Just curious if this happend to anyone else. I went to add a new phone number on my phone this morning, but I saw that all my contacts are now labeled "Unknown".
I lost all my contacts.
I did look at my missed calls over the night and there were 3. two friends and it said what time. An "Unknown" number and didn't say what time they called. I can delete the missed calls, but I cannot delete the "Unknown" missed call.
Is it possible someone called my phone and killed my contacts? I only can get the numbers from my history of calls. which is around 10-15 numbers.
Don't know if anyone can help or not. I do have the tilt and am with t-mobile.
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i sure hope someone can help you cuz i went through a similar experience TWICE in the last year since i've had my kaiser (last time was TWO DAYS AGO when my beta-based ROM expired cuz of a builtin timebomb). so i feel your pain, but to a minimum degree because i was fortunate enough to have recent backups so i didn't lose more than 10 days of texts, call history, and contacts in both my experiences.
i hope you find a way out...but believe me! there WILL BE a next time! like it or not, data loss is sure to happen to everyone, possibly many times, in some form over their lifetimes.
fortunately, with windows mobile, you can use "pimbackup" (just search for it on xda!) to make regular backups to your memory card of all such otherwise-difficult-to-backup pieces of data like texts, call history, and contacts. in my opinion, it is a much more reliable and manageable way to take backups of precious information than using activesync! in case you are unable to recover your data this time, at least take precautions now to be prepared next time it happens!
IDEA!!! try pimbackup right NOW...look at its logs carefully when it is performing the backup to see how many contacts and call records it can retrieve...who knows, maybe it can read the database in case the OS's native routines are shot. if you think pimbackup is able to see data that your OS can't, then you might want to think about restoring the backup to see if it fixes things...
good luck!
thanks, i will try this when i get home from work today.
I keep all my contacts on my sim card. not sure if it can grab that.
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Hi all,
When I receive a call I don't see a name with the number, although the name is in my contacts!
I tried several things, I removed all duplicates, reinstalled everything after hard reset and reinstalled backup, but not working.
Who can help me out?
do you have contacts stored in the SIM card?
No, my sim is empty!
i used to get the same problem when i had my contacts saved on both the SIM and the device
I used to suffer from that when I was using the T-mobile ROM!
There was a process "filesys.exe" that was taking up to 99% of CPU time, which prevents the PHONE application from searching the contacts & matching the calling number with the name! :roll:
And how do I stop the process? Where can I even see what process is going on?
you can run a program called Super Tasks that shows you the CPU usage of every running process.
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...talog=30&txtSearch=cpu+usage&pc=list[6]_title
you can work on the trial & see if any process is taking up the whole CPU time.
For me, I solved this issue by doing a hard reset! It was really something weird! :?
As the title says having trouble sending or receiving texts. I could imagine this could be a number of things so I dont know where to start. I am running dutties software and kaiser tweak... think I tweaked something to stop letting me text?
I installed the O2 SMS Plus program, and for some reason it prevented me from getting texts. Just a thought.
Also, check your radio
Everything seems to be functioning... hmmm. This might be a hard reset issue. Although hopefully not as its a pain to reinstall everything. I turned on sent message notice and I get it so its trying to send em!
I completely hard reset my device to Dutties... still cant send and recieve texts!!!!
Whats your provider? Alot of AT&T people have been having issues recently with the data/messaging plan do you have another phone you can plug your sim card into and test?
If I had to wager a guess, I'd say that you have some corrupted directories on your actual storage card, which is why the hard reset didn't help.
Try here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350862
for more details. It worked for me
J
TTUStudent said:
As the title says having trouble sending or receiving texts. I could imagine this could be a number of things so I dont know where to start. I am running dutties software and kaiser tweak... think I tweaked something to stop letting me text?
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Make sure your SMS message center number is correct, for your provider. Each provider has their own settings. If it's AT&T, you can go to http://wireless.att.com/support.
On that page you can find help for your device and SMS in particular. If you have a different provider, you're on your own.
Wow lot of great ideas here. My first plan of action is to load the new version of Dutty's on to see if that has an effect. I have checked the message number. I hate calling tech support because I always talk to some guy who's been with the company about a week and doesnt even know what the **** a tilt is. Hes like... who makes it. I say HTC. He asks whats that stand for? I say I have no ****ing clue. He says he needs a manager. Im like WTF!
I had the same problem before. I suggest calling your provider and make sure you have messaging turned on. Sounds dumb but i had switch data plan and it took off unlimited text mesaging (new data plan didnt have unlimteid text messaging as a bundle) one day and right after i flashed q-mobile. Thinking it was the rom the whole time it turned out i didnt have texxt messaging turned on.
you know......maybe before reflashing your phone or hard resetting it, maybe you should first pop the sim into another phone and see if you can actually sms or not
to late for that but Ill try that now
Ahhh it is my sim card!!!!!!!! Damnit I lost it alll via hard reset. Should have been more patient, now I gotta call those losers and biatch them out!
