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[Q] contacts glitch

okay so I was posting the other day asking about uninstalling system apps and unrooting, thanks guys I was able to unroot my phone and return it back to verizon and get a new one.
The reason I had to return it was I was having a contacts glitch. I could dial out just fine, but if I went to my contacts and clicked a name, my phone would force close.
so I get my new phone, sync my account, root it, and check the contact list, it works ! sweet so now its time to get to work. under your advice instead of un-installing like I did the last time I went to titanium backup to FREEZE all the bloatware. Im pretty sure I tried my contacts again and it works fine. then I spend the rest of last night installing my launchers, games, tools, got rom toolbox changed my lcd density to 280, change my boot animation, and disable some apps from starting on boot,then went to the applications tab and disabled further autostart functions. I didn't try using my contacts because this was around 2am . but I woke up today and I now have the same problem. I can dial out fine, but if I open the contacts and try to choose one, or if I type in a number and even try to add to contacts , contacts FC's. Oh I should add, when I want to send a text message it is no problem I open the text message home, click the + icon and type a contacts name and I can stat a conversation no problem. anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
here's the list of apps I froze
Ad Service
Amazon Kindle
Android Live Wallpapers
Apps
Backup Assistant Plus
Backup Assistant+
Backup Assistant+ Contacts
Backup Assistant+ Media
Bookmarks
Browser
CarDock
Device Setup
Email
Email Accounts
Email Authenticator
Email Engine
Facebook Authenticator
Forest Wallpaper
Guided Tours
Help Center
Home screen tips
Homescreen (I replaced it with launcher pro its not an issue, Also this glitch happened last time and I hadn't uninstalled or froze this)
IM
IM Presence
LastFM Authenticator
Linkedin Authenticator
Live Wallpaper Picker
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Mobile Hotspot
Mog Music
MOTOACTIV
MotoCast
Motocast ID
MOTOPRING
Motorola Dock Service
MotoSignatureApp
MusicStore
My Music
My Uploads
My Verizon Mobile
Netflix
NFL Mobile
Orkut Authenticator
Photobucket Authenticator
Picasa Authenticator
Skyrock Authenticator
Slacker
Slingbox
Social Loctaion
social Messaging
Social Messaging Service
Social Netowrking
Social Sharing
Social Status
Twitter Authenticator
V CAST Tones
Verizon Location Agent
Verizon Video
VideoSurf
VZ Navigator
Webtop Connector
Yahoo Contacts
Yahoo Mail Authenticator
I am absolutely perplexed! anyone think they know what could be causing it?
EDIT: Okay so I did some researching and this appears to be a fairly prominent problem with moto Blur going back to the droid X etc...the fix was to go into /system/app and rename BlurContactSync.apk to BlurContactSync.bak ...now everything works perfect. credit goes to
droidforums.net/forum/tech-issues-bug-reports-suggestions/153062-contacts-wont-display-droid-x-w-gingerbread.html

The app that was most likely causing the crashing was the Yahoo Mail Authenticator. Droidforums had a few posts about it. Renaming the sync probably bypasses the authenticator.
droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/198081-bloatware-apps-safe-remove-droid-4-a-4.html#post2015606 (can't post links apparently)

Freeze
Are you experiencing the contact force close only when all apps are frozen? I had issues with the Verizon Backup Assistant goofing with my contact list.

kasouti said:
The app that was most likely causing the crashing was the Yahoo Mail Authenticator. Droidforums had a few posts about it. Renaming the sync probably bypasses the authenticator.
droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-hacks/198081-bloatware-apps-safe-remove-droid-4-a-4.html#post2015606 (can't post links apparently)
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I had the same issue until I unfroze Yahoo Mail Authenticator.
I am not sure I want to go renaming files yet until a recovery is available so I will just leave that one item unfroze.

blpw said:
I had the same issue until I unfroze Yahoo Mail Authenticator.
I am not sure I want to go renaming files yet until a recovery is available so I will just leave that one item unfroze.
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well the good thing about renaming the file is I am able to rename it back just as easy as un freezing . so I actually just renamed my blurcontactssync back to apk from .bak and unfroze yahoo mail authenticator and it is working great thanks for the tip!

In my opinion, stay away from Backup-Assistant. I've had nothing but trouble with it, everything from not backing up correctly, to poor restores that rendered my data useless. There is another program out there I use for this. Super Manager. It works for my application, and I would recommend it if you are still having trouble.

[Q] Facebook App! AHHHHH!

