[Q] Gmail contacts keep disappearing!? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
I came across a similar thread but it was a different device and the wasn't really a propper answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760974
I could find any answers over the net either so this is a cry for help...
I'm having this weird problem, my contact are disappearing systematically from my device every day or so...
I keep restoring them through Gmail contacts but they keep disappearing with no reason ??? (already occured 3-4 times)
I thought it might be a virus so I installed AVG free antivirus but it wasn't it, next I thought it might be the ROM (I was using RGUI v5) so I installed a new one (Tried official MIUI version 2.10.12) which didn't suite me well so I eventually flashed CM9 stable version for the SG3 download section (which is awsome btw...) and today, after 48 hours it happened again I got 0 in all my contacts/groups (WTF...).
I had outlook <--> Gmail contacts sync installed on my PC so I deleted it (even before flashing new ROMs), also using google calendar synce (but I dont think it's related).
All help would be appreciated, Thanks in advance!

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[Q] Microsoft Facebook App

I've been using the Facebook App from Microsoft Marketplace for a long while now, we're talking a good 8 months or so.
A couple of weeks ago it just stopped working. It will open but it won't refresh any statuses or anything.
I have flashed my phone with the newest NRG Rom but it still doesn't update. To update it, I literally need to log out and then back in to Facebook.
Any advise, ideas or suggestions.....
Exactly the same problem here! Anybody a clue?
This problem / situation is bean mentioned several times now.
This problem is caused on some updates that Facebook have been done, and it caused problems on our device.
Solution: ???? waiting to it will be fixed we have seen simulative problem in the past with tweeter
Suggestion; us the the internet page. www. Facebook.com
Thread moved to Q&A.
I know that there was a problem with Twitter, but that's all sorted now.
Fingers crossed Facebook will pull their fingers out and get it sorted.
The strange thing is that if you log out and then log back in, it works again. But every time you load the application again, you have to log out and back in. Annoying but the closest thing to a solution.
Also what's the probability that it will get fixed with WP7S out so soon?
Its not looking too good.......
this problem is weeks old and hasnt even been mentioned in an official capacity afaik.....
Probably an MS conspiracy to have all the facebook junkies rushing to the store for a brand new wp7 handset.............
conantroutman said:
Its not looking too good.......
this problem is weeks old and hasnt even been mentioned in an official capacity afaik.....
Probably an MS conspiracy to have all the facebook junkies rushing to the store for a brand new wp7 handset.............
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Oh that would be hilarious, for Facebook to update their site so WP7 is no longer compatible
New Facebook App available, but after update program doesn't start
It seems that the problem was fixed and a new version is available through Microsoft Marketplace. I've successfully installed it, but then it doesn't start. Error message just says "Facebook could not be started".
It installs not into \Windows, so there are still files from the old version (from the ROM) available. I suspect there is a conflict with these older files.
Any way to get this fixed?
Thanks
Holger

