Hello,
I own Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) 4.1.2 with a root enabled. I've noticed that my Google account sync settings may suddenly reset. For example, I go Settings - Accounts - Google - <my account> and tick "Sync Calendar", "Sync Contacts", "Sync Gmail". Then I press "Sync now". Everything is ok so far. Now I can do my business, switching between applications, browsing, reading. If I then decide to check the Sync settings, everything will be ok, everything that I checked before stay checked. Even shutting down the phone and turning it on will keep these settings intact. At least, for the first check. The second or the third check already shows me that only "Sync Contacts" is enabled, but Calendar and Gmail are off.
What the heck?! Does anybody know what's wrong with my Android?
It's not the problem anymore I've realized what is responsible for that. It's Juice Defender app. Good app, I just didn't get the full understanding of one of its feature called AutoSync. Sorry for that.
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Is there anyway to use any calendar related features on the Atrix without it syncing to Google? I've searched the internet for answers, searched the device for settings...and I always get the same result. Under Settings > Accounts > Other Accounts heading > "My Google Gmail account" the tick box next to Sync Calendar is UN-ticked. Yet, no matter what calendar app I use, eventually everything shows up online in Google calendars. So I go back and check the tick box and its still cleared. I put a test event online in Google calendars, and in less than a minute it's on my phone. Is there a setting I'm overlooking here?
thanks
Have you tried Calendar(app)>menu>more>calendars ?
WiredPirate said:
Have you tried Calendar(app)>menu>more>calendars ?
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Yes, but If I 'un-sync' it there, the whole calendar disappears from phone. I want to use the calendar on my phone, but not have it sync to Google. There's only 3 options there, but not a 'Visible, not synced' option. Only 'not synced, not visible'. The only way i can stop it from going to Google is turn on Airplane mode, but that's pretty pointless, and it just syncs as soon as I turn it off. It doesn't appear that sync settings under accounts do anything on my phone. This is my first Android device, so maybe that's just how it is?
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The stock gmail app does not sync. It does not even push. Have to manual refresh to receive mails. Wots the problem?
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Settings/Accounts and sync/click on gmail account check that Gmail is ticked.
You prolly have the phone go into power saving mode when the battery drops to 50%.
When it goes into power saving mode, autosync turns off.
If u want autosync most of the time, then change power saving mode to 10%.
Even more funny with mine:
since yesterday 6.30 pm stock email app won´t do anything anymore, not even manual sync. Sync circle stays forever. Worked some minutes before faultless.
Tried to register server newly with my gmail address but green bar stayed forever ........
Clicked "cancel", went back to mail app and mail app told me: "account or password wrong"
It´s now completely dead. Tried to switch off, batt off, clear cache but it is dead .................... Google Gmail app works flawless as well as calendar, docs and all othet google account related apps.
Only thing I dedected: when I look into system - running apps - under Samsung mail app it says "Reboot" ???? (in German NEUstart) ...................
Wonder if anyone has an idea how to solve THIS ?
Am I stupid or what ?
I don´t find the register in the menu where I can SELECTIVELY and ONLY delete the account for the samsung stock email app .......................
Am I blind ?
Just for Info (I´m SOOO stupid)
Open stock mail app, long press on Gmail left upper box, choose "delete".
Then register same account again, voila, it works again ..........
(Found it in a German forum .......................... )
I have probably the same problem, although it could be something different. Teh gmail sync can be turned on under Accounts&Sync menu, but it turns off every time I reboot / turn-off the phone. I am using CM7, but I am not sure if this problem is CM7 related... I have reflashed GAPPS but it didn't help.
am facing the same problem not only my gmail does not sync properly, my whatsapp msgs are coming in really slow. am gonna try to delete the account and sign in again. see if it helps.
In my case deleting account didn't help. It still happens for some reason that the Gmail sync doesn't work and when I go to Accounts & Sync preferences I just see that the Gmail sync dialog box is unchecked. So, then I just check the box and it starts working until it, due to mysterious reasons, stop syncing and I need to repeat the process to start the sync again.
Do you have the battery saving feature enabled and if so check the settings.
Because one of the settings (I don't know which because I disabled the useless thing) disables sync or at least it did on my phone.
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Do you have the battery saving feature enabled and if so check the settings.
Because one of the settings (I don't know which because I disabled the useless thing) disables sync or at least it did on my phone.
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I have CM7 ROM and I don't use any other special tweaks or settings. The thing is only gmail stops syncing. When I open the sync settings (Accounts & Sync) I often find gmail unchecked, but contacts and everything else syncs just fine. When I set the gmail to sync, everything works until I restart my phone (I have it turned off overnight...).
