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Contact details gone, now contains "{\pwi<FDMID>9830431</FDMID>"

Contact details gone, now contains "{\pwi<FDMID>9830431</FDMID>"
Since moving to WM6.5 ROM's (initially Miri's REV7, 7.1 and now Dutty's Leo R2) I noticed that any Contacts added to the TF3D Favourite Contact screen have lost data - specifically the free-format "details" field now contain just;
{\pwi<FDMID>9830431</FDMID>​
The correct "details" were defo there prior to my re-flash this morning (from REV7.1 to R2) because I updated them yesterday. Fortunately I have an archive of my Contacts within Outlook so I can restore the data, but what a PITA.
I haven't used any restore utilities other than ActiveStink.
Has anyone else noticed this ?
Or even better, figured out why it happens ? and how to fix ?
PS: I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to raise this but as I've only noticed it since moving to WM6.5 ROM's, so I figure it's as good a place as any to discuss the issue.
TIA

farqui said:
Since moving to WM6.5 ROM's (initially Miri's REV7, 7.1 and now Dutty's Leo R2) I have noticed that any Contacts I have added to the TF3D Contact screen have lost data. Specifically the free-format "details" field now contains just;
{\pwi<FDMID>9830431</FDMID>​
The correct "details" were defo there prior to my re-flash this morning (from REV7.1 to R2) because I updated them yesterday. Fortunately I have an archive of my Contacts list within Outlook so I can restore the data, but what a pain.
I haven't used any restore utilities other than ActiveStink.
Has anyone else noticed this ?
Or even better, figured out why it happens ?
PS: I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to raise this but as I've only noticed it since moving to WM6.5 ROM's, so I figure it's as good a place as any to discuss the issue.
TIA
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I have noticed the same thing... I guess the strange data is entered by TF3D to store info relating to the "favorite"-status of that contact. Not sure, if there is any way to avoid that - although it definitely sucks if you don't know about it beforehand! Glad you had a backup!

MAMeingast said:
I have noticed the same thing... I guess the strange data is entered by TF3D to store info relating to the "favorite"-status of that contact. Not sure, if there is any way to avoid that - although it definitely sucks if you don't know about it beforehand! Glad you had a backup!
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Same here, I initially thought it was related to a Facebook link (you can tie a contact entry to a facebook entry WM6.5 (or HTC added this).
However, upon further investigation, it's linked to the favourites entries in Manila. This a terrible way to handle an extra field. I could like with them ADDING the pseudo tag to the Notes field, but not replacing the Notes field (thus erasing any genuine notes added by the user)
Not happy about this at all, since many of us use the Notes field extensively.

farqui said:
Since moving to WM6.5 ROM's (initially Miri's REV7, 7.1 and now Dutty's Leo R2) I have noticed that any Contacts I have added to the TF3D Contact screen have lost data. Specifically the free-format "details" field now contains just;
{\pwi<FDMID>9830431</FDMID>​
The correct "details" were defo there prior to my re-flash this morning (from REV7.1 to R2) because I updated them yesterday. Fortunately I have an archive of my Contacts list within Outlook so I can restore the data, but what a pain.
I haven't used any restore utilities other than ActiveStink.
Has anyone else noticed this ?
Or even better, figured out why it happens ?
PS: I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to raise this but as I've only noticed it since moving to WM6.5 ROM's, so I figure it's as good a place as any to discuss the issue.
TIA
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Just wondering have you washed your phone?

justwonder said:
Just wondering have you washed your phone?
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What?

MAMeingast said:
What?
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I'm assuming he was referring to the misprint in first post, i.e. activestink

Fallen Spartan said:
I'm assuming he was referring to the misprint in first post, i.e. activestink
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LOL - didn't even see that!

