I Suddenly Have No Buddies Online but They Can See Me?

i am using a MBP 13" running SL fully up to date.
last week my iChat stopped showing anyone online (they are greyed out) in my contact list but they can see me. i have restarted deleted my accounts and out them back and nothing. i am also having the same issue with the iPhone i sync with my MBP?
here is what i have tried:
1. installed Chax for SL and no luck
2. installed Adium and i does the exact same thing as iChat
any help would be greatly appreciated as i use this for work interactions.
thanks

If logging the iPhone out does not work on it's Own try re-setting the option to Push the Stuff to the phone (In Accounts in iChat about Enabling the Mobile Phone option)
The restart iChat and see if that helps.
With iChat in the General section there is an Option to set you Status To Off Line on Quit. The default is to not do this.
This leaves you with a partial Login (it's for Off Line Messaging)
The Mobile Phone option means that you have a virtual presence at AIM All the time.
If they have a problem with the servers (And it is not uncommon) the "flags" at the servers that say where a message is going and what your On-line Status appears to be gets messed up.
It is most likely about getting things reset from just one app or device.
(you may need to set iChat to NOT allow Multiple Logins to sort it)
10:32 PM Wednesday; January 6, 2010
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