My Amazing Manager (Patrick Darke) Likes To Try New Phones…

So, I was not really surprised when he showed me his brand new Galaxy Nexus… however he was only showing it to me because he could not activate it with Traveler.

Basically speaking, every time he would go to log into the Traveler server on his Galaxy Nexus phone, he would get a message on his phone that said:

Error 500

HTTP Web Server: Invalid POST Request Exception

At first, I thought something had gone wrong on the Traveler server (we are currently running R8.5.2.4)!

I checked and the server was OK *and* I could access the Traveler server web site on my own Android phone (running Gingerbread 2.3.something).

A couple of Google searches later that returned no solution to this, I did what I always do: I called up Lotus Support.

The Solution…

Well, after opening the call, I got a call back 1.5 hour later from a support rep that told me very quickly the solution.

(1) Upgrade your Lotus Traveler server to R8.5.3.1.

(2) Download from Lotus Fix Central the Interim Fix we posted yesterday (December 19th) to add Android 4.0 support.

The Interim Fix on Fix Central is titled “LNT_8531_20111207_1606_ANDROID” (see screenshot below) but the support rep sent me a link to a different one that ends with “1619″ … so I guess I got a newer version (?).

So tonight, it’s Lotus Traveler server upgrade time for me!

Conclusion?

Well, not much to say… I just hope it helps someone, somewhere out there.

Thanks for reading!

Marc