Hope it described my problems well enough. I have already tried reflashing ROM, GAPPS, deleting my account, cache and all kinds of things I was able to think of. Nothing helped.
I couldn't find such setting. If you mean wi-fi sleep policy I have it set to never. The thing is Gmail sync box is being constantly unchecked whenever I turn off an on again my cell phone...
I checked my stats with Badass Battery Monitor and under "Num Times Waking Device" Android System was highest with >50 wake-ups. I checked under "Included Packages" and there was "Google Bookmarks Sync". Also Maps was very high with >20 wake-ups, although I never use the app.
I went to Applications Manager and disabled "Google Bookmarks Sync" and Maps, and hit the "Force stop" button for both "Google Bookmarks Sync" and Maps.
I let the phone stand for several hours and then went back to Application Manager and scrolled down to see disabled services. There was "Google Bookmarks Sync" and Maps but both had "Force stop" button active, like the service was enabled, and I was right, the service was enabled even though it was marked as "disabled"!
How come you can't disable this stuff? It's draining the battery.
Am I the only one bothered by this?
Do you use lattitude?..if yes log out of it.. and turn of sync...
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Do you use lattitude?..if yes log out of it.. and turn of sync...
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No I don't use Latitude and I have turned off all sync in Accounts & sync...
Google doesn't really allow you to disable their stuff. It just pretends to be disabled, still it's running. Tried freezing with Titanium Backup but still the same problem.
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I checked my stats with Badass Battery Monitor and under "Num Times Waking Device" Android System was highest with >50 wake-ups. I checked under "Included Packages" and there was "Google Bookmarks Sync". Also Maps was very high with >20 wake-ups, although I never use the app.
I went to Applications Manager and disabled "Google Bookmarks Sync" and Maps, and hit the "Force stop" button for both "Google Bookmarks Sync" and Maps.
I let the phone stand for several hours and then went back to Application Manager and scrolled down to see disabled services. There was "Google Bookmarks Sync" and Maps but both had "Force stop" button active, like the service was enabled, and I was right, the service was enabled even though it was marked as "disabled"!
How come you can't disable this stuff? It's draining the battery.
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I have been bothered with this lately as well. I have an Amaze 4G, and it is rooted, stock ROM, and highly customized. I have been trying to determine the reason why there are days when the battery would run from 100% to 2% in a matter of 4 hours with the screen off while it is sitting in my office (doing nothing at all) at work. Most days there is no problem, but it is highly undependable as a device if the battery drains for no reason and at random times.
On my device, I've found that "Google Calendar Sync" has the same behavior as "Google Bookmarks Sync" on your device. I have tried freezing these apks, locking them out, force stopping it, turning off calendar sync and then doing all of it again, everything short of just pulling the apk out myself. Nothing has worked so far. When I get some time this week, I am going to do a Nandroid then reboot and pull all the calendar and calendar dependency files (Calendar, Calendar Sync, Calendar Storage) and then I'll see what happens. Personally, I don't care about having the Google Calendar, so no worries. I'm just assuming that something else isn't going to work properly when I pull all the Calendar files out. I will report back after I try it.
Also, I don't understand why "Google Services" and "Android System" apks need to wake the device so many times. I would think there would be a setting to adjust the sync rate (I'm assuming sync is waking the device) but there isn't a way to do that natively. And even testing it with sync turned completely off, I noticed a higher wake rate than what should normally occur. Perplexing.
Anyone else having trouble getting their desktop chrome bookmarks to sync automatically with their sgs3???
I haven't been able to get my bookmarks to sync since I got this phone and its driving me nuts. I've checked most if not all settings on my phone and the desktop browser and can't figure it out
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated
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so you have signed in on your desktop browser, aka you see a section called other devices when you open a new tab? Is this the first device that you have tried to sync with?
Assuming you're signed in to chrome, in your desktop chrome app under the settings menu click on "Signed in as......"
Then under "Sign In" click on "Advanced sync settings..."
Under "Chose what to sync" make sure "Bookmarks" and "Open Tabs" are selected.
That should do it. In Chrome on your phone under "Bookmarks" there should be folders for the bookmarks on your desktop.
Nope, mine synced up fine
via Galaxy S III
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so you have signed in on your desktop browser, aka you see a section called other devices when you open a new tab? Is this the first device that you have tried to sync with?
