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I'm having problems synching multiple Google calendars to my phone...
Under "My Calendars" in Google calendar (when viewing Calendar Settings via the desktop) I have my own named calendar. Under "Other Calendars" I have my wife's calendar, "Contacts' birthdays and Events", "UK Holidays" and I've just added a Google calendar called "England" which contains the upcomming World Cup Fixtures.
Everything in my original four calendars syncs fine - and if I use the "Create New Calendar" button to add another calendar under "My Calendars" that too appears on the phone, but try as I might I can do nothing to make the "England" calendar appear.
I actually had a similar problem just after getting the phone - but then it was with the "Contacts' birthdays and Events" calendar which I'd just added. It seems to me that whatever calendars are there when the phone first syncs will appear just fine, but if you add any extra "Other Calendars" they never show up.
I fixed the previous issue by doing a full system reset and starting over. That was fine then, because I'd had the phone less than a day, so hadn't set much up, but I don't want to keep doing this every time I want to add another calendar!
I found another discussion on the Google forums with a link to a solution that involved the following...
Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications
com.android.providers.calendar -> clear data
Forced a Calendar Sync and got all my Calendars
Trouble is, that was for a HTC hero, and there doesn't appear to be a com.android.providers.calendar app on the Desire!
I have tried...
Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications
Calendar storage -> Clear data
...That did clear everything and force a re-sync, but still the "England" calendar does not appear.
I've also checked it's not listed on the phone's calendar app under Calendars, and I've tried the "Add calendars" option there too, but that does nothing.
Has anyone got any ideas how I can resove this? I realise I could copy all the events from another calendar to my own one, but I'd rather be able to sync things automatically.
Thanks,
Matt
I've seen a few similar issues posted on various boards, without any concrete solutions, so I'm guessing it may well be affecting others too - although admittedly, it's probably not a major issue, as how often do people chop and change their calendars?
Would someone be prepared to try adding another calendar (via their Desktop) and seeing if they can see it on their Desire? (i.e. From Google Calendar, select Other Calendar's, Add, Browse Interesting Calendars, then pick one to try - you can always remove it later.)
I also tried...
Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications
Calendar -> Clear data
...but this didn't help either.
My only other thought was that perhaps I'd hit a limit on the number of calendars, but I'd be surprised if that was the case already?
If I go into the calendars option on the phone I see...
My Calendar
<My named calendar>
Contact's birthdays and events
UK Holidays
<Wife's calendar>
PC Sync
If this is an issue for other people too, then perhaps it could be added to the "Flaws & annoyances with the HTC Desire..." thread.
Any assistance appreciated.
Instead of clearing the calendars data, look for 'Calendar Storage' and clear the data for that, followed by a reboot.
TractorMatty said:
If I go into the calendars option on the phone I see...
My Calendar
<My named calendar>
Contact's birthdays and events
UK Holidays
<Wife's calendar>
PC Sync
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On mine I see:
My Calendar
<My named Calendar>
Contact's birthdays and events
UK Holidays
PC Sync
My cousins calendar does not appear either.
Also, whats the difference between My Calendar, My Named Calendar and PC Sync?
Thanks Rusty, but I tried that the first time around with no luck.
Just to be sure, I just did so again and then immediately rebooted, but I still only get my original set of calendars back - no sign of the England world cup fixtures.
Psy-Blade said:
On mine I see:
My Calendar
<My named Calendar>
Contact's birthdays and events
UK Holidays
PC Sync
My cousins calendar does not appear either.
Also, whats the difference between My Calendar, My Named Calendar and PC Sync?
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I think My Calendar is local to the phone (i.e. not synched to a Google account, so you won't see stuff in there if you look online), and <My Named Calendar> is the Google one.
PC Sync is presumably one used if your using HTC Sync or some other program to sync with a calendar stored locally on your own PC. (I don't use HTC Sync though, as I've no need for it.)
I've got 2 calendars showing on the phone, my one and the UK Holidays one I picked out from the interesting list a while ago.
Just tried adding Englands WC fixtures and it's not showing in the list, but working fine on the desktop. Forced it to sync up and it made no difference.
Thanks for trying this Rusty - it seems to confirm that this is an issue, and not just me...
