Google Talk Issues - Verizon Droid Incredible 2

All of my Google Talk contacts are showing offline. When I tap a contact to start a conversation, it says "XXX is offline. Messages you send will be delivered when XXX comes online." However, it is not grayed out like when someone is actually offline. Once I send a message to that person, the "XXX is offline..." message goes away. And they respond like normal. However, in the contact listing it still says everyone is offline.
I've tried clearing the data associated with Gtalk. And even did a factory reset. I am on unrooted stock 2.3.3
Any suggestions?

Are you on a wireless network? Corporate or otherwise locked down? I see the same thing on my locked down network here at the office. I haven't bothered to figure out what exactly is going on though.

Nope. I'm either on wifi at home or 3G. It happens on both
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So I finally got S-Off and flashed CM7, along with new Gapps. Problem solved. Everyone can rest easy now
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Contact crash?

Hello all,
Suddenly I'm having this problem where one of my contacts will start dialing, then quickly beep, and then crash back out to the Home Screen. No matter how I call, via the shortcut or dialing the number digit by digit, it crashes. Every other number works. When I dial the number via Google Voice it's fine. Texting that contact is fine. But calling is impossible. Anyone ever hear about this? Any ideas on what to do? I kinda need this contact.. it's my wife!
Thanks!
Wait, so even if you delete the contact and dial the number directly, it crashes? I suspect it is a contact that had something in it. For example, on the stock ROM, the way the stock contacts apps saves Pauses and Waits is different than some of the custom ROMs contact/dialer apps. So when I went to a new ROM, some of those contacts had data simply not supported by the ROM. I bet if you open the contact in Google from a PC, there is some sort of item stored in the contact that is throwing the dialer app out of whack.
tinpanalley said:
Hello all,
Suddenly I'm having this problem where one of my contacts will start dialing, then quickly beep, and then crash back out to the Home Screen. No matter how I call, via the shortcut or dialing the number digit by digit, it crashes. Every other number works. When I dial the number via Google Voice it's fine. Texting that contact is fine. But calling is impossible. Anyone ever hear about this? Any ideas on what to do? I kinda need this contact.. it's my wife!
Thanks!
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I think we all know what really happened here...
You forgot to call your wife, so you told her that it was because your phone won't let you. She wouldn't believe you so to convince her, you started this thread.
jk man. Seriously, its probably what fermunky said. Are you rooted, and if so, on a custom rom?
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Hey guys,
Yeah, I'm rooted on Cyanogen's ROM. My wife is as well, she's had no such issues and I didn't do anything that could have prompted this. I deleted the contact, texts, emails so there was no trace of it and I still can't dial her number at all. This is ridiculous. Will I have to re-root??? I'm not synced to Google so I can't do that PC edit.
Thoughts???
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Hey again... just tried exporting and re-importing my contacts and it still refuses to let me dial the one contact. I'm afraid I'm facing a hard reset because I can't go to work tomorrow without fixing this.
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Normally I would ask for the number to try and test it, but I am sure giving the number is out of the question... Have you tried swapping SIM cards, and then use her phone, with your SIM, and tried dialing the number again? If it follows your SIM card then I could only think of two things:
1: The SIM card has the contact on it, and is buggin the phone out
2: By some WEIRD fluke, your provider is somehow screwing up the handling on this one particular call.
I'm also getting this weird, blank, nameless System Group when I choose which contacts to display in Display Options. Never seen that before. Every time I make a new app it automatically decides to make it a Google contact. WHY?? I don't use Google for contacts. I don't get the option not to do that. And the contact goes to this blank group. I also see "System Group: My Contacts" and "All Other contacts" in addition to this blank one.
I don't even know how to see the SIM card contacts. But I don't use the SIM card as a rule. Not saying it couldn't have ended up copied or backed up there, just saying I don't use it for the obvious fields limitations.
So, since I'm on CM6, can I use Titanium to back everything up, then hard reset or is that not doable on a custom ROM?
You said this phone is not tied to a Google account?
It's tied to a Google account for Maps, etc but I don't have the contacts synced up. so I can't go to the PC as suggested and clean out the contact.
Well, as a troubleshooting measure, why not sync it to a PC and then view that contact in GMail to see if something is there.
However, you said you've completed deleted the contact, and direct-dialed the number with the same result? If so, do what I said and swap your SIM card into the other phone and dial the number again please.
Yes, that's right. However, if there were remnants on the SIM card, I wouldn't know. I certainly didn't put them there.
Soon as I meet my wife in about an hour I will do that test to see what happens and I'll reply back.
But meantime, any thoughts on my hard reset questions? I'm just thinking that if I use Titanium to back up the phone, and export the contacts, maybe I should just start from scratch? Any idea on the blank group I mentioned?
It may be doing that since you're not syncing contacts, not really sure.
As for swapping the SIM card, I am not suggesting it is a contact on the SIM card, just want to eliminate it as being a provider issue.
Do you notice if this only happens when calling the number from the same geographical location? Like, will it do it when you're at home versus when you're at work, grocery store, etc?
As for the backing up, cant help ya there. Never used titanium.
Happens everywhere. Not geo-specific.
Any other ideas for backing up and hard resetting? I'm actually more concerned about whether hard resetting on CM6 is a problem or complicated or anything.
Ok, I swapped cards with my wife...
- Called her number with HER phone using MY Sim, call went through fine.
- Called her number with MY phone using HER Sim, got to voicemail no problem.
Put MY Sim back in MY phone, beep and crash again.
Grrrrrrr......
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Just hard reset my phone. Did nothing. Still can't dial the number.
Dang... how did you do the reset? I usually suggest doing the wipe from recovery.
If that still doesn't work, I'd try maybe un-rooting, make sure it works on stock rom, and if it works, then try rooting again and try again. That is pretty bizarre though.
I just did the standard power off, reboot holding down volume down, then "clear storage". Also, since doing this and then restoring everything with Titanium, I've noticed I'm not getting email updates even though it's on.
Oh man.... I've never had to even think about unrooting and rerooting. No idea where to start. Any tips on how to do that or a good guide I can follow?
This is so annoying.
Try wiping from recovery. The Clear Storage option you're using is in hboot, I believe.
Trying to wipe from recovery now. I'll see what happens. Before and after restoring from Titanium.
No dice... still happening. I'm officially stumped. I called T-Mo. They were shocked. They're sending me a warranty replacement.
Now, though, I've gotta unroot. Never done that before.

