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Ask me anything about the Motorola DROID MAXX!
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In Calendar go to Settings and see what calendars you have enabled. In my case there is a Device Calendar and a Google Calendar for one account that has two sub-calendars.
Your Google Calendar is probably backed up to Google. Your Device Calendar is not.
Did you setup the Google Calendar?
... Thom
In Calendar go to Settings and see what calendars you have enabled. In my case there is a Device Calendar and a Google Calendar for one account that has two sub-calendars.
Your Google Calendar is probably backed up to Google. Your Device Calendar is not.
Did you setup the Google Calendar?
... Thom
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yes please excuse me for my ignorance but I'm don't know where the "calendar settings" are, if I'm not mistaken I do not think it was a Google calendar because I did not like Google Calendar format.
but I do not know ( remember) where I got it from and when I look at the apps, the only ones that are indicated in the app section is the calendar that I do not like. And no I did not back my calendar up,nor did I set up the Google Calendar. Very very lost. :-(
but I do not know ( remember) where I got it from and when I look at the apps, the only ones that are indicated in the app section is the calendar that I do not like. And no I did not back my calendar up,nor did I set up the Google Calendar. Very very lost. :-(
I'm a little lost.
Launch the all Calendar
Touch the tree dots in the upper tight corner
Select settings
The calendars defined are listed ... in my case
1 - Device calendar
2 - One listed with my Google account
... Thom
Launch the all Calendar
Touch the tree dots in the upper tight corner
Select settings
The calendars defined are listed ... in my case
1 - Device calendar
2 - One listed with my Google account
... Thom
If you mean a different calendar app, go to the Play Store, My Apps - most everything that you ever got will be listed there.
Ok, I officially quit,lol I am technologically impaired, therefore I think I will give up on the whole looking for my calendar idea. But I am grateful you guys took the time and tried to help me. but if you don't mind I do have another question,if I do a factory reset on my phone number 1 what exactly does that do? And number 2 will I lose all my books, pictures, stuff on my phone? curious about that. And again I thank you very much for your patience and attempt to help me with my phone problems.
LizMac
Android Enthusiast
Yes, if you do an FDR your phone will restore back to it's original settings - like when you first bought it. Backup your data before you do one. Now, with your apps, you'll still have them on the play store and you'll just have to reload them onto your phone. But photos, contacts, etc will be lost unless you back them up.
It sounds like the calendar you used was an app that you downloaded? If you did it from the Play Store, then you should still own it. Otherwise, your phone comes with a default calendar which should be in your app drawer. Select which one you want to use from the settings (the 3 little dots in the corner). For example, I can share my google calendar with my partner so we can co-ordinate our lives. Well, we can try anyway.....
I agree with everything LizMac said with one addition.
If you are running under 4.4.4 on the Droid Maxx it is correct.
If you are running 4.4 on the Droid Maxx the Factory Data Reset did not wipe the Cache Partition and you need to do that manually. This is where temporary data is stored and not your apps and not your data.
This can be important for two reasons ...
- The partition can become corrupted over time and result in degraded performance.
- If you transfer your phone to someone else the Factory Data Reset you did as a last step before turning it over left the temporary data in the cache if you were under 4.4.
... Thom
If you are running under 4.4.4 on the Droid Maxx it is correct.
If you are running 4.4 on the Droid Maxx the Factory Data Reset did not wipe the Cache Partition and you need to do that manually. This is where temporary data is stored and not your apps and not your data.
This can be important for two reasons ...
- The partition can become corrupted over time and result in degraded performance.
- If you transfer your phone to someone else the Factory Data Reset you did as a last step before turning it over left the temporary data in the cache if you were under 4.4.
