diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/ViewNotificationService.java b/src/com/android/contacts/ViewNotificationService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0890f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/ViewNotificationService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 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.android.contacts;
+
+import com.android.contacts.ContactLoader.Result;
+
+import android.app.Service;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.Loader;
+import android.content.Loader.OnLoadCompleteListener;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+/**
+ * Service that sends out a view notification for a contact. At the moment, this is only
+ * supposed to be used by the Phone app
+ */
+public class ViewNotificationService extends Service {
+    private static final String TAG = ViewNotificationService.class.getSimpleName();
+
+    private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
+
+    @Override
+    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, final int startId) {
+        if (DEBUG) { Log.d(TAG, "onHandleIntent(). Intent: " + intent); }
+
+        // We simply need to start a Loader here. When its done, it will send out the
+        // View-Notification automatically.
+        final ContactLoader contactLoader = new ContactLoader(this, intent.getData());
+        contactLoader.registerListener(0, new OnLoadCompleteListener<ContactLoader.Result>() {
+            @Override
+            public void onLoadComplete(Loader<Result> loader, Result data) {
+                try {
+                    loader.reset();
+                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, "Error reseting loader", e);
+                }
+                try {
+                    // This is not 100% accurate actually. If we get several calls quickly,
+                    // we might be stopping out-of-order, in which case the call with the last
+                    // startId will stop this service. In practice, this shouldn't be a problem,
+                    // as this service is supposed to be called by the Phone app which only sends
+                    // out the notification once per phonecall. And even if there is a problem,
+                    // the worst that should happen is a missing view notification
+                    stopSelfResult(startId);
+                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, "Error stopping service", e);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        contactLoader.startLoading();
+        return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/socialwidget/SocialWidgetProvider.java b/src/com/android/contacts/socialwidget/SocialWidgetProvider.java
index 593c4b2..afc88af 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/socialwidget/SocialWidgetProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/socialwidget/SocialWidgetProvider.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             ContactLoader loader = sLoaders.get(appWidgetId);
             if (loader != null) {
                 Log.d(TAG, "Stopping loader for widget with id=" + appWidgetId);
-                loader.stopLoading();
+                loader.reset();
                 sLoaders.delete(appWidgetId);
             }
         }