Corrupted Address Book? Corrupted memory?

[winterapple]

It all started 3 weeks ago when one day I suddenly realised that all my contacts in address book were gone. I tried to add a new contact and an error message said "Failed to add new contact". I removed my memory card and problem persisted. I'm not sure if my address book is gone or just not display to me.

After I edited a "Tasks", it should return me back to the list of tasks in the Task list. But it showed me nothing on the screen. If I quit task and want to go back to it, it (Task) would not load. I need to reboot my mobile in order to open Task and to see all the tasks. The tasks are not lost, they're still there.

After I edited 1 event in Calendar and return to the month calendar display, all my events are not displayed in the calendar. I need to reboot mobile to get them display on screen. Again, they are not lost, just not displaying after editing.

Any other functions/applications are working fine.

Can anyone tell me what goes wrong? And how to fix it? Will upgrade the firmware help? I'm using .44p.

Thanks (^.^)

[samkatta]

Perform a master reset and if it didn't work you'll have to flash.

[winterapple]

I did try Master Reset but it did not work. So, I'll try to flash it. Thanks for your help.

[lfam]

Did you find a solution to this problem?

I just experienced this today. Phone worked fine yesterday, then when I went to access my Inbox today, it said "loading" and did not go anywhere.

Contact list is gone also.

Phone just restarted on its own, and now when I try to access the Inbox, it says "waiting for database" with a status bar.

Any other suggestions or causes?

[Alpha43]

Are you contacts on your sim card or saved to the phone?

~Alpha~

[winterapple]

I forgot to write down the outcome after my previous message.

Before upgrading my firmware, i think all my contacts in the address book were permanently gone.

I upgraded the firmware of my phone from .44p to .08p and the corrupted problem no longer exist.

From now on I keep a backup copy of all my contacts.

[lfam]

I saved my contacts on the phone itself rather than the SIM. Sounds like I'll be losing them

I did a search and found this: http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/v...970&highlight=

I get the same "waiting for database" message when I try to access my Inbox.

Its not for the A1200 but for the A780, would this be applicable? If so, how do I telnet with the phone?

Im new to this stuff.

[swifty]

ther is a sticky about telnetting on A1200:
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4756

good luck!

[lfam]

Thanks for the link!

I did a quick read through and it sounds quite complicated. Since I'm a beginner at this, I'm afraid something worse will result if I dive into this...

Is it as hard as it seems?

[chavtastic]

hi! i have the same problem. i can't add contacts and get the "waiting for database" message as well. i don't understand the link struff! i feel dumb! thanks for all the info, biut what do i do once i download the programs? thanks for the help!