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Remove All Palm Pre Contacts

I had to reset my Pre this week because it wouldn’t install new applications, probably as a result of letting WebOS upgrade while some patches were still enabled. Anyway, after the factory restore was finished (using WebOS Doctor) I started re-enabling my accounts in email and contacts. When I did so, I got a bunch of duplicate contact records that would not stay open. Every time I tapped on one, it would pop up for a moment, blank, and then immediately close. Even after removing all my accounts from the system, these contacts remained, exhibiting that same behavior.

Obviously, this was unwanted, so I did a little research. Below are instructions for how I killed those duplaicate contacts without resetting my system again or creating a new Palm Profile (both of which seem like really stupid solutions, anyway).

Popcorn

How does this sound?

I did this really quickly, babbling without a script, and time-streched it down to 5 minutes. The interesting bit, besides the popcorn info itself, is the recording device – my new Zoom h4n. I used an external mic, because holding the h4n itself was a bit noisy when I wasn’t paying attention, but this problem shouldn’t be an issue if it’s in a stand or sitting alone on a table. Otherwise, the recording seems really clean.