Whenever I tap the contacts button on the bottom of the screen, an AT&T Address Book Screen pops up and says to call 611 to complete the registration. I press OK and it goes to my contacts. I called customer service to see how to disable it and was told to un-check the sync button under settings. Tried with no effect. Not the end of the world but its kind of annoying. Any ideas?
Wish I could help but still waiting on mine. Couple days n if u havnt figured it out Ill take a look. Sounds like sum simple ta do w sync though. Has it registered w att yet? Sometimes the reg gets hung up and may need to be done via sms/text. eb
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Doesnt do it on mine... But it gave me an account for att phone book.. I just disavled it on the account and sync. ..
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harrypalmero said:
Whenever I tap the contacts button on the bottom of the screen, an AT&T Address Book Screen pops up and says to call 611 to complete the registration. I press OK and it goes to my contacts. I called customer service to see how to disable it and was told to un-check the sync button under settings. Tried with no effect. Not the end of the world but its kind of annoying. Any ideas?
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Do you have an AT&T account setup in Accounts & Sync? if so try removing that.
I have ran into that bug as well. So did my friend. What you need to do is turn off location services and go back to contacts. It should now load up and there should be an option to start sync. I have tried this on two ions and it worked on both. I accidentally figured it out when I was on the phone with a Sony rep trying to solve the issue. Turned of location services cause battery was dying and I was at a mall during this "fix".
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Do you have an AT&T account setup in Accounts & Sync? if so try removing that.
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It can't be an AT&T account as it occurs right when you start up the phone for the first time and you are not allowed to remove the account unless you reset all settings.
Edit: It might take a few tries cause on my friend's phone it took about 3 tries before it allowed start sync.
Bach415 said:
It can't be an AT&T account as it occurs right when you start up the phone for the first time and you are not allowed to remove the account unless you reset all settings.
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Well I never setup a AT&T account on mine. Must have had location services disabled before I opened contacts already. Glad you got a fix though.
Hey awesome! You guys will have all the bugs worked out by the time mine arrives. Oh but u have urs now and I'm still on x10, Damn.
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Do you have an AT&T account setup in Accounts & Sync? if so try removing that.
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Bach415 said:
I have ran into that bug as well. So did my friend. What you need to do is turn off location services and go back to contacts. It should now load up and there should be an option to start sync. I have tried this on two ions and it worked on both. I accidentally figured it out when I was on the phone with a Sony rep trying to solve the issue. Turned of location services cause battery was dying and I was at a mall during this "fix".
It can't be an AT&T account as it occurs right when you start up the phone for the first time and you are not allowed to remove the account unless you reset all settings.
Edit: It might take a few tries cause on my friend's phone it took about 3 tries before it allowed start sync.
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I don't have an AT&T account set up. I tried turning off location services and going back to contacts. It still did the same thing, no option to start sync. The funny thing is that the message will show up the first time I go into Contacts and maybe come up a few other times but sometimes the contacts button will go straight to contacts without the message. Without fail, it reappears immediately after a reboot.
I'm not interested in setting up an account when my contacts are already backed up through Gmail. Once we get root, that nasty little app is outta here.
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I don't have an AT&T account set up. I tried turning off location services and going back to contacts. It still did the same thing, no option to start sync. The funny thing is that the message will show up the first time I go into Contacts and maybe come up a few other times but sometimes the contacts button will go straight to contacts without the message. Without fail, it reappears immediately after a reboot.
I'm not interested in setting up an account when my contacts are already backed up through Gmail. Once we get root, that nasty little app is outta here.
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Did you already add your gmail account and sync it?
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Spectre51 said:
Did you already add your gmail account and sync it?
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Gmail account added and synced. My wife has the same issue with her Ion.
harrypalmero said:
Gmail account added and synced. My wife has the same issue with her Ion.
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Hmm. Odd. I'll play around with mine and see if I can get it bring that screen up. By chance when you first setup your phone did you use that ready2go process that had you setup stuff from the computer then it synced to your phone?
