Recent content by rkdav

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    GIngerbread update and Email

    My Gmail app behaves erratically. Sometimes it receives mail, other times it doesn't. It won't send at all. When I accessed it through Settings>Applications, the cache button is dimmed. I didn't feel comfortable hitting the Clear Data button--should I? My workaround for now is to use the...
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    Shortcut icons revert to generic on reboot

    I did find a fix, at least for the Optimus S. First, I unmount the SD card, remove it, then click it back in place soundly. Then remount the SD card. Second, I'm using LauncherPro so I force close it. Then hit the Home button. It takes a couple of minutes for all the icons to redraw but...
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    Phonebook issue

    Not sure about the involvement of Google Voice in this problem because I don't have Google Voice. I did have the problem where Google (or Android) was merging certain contacts. When you find a contact that has been merged, do as follows to split them: The SPLIT option is available when editing...
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    Shortcut icons revert to generic on reboot

    I reboot my Optimus S every couple of days just because I think it's good practice to do so. Each time I do, some (not all) of the shortcut icons I have in various folders revert from an icon that looks like the app (such as Angry Birds) to a generic Android icon albeit with the correct name...
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    SMS text issues?

    Same thing happened to me. Call Sprint customer service. They'll make sure your profile is correctly set for the new phone. Also, the woman there told me that it was necessary to send SMS and MMS messages from the phone before it would receive same.