Having one minor issue with my new GS3. My phone seems to be syncing properly, on WiFi and mobile data, but the icon is greyed out like it usually is if you can't connect to Google services. Any suggestions as to what could be causing this or some troubleshooting I could try? Thanks in advance.
raptir said:
Having one minor issue with my new GS3. My phone seems to be syncing properly, on WiFi and mobile data, but the icon is greyed out like it usually is if you can't connect to Google services. Any suggestions as to what could be causing this or some troubleshooting I could try? Thanks in advance.
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Need more info about your setup.... what all have you done to it... rom, kernal, gapps, etc, whatever would apply....
Sorry, all stock currently. Not even rooted.
raptir said:
Sorry, all stock currently. Not even rooted.
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Issue with Google server go to sync then Google uncheck reboot recheck reboot come back click thanks lol
justin860 said:
Issue with Google server go to sync then Google uncheck reboot recheck reboot come back click thanks lol
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Thanks for the suggestion. I went to Accounts and Sync, Google, unchecked everything, rebooted. I then checked Calendar, Chrome, Contacts, Gmail, Play Music. I rebooted again. I am still receiving e-mail and everything fine, but the icon is still greyed out.
I have also tried a factory data reset, and have not been able to get the icon to colorize properly at all. I'm assuming it's an issue with my sync settings, but even if I uncheck all options except Gmail the icon remains grey with e-mails coming in fine.
wifi and mobile data icons are gray by default. they aren't supposed to turn green like previous generation galaxys used to. your phone is completely normal.
raptir said:
Having one minor issue with my new GS3. My phone seems to be syncing properly, on WiFi and mobile data, but the icon is greyed out like it usually is if you can't connect to Google services. Any suggestions as to what could be causing this or some troubleshooting I could try? Thanks in advance.
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matt868686 said:
wifi and mobile data icons are gray by default. they aren't supposed to turn green like previous generation galaxys used to. your phone is completely normal.
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Hi All,
I don't know what does this icon mean (circled in red in the attachment).
It is not for background sync, since it is still there after I disable the sync.
Any suggestion?
Thanks a lot!
cail9970 said:
Hi All,
I don't know what does this icon mean (circled in red in the attachment).
It is not for background sync, since it is still there after I disable the sync.
Any suggestion?
Thanks a lot!
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that's what comes up when email syncs for me
It means account data is syncing.
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LOL, yeah. it's the sync icon. you may notice it on every single widget you have, where you can press and refresh the info. or, in most menus. it means refresh/sync
Or when it tells you what it does in the setup process
This icon is there forever / syncing all the time?
I think I disable most of the sync function in apps ...
Does it cause my battery running out so fast? ...
TheBiles said:
It means account data is syncing.
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cail9970 said:
This icon is there forever / syncing all the time?
I think I disable most of the sync function in apps ...
Does it cause my battery running out so fast? ...
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your talking about the constant sync bug from rooting. I heard about it but never encountered it, don't remember what fixes it besides a wipe. Go ask in the dev forum
I believe that canceling all sync operations and restarting them a few times seemed to fix it for those that encountered that bug (you can do this from Settings/Sync), plus possibly a reboot... Don't hold me to it tho!
hello everybody, i just got my Epic 4G yesterday (love the phone!), but unfortunately im having an issue with it today. for some reason, my sync icon in the notification bar will not go away, and i have no idea what caused it. i went through all my accounts and disabled, then re-enabled the sync (even when its all disabled, the icon wont go away). now when i try to sync facebook, it gives me an error. ive attached two pictures, please take a look and help me if u can. thank you all in advance.
alexnaoumi said:
hello everybody, i just got my Epic 4G yesterday (love the phone!), but unfortunately im having an issue with it today. for some reason, my sync icon in the notification bar will not go away, and i have no idea what caused it. i went through all my accounts and disabled, then re-enabled the sync (even when its all disabled, the icon wont go away). now when i try to sync facebook, it gives me an error. ive attached two pictures, please take a look and help me if u can. thank you all in advance.
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If you are getting a sync error with Facebook, it will keep trying. Do you have good 3G/4G in your area? Is Wifi available? Reboot your phone and connect to wifi if you can and the sync will go through. Make sure all accounts and passwords are correct. Worse comes to worse delete all accounts and add them back. This worked for my facebook. The first sync takes a long time.