... Thom
Oh my, lol I quit ! lol All I am trying to do is get a calendar on my phone, somehow somewhere I must have messed something up because when I go to the Play Store to look for calendars I see what appears to be one or two that I must have try to put on my phone but when i open them up to review them they are nothing like the calendar that I have had for the past 6 to 8 months.So as of right now the only semblance of a calendar I have on my phone is the one I got from Google Play Store im trying to sync with. so I really have no clue what happened to that calendar. I went to Google Play store to get another calendar and to see if I recognized any of the calendars I could have had on my phone before none of them look familiar. ( plus out of the hundreds of calendars to choose from I see three that I have accessed) when I downloaded it and I tried to add on an event or even access it it gives me a prompt that says..... "no calendars found please make sure it is there is at least one writable calendar enabled in the calendar screen." so I try to follow the directions it gave me about syncing it, there is a prompt that says "There was a problem communicating with Google servers. Try again later. but when I go to Google account and try to access any of my Google accounts I have NO problems . then I went back to the calendar that I downloaded, I went to the three little dots in the top right hand corner and it gave me 9 options to choose from, calendars, search, go to date, preferences, upgrade " Digical", refresh, show update news, help, and contact us. I select calendars and I get a prompt that says calendars to sync. but it is a blank page there's nothing on it so I choose the plus sign(+) in the right hand top corner, there is a box that says "add Calendar," there are 2 choices. "local calendar" or "calendar account". I have to tell you all I want is a calendar lol I am totally and completely lost. :-( I can totally understandthat everyone who reads this are rolling their eyes and getting a great laugh out of it, it's okay because I am too ! lol
I suggest that you ignore all third party calendar apps and get the basic calendar operating.
You have two basic options ... phone only or coordinate through Google.
To coordinate through Google you give it a gmail address and anyone who logs onto with that address will have access to that calendar (a great way to communicate schedules with the home office).
It is not going to find anything scheduled because you have not scheduled anything.
My guess is that a lot of the calendar apps are actually front ends that are manipulating the Calendar app.
As I stated in ... http://androidforums.com/motorola-d...-about-motorola-droid-maxx-4.html#post6704263 ... I have two calendars on my Droid Maxx being serviced by the Calendar app.
If there is a specific calendar app that you want to pursue then you can post questions about it in the Android Applications forum to get other users of that app involved.
... Thom
You have two basic options ... phone only or coordinate through Google.
To coordinate through Google you give it a gmail address and anyone who logs onto with that address will have access to that calendar (a great way to communicate schedules with the home office).
It is not going to find anything scheduled because you have not scheduled anything.
My guess is that a lot of the calendar apps are actually front ends that are manipulating the Calendar app.
As I stated in ... http://androidforums.com/motorola-d...-about-motorola-droid-maxx-4.html#post6704263 ... I have two calendars on my Droid Maxx being serviced by the Calendar app.
If there is a specific calendar app that you want to pursue then you can post questions about it in the Android Applications forum to get other users of that app involved.
... Thom
I truly believe that anybody with an Android phone *should be using* Google calendar for calendars and Google contacts for contacts, synced with the phone, *or* should be using an Exchange account that does the same. Perhaps you can can do the same with a Yahoo account, but Android is a Google operating system and, like Apple iPhones and Apple iCloud accounts, works best syncing with a Gmail account.
Using calendars or contacts stored only on the phone that are important to you is a recipe for disaster if the phone is lost, stolen, fails, etc.
I completely agree. Plus, syncing calendar/contact/etc information with a Google account has a couple of additional advantages:
- As stated, if you phone is lost/stolen/destroyed, etc, you don't lose your data.
- Data can be edited on multiple devices. Enter a contact on your phone, it's available on your tablet. Enter an appointment on your pc, it appears in the calendar on your phone.
- When you get a new device, add the account and all of the information associated with it is copied to the new device automatically. All of your old contacts, meetings, etc will be there as soon as you sign in and sync.
I agree. I never use the Device calendar. It is there. There is nothing that can be done about that that I know of.
I use the two Variants of my Google account calendar ... my name and Holidays in the United States.
