Short for "synchronize", this tag is for questions about synchronizing an Android device with "the Cloud" or simply with other devices. Please use the more specific tags if your issue is with e.g. 'active-sync' (MSExchange) or 'rsync' (see full tag wiki for details).
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Android voice search doesn't recognize Exchange contacts
So I'm sure this is primarily because the contacts aren't listed in one of the linked gmail accounts. It's killing me because my dad can't use voice commands to call his contacts like he did on his ...
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Gmail notifications aren't working as expected
Gmail notification doesn't work correctly for me. I think it happened after the latest Gmail application upgrade.
I tried to clear Gmail data and cache, but to no avail.
I get new email ...
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Galaxy Note 10.1 recurring tasks in Exchange: sync problem
I'm syncing email and calendar with my corporate Exchange server on my Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. Problem is when I mark a recurring task as done on my PC the tablet puts it back. This only happens when ...
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Why does my Samsung Galaxy S2 have duplicate calendar events?
Why does my Samsung Galaxy S2 have duplicate calendar events? I am using Outlook calendar and have downloaded the Google calendar to allow it to sync. When I use the Samsung Kies Program to sync the ...
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How can I sync my Contacts with Gmail if the stock firmware of my phone doesn't provide this feature?
Am using a Grandstream GXP2200 Android deskphone that has a customized version of 2.3.5 on it. They have replaced the native contacts app with a custom one that doesn't sync with Gmail. I have ...
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Make Automate Task to manually sync Google Voice
Some network I connect to during my daily life, do not allow for push notifications. So I want to make a task that syncs all my accounts. This was easily done with Llama for Gmail. I just told it when ...
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When I delete contact item (phone, email, etc), the item deletes but reappears
In the People app, if I delete a portion of a contacts information (like their address or phone number) the information will disappear for a time, but the next time I view my contacts, the information ...
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Asus Transformer 4.1.1 Email Widget shows “Waiting for sync” forever
I have the Asus Transformer running Android 4.1.1. I'm trying to use the email widget to check my mail. When I enter in my account information, I get a screen that looks like this:
All my ...
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Email sync problem
My corporate email sync is working to download emails. It’s able to download contacts and events, but not emails. I did the factory settings also, but even it’s not working. Could anybody reply with ...
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Galaxy S2 mixing up contact shortcuts after exchange password change
I have a user with a Galaxy S2 running Android 4.0.4 complaining that after syncing with exchange his contact shortcuts have all been mixed up. For example a shortcut to his wife's contact when ...
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How to sync Nexus 4 and Nexus 7?
I have the both devices.
I hope they have the same (at least similar) list of installed applications and their settings. How to synchronize them, so that I do not need to install and set for two ...
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Manually Linking Facebook Contacts to Android
Until recently I was able to manually link a Facebook contact to my android contacts by going into the Facebook contact, holding down the contact under the friends list then selecting 'link to phone ...
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Enable Picasa albums in Android gallery
I can't enable Picasa sync.
I checked out this question but on the 3rd step I can't download my image. Screenshot:
I've enabled all Google syncronizations and installed the G+ app.
I use ...
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Unknown email address showing in a contact card
I have a contacts issue. My wife, lets call her Jane Doe for example, is showing an unknown email address in her contact card on my Android phone. It shows her actual address then a second bogus one.
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Problem syncing Gmail contacts on Android tablet
I have a Teac tablet (classic101) with Android 4.0.
After signing in on Gmail and Drive and everything, my contacts won't show up anywhere. It doesn't show when I start writing an address in Gmail. ...
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Problem syncing contacts: HTTP error 500 in logs
I'm trying to find if there's a way to see which HTTP requests are being done on a server. The reason is I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem with contact synchronization.
I've been having a problem ...
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Email sync on roaming
I use Samsung Galaxy Note with Android 4.0.3. When I am outside the home network i.e. On roaming, the phone is not able to sync with Microsoft Exchange. When I am back in Home network they get ...
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How to sync photos from Aperture on Mac to Android?
My photos are stored in Aperture on my Mac. I would like to sync them so they show in Gallery on my Nexus 7.
Restrictions:
I want to sync over USB or, preferably, WiFi. Uploading to a cloud server ...
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Do DropBox favorites sync?
Do files I mark as favorites in Dropbox sync across iPad and android phone? I have marked some photos as favorite on iPad and they do not show up in the favorites folder on my android phone.
Can I ...
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Why does Kies select one photo cover for all of my song?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I have a specific photo for every song that I have on my Kies Library. When I sync my playlist only one photo gets chosen for all of the my songs on my Galaxy. Does anybody ...
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Where can I see synced contacts
I enabled contacts sync because I will have to factory reset my phone.
After cleaning up the mess joining accounts made, I would like to check if my phone contacts are indeed saved on Google servers ...
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How to sync back Lyrics of music to iTunes?
My setups:
I use iSyncr for PC to sync my Android devices with iTunes.
I use PlayerPro Music Player which hooks with iSyncr's system.
Ratings and Play Counts are synced with iTunes both ways, ...
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Is it possible to add a computer to Firefox Sync if I have my already configured Android phone with me?
Is it possible to add a computer to Firefox Sync if I have my already configured Android phone with me?
All the online tutorials cover the case where your computer is configured and you want to add ...
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Samsung Galaxy S3 sync birthdays
It seems that GS3 doesn't sync Facebook contacts' birthdays. Has anyone else had the same issue? How did you fix it?
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edited outlook reminders not synced to Android device
My work laptops Outlook Calendar is synced with my Android calendar. new appointments show up, and also edited timeslots are updates on my device. But when I remove the alarm to remind me of an event ...
