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Messenger "There is a problem with the server"

Hi all,
I am having trouble signing into Windows Live Messenger on my XDA Serra (HTC Touch Pro).
It only happens with my main Windows Live account - when I sign in with my old account Messenger works fine.
The message I get is:
There is a problem with the server. Please try again later.
I have contacted Microsoft and they have "escalated" the problem within their tech support department but ultimately they have not been any use. In the last e-mail I got from them they suggested contacting my carrier. I had already contacted o2 and they said they cannot help in this issue. I am pretty convinced it is a problem relating to my Windows Live account. Hard Reset of the device has not helped.
Please if anyone can help or has had similar experiences post here!
Thanks,
Matt

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Went to all the trouble of creating a new account, it worked for a couple of days and now it's failing again.
Please help! :-(

mdsharpe said:
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Went to all the trouble of creating a new account, it worked for a couple of days and now it's failing again.
Please help! :-(
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I'd never seen this problem until a few days ago. My connection and internet access are still rock-solid, but suddenly I haven't been able to sign into messenger. I re-flashed the custom ROM I've been using, but that didn't fix it. I suspect either AT&T is trying to force me to use their proprietary IM client (presumably so they can charge me for text messaging) or it is indeed something wrong with my Live account.
Please help me too!

Help me too!! That makes three of us. Im using MSN over EDGE/GPRS and it won't sign in for me too. I keep getting requests of contacts that have added me..and when I click on allow, it says "There was a problem with the server". Sometimes, it just wont sign in at all, come what may.

Wow, I'm quite relieved that it's not just me!
Have you guys tried signing in over Wi-Fi? It doesnt matter what connection I use, I can never sign in.

Have you guys updated your MSN client PC side to the new 2009 version? Apparently (after I started having hassle with my Touch Diamond today) as soon as you sign in to MSN PC side on the new 2009 client with multi-sign in it renders your account buggered and in turn WinMo won't sign in no matter what you hard-reset or install.
Try an old account that has never signed in to 2009 version and your fine.

ericsson68 said:
Have you guys updated your MSN client PC side to the new 2009 version? Apparently (after I started having hassle with my Touch Diamond today) as soon as you sign in to MSN PC side on the new 2009 client with multi-sign in it renders your account buggered and in turn WinMo won't sign in no matter what you hard-reset or install.
Try an old account that has never signed in to 2009 version and your fine.
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Yep this is the conclusion I have come to.
Sadly, Microsoft customer services really don't want to know. I have been in email discussion for over a month, and they are truly useless.
I guess we're at the development team's mercy, if they know or even care about this problem.

It can't be that difficult to sort out for them. Other third party apps (e.g. IM+) are logging in fine and you then get the usual "you have been signed out" message on the PC. So for now I'm going to use a chain of trial versions in the hope that MS sort this out in the next month seeing as 2009 went official this week.
And don't get me started on the new version of the PC client. What primary school children did they let loose on the design?!

ericsson68 said:
It can't be that difficult to sort out for them. Other third party apps (e.g. IM+) are logging in fine and you then get the usual "you have been signed out" message on the PC. So for now I'm going to use a chain of trial versions in the hope that MS sort this out in the next month seeing as 2009 went official this week.
And don't get me started on the new version of the PC client. What primary school children did they let loose on the design?!
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try Palringo

I know this doesn't help but I'm also suffering the same problem and also fixed with a new Live ID not that it's the answer! Been playing with a lot of Live services so wasn't sure if Messenger was the cause...