Called them up my text message plan somehow fell off my plan. -sigh- Now I lost all my games and apps. Owell I can update to the latest Dutty's!
Hey guys, 1st post so don't be tooo harsh!
Did a search on this but couldn't find anything, my problem:
When i try to make a call it goes quiet then eventually it just cuts off with 2 beeps, i cannot recieve calls either. it is connected to the network (t-mobile) and i have coverage.
i did install tweeks form this forum, i've uninstalled them and done the "clear memory" function but still no joy.
T-mobile been messing me around about sending a replacement so just wanna see if there is a simple fix, it is still under warranty but would have to wait for t-mobile to have it back in stock, which i dont really want to do.
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks
Kaled
Only time I have seen this (and I see it daily atleast on 2-3 phones a day!) is when a phone is barred/reported lost or stolen
But from the sounds of it, you got it on contract so I doubt thats the case!
Hi all,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001. It's just over an year old, bought in January last year. The warranty period of 1 year is up
The phone has been working absolutely fine till now, and I love the phone. But, yesterday night, I noticed that the signal for my networks was not available. I thought it must be some temporary problem from the network provider, but in the morning too, I found the same thing.
The signal keeps coming and going.. intervals are random.
Even if the signal bars are all there and full, I am unable to make any calls, or receive calls. If I make a call to the mobile, it says that phone is out of coverage area, even when the bars are full.
I was able to receive and send a few sms... but after that, nothing. Can't send sms too.
Anything that can solved by myself, or do I have to take the phone to a care centre?
I have tried putting the sim in another phone, and it works fine.. no problems. So, the sim is not the issue, it's definitely the phone.
What might have caused it? It did not fall or anything recently. I use it with care.
And if I have to leave it in the care centre, what precautions do I need to take? I will be taking backup of the contacts. Should I uninstall apps like Whatsapp, and Kik Messenger?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
CapriAnupam said:
Hi all,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001. It's just over an year old, bought in January last year. The warranty period of 1 year is up
The phone has been working absolutely fine till now, and I love the phone. But, yesterday night, I noticed that the signal for my networks was not available. I thought it must be some temporary problem from the network provider, but in the morning too, I found the same thing.
The signal keeps coming and going.. intervals are random.
Even if the signal bars are all there and full, I am unable to make any calls, or receive calls. If I make a call to the mobile, it says that phone is out of coverage area, even when the bars are full.
I was able to receive and send a few sms... but after that, nothing. Can't send sms too.
Anything that can solved by myself, or do I have to take the phone to a care centre?
I have tried putting the sim in another phone, and it works fine.. no problems. So, the sim is not the issue, it's definitely the phone.
What might have caused it? It did not fall or anything recently. I use it with care.
And if I have to leave it in the care centre, what precautions do I need to take? I will be taking backup of the contacts. Should I uninstall apps like Whatsapp, and Kik Messenger?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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Seems that maybe your internal antenna is damaged. Did you drop your phone?
Also if you are leaving it with a service centre it is up to you to uninstall/delete any private apps/messages
Aleycat said:
Seems that maybe your internal antenna is damaged. Did you drop your phone?
Also if you are leaving it with a service centre it is up to you to uninstall/delete any private apps/messages
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Thanks for the reply. So, it seems like I will have to take it to a service centre. Hmph.
Yea, I will take backup of my contacts, and uninstall the private apps, or lock them with app locker.
CapriAnupam said:
Thanks for the reply. So, it seems like I will have to take it to a service centre. Hmph.
Yea, I will take backup of my contacts, and uninstall the private apps, or lock them with app locker.
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Don't lock them with app locker. It can be easily bypassed , its better to make a backup on your external card and then uninstall the apps.
Aleycat said:
Don't lock them with app locker. It can be easily bypassed , its better to make a backup on your external card and then uninstall the apps.
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How do I make backups?
Also, I can take backups and uninstall the apps on the phone, but what about apps that can't be uninstalled, like all Google apps.... Gmail, Google+. They cannot be uninstalled, and anyone can access my mail from there, or Google+ account.
I dislike such integrated things which compromise the security and privacy. It's good that they are personalizing the phones, but on the other hand, in cases like these, and in case of mobile theft, it's a big risk for security and privacy.
you can always install titanium backup and uninstall the integrated software also.. plus titanium backup can also backup everything on your cell..
silverTwins said:
you can always install titanium backup and uninstall the integrated software also.. plus titanium backup can also backup everything on your cell..
