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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ycats:
I don't use any 3-party app to access the Contacts, whether they be on the phone, Google, or Exchange.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rebski:
OK, this problem is a real puzzle. Nobody seems to close to providing an answer.

My touchstone is this:- A clean install of the Android operating system did not produce these symptoms. The problems only manifest themselves after usage and the installation of additional apps. The challenge is to pinpoint what usage and which apps.

Between my brother and myself we have four identical devices and use the same software. Clearly whatever inroads I make are pertinent to him and to me, at least.

It would be gratifying to find a broader remedy though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun_man:
The app works even with other issues.......

I got lots of fixes but was also told there were multiple *******@gmail.com dupliate groups that were also picked and needed to be deleted. I had to remove these as well.... not sure how they ended up with multiple groups......

All in all - app is brilliant - thanks.....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOme:
Same here!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khalkhal82:
Solved!

Hi, I had this problem too and finally I solved it! Forget the all other solutions!:victory: You have to do these 6 simple steps:

1) Download a p r o:xy app, I suggest the "Psiphon" app

2) Connect through whole device tunneling

3) Wait for the connection to be established (blue icon)

4) Go to Google account sync option in your android phone

5) Uncheck and Recheck the Contacts sync and wait...

6) It's DONe :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thiavid:
khalkaal82, You must be an angel sent to me. That's solved. :D

I tried everything I could find on google for that. I mean "everything" seriously. Noting works for me.

I relied hugely on google contacts that I didn't have any contacts in phone memory. I lost many useful contacts from that error.

I used DroidVPN.

It's not the ideal fix. But huge relief for me. I'll wait Google to come up with right fix.

Just need to open app for everytime I want to sync.

Thanks, man. :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srinikethan1392:
Hi im facing an issue with google sync, im not able to get the game data sync option in google sync. i have updated google play services,play store..and also play games. kindly help me if know any solution.

I am currently running on cm11 rc3...it was working before..now its not..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jodan2013MotoX:
Screams! But important info for you techies

Screams. Why don't google or whoever fix this nonsense.

My phone history over the past five years:

ZTE Blade on Android 2.2? {IIRC}

Samsung S3 mini Android 4.1

Currently two Moto X 2013's Android 5.1 both sync'ed to the same google account.

All my phones, above, had the same problem with Google sync as the other posters.

{Intermittent with each of the phones}

Contacts sync fix is brill in that it has cleaned up stuff so sync works

(least for a while) Well worth donating to for this.

It helped on the S3 mini and MotoX's. But sometimes it looses all contact

info for a particular contact entry.

I was using Go dialer and Go contacts till 5.0. Then Go dialer stopped working.

I guess compatibility with 5.1, bearing in mind Go Dialer & Go Contacts is an old

App that appears to have not been updated to accommodate later Android

versions. A pity coz Go Contacts/Go Dialer was far superior in functionality &

layout, than any other Dialer / Address-book.

So I went over to exDialer but still I use Go Contacts for much of my address

book stuff due to it's superior layout to anything else.

My Contacts synced ok with Google for a year. My settings show that this

stopped on 7 march this year, but I've only just noticed this. :(

Google is a backup for my addressbook only. I don't use it in conjunction

with anything else in the Google stable.

Every new contact Some new contacts I now create on exDialer app,

stops contacts syncing. Nothing in common that I can see could cause this.

Edit

It seems to have started syncing ok again....

IMPORTANT BIT

Contacts sync fix, repairs the error and lists what the problem is.

For the last three contacts I entered this evening and had a failed synch on each,

I ran Contacts sync fix and it corrected error and sync then succeeded without

loosing the new contact on these occasions.

Now, it also put up identical error fix descriptions:

Broken Group membership for contact *** (Then my email address)

then Fake system group: My contacts (Then my email address again) then 116

I don't use any groups for my contacts. So what does all this mean?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jodan2013MotoX:
A good guess

I suspect Contacts data gets handled differently by various Apps & places

eg Facepalm Facebook that people use to store their phonebook.