As far as I can tell it seems to be a problem adding ANY additional calendars, as I also tried adding ones that had events today - just in case it was something to do with nothing being in the calendar for a few weeks ahead (as is the case with the World Cup Fixtures).
As mentioned in my original post, it looks like this problem may not be Desire specific, but it looks like we could do with a Desire specific solution/workaround, as the Hero one's not appropriate for us.
I may look into an alternative calendar app.
As far as I can see the built in one doesn't allow adding a new event and having it set to private?
It doesn't sync tasks either
I'm just worrying about having 3 different push connections (google for contacts, k-9 email for email and whatever calendar app for calendar) and its affect on battery life.
Had the same problem,it didnt sync right away, the next day it did though... weird.
KrewCial said:
Had the same problem,it didnt sync right away, the next day it did though... weird.
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I also read of possible delays syncing, and thought that may be the case here. I've had these extra calendar(s) on for several days now and despite reboots, clearing data and re-syncing, still nothing's appeared.
I'll keep an eye on mine for a couple of days and let you know it it appears.
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I also read of possible delays syncing, and thought that may be the case here. I've had these extra calendar(s) on for several days now and despite reboots, clearing data and re-syncing, still nothing's appeared.
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Another issue I noticed was that events added before a certain date would not get synced. Simply opening an event on the pc and editing it, saving, then undoing the changes would get it synced. Luckily I only started using Google Calendar a couple months ago, so I didnt have that many events saved before this certain date and went through each one of them editing, saving then undoing the changes. Afterwards, all events synced ok.
KrewCial said:
Another issue I noticed was that events added before a certain date would not get synced. Simply opening an event on the pc and editing it, saving, then undoing the changes would get it synced. Luckily I only started using Google Calendar a couple months ago, so I didnt have that many events saved before this certain date and went through each one of them editing, saving then undoing the changes. Afterwards, all events synced ok.
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I had a similar issue with some repeating events that began many months/years ago. In that case what I did was stop the repeating event then re-add them as new ones going forward. That wasn't such a pain as I only have about four of these for specific days, but at least there was an easy workaround!
A workaround for adding additional calendars that does not involve completely resetting everything on the phone would be nice.
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A workaround for adding additional calendars that does not involve completely resetting everything on the phone would be nice.
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A full reset wouldn't help either.
This is actually a Google limititation that only affects (their) sports calendars. They even state (expand Sports to see it) it outright:
Google said:
Keep in mind that it's not possible to sync sports calendars with other calendar applications at this time.
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I tried adding a moon phase calendar via "Browse interesting calendars - more", and that did show on the phone as it should.
This thread also mentions the same issue.
Regards
-Øyvind
Sports and random calendars may not be able to sync but I still can't get my cousins and gf's shared calendars to sync to my phone
Psy-Blade said:
Sports and random calendars may not be able to sync but I still can't get my cousins and gf's shared calendars to sync to my phone
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Did you try to clear calendar storage to see if that fixes it?
Not sure if that did anything but while messing around I hit Menu > Add Calendars and they're all there available to sync.
My bad, first time android user is my excuse heh. Thanks
mroek said:
A full reset wouldn't help either.
This is actually a Google limititation that only affects (their) sports calendars. They even state (expand Sports to see it) it outright:
I tried adding a moon phase calendar via "Browse interesting calendars - more", and that did show on the phone as it should.
This thread also mentions the same issue.
Regards
-Øyvind
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Well ain't that interesting, good spot!
Good job there's an option to copy events from said sports calendars to you main calendar.
mroek said:
A full reset wouldn't help either.
This is actually a Google limititation that only affects (their) sports calendars. They even state (expand Sports to see it) it outright:
I tried adding a moon phase calendar via "Browse interesting calendars - more", and that did show on the phone as it should.
This thread also mentions the same issue.
Regards
-Øyvind
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Thanks for this! We live and learn - I'll update the other "issues" thread to make sure everyone's in the picture.
I was wondering if someone could help me out.
Today when I went to settings, accounts and sync I get the below message.
Sync is experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.
It has been like this all day and I have tried unchecking and rechecking autosync. I have also press the button that says sync all. Still getting the same message.
Any idea what may be happening or what I can do? Thanks.
Chochiwpg said:
I was wondering if someone could help me out.
Today when I went to settings, accounts and sync I get the below message.