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I think Titanium Backup only works on rooted phones, and mine isn't rooted .
After the problem started occurring on my phone, I had put the sim in an older Nokia phone, and I had been using that. Today, just to test, and also as a feeling, I put the sim back into the Samsung phone, and strangely, it's working now. It's catching the network/signal, and also working normally. I was able to send sms, send and receive calls, and was also able to take a call and talk for long without any problem. Although, I did notice that the signals keep getting low sometimes, reducing to one or two bars, but they haven't gone out fully.
I think it looks like some kind of software problem? I am thinking of doing a factory reset, if the problem becomes worse, or I encounter the problem again, of no signal at all. It might be worth a try, and I wont have to take it to a service centre, where they will definitely charge money, even if it isn't a hardware issue.
Has anyone encountered anything similar, or see anything like this, on any other Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001 phone?
Does anyone know of a free app for contact backup and restore? I have two free apps for backup, but they don't restore.
Hi,
Just got the verizon S8 a week ago and this has been driving me nuts. When my gf calls, her name doesn't come up. Only displays her number. My contacts are on my gmail account. All other contacts i have show up. She has an iphone and her name showed up on my old s5. Her phone is already set to display caller ID and so is mine. I spend like a few hours aday trying to troubleshoot this.. No luck whatsowever. Weird thing is, sometimes when she calls, her number appears with a ;oli=62 behind it. Example: 714-555-5555;oli=62. I googled oli (originating line information) but it makes no sense to me..
Things i've tried already:
1) resync gmail contacts
2) deleted her contact on gmail/phone/etc
3) readded her contact to phone internal storage and also gmail again
4) tried in safe mode to see if a application is blocking it
5) rebooted phone of course
6) re-adding her contact info with her data deleted from gmail
7) called verizon support
8) and last but not least.. reset/restored original s8 to factory
HELP.. i was gonna try to exchange the phone for another s8 but i really don't think that might be the issue.. i tried researching IPHONE issues with caller ID not showing up but all her settings seems correct.
Thanks in advance.
Same...
I'm having the same issue on my Note 5 after updating to Nougat. I'm having the issue with only one friend, no one else.
I found a temp fix. Go to your a computer and log into your Google contacts. Add that weird number. Example. 555-555-5555;oli=62 to the contact along with the regular number. That should fix it.
Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Same issue on my new s8+, adding the number plus ;oli=62 on the Google contacts via editing from your Google contacts from googles website works great, thanks for the work around. The only problem I have with these Samsung devices is the slow ass updates. Their still on 7.0 even though 7.1.2 has been released for months
Me too. I have a Note 5 on VZW. Pretty sure it started after the Nougat update as well. And also for only one contact. I know I could add those characters to the contact info, but I want to know why the heck it happens for only one contact. Found this info (not that it cleared up jack for me, lol) - https://www.dialogic.com/webhelp/IMG1010/10.5.3/WebHelp/oli_isdn_sip.htm
i have this same problem. It is on a S6 and has been happening since before the Nougat update. It only happens to me for 2 contacts 1 full time and the other off and on. If i look at the missed calls screen afterwards the phone displays the correct contact just during the incoming call is it not displaying.
the problem actually stopped for me around the time of the roll-out and then started back up a week or so later.
The only connection that i can find is that both of them use Family mobile (T-mobile) service.
Last time i researched this problem, i found the same problem a few years ago with T-mobile and VOIP phones but never found a solution
its the feds
Are you just being a douche or are you serious?
cwats04 said:
i have this same problem. It is on a S6 and has been happening since before the Nougat update. It only happens to me for 2 contacts 1 full time and the other off and on. If i look at the missed calls screen afterwards the phone displays the correct contact just during the incoming call is it not displaying.
the problem actually stopped for me around the time of the roll-out and then started back up a week or so later.
The only connection that i can find is that both of them use Family mobile (T-mobile) service.
Last time i researched this problem, i found the same problem a few years ago with T-mobile and VOIP phones but never found a solution
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This is the same problem I'm having. I have the S8 on Verizon the two contacts whose numbers don't work are both on T-Mobile. One of the numbers it happens to constantly and has the xxx-xxx-xxxx;oli=62 while the other number does it intermittently w/o the extra's at the end.
"Me To" Bus
Ok, I'm a "Me to" I blocked all phone calls except for people in my contacts, because of all the Spam calls.
But my best friend gets blocked because of this problem.
I have a Samsung S4 Note, Also using Verizon. And google contacts.
I'm going to save him only under Verizon Contacts. And see if that does anything.
He is using a Blu Phone and also using T-Moble.
Anyone have any idea's?
Jim
my phone just started doing this when I installed a reminder ap. I uninstalled it, and it stopped. Hope this helps.