Some of these Apps & places are either not updated, or they use a variation

of the protocols laid out by Google. These variations cause conflicts and result

in sync not working.

Google should automatically ID any app not following their rules and advise us

users {by a message or email } that App XYZ is no longer compatible and we

should hassle the errant company or App Developer till they fix it, or vote with

our feet and delete the offending App/ Place and use something that does work.

I was using GoContacts for about 5 to 6 years. It had not been updated by

Developer since 2012. The GoDialer component stopped working after KitKat

and the Developer was rubbish, ignoring every email I sent.

A few months ago, I switched to True Phone

I used Titanium Backup to freeze GoContacts to stop any ongoing conflict.

All has been ok with Sync since then Also True Phone is the best Contacts & Dialer

I've ever used. So that's nice!

:)

Here's an XDA thread about True Phone. I've commented a few times from about page 52.

Using True Phone may resolve your sync issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RealMuphukkinG:
Hello folks, I sent this as a "PM" to one of the moderators and figured i might as well post it on the thread in hope that someone else could assist me..... ive researched a fix for 3 hours now n am now in a NO ROOT state..... anyways, heres my message.

" apologize if this message is short n to the point. I just wrote this long letter to you via phone and right before i was about to send all the text disappeared... Though im a new "official" member, ive been learning new things everyday through this site and wanted to thank you for hard work in this world of cellphone technology.

Listened to my brother(which

i now regret) and I downloaded "busybox installer" from play store

Installed applets

Fixed permissions.

Noticed phone was slower.

Noticed i couldnt install chainfire 3d.

So i decided i didnt want busybox anylonger..

I think thos is where i went wrong and deleted the app through Settings> applications> busybox installer and then "cleared data" and uninstalled.

After that i lost root. Researched for about 3 hours and came​

across that some symlink applets did something n it took root away....

I saw a thread that you told someone to just reflash there ROM? I believe it was for the nexus??

Last week, after the root i made a nandroid backup with CWM

I hoping you could possibly shed some light on the subject on how ro get my root back without freezing bootloader or jackin somethin up, pleeeeease..

Thank you

ROOTED PHONE with "GS3DebugFS Root without using Odin"

----ALSO---- Just noticed this as well, took a screen shot and will upload.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RealMuphukkinG:
When i deleted busybox, i didnt delete the .xbin applets busybox created on initial installation... ive been reading around that the fix for a bad busybox would be to wipe dalvik/cache in Su and then clear data in cwm n reflash my rom? What if i just go strait into a hardboot and restore a nandroid......

I have a nandroid backup, but its through ROM manager which Requires root and my phone says im not rooted.... but i still have the SU app??? I know im still rooted, im just not sure which files to wipe or how to restore properly... ive been reading that if a nandroid was made through Rom manager, then it has to be restored through that app or else the volume up+home+power method will send the phone into a boot loop or get stuck at the samsung logo.... i cant risk that gamble because this phone is my source of interweb at the moment and ill be straight doggy-styled if i get my phone boot looped...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RealMuphukkinG:
Lets give a hand to the moderators who promptly answer their private messages.....not. i know this is a community and by no means do i consider this a support site, but c'mon.... its sunday night at 2:30 in the morning..... Really, i know moderators are the "rule enforcers", but its like me being back in the third grade scurrying through the hallways lookin for a bathroom and then i see a hall monitor... so i run up to this hall monitor and very kindly ask him if he could point me in the direction of the bathroom, n all he does is just look at your thread over 100 times and not give a single reply back.... buncha bologna sandwiches
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PetRiLJoe:
I don't think I really like your comparison but anyway I saw this thread, your first post, got a chuckle out of it.

You were right to post it on the forum because 1 moderator may not have a clue how to help you. Then your stuck waiting longer for other people to respond.

But I think I can help you! Try posting this in the development forum below. There are a lot more people with development experience and rooting plus busy box is development.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RealMuphukkinG:
Finally fixed busybox lose root issue

Well..... the problem was that i lost my root from a tainted busybox app.....

