Gmail Contacts Sync Issue

[adammschwarz]

My phone will not Sync with my Gmail Contacts anymore. It was working fine the first night I got my phone, but ever since it is constantly trying to Sync. It apparently never can and keeps trying continously. This is a problem because A) it's not Syncing and B) I cannot receive incoming phone calls when the Sync Icon is showing in my notification bar. I have disabled Contacts from Syncing, but would like to Sync them back up since I made numerous changes online and want my phone to be up to date with all the correct information.

Anyone else have this problem? Any ideas?

[evilh]

I have this same problem except it only started this morning. Best as I can figure it was because I was making changes to contacts on the phone and through gmail on my laptop at the same time. Powering the phone on and off seems to fix this until I fire up gmail on a computer. Going to go see if that is indeed the problem.

[evilh]

So I powered off the phone, powered it back on and let it sit for a bit. No syncing. Signed into gmail on my computer sent an email. No issues. Opening contacts and not doing anything also causes no issues. Editing contacts in gmail triggers the endless syncing. Turning syncing off and back on doesn't fix anything. Thus far only power cycling the phone gets it to stop.

EDIT: Not even power cycling works now. Only disabling contact sync.

[New World]

So I powered off the phone, powered it back on and let it sit for a bit. No syncing. Signed into gmail on my computer sent an email. No issues. Opening contacts and not doing anything also causes no issues. Editing contacts in gmail triggers the endless syncing. Turning syncing off and back on doesn't fix anything. Thus far only power cycling the phone gets it to stop.

EDIT: Not even power cycling works now. Only disabling contact sync.

Sounds identical to my situation. Contacts syncing worked great the first few days, now it looks like you and I are having the same issue

[atlantis309]

Same problem here. My contacts synced the first time I signed into my Gmail account and haven't been able to sync since then. It's not a deal breaker for me at this point but it needs to be addressed...

[mikef1182]

I am haveing the same issue, but with my calendar. Hopefully the OTA update clears these issues up. If the G1 isnt going to sync USB to my computer, than the google sync better work perfect and it doesn't.

[Mugzy]

Add another with the same issue.

[mkhyper1]

I'm having the same issue with it constantly Sync'ing with eMail. I closed out of all my Google Web applications including GMail on the computer and restarted. This did not help. 1 minute after I restarted, it kicked off the next Sync and ran forever.

Does anyone know if there is an official support forum to post these kind of issues? Or, should I call T-Mobile (which will probably be a waste of time)?

[marvin]

Same issue here, my phone shows the last sync was on 10-25-08. So it worked well for 4 days!
I turned off the contact sync today, that way it won't keep trying to sync all the time. I think this is better because I have found that at times incoming calls are routed to voicemail if the phone is trying to sync in 2G. Might save a little juice on the battery too!

[Justice Penguin]

Are there any new developments on this? I really like my G1, but this issue is killing me. Not only does it kill my battery, but I feel like sometimes I can't receive incoming calls. I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile for this phone, but if this issue is not resolved within my 30-day switch period, I might have to cancel the contract.