Sync is experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.
It has been like this all day and I have tried unchecking and rechecking autosync. I have also press the button that says sync all. Still getting the same message.
Any idea what may be happening or what I can do? Thanks.
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background data checked?
bobby3306 said:
background data checked?
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yes it is. I think I got it figured out. Under manage accounts the message was popping up for Twitter, but none of my other accounts. When I click on twitter, Sync Twitter was working perfectly, it was Sync Contacts (twitter contacts) that wasn't. I unchecked sync contacts and no more error.
I didn't really want my Twitter contacts to show up under my phone contacts anyway.
thanks.
Hi,
I'm using the productivity lock screen on the one X, and even though I've specified that i only want to see my Google calender, Facebook birthday events pop up all the time. I unchecked the Facebook calender, but it's still there. Is there any fix for this?
Thanks
darksnakex said:
Hi,
I'm using the productivity lock screen on the one X, and even though I've specified that i only want to see my Google calender, Facebook birthday events pop up all the time. I unchecked the Facebook calender, but it's still there. Is there any fix for this?
Thanks
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I haven't had this issue. But my productivity lockscreen is flickering like crazy!!! A reboot doesn't fix and its only that lockscreen. I don't think really coded this correctly.
Bxsteez said:
But my productivity lockscreen is flickering like crazy!!!
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Mine too. It was fine for two days and just started flickering today. Maybe the next update will help. A shame, it's really cool when it works.
This is gonna seem like a strange question but did all of you have an all day appointment the day it started going crazy?
darksnakex said:
Hi,
I'm using the productivity lock screen on the one X, and even though I've specified that i only want to see my Google calender, Facebook birthday events pop up all the time. I unchecked the Facebook calender, but it's still there. Is there any fix for this?
Thanks
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I have the exact same problem.
I have both unchecked facebook calendar in calendar settings, gone to productivity lock screen settings and unchecked facebook. I have also repeatedly removed my facebook account but everytime i use the facebook app it automatically synces even when i have turned off automatic syncing. I have revoked all access to contact information via the facebook webpage under application settings. None of this makes a difference.
I am also unable to manually delete the facebook events and birthday events in my calendar.
Bxsteez said:
This is gonna seem like a strange question but did all of you have an all day appointment the day it started going crazy?
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The appointment that was showing when the problem started is "Tax Day" from Google Calendar which is an all-day appointment. It was fine before that came up. We'll see what happens tomorrow when it's gone. Like someone else said, trying to modify what's shown from the different sources in the lock screen settings doesn't change it from displaying what's already been selected in the master calendar app's settings (and vice versa).
BarryH_GEG said:
The appointment that was showing when the problem started is "Tax Day" from Google Calendar which is an all-day appointment. It was fine before that came up. We'll see what happens tomorrow when it's gone. Like someone else said, trying to modify what's shown from the different sources in the lock screen settings doesn't change it from displaying what's already been selected in the master calendar app's settings (and vice versa).
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Same here!! Now that Tax Day is gone I don't have any issues. I'm going to create an all day appointment and see if it comes up again. I wonder if an all day appointment has it constantly refreshing that screen.
Bxsteez said:
Same here!! Now that Tax Day is gone I don't have any issues. I'm going to create an all day appointment and see if it comes up again. I wonder if an all day appointment has it constantly refreshing that screen.
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Weird. I set up an all-day appointment for today using Exchange and the productivity screen handled it fine. Maybe it has something to do with Google calendar. Here's something interesting too. If you slide left or right you can scroll through what's shown on the productivity screen. Pretty neat.
BarryH_GEG said:
Weird. I set up an all-day appointment for today using Exchange and the productivity screen handled it fine. Maybe it has something to do with Google calendar. Here's something interesting too. If you slide left or right you can scroll through what's shown on the productivity screen. Pretty neat.
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I just tried to do the same and it worked fine. I did try and delete the "Tax Day" event but I couldn't. Maybe how it is made and synced caused the issue.
Had the same issue but:
go to settings --> Personalize --> Lock Screen Style
thumb to Productivity and click "Settings" on the bottom left
where it says "Display calendar events from" simply uncheck Facebook
There I fixed it
Someone already replied with those instructions - which don't work. I've got a gmail account with multiple calendars shared to it. When I uncheck all of them in the productivity lock screen settings, appointments from those calendars STILL show up in the lock screen.
