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Durango	2011-02-04 , 17:49
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Originally Posted by durain

For some reason I can't add contacts anymore (now run out of space?). Maybe contacts are saved on the flash or something? There should still be free space on microSD.

durain - I've gotten Contacts to work again. It was definitely a corrupted file or something, because after I deleted all the database files and started fresh, I can add/edit people again.

Open up Contacts, touch at the top where it says "All Contacts" or whatever and hit Export. Choose a folder on your SD card and pick a vCard format to save them as (I picked 3). Go through all 5 steps and confirm they're in the folder you chose on your SD card.

Close Contacts and open up x-term

Code:

sudo gainroot
rm -r /home/user/.osso-abook # this will delete all of the database files, images etc
rm -r /home/user/.osso-abook-backup # I'm not sure if I made this directory, or if Maemo did, so if you don't have it, don't worry about it.

Reboot the N900. When you open up Contacts again, it will take a few seconds (since it's recreating all of the database files/folders) and then come up empty, with maybe just your Voicemail contact saved. If the menu pops up to 'get contacts,' choose 'Import contacts,' 'Import contacts folder' and then chose the SD folder on your SD card where you saved all of the vCard files. The databases will be repopulated with clean information from those files and you should be good to go. I recommend making a fresh backup with the Backup manager, at least to save 'Communications and Calendar.'

I'll post up my details on what I did to format the SD card later.

michaaa62 - Ich habe deine neue Code noch nicht probiert, aber ich denke, dass es klappen wird.

Last edited by Durango; 2011-02-04 at 17:51.

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