Hello,
I hope this is in the right section and if not.... could a moderator move it for me! I am a noob to XDA. (I am not a noob to hacking and roming and such). With this said, I updated several friends phones with the newest Cyanogen 9 6/25. Of course, the Facebook app is not working with Google sync. It swirls like its trying and then stops. However, my friend got his to work, and all his facebook friends statuses, numbers and pictures all synced to his phone. I CANNOT understand how he did it and either does he! Ive tried several third party apps such as HAXsync and friendcaster... They all swirl like theyre trrying, and THEN stop and dont put ANY contacts in. What could have been the deal? Any help would be great.

kelk0530 said:
Hello,
I hope this is in the right section and if not.... could a moderator move it for me! I am a noob to XDA. (I am not a noob to hacking and roming and such). With this said, I updated several friends phones with the newest Cyanogen 9 6/25. Of course, the Facebook app is not working with Google sync. It swirls like its trying and then stops. However, my friend got his to work, and all his facebook friends statuses, numbers and pictures all synced to his phone. I CANNOT understand how he did it and either does he! Ive tried several third party apps such as HAXsync and friendcaster... They all swirl like theyre trrying, and THEN stop and dont put ANY contacts in. What could have been the deal? Any help would be great.
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I think Facebook sync should work, and I can guarantee that Haxsync will work. With Facebook, if your contact names differ from those people's names on Facebook, it won't attach them automatically. You will have to go into each contact and press join. You can avoid that with Haxsync, as it will do that for you. Just make sure it's configured correctly and give it 5 minutes to do its thing.

Hmm... :/
I wonder whats wrong. I got friendcaster to work finally but it wouldnt work without it. Haxsync refused as well. It would add my own picture but not any friends. I went through for an hour and a half and switched everyones name to their Facebook names and it didnt work. Sigh. I installed GoContacts and I picked only show contacts with numbers because the stock messaging app does not have that option. I heard there was some issue between Google and Facebook that wouldnt allow me to sync my contacts! GAH! Thanks so much!

Calendar app loses calendar info at least once every day

Sometimes when I go to the calendar it is blank. Going to the Calendar app settings for my Google account, my calendars aren't listed. If I go to the main settings>apps>Calendar Storage and delete the data, I can then get the calendar back by going to the app and selecting refresh.
Any ideas why this is happening to me, but not my wife's N7? When this first happened I thought it was because I was using the QuickCalendar app so I deleted it. No joy.
BTW, my Bionic doesn't lose the calendar data--just the N7 loses it.

18dave12 said:
Sometimes when I go to the calendar it is blank. Going to the Calendar app settings for my Google account, my calendars aren't listed. If I go to the main settings>apps>Calendar Storage and delete the data, I can then get the calendar back by going to the app and selecting refresh.
Any ideas why this is happening to me, but not my wife's N7? When this first happened I thought it was because I was using the QuickCalendar app so I deleted it. No joy.
BTW, my Bionic doesn't lose the calendar data--just the N7 loses it.
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ANYONE? surely someone here as seen or heard of issues with the calendar app on the N7. ANY info is appreciated--I even created a secondary Google account to see if the N7 would lose it's calendar also. It does--just as often as my primary, which is many times per day.

18dave12 said:
ANYONE? surely someone here as seen or heard of issues with the calendar app on the N7. ANY info is appreciated--I even created a secondary Google account to see if the N7 would lose it's calendar also. It does--just as often as my primary, which is many times per day.
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Wife has exact same problem with calendar. It actually does the same thing with the contacts, which come back even less often then the calendar. Google cal and exchange accounts.
She tried calling the support number and the guy was clueless.

Haven't seen this and I use my N7 every day for calendaring stuffems.

khaytsus said:
Haven't seen this and I use my N7 every day for calendaring stuffems.
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I fixed it myself. didn't get any help from google forum. the fix was to reset the device. I told some folks about that in other forums, and when they reset THEIR devices, they too, got joy from the Calendar app.

[Q] Email failure after disabling magazine

Month old note 3.
Disabled magazine and now get email message "unfortunately, email has stopped" I see from threads elsewhere that this is the issue.
I DO NOT WANT magazine. Is there someway to eliminate all the junk on this phone without killing the apps that work. I thought my Atrix was bad but it isn't nearly as crammed as this phone. I have 26 apps turned off, and some more that wont give me the option. I use this device for work, not play, and only want the apps I need.
Samsung please fix!!! Give us an option to unload all the crap with the next update. You are killing a really nice phone.
Anyone have a work around??????
THX

chris.nye said:
Month old note 3.
Disabled magazine and now get email message "unfortunately, email has stopped" I see from threads elsewhere that this is the issue.
I DO NOT WANT magazine. Is there someway to eliminate all the junk on this phone without killing the apps that work. I thought my Atrix was bad but it isn't nearly as crammed as this phone. I have 26 apps turned off, and some more that wont give me the option. I use this device for work, not play, and only want the apps I need.
Samsung please fix!!! Give us an option to unload all the crap with the next update. You are killing a really nice phone.
Anyone have a work around??????
THX
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What email service are you trying to use? If it's hotmail or yahoo, use the Outlook, or yahoomail app instead of stock email app. Gmail works fine with magazine crap removed.

