I switched to CM11 M6 several weeks ago and for the most part, it's head and shoulders above any CM10.2 build I ever ran - CM10 was crashing left and right, CM11 has been rock solid - HOWEVER - one thing (well, two things) have been driving me nuts. The smaller one is the mail app - I HATE the GMail-ish 'thread' layout and 'colorfication' (There are no words to adequately describe how much GMail SUCKS - to have it seep into my Exchange mail is infuriating). Is there any way to can the 'new' format and get the old one back? But the thing that's REALLY driving me bananas is the contacts.
I only sync contacts from one of my three Exchange accounts. I also don't sync with GMail, Skype or any of the other accounts I use. JUST the one Exchange account. The other accounts don't have contacts selected for sync. On my S3, I've got a ridiculous number of random duplication of contacts and random contacts that I have NO idea where they came from (They APPEAR to be e-mail addresses that I have received messages from in the past).
For example, for one contact, there are three copies: one that is just his work address, and two that are exact duplicates of each other, right down to the picture I made part of his entry. Another contact I have three identical copies of. Another I have four different copies of. It's got some contacts that are more or less duplicates of others, but they're displayed as 'Lastname Firstname' in addition to the proper contact that is displayed as 'Firstname Lastname'. Another contact I have 8 (yes eight) copies of - Two duplicates and six with random other contact info.
The Contacts app claims I have 600 contacts - I don't have anywhere NEAR that - the vast majority seem to be e-mail addresses that I've sent and/or received messaged to/from.
Does anyone know WHERE THE HECK it's getting all this garbage from? I NEVER had any issues of this sort before with any other ROM or build...
I'm not too sure about the Email/Gmail layout you'll have to look through themes/apps for that one,
The only temp fix for your contacts issue I can think of is removing your account with the contacts and re-sync after doing a cache and dalvik cache wipe.
If that doesn't fix it then it's just the ROM itself as the M6 is one of the buggiest of all milestone releases, whether or not if it was dirty/clean flashed.
Applications FC and sync errors occur often and depending on certain device revisions for the d2spr ART would sometimes
work and not work. ( With me, Apps that are ART compatible would even FC )
Try using the CM11 M7 release for d2lte as this ones a bit more stable then the M6 release, or simply wait for the M8 in July
as that one will have the 4.4.3 coding in it.
Hope your issue is resolved and GL =x
Well, unfortunately, no dice. After upgrading to M7, I removed the account, rebooted to recovery, wiped cache and dalvik cache 5x each, booted back up and re set the account up - same deal. It's so random and stupid it's crazy.
It's funny you say that M6 was the buggiest of snapshots - This is really the only issue I've encountered. It's been absolutely rock solid for me otherwise. OTOH, CM10.2.x, which was supposed to have been polished, was total junk. Constant random freezes, reboots, FCs no matter what build or how I installed it.
Have you tried doing s clean flash ( make sure to titaniumbackup ) to make sure it isn't buggy or unstable?
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Hello, I have a little question, Do you also have problemes using activesync and gmail ?
for me it work 1 time and then nothing more ...
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Hello, I have a little question, Do you also have problemes using activesync and gmail ?
for me it work 1 time and then nothing more ...
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Yes I have push gmail by using acrivesync and it worked for me about the last 3 weeks but today it says:
A network or server error is currently preventing your device from synchronizing with your exchange server. If this condition persists, please contact your system administrator.
Support code: 0x85010005
Last synchronized: Today 06:44am
I have almost the same problem ... before I change my phone, it worked fin on my iphone, and on my diamond for test, but now, nothing since 3 days ...
After a few tests, If I uncheck mail the synchro works fine, it should be a problem on google side ... ****
It was working earlier this morning....phew...I thought it was just me having the issue.
Hopefully Gmail will fix the issue.
I deleted my sync and re-established. no longer getting error.
try it out....see if that works for you.
I did it almost 10 times, got 2 or 3 mails, and then nothing else ...
it is fine now, i was getting no email updates previously, but now works fine
I don't, currently, sync my mail. But I do have other problems syncing with Gmail, for contacts and appointments.
1) It never actually synchronizes the first time I press sync (i have mine set to manual) I have to press it a second time for the data to actually sync.
2) Even if I make NO changes to any contact it always has a list of 20+ contacts it is updating (what is it updating??)
3) I stopped using HTC Favorites tab because all contacts in this list get screwed up everytime I sync with google, mainly loosing their photos and rearrangin how I have names displayed (reverts only these few back to standard last name first)
4) DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT use Tmo My Faves if you plan on using google sync. If you do every time you sync through google Tmo will go through and change your my faves contacts back to how they feel they should be displayed, including getting rid of custom ringtones for that contact and their photo. And you will get a txt message for every change tmo did.
