Google calendar not syncing (all other apps syncing ok)

[Filon Agathangelidis]

I have an S3 mini and I use google calendar app to keep track of my appointments. Yesterday the phone asked me to automatically do a software update . I reluctantly tapped "yes". Since then the calendar does not sync with google servers. The android version is now 4.2.2
I tried all the steps found here https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/114500?hl=en with no luck.
I did a factory reset and unfortunately the problem remains. To be more exact syncing worked only the first time the phone booted after the reset. After that all other apps are syncing fine except calendar.
Furthermore the syncing icon next to calendar is always on (see screenshot)
Any ideas?

 

[BRAINZ2013]

I have an S3 mini and I use google calendar app to keep track of my appointments. Yesterday the phone asked me to automatically do a software update . I reluctantly tapped "yes". Since then the calendar does not sync with google servers. The android version is now 4.2.2
I tried all the steps found here https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/114500?hl=en with no luck.
I did a factory reset and unfortunately the problem remains. To be more exact syncing worked only the first time the phone booted after the reset. After that all other apps are syncing fine except calendar.
Any ideas?

Hello and welcome to the forums. Now to fix the calendar sync you need to reset the Google play services app data and the play store app data. When you complete both app data clearing you will need to find the calendar app if its one and reset the data in the calendar app.

 

[Filon Agathangelidis]

Hello and welcome to the forums. Now to fix the calendar sync you need to reset the Google play services app data and the play store app data. When you complete both app data clearing you will need to find the calendar app if its one and reset the data in the calendar app.

Thank you
I did what you suggested, I cleared the data from Google play service and app, I also cleared the data from calendar app and calendar storage.
Now it shows that it synced once, does not sync again if I request it and the calendar in the phone is empty.

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Now unchecked box and recheck again til the sync go through

 

[Filon Agathangelidis]

Now unchecked box and recheck again til the sync go through

I tried it about 50 times but not luck
The thing that worries me is that the problem persists after a factory reset.
Could it be a bug in the software update?

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Have you tried to use the app store . sounds funny but when you update it takes Google some time to settle . try to download and reboot the device

 

[Filon Agathangelidis]

I cleared calendar data and uninstalled google calendar (my phone came only with S planner). I opened S planner and performed a new sync through it's menu and it works fine: syncing works on demand and automatically and the syncing icon that was always on disappeared. Out of curiosity I installed google calendar again and the problem re-appeared. Apparently the software update is incompatible with the current version of google calendar.

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Or it may have calendar upgrade to the app and that makes Google calendar a problem

 

[Unforgiven]

I moved this to the Android Applications forum.

 

[GuitarG20]

Have you tried disabling S Planner via Settings>apps>all (if you can) and seeing if the google calendar app works properly then?

 

[Filon Agathangelidis]

Have you tried disabling S Planner via Settings>apps>all (if you can) and seeing if the google calendar app works properly then?

The disable button is greyed out for S Planner.
I also made a note of google calendar's current version and when a new version is released I will give it a try.

 

[Pyromethious]

Have you tried uninstalling any related updates to the Calendar App? I've had this problem and unfortunately haven't kept track of the How in my solutions, but it can be fixed (ounce of hope?). I had my contacts/calendar not update for months at a time, but honestly I think it was the OTA (it auto-installed :-/) I received while at work that screwed things up in the first place.

 

[Filon Agathangelidis]

Have you tried uninstalling any related updates to the Calendar App? I've had this problem and unfortunately haven't kept track of the How in my solutions, but it can be fixed (ounce of hope?). I had my contacts/calendar not update for months at a time, but honestly I think it was the OTA (it auto-installed :-/) I received while at work that screwed things up in the first place.

I believe in my case it was the automatic software update that messed things up. That is the only explanation why a factory reset did not resolve the problem.

 

[Pyromethious]

I believe in my case it was the automatic software update that messed things up. That is the only explanation why a factory reset did not resolve the problem.

Yeah, I'm beginning to dislike OTAs as the last one helped to corrupt the filesystem.

 

[Geraldo de Azevedo]

I cleared calendar data and uninstalled google calendar (my phone came only with S planner). I opened S planner and performed a new sync through it's menu and it works fine: syncing works on demand and automatically and the syncing icon that was always on disappeared. Out of curiosity I installed google calendar again and the problem re-appeared. Apparently the software update is incompatible with the current version of google calendar.

Thanks a lot! I signed up this Forum just to thank you. That worked for me like a charm!

 

[Filon Agathangelidis]

Glad I helped!
I am now waiting for an update on google calendar app to roll out.
When and if it works I will post an update here.