jQuery and SPServices not showing jQuery spinner
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I'm using jQuery Mobile with SPServices to pull in SharePoint data to a mobile page. All data actually loads, but I haven't had success getting the _spinner_ to load while it's pulling data. 

I had read on a few pages that you had to set `async: true` to get this to work, but it didn't help. I've also tried a couple methods for showing and hiding the spinner which neither worked.

 - jQuery 1.7.2
 - jQuery Mobile 1.1.0
 - SPServices 0.7.1a <http://spservices.codeplex.com/>

Any ideas?

**Doesn't work**

    $(document).delegate('#top-stories', 'pageshow', function () {
    	function getList(){
                 // ....
    	} // end function
    	$.mobile.showPageLoadingMsg();
    	getList();
    	$.mobile.hidePageLoadingMsg();
    });

**Doesn't Work**

    $(document).delegate('#top-stories', 'pageshow', function () {
    	function getList(){
    		$.mobile.showPageLoadingMsg();
    		$().SPServices({
    			// ....
    		});
    		$.mobile.hidePageLoadingMsg();
    	} // end function
    	getList();	
    });

**Code that loads the items and works, just no spinner**

    $(document).delegate('#top-stories', 'pageshow', function () {
    	function getList(){
    		$().SPServices({
    			operation: "GetListItems",
    			listName: "Posts",
    			webURL: "/SiteDirectory/news_and_updates",
    			async: false,
    			CAMLRowLimit: 15,
    			CAMLQuery: "<Query><OrderBy><FieldRef Name='Created' Ascending='FALSE' /></OrderBy><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='PostCategory' /><Value Type='Choice'>Announcements</Value></Eq></Where></Query>",
    			CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='Title' /><FieldRef Name='ID' /></ViewFields>",
    			completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
    			  $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() {
    				var liHtml = "<li data-theme=\"c\"><a href=\"javascript:viewStory(" + $(this).attr("ows_ID") + ")\">" + $(this).attr("ows_Title") + "</a></li>";
    				$("#top-stories ul").append(liHtml).listview("refresh");
    			  });
    			}
    		});
    	} // end function
    	getList();
    });