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Gmail display.

Morning!
I have searched but nothing useful was found.
Quite frequently I have my gmail inbox say I have 1 new email but nothing new is displayed. I can log into the web and see the fresh email though. At that point I can manually refresh my inbox and it will pop up.
Wtf.
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Odd indeed. Does it continue to do so if you remove your account from "Accounts & Sync" then re-add it or if you clear data/cache for Gmail?

SlimSnoopOS said:
Odd indeed. Does it continue to do so if you remove your account from "Accounts & Sync" then re-add it or if you clear data/cache for Gmail?
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Yes sir. I've noticed it on the GPA build and stock. Happens enough that now I'm looking in my gmail inbox instead of trusting notifications. I've seen a few hits about it on Google but most were quite old.
Agreed. Odd odd odd.
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zoomy942 said:
Yes sir. I've noticed it on the GPA build and stock. Happens enough that now I'm looking in my gmail inbox instead of trusting notifications. I've seen a few hits about it on Google but most were quite old.
Agreed. Odd odd odd.
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I use to have the same issue and couldnt figgure it out for the life of me, so i just setup my g mail account to be checked by the stock mail app, and just removed the gmail app all together. Now i get my gmails just fine. You could also use a 3rd party mail app from the market such as K-9 mail.

I can't help but wanted to say that I often have the same problem.

I guess what befuddles me is that the Gmail app on a Google phone can't work reliably. Odd indeed.

Do you think it has anything to do with the amount of memory dedicated for apps on the Inc?

Not sure, if you watch it when its syncing the new email will show for a sec in the gmail app, and then dissapear but still give a notification of the new email.

Just did it again.
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Its got to be a gmail app glitch, I have had it happen on every rom that I have used, does not happen often but it does happen.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Do you think it has anything to do with the amount of memory dedicated for apps on the Inc?
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Could be. But. I only have 5 apps installed.
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wesley762 said:
Its got to be a gmail app glitch, I have had it happen on every rom that I have used, does not happen often but it does happen.
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Look at this guy. :thumbup:
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I've found that generally this happens when you receive a new message on a different gmail account but the message you receive is for a thread that you've already deleted.
Ex. I receive a newsletter from some company on gmail account #1. I delete this message. I receive the same newsletter on gmail account #2 (both linked to the same inbox). Since the thread is already in the trash it does not get moved to the inbox and no new message is displayed. However, since its a new message it shows "Inbox(1)" when viewing my mail.
That's my own personal experience. Since I've only noticed it when receiving mail with 2 different account I have no clue if the same problem applies with only 1 account

I've had the problem too. I cleared cache, uninstalled, rebooted and then reinstalled gmail, rebooted again and I haven't noticed it since. Not sure if that really worked or it just fixed itself but doesn't hurt to try.

TheBeardedMann said:
I've had the problem too. I cleared cache, uninstalled, rebooted and then reinstalled gmail, rebooted again and I haven't noticed it since. Not sure if that really worked or it just fixed itself but doesn't hurt to try.
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Just clearing the cache always resolved the problem for me. No need to reinstall

Hotmail calendar and contacts disappear

Hi,
Yesterday the weirdest thing happened on my JB GNex for the first time.
My hotmail contacts and calendar entries have disappeared. Email is fine and using the stock email client with stock OS and unrooted International GSM version phone.
Anyone else experienced this & managed to find a fix?
PS. Temporarily managed to fix by going to settings/apps and clearing the data but next morning all disappear again...
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Nobody has this problem?
I have just factory reset the phone today at lunch and by late afternoon the contacts and cal entries have disappeared again...anyone at all not experiencing this?
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Same here
jammw said:
Nobody has this problem?
I have just factory reset the phone today at lunch and by late afternoon the contacts and cal entries have disappeared again...anyone at all not experiencing this?
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well my girl friend had the same problem on her Galaxy nexus,
and every time i had to remove the Hotmail account and then add it again for the contacts to appear.
but it kept happening to her phone and it never happened to mine.
but after 2 months of this SH*T i decided to add her account to my phone so i'll have her contacts if they disappear and there is something urgent.
so i did add her Hotmail, and after 12hours this SH*T started happening to me too, even when i totally removed her account and mine.
it happens twice everyday.
the only thing i wanna do now is not just restore the phone to default settings, but totally flash a new firmware and clear all cache and try again but i have a lot on my phone to backup.

