Official Google/Gmail Contacts Sync for BB Now Available?
- Good news!
Deleted existing contact in gmail and added new contact in gmail. Sync'd and both things worked - contact was deleted from BB and new contact was added to BB.
Trying it one more time the other direction (deleted contact from BB) to see if Gmail gets it the first time. I'm thinking there might be a small lag from the time the sync finished on the phone until the change actually shows up in gmail.11-20-08 03:59 PMLike 0 - jimmytop,
I did something similar but with mixed results. Here was my test:
1) delete SIM phone book
2) delete BB Address book
*by delete I mean completely empty, zero contacts
3) checked my Gmail contacts for accuracy and no duplication from previous sync attemps
4) signed out of both desktop gmail and gmail sync on BB
5) signed into BB gmail sync and initiated contact sync only
The results are interesting. Everything from Gmail synced over perfectly into BB Address book. BUT, old entries from BB memory came back, too! I'm thinking that the BB must store contacts in memory if you leave records of them in places like call logs etc. and that we'd have to delete those, too and maybe do a battery pull.
Lots of work.11-20-08 04:10 PMLike 0 - UPDATE
I repeated my test above - AFTER - deleting my call logs and pulling the battery. Logged back into Gmail sync and the results were perfect.
Sync pulled all my Gmail contacts exactly as they are supposed to be into BB Address book.
Moral?
CLEAR
THOSE
LOGS
and free up the BB system memory.11-20-08 04:36 PMLike 0 - Now i keep getting
Uncaught exception:Java.lang.NullPointerException
And it wont clear expect when I do a battery pull.11-20-08 04:38 PMLike 0 -
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- When syncing does it automatically account for Last, First or does it push them all as-is?
Also does this merge two contacts of the same name? Many of the names in my BB match names in my gmail contact list but last time I tried this I just ended up with emails in the contact info instead of any phone numbers.11-20-08 07:07 PMLike 0 -
Thanks in advance>11-20-08 08:52 PMLike 0 - just sync'd multiple calendars (my girlfriend and I both sync gcal with our blackberries) for the first time and I was disappointed to find there was no way to set a label of sorts for shared calendars. this way, on my blackberry, the entry from my girlfriends calendar would show up as "Larissa: Meeting @ Bank" instead of me just wondering why I have a meeting at the bank because it looks just like my own entry.
Last edited by johnatthebar; 11-20-08 at 10:05 PM.
11-20-08 10:01 PMLike 0 - I'm getting the same thing but it's happening to me when I try to go directly to my call history (pressing green phone button). It doesn't happen all the time but frequent enough to be a hassle. Can anyone help out with this error or point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance>11-21-08 02:47 AMLike 0 -
- mcspiffy6,
I did it the hard and boring way - deleted each entry individually. I did it this way for these reasons,
1) I was waiting for something else at the time and had a few minutes
2) did not have the time to figure out how to erase it all in one fell swoop
3) don't have that many contacts. I imagine that if you have 100s like some people report they in fact do, this would not be the best choice.
Still have no answer yet on how to eliminate the entries wholesale. Also, I don't know if the SIM book is as much a problem as the call log is.
good luck11-21-08 12:17 PMLike 0 - don't install this program..
between "Login expired, please log in again"
and "another sync client has been adding events to the BlackBerry calendar. To avoid duplicates Google Sync will not keep these events up to date",
it's more trouble than it's worth, the previous version worked..?? why do they release a new version and make it worse?11-21-08 07:24 PMLike 0 - don't install this program..
between "Login expired, please log in again"
and "another sync client has been adding events to the BlackBerry calendar. To avoid duplicates Google Sync will not keep these events up to date",
it's more trouble than it's worth, the previous version worked..?? why do they release a new version and make it worse?11-22-08 09:44 AMLike 0 - Mine is working ok too. I have been able to sync new contacts either direction, delete contacts, etc. I started off with no contacts on the bb and all contacts in gmail having email addresses, even if it's a fake email. Then I synced and got all the same contacts in each location. Now it seems to be working fine. It's fast as long as I have a good signal.11-22-08 01:34 PMLike 0
- What a piece of crap. Will hardly ever complete a full sync & when it does I have some contacts now with 20 duplicates a piece!!! WTF???? I deleted them on both Gmail & BB side & they still show up. They all seem to be contacts which have no first or last name but a business name. But I even went back & but the business name in first name field & still multiple copies. JUNK!11-22-08 07:59 PMLike 0
- TheSultanThe Sultan of CrackBerryThere is an interesting concept that I was reading about last week about the "Beta Culture" and basically we the consumers accepting crap from developers that doesn't always work, but because it's a "beta" we expect problems. Wonder if that's what is happening here. I use Google Sync, but will not be upgrading until they get this sync thing in order.
I want to put out a huge thanks to everyone who has posted here and done experiments and tested the app. That's why I love this forum, everyone is willing to play with stuff and then report back. I was one of those people for Conjola Sync and I got scared when Google Sync came out after that experience.
I've accepted that there may never be a truly good solution to sync contacts!11-24-08 10:30 AMLike 0 - There is an interesting concept that I was reading about last week about the "Beta Culture" and basically we the consumers accepting crap from developers that doesn't always work, but because it's a "beta" we expect problems. Wonder if that's what is happening here. I use Google Sync, but will not be upgrading until they get this sync thing in order.
I would be surprised if this google sync application EVER makes it out of Google Beta status.11-24-08 11:10 AMLike 0 - You are right on there. Everything Google makes says beta. Maybe 1 out 10 google products doesn't have beta next to the name. In their mind that's what excuses their lousy support, lack of communication, and sometimes crappy software. That and the fact that it's all free.
I would be surprised if this google sync application EVER makes it out of Google Beta status.
I just got my Storm today. I made a backup of my contacts through Desktop Manager so I can transfer them to the Storm. But before I transfered them to my phone, I gave google a try and it worked on the first try. Less than a minute all my 112 contacts were synced to my Storm without connecting to the computer.11-24-08 06:40 PMLike 0 - Hey All!
Thought I would chime in here with my 2 cents worth.
After initially refusing to sync (got the same message pretty much everybody else was getting), it finally settled down & synced nicely. HOWEVER, I now notice a significant battery drain since I installed and started using the service. Now, I have over 500 contacts (Business), which may explain it.
Anybody else see a decrease in battery life since the update?11-25-08 06:59 AMLike 0 - Everyone, Sync has been updated however, I'm still having issues. This is from the email I received from Google,
"We have been working hard to get everything sorted out for you and have just released an update to Google Sync. Hopefully, this will resolve many of the issues you have been experiencing. You can check out the updated version from any BlackBerry device in the US - point your mobile browser
to http://m.google.com/sync"
But this is what happened when I tried it.
I just downloaded the new version and it created duplicates for those contacts with pics. If a contact in my BB had a pic attached, sync duplicated it by making a second contact with no pic.
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