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[Q] Not receiving some texts at random

Basically, I receive texts, and can send them fine. But from experiences, I don't get some replies. So I sent a text to a girl I know who replies, and she didn't. So I text asking if she replied, and she said she had. I do sometimes not get the text for a while, and then the next reply I get the previous.
I have heard many reasons as to why and fixes, but none have worked. Some to do with simply being rooted, others a non UK baseband, or a miss match with build prop. No real solutions have come up, only these possible causes.
I am in the UK, on Orange, have 3 or 4 bars (although that has nothing to do with signal strength) and on CM9.
Any help appreciated, hope someone replies unlike some other topics on here, and my texts!
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Ant help?
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Still no luck, tried some suggetions from elsewhere.
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habylab said:
Basically, I receive texts, and can send them fine. But from experiences, I don't get some replies. So I sent a text to a girl I know who replies, and she didn't. So I text asking if she replied, and she said she had. I do sometimes not get the text for a while, and then the next reply I get the previous.
I have heard many reasons as to why and fixes, but none have worked. Some to do with simply being rooted, others a non UK baseband, or a miss match with build prop. No real solutions have come up, only these possible causes.
I am in the UK, on Orange, have 3 or 4 bars (although that has nothing to do with signal strength) and on CM9.
Any help appreciated, hope someone replies unlike some other topics on here, and my texts!
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Wow - this is EXACTLY the same problem I have.
I discovered it in September last year. Had trouble even explaining to my network (Meteor in Ireland) that this was happening and to be honest they just didn't believe me. I gave them a list of examples that they checked out and they said that every single one had gone through successfully.
In the interests of research I've been using an old Nokia phone for the last 3 weeks. Twice I asked friends to text me and let me know if I didn't reply. Not one single text was missed. So, it indeed looks like a problem with the Galaxy.
I'm running a rooted SGS with Darkys Rom so I'm going to spend some time today doing a hard reset and stuff but that's just a shot in the dark.
HAS ANYBODY FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE??

I'm not sure if that's the same! Mine is with receiving texts! I will send one, not receive a reply, so ask if they did reply nd they reply saying they did!
I have heard its being routed that is the problem...
I've also had a thought that it might be the fact my number has changed Sim cards for so many years now, that might be the problem!
Also, my SMS center is reset. Set via gosms now!
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habylab said:
I'm not sure if that's the same! Mine is with receiving texts! I will send one, not receive a reply, so ask if they did reply nd they reply saying they did!
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No, it's exactly the same. Absolutely 100% exactly the same.
(The point I made about my replying to texts was to do with my "test": I asked my friends to send me texts and I told them I'd reply to every single one immediately; if I didn't reply to a text it meant that the other person would know that I probably didn't get it. A very effective test actually.)

[Q] HTC Sensation XL is running slow

Hi all
I've scoured the net for an answer to this, but all I seem to get is root/flash/mod stuff that I honestly don't fully understand.
QUESTION: All I want to know is WHY IS MY PHONE RUNNING SLOW(er) than my old SGS. That was rooted and flashed with 2.2 when I couldn't get an update but knocked out my WIFI and bluetooth so I won't be doing that again.
When I open task manager, I have 591MB available RAM (should it not be 712MB as advertised???) - 500MB of which is constantly in use. Therefore, leaving me with on average 100MB of RAM for useage. I have pretty much removed every app I have downloaded, turned the phone off and back on, removed the battery but to no avail. Even stopping running processes doesn't speed it up.
FYI I have also turned off all settings humanly possible (which is pretty much limited to animations and auto brightness)
All in all, with a 1.5ghz processor as opposed to a 1ghz processor on my SGS I should expect flawless performance, especially after such a good run with a lower spec phone.
Apologies for the rant but I want to give as much info as possible and I am sick to death of this phone already (i'm 3 or so weeks into my new contract)
Any help would be greatly appreciated (i'm sure one of you h-core android users can point me in the right direction)
Thanks in advance.

which rom you using right now? firmware or custom?
and what do you mean by "slow" ?
slow perfomance? slow response? not smooth enough?
my XL works perfectly fine and very smooth, and i am using RcMix's rom, no problem at all.
I dont think a normal XL has such issues that you mentioned, it could be your hardware's problem, try send it back for fixing, or just replace a new one if your warranty is still on.

