's still there go into
settings>applications>manage applications>facebook for HTC sense>clear data
Restart again just to be on the safe side.
Then log back in.
Let me know how it goes bro.
Tried that, and didnt log back into facebook but notification is still there
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Tried that, and didnt log back into facebook but notification is still there
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If you just got your phone and don't mind wiping data how about a factory reset?
yeah I'm going to try that, but I'm afraid as soon as it boots up it will ask for it again. It asks for it when I add and remove synced accounts too. I have no idea. I'm surprised nobody else has had this issue so far.
well i reset the phone, as soon as I tried to add facebook account to my sync list (not the facebook app), it did it again, asking for authorization and now it's sitting in notifications again.
RZJZA80 said:
well i reset the phone, as soon as I tried to add facebook account to my sync list (not the facebook app), it did it again, asking for authorization and now it's sitting in notifications again.
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I honestly don't know what the deal could be. Sorry to hear you're having such bad luck with it.
Reboot, clearing data and a reset still didn't help.
I'm all out of ideas bro.
So tmo tech support has no clue and they're supposed to call me tomorrow with a resolution...this should be good.
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So tmo tech support has no clue and they're supposed to call me tomorrow with a resolution...this should be good.
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Well let me know what they say. =/
Nothing from tmo yet, but task manager ending the Facebook for sense removes the notification, but after reboot it comes back, so if nobody else is apparently having this issue, I'll return the phone for a new one.
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I had the issue. you have to hit the notification and wait. Do it before bed or something with the phone plugged in, eventually it will time out. I did this a couple of times and it went away. Also, Check your apps on facebook from your desktop, if HTC sense is already authorized, try removing it, then allowing the mobile app to re add it. If you go that route, I'd clear all data from facebook and uninstall the app (it's seperate from facebook for sense) and then deactivate the sense app from your facebook on the desktop before you readd your facebook account to the facebook for sense, then download the full facebook app. I'm getting sick of everything trying to incorperate facebook into my life.
^ Thanks man, you gave ne the idea of looking at the apps setting in facebook, and sure enough, i had platform apps turned off. I turned it on, and tried the authorization again, and voila! it's gone!
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^ Thanks man, you gave ne the idea of looking at the apps setting in facebook, and sure enough, i had platform apps turned off. I turned it on, and tried the authorization again, and voila! it's gone!
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Dang. So I didn't help at all?
Authorize HTC Sense
Did you ever get this resolved? I have the same problem. The Facebook app seems to work fine but I get the Authorize HTC Sense error in the notification bar. When I click on it, I get "error occured with HTC Sense, please try again later".
Read two posts above you. Ugh
JoeAndDroid said:
Did you ever get this resolved? I have the same problem. The Facebook app seems to work fine but I get the Authorize HTC Sense error in the notification bar. When I click on it, I get "error occured with HTC Sense, please try again later".
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Titanium Backup freeze facebook for htc
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So tmo tech support has no clue and they're supposed to call me tomorrow with a resolution...this should be good.
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I have the same exact problem on my HTC Rezound on VZW. Tried everything (reboot, wipe, clear data/cache to no avail.
JoeAndDroid said:
I have the same exact problem on my HTC Rezound on VZW. Tried everything (reboot, wipe, clear data/cache to no avail.
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You didn't try everything. Read the posts above you and you will see what to do to resolve the issue. I swear people are so lazy, read my friend, REEAAADDDD
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In the settings > privacy tab there are these options :
Backup my data
Automatic restore
What exactly do these do? Does keeping them activated use more battery and processing power? Is it recommended to uncheck them?
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First copies all your app's data to Google servers on every sync.
Second restores (copy back from servers to your phone) that data when you reinstall your apps after a factory reset.
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First copies all your app's data to Google servers on every sync.
Second restores (copy back from servers to your phone) that data when you reinstall your apps after a factory reset.
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What kind of data? I don't have anything critically important on my phone. Maybe passwords on websites and that's it. Is that part of the data it backs up?
Is it important to have this on?
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Contacts, wifi passwords and such. I turn it on when I add a new contact etc just to double make sure it gets backed up.
Other than that I permanently leave both options off.
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nikzDHD said:
Contacts, wifi passwords and such. I turn it on when I add a new contact etc just to double make sure it gets backed up.
Other than that I permanently leave both options off.
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Does it drain battery when left on?
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rab1412000 said:
Does it drain battery when left on?
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A bit but I'm not sure how frequent or often it syncs with Google.
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Hey guys,
I forgot my pin. I'm sure i'm entering the right code but still not working. I tried these options:
1.entering the supposedly wrong pin many times, and hoping it would ask me to sign in with my gmail/google credentials. But it never did.
2.Lock screen byppass pro says: not compatible with device from Google play store.
Are there any options left, have important files on the phone.
Thanks
NAndroid backup
Cwm wipe data
Either try restore data only or manually search nandroid backup for your important files
Good practice is to keep important files on an sd card rather than internal
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manemzjum said:
NAndroid backup
Cwm wipe data
Either try restore data only or manually search nandroid backup for your important files
Good practice is to keep important files on an sd card rather than internal
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any guides on how to do this?
Also shouldnt the "forgotten pin" pop up by now?>
go into recovery and just factory reset it
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Will of fire said:
go into recovery and just factory reset it
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I really need the data. And dont really want to root the S3.