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Spectre51 said:
Hmm. Odd. I'll play around with mine and see if I can get it bring that screen up. By chance when you first setup your phone did you use that ready2go process that had you setup stuff from the computer then it synced to your phone?
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No I didn't. Just sent bluetooth contacts .vcf from my x10.
I also tried Manage Applications and Cleared Data for the AT&T Address Book but still get this message.
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harrypalmero said:
I also tried Manage Applications and Cleared Data for the AT&T Address Book but still get this message.
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That was the same error I received. Another method you can try which I'm not sure if it will work is turning off location services using the slides not the settings menu, then calling someone and then pressing home and going to contacts. That's how mine was fixed. For my friend, all I did was go into contacts, get out of contacts turn off location service, then go back to contacts. AT&T reps can't not help you with this nor the Sony reps. Sony reps will guide you to unsyncing your phone while AT&T will probably do the same or ask you to contact Sony. If my method doesn't work for you, try messing around with the sync, internet(both wifi and LTE), location services, and the contact app and maybe completely reset the phone then mess around with it again.
You don't have the at&t address book app installed do you (don't remember if that was a stock app or not)
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Should be able to go to the app settings icon (not the addressbook settings, hit settings from the home screen or app drawer), then scroll to accounts and sync, then delete the AT&T Addressbook from the list of synced accounts!
Still waiting on mine to ship!
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souperman7340 said:
Should be able to go to the app settings icon (not the addressbook settings, hit settings from the home screen or app drawer), then scroll to accounts and sync, then delete the AT&T Addressbook from the list of synced accounts!
Still waiting on mine to ship!
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At&t address book is not listed under sync. I found it in the market but it says that my device is not compatible. Can anyone else confirm this? App shows up under manage applications>all
harrypalmero said:
At&t address book is not listed under sync. I found it in the market but it says that my device is not compatible. Can anyone else confirm this? App shows up under manage applications>all
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If its installed on the phone uninstall it. Shows its compatible with the ion for me but I don't have it installed and can't remember if it was installed when I got the ion and removed it.
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Spectre51 said:
If its installed on the phone uninstall it. Shows its compatible with the ion for me but I don't have it installed and can't remember if it was installed when I got the ion and removed it.
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I can't uninstall the app without titanium backup. Your phone should have it too. Check under applications>all. Could you try to install the app from the market and see if the same thing happens?
harrypalmero said:
I can't uninstall the app without titanium backup. Your phone should have it too. Check under applications>all. Could you try to install the app from the market and see if the same thing happens?
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Ah okay its a service and not an app. I do have it on mine under manage applications all. the Google Play version does not function on the phone (says not supported once you download and run it)
Hmmm....trying to think what could be causing this. I might just reset my phone this weekend and try it again to see if I can get the issue so we can get to the bottom of this. I know when I fired up my ion for the first time I cancelled any default setup and manually setup my google account then removed all the stock bloatware apps I could.
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Keep getting a notification that says mobile life contacts check status. I click on it and it doesnt do anything. I clear it... Comes back again within like 4-5 hours. How do i get this to go away?
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Don't know how to get rid of it, but just wanted you to know you weren't the only one that has it.
Also, you can't remove the mobile life contacts from the Accounts settings page either. I tried and it said it is required for some applications to work.
Strange. I guess when we start getting ics based off of the update we will be able to move it.
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I just got the same notification. Not sure how to get rid of it completely. Maybe titanium backup?
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I can't post a link yet since I am new but if you google "check status mobilelife contacts on htc" I found the support.tmoble one has a solution. I am about to try the google account one because I don't want to do a reset for something simple like this. Hope this helps everyone
I froze it using titanium backup.
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dave2metz said:
I froze it using titanium backup.
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Did the same, here.
Fix:
1.) Settings > Applications > All tab
2.) Find Mobile Life Contacts
3.) Force Stop and Clear Data
Reboot phone to ensure it doesn't pop back up.
Cancel that, starts again on reboot.
I thought i was finally helpful.
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Got that as well. Backed it up and uninstalled using Titanium.