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This is not my first time syncing chrome bookmarks with my android device. I've owned quite a few android devices and always had bookmarks automatically synced. That's part of the reason why I'm so confused about why it's not working now. I haven't changed any settings. :crying:
I do see "other devices" when I open a new tab and I verified those settings
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Assuming you're signed in to chrome, in your desktop chrome app under the settings menu click on "Signed in as......"
Then under "Sign In" click on "Advanced sync settings..."
Under "Chose what to sync" make sure "Bookmarks" and "Open Tabs" are selected.
That should do it. In Chrome on your phone under "Bookmarks" there should be folders for the bookmarks on your desktop.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I almost forgot where to find the settings for this because it's been so long since I've made any changes to them. I verified they are correct.
I had a GSM Galaxy Nexus, and a HTC One X and sync worked just fine on those devices.
I did just noticed under "accounts and sync" that for some reason "Sync Internet" has a red exclamation saying that sync is having problems. I've been into "accounts and sync" settings many times before and today is the first time I've seen this since I got the phone on 6/25.
For anyone else that may be having this same issue with the native browser, I found a fix.
I went to settings, accounts and sync, selected my gmail account, and unchecked "sync internet". Then I went to "manage apps" in settings and selected "clear data" so my browser could start like a fresh install. After clearing data I went back to account and sync and checked "sync internet" again and all is well.
I'm not really sure what initially created this problem for me, but glad it's fixed
Hey everyone, new to the DNA (bought last Friday) and I'm totally a fan. The phone is awesome. However I'm having an issue where I'm having to manually go in and sync my Gmail to the phone. It doesn't automatically pull the Gmail down. I've made sure that sync is set to auto and that all the correct boxes are checked.
Currently stock running 4.1.1 (Software Number: 2.04.605.2 71ORD)
Gmail App Version: 4.2.1
Any help would be greatly apprciated.
Thanks,
Brocja01
That's pretty weird I don't have any problems with gmail sync. Do you maybe have an app installed that is controlling sync times ?
Edit: I'm also on stock btw.
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I thought maybe it was the sync notification app you install for Nova, so I un-installed it and rebooted. Still not working. I'd hate to have re-install everything.
I think you covered this in your first post but have you actually gone into accounts under the normal android settings and made sure that your Gmail is supposed to sync?
It sounds stupid but it's somehow happened to me a few times where the Gmail sync box was unchecked.
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Nope, it is definitely checked. I'm wondering if it is something with my account. My nexus 7 isn't syncing either.
Try going into settings and apps then clear the data for gmail and then open the app back up to let it log you back in.
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Nope, it is definitely checked. I'm wondering if it is something with my account. My nexus 7 isn't syncing either.
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If you suspect it your account (which is unlikely), check on your computer to see if it syncs.
I'm getting emails on my computer just fine. It is just my two devices that I'm not getting mail on. Factory resetting my phone this morning, will see if does anything.
I've also added my secondary gmail account to the device and that one syncs, if I send an email to both accounts, i get a notification for my secondary account but I don't get one for my primary account. Any thoughts? Would this be something to hit google up on? Is there a number I could call?
Did you try clearing the app data like I suggested? This has happened to me before on different devices and clearing the data always fixed it for me.
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Most definitely tried that, also factory reset the phone. Trying turning the auto sync on and off a few times and that didn't help either. It is the craziest thing. Which I could figure it out.
Obvious things to try that I'm sure you kick yourself if you forgot any one of them:
- Under the specific account settings:
- Notifications are indeed checked?
- Gmail sync is on
- Manage labels, Inbox and any other important labels are set correctly?
- Days of mail to sync are set to ~30 days?
I think those are probably an exhaustive list of on-phone options that would preclude syncing.
Yup, went through all those settings. Multiple times.
Did you hit the setting within the GMail app specifically?
I recently went through this because of the Snapdragon Battery Guru app. It shut off my GMail sync and I had a hell of a time finding out how to put it back on.
I had to open the Gmail app itself and go to:
Settings > [your email account] > Notifications (check box)
Settings > [your email account] > Gmail sync is ON
If that's not it, then I don't know what else could be the issue.
I am thinking that during initial setup you said NO to background syncing so just check this ..
Settings -> Accounts .. -> Auto Sync (SHould be ON)
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I am thinking that during initial setup you said NO to background syncing so just check this ..
Settings -> Accounts .. -> Auto Sync (SHould be ON)
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definitely check that! i went a day without emails, and any notification. i thought it was weird, but didn't really pay much mind to it. then i noticed that i'd only get my whatsapp messages when i actually opened the app, i checked for autosync. somehow, it was off. it was working fine all along, and i have no idea how it got turned off. everything has been fine since, though, so definitely double check that