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Upload photo Picasa folder list blank?

Hi Everyone,
I just noticed this recently when trying to upload a picture from the gallery to Picasa - the folder list is blank, clicking it or the new folder button does nothing (screenshot below)
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I've used it in the past so I'm not sure what changed - also working fine on my T Prime, and, all of the folders are visible in the gallery itself, just not the upload screen.
What I've tried so far that hasn't worked:
1) rebooting phone
2) disabling then enabling photo syncing in accounts and sync
3) clearing gallery and media storage data
4) multiple combinations of the items listed above
Anyone else have this issue? Or know how to fix it? ( I'm running stock ICS )
Thank you,
Kelly
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I'm not sure if you're still looking for a solution to this problem or not, but I'm having the same issue now and stumbled across this thread in the Google forums:
hxxp://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/mobile/android-devices/kW1D7jt-DMw (replace xx with tt, since I don't have URL posting rights)
Long story short, the problem appears to happen when you have any accounts on your phone (under the "Accounts and Sync" menu) that use the same email address as the one Picasa is trying to use as your Google account.
For example, if your Google account for your phone is "[email protected]" and you also use "[email protected]" as your Dropbox/Linkedin/Facebook account, Picasa upload will break in the way you described and showed in your image above.
If you remove all accounts that use that primary Gmail address and only leave your Google account, the problem goes away. I sent a message to Paul Wilcox on G+ to hopefully address the issue, but it looks like the only way to fix it is via the workaround I mentioned above.
I'll update here if I hear any news about it.

albeec13 said:
I'm not sure if you're still looking for a solution to this problem or not, but I'm having the same issue now and stumbled across this thread in the Google forums:
hxxp://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/mobile/android-devices/kW1D7jt-DMw (replace xx with tt, since I don't have URL posting rights)
Long story short, the problem appears to happen when you have any accounts on your phone (under the "Accounts and Sync" menu) that use the same email address as the one Picasa is trying to use as your Google account.
For example, if your Google account for your phone is "[email protected]" and you also use "[email protected]" as your Dropbox/Linkedin/Facebook account, Picasa upload will break in the way you described and showed in your image above.
If you remove all accounts that use that primary Gmail address and only leave your Google account, the problem goes away. I sent a message to Paul Wilcox on G+ to hopefully address the issue, but it looks like the only way to fix it is via the workaround I mentioned above.
I'll update here if I hear any news about it.
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Glad to know I am not the only one with this issue - not going to remove my other accounts because I want them to sync. Been using PicasaTool in the interim until they fix the issue (hopefully with 4.0.4/5)
Also, I added "me too", and a note about it to the google thread you found, thanks!

Contact Picture Sync with Facebook

This is my first Nexus device, and for whatever reason, my contacts are not syncing with Facebook profile pictures.
On all of my previous phones, I would put in my google account, and my facebook account, and the contact pictures would all sync.
On this device, they aren't syncing.
Am I missing something?
Thanks!

Haxsync. Much better alternative

Blame Facebook. They have not/will not update Facebook contact sync for ICS and up for some reason.
Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.

Stock Android hasn't supported Facebook contacts sync for some time now. Facebook isn't following the rules and complying with the way Google wants to do things.

Ok cool...last stock Android device I've had was the OG Droid. I just switched from a RAZR this past week, so I had no idea this was no longer supported.
I'll give a 3rd party app a try.
Thanks again!

I use Friendcaster. Much better Facebook app anyway.
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rehughe said:
Ok cool...last stock Android device I've had was the OG Droid. I just switched from a RAZR this past week, so I had no idea this was no longer supported.
I'll give a 3rd party app a try.
Thanks again!
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Make sure to download HaxSync. Its the only app for 4.0+ phones that syncs high resolution photos from Facebook.
As for an actual Facebook app, go with FriendCaster and the dark theme.
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Actually there is another FREE app that does the job as good as HaxSync -- Facebook contact Sync.
It's also the only app I know that works with MIUI Contacts (to have large caller image displayed) :fingers-crossed:

kong said:
Actually there is another FREE app that does the job as good as HaxSync -- Facebook contact Sync.
It's also the only app I know that works with MIUI Contacts (to have large caller image displayed) :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks! This one seems to be working perfect.
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Have you guys actually tried the official Facebook app recently? It seems to be back in the Sync options now (Disclaimer: I don't use it, I am using Friendcaster for the sync function. And no, I'm not confusing FB and FC, they have different icons). This is on stock JB 4.1.1.
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zAlbee said:
Have you guys actually tried the official Facebook app recently? It seems to be back in the Sync options now (Disclaimer: I don't use it, I am using Friendcaster for the sync function. And no, I'm not confusing FB and FC, they have different icons). This is on stock JB 4.1.1.
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The sync option has been in the Accounts area of Settings for a long time. Checking the box does nothing.

Synchronized calendars?

I'm looking for an application where my wife and I can synchronize our schedules on a Google calendar but with two different user accounts. For example she is working on a Saturday 7 am – 2 PM. She puts it into a calendar and then I will have it synced to my calendar is that even possible?