Problems after 2.1 update

Hello,
I just did update to 2.1
i used this one:
[2_11_2010]Decrypted x10 roms - latest Android 2.1 SHIPPED GLOBAL ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
X10 SHIPPED 2.1 ROM - (FLASH TOOL INCLUDED) Thanks Bin4ry & TheLaser
X10i_2_0_A_0_504_NORDIC - http://hotfile.com/dl/79720298/90369a2/2.1_2.0.A.0.504.rar.html
Problems that ive noticed:
Sprite Backup saying - Aplication not Installed (on 1.6 was fine)
Operator signal is disappearing randomly - seems like its a signal problem when i use Network Mode: GSM / WCDMA
applanet.net is giving force close when i click on any aplication to install
Edit:
Picking up groups to sync from gmail is not available anymore so it sync all including mail adresses
Thats all what ive noticed so far...
Anybody else is having the same issues? Or do u have any solution? Thx
my data services decided to not work for some reason, now they're working (maybe a network glitch)
me 2
lost all signals when unlocking the phone and lost the mobile web signal occationally
and it keeps on force closing my android system
killeriq said:
Hello,
I just did update to 2.1
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Problems that ive noticed:
Sprite Backup saying - Aplication not Installed (on 1.6 was fine)
Operator signal is disappearing randomly
applanet.net is giving force close when i click on any aplication to install
Thats all what ive noticed so far...
Anybody else is having the same issues? Or do u have any solution? Thx
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Good Day!
Well, Sprite Backup is not working and I took the backup using Sprite Backup. Second issue, Phonebook not showing the contacts, despite the fact that I tried many times. The contacts are restored as evident from the Messaging, as I can select the recipient, however, the Phonebook is showing "No Contacts".
Can anybody help? especially a way to install Sprite Backup.
i wrote to Sprite backup support so lets see what they answer, but i did backup with SE backup and restore (UI seems the same as on Sprite ) even with MyBackup pro, gmail backup etc...
Try to check your google account Contact if u have contacts in different group then My Contact it would do the restore, at least i havent figure it out how to pick Group to restore as on 1.6 version
Well, apparently for me, i'm not able to remount via adb.. getting "mount: Operation not permitted" any ideas? anyone?
Restarts
damn my phone is restarting when I switch to any map application. Wisepilot, GMaps it either will not connect or it will restart and this process is draining the battery like crazy..
Before I used to press hold on a message I could add the contact, now I can't why the hell did they take this out?
sent from canadadadada in a igloo
I have been trying to charge my phone through the AC adaptor, but it doesnt seem to be charging at all in fact the overall charge is actually decreasing. Also when the phone is off and I plug in the usb to charge it boots to a black screen showing a large battery charging icon. Anyone else?
Haque said:
Good Day!
Well, Sprite Backup is not working and I took the backup using Sprite Backup. Second issue, Phonebook not showing the contacts, despite the fact that I tried many times. The contacts are restored as evident from the Messaging, as I can select the recipient, however, the Phonebook is showing "No Contacts".
Can anybody help? especially a way to install Sprite Backup.
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Ok, how you get the latest back up and restore app.
1 download a barcode scanner app from the market.
2 load up pc companion
3 select update software
4 in the disclaimer about updating it advices you to back up all personal data, with in that there is a link to get the latest version of back up and restore from SE website.
5 follow the link and scan the barcode with your phone from the website
6 it should now download and then install it.
7 should be done. This works, I did it earlier and im still on 1.6 and I now have the newest one that backs up play now and market links.
This should be easy aslong as your comfortable with all the above steps, piece of cake honestly
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
killeriq said:
Hello,
I just did update to 2.1
i used this one:
[2_11_2010]Decrypted x10 roms - latest Android 2.1 SHIPPED GLOBAL ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
X10 SHIPPED 2.1 ROM - (FLASH TOOL INCLUDED) Thanks Bin4ry & TheLaser
X10i_2_0_A_0_504_NORDIC - http://hotfile.com/dl/79720298/90369a2/2.1_2.0.A.0.504.rar.html
Problems that ive noticed:
Sprite Backup saying - Aplication not Installed (on 1.6 was fine)
Operator signal is disappearing randomly
applanet.net is giving force close when i click on any aplication to install
Thats all what ive noticed so far...
Anybody else is having the same issues? Or do u have any solution? Thx
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824721
X10 - 2.1 nordic generic - battery drains very fast!!!!!
Hi guys,
I've updated to 2.1 and so far I found the battery to last less than 1 day, when in 1.6 (024 FIRMWARE) this would last like 2 full days with normal usage....
For sure somethings going on here... which applications might be the cause??
thanks
Vitor Castanheiro said:
Hi guys,
I've updated to 2.1 and so far I found the battery to last less than 1 day, when in 1.6 (024 FIRMWARE) this would last like 2 full days with normal usage....
For sure somethings going on here... which applications might be the cause??
thanks
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Apparently its meant to get much better after you let the battery run out and next boot up its meant to improve after that. I'm sure I read it on one of the various 2.1 threads on here
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Vitor Castanheiro said:
Hi guys,
I've updated to 2.1 and so far I found the battery to last less than 1 day, when in 1.6 (024 FIRMWARE) this would last like 2 full days with normal usage....
For sure somethings going on here... which applications might be the cause??
thanks
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Turn Gps off it is consuming way too much battery.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
killeriq said:
Hello,
I just did update to 2.1
i used this one:
[2_11_2010]Decrypted x10 roms - latest Android 2.1 SHIPPED GLOBAL ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
X10 SHIPPED 2.1 ROM - (FLASH TOOL INCLUDED) Thanks Bin4ry & TheLaser
X10i_2_0_A_0_504_NORDIC - http://hotfile.com/dl/79720298/90369a2/2.1_2.0.A.0.504.rar.html
Problems that ive noticed:
Sprite Backup saying - Aplication not Installed (on 1.6 was fine)
Operator signal is disappearing randomly - seems like its a signal problem when i use Network Mode: GSM / WCDMA
applanet.net is giving force close when i click on any aplication to install
Edit:
Picking up groups to sync from gmail is not available anymore so it sync all including mail adresses
Thats all what ive noticed so far...
Anybody else is having the same issues? Or do u have any solution? Thx
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I have the same problem with applanet... did you find any solution?
Mugur
http://mugur-ionescu.ro/tag/xperia