So i sat here and pondered how could i fix this Su issue........ duhh, just download SuperSu from the play market and enable it as SuperUser..... so i downloaded it, enabled it, went to Rom Manager n opened it n it asked me if i wanted to grant it permission. Did so and now i can properly restore my nandroid through rom manager..... Hey Thanks guys for the help!! I mean, once we all put our heads together and worked hard together as a team on this one it kinda makes me wonder how great of a team we are... Probably better maybe a little bit worse but most definitely just as great as the '92 Dream Team.... ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PetRiLJoe:
Yeah we share put our heads together.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RealMuphukkinG:
PetRiLJoe---- please disregard my last post, i just saw your post when i finished posting mine. Thank you for your response, n i apologize for my sarcasm ... i have been frustrated for awhie with this while tilting back a few beers. Got a lil liquid courage in me thats all.... but to be honest i think this busybox bug which i guess is now rare, must directly effect the Su app which essentially shouldnt have been tweaked at all since these rooting codes are so precise. I should have caught that before i decided to hit install n get all busyboxed.

This is honestly the best forum in the world. So much respect for the moderators/developers/testers who do all the dirty work for me so i can go on here and rant like i know what im talking about. Everything ive learned is from here, so thank you to all you hard workers for allowing me to root my phone so i can sniff my girlfriends twitter.God Bless.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PetRiLJoe:
lol no problem. Drinking and posting is not against the rules. And yeah I agree with you partly on these forums. This forum has some of the best people. The people make up the forums.

So got your phone fixed or no?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
The moderators are usually chosen from groups such as Recognized Contributor....meaning we are good at helping people BUT we do not spend all our time reading every post. There are 60 moderators for 4 million users. I got your PM this morning but it was missing the link to the thread. But I am glad to see one of the great users on XDA helped you figure it out. Never delete without backing up.

Cheers

Kenny
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DirtyDroidX:
Just to add slot of ppl that are new to rooting use suoerSU and change to superuser , or vice versa. This has been shown to break root if under the right user error . Just a thought. Ppl should be careful switching between the two and how to properly install busybox .

Sent from my SCH-I535 or XT913
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RealMuphukkinG:
Yes, I was able to fix the "lost root" issue with this method, no problem. I made sure I transferred over my media to my ext sd before I restored, was able to retrieve them w/ no issue.

DirtyDroidX-(sry, havent figured out how to use the quote feature yet) - I agree, but somehow SuperSu was able to save me this to give me permission to nand restore via RM. Thank you for your advice, I will be more careful drinking and deleting in the future.

Thank you, Kenny. I apologize about the missing link, I thought I attatched but obviously I didnt. My bad for ranting last night!!

Sent from my Saved by the Bell - Zach Morris cellphone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
You really need to read forum rules before posting

Questions go in Q&A

Thread moved
[Captivate Accessories] irfarf:
just asking,

does anyone here already have it or maybe interested in it?

because i heard somewhere that the maker only make it for certain models that has enough demand.

for some of you that doesn't know what gameklip is, click this link
[Captivate Accessories] irfarf:
hello?
[Captivate Accessories] nygfan760:
The website has a product list. The original Galaxy S isn't on it.
[Captivate Accessories] jmtheiss:
It's a pretty nifty looking attachment, though. I'm thinking that when I (most likely) upgrade to the SGS3, I'll get one of these and a controller so I can replace my worn-out PSP without having to shell out the money for a Vita.

Oh, and there's always duct tape and zip ties if you really need this for the Captivate. Cue Red Green show theme music
[Captivate Accessories] master2828:
Wow that is super cool looking!
[Asus Transformer TF700] DroidOWL:
which tablet is better the Asus transformer Infinity or Samsung galaxy note 10.1

please tell us what do you think and why?

This is what I think:

for the Asus transformer Infinity:

* it has a a good super IPS+ 1920x1200 Pixels (which I Love) its great for watching full HD movies, web browsing, viewing photos, some apps like Photoshop and document editing. but it comes with some light bleeds and dynamic contrast (which I don't Like).

