The phone does not guarantee data security. Accidental formatting, resetting to factory settings or losing a gadget - and important contacts are lost forever. However, lost data can be recovered by using the synchronization function.
Why syncing contacts with Google Android is useful?
The term "synchronization" is quite extensive and its meaning depends on the scope of application, but in this case it will mean the connection of two devices to each other, so that certain information from one gadget matches the data on the other as much as possible. For example, syncing contacts with Google Android. This procedure will help to save not only phone numbers, but also data from programs, and accounts from applications.
The benefits of this are considerable:
- You can easily move this data to another mobile device. For example, if your smartphone is lost, then you do not need to run madly and search for the necessary phone numbers, since synchronizing contacts with Google Android will help restore the phone book.
- With its help, you can collect information on Google+ from other social networks and communication programs, and then copy them to your device.
There are few flaws in this procedure, but one main one can be distinguished: among the many contacts, you can easily get confused, since the data from Skype or another application does not stand out in any way. However, in the settings, you can change the order in which numbers from different sources are displayed.
How to sync with Google?
To do this, you must have an account in the system. The owner of the device with "Android" must have it, because without it you cannot enter the Play Market. Therefore, if suddenly there is no account, then you should definitely get one. To do this is as easy as shelling pears: go to Google.com, click "Register", fill out the form - and you're done.
It is now possible to sync Android contacts with Google. We go to the settings, look for the item "Accounts and synchronization", go there. Click on the "Google" account and put a checkmark in front of the necessary sections with data. If this is not the case and there are no empty squares, then you need to enable the synchronization function. To do this, go back a step, to the "Accounts and Synchronization" section, and click on the switch in the upper right corner. After that, you can go to the desired profile and synchronize.
After that, you need to connect the synchronized information. We go to the phone book, where we click on "Options", select "Import". After that, you are given a choice of where to save the data: to the phone memory, to a SIM card or a memory card.
After that we choose from which account the contacts will be synchronized with Google Android. We mark what data needs to be saved and copy it.
Computer to help
Synchronizing contacts with Google Android is also possible via a PC. This can be done either via a USB cable or via Wi-Fi. You can synchronize in several ways.
- Via USB.Before you start sending data, you need to download a special application to your smartphone, for example, My Phone Explorer. You can download it on the Playmarket. The same program must be installed on the computer from the developer's official website. Next, go to the phone settings, in the "Features for Developers" section, and put a tick on the "USB debugging" item. Now you can connect the device to your PC and run the program. It will take a few minutes to sync Android contacts with Google through your computer, after which you can manage your phone data through your computer.
- Via Wi-Fi. This method requires a router that distributes Wi-Fi. You will also need a special program to connect the device to a personal computer. Download the File Sync application from the Market, and install Cheetah Sync on the PC.
To synchronize, you will need to set a password and enter it on another device, after which data transfer will begin.
FTP server
The point of this method is to turn your smartphone into an FTP server. This requires an application such as an FTP server. The application is very simple and straightforward to use. Launch the application and click on the big red button in the middle of the screen, after which the server will be launched. The button will turn green and the IP address will be displayed below it. This address will need to be entered in the computer explorer (go to "My Computer" and enter it in the address bar). After that, access to the data on the mobile device will appear.
Other applications
We already know how to sync Android contacts with Google. However, on one "Google" the light did not converge like a wedge. The World Wide Web has a ton of other boxes, social networks and other communication programs that have an application for a smartphone and with which you can synchronize. The applications Mail.ru, Yandex.Mail, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Skype are very popular. And you can easily sync with them too. We go to the same section "Accounts and synchronization" and click on the button "Add new account". Select the required account from the list and synchronize.
Changes can be seen by going to contacts. For example, if the VKontakte application was connected, then new numbers will appear in the phone book of users who have them on the page. Perhaps some of them will even have avatars from the social network.