I changed the messenger version and problem solved!
Do a SEARCH on this great site to find another version
Good luck,

orb3000 said:
I changed the messenger version and problem solved!
Do a SEARCH on this great site to find another version
Good luck,
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A hint on the working version would be good if you could?
Cheers

ericsson68 said:
A hint on the working version would be good if you could?
Cheers
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I´m using this version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=323847&highlight=live+messenger
Hope it helps,

Well, still no news from Microsoft regarding this issue. It has been 11 days since I last received an email stating that resolving the problem was their "top-most priority" although they could not provide a timeframe for resolution.
I've emailed them again to ask if there is any news but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed.
It's pretty disgraceful how the functionality of our devices can be reduced in this way through a problem with the server. I hope it's fixed soon.

mdsharpe said:
Well, still no news from Microsoft regarding this issue. It has been 11 days since I last received an email stating that resolving the problem was their "top-most priority" although they could not provide a timeframe for resolution.
I've emailed them again to ask if there is any news but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed.
It's pretty disgraceful how the functionality of our devices can be reduced in this way through a problem with the server. I hope it's fixed soon.
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Microsoft really needs to get more people working on Windows Mobile products. Out of nowhere, all of their mobile products (Live Mail, Live Messenger, Live Contacts, Sideshow) failed to work since the beginning of January and there is no support what so ever.

So it's been about 4 months now since I was last able to use Windows Live Messenger on my Windows Mobile device.
This is so far beyond a joke that it's become funny and then lost all funnyness again.
I am tired of using Palringo, though I do appreciate their free service.
Has anybody managed to get any information about a possible fix? I've read elsewhere that Microsoft have suggested to some people that they just create a new Windows Live ID. This is quite franky a ridiculous suggestion, as I am sure many people are quite attached to their e-mail address. Personally it would be a huge inconvenience for me to have to change my address.

The problem seems to be with the live mail address book. I managed to get it working by exporting my contacts, deleting them, and importing them again. Has been working fine now for several weeks. More info here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...323-91f4a80ce0bd&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1

directmail said:
The problem seems to be with the live mail address book. I managed to get it working by exporting my contacts, deleting them, and importing them again. Has been working fine now for several weeks. More info here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...323-91f4a80ce0bd&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1
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I have deleted all my contacts but I am still getting "Problem with the server".
Is there anything else I can do?

I thought I should wrap this up... a few months ago it just magically started working again.
While I'm happy it is working, I'm still left concerned that the functionality of my device is purely at the mercy of Microsoft, and I am utterly helpless to do anything about it or even find out what's happening.

Uncheck the synch contacts option when installing is the solution..........in step 4 in ver 10.6.***

Swype from 2.07 rom required

HI can anyone tell me where to get new skype from 2.07 rom ???
thanks in advance.

You won't find anyone with it here. The best solution is to simply flash to a ROM that has it.

I have so much data on phone can't backup all of it so dont wana change rom for time being........

Im not sure where to grab the version of swype that has been extracted from the 2.07 rom... i am trying to find it myself!
The swype cab created from the version ripped from the Samsung Omnia 2 is all over the web though... google should bring up a couple of places to download it from.
Does anyone know of any differences between the two versions?

Audio Oblivion said:
Im not sure where to grab the version of swype that has been extracted from the 2.07 rom... i am trying to find it myself!
The swype cab created from the version ripped from the Samsung Omnia 2 is all over the web though... google should bring up a couple of places to download it from.
Does anyone know of any differences between the two versions?
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You will have to search in the underground... Extracting the software and offering it as a cab is clearly not wanted by the creators and owners of the software. Offering links to warez is completely against xda rules.
The difference between the 2 might be some more language support, and that the HD2 version was made for HD2, as simple as that. I think it still might be an option to flash a ROM which carries it on board - or, at least, as long as this is tolerated.
Maybe in the close future, HTC will bring another ROM update which offers this great piece of software. Or, as stated otherwise, Swype might decide to make a retail offer at some time. If they do at a decent price, I believe they could do great business - as seen with other products, at unreasonably high prices, you won´t sell big, but at fair pricing, you can succeed.

I cannot find the new version anywhere!
If anyone has a link or would like to email it to me that would be very much appreciated!!

