Had a hell of a time updating to JB and now recovering from a wipe. Now I can't find an option to sync my Gmail bookmarks to the stock browser. I used to be able to do this in ICS but now there are only local bookmarks. Is anyone else's like this?
Explodee said:
Had a hell of a time updating to JB and now recovering from a wipe. Now I can't find an option to sync my Gmail bookmarks to the stock browser. I used to be able to do this in ICS but now there are only local bookmarks. Is anyone else's like this?
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I noticed this as well. I switched to chrome. I would rather use stock browser but i had to have my bookmarks.
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Has anyone got the stock browser to sync with Chrome bookmarks? I have it setup but it's not working. I tried clearing everything out and setting up again, still didn't work. Are there any good apps that can sync or import my bookmarks (and other browser data too, preferably) I tried ChromeMarks Lite, it worked but they only show up in the app, not in the actual browser.
Anyone? Bueller?
Spaded21 said:
Has anyone got the stock browser to sync with Chrome bookmarks? I have it setup but it's not working. I tried clearing everything out and setting up again, still didn't work. Are there any good apps that can sync or import my bookmarks (and other browser data too, preferably) I tried ChromeMarks Lite, it worked but they only show up in the app, not in the actual browser.
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I can't get the bookmarks syncing to work either. I tried both the delete-and-sync from chrome, and the keep-device-bookmarks-and-then-sync. No actual syncing happens. Does this actually work for anyone, if so- how?
I think this might be a general problem, not just limited to the Prime...
No joy. I was going to post this issue as well.
When I go into Accounts in settings & select to sync Browser the sync icon spins then stops & never updates the date & bookmarks are never sync'd from Chrome/Google account
its a known honeycomb bug.
Mine used to fully sync, now only a few folders sync, seems random.
bookmarks to sd works well in syncing google bookmarks to stock browser or dolphin.
Same problem here. Bookmarks gets stuck on syncing, but everything else syncs fine. If it's a known Honeycomb bug, I guess I'll just wait for ICS.
I had the same problem with ICS on my Nexus S before,
but once I changed to encrypted only pw it fixed the problem.
However, my new View tablet on HC still cannot sync any bookmarks with only encrypted pw.
How to fix that?
It is quite frustrating using the browser without any saved bookmarks..
No one else has the same problem?
My HC bookmarks sync with Chrome desktop , no issues
DigitalMD said:
My HC bookmarks sync with Chrome desktop , no issues
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oh ****..
in order to fix the problem I stop and sync in chrome on my PC and delete the history on dashboard, then re-enable sync again.
and now what...even my phone on ICS cannot sync..........
DigitalMD said:
My HC bookmarks sync with Chrome desktop , no issues
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How do u do this exactly? Do I need to have an HTC account?. I wanted to just copy the android bookmarks folder to my pc for backup but I couldn't find the folder, so I may have to use your technique.
Same problem here, bookmarks don't sync. I only see "Other bookmarks" folder after enabling the sync in browser's settings
Hello,
I have a strange problem after my update to 4.1 in my browser. After the update the freeze problem in my browser was gone, unfortunatelly I saw, that it had some problems while loading pictures. Therefore I cleared the cache and all data - as told in this forum to solve the freeze problem (in combination with a cold boot).
After that, all bookmars were deleted (as expected), unfortunately now I have no possibility to get acces to my bookmarks on google. It shows only the section - Local -. Even Saving new bookmarks I can only choose to save them -Local-.
Next step was looking at the Settings for sync - strangely there was no option for syncing the bookmarks. I have the usual contact, calendar, Pisca, mail and so on... but no possibility to sync the bookmarks.
On my Galaxy everything works fine.
When I delete the cahce and all data again, the browser shows a short messsage that it connects to the bookmarks on google (with my account) for about 3-5 seconds- but it does not work.
Does anyone has any idea what to to?
Thank you very much in advance. If there is already a topic regarding this problem, I am sorry, I could not find it.
Regards, Sebastian
TeklAR said:
Hello,
I have a strange problem after my update to 4.1 in my browser. After the update the freeze problem in my browser was gone, unfortunatelly I saw, that it had some problems while loading pictures. Therefore I cleared the cache and all data - as told in this forum to solve the freeze problem (in combination with a cold boot).
After that, all bookmars were deleted (as expected), unfortunately now I have no possibility to get acces to my bookmarks on google. It shows only the section - Local -. Even Saving new bookmarks I can only choose to save them -Local-.
Next step was looking at the Settings for sync - strangely there was no option for syncing the bookmarks. I have the usual contact, calendar, Pisca, mail and so on... but no possibility to sync the bookmarks.
On my Galaxy everything works fine.
When I delete the cahce and all data again, the browser shows a short messsage that it connects to the bookmarks on google (with my account) for about 3-5 seconds- but it does not work.
Does anyone has any idea what to to?
Thank you very much in advance. If there is already a topic regarding this problem, I am sorry, I could not find it.