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Default calendar doesn't show any calendar; not able to create a new one
My tablet runs Android 4.0.3. The stock calendar app complains that there's no calendar available, however I'm pretty sure that my calendar exists because I can read it online through other devices. I ...
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SGS2 2.3.3 active sync email stopped syncing mails
I have been using MS exchange Active Sync to sync my office email. For 15 days it seemed to work fine but now it has stopped syncing my messages completely. All other mail accounts like Gmail and ...
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my exchange email on android does not sync regularly
I have what seems a unique problem...but i am sure someone may have encountered this before as well and solved the issue.
I am using an Android ice cream sandwich 4.0.4 with default email client for ...
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Copy synced videos in/from Dailymotion
Dailymotion-App: Is it possible to access the sync'ed videos somewhere else?
I know they're saved somewhere in the Cache (\mnt\sdcard\Android\data\com.dailymotion.dailymotion\cache\videos). If you ...
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Best way to automatically sync iTunes music with an Android phone?
I would like an app the allows for the following :
Sync automatically with iTunes over wifi
Download music and playlists from iTunes to Android phone's storage
Simple and does not need multiple ...
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Syncing Google Calendar on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
I've got an Android Gingerbread device. When I go to Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> Manage Accounts (and click on my email address) -> Sync Calendar, I see an exclamation mark besides the ...
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Transferring all of my calendars to Windows Live
Recently, it seems that Windows Live calendar has stopped being able to sync with Google calendars. Something about the ActiveSync technology, I think. This is a big problem to me, because I love to ...
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Android: Delay dropbox upload intentionally
Is might seem an odd question for some.. But I often find myself wishing that dropbox would wait 5-10 minutes before uploading my newly taken photos. The reason is that sometimes I take a blurry ...
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How to synchronize only Google contacts?
When I enable sync for contacts even my Google+ pics get synchronized. I don't want my Google+ pics in my gallery, so I tried clearing data/cache of Gallery app. Well those synced pics gone, but when ...
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WhatsApp refuses to sync on Data
On my Sony Xperia U, WhatsApp simply wont sync messages in the background when my data is on, AND phone is set to Auto-Sync.
Only when I start the application explicitly, will it download the messages ...
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How do I make sure all sync happens automatically now in Jelly bean?
Before my phone updated there was a sync button on the toolbar. Sometimes I am where I dont want to waste bandwith and set it to off then but most times it was set to on to automatically sync as soon ...
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Android Astrid app will not sync with Google App
I have signed into astrid via faceook on both my android device and on my computer. I can visibly see tasks being added to my android device, but sadly, anything I've added onto my android device does ...
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GMail notifications not removed when message is read elsewhere
I'm on Cyanogenmod 7.2 (Gingerbread) on a Droid Incredible, and I'm having a weird issue with notifications from the GMail app. Notifications for new messages are coming through fine. However, I ...
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Sync only on screen on
I just bought a Nexus 4 (4.2.2), the problem is thta whatsapp/gmail/facebook (all apps) only show notifications when the screen is turned off (so I'm not notified if a message arrives with a led, ...
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How to separate contact for Whats app only
I've synchronized my contacts of Gmail, Phonebook and Whats app. I do have 2 contacts with the same name. While I was joining the detail of first account with his gmail and whats app details by ...
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Can't sync info from phone to computer's google calendar
I have an Android 4.0.4. When I enter info into the computer on google calendar, my phone receives the info. When I enter it directly into the phone calendar, the computer calendar never receives ...
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Sync problems with Samsung Galaxy I9000
I'm having the following issues:
'Market' not functioning ('A network error has occurred. Retry, or cancel...')
Gmail not functioning ('No connection')
Red triangle in top-left of screen = ...
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Sync IMAP in Android 2.3.4
In Android v2.3.4:
When configuring e-mail accounts with the default e-mail, the actions performed via IMAP in Android are not reflected in the mailbox.
When you delete messages or drag them between ...
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How to disable two way sync? & How to prevent re-downloads of old messages?
Is there a way to disable two way sync? When I delete emails on my phone they also delete from my Outlook, is this something that can be disabled?
From time to time the phone also re-downloads the ...
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Google contact sync photo rotated
I have enabled contact sync with my Google account on my Google Nexus phone running Android 4.1.2. One of my contacts' profile photo appears rotated to the left instead of being upright as set by the ...
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EVO 3D - ICS - Facebook Contact Pictures Don't Sync
With the UI that my Evo 3D came with all of my contacts had their picture pulled in from syncing with Facebook. Now on my People Favorites screen some of my contacts don't have a picture and just the ...
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Duplicate message thread for same contact
I have a strange problem, occurred after I added a new number to my contacts (google).
In the message lists I have a duplicated thread for this contact (only for this one)
As you can see below the ...
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Exchange email sync problem
Here is my problem. I have set up my phone's email with an Exchange server. It works just fine EXCEPT for one part. If I log off of the computer, close out Outlook on my computer, or the computer goes ...
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outlook email on phone gets stuck in outbox and never sends
I have a user that their phone outlook email gets stuck in outbox and never sends. Not all the time, but once it gets stuck in will not send out.
Any Ideas on what might be causing this to happen to ...
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HTC Desire (Orange UK) - keep getting 'sync protocol error' on Exchange synchronisation
I keep getting 'sync protocol error' on my HTC Desire (Orange UK, Android 2.1) - various sites seem to indicate it's a 'known' problem and recommend just going into the setup screen and hitting 'Save' ...