Karlos G said:
I cannot find the new version anywhere!
If anyone has a link or would like to email it to me that would be very much appreciated!!
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pocketnow.com has written a nice article about it. Read it

i downloaded new version from pockernow article. noted some minor improvements.....
Karlos G said:
I cannot find the new version anywhere!
If anyone has a link or would like to email it to me that would be very much appreciated!!
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Are u refering to version 3.9?. I installed that and it reset my email pwds

Cheers!
It's also here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5679513

Hmm I get an error saying "Cannot Open English File" when Swype starts up anyone else having this?

kivine said:
Are u refering to version 3.9?. I installed that and it reset my email pwds
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I had the same thing, only installed yesterday so didn't do much checking of the phone. Quite a few problem were caused by the T-Mobile version . Data connection is screwed and all email passwords needed to be reset and my Wifi password are also gone lol. Did some reading online as well and quite a few other people have experienced the same problems, some have even had to HARD RESET to get their phones working correctly, fortunetly for me just uninstalling the CAB and giving the phone a few minutes resolved my Data connection issues , will put back on the Omnia version and leave it at that for the time being.
So I advice using the newest version of Swype with EXTREME caution!!!!

I tried it after much hesitation... Had to do a new setup for all email accounts, data connection and wifi connection. But it seems to be fine now, I'll see in a few days if it stays like that.

I'm using SWYPE WVGA 3.9.10.10.5032 on my HD2 without any problems.

xavierdemon said:
I had the same thing, only installed yesterday so didn't do much checking of the phone. Quite a few problem were caused by the T-Mobile version . Data connection is screwed and all email passwords needed to be reset and my Wifi password are also gone lol. Did some reading online as well and quite a few other people have experienced the same problems, some have even had to HARD RESET to get their phones working correctly, fortunetly for me just uninstalling the CAB and giving the phone a few minutes resolved my Data connection issues , will put back on the Omnia version and leave it at that for the time being.
So I advice using the newest version of Swype with EXTREME caution!!!!
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Had the same, but all I had to do was re-enter the passwords (and mail servers for gmail) and re-run the connection setup wizard. Now I'm fine and dandy and the software is nothing short of awesome... Supports Italian, German, French, English and Spanish; I tested all languages and it works fine

I'd say it is a crucial addition to the HD2, as I use it every day, and it makes my text input much less of a chore. It is particularly useful because of its multi-language support. I've never had any problems like those described, thankfully.

have you guys done any soft resets since the initial reset after installation? I also found the keyboard became slow to start after I played with the setting. the omnia 2 version is working better for me and with the htc skin looks awesome.

READ THIS BEFORE INSTALING THE NEW SWYPE! (v3.9)
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http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=1578221&postcount=50
PPCGeeks User said:
I can't believe no one else posted this...
If you overwrite the ModelID with the file provided, you are effectively telling your phone that you are now....a...tmobile hd2.
The swype keyboard has protection in it...only a tmobile hd2 will work with it.
hence why you need the modelid
now here is the kicker...
Say sprint - you run sprint tv. get an error. wanna know why? sprint asks "what phone" and your phone replies "tmobilehd2.
Same thing with prl updates...
I think you get the point...
when you overwrite the modelid, all exchange accounts - gone (sorta). Your 4 digit pin become a lockout - no pin will unlock it.
in short, bad things happen.
And this is why you always provision your phone before you set it up. part of provisioning is setting the modelid...
which is why people on mighty that forgot to provision before seting up exchange need that fix e-mails cab...
any questions?
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@leepriestenator, if I don't use any provider software, I can install swype without any problem right ?

leepriestenator is correct. Thanks. As our phones are all unlock where we are, the problem is just resetting the mobile provider. It is working fine on my phone, though the phone identity is now T-mobile_Leo.
Having said that, it is a much improved version over the one in Samsung.

[Q] cant download marketplace apps?

Ok, so I just got my Dell streak on O2 - first thing I did was install 2.1 on it.
when trying to sign into my googlemail account, it kept saying I had no connection (even though I was on wifi, and the browser worked on both streak and my mbp). After trying and try I decided to use the O2 sim that came with the phone (i was using my previous one still on iphone tarrif) and turned off wifi - this allowed me to sign into the market.
I found a handful of apps I wanted to download, but when I go to the download page, they all just say "starting download", the bars are animated but nothing is happening. I have tried this with both wifi on and off.
Is this a 2.1 issue?
I love the phone/tablet (phablet?) but not having access to the marketplace sucks! I also can't sync my contacts!
Help!

