new to droid

[crspang]

Originally Posted by inferno1

thanx for all the help... and yes i tried the *228 this afternoon, and im hoping its not a coincidence, but it seems to of really helped...

not sure im ready yet to Root the phone and start tweaking it... want to get used to Droid first like i did WM before i start being a flash-o-holic again...
i may just try a tethering App like PDAnet (are there any others) for now

PDAnet is the only one I know of that doesn't require root. The free version works well but blocks https sites. The paid version works really well but its $29.99

[z0mbiexx]

if you still cant see all your contacts on the phone but you can on gmail try this

open contacts>menu>display options>click your google account>and click "all other contacts" and itll sync every contact in your gmail not just ones in "my contacts"

[inferno1]

thanx, but the issue isnt seeing contacts, i see them all. but when i click on them, theres no data (numbers, emails, etc)

could this be because i have no memory card yet?

if so, should i perform a factory reset prior to putting the memory in for the first time???

(not sure if setting up all my email acounts prior to having a memory card in is bad or not?)

[z0mbiexx]

that i wouldn't know.. all of mine show the data fine and have never had that problem..

[tvandyck7]

Try re-syncing them. Tap phone>contacts tab>menu>accounts(be sure auto sync and background data are checked)>tap on your Google account>uncheck and recheck "sync contacts". You shold see the sync arrows beside the checkbox spinning. It will let you know when they are sync'd. I had to do this after rooting and flashing to get my contacts to show up.

[inferno1]

Tried all that already thanx. Though, getting SD card in 5min, I'll update afterwards

[inferno1]

heres the update, then i need to get back to work...

turn out that when outlook exports a csv file it uses different column names then Gmail does, so when Gmail imported them it showed up in the contacts, but under different description names, like 'Cell' instead of 'Mobile'
Gmail doesnt care what they are call, but whne you sync the Droid to the Gmail account... Droid will only show certain fields, such as 'Mobile' but not 'Cell'
So thats why i could see all my contacts but they had no numbers (same goes for the naming convention of email addresses....)
so to solve the issue, i exported a gmail csv to see the proper naming convention and renamed my csv file and imported it back in... alls good...

as much as im enjoying the Droid (even without apps yet)... WM has it been on ease of syncing

[tvandyck7]

I agree with you there, but then again you are using 2 microsoft products together with WinMo and Outlook. So naturally, that's how it should be I guess.

[inferno1]

so i am able to open xls attachments but i cant open PDF attachments...
i tried loading a few pdf viewers.
but when i click on the 'open' it says "the attachment cannot be displayed"

any ideas?
thanx
Danny

[HemDroid]

I use "documents to go" it's a paid app but you can do a lot with it.