Fallen Spartan said:
I'm assuming he was referring to the misprint in first post, i.e. activestink
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That's not a misprint

Has anyone found a solution yet?
It is annoying that for the favorites contacts in the TF3D Favorite Contact screen have lost data, in the "details" field, where notes and such are kept.

farqui said:
Since moving to WM6.5 ROM's (initially Miri's REV7, 7.1 and now Dutty's Leo R2) I noticed that any Contacts added to the TF3D Favourite Contact screen have lost data - specifically the free-format "details" field now contain just;
{\pwi<FDMID>9830431</FDMID>​
The correct "details" were defo there prior to my re-flash this morning (from REV7.1 to R2) because I updated them yesterday. Fortunately I have an archive of my Contacts within Outlook so I can restore the data, but what a PITA.
I haven't used any restore utilities other than ActiveStink.
Has anyone else noticed this ?
Or even better, figured out why it happens ? and how to fix ?
PS: I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to raise this but as I've only noticed it since moving to WM6.5 ROM's, so I figure it's as good a place as any to discuss the issue.
TIA
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Well known issue and complete screw up by HTC.
We 'think' it's related to HTC indexing your contacts so it can link them to Facebook and to the Manila shortcuts.
I would not have minded if they just 'added' this tag, but to replace the notes is dangerous and unforgivable (some of us have real data in there, and could lose it)

I had this problem too... Luckily i had some back ups

Issue resolve in latest Manila
Over the weekend I updated my ROM to Duttys LEO R6 (Manila 2.5.1920) and find that this Contact "Note" bug is no longer an issue
At first glance it seems that Manila is now using a new Contact Group called "HTC Favorite" to identify contacts on their favourites tab.
So folks, get our those Contact archives and start restoring your missing contact Notes.
However it's not perfect because if you have the same contact on both the favourties and home tabs then the contact is allocated into the "HTC Favourite" group twice - a minor acceptable buggette

What's wrong with ActiveSync?
farqui said:
That's not a misprint
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If it is any help, it happened to me, but for the facebook linking mine got appended to the notes section, and still does this now. Not sure on teh favourites as had no notes on any of my favorites.

After careful consideration I've decided to move this thread to general discussion as its more of a backup issue when going between different versions of wm

it certainly isn't a backup issue...
bloody HTC, since I use Exchange, thus have my contacts on my phone and in my e-mail, I thought not to backup those... guess I was wrong
Lost alot of notes now ((
I also see the HTC favorites group (prob. because I changed Roms)
(btw, this happened on my HD2, so it's not a general HD topic)

I am experiencing this problem too on my HD2. Previous Touch HD did not suffer from this. Any fix discovered?
Furthermore, I have double-byte characters (Chinese) corrupted and became question marks in the Notes field beyond just pending the <FDMID>9830431</FDMID> string to the Notes field. In other instances, the string becomes <FDMID>9895967</FDMID><sn></sn>
Very frustrated by this data corruption!

hi the same thing happended to me using an omnia pro b7610 after installing Pocket Informant 9. the worst thing is that by the time I figured out about it I had already synced with MYPHONE so I mess all my contacts with notes

Reported the HD2 Notes data corruption to the HTC Support Centre. They acknowledged that it was a problem as they could reproduce it. Now waiting for a response and hopefully a fix?!

In the 2.5.2012XXXX version of HTC Sense, the way the data is stored in the notes field has changed from <FDMID>9895967</FDMID><sn>id:000000000/friendof:000000000</sn> to the following :
<HTCData><!-- Please do not modify -->
<Facebook>id:000000000/friendof:000000000</Facebook>
<Favorite>actionid:CallMobile</Favorite>
</HTCData>
And they use the HTC Favorite catagory for each contact add to the Quick Links.
I'm very sure it also adds the info to the notes field below any data that is already there.

[Cab] Leo SMS Fix for HD (new fix cab added)

Hi all,
I made a cab from the 2009-12-15 Leo SMS fix (http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=812&news_id=407), so this can be installed on other devices with Sense 2.5..
I'm on a sense 2.1 rom currently, so can't test it...So be careful, it might break ur SMS function, test with your own risk and always backup (I guess the new 2.02 package has the update already or even a better fix)..
happy new year!!
George
New SMS Fix Cab added (dated 2010-01-14):
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wodzbyyzdmy/SMS_LEO08007.cab

wath exactly it fixes?
[]s

yes...what exactly it fixes??

