[Q] Syncing problems with google - AT&T HTC One (M8)

Hello all,
I have been having trouble syncing Calander, Contacts and Gmail. Everything else in the list syncs accordingly. I would get a circle with arrows with a exclimatin mark with a message on the bottom of the Auto Sync. I have tried removing the account and re login, and also remove the data on the phone under the apps. I've also tried syncing via WiFi and on 4GLTE. At the momment i do not have any contacts or calander information nor e-mails from gmail account.
any help would be great.
Thanks.

20qken said:
Hello all,
I have been having trouble syncing Calander, Contacts and Gmail. Everything else in the list syncs accordingly. I would get a circle with arrows with a exclimatin mark with a message on the bottom of the Auto Sync. I have tried removing the account and re login, and also remove the data on the phone under the apps. I've also tried syncing via WiFi and on 4GLTE. At the momment i do not have any contacts or calander information nor e-mails from gmail account.
any help would be great.
Thanks.
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I end up going to Backup & Reset --> Reset phone --> check Erase all data... erases all the data so save your contacts, photos etc.. This solved the problem after the first sync!

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[Help] Preventing Google account from syncing e-mail and contact

This has been a bit frustrating.
When you go through set-up, it gives you the option of adding a Google account which is necessary for using Market. But it also syncs your e-mail into the Gmail app and syncs your contacts. I don't want either of those because my Exchange has both contacts and I want to use the HTC mail widget for my Gmail.
I have tried various ways to prevent this from happening, but all have failed.
1. I went through set-up connecting to wifi and adding my Gmail. Then I went to options and removed syncing. But my e-mail and contacts are still in the Gmail app.
2. I did not connect to wifi so that I can first go to options and removing syncing, but that didn't help.
3. I created another generic gmail account just so I can use it for market. However, now that account is connected to my GTalk app instead of my normal account.
So here is my goal:
Use my everyday Gmail with GoogleTalk app, but without it syncing my Gmail contacts or my e-mail with the Gmail app.
Is there any way to do this? Am I missing something? Can you go to the syncing options without actually setuping the Google account first?
Thanks for the help.
Also, while we are on the topic:
What is the main difference between the two? I keep reading online that the Gmail app is supposed to be Push e-mail, but I have also read just as many posts saying it doesn't work or it doesn't do that.
I figured out a solution:
1. Go through set-up and connect to Wi-Fi, but do not set-up a Google account. Skip it.
2. Go to Settings>Syncing>Checking Auto-Sync and Sync in Background
3. Settings>Add Account>Google Account
And here is where you need some fast fingers...
4. Settings>Check Sync in Background and Auto-Sync and quickly click on Google Account you just set-up and uncheck Sync Contacts, Calendars, and E-mail.
I was able to uncheck e-mail sync, but it had synced some of my contacts already. That wasn't a problem b/c I haven't set up my Outlook account so I just deleted all the Google contacts it had synced. But I was fast enough where I didn't let it sync Gmail account.
Now no e-mails in Gmail app and I can use Google Talk.

[Q] Lost Contacts while syncing

While syncing with the google account I lost some of my contacts, dont know why but I am experiencing this everytime I sync. Even importing and exporting loses my contacts. Any ideas?
djdhruv said:
While syncing with the google account I lost some of my contacts, dont know why but I am experiencing this everytime I sync. Even importing and exporting loses my contacts. Any ideas?
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Go to Settings -> Privacy -> there will be an option to backup/restore your contacts using your Google account. Next time you flash a ROM, turn on Sync after adding your Google account and it will restore your contacts and favorite contacts as well.
Hope this helps you.
when u first added your contacts, did u create them under ur gmail account or ur sim card/phone-only? the contacts under ur gmail account get synced while the contacts in ur sim card dont
also check the display options (phone>menu button>display options) to see if ur contacts are just hidden
I tried all of your suggestions but if I try to re-sync my contacts then I will lose some random contacts and they are synced via my gmail account