Regards, Sebastian
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Doesn't work on my Galaxy Nexus too. I believe Google drop that feature, since the JB official browser is Chrome, and Chrome sync is working fine.
I also have a Prime and a Gnex. I'm running Bamf JB rom on Gnex and the stock browser has my bookmarks. But the prime does not, same with no option in the sync settings. Why is this gone?
CMarks from the market will restore this functionality :good:.
point_pt said:
Doesn't work on my Galaxy Nexus too. I believe Google drop that feature, since the JB official browser is Chrome, and Chrome sync is working fine.
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When you say JB official browser is chrome, do i have to download it from the play store? I find chrome from Google play slower than the stock browser
I have motorola defy running CM10, and I can sync chrome bookmarks using chrome for android. But the app is a bit laggy on defy, so I am using stock android browser and here is a method to sync bookmark between chrome browsers and android browser:
When you go to Android browser it only shows your local bookmarks. Whenever you try to go to settings -> accounts and sync it says that there is a problem in Sync Browser, yet it doesn’t say what exactly the problem is. If you have faced this problem here is the solution you were continuously looking for.
How to Fix Sync Browser Problem in Android?
I identify this problem as a bug when interfacing different Google products. The root cause of problem is Google desktop browser supports encryption for all data types while Android browser supports only for passwords. If you have already encrypted entire data only thing you can do is clear all the data and start it again with only password encryption. Here is how to do it and sync Chrome bookmarks with Android browser.
Go to Google Dashboard confirming your password.
Scroll down to section chrome sync and click on Stop sync and delete data from Google.
This will delete entire synced browser data in Google account and it might take few minutes.
Now open Google chrome, go to Settings.
There you can find sign in section. Click sign in to chrome. Here you will have to generate Application specific password if you have enabled Two Step verification.
Then it will take you to Confirm sync settings window.
Click advance and make sure you have selected encrypt passwords only. If you encrypt all synced data android browser won’t be able to work with them.
Click OK to proceed with syncing.
In your android Smartphone go to Settings -> Apps -> All -> browser and Clear data.
Now go to Settings -> Accounts & sync. You will be able to see Sync browser is working fine now.
Open the browser and go to Bookmarks. Now you can see all the Bookmarks that you have in desktop browser in your Android Smartphone browser as well.
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I hope it help med-range devices owners
source: notesofgenius.com/how-sync-android-browser-chrome/
I had this issue before, i did what you said, it worked. Now just few days ago, as i wiped chrome sync/restarted it, the stock browser sync started to fail again.
Problem is i DID NOT select ENCRYPT ALL, only passwords, yet it definitly refuse to sync, no matter how many time i delete/restart sync on chrome, wipe data on android..
I know it's an old post,but... Thank you! This thing bothered me for last week.I didn't do anything,just changed rom from cm10.1 to paranoid and this sh.t happened.
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This sync browser solution it's only for Android 4.0 and 4.1 not for gingerbread.
You need to use an special .apk that is men't to do just that. I thinkbit called ChromeBookmarSync.apk or something like that. Just google "AOSP browser without root" and you will fibd it. I can't give you any links becouse im on mobile, but you will find it.
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I didn't create this method, or the file. searching through various forums, I've pieced this together.
how to get stock browser syncing with Google.
Install sync adapter.
clear browser data.
Go into settings, and delete Google from accounts and sync.
Reboot.
On desktop site, go into dashboard. Advance sync settings. Stop Syncing. delete sync information.
Start syncing again, making sure only passwords are encoded.
On phone, add your Google account back to accounts and sync.
Reboot.
Your Google bookmarks should work now. My jelly bean tablet has always synced stock browser. After I did this, I had to clear browser data, and account and resets to sync again. But desktop chrome, p769 stock browser, and transformer infinity stock browser all sync now.
http://db.tt/BbeTXai9
redheadplantguy said:
i found this in another forum, but the apk also works on my P769
after install, go into google sync settings and allow browser sync and all google bookmarks will import.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74968013/com.google.android.syncadapters.bookmarks-1.apk
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which forum?
cmahendra said:
which forum?
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it was of the forums on here with another device. it synced fur a few days, but seems to be freezing now. gonna try fiddling more with it.
NOW WORKING
redheadplantguy said:
I didn't create this method, or the file. searching through various forums, I've pieced this together.
how to get stock browser syncing with Google.
Install sync adapter.
clear browser data.
Go into settings, and delete Google from accounts and sync.
Reboot.
On desktop site, go into dashboard. Advance sync settings. Stop Syncing. delete sync information.
Start syncing again, making sure only passwords are encoded.
On phone, add your Google account back to accounts and sync.
Reboot.
Your Google bookmarks should work now. My jelly bean tablet has always synced stock browser. After I did this, I had to clear browser data, and account and resets to sync again. But desktop chrome, p769 stock browser, and transformer infinity stock browser all sync now.
http://db.tt/BbeTXai9
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Thanks so much, I have try on my LG G PAD 8.3 and work perfect!!!
Thanks again.