Meteor Port Blocking on Android (Google Sync)

squire23 · 11-02-2010 11:03pm #1

Anyone know if there has been any progress been made with trying to get Meteor to resolve the blocked ports issues on the Hero? I have been following the thread on the Meteor forums (here) & the responses from Meteor have been hugely unsatisfactory & they seem to be completely ignoring customers complaints.

squire

DrumSteve · 12-02-2010 4:39pm

have you tried to call them?

Ankhwatcher · 14-02-2010 2:08pm

I just called meteor about this now. They gave me some BS excuse about it being an issue with "the android stack" that Google would fix.

By the way my favourite twitter application that works around meteors blockage is Twicca, what is yours?

dublin geek · 14-02-2010 2:47pm

squire23 wrote: »

Anyone know if there has been any progress been made with trying to get Meteor to resolve the blocked ports issues on the Hero?

squire

I use Google Calendar on Meteor with HTC Hero. In general, sync works fine. Syncing did stop at one stage, but I think it was a Google sync problem rather than a Meteor problem. I followed the troubleshooting guide on Google, and that fixed the problem, by clearing out the calendar data and re-syncing. See below.

http://www.google.com/support/mobile...&answer=114500

Kensington · 14-02-2010 3:22pm

dublin geek wrote: »

I use Google Calendar on Meteor with HTC Hero. In general, sync works fine. Syncing did stop at one stage, but I think it was a Google sync problem rather than a Meteor problem. I followed the troubleshooting guide on Google, and that fixed the problem, by clearing out the calendar data and re-syncing. See below.

http://www.google.com/support/mobile...&answer=114500

It works fine on WiFi, but not through Meteor's data network. Meteor themselves have admitted this.

squire23 · 14-02-2010 4:10pm

Ankhwatcher wrote: »

I just called meteor about this now. They gave me some BS excuse about it being an issue with "the android stack" that Google would fix.

Seems like a classic case of they either haven't a bloody clue how to fix it or are just ignoring the issue. The thread in the Meteor forums is a joke. The Meteor guy hardly ever responds to it & when he does all he says is that they're hoping to have it fixed soon. He's been saying that since November!

Kensington wrote: »

It works fine on WiFi, but not through Meteor's data network. Meteor themselves have admitted this.

Yeah, it's been well documented that the problem is with Meteor & nothing to do with either Android or the phone.

chillin_penguin · 14-02-2010 4:14pm

Meteor are just being lazy as hell i mean the phone has been out about 6months at this stage and they have been aware of the problem within the first week!

Ankhwatcher · 24-02-2010 3:42pm

Is that forum thread locked for everyone else? Or is there some wierdness with my account?

IH77 · 24-02-2010 7:22pm

Ankhwatcher wrote: »

Is that forum thread locked for everyone else? Or is there some wierdness with my account?

There are a few threads dedicated to the port blocking/sync issues. This was one of the first and biggest. If it's this one you are referring to it is not locked, but it may as well be given the lack of response to the issue. I am really getting jack of the reliance on wifi to sync this phone properly.

Ankhwatcher · 25-02-2010 11:22am

I think listen is broken in the new update because it tries to use the blocked ports too.
Bloody meteor.

YIA · 02-03-2010 9:26pm

It looks like they may have fixed it...
I've tested Calendar from my laptop to Hero, and from hero to Google.
Syncing in both directions ad edits syncing.

Can't comment on Contacts...

But looking good!

Mr E · 02-03-2010 9:31pm

Reported as fixed on the Meteor Forums too (by one person, but still!)

Looks promising.

Bluefoam · 02-03-2010 10:01pm

It's working on my hero - so far (we'll see how well it performs) . I'm very disappointed with how meteor handled this...

dloob · 02-03-2010 10:35pm

Could it be?
Has someone in the meteor tech department figured out a port isn't something ships come into?

IH77 · 02-03-2010 10:52pm

Calendar and Contacts are syncing on my Hero over Meteors network...finally.

Ankhwatcher · 03-03-2010 10:35am

My phone works completely for the first time! Nirvana!

YIA · 03-03-2010 10:53am

Now the only problem left seems to be the dropped coverage when switching Edge/ 3G...
But I'm deffinitely glad this problem is finally sorted!!

Solair · 04-03-2010 7:03pm

Well, it's still rendering Tweetcaster, one of the best Android twitter clients, totally useless.

I'm very unimpressed with Meteor's handling of this whole issue.

They also seem to be blocking posts on the issue on their own forum. Stuff I have put up has not appeared.

Brian · 04-03-2010 10:07pm

Yeah, I tried to register and haven't been accepted yet, even...

Bluefoam · 05-03-2010 12:14am

some apps still not working for me...

Brian · 05-03-2010 12:22am

Haven't had any port problems myself, just the network drop-off thing.

long_b · 05-03-2010 11:37am

Gallery and seesmic not working on the nexus

Bluefoam wrote: »

some apps still not working for me...

Brian · 05-03-2010 11:44am

Gallery??

Ankhwatcher · 05-03-2010 11:58am

Solair wrote: »

Well, it's still rendering Tweetcaster, one of the best Android twitter clients, totally useless.

I'm very unimpressed with Meteor's handling of this whole issue.

They also seem to be blocking posts on the issue on their own forum. Stuff I have put up has not appeared.

I stand corrected.
It seems meteor have, instead of opening the blocked ports, simply whitelisted Google.
So the broken Google features are now working (although Listen is still acting weird) but Seesmic, Tweetcaster etc are still broken.
Bloody Meteor.

Brian · 05-03-2010 12:41pm

Well Touiteur and Twidroid both work for me on Meteor...

nmesisca · 05-03-2010 12:58pm

Baza210 wrote: »

Gallery??

guess he means the Picasa part of the gallery

long_b · 05-03-2010 1:06pm

nmesisca wrote: »

guess he means the Picasa part of the gallery

Yes he does it was working yesterday on 02

Brian · 05-03-2010 1:23pm

Ok, well I have all of the following internet applications working fine :

DoggCatcher
Reddit is fun
NewsRob
Twidroid
Layar
AndFTP
AndChat

I haven't been able to get Listen to sign-in though.

Meteor Port Blocking on Android (Google Sync)

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