It won't mess up anything if you freeze it. Use Titanium Pro to freeze, and you will never see it again.
There's definitely tons of garbage to freeze with the official tmo release that's for sure.. TI pwnage
This worked for me
Resolution steps
To fix the MobileLife contacts not syncing, follow these steps:
If you wish to continue using MobileLife contact backup you must perform a master reset of your device. To perform a master reset of the device, follow the steps below:
From home screen press Menu.
Tap Settings.
Tap Storage.
Tap Factory data reset.
After the factory reset is complete, re-sync MobileLife back to your device through accounts and sync.
For an alternate work around and to back up contacts via a Google account, complete the following steps:
From home screen tap Applications.
Tap Contacts or People.
Press Menu.
Tap Import/Export.
Tap Export to SD card.
Tap MobileLife Contacts.
Tap OK on confirm export.
You will now be returned to Contacts or People.
Press Menu.
Tap Import/Export.
Tap Import from SD card.
Tap Google Account.
Tap OK to continue.
Your contacts are now synced with your Google account. Please navigate to Accounts and sync and verify that automatic synchronization is setup.
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Resolution steps
To fix the MobileLife contacts not syncing, follow these steps:
If you wish to continue using MobileLife contact backup you must perform a master reset of your device.
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Not to be rude, but this just doesnt make any sense. On previous custom ROMs that were debloated, all I had to do was restore that apk using titanium and I was good to go.
This not withstanding, I recently flashed Darkside ICS, and I attempted to restore the APK, but now my contacts will not sync. Are there other processes that are required in order for the Tmo contacts to sync? If so, what are they? I personally like having my contacts synced to MobileLife...
Just to help out. What you are looking for is the "Back Up" and then is will have the version numbers. Freeze it for now. Then Delete it later to make sure you don't mess something up.
This should have the Icon of a rotated white book with T-Mobile color arrows on top and bottom of the icon.
freeze it. I did and it took away the account inside the "Accounts and Sync" area of settings.
Now only my Gmail account is there.
You will need the Pro version of Titanium, but it is worth every penny and more.
I know this is an old thread but I ran across it and wanted to put exactly what needed to be done.
Thanks
GyverX
unique77 said:
Keep getting a notification that says mobile life contacts check status. I click on it and it doesnt do anything. I clear it... Comes back again within like 4-5 hours. How do i get this to go away?
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Every time I open my address book (or at least the first time after a reboot) I get this AT&T address book verifying subscriber status popup that takes a while to complete. I have no interest in ever using that service so how can I disable the check and just stop using it at all?
I'm guessing that the answer might be root and remove bloatware but I'm hoping there's a way to just turn it off without rooting. Don't worry I'll be rooting sooner than later but for now I'd like to just get rid of that annoying delay.
I havent got my phone yet, should have it within the next 3 hours, but have you looked through the settings, and opened up the AT&T address book app and checked the settings within that app itself?
Yeah. Not seeing any settings for it or actually any AT&T Address Book App at all.
Yeah i finally got mine a few hours ago, but i dont see any options to disable it either.
I'm guessing this will be one of those annoyances that only root can salve.
Not sure about the s3 but on skyrocket I checked out the programs.. scrolled down to sync and disabled..
Rebooted and never got the error again.
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jumanji404 said:
Not sure about the s3 but on skyrocket I checked out the programs.. scrolled down to sync and disabled..
Rebooted and never got the error again.
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Where exactly did you "check out the programs.. scroll down to sync and disable"?
I don't see anything about AT&T address book anywhere.
I have the same issue. Every so often when I go into my phonebook I have to wait for it to check the AT&T Address Book. So now there is a huge lag to access my contacts.
Why do carriers think they should be mobile phone designers? I wish they'd just leave the designing to the people who are good at it.
Over 10 years of buying my own phones out of contract for a reason. I've only had the phone for a few hours. I wonder what other lame surprises await....
Ok, I seemed to have fixed it. Not sure which action it was because I was just doing everything I could to make it stop.