Wow that's pretty crap - temporarily, I cleared the cache/data under settings/apps which forces the contacts to reappear then did a local export and now I'm importing them at least once or twice a day...its the lamest work around ever if your workaround does work can you let me know pls?
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Me Three
I'm (not) glad to see others are having this problem too.
I may be in the wrong thread running a Galaxy S2, but this recently started happening to me. I thought it was a combination of new ROM/Kernel (recently switched to Siyah 3.3.d) but have had this same problem with CyanogenMod 9 on both the Kernel they ship as well as Siyah. With Siyah running with Dual Boot and just a single ROM.
Clearing App data for Calendar, Calendar Storage, Contacts, Contacts Storage sometimes helps, but this is getting really annoying.
Does anyone know what the root cause is? I've considered going back to Stock Carrier ROM just to see if this keeps up. I've gone back to backups from weeks ago (when I don't think this was happening) and it now happens. Don't know what else to try.

Hey,
i totally restored to 4.1.1 locked back the phone just in case, and it still happened.
then i unlocked, restored to 4.0.4, no rooting, and it still happen.
i think my hotmail account got "infected" when i added my girlfriend's account.
anyone please help.
anyone has this problem with google mail ?
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I've been having this issue too - from searching for answers it appears to be a bug with hotmail.
Some people have reported having success with changing the server to debug-m.hotmail.com, or xxx-m.hotmail.com (where xxx is the three letter server code assigned to your hotmail account). Neither of these solutions has worked for me.
I'd love to know what else people have tried.

I habe exactly the same Problem. Habe also tried setting up a different Server. Anyone Wirth a fix?
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anyone restored their phone ?
and restored settings from Google account ?
coz i restored my girlfriend's phone and started fresh with out the saved settings on Google account and until now everything is normal
if you try let me know what happens i'll keep you guys posted.
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Why is this related to google? This seems to be only a Problem related to hotmail. I'm running a dhd...
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MRACHINI said:
anyone restored their phone ?
and restored settings from Google account ?
coz i restored my girlfriend's phone and started fresh with out the saved settings on Google account and until now everything is normal
if you try let me know what happens i'll keep you guys posted.
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When I restored the phone on Fri I did it without restoring settings and no luck there in fact today its gotten worst I lost them already three times - this is sooooo annoying now...if its a bug with hotmail is certainly not affecting my mrs iPhone and probably not even windows phone either.
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OMG.
Thank you guys SOOO much for putting this up. I thought it was just me!!!! I was about to post a thread of my own on this!
Yes, I've been having this issue all of last week. I thought it was my phone and or ROM configs. I can confirm that it's happening on all ICS ROMs. I tried 10 different ROMs, all 100% clean installs. As a matter of fact, I just finished loading Paranoid Android ROM, which is a JB ROM, in hopes that it resolves it.
My Hotmail account is set up as an Exchange account. Randomly, out of nowhere, all contacts, calendars, and emails are cleared, and it has to redownload itself. This is potentially disastrous as I depend very heavily on my Hotmail calendar.
Does anyone have any idea what's happening and what we can do to solve it?
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After much research, it seems that this is a huge problem with Hotmail that started occurring mid May. I still haven't seen a concrete response from Microsoft regarding this issue.

Last night I deleted the email account under the stock email app and downloaded the free hotmail app from the app store...so far the contacts are intact ...if they disappear again I will update my post.
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OK they disappeared again, apparently the Google settings have nothing to do with this, its definitely Hotmail.
So i temporarily imported my contacts and switched to gmail it was easy because i already use Google calendar i only use Hotmail for email and contacts.
I already tried switching the m.hotmail.com server but i read that some hotmail users where switched to new servers, so maybe this is the problem.
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I have seen this happening on my wive's, brother's and my Galaxy Nexus.
All of us have updated to JB.
I have solved this issue with exporting my Live-contacts and importing them to my Google Account.
I will use my Galaxy S3 from now on and my wife wife asked for a new phone, she's more impatient but will get the S3 now anyway.
I think Google does not like Microsoft anymore due to latest lawsuit results.
Anywho I blame Jellbean. :crying:

ajm786 said:
OMG.
Thank you guys SOOO much for putting this up. I thought it was just me!!!! I was about to post a thread of my own on this!
Yes, I've been having this issue all of last week. I thought it was my phone and or ROM configs. I can confirm that it's happening on all ICS ROMs. I tried 10 different ROMs, all 100% clean installs. As a matter of fact, I just finished loading Paranoid Android ROM, which is a JB ROM, in hopes that it resolves it.
My Hotmail account is set up as an Exchange account. Randomly, out of nowhere, all contacts, calendars, and emails are cleared, and it has to redownload itself. This is potentially disastrous as I depend very heavily on my Hotmail calendar.
Does anyone have any idea what's happening and what we can do to solve it?
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After much research, it seems that this is a huge problem with Hotmail that started occurring mid May. I still haven't seen a concrete response from Microsoft regarding this issue.
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I can confirm that this is a problem on all ICS/JB ROMs and is therefor not related to a ROM.
now suddenly even my calender items disappeared as well - this is getting really annoying now - will export/import them to google again until MS has sorted this out. anyone reported this already in a MS forum or blog? if not maybe we should do that.