712 MB, no. some of it is not user accessible, so it's not shown. perfectly normal. and 100MB spare should b plenty. That amoutn that is in use alreeady includes the sense UI.
Network branded?
Widgets on the home screens?
Mine only has 400MB used, and that's with loadsa crap installed and the music player running...
But don't fear the custom ROMS, if the Wi-Fi and BT went, either it was a dodgy ROM (or it was still being done), or something went wrong during the flash. These things happen but can usually be fixed.

Thanks for the replies. I am currently running stock firmware pre installed, have removed all widgets bar weather clock/power bar/YouTube bar and only have 2 home screens. Thats about it! but you really shouldn't have to on what's considered a high end phone, no?
It's slow between screens (animations are off), loading apps and the music player is choppy. They're the only real gripes I can pick off the top off of my head.
Do roms make much of a difference?
Am I expecting too much from a "high end " android?
I'm on o2
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I hasten to add the question: Do you need to effectively "wear in" such devices? I do recall a speed issue with my old laptop before I gave it a good few hours with multiple programs on the go.
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If u are talking bout the animation, yes its abit laggy when i got mine but i don think its big issue for me
Perhaps the next ICS will improve if u plan to update firmware
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Animations are always worth turning off.
Bear in mind that any widget you have running will have the program running in the background.
the fact you have so much in use suggests maybe O2 have installed some crap maybe?
Have you got it sycnhing for email avery five minutes or so?

Yeah, i suspect there's some bloat installed maybe?
Just reset mine and am showing 581 total, but only 309MB used, over 270MB free.
i have stripped a few bits out of my ROM however....

That was a good shout with the email sync. Have changed it to once a week but it still hasn't made much difference. Chances are o2 have installed ****e on here that I can't access, they're not as good as I previously thought.
Ifi don't get any joy by the time I've installed the march release of ICS I'm getting rid and going for the SGS2. I don't trust roms anymore.
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custom roms are smooth, u might want to try it.

I wouldn't let one bad experience put you off. I've been flashing and doing stuff since the old Qtek S100 back in 2003/2004. Yeah, occasionally things go a bit awry, but it's rarley not able to be fixed. I've never had a bricked device yet, although one or two may have been run over....

I didn't brick my sgs luckily. I just knocked out WiFi capability which really annoyed me. But funilly enough, today my phone seems to have sped right up. Now have an average of 170mb free ram which is almost double. I dont know what I've done, bit it seems to have worked. I reckon I just needed to wear my phone in like I did my laptop. Im fairly impatient with loading times etc haha.
I think I'm gonna wait til march when ics is released and if its crap then I'll revisit mods again.
Thanks for your help and everyone else who posted.
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Sounds like a dodgy ROM to me.
for it to do that suddenly, I wonder if you had signed into HTC Sense....that thing takes DAYS to do it's first sync sometimes.

hard resetting will solve this prob//

i have problem after factory reset is solved ,but as soon as start using dailer app ,phone restarts after dailing ,if use wifi for browsing etc in aeroplane mode every things is simply fine .
had tried flashing few roms already ,has any one solved this isssue ?

i have found that the phone sometimes "bottlenecks" and goes stupid for a few mins, but killing all running apps, and locking and unlocking the phone, makes it act normal again!

I.have no problems. Only facebook gets stupid and stays loading and loading I.have to go into applications and force stop then fb works fine. Not sure what it is ...camera its so so. I mean it uses same rezound camera and rezound takes better pics
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heartwillwin said:
hard resetting will solve this prob//
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Hard resets work almost as well as fire!

ajftl said:
I.have no problems. Only facebook gets stupid and stays loading and loading I.have to go into applications and force stop then fb works fine. Not sure what it is ...camera its so so. I mean it uses same rezound camera and rezound takes better pics
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fb application has a problem with wifi. it works normal on 3g tho..

sleby said:
fb application has a problem with wifi. it works normal on 3g tho..
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Kinda noticed that but sometimes even in H too
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[Q] Call Waiting

Can anyone tell me of an app whereby when I call someone and they're on the phone, my phone tells me. I know Samsung's Touchwiz does this. HTC doesn't do it with Sense though and I'm running CM which doesn't do it either.

Bump?
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AFAIK, Android does not have that feature. Samsung and Sony add that by themselves

It actually sucks to think that something so basic is patent encumbered. I'm guessing that's why I'm also yet to find an app to provide this missing functionality.
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Doesn't it beep faster for you when you call someone that's talking to someone else?
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And if someone ports a Sony Ericsson Neo Rom to IncS? Same qualcomm and adreno. Same chip
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Splux said:
Doesn't it beep faster for you when you call someone that's talking to someone else?
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Nope, if I call someone and they're on a call, my phone just rings normally leaving me none the wiser.

