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pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:02:39 GMT

On mini pro w/ android 4.0.4

Sony Calendar suddenly lost all events. New events are lost within 1 minute. Sometimes I can see the new event rectangle disappear from the month display.

Have already tried "clear data" and restart.

Please help, thanks!

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Uliwooly — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:36:23 GMT

is it Google Calendar or the preloaded calendar? if its the Google calendar you will have to contact them directly.

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:03:19 GMT

Pre loaded calendar stopped remembering old and new events for about 3 hours. Caused by no actions by me.

However, now, 3 hours later, new messages are working again. No changes by me. Old messages gone forever I'm afraid.

Otherwise I like the phone, but now finding it a bit difficult to trust. . .

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Uliwooly — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:30:53 GMT

Do you have any other Calendar app?

What if you try this: settings > apps > calendar > unsintall updates > restart your phone

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:14:17 GMT

Interesting!

At 11 AM all old events were lost and new events disappeared after about 30 seconds.

At 2 PM New events were accepted and remembered. Old events apparently lost forever.

At 4 PM, All entered events from 2 PM are now lost again. New events disappear after 30 seconds.

"uninstall updates" command does not appear on aettings>apps>calendar page. I have only force stop, disable, clear data, move to SD card (grayed), clear cache (grayed), clear defaults (grayed).

No other calendar apps.

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Phy — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:07:26 GMT

What if you boot on safe mode for few hours and see if you encounter the same issue

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/How-to-boot-your-phone-into-safe-mode/m-p/348008#U348008

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Thommo — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:17:40 GMT

It's settings > apps > swipe to All > calendar > unsintall updates > restart your phone

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:37:17 GMT

At 11 AM all old events were lost and new events disappeared after about 30 seconds.

At 2 PM New events were accepted and remembered. Old events apparently lost forever.

At 4 PM, All entered events from 2 PM are now lost again. New events disappear after 30 seconds.

7 PM, new events accepted and held until

9 PM, all events dissappeared and new events disappear like the guy in the photo in Back to the Future.

My best guess now is that calendar memory is disabled every 90 minutes or so, stays inoperative for an hour or so, then returns and works fine for a while, lather-rinse-repeat.

Pho, I tried safe mode and events disappear in the same fashion. I keep the phone very simple, had only one Google app, which I just removed.

Thommo, I was of course using that route, but no "uninstall updates" exists that I can see. All I get is the commands listed above. Is it a button like the other commands on the page?

Thanks people for your help with this.

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Uliwooly — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:56:53 GMT

There's one last thing you can do, repair your phone with PCC or try a different calendar (Google Calendar)

PC Companion (PCC)

Bridge (for Mac)

Alternatives on How to backup Xperias

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/36355

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:43:07 GMT

Stumbled on something called a "settings reset" that appears to have solved the problem. All test events were retained overnight, which is a good sign.

Looks like only consequence is the phone was reset to the Sony ringtone.

I tried aCalendar and the Google calendar and they both had the same problem. Apparently they are just reskinned versions of the native calendar.

Hope this calendar amnesia problem does not recur. Very inconvenient and weird. Thanks again for all suggestions.

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:53:14 GMT

Well, unfortunately my calendar has had an alzheimer's relapse. This time memory lasted about 12 hours before all my test events disappeared. Have entered 3 new test events and they have lasted almost 45 minutes. So we'll see what happens as hope springs eternal, and springs and springs . . .

Luckily I still have my 12-year-old Nokia.

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Uliwooly — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:41:41 GMT

do you experience the same with Google Calendar

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

GST — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:22:10 GMT

uliwooly-- Yes I tried aCalendar and Google Calendar. They both seem to use the native calendar for the actual work, then display it in other formats, so they were erasing events also.

However, I think I found the answer because so far events have been retained since yesterday. I turned off the Sync Calendar checkbox under my gmail account. Since my needs are so simple, I don't sync with anything. I think maybe the phone was trying to sync with an empty file. Or something like that.

Maybe.

Anyway it's working for now. Fingers crossed, etc.

Re: pre installed calendar app not working

Uliwooly — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:40:51 GMT

Glad to hear that its working now