Is this to fix the slow Messaging with Leo Roms ??

jigners said:
Is this to fix the slow Messaging with Leo Roms ??
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i'm not sure what it fixes... but it doesn't seem to fix the annoying slow messaging thingy... I was just coverting the .exe which can only be installed on HD2 to a cab that can be installed on every device..
I have heard that the htc messaging in the 2.02 pack is fast, anyone tried it?

what is your point in creating a thread with a cab entitled "sms fix" and you are
not sure what it does? shouldn't you have tested it first and shared to us what
exactly it can help?

no offense, but i agree with jigners... hopefully the OP has had time to test it by now!

jigners said:
what is your point in creating a thread with a cab entitled "sms fix" and you are
not sure what it does? shouldn't you have tested it first and shared to us what
exactly it can help?
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Am I the only one in this thread that uses the actual HTC site? or do people just like to hijack threads and flame people who are doing what they can to help the community... As I remember no one else knew what the Leo Camera Fix did either, but it proved useful, at least for some.
HTC Website said:
Update for HTC HD2 – SMS Function Update
This update for HTC HD2 messaging lets you reach out to your friends and family with instant notifications. Keeping in touch has always been very important, and this update delivers just that: fast and reliable SMS messaging.
Date : 2009-12-15
Category : Update
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Looks to me like HTC don't really say what the fix "fixes" but THANKS for creating the CAB, i'll have a look and see what it effects if anything. If it's worth it I'll cook it in for my next flash

Okay, have just installed the CAB.
So far no noticable difference when sending / recieving SMS.
I'm using my own custom ROM, using WinMo 6.5 28014, and most of the packages from Leo 1.48.
Thanks again for the CAB anyway.

Hi guys,
be easy, read the link:
"this update delivers just that: fast and reliable SMS messaging."
these files have been updated:
Messaging.dll
Messaging_Client.exe
MessagingClientDll.dll
MessagingNotification.dll
MessagingRes.dll
MessagingService.dll
mms.dll
MsgSettingDll.dll
PushClient.exe
DlgHelper.exe
GetHtcMmsLimitDll.dll
HtcMailAccount.dll
JSRHandler.dll
MessageStore.dll

@Jigners
When the fix first came out, I tried it but it won't install on hd. and now I learned how to create the cab, so I just made it. I need to have my phone switched on all day right now and I'm with a sense 2.1 ROM, so can't test it, but I thought someone with a lower leo build may want to try it...
yes, you are right..sorry for let you down.. I won't do it next time.
@Swarvey&PooPoo
Sorry for wasting your time... thanks for your kind words

also gonna give it a go
still on a energy rom of 23-09 whit m2.51919
will report back later
ps gonna restore over 800 messages to test it to the ultimate

well tested it and it works sort off
i can type directly but the message im replying to isnt shown
so its kinda a fix

hi,
have you tried restoring tons of messages to see if the slowness has been somehow fixed ? Last time I've tried with 2.5 the phone almost got stuck (with about 600 messages)

miniterror said:
also gonna give it a go
still on a energy rom of 23-09 whit m2.51919
will report back later
ps gonna restore over 800 messages to test it to the ultimate
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miniterror said:
well tested it and it works sort off
i can type directly but the message im replying to isnt shown
so its kinda a fix
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andycted said:
hi,
have you tried restoring tons of messages to see if the slowness has been somehow fixed ? Last time I've tried with 2.5 the phone almost got stuck (with about 600 messages)
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I sort of think the 2 posts directly above your post answers that question don't they

thanks, I could read those, but I'd like a bit more of an explanation:
you installed the fix and restored tons of sms, what I'd like to know is this:
- adding a contact with a lot of sms history to favourites slows down the phone ?
- opening such contact slows down everything ?
- I understand there is no sms history shown in the manila contact at all ? actually that point isn't very clear to me. where is that the original message is not shown ?
what I'd like to know, if you have got time to explain it to me, is what actually the fix changes, and how fast it makes opening sms history on a contact.
One last minor point is that a big sms history had most sms cut to one or two lines.
Regards
Andy

andycted said:
thanks, I could read those, but I'd like a bit more of an explanation:
you installed the fix and restored tons of sms, what I'd like to know is this:
- adding a contact with a lot of sms history to favourites slows down the phone ?
- opening such contact slows down everything ?
- I understand there is no sms history shown in the manila contact at all ? actually that point isn't very clear to me. where is that the original message is not shown ?
what I'd like to know, if you have got time to explain it to me, is what actually the fix changes, and how fast it makes opening sms history on a contact.
One last minor point is that a big sms history had most sms cut to one or two lines.
Regards
Andy
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well for from the contact page i cannot tell you as i have flashed my phone a couple of times afterwords(im trying to build my own)
for the sms not shown
when i get a new message i go the message tab and click the sms
there im supposed to see the threaded conversation between the person im replying to
the whole conversation doesnt load(waited about 3 min)
but i can directly type a reply to the text message whitout a lag
hope this sorts of that question
best regards
miniterror

here is a fix for the slow sunny animation....
I have tested this, it works

does it work for 2.1 manila?
and come on people! just thank this guy for even bothering to create a cab and sharing it in this community.

