[Q] Sync contacts with background data off? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Simply for better battery life, I've been considering dropping background data and autosync. However, when I do that, I notice that my ability to sync my contacts and calendar with Google becomes greyed out.
How do I keep syncing my calendar and contacts with Google even with background data disabled?

You have to do it manually. Auto Sync is part of the background data.
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mrhaley30705 said:
You have to do it manually. Auto Sync is part of the background data.
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I understand that, but I can't find a way to auto-sync. If I go into the accounts that sync under settings, it only shows "*account* sync is off". When I go into it, it shows the date that it last synced. No other options.

If you tap on one of them (contacts, calendar, or gmail) it will sync.
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mrhaley30705 said:
If you tap on one of them (contacts, calendar, or gmail) it will sync.
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Ahhh, thank you good man

No problem.
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Facebook friends ....

Anyone know how to remove them from the dialer? I have it unchecked so they don't show up in my "people" but all these useless numbers show up in my dialer.
Try to un sync from from Facebook then put in the account n uncheck sync contacts in the acounts and sync menu in your settings
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bycoo222 said:
Try to un sync from from Facebook then put in the account n uncheck sync contacts in the acounts and sync menu in your settings
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yea but then I lose the pictures, I suppose I could use syncmypix though
smackfreek said:
yea but then I lose the pictures, I suppose I could use syncmypix though
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if you have the time you can link the contacts individualy

[Q] New Calendar not showing up in Calendar app

So I created a new calendar in Google Calendar on my desktop and I can't figure out how to get it to show up on my phone in the calendar app? I assumed it was automatic...but for some reason this doesn't seem to be working for me.
I'm unrooted in 3G only area...if that matters.
Any ideas??
When you open the app hit menu and should be calendars. Make sure the new one is visible and synced.
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lilshooter said:
When you open the app hit menu and should be calendars. Make sure the new one is visible and synced.
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My new calendar does show up in that that list and is marked as "synced, visible"...but none of the events are being displayed...
To add to the confusion...the event I'm not seeing is at 9:30pm. I changed it to be All Day and it showed up in my calendar. Then, ON MY PHONE, I changed it back to be 9:30pm and the event disappeared again...
What in the world is going on?
Have you tried to make it not visible and not synced then after a couple minutes resync and make visible
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[How to] stop Gmail from importing contacts.

Hello all,
I cannot seem to get my Gmail contacts to stop importing into my phones contacts.
This is a problem because I use Craigslist a lot, and keep getting random emails and pictures of people I don't know in my phones contacts.
Any help is always appreciated
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RadDudeTommy said:
Hello all,
I cannot seem to get my Gmail contacts to stop importing into my phones contacts.
This is a problem because I use Craigslist a lot, and keep getting random emails and pictures of people I don't know in my phones contacts.
Any help is always appreciated
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Settings - accounts and sync - click on your Google account - uncheck sync contacts
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dcmcc99 said:
Settings - accounts and sync - click on your Google account - uncheck sync contacts
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See that's weird, I had done that, but when I downloaded the music app to use the music cloud it resynced them all. Anyway, thanks, hopefully it doesn't happen again
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Just uncheck auto sync just do what u need manually
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Facebook contacts not showing..

I have created Facebook account and it's working in socialhub but I couldn't get the contacts to sync with device. In GB there will be an option to check whether do or do not sync contacts. But I couldn't find it in ICS. How to solve this?
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go to your contacts and hit settings. then accounts. Then check off the "sync" icon next to facebook
^^ Copy That.
Else you can do one more thing. Reinstall the FB app. Once I got stuck in somewhat similar thing like that.
I found that my facebook application which was restored by titanium backup didn't actually sync well with contacts. so had to reinstall.
I checked it and its in green color. When I go further it shows only messages and calendar. It didn't show up contacts. Any idea?
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badjaguar007 said:
^^ Copy That.
Else you can do one more thing. Reinstall the FB app.
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I'm talking about inbuilt social hub which lets the contacts to sync with Facebook account.. Can I re install that?
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Why don't you use the fb app which is AVAILABLE in market. It also syncs in the same way.
Sure it will work.. But I don't wanna pile up with apps. Social hub has to do this job and I wanted to do it. Actually when I was GB I'll remove all social hub related apps (twitter account, linked account, even default mail app) except Facebook account, still it was syncing contacts flawlessly. Now I wanted the same. Does ICS doesn't have that capability??
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Should I remove all Facebook items from ICS and install third party apps from market?
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Well I think you should wait for some more time till a solution comes out. I had the same problem with SocialHub. I chose over FB Market App since I didnt have time & wanted to get my contacts asap back. :/ Still will send you any info which might be helpful on this topic
Thanks.. Just now Google it... It seems there is a bug in ICS that stops sync contacts particularly in contactsprovider.apk. We need to add some .xml file it seems. Which is too tech for me so m gonna search some other option for this.
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Google account sync disabled?

Seems strange it syncs ok if I select the individual parts or even sync all! Anyone knows what is going on?
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tjbrady said:
Seems strange it syncs ok if I select the individual parts or even sync all! Anyone knows what is going on?
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I see this too and would like to know why. It's really sad no one has responded to your post by now.
I am using the AT&T Galaxy SIII variant but this particular issue doesn't appear to be device-specific.
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Figured it out. In GMail hit Settings then select your account. From there hit Sync and check Auto sync apps. Then select your account and checkmark all that you want to sync.

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