* it has the Nvidia Tegra 3 (1.6GHz Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9) with battery saving core. with 3D output via Micro HDMI and physics. and games look the best on it. Most tablets have the same Processor type even the Gloogle Nexus which means better support for android in the future.

* it has a nice keyboard dock with extra battery, USB host and SD card reader.

* it can run NTFS file format out of the box without any rooting or hacking.

* base model is $499 with 32G and 1G of DDR3 Ram.

For the SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 10.1:

* it has a great PLS TFT display (i likey), but with a 1280x800 Pixels (Me no likey)

* It comes with the S Pen (active digitizer), which makes it great for work, drawing and students.

* Base model (wifi only)is $735 with 16G and 2G of ram.

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so what do you think which one you would go for and why?
[Asus Transformer TF700] kwazytazz:
I'm a student and the keyboard on the infinity comes in handy a lot especially when I open my etextbooks and use the find function on certain keywords that I need to know. So I would pick the infinity.

Also I believe the wifi 16gb is 499.99 and the 32 gb is 549.99 for the note according to the rumors
[Asus Transformer TF700] masiegel:
the screen of the infinity is simply amazing! the resolution is awesome and in normal usage (movies, apps, games, etc.) there is no such thing as light bleeds noticeable (even if you are searching for them)

the s-pen from the galaxy note 10.1 is not that great. I have a samsung galaxy note (phablet) and use the pen not really often. i'm also a little bit dissapointed because the pen isn't that accurate as i thought. I have the infiity and bought a cheap pen for it. that is at least the same in accuracy, i think even better. the advantage of the s-pen would be the additional button for special functions. but i noticed that it's not really a must have. I use the pen button not really often. on the note (phablet) you have to use it because otherwhise you are not able to use the back or menue button (no onscreen buttons).

I would definitly go with the infinity

I hope this helped
[Asus Transformer TF700] HoushaSen:
Perhaps this is indeed the most closest competition Infinity has on the market right now/soon.

Why NOT galaxy note 10.1.

1. Screen - In all honesty, if this unit had HD screen I might have actually considered this over the Infinity. But no HD screen is a deal breaker.

2. Price - If its really that expensive, the price will likely to either go down quickly or you will see newer better device with cheaper price tag and regret how much you paid.

3. Samsung - Horrible update. With fancy split screen, this will even get worse. One may think 4.1 Jellybean is just a minor update so good chance Samsung may push sooner than it was on ICS BUT what about next Android OS? You have to either wait almost full year or may not even be supported who knows. Whereas, ASUS have the best tracking record on this regard and now with Nexus 7, they will keep having newer android OS. As long as Nexus 7 can be updated, I am sure Transformer prime, infinity and TF300 can.

Good things about 10.1 but reason why NOT still deal breaker

1. The multiscreen function is great; however, it is not free for all. Only handful of application are supported. As someone else previously posted, there is already application that allows you to watch video while you doing other things. Though I like the idea of able to browse while do something else like read ebook. But I don't think this is even possible on the galaxy note either as ebook reader is not one of those split screen supported app.

2. S-pen. I owned couple Windows based tablet with Wacom digitizers. They were great BUT still nothing is same as pen and paper. Perhaps galaxy note 10.1 may be the one, but I highly doubt. Plus nowaday, typing is much faster than writing for most of us.

3. 2GB RAM. Impressive decision here. However, as pretty much all Android devices at this point are 1GB and nothing really pushing to its limit yet, the chance we see anything different by having 2GB is low except you may be able to do more multitasks than usual but that will drain battery.

Truly better on Galaxy note 10.1

1. Battery Life. Simply Infinity's battery life is problem. So galaxy note 10.1 tramps it.

2. GPU. Though CPU is compatible between 2, GPU benchmark on the Galaxy note 10.1 is superior to that of Infinity by a quite margin. However, I am not certain if we will see anything specific to really utilize this power. My belief is developers will focus on the most common spec, which for tablet likely be the nexus 7. If so, Infinity will certainly not have issue. However, having said this, who knows my huge PDF may open much quicker and smoother on the Galaxy Note.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Actually, there is a great "windowed" browser available too - it's called "OverSkreen" - highly recommend it! The same developer also makes a floating calculator, video player (as you already mentioned), terminal emulator and one or two more. There is also a note-taking app (very basic) that is "windowed" - it's called Hovernote. Definitely check out Overskreen though!