facebook update force closing

hi.i updated the facebook app this morning and everytime i press messages or friends it force closes.wondered if anyone else has this this problem?? im runnin wolf's v06 which i cannot compliment enough,any help would be great,thanks
hi i'm also getting a similar experience but using rendeiro2005 [MOD/ROM]scamble_v01.2[CM6.1.3].
however my initial problem was the contacts were not syncing with facebook. i so ended up completing uninstalling the app, removing the apk from the system/app folder and then reinstalling from the market (this was a fix on one of his previous roms), it still didn't work so applied the contacts fix from wolf and it worked ok - however I now get fc on messages within facebook.
i was going to post in the dev section but not enough posts yet to be allowed..
fastyan46 said:
hi i'm also getting a similar experience but using rendeiro2005 [MOD/ROM]scamble_v01.2[CM6.1.3].
however my initial problem was the contacts were not syncing with facebook. i so ended up completing uninstalling the app, removing the apk from the system/app folder and then reinstalling from the market (this was a fix on one of his previous roms), it still didn't work so applied the contacts fix from wolf and it worked ok - however I now get fc on messages within facebook.
i was going to post in the dev section but not enough posts yet to be allowed..
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yeh im going to have a tinker round with is and ill let you know iv tried reinstalling doesnt work,but ive had facebook working fine so its probably not rom related. if all fails il post in the dev section,dont like disturbing people though their working on gingerbread...the sooner the better lol
hi, it seems everyone is having problems with the new facebook update.ive gone back to 1.5.2 and all is working again. ive uploaded it for you.if you cant roll back on the market like i couldnt. gd luck
brill thanks - just go tback off holiday and tried the older version of FB and works perfectly

alpha 3 gmail

Hi everyone,
Installed Alpha 3 on my TP. There are a few new bugs from 2.1 which I can work with, however in Gmail it saves a draft of the copy on every half word leading to every sentence looking like this
"ThaThanks ffor yoyour hehelp"
Any idea why?
I've tried uninstalling the app/clearing its cache & data but to no avail.
Please help!!
T

