AccordingtotheintroductionofCalendar/Task/ContactSyncMobile,JBWorkaroundforContactSyncisaProductivityappontheAndroidplatform.Thereiscurrentlya1.2versionreleasedonApr27,2015,youcanseethedetailsbelow.
ThisappisaworkaroundforabugintroducedbyGoogleatAndroid4.1(Codename:JellyBean).ThisbugwillonlyaffectyouifyouinstallmyappfromtheGooglePlayStoreandifyouwanttouseContactSynctosyncwithvariousaddressbookservers.PleasealsoinstallitwhenyouareusingAndroid4.4,elseAndroid,soalsothisisanbuginAndroid,willdeleteyouradressbookswhenyouupdatetheapp.
PleasenotethatthisissuealsoaffectsyouifyouareusingaSAMSUNGdeviceevenifyouhaveinstalledamorerecentAndroidversionthen4.1.SofarSAMSUNGistheonlyknownvendorwhichdidnotintegrateGooglespatchesforthisissuesothatalsoalluptodateSAMSUNGoriginalromsareaffectedbythis.SopleaseinstallthisworkaroundappalsooncurrentSAMSUNGdevices.
IfyouareusingAndroid4.1togetherwithpayedappsthebugmentionedabovewillautomaticallydeletetheusercreatedaddressbooksduringthenextstartup.ThisisNOTabugofContactSyncitselfanditaffectsallpayedappsatthePlayStore.Moredetailscanbefoundhere:http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34880
Installingthisappisaworkaround(toapplytheworkaroundyouhavetostartthisappatleastonce)becauseitisafreeappwhichwillnotbeaffectedbytheproblemandwhichthenwillprovidethenecessaryaccountdetailsforaddressbookcreationsothatyoucansynctoyourserverswiththemainappContactSyncwithoutanyissues.PleaseensurethattheappwillnottheuninstalledandthattheappalongwithContactSyncitselfareinstalledattheinternaldevicestorage(notattheexternalSDcard).
Thepurposeofthisappisonlytocreatethenecessaryaccountsandtopreventthebugmentionedabove.Thereisnootherfeatureavailablehere!YouonlywillneedthisappifyouareusingContactSynctogetherwithJellyBean.