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 Market won't download apps and Google Talk won't sign in after changing to @gmail.com address
I have tried the suggestions here and here with no results.
Google suggest changing back to @googlemail.com, waiting two days and restarting the phone, but that hasn't worked either.
Anyone had any ...
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Limit sync'ed address book entries to bluetooth car-kit
Is there an app (because I don't see it as a feature) to limit the address book entries to a particular category when accessing via bluetooth?
My car will only take 1000 phone numbers, but my address ...
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Making multiple files or a folder available offline in Google Drive
Is there any way to make multiple files or a whole folder available offline in Google Drive at the same time? For the offline folder it would be nice if there was some way when a document is synced to ...
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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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How can I hide irrelevant contacts in Go Contacts?
When I was using stock contacts and sync with Google, I could put relevant contacts in My Contacts group which is the only group synced by Google. I have installed GO Contacts and it now displays all ...
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In Android (Galaxy S), is there a way to automatically sync photos from camera to picasa?
I want to have it so that when I take a picture it automatically syncs to a private folder in picasa, is there a native way to do this? or maybe a third party way?
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A Subversion client on my tablet Asus Transformer?
I am a developer, but I write some novels and short stories, and I use subversion to backup and synchronize texts files between PC. I want to read and write my text files on my Asus Transformer, but ...
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What functionality is only available when syncing to Windows or OS X?
I'm considering buying an android phone (probably a Galaxy S variant). But I only run Linux (Gentoo if it matters). So, I'm curious what features work with Linux, and whether there are any features ...
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Copying applications between phones?
Is it possible to easy copy applications between phones (eg. two HTCs via bluetooth) and get them running fine? Or apps just need to be downloaded from AM each time because of some installation ...
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How do I disable background data in Ice Cream Sandwich?
The option for "Background data" used to be under Accounts & sync in Android 2.3. But on my Galaxy Nexus, the option is missing. Therefore some applications are still using background data... ...
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Sync Chrome Mobile with Desktop Firefox?
On my desktop computers, I use Firefox with the Firefox Sync service but on my mobile Android device I prefer using Chrome Mobile. Is there any way to sync Chrome Mobile with Firefox Sync? (I thought ...
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Markdown note taking with Dropbox sync
How do I do all of the following with my Android phone?
Read markdown-formatted notes stored in my Dropbox folder
Show it as HTML in Android
Optional editing from the phone
FWIW, the iPhone ...
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Facebook contact sync in Ice Cream Sandwich
The rivalry between Google and Facebook seems to have gotten in the way of a really useful feature from Gingerbread: Facebook contact sync. Currently my Verizon Galaxy Nexus has the ability to add ...
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How do I sync and share Calendars from multiple Google accounts with my phone?
I have some questions regarding to Android's default calendar app in Galaxy 5 (five).
I am working with two Google accounts, but my calendar app shows calendar of only one account which is marked ...
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Sync contacts with ubuntuone?
It doesn't look like UbuntuOne has a sync app for contacts. Files and music, yes, but not contacts. Are there any workarounds to this?
I've successfully avoided linking my phone to a google account ...
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Is there an open source or other equilvent to Android Sync Manager?
I am looking any suggestions of an an open source package or web software that I can manage both my Android devices (Galaxy 10.1 tab/Galaxy S Smartphone. My computer OS is Ubuntu. I want to be able ...
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Why has my Android phone stop updating calendars, mail etc?
As question says above. It used to update every few minutes, but recently I've had to manually refresh each of the applications to get it to run
Thank you
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How could I sync ONLY my calendar with Gmail (optionally when a WiFi connection is available)?
On my old Nokia C5, there was a quite smart setting to sync the phone calendar with my Gmail calendar when a WiFi connection was available, every say 30 minutes (using MailForExchange).
I'd expected ...
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What is the best way to get pictures on your contacts with ICS (Galaxy Nexus)?
Before I bought my Galaxy Nexus I had a HTC Hero. HTC synced the pictures from Facebook to my contacts. This happened on the phone so when i activated my new Galaxy Nexus and synced it my contacts had ...
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How do I synchronize my FireFox Bookmarks from my PC to both my android devices?
My web browser is Firefox 11 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I have a lot of well organized bookmarks that I would like to synchronize with both my Android Devices (Galaxy 10.1 tab & Galaxy S Phone). I ...
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Synchronize the contact's default phone number
I've upgraded my HTC Desire to a Galaxy S. In the HTC, I had a default phone number for each contact (typically, the mobile number).
After linking the new device with my Google accounts, the default ...
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Does HTC Sync work well with Thunderbird?
As I no longer have access to Outlook, I have to look for alternatives for managing mail, agenda's and contacts.
My first guess would be Thunderbird, but I wonder how well this syncs with HTC Sync ...
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Sync between two Android devices without Internet connection
Is it possible to sync between two Android devices directly when there is no Internet connection (like a remote location or an outage at the Internet provider)?
Using a direct wireless connection ...
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How can I specify a default contact for merged contacts?
I have some contacts on my phone that appear in all or some of:
my phone
my google contacts
skype
facebook
Thankfully, Android allows me to link that contacts, so that I have only one entry in my ...
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How does Android sync the WiFi Profiles?
I'm using Jelly Bean on a tablet and a phone on the same account. After logging into a particular wifi network on one device, I noticed that sometime later (weeks) the other device had some acquired ...