Login problems with the HTC Mail application?

Hello all.
A few weeks ago, my HTC mail app started acting up telling me "Login failed" anytime I tried refreshing the app to check my emails from both my Yahoo & Gmail account I have set up on it. I called Sprint, and after a ##3282# mission with them, they were able to get it to work.
However, yesterday it started doing it again. This time, I tried the #3282# technique myself to no avail. I tried clearing the data from the app, but when I try to enter my user name/password, it tells me the info is incorrect. I know it isn't, because I can login on any computer, and even the Yahoo app works. However, I like using the HTC app for my emails and I want to get that one working again.
Sprint is now telling me they don't know what is going on, and want to:
a) Do a complete factory reset to my phone, or
b) Take it in to a Sprint store for service.
Does anyone have any ideas of something I can try before giving in to them?
I have the direct number to Sprint Tech Support, and they have me on hold researching the issue now. However, I don't think they are going to come back with anything helpful. I think I just got lucky with a good tech the first time I called and am now dealing with far less tech-savvy people.

Voicemail won't work on new roms?

I've been on vaelpak for a while because it was fairly stable and didn't give me too many problems. But it wouldn't pick up gps and crash when I tried to update google maps. So I jumped ship to the almighty cyanogenmod. It was cool except for the fact that angry birds wouldn't install and it was using the stock camera, but I fell in love with how quick it loaded pics. Then I saw it didn't have visual voicemail and when people called it only said try again later, no message leaving. so I tried google voice, but when it asks to call to get a special provisioning number, it hangs up every time at three seconds. Finally I gave up and found frost rom, seemed like a dream.. Htc camera, voicemail app included, aosp look. Still voicemail didn't work. Still when I try to use voice it hangs up after exactly 3 seconds. What can I do? I want to eventually use cyanogenmod when 4g and gingerbread are running, so its imperative I get this fixed
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With a non-sense ROM you have to use google voice. Its supposed to hang up, right after it hangs up press the back button and it should finish up the process. Then go into your settings and set google voice as your default voicemail. It will email you when you receive an email, then it will download the voicemail to the music folder of your phone and then you can listen to it only on speaker phone which is a pain in the ass.
This is one of the main reasons I am running Warm. Sprint VVM is so much simpler
Well I still can't get it to work. I guess I'll look into warm
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Ouch. I used warm but it went uncommonly slow. Went back to frost, its perfect besides the voicemail thing. If anyone sees this after the bump and has a solution that's be great, otherwise I'll just deal with it
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Make sure you never blocked the text number from cyanogen roms. If you went to sprints website and blocked that number your VM wont work, go to sprints website and delete that blocked number.
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Zori said:
Ouch. I used warm but it went uncommonly slow. Went back to frost, its perfect besides the voicemail thing. If anyone sees this after the bump and has a solution that's be great, otherwise I'll just deal with it
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Warm is pretty fast with the stock kernel from what I have seen. But unfortunately it wont work if you upgraded your radio.
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Make sure you never blocked the text number from cyanogen roms. If you went to sprints website and blocked that number your VM wont work, go to sprints website and delete that blocked number.
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Can you explain a little further what you are taliking about here. I just made the switch to CM6 but I am in sales and can not afford to miss a voice mail. I used an app to block an SMS message from 9016 but I don't think you are talking about the same thing.
I just instaled visual voicemail from titanium backup. Worked like a charm except for the annoying text messages I had to blacklist from handcent.

