Well I think I found some of the root causes of the problems I had with the #browser #clients.

It seems you need to make sure use exactly the same #relay s if moving to another client. Especially if you are using a browser extension, it seems this can lead to issues from the beginning.

#Damus has an auto help function that told me the contact list is not available and it could reset it.

My follow list is now gone but at least I can use this account again