First thing I did was to turn off AT&T phonebook in my online account. Log into www.attwireless.com. Under MyAT&T tab, mouse over "Wireless" and select "Usage & Recent Activity". Scroll down to "Members Shared Usage" and click on "view details of the number you're working on. Scroll down to "Minute Detail" and right under that is "Phonebook" with the option to turn it on or off.
At the same time I was doing a lot of flailing around in the the phone. I was Settings page in Contacts and I deleted all the AT&T BS contacts it auto inserted into the phone.
I rebooted and it stopped trying to access that AT&T phonebook. Hope this helps.
1. system setting
2. app manager
3. click on the phone book
4. force stop
Now it will stop and the icon will be removed from the app list. You can do this for all of the apps that will not uninstall till we get root.
duckfart said:
1. system setting
2. app manager
3. click on the phone book
4. force stop
Now it will stop and the icon will be removed from the app list. You can do this for all of the apps that will not uninstall till we get root.
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In step 3 when you say "the phone book" do you mean the app called Contacts that has an icon that looks like a phone book? When I disable that app my phone dialer icon disappeared making it so I couldn't dial out. Had to re-enable it.
Otherwise, I dont have an app named Phone Book.
kennonk said:
In step 3 when you say "the phone book" do you mean the app called Contacts that has an icon that looks like a phone book? When I disable that app my phone dialer icon disappeared making it so I couldn't dial out. Had to re-enable it.
Otherwise, I dont have an app named Phone Book.
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No.
My AT&T and YP.
I was trying to disable the AT&T Address Book as well. I found out you disable AT&T Messages. Works like a charm.
phoenyx said:
Ok, I seemed to have fixed it. Not sure which action it was because I was just doing everything I could to make it stop.
First thing I did was to turn off AT&T phonebook in my online account. Log into www.attwireless.com. Under MyAT&T tab, mouse over "Wireless" and select "Usage & Recent Activity". Scroll down to "Members Shared Usage" and click on "view details of the number you're working on. Scroll down to "Minute Detail" and right under that is "Phonebook" with the option to turn it on or off.
At the same time I was doing a lot of flailing around in the the phone. I was Settings page in Contacts and I deleted all the AT&T BS contacts it auto inserted into the phone.
I rebooted and it stopped trying to access that AT&T phonebook. Hope this helps.
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I can confirm this method mentioned by Phoenyx worked. For me at least. No more AT&T Addressbook confirmation dialog when I go to Contacts. :good:
phoenyx said:
Ok, I seemed to have fixed it. Not sure which action it was because I was just doing everything I could to make it stop.
First thing I did was to turn off AT&T phonebook in my online account. Log into www.attwireless.com. Under MyAT&T tab, mouse over "Wireless" and select "Usage & Recent Activity". Scroll down to "Members Shared Usage" and click on "view details of the number you're working on. Scroll down to "Minute Detail" and right under that is "Phonebook" with the option to turn it on or off.
At the same time I was doing a lot of flailing around in the the phone. I was Settings page in Contacts and I deleted all the AT&T BS contacts it auto inserted into the phone.
I rebooted and it stopped trying to access that AT&T phonebook. Hope this helps.
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Yes, I just tried this as well instead of what I posted earlier and it also worked. I didn't know there was a phonebook option in my online AT&T account.
Works
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I disabled syncronized snd it got rid of it
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I just turned off the AT&T phonebook as you described and the pop-up goes away. Didn't need to do anything else.
Thanks!
erikk said:
Every time I open my address book (or at least the first time after a reboot) I get this AT&T address book verifying subscriber status popup that takes a while to complete. I have no interest in ever using that service so how can I disable the check and just stop using it at all?
I'm guessing that the answer might be root and remove bloatware but I'm hoping there's a way to just turn it off without rooting. Don't worry I'll be rooting sooner than later but for now I'd like to just get rid of that annoying delay.
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Hi I just got my phone the same thing happened. I let it load (the second time it happened the first time I hit cancel). I got a page that was basically an ad for att's backup service, I scolled down to the bottom and clicked on close (or whatever the button did say). Now when I start contacts no more "checking subscriber status etc".