5) Evey couple of weeks it tells me a change on the server requires every contact, and or appointment, to be erased and re-synced! Terrifying the first time it happens, not knowing if you are gonna loose anything.
These are almost too much trouble to keep using google sync... and yet I persist with it, hoping these stupid bugs will be worked out.
I have since dropped my faves, since I have the good customer unlimited plan. And have stopped using the HTC favorites tab. Even so, I still get problems with some of the contacts that used to be favorites.
WIll try again to use push ...
It seems like Google is still working some stuff out. I had the same issue and another as well.
Apparently the HTC favorites thing stores some data in proprietary places in your contacts and so that causes problems.
Also, for me unticking "Tasks" for syncing has solved the problem before.
Gmail Emails are not instant, I switched to Live because of this!
I was wondering if anyone is getting this same error, from time to time a contact or two from my favorite contacts tab just disappear. It gets quite frustrating and I'm not sure if it's my method of syncing or something else. I'm currently using NuevaSync to sync my Gcal and Gmail contacts. What's everyone else using if they're trying to sync multiple Gcals/contacts?
Very late to this thread, but yes...having the exact same problem. Sense 2.5/Nuevasync/Google Contacts. Favorite people keep going away. Did you ever figure this one out?
Same issue here... I've had this issue for a long time now. I've Googled the heck out of it, found lots of people complaining but no one offering up any explanation or solution.
i had a contact just dissapear. ive had the issue a few times before too. i just readd the person and it normally doesnt wig out again for quite a while.
It's like a game of "whack-a-mole" for me. One disappears, I re-add them, then two more disappear. Every day.
In addition to vanishing contacts, sometimes it will re-arrange my contacts. It will also randomly change information sometimes too. Once, it renamed one of my contacts to "Customer Care." All the other info -- picture, phone number, e-mail -- were unchanged. My guess is it is some sort of Activesync issue, but I don't know.
i had another one disappear today. weird.
I could be way off-base here, but it seems like it happens when I get an email from one of my Favorite contacts.
I love the Dial by name aka Smart Dialing feature in the hacked Dialer used in AOKP and CM9 roms (all custom roms?)... but the damn thing locks up so many times it's annoying.
I have my Gmail contacts and I also have corporate exchange contacts. A few times a day I start to dial a number and it'll freeze after 1 or 2 numbers. I have to force close the dialer (press and hold back) or wait until it eventually force closes and allows me to close it.
Pretty annoying.
At first I figured it was just beta and would eventually get ironed out... but it's been a few months now and it seems the dialer is the same old dialer. It's acted out on just about every rom I've tried. I suspect it could be my exchange contacts and perhaps a poor data signal (maybe?). The contacts get synced and should be physically on my phone, but my new BlueAnt Q2 won't speak the names of my corporate contacts, but has no problem with my personal Gmail contacts.
So I'm wondering how it actually works and perhaps put a nail in this dialer lockup (and fixing maybe fixing corporate name announce would be awesomesauce). At this point I'm about to just manually import my corporate contacts into my personal gmail, and not sync contacts through my exchange... but I'm now sure how this would effect the Email app autofill in.
I have the same issue at times, I have 4 google accounts synced to my phone and thus a lot of contacts sorted (two business two personal). It doesn't happen every time, but when making lots of calls, it does happen with regularity. I would love to help figure out what the fault is.
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T9 has always worked fine for me in CM9; I do hear quite a few reports of issues with other ROMs when they port the CM9 dialer however. Not sure what the specific issue is, but logcats would likely help the ROM developer(s).
Well I suspect it is the syncing of multiple accounts. If you just have one, its fine, or make a lots of quick calls in a short amount of time like trying to get a hold of anyone of a group, like work.
What happens is that you'll be making several calls and out of the blue, you start to dial another name and it falls on its face. It doesn't FC but eventually says it stopped responding.
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Fwiw I have both exchange and Gmail phone contacts. I don't make a huge volume of out going calls however so that may factor in.
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I used to experience exactly the same thing. I have 1 Gmail and 1 Exchange account.
However since flashing the latest Gummy and the latest Nitroz theme I haven't had to force close it. (2 weeks and counting roughly).
I can't be sure if it's the ROM or the theme but it has been great. I make alot of phone calls as I only have one phone for both work and personal use, I must make a minimum of 40 calls per day...
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I used to experience exactly the same thing. I have 1 Gmail and 1 Exchange account.
However since flashing the latest Gummy and the latest Nitroz theme I haven't had to force close it. (2 weeks and counting roughly).
I can't be sure if it's the ROM or the theme but it has been great. I make alot of phone calls as I only have one phone for both work and personal use, I must make a minimum of 40 calls per day...
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To be honest, I haven't experienced it in a while either. I'm running the latest Axi0m AOKP 4.0.4 Hybrid.
Maybe its been updated or patched.
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I have two Major problem using after market ROM's
First -
My keyboard and haptic buttons do not work a lot of the time. Often they will work for the first boot only after a clean install.
