i hard reset my samsung i9000 about 10 times till i figured this out, just wondering if it's the device, the android version or a general issue? Or just me? (that is the question)
After a hard reset, the only steps I take is I connect my wifi, leave the device in german since I can get by alright with the language, turn OFF auto-sync, then link up my google account.
I manually then sync Gmail, open Gmail, try to add a sender to my contacts, and i get the all too familiar vibrate tone, followed by a black screen, followed by the double vibrate and the acore stopped unexpectedly message.
I then go and sync my google contacts manually, go back to gmail, do the same thing again and it works.
I then went into contacts | Display Options and deselected all google contact groups, including my contacts. Tried to add a contact again, and it crashed again. Then I rechecked my contacts, tried to add a contact, and it worked again.
Anyone else seen this? My google contacts is an absolute mess, which is why i was trying to avoid syncing it
Woke up today, went to my call history and noticed that it didn't list any names. Instead it had everyones phone number. When I clicked a number to dial, it showed their name. So I reset the phone, numbers still showed. I cleared the list, and dialed a new person. Everything back to normal.
Then, when trying to call someone later on today, I noticed something else. All the links that I had made (Live + Facebook contact) were unlinked.
Anyone have a clue why this happened, or has anyone else experienced it? I hate having to relink everyone again.
Glad to know I'm not the only one that had this happen
Went thru the same process of rebooting & pulled the battery
The call history just mysteriously lost all association to the names?
New calls are showing up ok
I'm guessing that some AT&T system reset is the culprit
bmazloum said:
All the links that I had made (Live + Facebook contact) were unlinked.
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+1 on this bit.
I've noticed that very occasionally those contacts whose name doesn't exactly match their Facebook accounts become unlinked and I have to re-link them. I have no idea why that happens and have never been able to attribute a cause.
Although not the same, I am having a problem with my contact pics on the People tile on the homescreen. It looks as though all the pics I added myself are showing up as blue squares , Facebook pics are showing up ok. When I go into my contact list all pics show up correctly.
This happened to me too once, I figured it was just a bug... That and the call history being delayed at times... Calls won't show up for a few minutes randomly... Had only happened about two or three times.
I had the same problem last night, too.
I guess that it is the problem came from Hotmail server. It was corrupt when syncing and then all my contacts were reset and sync again. It made Live contacts and linked-facebook contacts unlink...
Cmon MS, hotmail must be stable like rock or user will have this problem again
HAd same Problem
Just about a hour ago all my contacts unlinked and i als lost all my home screen contacts they just vannished from my home screen.
Did not encounter this issue but I do agree MS should improve the live mail service...
At least make contact editing as good as gmail...
i also encountered this waking up this morning.
Are any of you guys using Micro-SD cards? That could possibly be the cause of the problem
i am on a trophy, so yes, it's built into the phone with a micro SD. given the amount of people who all experienced this at about the same time, i would say it would be something to do with the server.
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Are any of you guys using Micro-SD cards? That could possibly be the cause of the problem
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I have the phone over a month and not having this problem so far until yesterday... So I dont think it is the SD Card problem...
/I have a HD7
About 2 minutes after my first post I noticed that this exact problem had happened to me (my gf had called, and in the call history it simply listed her number and not her name). I remembered that last night while configuring my email settings, under my windows live account it said "not synced" or something like that. Naturally, I did a long press and hit "sync." When it synced, it must have for some reason set everything back to default. This was probably the cause of my problem; I agree it must be some sort of Hotmail/Windows Live sync issue.
Happened to me too, 4x already. My Samsung Focus Windows Live contact becomes unlinked with my previously linked facebook contacts everytime i will sync in hotmail tile. I am annoyed as I have to linked my facebook contact with windows live contacts everytime. Do you have any idea why is this so?
Could someone send this feedback to MS?... Cause my English is not good enough...
I'm on the Omnia 7, bought it especially not to have microSD problems. And seeing how it all happened in this past day, it's gotta be a Windows Live problem. Unless we all installed the same person
It's kinda freaky, Microsoft being in total control, they could just brick all our phones overnight while we sleep.