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Why are playlists breeding like rabbits on my device?
I use Banshee 2.2 to synchronize music and podcasts to my Android 2.3 device. On the device, I'm using PowerAMP to play music.
When I open PowerAMP and look at the playlists, each one is repeated a ...
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Process com,google.process.gapps stopped unexpectedly
Started getting this error in the last few days. It is stopping various things like Gmail, Market and Listen from syncing.
I've read that it can be caused by bad data in records and that you should ...
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how to remove android apps from my market account
I usually install different roms regularly..
so when i set up my account on android on a fresh rom,i dont want the os to start loading the apps that i had installed with the same accound on previous ...
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Why does Android GMail app pop an icon for new mail when I delete a message in web GMail?
I have my GMail Android app set to notify on new messages.
However, it ALSO pops up notifications when I simply delete an existing (new or read) message from the web-based gmail.com
Is there an ...
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Looking for an app to update/sync all services on demand
The problem: When I goto the toilet at work, there is no signal at all, so my smart phone isn't particularly useful at the times it should be.
The solution: Run an app via a button/shortcut/widget ...
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Native Exchange Email app does not synchronize folders properly
Recently I created/removed some folders on Outlook desktop app.
When I synchronized my corporate account by manually refreshing under the folders screen, it didn't bring the new folders, nor removed ...
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How can I control the frequency of synchronization with Google?
My phone syncs with Google pretty often. Each time it takes a few minutes and makes the whole phone work slowly.
Is there any way to make the synchronization less frequent?
Barring that, is there ...
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Rsync does not preserve permissions while rsyncing from Android to Laptop
I am trying to do rsync from my android phone to my laptop. The problem that I am facing is that the permissions are not getting preserved even when the -p flag is used. I have also used the other ...
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“Local calendar cannot sync with Google calendar…” but it can? What?
On my totally stock Bell Samsung Galaxy S2 I have my main GMail account synced to it, it is also synced to my iPod using Exchange ActiveSync.
My phone's default calendar has all the events from my ...
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sync htc / android phone with macbook / mac os x
I use MacBook (which have Mac OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard). How can I sync data between my HTC phone and my MacBook.
I have HTC Wildfire, and HTC Sync software only supports Windows.
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Does the operating system matter when syncing?
I'm going to buy a mobile phone with android and I have use linux as operating system on my desktop computers and laptop, as android is based on linux I could hope the compatibility with linux should ...
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Remove Facebook and Gmail contacts
Some time ago I have synced my Facebook contacts (using Facebook for Android app) with my contacts. I also have my Gmail account synchronized. Having all those contacts is too much.
I went to Account ...
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What is the synchronization source for the internal clock
Using a tool to compare the internal clock of my Android device to internet time servers, I noticed my device is 30 seconds wrong.
So that made me wondering what is the cause of this error. Where ...
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I added a new calendar using my laptop, but my Android phone can't find it after syncing
I used my laptop to remove two calendars and add one calendar to my Google Calendar account. After syncing, the Calendar app on my Android (2.2) phone knows that I deleted the two calendars, but does ...
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App to sync PDFs between Linux laptop and Android phone?
I like reading research papers on both my laptop and on my phone. I'd love to be easily send a PDF to the phone while reading it on the laptop, so I can read it later on the subway or when I am ...
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Synchronizing Call log with Gmail
I have noticed a label in my Gmail with name Call Log. And it contains the some Call Logs of my Phone. I haven't created that Label. I thought it was because of the Mails synchronization. But the same ...
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Enforcing no synchronization with Google [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I use the Google Market without syncing other Google data?
Hello,
I'd like to setup a personal calendar with Funambol's syncing application. My goal is to never let ...
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How to set alarm for all calendar events synced from Google account android
I used to use my events in Google Calendar for reminding me of my events through SMS alerts earlier (when I had a simple mobile). Now I've got those synced up in my Android 2.1 (Samsung Galaxy 3 ...
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What exact purpose has the sync option “Background data”?
What exact purpose has the sync option "Background data"?
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Upload my own videos to Google Play?
Is it possible to sync my own video with Google Play Video (like in Google Play Music)?
I know that it's not possible on Google Books, I am wondering how about videos.
What will be a good ...
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Which apps are affected by the SYNC icon in Power Control Bar?
I can turn sync on/off in the Power Control bar. Which applications actually use this sync setting? Is that only Google-based products (calendar, contacts, gmail) or does it also influence apps like ...
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Can Android phones restrict background syncing to secure WiFi connections?
Context:
T-mobile G1
CyanogenMod
No data plan
WiFi is available for free in many places, including my home, local libraries, and even at least 1 doctor's office. However, not all of them are ...
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Transferring messages to android from a sqlite db on my laptop
I am a new android user. I switched from nokia to android today only. Been googling around for various solutions to transfer my sms (text messages only) from my old nokia to my new Android (Galaxy Ace ...
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Contacts on Android: Delete limit exceeded
A few days ago I deleted all of my Android contacts (using the "Delete Contacts" app). Not a mistake, I really want to delete them.
From that day, Android always shows a notification "Sync: Too many ...
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Is there a better sync application for Windows than HTCSync?
I'm running HTCSync 3.0.5422 on Windows 7 Ultimate but I find it just a bit unreliable. One one PC, sometimes the application doesn't see my HTC Desire (bought as an unlocked SIM free unit) and on ...