Three phones ... one activated ... they all get copies of my calendar from Google.
If there were multiple people on these phones and I wanted to hide some schedule information form the others I could add it to the Device calendar and it would only be available to me. (I don't.)
... Thom
I use the two Variants of my Google account calendar ... my name and Holidays in the United States.
Three phones ... one activated ... they all get copies of my calendar from Google.
If there were multiple people on these phones and I wanted to hide some schedule information form the others I could add it to the Device calendar and it would only be available to me. (I don't.)
... Thom
There is one thing that you can do - install the Google Calendar app from the Play Store, which looks exactly the same as the calendar app that ships on the Droid Maxx, and then disable the stock Calendar app (settings / apps, slide to "All", find the app that says "Calendar" with the icon that has a green top and does not have a "31" on it, tap it and then tap the button "disable" toward the top.)
The Google Calendar app has no visibility to the device-only calendar.
I'd you make them favorite contacts (star them) and you use the assist app to set sound off time when sleeping, there is an option that allows the phone to ring when favorite contacts call.
So, assist app, choose sleeping, set the time when you want the phone quiet, and select silence, then tap the arrow to the right of "silence" to choose the option to allow the phone to ring when a favorite calls.
petermyers
Lurker
Hi- I've got a problem with the 32gig maxx with a plantronics bluetooth-
when i hit the command button on the bluetooth the phone goes to a google search instead of prompting me to call a number or a contact. what the bleep is going on?
i looked for google search in my apps thinking i needed to disable it, but i dont even see that app on the list- any help greatly appreciated.
phone is not rooted- i'm not a technical user
when i hit the command button on the bluetooth the phone goes to a google search instead of prompting me to call a number or a contact. what the bleep is going on?
i looked for google search in my apps thinking i needed to disable it, but i dont even see that app on the list- any help greatly appreciated.
phone is not rooted- i'm not a technical user
I don't have that headset, and rarely use voice commands, but what happens when you say "call John Doe"? (Not actually John Doe, just one of your contacts.) Does it place the call?
petermyers
Lurker
so it might work once, but when i'm done with that call and try again, it goes to a google search instead of voice dialing commands- i'm in the car a lot and like to use voice so i dont look at my phone. to be clear- i say "call doogald" and the phone responds by inserting that command into the google search bar- spoke with plantronics and its not something on their end. motorola support was worthless
Do you have Touchless controls turned on? If not, does turning it on help?
Also, open the google app, scroll to the bottom, tap the three dot control on the bottom right, tap settings, voice, ok google detection, turn all of those options off. (I believe that tapping a BT headset button is the equivalent of saying " ok google", though maybe that's just my headset.) If that stuff was on, does turning it off help?
petermyers
Lurker
the good old google- gotta love (hate) those bastards. it wasnt working because i hadnt agreed to let them "use" my contacts for voice recognition purposes. now seems to be working normally. i gotta figure out how to just go back to the motorola dialer. liked it better anyway. thanks for your help!
You bet. I'm glad that you got it working. If it still wasn't I was going to suggest using Touchless controls ("OK Google Now, call Peter Myers") because that always works when I need it, but you still would have had that pesky permission issue. Troubleshooting these things is hard because there are so many variables it seems...
In the last couple of weeks, when I'm driving and my Assist tells me I have a new text, it asks if I want her to read it to me, and before I can answer, she says she doesn't understand me. She says that over & over, about 3 times, and then it cuts off. I've cleared the data & cache, and I've force stopped. I can't uninstall the app as it's a Motorola app pre-installed on a Motorola phone.
You can't uninstall but you can uninstall updates and then have it re-update from the play store.
It may be the Google search OK Google detection in all apps blocking use of the microphone. So, go into the Google app. Scroll to the bottom, tap the three dot menu control on the bottom right, tap settings, voice, OK Google detection, and turn off all of the items that might be on. It's possible that will fix it without uninstalling the update, etc.