Definitely a bug that needs fixing.
Exactly the same problem here...
I have unchecked the Facebook calendar but it still shows up in the productivity lock screen. This is very annoying!!
If you uncheck everything in the Settings, it won't let you click "OK"...
Yeah,i had the same problem to.I fixed it by removing the Facebook account in Settings and deleted all the contacts that were stored by Facebook.
jeyml said:
Yeah,i had the same problem to.I fixed it by removing the Facebook account in Settings and deleted all the contacts that were stored by Facebook.
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I would not want to remove my facebook account because of the lock screen
See a nice reply from HTC:
Thank you for contacting HTC!
Regarding your HTC One X issue, please kindly change another lock screen style to check the phone.
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Is there any other lock screen that would display calendar items?? Perhaps HTC customer service should use their own product and be more familiar before answering...
singcheng said:
I would not want to remove my facebook account because of the lock screen
See a nice reply from HTC:
Is there any other lock screen that would display calendar items?? Perhaps HTC customer service should use their own product and be more familiar before answering...
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You can try and make you'r own lockscreen but without the calendar items.
jdhatt said:
Someone already replied with those instructions - which don't work. I've got a gmail account with multiple calendars shared to it. When I uncheck all of them in the productivity lock screen settings, appointments from those calendars STILL show up in the lock screen.
Definitely a bug that needs fixing.
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Same problems here... I have multiple co-workers and family members calendars linked to my gmail account, and their events are all showing up on my lock screen. Like you, unchecking them in the settings doesn't do anything.
BTW, this is on an AT&T One XL.
jeyml said:
You can try and make you'r own lockscreen but without the calendar items.
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Too bad I have no idea how to change/modify/create a lock screen...
Any tutorial?
same here
This has been driving me nuts. It only shows one event, some dude's birthday from face book. All I have selected is about three of my google calendars. I have multiple events in the next couple days, none of which are showing up, just buddy's b-day.
My #1 grip with iPhone was lack of lockscreen calendar (after coming form BB).
I am having the same exact issue on my phone as well. I'm on the EVO 4G LTE. Has anyone made any further progress with this?
Edit: still no luck after trying numerous things. I may just have to remove those extra accounts from gmail altogether.
Hi,
on my HTC One S the following fixed it for me:
Settings -> Accounts Sync -> Facebook -> Uncheck Sync Calendar + Uncheck Sync live feed.
Hope it works for you too.
Cheers
Hi. I am having issues syncing my One X with Google Calendar. I have calendar sync on my laptop and use it every time I make a change, but not everything is syncing across - which is driving me crazy as I rely on it a huge amount. Some events sync, some don't and some are duplicated because I have moved them and they've also stayed in the original position...
I have tried everything, I think. I have deleted and reinstalled Google Calendar Sync, cleared the cache on the One X and (or course) checked that the Google calendar sync is enabled in accounts, but all to no avail. The only way I can sort it is to delete my Gmail account from the phone and then set it all up again, which is quite time-consuming and means that I have to then reset everything for that account. (I tried Synker and it didn't seem to make any difference - nor did it find a fault, it seems.)
If you could help, I would be extremely grateful - this is driving me crazy!
Note: I know there are threads on similar issues here and think I've gone through them all, but to no avail. Apologies if this has been solved and I've missed that post.
I use the app Calengoo, works okay here.
There are a few small issues I can't solve but it syncs always.
bigbamboo5 said:
Hi. I am having issues syncing my One X with Google Calendar. I have calendar sync on my laptop and use it every time I make a change, but not everything is syncing across - which is driving me crazy as I rely on it a huge amount. Some events sync, some don't and some are duplicated because I have moved them and they've also stayed in the original position...
I have tried everything, I think. I have deleted and reinstalled Google Calendar Sync, cleared the cache on the One X and (or course) checked that the Google calendar sync is enabled in accounts, but all to no avail. The only way I can sort it is to delete my Gmail account from the phone and then set it all up again, which is quite time-consuming and means that I have to then reset everything for that account. (I tried Synker and it didn't seem to make any difference - nor did it find a fault, it seems.)
If you could help, I would be extremely grateful - this is driving me crazy!
