I've been all over the place for this issue, and no one has been able to solve it.
I have Yahoo plus as my main email and installed it on my EVO, under the "Mail" icon. My issue is that anything I send from there, is delivered to the recipient, but there is no record of the sent message on the Yahoo Servers. This force me to use 3rd party apps, which I don't like, as it doesn't have the services/options, and they are required to "poll" for my messages, instead of being automatically pushed to my phone, which is a huge drain on battery, that is already less then average. I typically get over 100 emails a day, so I can't have it only polling once in a while, as I will never catch up.
Does anybody know what settings to use, so as to fix this problem, as neither Sprint, HTC, or Yahoo have a clue?
Also, has anyone found a app for SMS texting contact, without putting them in V-card format?
I currently have Roid1.0 and K-9 Mail, neither of which I'm too fond of.
Gang,
Full disclosure - I've lurked here for the past few months, but have only just been stirred to register to try and resolve this issue. I'm thinking that if anyone can help me resolve this, it's you guys. That said, I hope to be able to contribute some myself going forward.
OK, now that I've got that out of the way...
Recently, I've been having problems with recurring meetings from Exchange on my Incredible's ActiveSync calendar. Specifically, the problems seem to start whenever I modify one instance of a recurrence (move one to another day, for example) inside Outlook on my PC - (not on the phone). What seems to be happening is that although that particular changed instance shows up on my HTC calendar in its new spot, the rest of the recurrence disappears and - even worse - I can no longer get ANY recurring meetings to sync to the phone, even if I create new ones.
If I remove the ActiveSync account, delete Calendar Data (Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Calendar Storage > Clear Data and ...Calendar > Clear Data) and re-add the account, I still have the problem and - what's worse - ALL my recurring meetings are gone (but any exceptions to them remain - WTF?!).
Before anyone asks, all recurrences have end dates (I've read plenty about recurrences w/o end dates causing problems).
To date, the only way I've found to completely fix this is to do a factory reset (yuck). Of course, the minute I modify an instance of a recurring meeting, the problem starts all over.
Anybody else see this? Provided there's no fix, is there a better way to fully flush calendar data to see if I can avoid resetting the phone? There's GOT to be something I'm missing in terms of cleaning out the calendar data, because a factory reset fixes it. Like I said above, I clear out two spots in Manage Applications: Calendar and Calendar Storage.
It's killing me. I'm clearly not doing enough by clearing data for Calendar and Calendar Storage, but I'm thinking a factory reset HAS to be overkill. Anybody know how to more fully flush the calendar data?
Thanks in advance to anyone with ideas. I'm pulling my hair out over here.
-K
I've had this problem as well, except with Google Calendar as I personally don't use Exchange.
Clearing Calendar and Calendar Storage fixes my problem, but I think the issue is that HTC had to bridge the gap left by Eclair to sync with Exchange servers. So, my thought is to perhaps try clearing the Sync Service or Sync Feeds (tired brain has trouble with memory recall) in addition to Calendar and Calendar Storage.
Good news is reports indicate that the FroYo update contains a fix baked in by HTC.
Hope that was in any way helpful.
Thanks for the advice. Tried it, but to no avail.
That said, I'm an avid Tasker user and happened across a new thread in the Tasker Google Group that sounded awfully familiar. Did some troubleshooting and was able to prove that if I have a profile that monitors my calendar (whether this profile is enabled OR disabled), the recurring meeting problem crops up. Sucks, because I really liked my "Don't be a Jerk!" profile that automatically put my phone on vibrate when I had a meeting with "1:1" in the title.
Go figure!
That is interesting to learn! I'm a fellow Tasker and couldn't live without the program.
Hmm... I wonder if a usb sync via HTC Sync and Outlook would be a temporary fix to "reset" your calendar when it goes haywire? It's rather left field, but worth a shot.
I have the same issue and not only with recurring appointments. sometimes the reminder doesn't show up -and sound- even if it's not a recurring appointment.
the funny think is that it happens only with the appointents that I created... it's becoming really frustrating.
I never connect my phone to my PC to synch it
Known issue. Reported and confirmed by HTC along time ago. They "hope" to have it corrected in new release. Work with all recurring events from outlook or OWA, don't attempt to alter, move or do anything to them from the INC.
If you use Google connector and sync to google you are OK, but pretty lame for a phone that was suppose to be exchange compatible. HTC said it's due to the "Sense" interface and the way it connects to the phone's database.
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Known issue. Reported and confirmed by HTC along time ago. They "hope" to have it corrected in new release. Work with all recurring events from outlook or OWA, don't attempt to alter, move or do anything to them from the INC.