bertrandno7 said:
does it work for 2.1 manila?
and come on people! just thank this guy for even bothering to create a cab and sharing it in this community.
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no, the sms fix is only for Leo package lower than 1.49...and the weather fix is for any sense 2.5.. I think 2.1 manila does not need any fix, both sunny animation and sms are working ok in 2.1 manila

New Firmware ???

Does anybody know when there will be a new frimware???
1.48 is bugging me much!!!
Just installed it new from scratch and it is slow and buggy!!!
HTC ! Do something ! It is a expensive phone and has a lot of potential but not with that buggy rom !!!!!

tonarm said:
Does anybody know when there will be a new frimware???
1.48 is bugging me much!!!
Just installed it new from scratch and it is slow and buggy!!!
HTC ! Do something ! It is a expensive phone and has a lot of potential but not with that buggy rom !!!!!
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Is this a comedy post? There's nothing slow or buggy about 1.48.

Tonearm,
Do you want to list what your problems are? Is it slow and buggy from rom installation or after you have loaded it up with shedloads of texts and apps?
I have been using 1.48 from day 1, absolutely no problems at all, at least not of the "slow and buggy" kind.
WB

No, seriously. Original HTC firmware. Fresh install.
Syncing calendar and contacts via Active Sync. Downloading mails from 2 accounts (each about 1000 mails).
I swear, that my TouchPro2 was quicker in relation to the processor!
When will 1.60 or higher come?

Mine came with 1.48 installed, no problems for me either.

wacky.banana said:
Tonearm,
Do you want to list what your problems are? Is it slow and buggy from rom installation or after you have loaded it up with shedloads of texts and apps?
I have been using 1.48 from day 1, absolutely no problems at all, at least not of the "slow and buggy" kind.
WB
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Main thing that is bugging me is, that I push a button to light up the screen from standby and the screen stays black, while buttons light up.
Unacceptable!
Second. Camera flashlight shoots photos with blue faces.
Third. Overall performance. As soon something is working on the device it´s a little stuttery.

tonarm said:
No, seriously. Original HTC firmware. Fresh install.
Syncing calendar and contacts via Active Sync. Downloading mails from 2 accounts (each about 1000 mails).
I swear, that my TouchPro2 was quicker in relation to the processor!
When will 1.60 or higher come?
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I agree with the other posters mate - I'm on 1.48 and it's neither slow nor buggy.
Incidentally, downloading mails has nothing to do with the processor. That's purely down to your connection speed. Have you tried doing it over wifi?

johncmolyneux said:
I agree with the other posters mate - I'm on 1.48 and it's neither slow nor buggy.
Incidentally, downloading mails has nothing to do with the processor. That's purely down to your connection speed. Have you tried doing it over wifi?
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Of course over Wifi.
Speed isn´t my only concern as you could read.
I´m disapointed with the progress of the firmware.
Everywhere you can read about the bugs of the device and there are dozens of cooked firmwares.
Afaik HTC offered the new 1.60 firmware in a few countries inofficially, but not in germany.
When will the progress go on with optimizing the software of the device?

tonarm said:
Of course over Wifi.
Speed isn´t my only concern as you could read.
I´m disapointed with the progress of the firmware.
Everywhere you can read about the bugs of the device and there are dozens of cooked firmwares.
Afaik HTC offered the new 1.60 firmware in a few countries inofficially, but not in germany.
When will the progress go on with optimizing the software of the device?
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HTC have never offered the 1.60 ROM to anyone - it's been "leaked".
I only mentioned the speed issues because you gave that as an example of what your problems are.
If you can actually explain your problems then we can probably help with some of them. Alternatively, search for each of the individual problems and you'll find answers for some of them on here.
Incidentally, the majority of people have only minor issues, so if you have more than your fair share of problems then you're basically one of the unlucky people. There is a LOT of help to be had on this site, but you need to be clear as to what you need help with.
The 1.60 ROM will probably not solve your problems, especially if you can't tell people what they are!