Lulz, that's really odd. For me it beeps faster and hangs up 2 sec later...
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In terms of non-Android I know Nokia does and I was surprised to be told that Apple doesn't. Am really quite gutted that this can't be done with a simple app.

It works on my Inc s. I've enabled call wait from my service provider, so when I'm on a call and someone else calls, I get a series of beeps with the other caller number or contact data flashed on my phone. I just have to accept, reject or ignore the second call and the first caller gets into hold... its all available on your phones too, you only need to enable it in call settings and of course, with your service provider too
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ragapa97 said:
It works on my Inc s. I've enabled call wait from my service provider, so when I'm on a call and someone else calls, I get a series of beeps with the other caller number or contact data flashed on my phone. I just have to accept, reject or ignore the second call and the first caller gets into hold... its all available on your phones too, you only need to enable it in call settings and of course, with your service provider too
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That's the wrong way round. I have mine enabled for people calling me. But what I'm referring to with this thread is a notification to say that when I call someone else, I'm alerted to the fact that they're already on a call.

@Sabret00the
Wouldn't that be a function that the person you're calling, needs to enable with his service provider? I usually get a recorded message saying that the person you are calling is on another call... wait for him to respond, or hang up & dial later. The phone displays number busy... isn't that so? Or then I'm confused....
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Nope. It's a standard feature for Samsung's, Sony's and Nokia. If I ring from my IncS and someone is on the phone, it just rings normally. If I ring from a Samsung it states on screen that "the person you're dialling is on a call".

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Nope. It's a standard feature for Samsung's, Sony's and Nokia. If I ring from my IncS and someone is on the phone, it just rings normally. If I ring from a Samsung it states on screen that "the person you're dialling is on a call".
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there are tons of threads and requests for this feature,like sms delivery report.Its a manufacture dependent feature.As far as i know it is called "gsm supplimentary service" n i guess on this situation when the user is busy on a call the gsm server sends a code to the phone n the phone then shows a toast notification.All nokia ,samsung and sony ericsson phone have that feature and htc , motorola and iphone doesnt have that I dont know it can be done by an app. may be .. by somethin in the "telephony.app" ... who knows since there is no developer interest in this and
the sms status report

sohojmanush said:
there are tons of threads and requests for this feature,like sms delivery report.Its a manufacture dependent feature.As far as i know it is called "gsm supplimentary service" n i guess on this situation when the user is busy on a call the gsm server sends a code to the phone n the phone then shows a toast notification.All nokia ,samsung and sony ericsson phone have that feature and htc , motorola and iphone doesnt have that I dont know it can be done by an app. may be .. by somethin in the "telephony.app" ... who knows since there is no developer interest in this and
the sms status report
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Are these features still available on CyanogenMod Samsung's? Or is it something you only see on stock ROMs?
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sorry dont know about CM ,bt all samsung and sony phone has it ,even those dumb phone's with monocromes . dont mind weither it is stock or community rom.i jst want this enabled on my phone so that i dont became an annoying person by calling and calling people while they talking on their phone(cuz my phone is unable to notify ) check this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787706&page=2 might help..idk

sabret00the said:
Can anyone tell me of an app whereby when I call someone and they're on the phone, my phone tells me. I know Samsung's Touchwiz does this. HTC doesn't do it with Sense though and I'm running CM which doesn't do it either.
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What do you want? Some kind of beep?

zezoka said:
What do you want? Some kind of beep?
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Yup, something like a beep and a toaster that says "Your call is being held".

[Q] HTC "Test Device" - should I be worried?

Hi there. I have sent my HTC One back for repair after my camera started talking purple pictures. It just came back today, reset to default settings. But when I turned it on, it gave me a following text in red on the "HTC Tell" page:
" Notwithstanding the above statement, this is a Test Device. Tell HTC is automatically enabled and cannot be disabled. By participating in the trial, you understand and agree that HTC will collect information from and about you and your device, including personally identifiable information, such as your name, phone number, precise location, email address, device id and imei""
I have contacted HTC about this using their chat service, and they said nothing they done could have caused this, so it must have been a test device before - but I bought it from a local carrier on contract, so how?
The bootloader status is "locked, S-OFF". It might be S-OFF because I flashed it with official 4.3 before it became officially available here in the UK, but I honestly don't remember changing this setting.
Should I worry about this notice? Is my phone really sending all my personal details to HTC? Is there anything I can do about it?

