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Google Calendar not syncing entirely with HTC Evo (facebook, subscribed calendars)

Ok, here is my issue.
Both my google and HTC calendar on my Evo show my facebook contacts' birthdays. Wonderful.
However, when I look at google calendar on my laptop, the facebook contacts' birthdays are nowhere in site.
I can add events from my Evo's HTC and google calendar's and have them show up on my laptop's google calendar so it is not a fundamental syncing issue it appears.
Furthermore, when I subscribe to a calendar on my laptop's google calendar (lets say the chicago cubs), the Cubs schedule does not appear on my Evo.
Anyone got any clues to these issues with Google Calendar syncing with the Evo's calendars?
...And yes I have searched and found nothing suitable for my problem.
Thanks so much for reading this.

As far as I know the Facebook calendar should be independent of the Google sync, I think of it as an overlay of such if that makes sense. With the Cubs calendar are you selecting it on your phone? Ie with your calendar open push menu -> more -> calendars and make sure its checked there? I have personally had to remove calendars and go back and re add them to get them to show up when they are new, hope this helps you out.
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ju5tiiv said:
As far as I know the Facebook calendar should be independent of the Google sync, I think of it as an overlay of such if that makes sense. With the Cubs calendar are you selecting it on your phone? Ie with your calendar open push menu -> more -> calendars and make sure its checked there? I have personally had to remove calendars and go back and re add them to get them to show up when they are new, hope this helps you out.
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Ok, that make sense (pun not intended) that the facebook calender + sense is an overlay. Wish there was a way around it. For consistency's sake, I would like my phone's calendar to be the same as google calendar's on my laptop.
With the Cubs Calendar, I was adding their schedule through my laptop's google calendars (do not think there is way to do this via the Evo directly...Google Calendar > settings > calendar settings > calendars > browse interesting calendars > subscribe
Via this method, my Evo's calendar would not update with the google calendar which includes the Cubs schedule.

Okay so I tried exactly what you did and I did not get it to work either
Here is a solution I found from androidforums
Goto MySportsCal.com and download the schedule and import into a new calendar, then sync and voila. Worked flawlessly on my phone using this method!

For the record, not all of the Google calendars you can choose on a PC are able to show on a mobile device. It says it somwhere on google, but it was hard to find when I was looking. (Had the same probelm trying to get the buckeyes' schedule lol)
And yes, Sense is putting facebook in, which is why you cant see it on a PC.

ju5tiiv and Bp3dots,
Thanks guys. I actually found the answer a few minutes after you posted that. funny coincidence....anyway worked for me too.
So I guess have both my questions solved. Good stuff guys, thanks.

You betcha, not a problem at all! oh and I gotta say this in good fun lol Go A's haha jk!

[Q] Facebook contacts added to phone

Hi,
I've got an issue, not a massive one but it bugs me nonetheless.
Currently, when I tap the Phone button from the home screen it brings up a list which shows my recent call list, if I scroll down I get a long list of all my contacts. The thing I find annoying is that the long list includes all of my Facebook "friends" that have a telephone number listed.
What I would like is for this list to only contain my contacts (copied over from my SIM), and for the ones that are linked to a Facebook account, to have their status etc updated. I do not want my random Facebook "friends" to be in the list.
The most recent thing I've done to try and solve this issue is to go into the Facebook app on the phone and change the 'Sync Contacts' settings (Menu-> Settings) to 'Don't sync'. I then went into (phone) Settings-> Applications-> Manage Applications-> All (tab)-> Contacts storage-> Clear Data. I then copied my contacts back over from the SIM. (I've also tried the 'Sync with existing contacts' option as well)
All was well for a while, my contacts linked up again and I got facebook details for my contacts when calling them. However I noticed to my annoyance that my Phone list now contains my facebook contacts again!
I notice under Settings->Accounts and Sync I have two (removable) Facebook accounts, one is Facebook, the other is Facebook for HTC Sense. Does anyone know if it would help to remove either of these accounts?
Can anyone help me find a way to solve this issue (preferably without extra software or going through the People menu)?
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Grim.

