Comments on: Android to GMail Calendar Sync Bug

By: christine

christine — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:03:24 +0000

I have the problem where this month all my calendar event are there but the following months they are all gone.. Have seen Verizon but they say of course its not on their end

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:05:17 +0000

Good to hear Karl. I’ll take a look at what you have done as it sounds interesting.

By: Karl Monger

Karl Monger — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:49:41 +0000

Solved my problem by uninstalling Companionlink and Google sync, then bit the $50 bullet and signed up for Google Docs. All problems resolved and I’m even able to sync multiple gmail calendars shared with me through to the Android (different sources show in different colors). Thanks for all the comments. Karl

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:08:09 +0000

Thanks for the details David! Very useful info.

By: David Ress

David Ress — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:21:36 +0000

I Finally got mine working well. First, I started using companionlink which is much better than the google synch software. You can trial it for two weeks for free but then have to pay. Second, I discovered how to clear all the duplicates. You have to go to settings->applications->calendar storage and clear data. Clear your calendar on google too, then configure companionlink to have outlook data overwrite google calendar. You should now have a good sync and can reconfig companionlink to sync both ways. Note that you to change the filter on settings-> applications to show all in order to see calendar storage. Good luck.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:34:07 +0000

@Karl What a mess hey! It seems like a tool will never be made to sync correctly, more than likely because Google want people to move from Exchange to GMail or their apps service. I’ll have another test to see if I can find anything that’s causing it.

By: Karl Monger

Karl Monger — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:30:43 +0000

I have appointments now that are triplicated and more. Purging the gmail calendar and pushing a corrected calendar doesn’t seem to eliminate the problem. Also now that I’ve deleted a ton of duplicates, gmail sync keeps asking me if I want to delete all the calendar entries deleted from outlook. I’ve said yes a dozen times, it keeps coming back.

Windows 7, Android 2.0

By: ladyxochi

ladyxochi — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:46:29 +0000

Same problem here. It seems to happen to birthdays. For some of my contacts I now have 6 duplicate entries. Can’t find a solution online.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:13:09 +0000

I tested recently and found that the bug hadn’t gone away too. It’s frustrating that a work around has to be used in the first place to get Exchange communicating with an Android phone. However, I do have higher hopes for Android 2.0. We shall see though!

By: David Ress

David Ress — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:31:36 +0000

I have a situation where I have duplicated entries on the phone. Even if I purge the google web calendar completely the entries on the phone won’t go away. I can remove the calendar from the phone, but as soon as I add it back there they are again.

Between trying to get a decent Outlook to google sync tool (the google tool just kills my machine) and trying to get google calendar to accurately sync with the android phone calendar I am about to conclude that google is not prepared to be the savior they want to be. Not ready to return the droid yet, but Windows mobile is suddenly looking much better than it ever had.