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Re: sharing phone contact failed

 

Hi,

Great that you found the problem.

Yes this is bug. Do you mind in report it lp?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/address-book-app

Thanks

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Mathijs Veen <mathijsv33n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ah! you put me on the right track. I found the cause. I was 'sharing' a
> single contact to messages. The contact name however contained a /
>
> I believe it is an android feature that will add /1 /2 etc to a contactname
> if that name has duplicates in the android address list). And so after in-
> and exporting contact lists in and out of my previous phones, I ended up
> with a few contacts that now have fw slashes in the name.
>
> So i tested this with a contact that does not have a slash and it works
> fine.
>
> Question now is, is this really a bug? as it is not expected that many ppl
> have slashes in their contact list.
> If it is a bug, its a very low impact one. It was just dumb luck that I
> picked that specific contact.
>
> Let me know what you want to do.
>
> cheers,
>
> Mathijs
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Renato Filho <renato.filho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> How many contacts are you trying to export? If is only one what is the
>> name that appears on the contact view page title?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Mathijs Veen <mathijsv33n@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Renato
>> >
>> > Attached is my application-legacy-address-book-app-.log
>> >
>> > /var/crash didn't really contain anything related.
>> > I have checked that I can trigger this error consistently. Also after
>> > reboots. So it probably warrants a launchpad bug.
>> > If you let me know what package to file against, I will do so. I will
>> > attach
>> > this file to the bug as well.
>> >
>> > Thanks fr looking into this,
>> >
>> > Mathijs
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Renato Filho
>> > <renato.filho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi guys,
>> >>
>> >> This looks like different bugs since Mattias is able to attach the
>> >> contact in the message and Mathijs got stuck on the contact share.
>> >>
>> >> For Mattias it looks like a MMS error. Check if your operator has
>> >> support for MMS if it has, then you will need someone from Messaging
>> >> app to help you.
>> >>
>> >> For Mathijs could you send me your address-book-app log (it can be
>> >> found in:
>> >> /home/phablet/.cache/upstart/application-legacy-address-book-app-.log),
>> >> and check if you have any crash file related with content-hub  in
>> >> /var/crash/.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Mathijs Veen <mathijsv33n@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi mattias
>> >> >
>> >> > I can sort of confirm. I am on bq aquaris E45. In my case, when I hit
>> >> > the
>> >> > share button on the details page of contacts, the proces seems to
>> >> > hang.
>> >> > All
>> >> > I see is a popup that says 'exporting contacts' with a spinning busy-
>> >> > icpn.
>> >> > But it never gets beyond that. All i can do is close the contacts
>> >> > app.
>> >> >
>> >> > Grtz Mathijs
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Mattias <mattias@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Can someone confirm this error? I am trying to share a phone number
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> text message. In Contacts a click on a person, the on the details
>> >> >> page
>> >> >> on
>> >> >> the share icon, then on the Messaging app. In the Messaging app I
>> >> >> select a
>> >> >> contact I want to send the number to and then click on Send. Then a
>> >> >> Failed
>> >> >> message is shown. Does this also happen to others? I am using a MX4.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Greetings,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Mattias
>> >> >>
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