Trouble with the Google Calendar on Android 2.1

Well, it was a quarter of the price of an iPhone but there are little niggles with Android 2.1 of the Orange San Francisco.

The Google Calendar applicaion is quite useful and I view one personal and one shared calendar on the phone. The shared calendar (owned by another Google account) can be updated but updates made to that calendar by other means didn't show up correctly on the Google Calendar app on the phone.

After a bit of a search it seems to be that the calendar data cache needs to be cleared on the phone.

On the phone go to Menu/Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/Calendar....then clear data.

I have a feeling this may need to be done regularly but we shall see...

UPDATE

This seems to be fixed if "Background Data" and "Auto-sync" are set on in "Accounts & sync settings".

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Fixing a faulty Netgear DG834G

We seem to have problems with broadband routers.

I've had 3 break.

The Linksys broke with the "classic" wired port not working fault due to overstressed capacitors around the PSU area within the unit itself. I chucked that one as I saw little chance of replacing all the capacitors without breaking the board.

The 3Com that replaced it eventually had a failed "brick PSU" and had a number of other aspects I wasn't over pleased with so I bought a Netgear DG834G.

The Netgear has been generally fine but when moved it wouldn't start working again. A bit of a Google (combined with the number of online sellers of Netgear PSUs) suggested that it was the PSU.

A few pounds spent and the Netgear has a new PSU and is working fine.

So if you have come here by Googling "Netgear DG834 lights up but doesn't work" or similar. It is worth buying a replacement power supply, it is likely to be the fix you want.

I understand the original PSU goes a bit low output which is how the unit seems to work but just doesn't.

Best of luck !

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