If you use Google connector and sync to google you are OK, but pretty lame for a phone that was suppose to be exchange compatible. HTC said it's due to the "Sense" interface and the way it connects to the phone's database.
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So HTC has confirmed there's an issue when you modify appointments from the phone? Not a big issue for me, because all I ever do is accept others' invitations and MAYBE set up a quick meeting here and there. All my calendar work is in Outlook directly. Thanks for the heads-up, though. Seems silly that a UI layer would introduce issues in database connectivity. Sounds like some of the projects that go on at work - LOL.
Wow, I just now realized that I have a similar problem: ANY recurring appointment disappears from my calendar. Regardless of how I make it recurring (on the phone, on my PC, OWA, etc.) This is positively infuriating.
I actually have the recurring meetings on my phone; however the reminder is gone and the phone is not reminding me that is very annoying. for corporate users this is an awful limitation.
I'm trying to manually add the reminder to the appointment (on the phone) and see if it helps.
xmkgenzo said:
I actually have the recurring meetings on my phone; however the reminder is gone and the phone is not reminding me that is very annoying. for corporate users this is an awful limitation.
I'm trying to manually add the reminder to the appointment (on the phone) and see if it helps.
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I tried creating the recurring appointments on the phone, which is a pain and you have extremely limited options for recurrences. The second I saved the appointement, it disappeared from my phone, but appeared on my exchange calendar online... I'm thinking about attempting to just export my recurrences from exchange to my google calendar...
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I've had this problem as well, except with Google Calendar as I personally don't use Exchange.
Clearing Calendar and Calendar Storage fixes my problem, but I think the issue is that HTC had to bridge the gap left by Eclair to sync with Exchange servers. So, my thought is to perhaps try clearing the Sync Service or Sync Feeds (tired brain has trouble with memory recall) in addition to Calendar and Calendar Storage.
Good news is reports indicate that the FroYo update contains a fix baked in by HTC.
Hope that was in any way helpful.
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Clearing those two items worked for me!
I setup all my appointments with my laptop; using the phone just screws it up. then the meetings appear on the phone without reminder.
MLT2004 confirmed it's a known issue.
for me it's mainly an issue with the reminder (VERY annoying for me since I rely on it a lot) but should I need to setup meetings on the phone I would be in trouble.
I always thought it was and activsync problem. I had this problem for 2 years with my Moto Q. Haven't had my Incredible long enough to see if this one is doing it too. Then again since I don't have to use Activesync with this phone I don't. Maybe it's the Activesync that's causing all this.
So now I seem to have a new problem, and I don't mean to hijack the thread (i'll happily start a new one if the OP prefers, but I suspect taht these issues aer related): All of my exchange appointments show up perfectly in my calendar. Even my recurring appointments. The problem is, my exchange calendar is not showing up, ie, the phone seems to realize that these appointments exist, but does not seem to "see" the exchange calendar. If I open an exchange appointment, I can see that it is, in fact, in my exchange calendar. However, if i go to "more" under calendar, I can see my gmail calendar, "My Calendar," "PC Sync," and "US Holidays." If I uncheck them ALL, my exchange appointments remain, but again, I cannot "see" the calendar, to add appointments, etc.
Stock EVO, 2.2...
I just noticed this issue about three days ago...my Exchange calendar is constantly syncing, and I do mean constantly.
If you go to Settings - Accounts & Syc - Exchange ActiveSync, you can see the last sync for each item. My calendar constantly reads the same time as system time, and the Sync icon in my notification area is constantly flashing on and off.
I have noticed that my battery is draining VERY fast. I had to put it on a charger twice yesterday (I got the 15% battery warning) with normal use, when I can typically go a full day of use without any issue.
I can deselect Calendar syncing, but of course that's only a temporary fix.
Has anyone else run into this? Anyone heard of a solution? A google search did not yield any results.
FIXED!!!
Well I fixed my own problem...though I cannot determine the cause of the issue (I even tried uninstalling some apps I had DL over the past few days), the fix was simple, though it took a while to figure out.
I tried to merely remove/re-add my Exchange sync, but I kept getting 'client/server conversion errors', and my calendar would refuse to sync (though email and contacts did). Furthermore, in Outlook, I would get lots of duplicate entries (interestingly, they were recurring events and all-day events).
This was the solution:
1. Delete Exchange account from EVO (contacts, calendar, email)
2. Since I noticed that my calendar app still had some entries in it, even after deleting the Exchange account, it was evident that there was some data still on my phone that was possibly causing the syncing error. So, I went to Settings - Applications - Manage Applications, and selected the All tab. Scroll down to the 'Calendar' app entries, and you have to clear/delete any cache/storage data in each.
