Thanks so much for the really useful information. Will the same thing apply with my Gmail account and Android tablet??
Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Jul 2016, at 18:59, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > And if you simply want to refresh everything you could delete your account > and just set it up again. As long as everything is on your gmail account it > will redownload/sync again. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Christopher Chaltain > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 9:11 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Can anyone tell me how I can makes sure that all my contacts are > properly synced between my ICloud and Gmail accounts please? > > You don't need to do anything on the web or at Gmail. You just need to go > into Settings -> Mail, Calendars, Contacts on your phone. Select your Gmail > account and then just make sure Contacts is on. It'll use CardDav and sync > your Google Contacts in the cloud with your addresses in your Google account > on your phone. > >> On 23/07/16 10:53, 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone wrote: >> Thanks for this information. It's extremely helpful. So my next question is, >> bearing in mind that my Gmail account has been set up on my phone for ages >> (years/since I had it), where do I go to check/make sure that this CardDav >> function will work? Do I need to change the settings on the phone itself or >> do I need to go into my Gmail account from the Internet and change it from >> there? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Eleanor >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 23 Jul 2016, at 00:39, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Right, CardDav is a protocol and not an app. It allows you to sync your >>> contacts between your phone and a contact server that supports CardDav. The >>> Mail app in IOS already uses CardDav to sync Google Contacts. You don't >>> need to set up a separate CardDav account. You just need to check the >>> contacts box when you set up your Gmail account on your iPhone. It says the >>> following in the URL that was provided earlier: >>> >>> Under the hood, Apple is using the open standard IMAP, CalDAV, and >>> CardDAV services to handle syncing Google services; >>> >>> >>> You shouldn't have to provide any server information. The Mail app will >>> already know all of that when you set up your Google account. You'll just >>> need your log in information for Gmail. >>> >>>> On 22/07/16 12:56, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>>> CardDav is not an app, it's a protocol like IMAP or Exchange Active sync >>>> and it is used for setting up accounts to sync contacts. One reason why I >>>> use Outlook.com which used to be Hotmail is that it uses Exchange Active >>>> Sync and with exchange active sync not only email but also contacts and >>>> calendar is synced. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone >>>> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] >>>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 7:56 AM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Can anyone tell me how I can makes sure that all my contacts >>>> are properly synced between my ICloud and Gmail accounts please? >>>> >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> Thanks for the information I've just looked for CardDav in the App Store >>>> and it's not there. The only one remotely similar is something called All >>>> Sync 2. Any ideas? Has anyone heard of this app? >>>> >>>> Eleanor >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>>> On 22 Jul 2016, at 15:11, Eleanor burke <eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> just get it from the app store and you will be fine. D is free. >>>>> >>>>>> On 22 Jul 2016, at 14:51, 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone >>>>>> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This all sounds really good. So is this CardDav something you have to >>>>>> get from the App Store?, or is it already available on my phone or IPad? >>>>>> Is there any chance you could e-mail across some full/idiot-proof >>>>>> instructions so I can get it set up to sync everything to Google >>>>>> Contacts? Also, what would be the equivalent that I'd need for Android?, >>>>>> as I have an Android tablet too. >>>>>> >>>>>> Many thanks for all your help with this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Eleanor >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 22 Jul 2016, at 13:25, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread closely enough. Using CardDav, >>>>>>> which like I said is now part of the Mail apps Gmail support, will sync >>>>>>> your contacts between your Gmail account on your phone and Google >>>>>>> Contacts in the cloud. It won't sync between iCloud and Google >>>>>>> Contacts. I just keep all of my contacts in Google Contacts and then >>>>>>> point all of my devices to it, IOS, Linux, Android, Windows, and >>>>>>> everything is all synced with Google Contacts. I don't use contacts in >>>>>>> iCloud at all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 22/07/16 07:12, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >>>>>>>> The IOS Mail app supports CardDav (note the correct spelling) >>>>>>>> natively when setting up a Gmail account. Just make sure >>>>>>>> Contacts is selected and it'll be using CardDav. If you want >>>>>>>> this to be your default, such as when you're creating a new >>>>>>>> contact, make sure Gmail is set as your default in your contact >>>>>>>> settings. In the contacts app, you can restric what you see to >>>>>>>> just your Gmail contacts, so you can use this to help make sure >>>>>>>> everything is synced up by comparing what you see to what you think >>>>>>>> you should see. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 22/07/16 06:27, Gordon wrote: >>>>>>>>> The way I did this was so easy and simple and works well. Go >>>>>>>>> into settings and where it says contacts, mail accounts. Choose >>>>>>>>> to set up an other account and select cardav. You put your >>>>>>>>> Google account information there and it moves everything over. >>>>>>>>> Any time you update on Google, it also updates on your iPhone. >>>>>>>>> Do a little research on cardav accounts and see if that's what you're >>>>>>>>> wanting to do. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 7/22/2016 6:23 AM, 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hi all >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I want to try to make >>>>>>>>>> sure that all my contacts are completely synced between my >>>>>>>>>> ICloud and Gmail accounts, so that they will all work >>>>>>>>>> regardless of what device I'm using and so that they're all >>>>>>>>>> up-to-date/contain the same information and there aren't loads >>>>>>>>>> of duplicates about. Does anyone know how I can do this?? 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