Correcting errors
There are times when Google Android contacts sync error occurs. Anything can be the cause. The first step is to reboot your device. Perhaps for some reason the system file responsible for application accounts and synchronization was closed. It is also worth checking your internet connection with a browser or something else. If it does not help, then you need to delete the broken account and create it again, after which the synchronization of Android 4.2.2 contacts with Google should occur.
Previously, we had to write down contacts in special phone books and notebooks, and those of us who could boast of excellent memory simply memorized them. Those old phones that we used a little less than 10 years ago had too little memory to hold all the familiar phone numbers.
Those who were supposed to have many contacts by position used organizers. "Planners" were not available to ordinary people - they were expensive.
As soon as the first models of mobile devices that had software for iOS and Android began to appear, synchronization smelled in the air. And only with the advent of the fourth version of Android (Ice Cream Sandwich) and iOS, we learned to understand this mysterious word.
In this article, we will tell you how you can sync contacts on smartphones running Google Android and Apple iOS.
Google - Android
We learned about the possibility of synchronization in Google Android when accounts appeared in email addresses. With the account, we could:- go to the app store;
- navigate in time;
- sync contacts;
- look for a mobile device if it gets lost;
- and these are not all possibilities.
Android contacts sync with Google to keep everything you have on all your mobile devices in one place. This is great if you have multiple devices. For example, different phone numbers are stored on your smartphone, iPad, smart watch and a couple of other gadgets. It seems that there should be no problems, but ...
You urgently need to make a call, and the tablet on which this contact is stored is out of access or is empty. And now the question arises: how to make sure that this situation does not arise? It's easy if you combine all phone numbers from all your mobile devices and move them to one place - your Google account. Read on for how to do this.
Go to settings, scroll down until you see the corresponding item.
Click on it and you will see the "Add Account" button. Click again and move on.
Here you will see all the programs that are already preinstalled. All require an account (entering a password and nickname). Things may look a little different on your device. For example, if you use the free calling program, Skype, it will be displayed for you.
What matters here is not the number of preinstalled programs, but the Google account. Click on account.
If you have one, enter your password and nickname, if not, go through registration.
We recommend that if you do not have an account yet, register not on a mobile device, but on a personal computer or laptop. When registration is complete, log into your account and click on the icon in the right corner, where arrows are shown. The synchronization process is complete.
Open the Contacts tab on your mobile device.
Call the context menu (a special button with settings) and click as shown in the picture below.
Where are you going to sync the numbers: from a sim card or smartphone memory? After selecting, click "Next".
Select your mail account as the new contact store.
You can transfer any contacts to the cloud storage. Click on the required ones, click on the icon and wait for the procedure to complete.
You can check the success of the synchronization in your mail by going to the address:. On this page, you will see all the phone numbers that were stored on your devices.
Edit all contacts to your liking, dividing them into groups. And if, when updating the software, critical errors occur, you will not lose any of your phone numbers, since they are all uploaded to the cloud storage.
iOS - Google
IPhone owners with the iOS operating system also use Google's search engine services.To synchronize or simply transfer all contacts from iPhone to your Google mail service, you need to do a few simple steps. Open apps and find settings.
Select "Mail". Click on this item and go to the tab where you can add an account.
You will be offered several postal services. Select Google Mail.
Please fill in all fields carefully, especially the second and third. The first field is for a nickname or name, and in the description field you can give the name of the new phone book.
Click on sync contacts.
You won't see anything in your contact list. To complete the transfer (copy) procedure, the contacts must be back-synchronized.
Go to the settings of the mail service and find the section with contacts. Click on "Contacts from mail".
Open contacts and wait for the synchronization procedure to complete. Everything went well.
Get in the habit of not cluttering the memory of your mobile devices with hundreds of numbers. Storing contacts on the cloud will allow you to:
- save space in the device's memory;
- do not be afraid of flashing;
- not be afraid of accidental deletions;
- create groups of people.