I'm having the same issue here. I was having the issue with the stock ICS ROM on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I rooted and flashed the BB Jelly Bean ROM but the problem is still happening. When I delete the account and add it back it syncs. But then the next day the contacts disappear. When I create the account I put in m.hotmail.com. But the next day when I look it says col-m.hotmail.com. I don't think this is the issue, but I also saw comments to try changing to this. It seems to be happening automatically.
Anyway, I noticed that when I go into Hotmail and edit a contact and save it, it syncs. I don't know how long that contact will stay on my phone. So it seems to me that it could be related to identifiying which contacts to synch. I tried changing the synch frequency but that didn't work either.
Does anyone know which Microsoft Hotmail forum we should post this?
- I installed the Hotmail Microsoft + 7 app. I now have my contacts again. I'm not sure if this will work long term. I tried using the app and it crashed, so I plan on continue to use the built in Android mail app. But hopefully the Microsoft app will allow me to synch my contacts. If this doesn't work, I think I'll import them into Google to have as a backup copy.

- I installed the Hotmail Microsoft + 7 app. I now have my contacts again. I'm not sure if this will work long term. I tried using the app and it crashed, so I plan on continue to use the built in Android mail app. But hopefully the Microsoft app will allow me to synch my contacts. If this doesn't work, I think I'll import them into Google to have as a backup copy.[/QUOTE]
I've had the app since last night and for me all contacts and calendar entries have stayed put and not disappeared once. I will stick with the app for a while but would like to go back to stock app if/when fixed.
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I posted my issue on answers.Microsoft forum. The only response I got was to install the Microsoft App. I also would like the stock android app to get fixed, but I'm not sure if the issue is with Android or Microsoft.
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Same problem on stock 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
I've got the same problem too on the official stock 4.1.1 Jellybean update. My contacts and calendar go completely missing and removing/adding the account only makes it work for a day or so and then it disappears again. Email still syncs fine.
As someone reported in this thread Hotmail is still working fine with their iPhone, and it is working fine with my Windows Phone... I'm pretty sure this is Google's fault. It makes my phone near useless, that's for sure.
This better get fixed soon! If someone finds or hears about a fix, post it here and let everyone know!

[Solved] MobileLife Contacts. Ugh...

I got my new phone yesterday and signed into my google account. No problem, I always store all my contacts with Google. However, I am going in to the contacts list to select my mom "Mom" and call her. The caller id that shows on my screen says "Gram" which is what my daughter calls her. This is similar for all our family members. However, when I go into the menu on my contacts, I can uncheck MobileLife contact sync, but they stay the same. I tried to long press on MobileLife Contacts and delete that (because for some odd reason they're my daughters! Why? I have a brand new SIM in a brand new phone...) it says I can't because some of my apps need it, and I could master reset to do this.
I don't recall ever having logged into any Samsung account, and even if I did, I shouldn't have my daughter's contacts, right?
I've chatted in and called TMO about it today and all they do is send me an email linking me to the MobileLife info on their site. I'm not seeing anything telling me how to get rid of them.
Any advice?

MobileLife is Tmobile bloatware, not Samsungs in case you need to know.
Make sure auto sync is off first. Then in Settings go into App Manager and find mobile life under the all tab and clear data and cache. Then if able press disable. It will no longer be in your accounts and sync menu.
I am not sure which apps this one affects, so back up data first, or you can try to disable the app without clearing data first.
Hope this helps.
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Also, just fyi, if you ever stored contacts on your tmobile account or used a service like My Faves, that is how the info is already there.
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I'm not sure if this will help but please try it. In contacts hit the menu button and scroll down to "contacts to display" and see if switching it to google or phone (or w.e else) helps. I know it solved my issue of having every person I've ever mailed in my life showing up :good:

DocHoliday77 said:
MobileLife is Tmobile bloatware, not Samsungs in case you need to know.
Make sure auto sync is off first. Then in Settings go into App Manager and find mobile life under the all tab and clear data and cache. Then if able press disable. It will no longer be in your accounts and sync menu.
I am not sure which apps this one affects, so back up data first, or you can try to disable the app without clearing data first.
Hope this helps.
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Also, just fyi, if you ever stored contacts on your tmobile account or used a service like My Faves, that is how the info is already there.
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Yes, I discovered it was TMo. Frustrated me that I called in and chatted in and neither way yielded any results. Good stinking gravy.
And thank you! That seems to have worked. I haven't received or made any calls to anyone who had my daughter's information, but that MobileLife symbol is no longer next to those contacts. Thank you so much.
The nerd in me is still very, very curious as to how my daughter's contacts got into my list. We did use to have My Faves, but I'm still wondering how her contacts became mine. It's a mystery.
psykhotic said:
I'm not sure if this will help but please try it. In contacts hit the menu button and scroll down to "contacts to display" and see if switching it to google or phone (or w.e else) helps. I know it solved my issue of having every person I've ever mailed in my life showing up
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Oh yes, this is excellent advice. I had already done that, hoping it would help and it didn't. But...this saves so much scrolling through all that nonsense.

I just simply dragged the app into app info, and disabled it.
That's it.

DocHoliday77 said:
MobileLife is Tmobile bloatware, not Samsungs in case you need to know.
Make sure auto sync is off first. Then in Settings go into App Manager and find mobile life under the all tab and clear data and cache. Then if able press disable. It will no longer be in your accounts and sync menu.
I am not sure which apps this one affects, so back up data first, or you can try to disable the app without clearing data first.
Hope this helps.
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Also, just fyi, if you ever stored contacts on your tmobile account or used a service like My Faves, that is how the info is already there.
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To the best of my knowledge, MobileLife Contacts app cannot be disabled from App Manager unless Customization Settings Provider is also disabled due to dependencies. However, I am not 100% sure if the latter is a part of stock Android or a part of HTC Sense.
Anyway, here are the directions for how to disable MobileLife Contacts on an Android/HTC Sense phone:
1stopit.blogspot.com/2012/09/mobilelife-contacts-finally-disabled.html
Even if on stock Android it is slightly different, which I cannot verify, the general idea should still be the same.
Hope it helps.

Stock, not rooted Calendar not synching all appointments.

I am pretty sure this started after the KitKat update. Several older recurring appointments on my google calendar do not synch to the phone even though they are visible on the web.
Newly created ones appear to be fine.
This impacts stock calendar app and all third party Cal apps like the official Google Cal app, even though my calendar syncs with no problems to my nexus 7.
This is why it seems to me the problem seems to lie with my Note 3 specifically.
I am pretty sure my Cal was complete on Jelly Bean.
Any thoughts? Anyone with the same issue? Fixes?
Samsung bug?
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Also wanted to mention that I did tried to delete cache and data to no avail.
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Turned out to be some weirdness with the appointments themselves. Just redid the recurrence info and all is well.
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Nothing wrong with my calendar, Google do weird things nowadays.

Help please! Contacts from Google account disappearing randomly

I'm all confused. Past couple weeks, my Google contacts that I have saved for months keeps dissappearing. I don't know what is causing this. I just lost 5 contact info. Text came in only with phone number showing from people I have saved in my Google account for a long time? Never seen this happen before. And keeps happening randomly. I have to reenter all these people to the contacts again. Please help. I'm not rooted. Nothing crazy. Just using the phone with TouchWiz no skin no odd apps installed. Only using SwiftKey keyboard. That's it. Anyone has any ideas please.?

It has been happening to me as well.

I don't know what's causing the problem, but I do know you can restore your contacts as far back as 30 days ago. Go to Google Contacts in a browser, click More/restore contacts. Choose a time to go back to, then click restore.
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I don't know what's causing the problem, but I do know you can restore your contacts as far back as 30 days ago. Go to Google Contacts in a browser, click More/restore contacts. Choose a time to go back to, then click restore.
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I have done that. But it's very annoying. Keeps happening. I never had this issue with my note 4 for two years. It started with Note 7. So, I thought to myself which apps I have started using that I never did with my note 4 that the app uses access to my contacts. Than, I had tweeter, what's app, Instagram as new apps that I never used before. I hope this helps. That's the only logical explanation I can come up with. Has to be an app that uses contacts access and somehow does not work with Google sync.

Are they just disappearing on phone, or entirely in Google? Check online on PC to see your contacts.
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they are gone from everywhere when they are gone! google, mail contacts, other devices. I think some other app sharing and accessing the contacts like tweeter, whats app etc. causing this.