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dinevalesco

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hi guys, just got a HTC Desire over the weekend and really like it.
one issue i have is i don't want my contacts to sync with my google contacts, i just want the contacts that i have on my phone - how do i deselect 'Sync Contacts'?

apologies in advance if that's a stupid question.
thanks,
ronan

ps. i'm running android 2.2
 
hi, thanks for the msg. when i get there all i have is a list of three items within my google account :

1. sync contacts

2. sync gmail

3. synch calendar

and at the bottom of the screen i have two buttons:

1. sync now

2. remove account

i have no checkboxes next to any options. any further suggestions?
 
dinevalesco said:
hi, thanks for the msg. when i get there all i have is a list of three items within my google account :

1. sync contacts

2. sync gmail

3. synch calendar

and at the bottom of the screen i have two buttons:

1. sync now

2. remove account

i have no checkboxes next to any options. any further suggestions?
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Where it says sync contacts is for google contacts. should have a colored circle with arrows in it to the right of it, try clicking that to see if it greys out. Should be similar to my menu's (Incredible, froyo, sense)
 
thanks again NightAngel. i don't have that coloured circle with arrows in it. i might be asking the wrong question ... i think when i set the phone up first day it synced with my google contacts - is there a way i can delete my google contacts from my phone? it's an inconvenience more than anything - i have a long list of contacts that i don't want. sorry if i'm confusing matters.
 
If you go into settings>applications>mange applications>Contacts storage and clear data / cache this will get rid of them. You will have to ensure sync is turned off though, otherwise they will come back.

You need to make sure you back up your Phone contacts first (Which you want to keep) as this will delete them too.
 
menu>export?

I don't have a HTC ROM, so I can't remember what it exports.

Failing that I think there are apps on the market.
 
actually guys, it's not fixed. i've deleted all my contacts, cleared my cache etc but when i connected to WiFi again, it started to Sync automatically. where do i go to disable auto sync?
 
hi dan, thanks for the msg.

when i go Accounts & Sync - and click 'google' under 'manage accounts', all i have is a list of three items within my google account :

1. sync contacts

2. sync gmail

3. synch calendar

and at the bottom of the screen i have two buttons:

1. sync now

2. remove account

i have no checkboxes next to any options. is there someplace else where there would be an Auto Sync setup?
 
No, thats definitely where you do it. What happens if you press or long press sync contacts? Mine has check boxes there.
 
Hi,

I just got the Droid X and ran into the same problem. Except I knew the check boxes were supposed to be there because I had seen them. It turns out it's a bug. While I was playing around with home page layouts I added an Android Widget/Power Control widget. I then turned sync off while testing it and then deleted the widget. This led to a day and a half of frustration with Google sync. To fix the problem add the Power Control widget to a page and turn sync on. The check boxes will 'magically' reappear and Google sync will work again.

Van
 
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