I have not rebooted yet but will and if it comes back I'll post, if it doesn't then at least on my Galaxy SIII it was a one time event.
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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nthknd said:
Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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I don't see an option to disable that. If I click on it it opens up and wants to sync. Long pressing does nothing and there are no check boxes to uncheck.
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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ricco333 said:
I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
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Thanks. I guess I will have to root it. I feel sorry for you guys and all the crapware you have to put up with.
nthknd said:
You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
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Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
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Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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No problem. Thanks for your help.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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If you're rooted then you can always change the AAB.apk to AAB.bak with Root Browser (or any other root file explorer) and that'll disable it. I prefer this method to uninstalling just in case I need to do a software upgrade-it's easy enough to reverse without having to flash back to stock.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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After you get into your contacts, go into settings -> display options then scroll to the bottom and select customize. UNCHECK at&t address book. After that it shouldnt try to open it.
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If rooted do not uninstall de AT&T adress book. It is tied with the stock contac app. And if you do like i did in the past with at&t phones you will not be able to open the stock contac app. Your phone will say Apk not found. And then you will have to download a contac app like go contacs. It is best to just disable it. Very clever at&t with theyre crap.
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Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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There are several options. The easiest thing is to make the root and then uninstall AT & T Address Book, all you do with Rom ToolBox. For the other applications. You just have to enter settings - Applications - All - Looking for the At & t and then: Force stop, turn off the notifications, delete the cache and then turn off. That's it!! It's that easy. If my information help you, just give clicking Thanks!
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I know this is an old post, but maybe someone know how can I remove the AT&T address book without rooting the device. Every time I'm on wifi or 3g and I open contacts this application opens first. It is extremely annoying. I just have an app from work which requires from device not too be rooted so I must find some other solution.
Thank you.
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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ackliph said:
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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Nothing works, those AT&T guys closed all the options I could think off. In accounts they doesn't have the option to stop it. BTW, I never set mine up as well. But every time I get into "contacts" it starts connection with the AT&T address book to give me instructions how to set it up. It is really, really annoying.
Thank you.
A little late, but...
On my LG G2, I cannot disable the AT&T address book, but I never see it or use it during normal use. The only time I see it is if I either look into the apps section (where it can be stopped, but cannot be disabled), or if I go into "Accounts and Sync", where is shows the accounts such as Google, Skype, etc. If I click on "AT&T Address Book" there, it opens and asks:
Do you want to sync this device with the contacts in your online AT&T Address Book?
I click on "No", and it says
Activate AT&T Address Book at a later date by simply selecting AT&T Address Book from the settings menu of your device address book.
I of course would never do that.
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thanks a million
ackliph said:
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thank God for small favors (and good info) this is the only thing that worked for me. I used to root and uninstall it or flash a dif. Rom. But I wanted the updates I missed and the future ones, so I flashed back to stock and of course got the cursed "you cant stop me, haha" ATT address book!!!
I have been trying to add my Yahoo mail to the stock email app, but have not had anything but problems.
If I am on 4G/3G, once I enter the Yahoo account credentials, I get "Authentication failed". No matter whether I try Manual or Auto setup.
Strangely, the Email app will let me add the Yahoo account on Wi-Fi. It works OK on Wi-Fi, but as soon as I check my email on 3G/4G, it signs me out and asks for the password (which doesn't work).
I have downloaded Yahoo Mail app, but I don't like it. It seems to be a resource hog as there is no way to disable push and enable manual syncing. Regardless, I would like to keep all my email accounts in one place.
If anyone has a solution, I'll be so appreciative.
ferganer said:
I have been trying to add my Yahoo mail to the stock email app, but have not had anything but problems.
If I am on 4G/3G, once I enter the Yahoo account credentials, I get "Authentication failed". No matter whether I try Manual or Auto setup.
Strangely, the Email app will let me add the Yahoo account on Wi-Fi. It works OK on Wi-Fi, but as soon as I check my email on 3G/4G, it signs me out and asks for the password (which doesn't work).
