in BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™ https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/BACKFLIP™-with-MOTOBLUR™/Google-Gmail-Contacts-Groups/m-p/2535113 BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™ topics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:27:58 +0000 92 <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535113 I use Gmail to store all of my contacts and groups. When I first synced the phone everything was great. Last night, I created a new group in google on my pc and added contacts to that group. This displays perfectly online under gmail contacts. My backflip displays the google group on the phone bu ]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:27:58 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535113 kdking1976 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535114 It may take some time to auto-sync the contacts into the groups. You can force it to sync manually by going to menu/settings/google syncronization - you can either un-check then check contacts to start sync, or menu/sync now to sync all. ]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:02:15 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535114 ninjaap <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535115 I have done this several times. Last night I was geeting a sync erro saying that "Google Sync was currently having trouble and will be back soo" today however, it has been trying to sync all day long. This is the #1 reason i bought the phone was to sync with google, so this is a big issue to m ]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:55:02 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535115 kdking1976 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535116 I have 400+ contacts in my gmail contacts list and no problems with syncing.

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:20:18 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535116 marvin02
<![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535117 1. I have disconnected my facebook account because i think that it was trying to match the contacts.

2. I looged into my gmail account and remeoved my groups and have them as single contacts.

it is syncing fine now.

I will begin to add the groups back and see what happens.

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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:21:19 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535117 kdking1976
<![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535118 @ marvin02

do you use contact groups in gmail.

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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:09:59 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535118 kdking1976
<![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535119 @ ninjaap

I deleted everything and then created a new google contact group of 5 contacts. 2 out of 5 showed up in the group on my phone. All of the contacts are there but only 2 showed up with in the group.

I also keep getting:

"Sync ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:18:04 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535119 kdking1976 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535120 kdking1976,

I currently have two groups in my gmail contacts. One with 353 numbers and one with 22. I also have two other groups set up on the phone not synced with gmail. So far all is working well.

This is one of the reasons I wanted an android phone. I used a CSV file to import the ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:37:28 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535120 marvin02 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535121 Hello All,

I have done everything imaginable to fix this issue.

Google suggested the following:

Just follow these steps:

  1. Press your device's < Home > button, then press < Menu >.
  2. Select Settings< ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:07:55 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535121 kdking1976 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535122 I did remove all of my gmail contact groups, then synced, it removed all groups from the ph which was good. I removed the gmail data storage on the phone. I then created 1 group with 5 contacts in that group online w/ the pc. I then resynced the phone and it pulled in the new group but only liste ]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:35:17 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535122 kdking1976 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535123 Don't delete your groups from your phone, unless you're ok with those groups being deleted from your main Google Contacts list.

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    Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:45:12 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535123 Saintless
    <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535124 @ ninjaap

    "If they still don't sync, from the PC, try removing the 2 contacts that sync, and see if the other 3 will sync to your phone. Now try moving those same 3 contacts to another group ans see if they sync to your phone. I'm trying to see if those 3 specific contacts are corrupt someh ]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:34:38 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535124 kdking1976 <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535125 I have seen similar issues.  9 groups sync fine from gmail to the  Backflip.  On the 10th one, the group name syncs but none of the  contacts are mapped to that group.  When the group is selected on the  phone, the displayed message is "You do not have any contacts".  Looks  like a fundamental ]]> Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:15:47 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535125 craigbez <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535126 This problem was resolved when I did a factory reset and re-synced all of my contacts.  Many of the contacts listed "Unknown" in the Linked profiles section, apparently due to some corruption that the phone couldn't resolve. Before the factory reset, the phone would seem to sync with Google conta ]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:56:43 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535126 craigbez <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535127 I also had to do some Factory Resets in order to get my Contacts list in order and synced and everything. It always comes down to a Factory Reset, and that bums me out about this phone. I can't believe that is what I have to keep resorting to in order to keep things running fine... but it does cl ]]> Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:59:03 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535127 DJPurity <![CDATA[ Re: Google (Gmail) Contacts / Groups ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535128 DJ Purity,

    Please see   this post

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    Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:52:08 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1608/2535113/2535128 marvin02