tonarm said:
Main thing that is bugging me is, that I push a button to light up the screen from standby and the screen stays black, while buttons light up.
Unacceptable!
There's a thread on this started by Beards in the LEO thread. Implement the solution in there.
Second. Camera flashlight shoots photos with blue faces.
Another separate thread on this in LEO (can't remember what its called. There are 2 solutions on offer; one is to use an app called TorchButton, the other is to set the flash on manually, get the camera to set itself, take your shot, turn the flash off. I usee this latter solution, takes me seconds. Just another way of taking a shot, same as you can find different ways of taking a shot with a true dedicated camera.
Third. Overall performance. As soon something is working on the device it´s a little stuttery.
Aha, you definitely NEED to read the Hints & Tips thread on here as there are numerous solutions there. Strikes me you have too many apps running in the background, not being closed off properly, plus you might re running out of memory as well.
Also if you are getting stuttery performance when watching videos you might want to install Chainfire's solution
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Tonearm,
If these are examples of what you are experiencing, see my responses above.
To get the best out of your device you will have to tweak it a little.
For us to help you we need more specifics of your problems.
Hope this helps.
WB

Why should I install other roms?

Hi everyone
I finally changed my phone to htc hd 2 after being hooked to iphone for 3,5 years and frankly, I'am pretty happy with my choice
But i really can't get some thing straigt, why do people change their original rom's giving by the manufacturer to the custom ones made by those genius developers?
Is Manila the name of the rom made by the developer? And isn't sense the real name of the firmware?
Where can I purchase a ebook reader to windows mobile 6.5?
And finally is there a quicker way to connect my contacts to their facebook profile then to do it individually?
Thank you for taking the time to read the post and thanks for all the help that may come.
Sincerely
Alan

Hi,
I can help you as to why you would upgrade the roms, simply because the phone has lots of stuff on it you wont use and if its not there then the phone works faster and better, also the roms may have other utilities built into it that are very handy that do not come with stock...personally its also taste as well...roms are made in the 'kitchen' and the people that put them together are called 'chefs' they are all different and i am finding that out myself...as for the other questions...cant help you there........YET.

celeb1981 said:
Hi everyone
And finally is there a quicker way to connect my contacts to their facebook profile then to do it individually?
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once you have done it once, so long as you backup your contacts you don;t need to do it again.
Their facebook info is held in each contacts 'notes' field. So long as that gets synchronised when you backup/restore, facebook associations will still be there as soon as you log in to facebook from the phone.

celeb1981 said:
Hi everyone
I finally changed my phone to htc hd 2 after being hooked to iphone for 3,5 years and frankly, I'am pretty happy with my choice
But i really can't get some thing straigt, why do people change their original rom's giving by the manufacturer to the custom ones made by those genius developers?
Is Manila the name of the rom made by the developer? And isn't sense the real name of the firmware?
Where can I purchase a ebook reader to windows mobile 6.5?
And finally is there a quicker way to connect my contacts to their facebook profile then to do it individually?
Thank you for taking the time to read the post and thanks for all the help that may come.
Sincerely
Alan
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Manila and Sense are both names for a user interface built by HTC to sit on top of WM and iron out some of the wrinkles.
Latest versions of WM6.5.5 have a reader tab built into Sense but there are a number of other options out there. I believe Freda is a free reader? You should find it via Google.
Whilst I appreciate that your question in the thread title is hypothetical, I would suggest that the direct answer for now is 'you shouldn't'. Get used to the phone, do a lot of reading here, try out some of the tweaks and apps, and forget about ROM upgrades until you know the phone and the operating system better - may save a bit of heartache in the short term to fight any initial temptation!

originally i flashed mine to get rid of all the telstra lock downs imposed on the phone and remove all the foxtel and bigpond junk, but as a byproduct of flashing my phone is now faster, has longer battery life, is much prettier, has loads of customizing tools and upgraded browsers, and can perform many more functions.
in the all contacts section the events tab auto detects possible matching facebook and local contacts, where you can attach them with 1 click, i find the manual way much better in the long run however.
i am experienced with flashing other devices though and i would recommend a lot of reading first before attempting it, and never flash with the sd card as it will end painfully.