I have downloaded Yahoo Mail app, but I don't like it. It seems to be a resource hog as there is no way to disable push and enable manual syncing. Regardless, I would like to keep all my email accounts in one place.
If anyone has a solution, I'll be so appreciative.
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This is a problem that originates from Ymail side. For some reason, they are definitely doing something weird on their servers, maybe trying to detect your location. Because I have this problem as well after my Ymail account was hacked and more security was added to my account.
Ymail is broken and I don't think Yahoo will fix it in the short term.
Switch your email service?
i have my yahoo mail woring "somewhat" with the stock mail app. They do appear to be doing something weird as i get "cannot authenticate" errors all the time... it seems to come in waves.... i would say it works but very spotty... good thing its like my 4rth "spam" acccount lol
Lolento said:
This is a problem that originates from Ymail side. For some reason, they are definitely doing something weird on their servers, maybe trying to detect your location. Because I have this problem as well after my Ymail account was hacked and more security was added to my account.
Ymail is broken and I don't think Yahoo will fix it in the short term.
Switch your email service?
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Yahoo disable the stock email you have to use there own yahoo app it sucks but its the only way so far to get your yahoo mail
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To get yahoo to work on stock u have to hit manual setup and then hit imap....and proceed with setup
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ddizzy81 said:
To get yahoo to work on stock u have to hit manual setup and then hit imap....and proceed with setup
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I am sure this is not it. Already tried.
To Add to this: I think I am seeing error with authentication when I have a Ymail window open on my desktop but the problem persist for a while even after I close it. I can't verify this because this also only happens from time to time but just throwing this out there.
Lolento said:
I am sure this is not it. Already tried.
To Add to this: I think I am seeing error with authentication when I have a Ymail window open on my desktop but the problem persist for a while even after I close it. I can't verify this because this also only happens from time to time but just throwing this out there.
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It happens to me also. Out of no where it would tell me authentication failed. But if I delete the account and sign back in the way I said before it works fine
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like i said i get waves of cannt authenticate... it works for me ... just spotty.
i woudl say it works mostly ... then there are the periods where it does not...
Can you guys try this manual setup. I seem to have better luck with it.
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aznmode said:
Can you guys try this manual setup. I seem to have better luck with it.
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Better luck means what? I still get authentication errors whether manual or auto populate those parameters.
I serious think the errors are due to logging into Ymail in multiple locations but I don't have access to Yahoo servers to there is no way to verify. I think once your login from a secondary location (desktop) times out then the authentication errors go away.
Lolento said:
Better luck means what? I still get authentication errors whether manual or auto populate those parameters.
I serious think the errors are due to logging into Ymail in multiple locations but I don't have access to Yahoo servers to there is no way to verify. I think once your login from a secondary location (desktop) times out then the authentication errors go away.
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For me that was the only thing I changed that made the error go away. Just tried it again while on 4g. I'm also logged in to yahoo on my desktop. Anyhow just a suggestion.
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For me that was the only thing I changed that made the error go away. Just tried it again while on 4g. I'm also logged in to yahoo on my desktop. Anyhow just a suggestion.
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I have tried the manual setup to no avail. Only works on Wi-Fi, which is the strangest part.
Yahoo!'s secret change to get their app in use. Happened on my old phone too.
rorytmeadows said:
Yahoo!'s secret change to get their app in use. Happened on my old phone too.
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I actually find the yahoo mail app better than the stock email app. In particular the swipe down to refresh mail and the slide to side drawer just like Gmail app. I just wish it didn't have purple in it.
Edit: slide drawer when you tap the top left mail icon. Does not do it when you swipe your finger from the side. Just to clarify.
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I actually find the yahoo mail app better than the stock email app. In particular the swipe down to refresh mail and the slide to side drawer just like YouTube app. I just wish it didn't have purple in it.
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Me too. There is a blackened/inverted version out there on XDA, but it didn't notify me of email.
