diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/AndroidManifest.xml b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/AndroidManifest.xml
index 48f6fadcd..7402f9d52 100644
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         </activity>
 
         <activity
-            android:name=".activites.InviteContactActivity"
+            android:name=".activities.InviteContactActivity"
             android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">
             <!--
                 We use the INVITE intent to add a raw contact to an existing contact.
@@ -133,34 +133,5 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
-        <activity
-            android:name=".activities.ViewStreamItemActivity"
-            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">
-            <!--
-                We use the VIEW intent to view a stream item in our app.
-                It always comes with a lookup URI.
-            -->
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action
-                    android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
-                <data
-                    android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/stream_item" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </activity>
-
-        <activity
-            android:name=".activities.ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity"
-            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">
-            <!--
-                We use the VIEW intent to view a stream item photo in our app.
-                It always comes with a lookup URI.
-            -->
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action
-                    android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
-                <data
-                    android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/stream_item_photo" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </activity>
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/layout/view_stream_item_activity.xml b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/layout/view_stream_item_activity.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a04d07fe2..000000000
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/layout/view_stream_item_activity.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!--
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2011, The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
--->
-<LinearLayout
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:orientation="vertical"
-    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
-    <TextView
-        android:text="@string/view_stream_item_description"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
-    <TextView
-        android:id="@+id/view_stream_item_uri"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
-</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/layout/view_stream_item_photo_activity.xml b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/layout/view_stream_item_photo_activity.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc09d098..000000000
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/layout/view_stream_item_photo_activity.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!--
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2011, The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
--->
-<LinearLayout
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:orientation="vertical"
-    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
-    <TextView
-        android:text="@string/view_stream_item_photo_description"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
-    <TextView
-        android:id="@+id/view_stream_item_photo_uri"
-        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
-</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/values/strings.xml b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/values/strings.xml
index 22fe14ec7..84c94d1c5 100644
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -129,14 +129,4 @@
 
         This is the group uri:</string>
 
-    <!-- The description for the view stream item -->
-    <string name="view_stream_item_description">This would now show the details of the stream item.
-
-        This is the uri of the stream item:</string>
-
-    <!-- The description for the view stream item photo -->
-    <string name="view_stream_item_photo_description">This would now show the details of the stream item photo.
-
-        This is the uri of the photo:</string>
-
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/xml-v14/contacts.xml b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/xml-v14/contacts.xml
index 48e079adc..b4ad2a0fd 100644
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/xml-v14/contacts.xml
+++ b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/res/xml-v14/contacts.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
     viewContactNotifyService="com.example.android.samplesync.notifier.NotifierService"
     viewGroupActivity="com.example.android.samplesync.activities.ViewGroupActivity"
     viewGroupActionLabel="@string/view_group_action_label"
-    viewStreamItemActivity="com.example.android.samplesync.activities.ViewStreamItemActivity"
-    viewStreamItemPhotoActivity="com.example.android.samplesync.activities.ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity"
 >
 
