I too use Exchange to manage my contacts, but I still enable my Google Calendar through my Gmail account. I still seem to be able to manage my Google Calendar this way and subscribe to other interesting calendars. Your post makes me think I'm missing something though.
On 02/03/13 13:00, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > I actually take it one step further. I set up a normal Gmail account and only > enable mail and notes. Then I set up a second account as an exchange account > and give it the same Gmail username and password. In that second one I only > enable contacts and calendars. This contacts from the exchange set up is what > I use as my main contacts for my phone. The calendar is also my main > calendar. Doing it this way allows me to manage Google calendars and add > other things like US holidays and star dates and other interesting types of > calendars. > > On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:08 AM, matthew Dyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Jed, >> >> Try setting up as an exchange account. I can work you through how to do >> this on skype if you wish. I find that contacts is not an opsion when >> setting up a standered gmail account obn the phone. HTH. >> >> Matthew >> >> >> On Mar 1, 2013, at 3:02 PM, Jed Barton wrote: >> >>> Hey guys, >>> I went today to setup my gmail account on the iphone 5. >>> It was working, and I deleted it upon recommendation of apple do to some >>> issues I've been having. >>> So I created it again on the iphone, I selected gmail, typed in my name, >>> user name, and password. >>> It then said varifying. I now have no contacts on my phone. What the hell >>> could have happened. >>> I see notes and calendars, but no contacts. Any ideas guys? >>> I have to get these contacts back on the phone. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jed >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