Does anyone have a quick fix for this? One that is not a fresh wipe (I have done this a lot)
Second -
My contacts are weirded up. It seems I've super synced with my GMail and I am getting loads of random number (A lot of them from abroad). Also the number I did have (Friends, Family etc) have now disappeared.
I cannot call my girlfriend but I can call a Kebab House in New Zeland!
Weird stuff going on. Is this ROM specific? I'm using Andromadus but this has been happening since A13 and now Beta1
More then likley rom specific, or a bad flash
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Looks like specific ROM issue. I never experienced this.
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I have two Major problem using after market ROM's
First -
My keyboard and haptic buttons do not work a lot of the time. Often they will work for the first boot only after a clean install.
Does anyone have a quick fix for this? One that is not a fresh wipe (I have done this a lot)
Second -
My contacts are weirded up. It seems I've super synced with my GMail and I am getting loads of random number (A lot of them from abroad). Also the number I did have (Friends, Family etc) have now disappeared.
I cannot call my girlfriend but I can call a Kebab House in New Zeland!
Weird stuff going on. Is this ROM specific? I'm using Andromadus but this has been happening since A13 and now Beta1
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Really strange.
I would say ROM Specific but i've tried several Andromadus versions and never had that kind of issue.
What surprises me most is your google sync problem. I've installed many different ROMs many times and never had a single problem with numbers disapearring or unknown numbers appearing.
I think that you won't have any other choice than installing an other ROM and see what happens.
Solved the Contact Issue
Thanks for the advice. It turns out I sold a spare handset and stupidly left my GMail logged in. He then overwrote his contacts from his SIM to my GMail. At least I think this is what happened.
I just went to Gmail and reset my contacts by Two Weeks and it worked a treat,
Still having the Keyboard Issues with Andromadus but I just bought a Touchpad so that is keeping me busy now...
Hi, i have whatsapp and no problems, but when i installed telegram, i checked the contact list and telegram removed around 20 contacts of my phonebook! why¿?¿?¿?
Not just that, but i also checked back whatsapp and now all the contacts appear as phone numbers, like if they where not in my phonebook, but they are!
i talked with some poeple and they tell me they have no problem in they phones having both programs, maybe its something related to the rom i am using? anyone having same problems? i am using quark rom of 4.4
i am having my contacts JUST in the phone, not in the google account or SIM
thanks
Hi, I'm using CM11 on my Defy+. I always use Telegram and recently (about a month) installed WhatsApp. I got no problems doing this. All the contacts are still. All applications are working normally.
I'm also using gapps and Google contacts sync.
Make backups to prevent erros that led to caos such as lose contacts.
I think it's easier to make backups from the cloud (to a csv file) than use android special software (such as Titanium backup) to backup/restore from the phone specially if you have other devices with contact sync.
Hope you figure out how to fix it in your case and also got all the contacts back.
Hi! I have both installed and the only problem is if you move to the sd card Telegram because Telegram contacts will not be synchronized.
Similar problem, but so much more confusing!
I have whatsapp. One of my whatsapp contacts sent me a telegram invite. In telegram, the contact name doesn't show up, just the phone number. We chat for a millisecond but then switch back to whatsapp. We stick to whatsapp for months. I recently remembered that I had telegram and logged back in. THe contact was still a phone number. "Weird," I think. So I manually add that number to my whatsapp contact's info. Now I realize, the number is off by one digit. Maybe one is personal and one is business. The addition to my phone book generates a second whatsapp contact. Still following?
So, two whatsapp accounts. Whatever. Ok, could still be one business and one personal. But the secondary number has weird motivational quotes for the profile pic. And the profile pic changes multiple times (my friend has the same landscape type profile pic and leaves it up for months at a time). And the secondary acct seems...feminine. Weird, I'm thinking. And suddenly there is a selfie that is decidedly a woman. But it disappears within a couple of minutes. The activity on both accounts is sporadic and weird. This is a guy I've been friends with for a long time, and I am fairly familiar with his online activity, so I'm kinda scratching my head at this point. And also a little concerned bcs I haven't really heard from him. And now I'm confused too, bcs both numbers have his name attached to them (bcs I added the second one to my address book) and I had recently cleared all my chats...so now I'm not even sure which acct is his primary acct...bcs at some point BOTH profile pics had changed.
Had to dig up his original contact info from somewhere else to straighten it all out. Deleted the secondary number (since he never gave me that one, no point keeping it.). Now when I go back on Telegram, it's back to just a phone number, but it's the same old number he's always had. WTF is going on?? And his time stamp on telegram is still from a couple of weeks ago, so it's not like he's on there changing things up.
I should probably just ask, but at this point I feel like I've playing detective and have way oversleuthed it. So although I'm still curious (and would love some insight), I'm just leaving it alone.