So like many of us here experiencing there battery draining overnight,on WiFi,or whatever your specific case.Most of us chalking it up to the newest update.I was draining bad overnight no matter what I tried.I've been using textra for my messaging app and google voice for voicemail.I wanted to try the ATT visual voicemail.Since I haven't used ATTS voicemail since probably my s3,I had a hard time accessing my mailbox.In further searching I found this.There is an ATT app called ATT messages witch I've never installed it has an option to back up SMS,MMS,call logs and so on to ATT'S cloud.I'm not 100 percent sure but on the note4,or possibly from the update,even if you don't have the ATT MESSAGING APP installed and you go to your stock messaging app/settings you will see the option for ATT cloud backup or something along those lines,if you click on it you will see it says your messages are being backed up even if you haven't synced it to your phone there are still backing up,maybe I opted in somehow but I would have never knowingly done that.Now if you go to your ATT account and check your plans and services for your device and you see ATT messages backup and sync in your services its backing all your MMS, SMS,call logs,etc...you can remove the option and it says it will remove anything on the cloud,but if you go back and check after removal it comes back.The only way to stop this is to go to application manager/all and find the messaging backup and sync app and disable it first before removing it from your account.Unless you want ATT to store all your messages on there cloud leave it.Visual voicemail won't work if you have that ATT message app either.just an (FYI).
So what I've done is,
1.go to my files SD card deleted android 2.took out SD card
3.went to settings/backup reset and unchecked back up my data and automatic restore
4.from there do factory reset.
5.after boot up go directly into recovery mode wipe cache, then factory reset again from there.
6.after it boots power down insert external SD card boot back up.
7.go threw set up uncheck all google options for now,can reselect later if needed.
8.once at home screen go to play store/settings select do not automaticaly update.
9.go to application manager find that message back up and sync app and disable it.
10.check your ATT account make sure you don't see it in your device services,if you do remove it.
11.disable all the bloat before updating in play store.
Here's what I've disabled
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In WiFi settings,I only allow WiFi on when sleeping when plugged in,my home WiFi modem is bad I think though,and I've unchecked smart WiFi and almost every option in there.
I stopped using Google voice and using visual voicemail had to get the correct voicemail number from ATT but its working,everything else is still on even facebook, s health with pedometer paused,no cleaning apps just been closing apps threw menu same with ram.so far so good.
Here's my battery over past two days,not a lot of screen time,family time.I'll Do a SOT test soon,
Hope this helps someone.
For me, disabling Smart Network Switch function helped the most. I'm sure most this is what is causing the problem for most people as well.
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For me, disabling Smart Network Switch function helped the most. I'm sure most this is what is causing the problem for most people as well.
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Yes,for people that are having issues with WiFi becoming unstable due to there modem/WiFi router.I had same issue disabling smart network did nothing for me,what I'm getting at is check and see if your stock messaging app is backing up to the cloud,even know it mat not be synced.when I dug deeper I found that messaging backup and sync app was constantly running in the background.This may have been something they implemented on the update I'm not positive,but I don't remember ever seeing that running.On say the s5 that option isn't there UNLESS you download the ATT MESSAGES APP,the note4 has the backup and sync option in the firmware now.All I know is my battery is better then it was ever right now.
If that is not greyed out,your messages are being backed up to ATT cloud,may not be syncing to your phone.the only way to stop this is what I've explained.
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If that is not greyed out,your messages are being backed up to ATT cloud,may not be syncing to your phone.the only way to stop this is what I've explained.
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just wondering. is textra compatible with this att cloud msg backup? I only ask because all the other features are greyed out for you as well, display, quick responses, text message settings, multimedia messages, etc..
they are not greyed out for me, however I am using the stock msg app. also, when I tap on "att messages backup and sync" it prompts me to set it up "turn it on" or "not now" I selected "not now" so assuming that its not enabled, but just wanted to double check as it seems like yours might have been enabled somehow (maybe the sales rep did it when you purchased your phone?)
I logged onto my att account on the web, checked my services, and couldn't find anything related to "message cloud backup" or anything worded similarly. how exactly did you get to where you seen this in your account?