Never mind. I added her Gmail account to my phone and then I clicked sync calendar
Worked great
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Can also just share calendar from the Google website. Can share with anyone and control write privileged without giving complete access.
DDNV
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justin860 said:
Never mind. I added her Gmail account to my phone and then I clicked sync calendar
Worked great
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Yes, what you've done is going too far and complete overkill. As stated above, just go to the Google Calendar Website, on your pc or Mac, and go to Settings and share your calendar with her. Then go into her Google account and have her share her calendar with you. It will then be visible in your calendar list on your phones to sync.
You are eating unnecessary resources on your phone by doing it the way you are now.

agriff said:
Yes, what you've done is going too far and complete overkill. As stated above, just go to the Google Calendar Website, on your pc or Mac, and go to Settings and share your calendar with her. Then go into her Google account and have her share her calendar with you. It will then be visible in your calendar list on your phones to sync.
You are eating unnecessary resources on your phone by doing it the way you are now.
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Actually it's not. I have only synced the calendar

There is another app Acalender that i like a little better personally and if your family is like mine Ourgroceries is a great grocery list app that can be synced. I thought it would be kinda dumb but it works really well. use it all the time.

agriff said:
Yes, what you've done is going too far and complete overkill. As stated above, just go to the Google Calendar Website, on your pc or Mac, and go to Settings and share your calendar with her. Then go into her Google account and have her share her calendar with you. It will then be visible in your calendar list on your phones to sync.
You are eating unnecessary resources on your phone by doing it the way you are now.
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Calendar police over here.
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Bubba Fett said:
There is another app Acalender that i like a little better personally and if your family is like mine Ourgroceries is a great grocery list app that can be synced. I thought it would be kinda dumb but it works really well. use it all the time.
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I'll have to check our groceries out. I am currently using Out Of Milk on my phone and the wife's tablet and love it.
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Out of milk is way better

cannot get outlook account to work with email app

i searched the whole thread and noticed 2 posts with similar comments and said they went to a 3rd party app. well how come i cant use outlook.com like i did with my gs4? also, does everyone have this problem? any suggestions? email app is up to date, tried exchange and outlook.com and used the settings from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/to-go at the bottom. no go. pain in the ass when my contacts sit in outlook and i use the calendar as well. im not trying to import to gmail either. thanks.

I have hotmail working with default settings. Contact their playstore email, they respond fairly quick.

xbbdc said:
i searched the whole thread and noticed 2 posts with similar comments and said they went to a 3rd party app. well how come i cant use outlook.com like i did with my gs4? also, does everyone have this problem? any suggestions? email app is up to date, tried exchange and outlook.com and used the settings from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/to-go at the bottom. no go. pain in the ass when my contacts sit in outlook and i use the calendar as well. im not trying to import to gmail either. thanks.
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Gmail now supports
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Three are lots of good alternative email apps. A few to look at are Cloud Magic, TypeMail, and Mailwise. I. Have tried all three of these with my corporate Exchange account and they work fine.

aziz07 said:
I have hotmail working with default settings. Contact their playstore email, they respond fairly quick.
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thanks, i reached out to them.

figured it out, it's because of 2 step authentication. since asus is not using the "new" login method for Microsoft, it doesn't try at all to attempt 2 step authentication so it fails. disable 2 step in security and app works now. add 2 step back and app still works.

New Outlook.com sync problems

I use outlook.com for my emails, phone book etc. Everything was fine with my contacts on my phone, I had all the small avatars for myself and all my contacts. I've got a big problem since MS updated me to their new style Outlook.com.
All my contacts Avatars have gone and I seem to have every contact in my phone from Facebook even though I have only chosen 'Outlook' in the settings. More annoyingly I have about 300 'Unnamed' contacts appear in my contacts and none of them have any info inside. I have deleted my account on the phone and resynced and it is still the same?
Has anyone come across this and any ideas how I can get my original properly synced settings back?

I have about 300 of these empty names now,
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Did you already check in Settings > Apps > Outlook if all permissions are granted. If not, delete your Outlook account, set all permissions, re-add your account.
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I'm using the outlook that is in the accounts settings and not the Outlook app itself. I've got my mail,calendar and phone numbers synchronised.
Maybe I'll install the App and give it a go that way and chose that setting in the phone app to see if that sorts it.
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If you guys want to know some good email apps the type mail app works great so does blue mail I use both and they rock. They have like a 4.6 or 4.7 rating not many apps get praises like that. Just thought I would mention that as I think the outlook app has a lot to be desired.

M9guy said:
If you guys want to know some good email apps the type mail app works great so does blue mail I use both and they rock. They have like a 4.6 or 4.7 rating not many apps get praises like that. Just thought I would mention that as I think the outlook app has a lot to be desired.
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Thanks for that but it's not the email I have problems with it's the Outlook account sync problems that give me hundreds of false empty entries in my people phone book when I sync to Outlook.com. They are obviously not in there so I don't know where they are coming from. It has only happened since MS updated me to their new Outlook.com style of page.

Oh I had that issue on Tuesday with the outlook servers using Thunderbird email software I had to force close a couple times now seems to be fine all day Wednesday yesterday and still going fine.