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If you are getting a sync error with Facebook, it will keep trying. Do you have good 3G/4G in your area? Is Wifi available? Reboot your phone and connect to wifi if you can and the sync will go through. Make sure all accounts and passwords are correct. Worse comes to worse delete all accounts and add them back. This worked for my facebook. The first sync takes a long time.
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i removed everything except google and the icons went away. when i try to log into the facebook account, it keeps saying "login failed, try again later." so im assuming that was the thing causing my problem. so i just wanted to thank you very much, and ill add that facebook account later and let you know what happened.
looks like Oovoo was the actual culprit
alexnaoumi said:
looks like Oovoo was the actual culprit
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Ah ha! As for Facebook, there are 2 apps, one is stock in the phone system and then there is Facebook for Android in the market. I forget which one worked better, but one works when the other one fails.
Anyone got any ideas? They just hang in the outbox and don't send.
I'm on mobile data. Anyone got any ideas?
They get received fine
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Doesn't work on Wifi either :/
I noticed this problem the other day on my phone as well. It cleared up after I turned off wifi and rebooted and it seems to be working well now.
bmorton18 said:
I noticed this problem the other day on my phone as well. It cleared up after I turned off wifi and rebooted and it seems to be working well now.
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Tried that several times. They're just stuck in outbox
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Evostance said:
Anyone got any ideas? They just hang in the outbox and don't send.
I'm on mobile data. Anyone got any ideas?
They get received fine
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Evostance said:
Tried that several times. They're just stuck in outbox
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I've had this happen on different Android devices for me. Not sure the exact root cause, but clearing the application's data forces Gmail to resync. This has always resolved this issue for me in the past.
Hope that helps!
joeykrim said:
I've had this happen on different Android devices for me. Not sure the exact root cause, but clearing the application's data forces Gmail to resync. This has always resolved this issue for me in the past.
Hope that helps!
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Thanks, I'm having the same problem too - whats the easiest way to clear the application data (sorry, I'm an Android newb)
bocaJWho said:
Thanks, I'm having the same problem too - whats the easiest way to clear the application data (sorry, I'm an Android newb)
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On the Galaxy Nexus go into Settings -> Apps -> All (tab) -> Gmail -> Clear Data.
If you wanna play it super safe, restart the phone, but probably just opening Gmail up will allow it to recognize its memory has been erased and trigger the re-sync process.
Welcome to Android!!
Hope that helps!
Happened to me also, clear data and reset the app.
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On the Galaxy Nexus go into Settings -> Apps -> All (tab) -> Gmail -> Clear Data.
If you wanna play it super safe, restart the phone, but probably just opening Gmail up will allow it to recognize its memory has been erased and trigger the re-sync process.
Welcome to Android!!
Hope that helps!
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I was having the same problem and this just cleared it up for me. Thank you so much
This worked for me (Galaxy SII - i9100), but note that all mail stuck in the outbox will be lost.
joeykrim said:
On the Galaxy Nexus go into Settings -> Apps -> All (tab) -> Gmail -> Clear Data.
If you wanna play it super safe, restart the phone, but probably just opening Gmail up will allow it to recognize its memory has been erased and trigger the re-sync process.
Welcome to Android!!
Hope that helps!
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As per title & screen shot; haven't yet, in the 1,5 month that I have the phone, been able to sync. And always thought it was a known issue.
Apparently it isn't? Please share the wisdom..
Edit: Solved! See (& thank) post #7.
As stated in another thread, mine works fine... I'll try if I can walk backwards through my Chrome and see if there's something that could've been missed.
But right now, my 4 year old daughter wants explain what Robin Hood is all about
ZiCoN said:
As stated in another thread, mine works fine... I'll try if I can walk backwards through my Chrome and see if there's something that could've been missed.
But right now, my 4 year old daughter wants explain what Robin Hood is all about
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Lycka till! (= good luck)
+1. I havent been able to get it to work either
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Try, in your Chrome, and open this page:
chrome://settings/syncSetup
(Settings - Personal - Advanced settings for your account)
Check if your bookmarks are set to sync and only passwords are set to be encrypted.... Your phone will give you the error, if there are no bookmarks to sync
edit: *I believe people check the option to encrypt all data, which seems to confuse the phone... ONLY passwords should be encrypted*
ZiCoN said:
Right then....
Try, in your Chrome, and open this page:
chrome://settings/syncSetup
(Settings - Personal - Advanced settings for your account)
Check if your bookmarks are set to sync.... Your phone will give you the error, if there are no bookmarks to sync
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They're set to sync.. :-\
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This is pretty easy to fix without losing any data.