gambiting said:
Hi there. I have sent my HTC One back for repair after my camera started talking purple pictures. It just came back today, reset to default settings. But when I turned it on, it gave me a following text in red on the "HTC Tell" page:
" Notwithstanding the above statement, this is a Test Device. Tell HTC is automatically enabled and cannot be disabled. By participating in the trial, you understand and agree that HTC will collect information from and about you and your device, including personally identifiable information, such as your name, phone number, precise location, email address, device id and imei""
I have contacted HTC about this using their chat service, and they said nothing they done could have caused this, so it must have been a test device before - but I bought it from a local carrier on contract, so how?
The bootloader status is "locked, S-OFF". It might be S-OFF because I flashed it with official 4.3 before it became officially available here in the UK, but I honestly don't remember changing this setting.
Should I worry about this notice? Is my phone really sending all my personal details to HTC? Is there anything I can do about it?
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It's due to being S-Off. The device itself is not a "test device" just the S-Off triggers that on stock ROMs.
As to being worried, it's only Error reporting (ie when the phone or app crashes)... i personally couldn't care less.
Then again someone said, "how am i supposed to know they only collect info on crashes, i don't trust them", that's his choice of course, but if they wanted to collect information, they wouldn't need to tell you about it in the first place.
And who collects (and shares) more information, Google, your provider, or HTC and not mentioning the three letter agencies

Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and ROM, you can get rid of the Tell HTC app and use it normally, if you're worried

If your phone is s off don't worry about it. You can do much more with it now
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Ok, that sounds good, I think I won't bother with it then. Thanks a lot for the explanation guys!

gambiting said:
Ok, that sounds good, I think I won't bother with it then. Thanks a lot for the explanation guys!
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Um, are you saying you sent it in S-ON and it came back S-OFF? That's a new one..
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Having Issue With Stock Contacts App!

For some reason, when I try to edit my contacts in the stock Contacts app, I get that stupid "Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped" message. Does anyone know why this is happening, and perhaps how to fix it? I tried deleting the data & cache and force stopping it, but nothing works. I did end up getting a more stable contacts app called Contacts +, but I'd still like to get this resolved anyway.
Thanks.

I can edit contacts within stock app. Not sure why its force closing on you.
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augie7107 said:
I can edit contacts within stock app. Not sure why its force closing on you.
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I C. That's cool.
I may just use Xperia Companion to reinstall the software then.
But will using Xperia Companion to "repair" the phone's software mean it installs the INTERNATIONAL firmware, or the US? lol If I get the US firmware then I'd have to get the software to reinstall the fingerprint software too b/c we both know Sony Mobile idiotically decided not to give the US version that.

It will install whatever you currently have on the device.
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It will install whatever you currently have on the device.
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Ok thanks Augie!
I went ahead and used XC to do all that to resolve a few issues. Hoping it will do so.

I'm having the same issues, no way to reinstall the app either I've cleared the data but nothing. Maybe it's a region of use thing? Maybe the way contact files save in the US?
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MGSBigBoss said:
I'm having the same issues, no way to reinstall the app either I've cleared the data but nothing. Maybe it's a region of use thing? Maybe the way contact files save in the US?
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Yeah....... it could be any of those. It was suggested to me to just wait and Sony may very likely send an update to fix it. I'm using Contacts + for now and it's been working just fine.

I have the same issue on the contacts app. I have both the X and XP but somehow X works perfectly but not the XP. I even did a repair with XC and it still doesn't work.

gclancer said:
I have the same issue on the contacts app. I have both the X and XP but somehow X works perfectly but not the XP. I even did a repair with XC and it still doesn't work.
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gclancer,
Ok so it's not just me. lol I also did a repair with XC and yeah still not letting me edit contacts. I'm not sure what to do but for now I'm just gonna use Contacts + until it's fixed. If you figure out a way to fix it, please let us know.
I also notice Google Messenger, which always worked before on my Z3 and S7, doesn't work so well for MMS messages on the XP. In group texts, the recipients I send to would get my group response AND the same response would be sent to each one individually. But I went back to using Textra which is also great and now at least that issue's been resolved.