     <ContactsDataKind
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/activities/ViewStreamItemActivity.java b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/activities/ViewStreamItemActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d54f31b7..000000000
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/activities/ViewStreamItemActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
- * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
- * the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
- * the License.
- */
-package com.example.android.samplesync.activities;
-
-import com.example.android.samplesync.R;
-
-import android.app.Activity;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.widget.TextView;
-
-/**
- * Activity to handle view a stream-item. In a real app, this would show a rich view of the
- * item.
- */
-public class ViewStreamItemActivity extends Activity {
-    private static final String TAG = "ViewStreamItemActivity";
-
-    private TextView mUriTextView;
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-        setContentView(R.layout.view_stream_item_activity);
-
-        mUriTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.view_stream_item_uri);
-        mUriTextView.setText(getIntent().getDataString());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/activities/ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity.java b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/activities/ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 962bc7042..000000000
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/activities/ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
- * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
- * the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
- * the License.
- */
-package com.example.android.samplesync.activities;
-
-import com.example.android.samplesync.R;
-
-import android.app.Activity;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.widget.TextView;
-
-/**
- * Activity to view a stream-item-photo. In a real app, this would show a fullscreen view of the
- * photo, potentially with ways to interact with it
- */
-public class ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity extends Activity {
-    private static final String TAG = "ViewStreamItemPhotoActivity";
-
-    private TextView mUriTextView;
-
-    @Override
-    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-        setContentView(R.layout.view_stream_item_photo_activity);
-
-        mUriTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.view_stream_item_photo_uri);
-        mUriTextView.setText(getIntent().getDataString());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/platform/ContactManager.java b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/platform/ContactManager.java
index 5b09eb165..22f4f2675 100644
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/platform/ContactManager.java
+++ b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/platform/ContactManager.java
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.ContentUris;
 import android.content.ContentValues;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.database.Cursor;
-import android.graphics.Bitmap;
-import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email;
@@ -41,14 +38,8 @@ import android.provider.ContactsContract.Groups;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.RawContacts;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.Settings;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.StatusUpdates;
-import android.provider.ContactsContract.StreamItemPhotos;
-import android.provider.ContactsContract.StreamItems;
 import android.util.Log;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -243,43 +234,6 @@ public class ContactManager {
         batchOperation.execute();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Demonstrate how to add stream items and stream item photos to a raw
-     * contact. This just adds items for all of the contacts for this sync
-     * adapter with some locally created text and an image. You should check
-     * for stream items on the server that you are syncing with and use the
-     * text and photo data from there instead.
-     *
-     * @param context The context of Authenticator Activity
-     * @param rawContacts The list of users we want to update
-     */
-    public static void addStreamItems(Context context, List<RawContact> rawContacts,
-             String accountName, String accountType) {
-        final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
-        final BatchOperation batchOperation = new BatchOperation(context, resolver);
-        String text = "This is a test stream item!";
-        String message = "via SampleSyncAdapter";
-        for (RawContact rawContact : rawContacts) {
-           addContactStreamItem(context, lookupRawContact(resolver,
-                   rawContact.getServerContactId()), accountName, accountType,
-                   text, message, batchOperation );
-        }
-        List<Uri> streamItemUris = batchOperation.execute();
-
-        // Stream item photos are added after the stream items that they are
-        // associated with, using the stream item's ID as a reference.
-
-        for (Uri uri : streamItemUris){
-          // All you need is the ID of the stream item, which is the last index
-          // path segment returned by getPathSegments().
-          long streamItemId = Long.parseLong(uri.getPathSegments().get(
-                  uri.getPathSegments().size()-1));
-          addStreamItemPhoto(context, resolver, streamItemId, accountName,
-                  accountType, batchOperation);
-        }
-        batchOperation.execute();
-    }
-
     /**
      * After we've finished up a sync operation, we want to clean up the sync-state
      * so that we're ready for the next time.  This involves clearing out the 'dirty'
@@ -595,59 +549,6 @@ public class ContactManager {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Adds a stream item to a raw contact. The stream item is usually obtained
-     * from the server you are syncing with, but we create it here locally as an
-     * example.
-     *
-     * @param context the Authenticator Activity context
-     * @param rawContactId the raw contact ID that the stream item is associated with
-     * @param accountName the account name of the sync adapter
-     * @param accountType the account type of the sync adapter
-     * @param text the text of the stream item
-     * @param comments the comments for the stream item, such as where the stream item came from
-     * @param batchOperation allow us to batch together multiple operations
-     */
-    private static void addContactStreamItem(Context context, long rawContactId,
-        String accountName, String accountType, String text, String comments,
-        BatchOperation batchOperation) {
-
-        final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
-        final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
-        if (rawContactId > 0){
-            values.put(StreamItems.RAW_CONTACT_ID, rawContactId);
-            values.put(StreamItems.TEXT, text);
-            values.put(StreamItems.TIMESTAMP, System.currentTimeMillis());
-            values.put(StreamItems.COMMENTS, comments);
-            values.put(StreamItems.ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName);
-            values.put(StreamItems.ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType);
-
-            batchOperation.add(ContactOperations.newInsertCpo(
-                    StreamItems.CONTENT_URI, false, true).withValues(values).build());
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void addStreamItemPhoto(Context context, ContentResolver
-        resolver, long streamItemId, String accountName, String accountType,
-        BatchOperation batchOperation){
-
-        ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
-                R.raw.img1);
-        bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 30, stream);
-        byte[] photoData = stream.toByteArray();
-
-        final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
-        values.put(StreamItemPhotos.STREAM_ITEM_ID, streamItemId);
-        values.put(StreamItemPhotos.SORT_INDEX, 1);
-        values.put(StreamItemPhotos.PHOTO, photoData);
-        values.put(StreamItems.ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName);
-        values.put(StreamItems.ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType);
-
-        batchOperation.add(ContactOperations.newInsertCpo(
-                StreamItems.CONTENT_PHOTO_URI, false, true).withValues(values).build());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Clear the local system 'dirty' flag for a contact.
      *
diff --git a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/syncadapter/SyncAdapter.java b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/syncadapter/SyncAdapter.java
index 8aa078481..714452445 100644
--- a/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/syncadapter/SyncAdapter.java
+++ b/samples/SampleSyncAdapter/src/com/example/android/samplesync/syncadapter/SyncAdapter.java
@@ -119,18 +119,6 @@ public class SyncAdapter extends AbstractThreadedSyncAdapter {
 
             ContactManager.updateStatusMessages(mContext, updatedContacts);
 
-            // This is a demo of how you can add stream items for contacts on
-            // the client. This probably won't apply to
-            // 2-way contact sync providers - it's more likely that one-way
-            // sync providers (IM clients, social networking apps, etc) would
-            // use this feature. This is only supported in ICS MR1 or above.
-
-            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >=
-                    Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1) {
-                ContactManager.addStreamItems(mContext, updatedContacts,
-                    account.name, account.type);
-            }
-
             // Save off the new sync marker. On our next sync, we only want to receive
             // contacts that have changed since this sync...
             setServerSyncMarker(account, newSyncState);