Hi There, I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get contacts from my google account into my phone.
From what I have read on the internet I should be able to go into Contacts>Menu>Accounts and sync my gmail. But google isn't an option apart from facebook and hotmail. When I go to 'add account' its not there either.
I am able to log into market using the google account so I don't see why its not showing up.
Thanks in advance for any replys
I had a problem with setting up my Google a/c when I first got my phone, factory reset fixed it.
Try to remove an account through the pc - to activate again
Im sorry how could I do that?
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I noticed recently that my phone wasn't reminding me of my calendar reminders. When I went to check the settings i see that my primary google calendar is missing. I tried to add the calendar back by going into setting and calendar but I have no option to make it visable. I tried re-signing in but i get a message saying there is already an account for my gmail.
I know a full factory reset will fix this but before I do any suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
Bump: I've been trying to fix my missing calendar issue for the day and now luck.
Check yours... Has your calendar account disappeared?
How do you get it back?
Did you clear data by any chance? I was just trying to correct my calendar account on my Scroll Excel, as it somehow associated its self with the wrong email address, and when I cleared the data from both the calendar app and the calendar storage through manage apps, I managed to get rid of the wrong email address.
Now I just need to find out how to put the right email in!
hmm, i also once noticed i didnt had the calender for my google birthdays, but i couldnt find a fix (didnt look for long though because i was going to flash a rom anyways) so i did factory reset and flashed new rom and now it works fine.
try to remove your google account (correct one), then clear the data of your calendar and then add him again?
Where are the Google contacts stored?
The only place I can see them is when I am creating a message and tap add contact. There seems to be all the contacts from my Gmail account many of which do not have phone numbers and some of which I wouldn't want certain family members to see.
I have tried every setting in contacts and accounts I can find but no luck. I have cleaned up my Gmail account contacts and did a sync hoping that would over write them but no luck.
Any help is appreciated.
aussiemax said:
Where are the Google contacts stored?
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Google Contacts are stored on your phone and Google server if I am not wrong.
Regards.
By default Gmail adds anyone you email to your contacts. This used to be so annoying to most people.
Sign into Gmail on computer, go to settings, general, "create contacts for auto-complete" and check off "I'll add contacts myself".
Now go to your Contacts and start deleting the ones you don't want.
As for where they are stored, they are stored on Google's servers and not necessarily on your phone. Any changes you make either on your phone or via the web are pushed and synced I'm real time.
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LordLugard
Yep cleaned up the contacts on the gmail account. turned of the auto add. Did a sync still have them on the phone.
ithehappy
I know they are stored on the phone and gmail account but where on the phone??
Can you see all the contacts when you hit the contacts tab in the phone menu?
If not then from within contacts Menu, More, Display Options and select the google contacts, under that there is a few options of what to display.
Why not try this last resort, remove your Google account on the phone and add it again.
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vessy
You are the man.
Yep need google contacts on in order to see them in Contacts. Then delete them and turn off google contacts again.
Now I can rest easy.
Thank you very much
No problem, glad to help, found out the hard way too!
Feel free to hit the Thanks button.
How to get contacts autofill in gmail
Hi,
I use viewsonic tablet with android 2.2 running. I have a gmail application installed . Whenever I try to send a new email or take a picture and want to send through gmail instantaneously, I get up to emal "To " field. In there it expects me to type the whole email address again. This is even true if I want to send it to my own gmail id. I mean to say that autofill of email addresses doesn't work. All my contacts is synched with gmail account and that show all the contacts which is available through my email account.
Is there a way to get around and get this autofill option enabled?
Thanks
Ravi
Trying to resolve the Market issue, I removed my Google Account and reinstalled it, but this deleted all my synced contacts in the process.
Is there any way to recover them?
Sorry for not helping - because I can't - but am curious as to which "market issue" you're referring to?
Login to your gmail account on a PC and select contacts. If they are there you should be fine.
They should re sync when the account is added again. If not go on a computer and check the contacts in gmail, if they are gone which means they are deleted from the server. Gmail allows you to restore you contact list back to any point in the last 30 days. So it is really hard to accidently lose anything permanently.
Thanks for the help. Solved.
Was trying to sync the device directly to my system in order to transfer pictures from the handset to desktop. However when I failed to do so, I decided to directly mail the images through gmail and synced my account through the gmail app. Now i find that the app directly opens my email account every time without any confirmation/password etc. and this can be seen by anybody (my friends handle my phone a lot). I am struggling to remove the account completely (when I go through settings/accounts and sync/manage accounts and press remove account I am asked to restore to factory settings) Is there any other way to unsync it?
rustingore said:
Was trying to sync the device directly to my system in order to transfer pictures from the handset to desktop. However when I failed to do so, I decided to directly mail the images through gmail and synced my account through the gmail app. Now i find that the app directly opens my email account every time without any confirmation/password etc. and this can be seen by anybody (my friends handle my phone a lot). I am struggling to remove the account completely (when I go through settings/accounts and sync/manage accounts and press remove account I am asked to restore to factory settings) Is there any other way to unsync it?
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You can use this one https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sp.protector.free
This way you will be able to protect each app you want.
rustingore said:
Was trying to sync the device directly to my system in order to transfer pictures from the handset to desktop. However when I failed to do so, I decided to directly mail the images through gmail and synced my account through the gmail app. Now i find that the app directly opens my email account every time without any confirmation/password etc. and this can be seen by anybody (my friends handle my phone a lot). I am struggling to remove the account completely (when I go through settings/accounts and sync/manage accounts and press remove account I am asked to restore to factory settings) Is there any other way to unsync it?
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Just download app lock software from Google play n lock the apps with password or patterns which you don't want anyone to open...
But you can't remove your gmail account without Factory restore...
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If you're rooted just uninstall gmail app
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@DaRk-L0rD and Nakulkhanna: Thanks..just what I needed:good:
In my Google account on my phone the option to Sync Contacts has completely disappeared from the list of options. I can log onto my Google account on my PC and see my contacts there but am unable to sync them to my phone. I have tried a few things to try and make the option reappear but nothing has worked. I have cleared my data from Contact Storage and Contacts in my app manager then restarted my phone. I have removed the account and added it back to the phone. I can't even find an instance where this has happened to someone else. Someone please have a solution to get it to sync again.