ShoStock2 ICS exchange email issue

I've searched until I'm blue in the face on this and am sorry if i've missed it somewhere, but with any version of ShoStock2 ICS (including the newest 2.2.2) I can't get exchange to show emails newer than 3 weeks ago. Older one's show up fine. Also I can send emails and they will come through on the PC, but never on the phone. I've flashed back to ShoStock 1.9.4 gingerbread, and exchange works flawlessly. I have tried connecting on wifi and over the air, both with the same results. I would very much appreciate any insight you all might have.
Edit: Forgot to mention, exchange works fine on AOKP and Phone-Bricker ICS roms.
No one has any thoughts or help on this?
Hi,
I've installed everything yesterday night. Everything including the exchange servers are working fine on my end. Could it be your setting by any chance?
I didn't use any other kernel, I used cherrypicker.
Exchange seems to be working fine at this end.
Running 2.2.2 and using exchange, no issues here. No to be a smart arse but you did wipe first right?
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I always wipe data, cache, and dalvik twice before flashing a new ROM (thanks to the advice of the great group of people on XDA forums), and this is the only one that I've had any issue getting exchange to play nice with. It sets up fine and syncs all of my emails except newer than 3 weeks ago. I've ran at least 10 different ROM's including two other ICS versions with no issue on this. I've tried 4 different ShoStock2 ICS versions beginning all the way back to the the RC1 release, all with this same result. I've tried using different kernels with different releases, removing and resetting the exchange acount, rebooting, connecting on wifi and HSPA+, swapped the email apk, held my breath and stood on my head. Something is missing somewhere, but I'll be damned if I can find it.
Just to be certain that the problem still exists, I downloaded AOKP and ShoStock2 latest versions last night to try this again. I wiped everything twice prior to flashing and got the same results. Exchange loads every email from today-on with AOKP, but none newer that 3 weeks on ShoStock2. I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but surely someone else has some thought on this. The only thing I have not tried is running a kernel cleaning script. Does anyone think this might help?
The reason why I removed email/exchange apk from my rom was this exactly.
No idea why, but if included with the rom it will just causes problems so I added it as an addon in the kitchen.
I would clear cache/force stop both apps, remove them, then install them again by just grabbing them from the zip file.
LiLChris06 said:
The reason why I removed email/exchange apk from my rom was this exactly.
No idea why, but if included with the rom it will just causes problems so I added it as an addon in the kitchen.
I would clear cache/force stop both apps, remove them, then install them again by just grabbing them from the zip file.
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Thanks for that reply! At least someone knows I'm not crazy. (I was starting to think I was). I actually ran your ROM a few releases ago, before kitchen was in it and it was pretty smooth. I may have to give it another go. Thanks again for the reply my friend!
Problem solved.
Well, I solved the problem (sort of). I said to hell with fighting to get the exchange working on ShoStock2, and installed LiLChris06's Phone-Bricker 2.5 ROM. This thing is freaking sweet and exchange works like a champ. I've been running this ROM hard now for about two hours with no force-closes, no lag, and the battery seems to be holding up incredibly.
Thanks LiLChris06!!!
Just FYI as i ran into similar problems with OMEGA and SHOStock2 roms, a single exhchange account seemed to run fine, but when i started adding the rest, i had similar issues with it not syncing new mail, and randomly NOT CONNECT to the exchange server in question. everything would setup fine, but eventually the exchange servers would just not update anymore after a couple hours.
if i went into the accounts/sync option in settings, then it would say it synced and would even give a current time, but would never display any new mail. if i went to "refresh" from within the mail app, the account would try to refresh, give an old date of the last refresh and then give the error: "connection error [exchange server name]"
i have not yet tried LilChris's option though, will try that once i get some extra time.
LiLChris06 said:
The reason why I removed email/exchange apk from my rom was this exactly.
No idea why, but if included with the rom it will just causes problems so I added it as an addon in the kitchen.
I would clear cache/force stop both apps, remove them, then install them again by just grabbing them from the zip file.
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Are you saying that if you included it with the ROM it wouldn't work but if you installed it after the ROM was installed it would work fine?
shoman94 said:
Are you saying that if you included it with the ROM it wouldn't work but if you installed it after the ROM was installed it would work fine?
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Yea sounds crazy but that's how it worked for many others.
In the early releases when I included I got complaints left and right, when I added it as an addon it worked flawless for everyone.
i can attest to that (so far)..
i would get exchange issues within 1 hour almost certainly..
its been almost a full 20 hours now and i havent had a single exchange hiccup yet.
one thing that might be worth noting also, i think the app is different that LiLChris uses vs what some of the other devs are using.
i have exchange 2003, 2007, 2010 servers that i connect to..
the options for connecting to 2003 and 2010 (as well as 2007) are the same in the email app that LiLChris uses, such as syncing mail, contacts, calendar (only). 2007 allows syncing of tasks, and i know 2010 allows syncing of tasks and sms, which the email app should detect.
i dont sync tasks or sms, so not a big deal to me, but i did wonder if the actual email apps were different, or different versions, or maybe one was just modded? *shrugs*.

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