3. Re-synced with Exchange successfully.
I searched around different forums, and it seems many have had a similar issue and have waited in vain for Sprint or HTC to publish a solution.
This one worked for me. Hope it helps others.
yes!!!! Thank you so much. After trying everything and almost a week of my battery going dead with a couple of hours on my EVO your solution worked! I would recommend that anyone try this solution before going any further!
Anyone using Exchange on the native email client suddenly notice a huge battery drain/wakelock with Exchange server?
I haven't changed my email setup in weeks and I've never had this problem before. My phone is a little over 5 hours off charger and at 19%! Exchange services is at 19% with a 1h 13m wakelock on BBS.
I have Gmail and Hotmail (yeah, yeah) accounts both set up as push. Only the Gmail syncs contacts and calendar (I've double-checked everything). I probably get ~20 emails/day or so.
Until today, I would get >24 hours with light usage, and a full day with heavier usage. This literally started today out of the blue.
I searched all of XDA and the GN forums specifically and didn't see anything that addressed this particular issue. Any suggestions?
TIA
Anyone?
The actual service is com.android.exchange.Exchange Services
somehow the native email push keeps running and waking up the phone..
so i just sent to never notify me.
and i manually click the app to check every now and then to solve this problem and maintain my battery life
king23adrianc said:
somehow the native email push keeps running and waking up the phone..
so i just sent to never notify me.
and i manually click the app to check every now and then to solve this problem and maintain my battery life
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The weird thing is that it just started doing this, even though I haven't changed any settings in weeks. And not having push email would suck...
This has happened to me from time to time on CM and AOSP ROMs, but not on my GN yet. It's a Google problem IIRC and something that they "fixed" in the past, but they obviously haven't.
I'd observe this 1/10 nightly ROM flashes so I'd keep an eye on it for the first couple of hours afterwards and kill it if it was starting to go rogue.
It's a known, flagged, issue (on Google) but I don't have the link handy.
i noticed similar Exchange Mail behavior on my phone with any ROM that i flashed. i narrowed the constant-sync to my calendar. when i disabled calendar sync, the battery drain stopped. my research suggested the problem was related to a corrupt calendar or recurring calendar entries. so i archived all my Exchange calendar entries (which removed them from my calendar) removed then re-added the Exchange account to my phone and finally restored the calendar entries i needed. so far, no issues and i've flashed 3 ROMs and the problem has not returned. somewhat extreme, but it worked!
I have no issues with stock Exchange and Gmail apps on rooted 4.0.4.
You could try deleting and recreating the email accounts to see if that helps.
Also got the issue this night. 25% gone after 4 hours sleep, wakelock because of the Exchange service ... Disabled google sync, then reenabled it 2 hours later, and no problem ... It gets stuck somehow sometimes ...
I had the same problem on my SGS2 on ICS. I finally had no choice but to migrate my email to Google Apps. In the end it was the best decision since the Archive function on the GMail app is amazing and it simply works 10x better than any Exchange ActiveSync client.
The Google Apps connector for Outlook also works almost as well as Exchange Server.
This is a really annoying issue and has lead to problems several times: I have a few meetings every week and I usually remember them. Obviously, they are set once for a longer period of time as recurring events. But sometimes they get moved because of holidays etc. and the date and/or time changes. While Outlook on my PC shows the correct times&date (Exchange Server 2003) I cannot make it appear in the calendar app. As a matter of fact, I tried Touchdown and several other apps but none shows the events.
Here's a list of what I already tried:
Google - Lots of people have similar issues but nobody seems to offer a solution.
Searched the Apps and Themes and the Q&A thread here.
Disable sync for Exchange items (calendar etc.), then sync, reenable, sync again.
Removing account and setting up new.
Save the recurring event with minimal changes (like reminder time).
Creating a new event on the phone syncs fine with Outlook, deleting the event there also deletes it from the phone (so sync is working).
Setting the calendar event to sync to "All".
Does anyone have a solution for this?
Many thanks!
EDIT: I'm running CleanROM 4.0.5 but I don't think that's causing the issues since my coworker is running stock JB on his SIII and is experiencing similar problems.
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Does nobody here really care about these things or am I the only one with this issue? Strange...
I'm facing the same problem. Although I'm using a Nexus 4 with Android 4.3.
I can see that some of my recurring events get dropped when syncing. Adding/ deleting new events works though.
Did you find any solution for this?
~S
sachinss said:
I'm facing the same problem. Although I'm using a Nexus 4 with Android 4.3.
I can see that some of my recurring events get dropped when syncing. Adding/ deleting new events works though.
Did you find any solution for this?
~S
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Nope. Nothing but crickets on this topic...