I just fixed this myself.
I think it's something to do with how HTC Facebook interacts with official Facebook. If I turned of syncing on both (but left contact sync disabled in both) I'd still get contacts in Phone (and also in suggestions in sms app). If I removed both, then added Facebook official only I'd still get them.
In the end, opening up Facebook on my PC and going into privacy then apps and disabling Facebook for HTC Sense seemed to solve it to me. I could then use the official Facebook app without getting all these contacts I'd never use.
I didn't care about getting contact pictures and stuff so I never tried letting official Facebook sync with existing contacts only, but it might work properly.
Hope this helps, completely unscientific but it seemed to for me!

jbrizz said:
I just fixed this myself.
I think it's something to do with how HTC Facebook interacts with official Facebook. If I turned of syncing on both (but left contact sync disabled in both) I'd still get contacts in Phone (and also in suggestions in sms app). If I removed both, then added Facebook official only I'd still get them.
In the end, opening up Facebook on my PC and going into privacy then apps and disabling Facebook for HTC Sense seemed to solve it to me. I could then use the official Facebook app without getting all these contacts I'd never use.
I didn't care about getting contact pictures and stuff so I never tried letting official Facebook sync with existing contacts only, but it might work properly.
Hope this helps, completely unscientific but it seemed to for me!
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Hi JBrizz thanks for your reply.
I didn't think of logging into the facebook website to disable anything. I'll give that a try.
In the meantime I've fiddled about with the accounts in 'Accounts and Sync'. I've tried deleting both the Facebook and Facebook for HTC Sense accounts.
After deleting both I went into the Facebook app and signed in, which recreates the account in Accounts and Sync. I set the sync options in the app to not sync any contacts. I waited around for a while and no extra contacts (from Facebook) appeared in my Phone list.
I then went into the Facebook app and changed the sync settings to 'sync with existing contacts' - which I assumed should only sync the data for the people currently in my phone book? Anyway after a few minutes I checked an all of my Facebook friends were now in my Phone list AGAIN
I started from fresh again and tried a similar thing with the other Facebook for HTC Sense account - I had to recreate this in the Accounts and Sync settings screen.
Again after a few minutes all my Facebook friends where there on my Phone list
Maybe this functionality isn't available with this phone / app?
Anyone else have any ideas?

It is a google problem, not a HTC problem.
The HTC app is doing what it should be doing. If you go to the people app, click on your contact (far left) and then menu -> view you can see the facebook option is unchecked.
However the Phone dialer (google product) just syncs everything.
There is a issue no for this, 10618 @
code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10618&can=5&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars
(unfortunately I can't post links as I am a newbie!!)
Best thing to do is you guys reply and make this defect more and more noticeable.

I've posted on the google issue site, cheers for the link!

[Q] Syncing Calendar with Facebook

Heya
How do I get my Facebook birthdays and events to show up in my Calendar ? So far only the weather predictions for a particular date are shown.
Cheers
MJ

I guess you already have facebook set up. Should just be a matter if following this menu path:
Calendar
Menu
More
Calendars
Tick facebook
Then you might have to wait for it to sync.
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Yes I have the normal facebook setup (not the HTC sense one).
I don't see the option to add the facebook calendar to my calendar.
Is something missing ?

Ok I just did a quick test and you need to set up facebook for htc sense to get it to work. The standard facebook syncs contacts only.
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I would actually like to know the opposite. How do I remove all the facebook birthdays etc from the calendar?
I have turned off facebook sync, google calendar sync, and have cleared all the calendar data and cache. But every time I restart the phone they just appear again. I have no idea how to get them permanently, can anyone give me some advice?

You can import facebook events into google calender. After that you will see them in your phone calender, as well as on the web google calender. Follow this guide http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/15/how-to-sync-facebook-events-with-google-calendar/

chris.daf said:
I would actually like to know the opposite. How do I remove all the facebook birthdays etc from the calendar?
I have turned off facebook sync, google calendar sync, and have cleared all the calendar data and cache. But every time I restart the phone they just appear again. I have no idea how to get them permanently, can anyone give me some advice?
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Menu-> more-> calendars, then deselect facebook.
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Contacts Sync