RockStar2005 said:
gclancer,
Ok so it's not just me. lol I also did a repair with XC and yeah still not letting me edit contacts. I'm not sure what to do but for now I'm just gonna use Contacts + until it's fixed. If you figure out a way to fix it, please let us know.
I also notice Google Messenger, which always worked before on my Z3 and S7, doesn't work so well for MMS messages on the XP. In group texts, the recipients I send to would get my group response AND the same response would be sent to each one individually. But I went back to using Textra which is also great and now at least that issue's been resolved.
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Tks Rockstar. I am actually using simpler dialer and contact app for now. I just find it stupid that my X works perfectly and the more expensive XP doesnt. Hopefully an update will fix it.

gclancer said:
Tks Rockstar. I am actually using simpler dialer and contact app for now. I just find it stupid that my X works perfectly and the more expensive XP doesnt. Hopefully an update will fix it.
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YW gclancer!
Yeah that is some BS. One guy on here who bought the int'l XP from the same retailer as I did said he doesn't have that problem anymore after using XC (he did initially though), but we still do. Don't get it, but yeah.........hopefully an update is sent out SOON by Sony to resolve this matter.

RockStar2005 said:
YW gclancer!
Yeah that is some BS. One guy on here who bought the int'l XP from the same retailer as I did said he doesn't have that problem anymore after using XC (he did initially though), but we still do. Don't get it, but yeah.........hopefully an update is sent out SOON by Sony to resolve this matter.
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So I loaded both the X and XP with the same apps and it turns out the speed difference are pretty minimal despite having different processors. I am seriously considering selling the XP and just keep the X. But yeah hopefully an update will be out soon to fix your problem. I am using the X now and maybe its a keeper for me lol
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My contacts app is working fine on the xp. Granted I started the phone through initial set up as a new phone. Not restoring any back ups during the initial process. I went to the contacts app and it was working correctly then I imported from Google account after the fact.
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gclancer said:
So I loaded both the X and XP with the same apps and it turns out the speed difference are pretty minimal despite having different processors. I am seriously considering selling the XP and just keep the X. But yeah hopefully an update will be out soon to fix your problem. I am using the X now and maybe its a keeper for me lol
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gclancer,
Yeah but for me, it's not just about the speed. I love having the IP65/68 rating as I sometimes have to take calls while in the shower (I leave phone near bathroom door, not in shower lol). I'll step out and take them with wet hands and face......so for me, the XP is a must since the X doesn't have that feature. Being slightly faster is not a big deal, you're right there........but I'd still prefer it.

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My contacts app is working fine on the xp. Granted I started the phone through initial set up as a new phone. Not restoring any back ups during the initial process. I went to the contacts app and it was working correctly then I imported from Google account after the fact.
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MGS,
Yeah the 2nd time around (maybe 1st too?), which was when I used XC, I made sure to choose the option to set up as a new phone too. I didn't really have any backups to restore anyway, so this was the only option. Yet when I went to the Contacts app it still wouldn't let me edit random contacts, though everything else worked fine with it. So not sure but since everything else is fine with phone, I'm just gonna let it go since I now use Contacts + anyway and it's much more stable.

I have been having the same issues. I have tried factory resetting it different ways. The sony bridge repair tool does not even list the Xperia X Performance on its list of phones yet. So, that's a bummer. There's this site that gives you 4 ways to do a hard reset. However, on the 4th method where you are asked to download Sony's flash tool, the X Performance isn't even listed on the supported devices.
I do wish that Sony sends a fix immediately.

mac,
I returned the phone (which had other issues too) to my Amazon seller (NGP) and the replacement they sent me this morning came ALREADY set up. Normally I would be mad about that, but the Contacts app WORKED! Didn't close out when I tried to edit it. I wanted to make sure it was fixed though, so I did a factory reset, and ughh........ it's not working now again. I e-mailed NGP and asked them to tell me what they did. I hope they can tell me so I can do it too and fix this. I will keep this thread posted.
You're right, it's very annoying! MGS told me he factory resetted but didn't use backup during setup or even log in with Google account, and it worked for him. But when I tried that........nope! Even tried creating a new account, and nope! Very weird, but again I hope NGP can tell me what they did.

Mine seem to work alright, I can edit the phone number and or contact details.

kms108 said:
Mine seem to work alright, I can edit the phone number and or contact details.
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Consider yourself very lucky my friend. lol A lot of ppl on here and other boards have said they're having this issue. Just don't factory reset like I did I guess. lol

RockStar2005 said:
Consider yourself very lucky my friend. lol A lot of ppl on here and other boards have said they're having this issue. Just don't factory reset like I did I guess. lol
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I did factor reset, in the store, I just briefly set the phone to test it for dead pixels and other functions, after that I reseted it to do fully setup with my own data.