Google Talk issue

Back when I was on Gingerbread, the native Google Talk app would always pull up the messages I typed on another source, such as my PC or my tablet. If I typed a line on the PC, and go to GTalk on my phone later, the messages would just pop up one by one until finished.
With the Google Talk in ICS Galaxy Nexus, this no longer happens. The phone's Talk app only shows what I type from the phone, not the PC or any other sources.
Anyone noticed this? Is this by design? Can I get Talk to behave like it did in GB?
Are you saying that on GB you would type a message and not send it and when you opened up google talk on your PC the unfinished message would still remain??
Or are you saying that the messages you are sending onyour PC are not showing up as sent messages on your phone google talk??
angelino0919 said:
Are you saying that on GB you would type a message and not send it and when you opened up google talk on your PC the unfinished message would still remain??
Or are you saying that the messages you are sending onyour PC are not showing up as sent messages on your phone google talk??
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I'm saying messages I sent on ny PC doesn't show up on my phone. When I had GB, sent messages would show.
I've actually posted about this issue twice before, you can try the fixes listed on the first one and maybe it can help you, it didn't apply to me though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400367&highlight=google+talk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406032&highlight=google+talk
On the other hand, I just got Nova and maybe I wasn't paying close attention to Google Talk when I opened it, but it seemed to have been online, so maybe issue is fixed? I'll test later on today, went through both extended battery and normal battery playing with homescreen layouts today.
Eitherway, I believe it's an incompatibility issue with ICS, or just permissions not being granted correctly, this is either fixed already, or can be fixed... just wish there was another person to confirm for us.
xupru said:
I've actually posted about this issue twice before, you can try the fixes listed on the first one and maybe it can help you, it didn't apply to me though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400367&highlight=google+talk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406032&highlight=google+talk
On the other hand, I just got Nova and maybe I wasn't paying close attention to Google Talk when I opened it, but it seemed to have been online, so maybe issue is fixed? I'll test later on today, went through both extended battery and normal battery playing with homescreen layouts today.
Eitherway, I believe it's an incompatibility issue with ICS, or just permissions not being granted correctly, this is either fixed already, or can be fixed... just wish there was another person to confirm for us.
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Doesn't fix my issue. That thread is about the phone not receiving messages when the PC one is active. I need messages sent on PC to show on the phone. Thanks though.
Just noticed some messages I typed on PC did show up on my phone, so it does still do it, but very inconsistently. Would like to know what the trigger is.

Google Voice

I was wondering if anyone else was having issues with the google voice app using their galaxy nexus on verizon..I am unable to send texts from the app. It just hangs at Sending.. with the little circle going around and around. It will stay at that screen for a few minutes then will say the message was canceled. I tried rebooting, uninstalling the app and nothing has fixed it. I also have tried it on 4g, 3g and Wifi. same result.
dougmod said:
I was wondering if anyone else was having issues with the google voice app using their galaxy nexus on verizon..I am unable to send texts from the app. It just hangs at Sending.. with the little circle going around and around. It will stay at that screen for a few minutes then will say the message was canceled. I tried rebooting, uninstalling the app and nothing has fixed it. I also have tried it on 4g, 3g and Wifi. same result.
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GV was acting up this evening and I had trouble sending texts as well. It happens every once in a while.
ctbear said:
GV was acting up this evening and I had trouble sending texts as well. It happens every once in a while.
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well in general or just via the app? cause i can send text through the google voice website. i have had it act up before, but i cant get one message to send. been that way since i woke up today
dougmod said:
well in general or just via the app? cause i can send text through the google voice website. i have had it act up before, but i cant get one message to send. been that way since i woke up today
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Well in that case I have no idea...I couldn't send through the web app either and I didn't have problem this morning.
ctbear said:
Well in that case I have no idea...I couldn't send through the web app either and I didn't have problem this morning.
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oh okay. maybe they are fixing the problem, but one platform at a time? idk
I'm so glad you posted this. I had the same issue! Even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Seems to be working better though now but had problems all afternoon and into this evening.
I'm on VZW as well.
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Having troubles sending texts through gv on Verizon today as well
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I had the same issue tonight and I just tried texting myself from GV and the text took 6 minutes for me to receive it. Something is definitely wrong at the moment.
I was also having issues last night (~5-8pm Pacific) with the app. Uninstalled, re-installed, cleared data and cache of app, all sorts of stuff. Gave up and sent from the mobile voice website and it was fine. Hours later it was working a bit dodgy. I have found that the app is much more problematic than the website or a chrome extension.
it does not work for me at all. For example, to send a text message. When I say "send text message to.....Message...Hello" there is nothing in the "to" field, everything is in the "message" field. I've seen this problem mentioned on google forums, but no answers.

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