1) Disable sync in Google Chrome
2) Remove stored sync data in the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard
3) Enable sync in Google Chrome making sure to only encrypt passwords.
4) Disable and enable browsing syncing on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5a77a6aa3ddfb784&hl=en
Have no idea if it works, since I haven't had the problem, but maybe it's worth a try?
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Found this:
12/16/11
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This is pretty easy to fix without losing any data.
1) Disable sync in Google Chrome
2) Remove stored sync data in the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard
3) Enable sync in Google Chrome making sure to only encrypt passwords.
4) Disable and enable browsing syncing on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5a77a6aa3ddfb784&hl=en
Have no idea if it works, since I haven't had the problem, but maybe it's worth a try?
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That's what you need to do. I had to do that when I first got my gnex. Has been working fine every since, even through rom changes, ect.
One thing to note, when you clear the data from the dashboard, it takes a while to finish. so wait before going to the next step.
Step 3: here is where I found the problem! My bookmarks are encrypted! I don´t know how to turn this option off...
Egoz3ntrum said:
Step 3: here is where I found the problem! My bookmarks are encrypted! I don´t know how to turn this option off...
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Paste this:
chrome://settings/syncSetup
in your chrome url-bar. Select the option to only encrypt passwords
Thanks guys, had just found a similar thread on reddit!
And what do you know.. It works!!
I'm still having this problem. Tried all the solutions, but they still won't show up on the phone.
RickROM said:
I'm still having this problem. Tried all the solutions, but they still won't show up on the phone.
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Allow at least 1 hour between steps 2 & 3.
Vangelis13 said:
Allow at least 1 hour between steps 2 & 3.
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I tried that, and it is still not working.
ZiCoN said:
Found this:
12/16/11
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This is pretty easy to fix without losing any data.
1) Disable sync in Google Chrome
2) Remove stored sync data in the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard
3) Enable sync in Google Chrome making sure to only encrypt passwords.
4) Disable and enable browsing syncing on the Galaxy Nexus.
Here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=5a77a6aa3ddfb784&hl=en
Have no idea if it works, since I haven't had the problem, but maybe it's worth a try?
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Should I do this on all computers that I'm syncing with or just one would do it?
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HI, I have Modaco JB rom installed and am having trouble with Google Now not recognizing my local settings. When I ask for weather it tells me my location, but it is in C not F and there aren't any card settings. When I ask for Home (which I have set in my maps account) it takes me to the closest "Home" named business to my location. I don't have any customization at all (see pic).
I am using Google Apps and have web history turned on. Also all settings on my phone (time, temp, location) are correct. It isn't the rom as this is the second JB rom I have flashed and had the same problem with that one.
Any Help would be appreciated!!
I had this problem too. It turns out that Apps accounts need to turn Google Now on for it to work. I detailed the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234402&postcount=13
Damn I love this site!!!
Thanks TaFFeR!!
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I had this problem too. It turns out that Apps accounts need to turn Google Now on for it to work. I detailed the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28234402&postcount=13
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I don't get this at all.
What if you just have a regular Gmail account that all of your services are tied to?
Arthur Hucksake said:
I don't get this at all.
What if you just have a regular Gmail account that all of your services are tied to?
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Then you shouldn't need to do this. When I added my normal gmail account to my phone, Google Now automatically worked. When you started Google Now, did you get the little intro/wizard thing, or did it go straight to a search box? If you got the introduction, and whenever you pull up Google Now, you get the colorful banner on top, then Google Now already works on your phone.
If you're having trouble with the Knowledge Graph cards showing up, then you have a different issue regarding your language settings.
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Then you shouldn't need to do this. When I added my normal gmail account to my phone, Google Now automatically worked. When you started Google Now, did you get the little intro/wizard thing, or did it go straight to a search box? If you got the introduction, and whenever you pull up Google Now, you get the colorful banner on top, then Google Now already works on your phone.
If you're having trouble with the Knowledge Graph cards showing up, then you have a different issue regarding your language settings.
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Yeah, its basically an empty box. lol
Someone else got this working in the UK just fine, I just cannot find the thread where it was mentioned.
Arthur Hucksake said:
Yeah, its basically an empty box. lol
Someone else got this working in the UK just fine, I just cannot find the thread where it was mentioned.
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From what I've read, along with setting your search and location settings to the US, you'll have to enable Web History and Location History.