Throw my hat in the ring too...all contacts in calls list appear as phone number and all contacts/facebook links unlinked. Not too big of a deal but kinda weird.
Happened to me too over the weekend. HD7 with original SD card. Lost my contact tiles from my start screen, lost all links between contacts and facebook friends where the names weren't the same.
If this happens again I'm going to change all my contact names to match the facebook names so they match themselves up, because doing it manually is a pain.
Casey_boy said:
+1 on this bit.
I've noticed that very occasionally those contacts whose name doesn't exactly match their Facebook accounts become unlinked and I have to re-link them. I have no idea why that happens and have never been able to attribute a cause.
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I had exactly the same problem for the first time yesterday. Weird.
Add me to the list. Also emails I deleted on my Hotmail inbox are still showing up on the phone.
Ok so google has been no help. Seems all the issues are people not having any contacts sync...
My S3 was perfect and FB sync was pulling only the contacts I had in my phone already which is what I wanted. I noticed a few weren't syncing due to slightly different names/spellings so I went to manually join them. After joining them it is now pulling ALL of my contacts in! This is complete crap and I dont want 500 peoples numbers in my phone.
I have tried going back into the fb app and setting to sync only existing again and forcing a resync. I have even uninstalled the app from my phone and reinstalled and its still pulling them all!
Anyone have any solutions?
have you tried menu - contacts to display? or settings - only contacts with phone numbers?
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have you tried menu - contacts to display? or settings - only contacts with phone numbers?
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Nope didnt realized that menu scrolled down more XD
While this doesnt directly solve my problem I just changed it to show only "Phone" contacts rather than all so thanks!
I thought it would just happen randomly while using my phone, I would go to make a call/check a message and my contacts would be deleted. One by one I could see the names turn to numbers on the call list. Happens a few times a week, have to reimport each time (also imports are glitched, so I get loads of import notifications that don't go away until I restart).
I've now noticed it seems to randomly happen after using Skype. So, is Skype deleting my contacts? Why? How do I fix it (other than removing Skype?).
I've tried googling, but it seems to just be threads asking how to remove skype contacts from android contacts list.
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I thought it would just happen randomly while using my phone, I would go to make a call/check a message and my contacts would be deleted. One by one I could see the names turn to numbers on the call list. Happens a few times a week, have to reimport each time (also imports are glitched, so I get loads of import notifications that don't go away until I restart).
I've now noticed it seems to randomly happen after using Skype. So, is Skype deleting my contacts? Why? How do I fix it (other than removing Skype?).
I've tried googling, but it seems to just be threads asking how to remove skype contacts from android contacts list.
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have you tried disabling skype for a start to confirm if its really responsible for this?
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have you tried disabling skype for a start to confirm if its really responsible for this?
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Yep. Didn't use Skype since, checked my contacts, all there.
Signed in to skype, checked my contacts and they were all deleted.
So Skype is deleting all my phone contacts when I sign in.
Hi,
I have the latest marshmallow (MOB30D)
Few minutes after adding a contact, the contact is automatically deleted.
I found a workaround for now, If immediately after adding the contact I force syncing the contact is saved.
I have a friend with Nexus 5X with the same problem.
What is the problem and what can be done?
Thanks is advance
It's something that happens sometimes. Seems like a synchronization problem, and I think it's likely to happen when you add the contact and go back too quick. So my workaround is, after adding the contact, I wait for the whatsapp account to appear below the contact number and then I'm good to go.
Kustaa said:
It's something that happens sometimes. Seems like a synchronization problem, and I think it's likely to happen when you add the contact and go back too quick. So my workaround is, after adding the contact, I wait for the whatsapp account to appear below the contact number and then I'm good to go.
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Its been happening to me for a couple of months, almost every time I add a contact it gets erased, even if I was talking with them for whatsapp earlier. It also happens when I change a contact details like the name, it just rolls back.
EDIT: I asked 3 different people with different phones and have the same problem
Is there a option to use a different provider instead of goggle contact sync?