I clicked on "wireless" tab at the top, then "view my plan and features"
then selected my device
then in the next window scrolled to the bottom and clicked the "view all features" link which popped up this window..
is this where you seen this on your account?
Textra is compatible,even using textra if I open my stock messaging all my messages are there,everything is greyed out using textra yes except a few options that one was not greyed out that's how I was able to click on it.your in the correct spot on your ATT account just have to click on manage for the phone in question,at first glance myn read my plan,insurance and something else,once I clicked on manage that's where message backup and sync was,first I removed it,it kept coming back until I disabled it in my app manager.Maybe at some point I had the app on my phone but I don't think so.Go to application manager /running apps see if you see the Messages backup and sync running,if go to all apps see if you see it.Are you using stock messaging app?
I would change my message app to stock default and screen shot it greyed out now,but I don't wanna go threw disabling it again if for some reason it enables.Before I went back to textra I made sure it was greyed out with stock MMS as default also.
Look I just checked and its back,but its disabled on my phone I keep removing it but keeps coming back.
Either way I don't want ATT storing my messages on there cloud,and I would have never knew unless I dug into this.
There's a site you can go to and read your messages,but if your not seeing any traces of this,I suggest not signing into it and checking,it may enable it.
Here's where I ended up,I used to get 6 hours SOT but with about 12 overall hours,I'm at 5h 30m SOT,could stretch to 6h with 6 percent left but this was over 1day and 17hours.
thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn't syncing with the cloud either, looks like im not..
still having battery issues, trying to figure them out. some reason now my text msg app takes like 30 seconds to start up (when closed, not just minimized) not sure why.. only has 2 text messages in it, did a hard reset, still the same.. guess im going to start unblocking stuff and see if that helps..
I was originally thinking that it might be trying to sync when started, that's what was causing the delay, but doesn't look like that is the case for me.
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thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn't syncing with the cloud either, looks like im not..
still having battery issues, trying to figure them out. some reason now my text msg app takes like 30 seconds to start up (when closed, not just minimized) not sure why.. only has 2 text messages in it, did a hard reset, still the same.. guess im going to start unblocking stuff and see if that helps..
I was originally thinking that it might be trying to sync when started, that's what was causing the delay, but doesn't look like that is the case for me.
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Did you check in your running apps,myn was never syncing either,it was running and backing up to the cloud,syncing on this app means its syncs from the cloud to your phone,if by chance that app is running that means its backing up to the cloud regardless if you selected sync.I just checked my account again after yesterday when I saw it there and I removed it,now its gone thank god.So i the whole point of the app is,if backup and sync is running and all your messages are being stored on the cloud,plus there on your phone,you delete messages on your phone but there still on the cloud,if you sync it,it will DL all your messages back to your phone,or you could go to the message site and see them,but the only way to delete the permenatly would be from the cloud site,I think.maybe I'm wrong but that's how I understood it.go to settings/application manager/running apps,and see if messages backup and sync is running,and check all apps in there too I'm curious if the app is even on your phone.
see its gone now.
I do not see the feature in my att app or online. It's greyed out in my text msg settings, and if I press the option.. it asks me to set it up or cancel. Same if I click att address book in accounts it prompts me to do the same. Set it up or cancel.
And I don't see it running in processes..
Something else has to be going on.. I am about ready to reflash n1e firmware and block the updater and just call it a day.
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xlr8shun said:
I do not see the feature in my att app or online. It's greyed out in my text msg settings, and if I press the option.. it asks me to set it up or cancel. Same if I click att address book in accounts it prompts me to do the same. Set it up or cancel.
And I don't see it running in processes..
Something else has to be going on.. I am about ready to reflash n1e firmware and block the updater and just call it a day.
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Can you check in the app manager /all it would be underneath the messages app here
And looks like this from my disabled apps,just curious if the app even lives on your phone.
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Can you check in the app manager....
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Sweet.. i see it now in my disabled section..
Thanks
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Sweet.. i see it now in my disabled section..
Thanks
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Ok so you already had it disabled,so it is there.
Here you go,amazing this is by far my best battery cycle.