Just got my Fire Phone a couple of days ago and I knew exactly what I was getting into when I bought it. First thing I did was install Play Store along with all the apks are are important from Google.
But as the title suggests, I am just curious on if there is a way to sync Google Contacts quickly. My Contacts apps syncs fine with my Gmail, but it takes every bit of hour for them to sync. Whereas as when you add a contact in Gmail on the computer they sync immediately with an Android Phone. We have tried the different syncs options on the Fire Phone but to no avail. Just more curious than anything. If there isnt a way, it really doesnt bother me to much instead of being more a nuisance than anything.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

beeson76 said:
Just got my Fire Phone a couple of days ago and I knew exactly what I was getting into when I bought it. First thing I did was install Play Store along with all the apks are are important from Google.
But as the title suggests, I am just curious on if there is a way to sync Google Contacts quickly. My Contacts apps syncs fine with my Gmail, but it takes every bit of hour for them to sync. Whereas as when you add a contact in Gmail on the computer they sync immediately with an Android Phone. We have tried the different syncs options on the Fire Phone but to no avail. Just more curious than anything. If there isnt a way, it really doesnt bother me to much instead of being more a nuisance than anything.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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How did you get them to sync? My contacts app doesnt show any contacts I have on Google. :/

rjmohit said:
How did you get them to sync? My contacts app doesnt show any contacts I have on Google. :/
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I had to set up the Fire Email app with my Gmail address to get the contacts & calendar to sync. I actually like the email app more than I thought I would but can't seem to find two critical things:
-Notify once for emails (not every email)
-Different notification sounds for different accounts
Am I missing a setting somewhere?

rjmohit said:
How did you get them to sync? My contacts app doesnt show any contacts I have on Google. :/
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It was pretty automatic for me. I logged in using my gmail account. I will try to help you though but you prolly already have all the correct settings. When you open your email app from the OS (not some installed app from the store), left swipe to get to your settings. In my email app, the only email I have as an account is Gmail. Go to settings in the menu. Bottom option. On next screen click Contacts Settings. From there you have an option to Synchronize contacts. Make sure that is set to on. Try that and let us know what happens. This is where is may take to up to an hour for it to sync. My original question here was if there is a faster option to get the contacts to sync because many times I need the contact sync immediately.
It prolly just built into the OS to sync at a certain time frame.

ItsDon said:
I had to set up the Fire Email app with my Gmail address to get the contacts & calendar to sync. I actually like the email app more than I thought I would but can't seem to find two critical things:
-Notify once for emails (not every email)
-Different notification sounds for different accounts
Am I missing a setting somewhere?
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beeson76 said:
It was pretty automatic for me. I logged in using my gmail account. I will try to help you though but you prolly already have all the correct settings. When you open your email app from the OS (not some installed app from the store), left swipe to get to your settings. In my email app, the only email I have as an account is Gmail. Go to settings in the menu. Bottom option. On next screen click Contacts Settings. From there you have an option to Synchronize contacts. Make sure that is set to on. Try that and let us know what happens. This is where is may take to up to an hour for it to sync. My original question here was if there is a faster option to get the contacts to sync because many times I need the contact sync immediately.
It prolly just built into the OS to sync at a certain time frame.
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Gotcha!! I basically disabled the built in email app and installed googlecontactssyncadapter.apk in an effort to sync contacts. Unsuccessful, I moved to using CM11 and loving it!! Thanks for the detailed explanations!

I disabled most of the amazon apps as well, and noticed that my contacts stopped syncing. Looked into it a little more and saw that it was tied to the email app. The email app is okay, but it doesn't have any of my gmail labels so that was out, and it was using too much juice as was so I had to find an alternative. This app will connect to google, or a number of other contact sync services, and you can set the sync rate on it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dmfs.carddav.sync

How Do I Sync Google Calendar Only?

Is there a way to sync ONLY my google calendar without syncing other services?

Go to Settings / User & Accounts / Google and select only the options Sync Calendar and Sync Tasks in Calendar.

clauss2004 said:
Go to Settings / User & Accounts / Google and select only the options Sync Calendar and Sync Tasks in Calendar.
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When I go there I have the only option of syncing everything including drive which I don't want. I just want to sync calendar ONLY. Btw theres no 'sync tasks' options, just sync calendar, wifi, fit, contacts, drive, people and games cloud.
I also tried installing 2 sync widgets from the playstore to sync my calendar upon pressing their buttons but it doesn't work. Do you know where in the settings on the phone I need to modify to get the widgets to work? The phone isn't letting the widgets work which is strange.

This is how it looks on my phone. However I have installed the google apps so maybe that's why it looks different.

clauss2004 said:
This is how it looks on my phone. However I have installed the google apps so maybe that's why it looks different.
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Hey dude. your response lead me to the answer. What happened to me was I disabled the google app which turned off syncing. Now I've re-enabled the google app and its working fine now.
The only issue now is how to reduce the amount of times it syncs since its syncing all the time. If you know of a good app that limits syncing times please let me know. Thanks.