440bro said:
What email service are you trying to use? If it's hotmail or yahoo, use the Outlook, or yahoomail app instead of stock email app. Gmail works fine with magazine crap removed.
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Thanks I switched to the gmail and yahoo apps and for those accounts. Need to find a suitable outlook replacement. The corporate sync that came with phone still crashes and burns.
Thanks and Peace!

I have that also... I froze Magazine with TiBU. When I get the email crash, it will often open the 2nd or 3rd time.

I am using gmail it`s work fine for me after disabling magazine

Radimus said:
I have that also... I froze Magazine with TiBU. When I get the email crash, it will often open the 2nd or 3rd time.
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Mine also opens on the 2nd or 3rd try but it is too much of pain. I haven't had time to try another outlook app yet (don't know which is a good one).I hope they fix it soon, my wife needs a new phone for work too, and if this isn't resolved we wont get a Samsung.

chris.nye said:
Mine also opens on the 2nd or 3rd try but it is too much of pain. I haven't had time to try another outlook app yet (don't know which is a good one).I hope they fix it soon, my wife needs a new phone for work too, and if this isn't resolved we wont get a Samsung.
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Have you tried flashing a gapps package? or just replacing the email.apk with a google version?

Radimus said:
Have you tried flashing a gapps package? or just replacing the email.apk with a google version?
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No haven't tried anything for outlook yet. The only mail account I have to move is the one on a corporate exchange server. Need to make sure what ever I substitute is secure (as well as can be expected that is). Nothing cloud based.

chris.nye said:
No haven't tried anything for outlook yet. The only mail account I have to move is the one on a corporate exchange server. Need to make sure what ever I substitute is secure (as well as can be expected that is). Nothing cloud based.
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Try this: you can PW protect the app and or leave out the PW.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.morrison.applocklite&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotcreation.outlookmobileaccesslite&hl=en

[Q] Twitter push notification issues

I went and got my Droid Turbo Thursday. I installed twitter, turned on notifications and selected which twitter accounts I wanted to receive notifications from. At first it worked perfectly, but starting saturday I noticed that I wasn't getting notifications anymore. I uninstalled the twitter app, reinstalled it, restarted my phone, unfollowed and refollowed the twitter accounts, turned mobile notifications off and back on for each of the twitter accounts. I get notifications from gmail and text messages, but for whatever reason twitter notifications don't show up. Every time I uninstall twitter on my phone, I'll get maybe 2 or 3 notifications before they just stop coming again. Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on what this could be?

I created a new twitter account and the problem went away, so I'm guessing there is something wrong with my other twitter account. So if anyone else experiences this issue, create a new twitter account and see if that fixes the problem.

Twitter Push Notifications Not Working!
I'm having the same issue as Kenfolk but I really can't create a new twitter account. That is crazy. My notifications are turned on, on both my phone and on my twitter app. However, the only notifications I receive are the basics- like when multiple ppl retweet the same tweet- I do NOT get notifications for when my favorites tweet. I don't understand how my cheap POS lucid could deliver these notifications in real time but new, fancy, expensive Droid Turbo can't without me creating a new account.
Some one please solve this! Or I'm taking my phone back to Verizon this week.

Personally, I don't use Twitter on my Turbo. They are too much like Facebook and want permissions they don't really need. Like http://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-is-now-tracking-the-apps-you-download/ tracking what other apps you have on your phone. I installed both on my Kindle Fire which doesn't contain any contacts and only has a few apps on it.
But I wouldn't blame the Turbo phone if you are having Twitter issues. It could just be that the Twitter app hasn't yet been updated to work with the Turbo. The joys of coding an application for Android is that there are hundreds of different phones out there running a slightly different version and this is a programmer's nightmare. You can only do your best and fix the bugs as they happen. Before giving up on the Turbo, I would try contacting Twitter to see if they are aware of the issue.

Yea, I don't think it is an issue with the Droid Turbo itself, since I had a similar issue on my Droid X2. As it turns out creating a new twitter account only temporarily fixed the problem. I went in, unfollowed and refollowed the accounts and turned mobile notifications back on and sometimes that fixes the problem. To be honest I think it might be a problem with the app itself. I haven't had this problem in about a month, since I originally posted this, so I'm guessing that it just takes a little time for it to get back working. But ultimately creating a new twitter account didn't really solve my problem so I went back to my old account.
TL;DR Probably a twitter app problem not a Droid Turbo problem and only time will fix it.