One more thing about typed-in notes - they are completely searchable! Try searching your handwritten notes! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] HoushaSen:
Holy smoke. This (Overskreen) is amazing. Not even requiring to root and be able to use such application. Wow. With this I don't have any restriction, basically I can browse and do anything else I want. This even supports Flash. Obviously, one Galaxy Note 10.1 user can use this as well. :)

Thanks a lot.
[Asus Transformer TF700] tunppi:
Woah that overskreen is just amazing on infinity! Thanks a lot it takes this resolution and tablet to whole neww level
[Asus Transformer TF700] yumms:
Price of Note for wifi model is $500 for 32gb, http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/851200-REG/Samsung_GT_N8013EAYXAR_16GB_Galaxy_Tab_2.html
[Asus Transformer TF700] timrock:
dont forget Lilypad, the floating facebook/msn/gtalk IM client.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Asus Transformer TF700] mywingtophone:
One's you start having a 1920x1200 resolution you will not want anything lower than that. So for 1280x720 resolution on the note, no thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lesonal:
Build quality on devices made by Sammy is always suspect.....I'm really big on aesthetics the infinity pad is a beautiful device!
[Asus Transformer TF700] mywingtophone:
The only tablet that has the lowest build quality issues are the ipads everyone else is a hit or miss.
[Asus Transformer TF700] DroidOWL:
I am using an app called "Floating Note free". It works great
[Asus Transformer TF700] madsquabbles:
i'd have to disagree. samsung has less defects and problems than asus on tablets according to forum posts and my experience. i went through 4 og transformers before i gave up. i almost got a prime until i saw all the issues still going on with asus tablets. and of course some of the same issues are still here for their latest flagship tablet (bleed, dock draining spontaneously...). the one i have has developed both bleed and the clicking (both of which developed on all my OG tf after 3 days). since i don't see the bleed unless i'm in a dark room with full brightness (something i never do in actual use) it's not really an issue. plus at full brightness in daylight it's not noticeable either. the click is a bit annoying though. in my transfomers the click was because the screen was separating.

samsung's support for the hardware is piss poor however. and sammy's aren't as popular as the tf's dev support isn't as active also.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ugotproblemz:
couldnt find it...seems like they removed it from playstore maybe?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lardo5150:
I had actually considered waiting for this tablet, but based on all the feedback I read about how they never update their stuff, and we are already scheduled for JB, I went with the Asus.

I am still curious though, so I posted here....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831115

Have a look.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mike_23:
Nobody seems to mention that Samsung Note also has calling feature, u can make calls from Note directly.

and Infinity has micro HDMI port. which samsung doesn't but u can use the MHL feature
[Asus Transformer TF700] timrock:
you can make calls from pretty much any tablet. All you need is a google voice number and/or GrooveIP.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[HTC One X] mattspew:
1. I think it's really stupid forcing captcha before every post,

2. Stopping legitimate questions about a specific ROM from being posted directly on the specific ROMs thread until you have 10 post is also stupid,

3. I know it's pointless asking this question here SINCE THE DEV WILL NEVER SEE IT!!!!!!!, but have you ever considered incremental updates? The download site is slow and it seem pointless downloading the full ROM when only minor changes have been made.
[HTC One X] *elmo*:
I fully agree with Ypur first and second point.
[HTC One X] BenPope:
Yeah, any idiot can get past a captcha.

There should be a test:

"you've flashed a ROM, but not the boot.img, should you:"

a) ask in the ROM thread why phone is broken

b) ask in Q&A section why phone bootloops

c) ask if flashing boot.img is required

d) tell everybody it's easier with Samsung

e) flash boot.img

:D