Best ereader in my opinion is allreader:
http://shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=allreader&platform=pocketpc

Does it break the warranty to flash it?
And do you know of a rom that would allow me to write in Russian/English and preferably also Norwegian? Thank you!

Linking contacts to Facebook
To automatically link all your contact to their Facebook profiles:
1. Go to 'All people' in the contact tab.
2. Slide across to 'Updates and Events'.
3. All the profiles that match up (by name) will appear below your profile at the top. This will take a while if there are loads.
4. Select this, check they all are right and click done.
Also you have to put HSPL on your phone to install a cooked (or any other) ROM which will invalidate your warranty. Although it can be uninstalled to send it back if necessary. (Read all about it in the sticky HSPL thread in ROMs and development).
Hope this helps.
Murg

murgers said:
To automatically link all your contact to their Facebook profiles:
1. Go to 'All people' in the contact tab.
2. Slide across to 'Updates and Events'.
3. All the profiles that match up (by name) will appear below your profile at the top. This will take a while if there are loads.
4. Select this, check they all are right and click done.
Also you have to put HSPL on your phone to install a cooked (or any other) ROM which will invalidate your warranty. Although it can be uninstalled to send it back if necessary. (Read all about it in the sticky HSPL thread in ROMs and development).
Hope this helps.
Murg
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Thanks for the tip about linking fb profiles, for some reason mine dont save when i restore my contacts using 'microsoft my phone' so this has saved me a bunch of time !

Menu Button in People Screen incredibly slow

Hi all,
when I go to the People Screen and click on the Menu button (the one to go to Company directory/New Contact/Delete Contacts ...) it takes at least 10 seconds to open the menu.
Right now I'm using Artemis 11 but I already tried with other ROMs.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Weave

Hi
Same problem here... with stock rom 1.6x is fast..
Iosu

Weave76 said:
Hi all,
when I go to the People Screen and click on the Menu button (the one to go to Company directory/New Contact/Delete Contacts ...) it takes at least 10 seconds to open the menu.
Right now I'm using Artemis 11 but I already tried with other ROMs.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Weave
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It's instant for me on Artemis v11. Do you have many contacts? I only have about 90.

I have 400, I have try miri, duttys, merlion, TOUCH X-TREME...
all same problem.. but with stock rom works fast...
...
Note.. I always do Mtty, hardreset etc...

send->all people->menu->delete contacts

jfmckenna said:
send->all people->menu->delete contacts
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nice joke

iosub said:
nice joke
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works for me, fast too. Not a joke im using 6.5 touch x rom

if is not a joke, are you telling me to delete the contacts???
I don't want to delete the contacts...

Weave76 said:
Hi all,
when I go to the People Screen and click on the Menu button (the one to go to Company directory/New Contact/Delete Contacts ...) it takes at least 10 seconds to open the menu.
Right now I'm using Artemis 11 but I already tried with other ROMs.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Weave
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i was replying to the quote, didn't realize you weren't the one who posted it. What is Company Directory mine is grayed out

Hi,
Company Directory is available when you're using Exchange.
I don't know how many contacts I have right now, but it's less then 200.
I tried to delete a few from the internal and deleted all from the SIM but it doesn't change anything.
@iosub & wardh
Are you using exchange as well?
Thanks,
Weave

hmm i wonder possibly if you are closing programs, this can hog up memory in phone. By defualy when pressing X or OK minimizes the program use a task manager program or the default to close programs. Try a soft reset and make the first thing you do view contacts and access the menu. also you can disable unnecessary startup items like voice command. Background applications that use data may help also such as twitter setting them to manual might help. ill keep doing some searches to see what else could be contributing what ROM are you currently using and what version HD2 do you have(Euro or TMOUS)?

hi..
yes using exchange .. I think i have found the problem.
try this:
go to exchange sync options and set to sync just the contacts.
you will see that the people tab is fast !
the problem is that if a contact has a email address and you open the contact you can see that the are several tabs on the contact info page. one of is email. manila is doing a loop for the emails each time you open a contact! witch slow down the people tabs.
we need help from some one for removing the email tab of the contact info... or some way that manila only loops when we select the email tab .

hi
anyone else having the same problem ?
thanks