Phone stopped synching with Gmail contacts

Hi,
I have never had a problem with synching until recently . Now I can see many contacts sitting in my gmail contact list that simply will not move to the phone when i do a synch. It used to be as easy as adding a new contact and then over it would go.
I have tagged all my contacts in SYSTEM GROUP ; MY CONTACTS and also MY CONTACTS in gmail
I have the android set to showing these groups in display options under gmail and then I have also checked everything else under PHONE and SIM too iun an effort to get contacts to appear !! .
No matter what I do I cannot for the life of me do a total / clean synch so that all 300+ contacts show in my phone .
What am I now missing that I never missed before ?
I have tried deleting all the contact data on the phone and when i resynched same thing - i get some of the contacts but not all.
I am rooted and have remove some bloatware but I am pretty sure I have not removed any system apps etc.
Can anyone help ? I have googled extensively but found nothing. thanks
Calender does not seem to be syncing either if i put events in gmail ?????
MAil not synching either. Is it google ????
Is auto sync on?
Hey,
I'm pretty sure your internal memory is full. Just delete any unwanted apps.
JD
Make sure in accounts that your auto sync is on and go into the acct and see of the boxes are checked.
Also go on your gmail acount and check how many contacts you have.

[Solved] Mass Removing Contacts from Gmail Sync

I set up my Galaxy S II Skyrocket to sync with both my personal and work Gmail accounts. Trouble is, it synced about 4,000 contacts from the work Gmail.
Now, I understand that I can hide those in the display options, but I want them gone completely. I deselected "Contacts" from syncing with my office Gmail, but the huge number of contacts remains.
How can I remove the contacts that are attached with specifically the work Gmail, and leave behind my own personal contacts?
Thank you for the help.
Edit: Well, it figures I'd spend a week figuring this problem out, only to solve it the moment I ask for help. For those who may have a similar problem and stumble across this thread in the future, here's how I solved it:
I downloaded Samsung Kies to sync my phone with my PC.
I then performed a full backup of my phone (especially the contacts).
On the left hand side of Kies, under the section labeled "Connected devices," I selected "Contacts" from under my phone. I then selected the tab with my synced emails, and from there could easily select all the contacts associated with the offending account, and deleted them.
Click "Save to device" and you're done. Huzzah.
I could be wrong, but if you go into:
Settings->Accounts and Sync-> [the account for your work email]
And uncheck Contacts, I think they'll be gone again. Looks like you tried that. If you did, and they're still there, check the sync settings. You can choose the priority (i.e. keep the contacts from the phone, delete those from the gMail server etc).
When all else fails, delete all of your contacts, uncheck Contacts from the work account and resync properly.

[Q] No contacts after deleting gmail account???

Could anybody say what is happening with the GMail account. I have my contacts in Outlook and synced them with my phone, then added the gmail account. After deleting gmail account from accounts in settings all my contacts are gone. What the ...???
A also noticed that when I have an existing gmail account I cannot set individual ringtone to a contact. When it's gone everything works. Anyway I don't want this gmail to sync everything, especially my contacts. Does anybody know why the hell on earth this crap is going on? Why can't I just use my contacts without gmail sync and other strange effects.
SonicMZ said:
Could anybody say what is happening with the GMail account. I have my contacts in Outlook and synced them with my phone, then added the gmail account. After deleting gmail account from accounts in settings all my contacts are gone. What the ...???
A also noticed that when I have an existing gmail account I cannot set individual ringtone to a contact. When it's gone everything works. Anyway I don't want this gmail to sync everything, especially my contacts. Does anybody know why the hell on earth this crap is going on? Why can't I just use my contacts without gmail sync and other strange effects.
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Yes happened with me too.
Totally idiotic.
And the worst part?
When I synced back the Google account... The contacts didn't come back properly.
All messed up and duplicates.
Idiotic.
Luckily I had taken a backup few days back and deleted all contacts and restored the backup.
I have totally disabled my contacts sync up with Google.
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The only way that helped me is to sync my contacts with my outlook without creating gmail account, then set up all personal contact ringtones and only after that create gmail account in the phone without sync options.

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