# False ADL\_RET\_ERR\_ALREADY\_SUBSCRIBED

**URL:** <https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/false-adl-ret-err-already-subscribed/274>\
**Category:** Open AT\
**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/false-adl-ret-err-already-subscribed/274 "2006-02-09T17:09:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![juanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@juanc](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/juanc)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/false-adl-ret-err-already-subscribed/274/1 "2006-02-09T17:09:37Z")

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Hi.  
I’m using OAT 3.02 OS 6.51  
This problem manisfests on RTE and Target mode.

When I try to subscribe to a Cell I get the error [color=darkred]ADL\_RET\_ERR\_ALREADY\_SUBSCRIBED, but I’m not doing a previous subscription. When I use [color=blue]wm\_lstGetCount I get cero so I don’t know where is the supposed cell. I can’t unsubscribe or delete the cell because I never susbcribed to and I don’t have any handler for it. I tried erasing the modules’ memory and the RTE directory that holds the sync. data on RTE mode, it keeps happening. When I try to subscribe to other Cell ID I get ([color=darkred]-22) wich is in [color=blue]adl\_ad.h as [color=darkred]ADL\_AD\_RET\_ERROR. This started happening suddenly, every subscription was working fine, not sure what I did.

Thanks in advance for any comment.

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**Author:** ![OpenAT\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@OpenAT\_Fan](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/OpenAT_Fan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/false-adl-ret-err-already-subscribed/274/2 "2006-02-12T06:20:54Z")

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Hi Juanc,  
It seems that there is some problem with the A&D storage memory in your case. Please use adl\_adFormat () API in your application and before subscribing to the cell and then see if the problem occurs.

Please note that you should not use adl\_adFormat () API every time your application starts because it will clear all the data that is stored in A&D storage. I advise you to use this API in order to solve the problem of ADL\_RET\_ERR\_ALREADY\_SUBSCRIBED when the cell has not been already subscribed.

Best Regards,  
Open AT Fan.