Also have the same problem with downloading apps from the "Market", but mine are on the Motorola Milestone, already preloaded with 2.1 ()Eclair. Simply won't let me download any apps, which is a minor problem I 1st had with my old HTC Wildfire, but automatically overcome. Help is greatly needed, thanks.

This is a 2.1/2.2 bug in the Market, which Google has to fix.
Try leaving it on "Downloading..." for a bit, it might start. Else you can try cancel-install a few times, that should get it going.
I thought they fixed this for 2.1, but they obviously didn't :/

Aight then, thanks, so it's basically a common Eclair/Froyo OS problem? Hopefully that'll all work then. Thanks

Would there be any other problems other than the OS that could prevent apps from being downloaded from the "Andorid Market"? Because I've tried the above steps and I'm gettin' nothing.

when the HELL will this be fixed...
i have 2 phones ACER stream and HTC Desire, both have the problem....
my desire was working fine.. but the acer was not, and i tried to play around with the my google account... Now i cant use MARKETPLACE on either one..!!!!

chiraag said:
when the HELL will this be fixed...
i have 2 phones ACER stream and HTC Desire, both have the problem....
my desire was working fine.. but the acer was not, and i tried to play around with the my google account... Now i cant use MARKETPLACE on either one..!!!!
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Have you looked at the logcat? Anything of interest in there? Maybe try posting this...

Anyone else's android market not working?

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place, but is anyone else's android market not working, im in england on my Samsung Galaxy S, and its been fine until not, it downloads the file then just constantly says downloading, my friend is having the same problem with his Motorola Milestone(droid)
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance

lewymd said:
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place, but is anyone else's android market not working, im in england on my Samsung Galaxy S, and its been fine until not, it downloads the file then just constantly says downloading, my friend is having the same problem with his Motorola Milestone(droid)
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance
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Thread moved to General.
I saw that the market widget was constantly trying to update and nothing. There may just be something going down @ Google.

I'm on an Incredible, and I too am having problems. Attempt to sync produces complaint about not connecting, asks to "check interncet connection".

yeah..me too...i had deleted my gtalk before that

I'm having Market problems.
Apps start downloading but never end.
They start updating but never end.
What's wrong?

Done.
Re-installed Google Talk

Android market just works here if google talks is enabled and connected...

Can't sign off/go invisible on GChat??

Hey all,
I've been having this problem for months now. I notice that there are times when I am unable to be invisible on Gchat.. I get the error message saying that I'm signed in else where.
Anyway, I've tried all tricked in the book, change passwords, sign out of all sessions (via my inbox all the way at the bottom), stopped using 3rd party IM programs (e.g. iChat and Trillian)... still no luck. I only use Gchat in browsers or on my phone.
I've created a dummy account to see if I'm still signed in.. sure enough, I get the green globe (minus webcam abilities)... so that's how I can tell if I'm really signed on..
A search on google isn't helpful either. Most threads are dated or don't give any useful information.
Trying my luck on this forum. Anyone else have this issue and figured out what to do?
Thanks!!!

kl323 said:
Hey all,
I've been having this problem for months now. I notice that there are times when I am unable to be invisible on Gchat.. I get the error message saying that I'm signed in else where.
Anyway, I've tried all tricked in the book, change passwords, sign out of all sessions (via my inbox all the way at the bottom), stopped using 3rd party IM programs (e.g. iChat and Trillian)... still no luck. I only use Gchat in browsers or on my phone.
I've created a dummy account to see if I'm still signed in.. sure enough, I get the green globe (minus webcam abilities)... so that's how I can tell if I'm really signed on..
A search on google isn't helpful either. Most threads are dated or don't give any useful information.
Trying my luck on this forum. Anyone else have this issue and figured out what to do?
Thanks!!!
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hello, looking setup, applications google talk stop, delete data and uninstall, then located in the web goo.im/gapps the latest package for your phone, unpacking talk.apk and put it in SD and install it. remember to backup before you do it if you could have problems either.