Note: I know there are threads on similar issues here and think I've gone through them all, but to no avail. Apologies if this has been solved and I've missed that post.
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I had similar issues, check if you have any calendar labs options activated and deactivate them. In my case it solved sync problem.
al.dexter said:
I had similar issues, check if you have any calendar labs options activated and deactivate them. In my case it solved sync problem.
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Thanks. How do I do this, please?
Right - sorry for being dim. I found this and nothing was enabled, so that probably wasn't the issue.
Does anyone have any other options (PLEASE!)
Hi.
Today I ripped out the Samsung calendar that comes stock with Titanium and installed Google's calendar instead. When I attempted to use the new calendar, I wasn't able to sync at all - when I go to settings to choose calendars to sync, it says "loading" indefinitely. Is there a way around this issue, or am I forced to keep the Samsung apk installed? If so, could someone please post or link to the apk so I don't have to dig it out of a backup. Thanks a lot!
Ratlegion said:
Hi.
Today I ripped out the Samsung calendar that comes stock with Titanium and installed Google's calendar instead. When I attempted to use the new calendar, I wasn't able to sync at all - when I go to settings to choose calendars to sync, it says "loading" indefinitely. Is there a way around this issue, or am I forced to keep the Samsung apk installed? If so, could someone please post or link to the apk so I don't have to dig it out of a backup. Thanks a lot!
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I know this won't help you, however, I have a problem with my T-Mobile Note 2. When I add an event to my Gmail calendar, it will show in my phone but not in my GCalendar. I have tried everything and I get 'Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.' This only applies to my Sync Calendar. Sync Contacts and Gmail does sync properly. Hope someone finds a fix for you.
Please disregard opening post; I have settled the issue myself.
asctony said:
I know this won't help you, however, I have a problem with my T-Mobile Note 2. When I add an event to my Gmail calendar, it will show in my phone but not in my GCalendar. I have tried everything and I get 'Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.' This only applies to my Sync Calendar. Sync Contacts and Gmail does sync properly. Hope someone finds a fix for you.
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When you say you're adding an event to your Gmail calendar, are you adding the event through the app with the green trim or the app with the blue trim?
If you are using the calendar app made by Google (blue trim), much of the time to settle this issue, all you have to do is go into the app manager and find the calendar storage and wipe cache. I have never had a time where sync wasn't "experiencing problems." It is normal, and Google refuses to fix it. Also, when adding an event, make sure it has your Gmail address as the calender name or a calendar you've made in the cloud selected, because if it says "local" or something like that, it's only being saved to the phone and the phone calendar won't sync, similar to how contacts won't sync on their own to Google unless they are saved as Google contacts.
If instead you are using the Samsung app (green trim), you have to manually sync your calendar to the cloud. It's an annoying process that immediately turned me off to using it in the first place.
Thank you! Fixed
Ratlegion said:
Please disregard opening post; I have settled the issue myself.
When you say you're adding an event to your Gmail calendar, are you adding the event through the app with the green trim or the app with the blue trim?
If you are using the calendar app made by Google (blue trim), much of the time to settle this issue, all you have to do is go into the app manager and find the calendar storage and wipe cache. I have never had a time where sync wasn't "experiencing problems." It is normal, and Google refuses to fix it. Also, when adding an event, make sure it has your Gmail address as the calender name or a calendar you've made in the cloud selected, because if it says "local" or something like that, it's only being saved to the phone and the phone calendar won't sync, similar to how contacts won't sync on their own to Google unless they are saved as Google contacts.
If instead you are using the Samsung app (green trim), you have to manually sync your calendar to the cloud. It's an annoying process that immediately turned me off to using it in the first place.
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I just downloaded Google Calendar from Google Play and checked my TEST Events and now they are there in all my Calendars. Just re-synced and it worked. I have no idea other than when I installed Google Calendar that corrected the problem. Thanks for your time and reply. I do appreciate your advise. I walked through all your suggestions.
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I just downloaded Google Calendar from Google Play and checked my TEST Events and now they are there in all my Calendars. Just re-synced and it worked. I have no idea other than when I installed Google Calendar that corrected the problem. Thanks for your time and reply. I do appreciate your advise. I walked through all your suggestions.
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Awesome, good to know.