Duplicates using BB and Google Calendar

[bumbazz]

Hi, i got the following problem: i sync my bb calendar using the mobile sync app from google to sync with my google calendar. i don't sync with the desktop manager. now within 8 hours i got about 10 duplicates in each calendar. so i did the following steps:

Duplicate calendar entries when syncing to Blackberry - Calendar Help

1. cleaned my bb calendar by wiping my bb
2. removed all duplicates in google calendar and ical (mac)
3. started syncing again

and now again, i get duplicates.

anyone else having the same issues?

[bumbazz]

no answer....
so no one using google sync to sync bb calendar with google calendar? or everyone using google sync but not having the same problem as me?

[diegonei]

Sorry if I didn't answer before... but your post came at 4:18 am I usually sleep at that time :/

So, do you have wireless sync on for that account? Either use GSync app or the native BIS sync, not both (unless you like seeing your contacts being cloned.

If I were you, I'd remove the google account from the device, clean the calendary and contact, make sure you only have one of each contact appointment and then add the account again, using the Email setup (the icon with a little engine) and enable wireless sync for both calendar/contacts.

EDIT: The link you refered to is quite accurate, but it favors using the app, while I favor using the native BIS service. Up to you which you prefer using.

[bumbazz]

Thx for ur answer diiegonei!
The problem was indeed that both, the native wireless sync and the google sync app were running. I uninstalled the google app and it works perfect now!
Thx again!

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[bumbazz]

Originally Posted by bumbazz

Thx for ur answer diiegonei!
The problem was indeed that both, the native wireless sync and the google sync app were running. I uninstalled the google app and it works perfect now!
Thx again!

Sorry for waking u up, l live in europe and didn't think about the time difference

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[diegonei]

Boy, I was just kidding...

[bumbazz]

Me too :-)

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[mrk2010]

Sorry to kind of hijack your thread here . Just wondering how long it took for the native BIS Google sync to load all your contacts and calendar info. I enabled wireless sync for both in Email setup (as described by diegonei) a few hours ago but still not getting anything on my BB

[diegonei]

That is strange, when I set it up, I get an activation screen and withing minutes the Activation Complete pops up.

Recommend you remove the email all together and add again, asking for the syncs.

[mrk2010]

Originally Posted by diegonei

Recommend you remove the email all together and add again, asking for the syncs.

I would do that, but I don't want to lose my filter settings (and I have quite a few of them). If there's a way to back up my filter settings, then I'll try that.

I think I will just stick with Google's syncing app for now...it looks like native BIS syncing is still a bit buggy for some.

[spotlmnop]

I have the same issue

[spotlmnop]

An excerpt from google answers
The problem seems to lie with Blackberry sync and Google sync both trying to synchronize the calendar. Turn off the Blackberry sync by going to Calendar--> Options--> Select your account (the gmail address that you are synching with)--> Un-check 'Wireless Synchronization'. Once this is turned off, use Google sync.


Blackberry: How can I delete all my events on my Blackberry's default calendar
Go into the calendar, set your view to be agenda, and then scroll up to the top of your calendar, highlight the first date listed and hit the menu key. Now choose "delete prior" and it will remove all of your calendar entries.


Deleting duplicates from Google Calendar
You can use the donation-ware tool to delete your duplicates. Here is the tool on the page. Read their FAQs.

Free Google Calendar Duplicate Remover (Donation-ware) | ryanVision

[mr_richard]

Calendar sync...possible solution

Please understand this may not be exactly what you're looking but:

Here's what I discovered, give it a shot. it's a working workaround, sorry it's not perfect, but you

don't have to deal with millions of duplicates when you attempt to sync your Google Sync with the BB

calendar app.

Do this:
Sign in to your Google account using BB's web browser. Then access the Calendar feature from a WEB PAGE.

Do NOT use the BB Calendar application that's built into the memory. Google's mobile Calendar page will

show you an agenda and a Quick Add space where you can add new events to your calendar WITHOUT EVER USING

THE BB CALENDAR APP. It will sync to your Google calendar, and the only difference is, you bookmark in

your Web favorites to access your calendar app. With BB's push browser, you'll stay as synced as you

possibly can in real time, AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO INPUT AN APPOINTMENT ONCE FOR IT TO STICK. And best of

all, NO DUPES!

Sorry if I am on the late freight, but hey, it took me a few weeks on my new BB 9360 Curve to get it to

work this way. Hope it helps!

One more thing...make sure you hide the BB calendar so you don't accidentally access it instead of the

web.

Update: I've using this procedure since I first posted on 4/10/12 with NO PROBLEMS...NONE!!!