[Q] Preventing Google from Synching things - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've got my S3 I9300 International version. It's running 4.3. I have my google account synced for email and calendar. I don't want anything else synced so I go into:
Settings > Accounts > Google > My Account
In there, there are 15 things that can be synced. They are:
App Data
Calendar
Contacts
Drive
Gmail
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies & ...
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
Google+ Photos
Google+ Uploads
Internet
People details
Picasa Web Albums
Every day or so I can go in there and check the sync settings and all by itself, it has enabled Google+, Google+ Photos and Internet. Can anyone tell me how to stop these options from enabling themselves? I went into Google+ and disabled a load of stuff and randomly they still keep getting enabled. Auto backup is disabled as well. It drives me mad.

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Hello crew,
So I have my HTC One working fine, but today I noticed something that sporadically I've been noticing very much: every time I enter the Account Settings, I notice that there is always a Sync Error on my Google account. I only have one Gmail account added on my phone and everything else (twitter, tango, WhatsApp...) seam to all sync just fine.
I've tried troubleshooting this in the past but no luck. Here's what I have enabled on my Gmail account Sync:
App Data, Calendar, Chrome, Contacts, Drive, Gmail, Google Currents, Google+, Google+ Auto Backup, People Details, Sound Search for Google Play and Tasks. All seam to be working just fine.
Any suggestions or ideas on how to clear this error?
Note: I have a virgin phone: no unlocks, no root, no 3rd party customization.
megabiteg said:
Hello crew,
So I have my HTC One working fine, but today I noticed something that sporadically I've been noticing very much: every time I enter the Account Settings, I notice that there is always a Sync Error on my Google account. I only have one Gmail account added on my phone and everything else (twitter, tango, WhatsApp...) seam to all sync just fine.
I've tried troubleshooting this in the past but no luck. Here's what I have enabled on my Gmail account Sync:
App Data, Calendar, Chrome, Contacts, Drive, Gmail, Google Currents, Google+, Google+ Auto Backup, People Details, Sound Search for Google Play and Tasks. All seam to be working just fine.
Any suggestions or ideas on how to clear this error?
Note: I have a virgin phone: no unlocks, no root, no 3rd party customization.
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Did you ever get this fixed? I am having the same issue with Google Account showing a sync error all the time.
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I have seen this on my HTC one after flashing a nandroid more that a few hours old.
Deleting the gmail account and re-adding it fixes it for me.
try removing your Google account and then reboot and readd it again.
Im having the same issue as of yesterday
Edit: Found how to resolve this.........http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42257807&postcount=7
On you PC go to: https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard
Under Account -> Connected applications and sites
Delete all HTC ones by clicking the revoke button on the right side.
Remove your account under sync under your phones settings.
REBOOT
Re add your google account
DONE

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