Wipe cache and dalvik might work.
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So you want/need these files, you can't get to the recovery screen but you don't want to take the other steps to get your data..
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joshnichols189 said:
So you want/need these files, you can't get to the recovery screen but you don't want to take the other steps to get your data..
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Quite a noob on rooting and all the terms Im seeing here....
blue13x said:
Quite a noob on rooting and all the terms Im seeing here....
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It's not that bad, just do some reading beforehand. There's even a tool that will do it for you. The Q/A forum is also very inviting I may add
Used samsung dive and I'm not up and running.
Why don't you just connect your phone to the computer with usb and transfer the files on to your pc? Or will it not connect with pin lock on?
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corrsea said:
Why don't you just connect your phone to the computer with usb and transfer the files on to your pc? Or will it not connect with pin lock on?
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It's smarter than that. If you connect in USB with the screen locked securely, it doesn't activate until you unlock it at least once.
OP, is it definitely the phone PIN as opposed to the SIM PIN? Cause there's no reason it shouldn't prompt you to override the phone pin with your Google account info
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blue13x said:
Hey guys,
I forgot my pin. I'm sure i'm entering the right code but still not working. I tried these options:
1.entering the supposedly wrong pin many times, and hoping it would ask me to sign in with my gmail/google credentials. But it never did.
2.Lock screen byppass pro says: not compatible with device from Google play store.
Are there any options left, have important files on the phone.
Thanks
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call your phone from another one and answer it. Once you answer hit the menu button and go to settings and quickly add another email account...Yahoo, hotmail, whatever. Can't hang up until done and have to be connected to Wi-Fi. Once it's stored in accounts you can hang up. go to lockscreen and enter that account as user and/or password. Any account you have stored to phone password will work.
Ok. Here's what I found.
In other words I unlocked it using Samsung Dive.
For some reason it locked and didnt accept my pin.
1.if possible dont use pin because for some reason it simply wont give you the option of forgotten and unlock with your google account.
2.If locked with pin you cant access files via pc.
3.so activate samsung asap and stay away from pin. Maybe this is a bug?
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JediNinjafication said:
call your phone from another one and answer it. Once you answer hit the menu button and go to settings and quickly add another email account...Yahoo, hotmail, whatever. Can't hang up until done and have to be connected to Wi-Fi. Once it's stored in accounts you can hang up. go to lockscreen and enter that account as user and/or password. Any account you have stored to phone password will work.
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Tried that too. Read it in soke thread..didnt work on my S3
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blue13x said:
Tried that too. Read it in soke thread..didnt work on my S3
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can you usb to fastboot?
Solved it. Unlocked with Samsung Dive.
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Since upgrading my phone to the stock jelly bean firmware (rooted) I've noticed one rather annoying bug. When someone rings me, the phone no longer
displays their name & picture - just the number. Exactly as if they were not in my contacts.
But they are.
I also noticed that the sms messaging app want integrating with contacts anymore. I solved this by installing a new app (handcent), but i don't really want to have to install a new dialer.
Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a fix?
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Hi I have the same problem as you mentioned, this wasn't there in lj4 I see this only in lj5.
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That's interesting - I'm running lj4
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No one else having this problem? Our have any ideas as to how to fix?
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I'm on LJ4 and have the contacts photo showing up when called...
To clarify, the dialer itself is fine - when I'm dialing, it can find my contacts.
It's when I get a phone call. It displays the number, but didn't associate it in any way with any of my contacts.
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Im in lj5 and everything works here. Probably you have duplicate contacts somewere.
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yeh duplicate contacts or do a wipe and root it with a decent rom
Am rooted, but want to stay close to stock. Well check to see if there are dupe contacts. Thanks.
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Confirming that this problem doesnt exist in lj5!!!
Works perfect for me!!
phunni said:
To clarify, the dialer itself is fine - when I'm dialing, it can find my contacts.
It's when I get a phone call. It displays the number, but didn't associate it in any way with any of my contacts.
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You have to wait 1 or 2 seconds for the name to show... this happens to me sometimes... not all the time... and not with every contact... but eventually it will show...
It's never shown yet - even after a few minutes.
It does look like a contacts issue. Even I look in the contacts app, there are no duplicates. However, when I try and update a contract from a phone number, it lists a number of extra contacts - including plenty of duplicates.
Not sure how to access these extra contacts normally though...
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I think these extra contacts may have been added by syncing Google+ contacts. I actually switched it off fairly early on, but it seems to have corrupted my contacts now...
Any ideas on how I can fix this?
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Removing the relevant gmail account from my phone & then re-adding it appears to have fixed the problem
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Never mind I just need to remove the SIM that came with the phone
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cc16177 said:
Anyone know how to bypass the activation screen? I'm trying to root and unlock a DNA that won't be activated until Sunday.
Someone recommended forcing a reboot by holding the power button but the phone just boots back to the verizon activation screen.
Thanks in advance
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Take the SIM card out and restart.
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On a somewhat similar note, does anyone know how to get google to sync and reinstall all your apps after a wipe when you bypass setting up the gmail account in the wizard. When I do this and then add my account when trying to sign into play store, for some reason the auto reinstall of my backed up apps does not happen.