Timeline for Ridiculous number of unnecessary empty birthday calendars that can't be deleted
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| Dec 22, 2014 at 22:13 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | I disabled all the apps in Settings > Privacy > Calendars and Settings > Privacy > Contacts. Then I killed and restarted the Calendar app and refreshed the list of calendars. I still see the empty birthday calendars. | |
| Dec 22, 2014 at 6:46 | comment | added | Insomniac Software | Only other thing I can think of is that another app is adding them. Try looking in the Settings>Privacy>Calendar section and see what apps are allowed to access your calendars and turn them all off. Do the same for the Contacts section. | |
| Dec 21, 2014 at 2:01 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | I backed up, erased, and restored the data like you described. The empty calendars are still there. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 17:47 | comment | added | Insomniac Software | Then you don't need OrbiTools. It is one of the few apps I've found that lets you move contacts between lists. Since the 'on my iphone' list is empty, there isn't anything to move. The wipe & restore step is a pain but is the last option, and it is what Apple would do if you took it to the Genius Bar. Follow the procedure as if you were replacing the phone with a new one. Back it up on your computer with iTunes then Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings. Start again with Restore From Backup. If the b-day lists return, I'm at a loss. If not, turn on one account until it happens | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 7:25 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | I don't have any "On My iPhone" contacts. That list only shows up when I disable the contacts for Gmail and iCloud, and even then, it is empty. I see the empty birthday calendars even when I disable the calendar and contact syncing for both Gmail and iCloud. You are suggesting that I pay for an unfamiliar app, for which the description is unclear as to whether it will be helpful? I will consider it but I want to see if anyone here finds a better solution. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 3:59 | comment | added | Insomniac Software | So then you are left with only the "on my iPhone" contacts. Go thru them and note which are duplicated elsewhere (iCloud, Gmail, Facebook, etc). If so, delete it. Finally left with unique entries. Turn on one account (like iCloud, even make a new account for them if you want) that you want to move them to. Get OrbiTools and use it to move all of the iPhone contacts to the online account then turn it off. Once all contacts are off the iphone, if multiple bday lists remain, the last suggestion is to backup, wipe the phone, restore. | |
| Dec 19, 2014 at 18:18 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | I disabled the Contacts in the Facebook settings and it didn't seem to do anything. I also tried disabling the Calendars to see what would happen and that didn't seem to do anything either. | |
| Dec 19, 2014 at 0:45 | comment | added | Insomniac Software | Go into Setting>Facebook and turn off the Contacts there. This should leave you with only the "on my iPhone" contacts. If you still have a lot of Bday calendars then there is something with these contact entries. If they went away, it was Facebook. Also, sometimes the bday list isn't updated immediately, which is why you need to manually update in Contacts. If you don't have a Groups button, just pull on the main list to refresh. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 19:58 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | I just disabled and deleted the contacts from Gmail and iCloud. I then started the Contacts app. I still see some of my contacts (even though I swear I didn't see any the last time I tried that). I clicked the Groups link and I saw 2 groups: one under "Facebook" called "All Facebook" and another under "on my iPhone" called "All on My iPhone". I pulled down to refresh and nothing seemed to change. I looked in the Calendar app and I still have 8 empty birthday calendars. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 19:53 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | Yes, I did. I even verified that the contacts were deleted by starting the Contacts app and noticing that the list was empty. I thought that since that didn't seem to fix the problem, I turned the contacts back on. I can't remember if there was a Groups link but I can try doing the same thing again. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 19:14 | comment | added | Insomniac Software | When you disabled the contacts, did you choose to delete from your phone? If not, they would change to phone-only contact entries and would remain in the birthday calendars. Try disabling the contacts for all accounts, choosing to delete from your phone (they will remain safe in the cloud) but switch to the Contacts app instead. If you have any contacts listed, those are local to the phone only (and should be moved out). If you have a Groups link in the top left corner, click on it and see what local groups are being used. Pull down on the screen to refresh and it will rebuild the b-day list | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 17:06 | comment | added | Elias Zamaria | I have 2 accounts: an iCloud one and a Gmail one. I tried disabling the contacts for both accounts, switching to my Calendar app and refreshing it. I still see 8 empty "Other" birthday calendars. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 10:02 | history | answered | Insomniac Software | CC BY-SA 3.0 |