Combining all mobile devices in one account is a convenient innovation that will allow you not to lose contacts and always have access to them.
Automatically syncing Android contacts to Google over the internet means you can count on keeping your phone book safe even when your phone and SIM card are lost or stolen. This functionality is provided in all Android devices and is recommended for use by all users. Let's take a look at how sync works and what you need to enable it.
Synchronizing contacts - what is it?
Why is it necessary to synchronize contacts with Google and what does it give? It's simple - you need it to save your contact list on the server when you lose your mobile phone or when you replace it. People change handsets quite often, and every time they buy a new phone, they face the problem of keeping contacts. The problem is partially solved by transferring them to the SIM card, but only the phone number and the name of the subscriber are saved here. All other data is lost.
Running on Android operating system synchronization of contacts with Google allows you to save data "in the cloud" using the Internet... As soon as we add a new subscriber to our phone book, information about him is automatically added to the Google account.
What should I do if I need to change my telephone set?
- Make sure that synchronization is enabled on the old device - check the date of the last synchronization of contacts in the "Settings - Accounts - Google" menu;
- Turn off the old smartphone and reinstall the SIM card to the new device;
- We turn on the new smartphone, connect it to the Internet, enter the username and password for the Google account - synchronization will start and all contacts will be “uploaded” to the new device.
Thus, we managed to avoid manual transfer of contacts, as they were synced with the Google account and successfully restored on the new device.
Do you use several smartphones at once and always want to have up-to-date contacts at hand? Synchronization with Google will help you out in this case - take another smartphone, add your Google account to it and after a few minutes your phone book will appear in the new device.
It should be remembered that adding new contacts while synchronization is disabled will result in them not appearing on the other device. If you turn off sync to save battery power, be sure to turn it on when you buy a new smartphone.
We start synchronization
How to sync contacts on Android with Google and what is needed for this? First you need to register an account with Google... This is done in two ways - on the Google website or during the initial setup of an Android device. There is nothing complicated about this, you just need to specify a free login and come up with a normal password. Remember to keep your registered account details in a safe place.
So we now have a Google account. What to do next?
Consider two options:
- Your contacts were saved on the SIM card and you created an account on a new smartphone. In this case, you need to go to the "Contacts" application, visit the "Settings" item and copy the contacts from the SIM card to the Google account. After that, all contacts will be sent for synchronization;
- Your contacts were saved in the smartphone, the account was created on the computer, and the smartphone itself worked without the Internet and a Google account. In this case, go to "Settings - Accounts" and add a new Google account there, specifying the username and password. After that, go to "Contacts" and copy all records to your account - they will automatically be sent for synchronization.
Some users turn off sync in the dropdown menu of their Android devices. This saves Internet traffic and battery power. If you frequently add, delete, and edit contacts, be sure to turn on sync so that changes are saved not only on your smartphone, but also on Google servers.
After completing the synchronization of contacts from an Android device to Google, you can go to the site of the Gmail service (section "Contacts") and admire its results. Here you will have the opportunity to conveniently edit contacts - through the Gmail web interface it is convenient to edit first and last names, add additional phones, fill in addresses and add photos to contacts. In order for all these changes to appear on your smartphone, do not forget to turn on sync.
Synchronization with Google is also convenient in that it allows you to synchronize many other data - calendar entries, photos, videos, application data, data from contacts on Google+ and other data stored in your smartphone. The main disadvantage is the lack of synchronization of SMS messages.
The presence of modern devices (smartphones and tablets) and their functions help to enhance communication between users. New phone numbers, e-mail addresses, important information about relatives, colleagues and acquaintances appear on the devices almost every day. Storing all this data on your smartphone is a surefire way not to lose it and always keep it close at hand.
However, sometimes problems also occur with "smart" devices. Their solution is to synchronize information with the Google system. Following the instructions, you can quickly activate it on your device.
The first steps
To have maximum access to the capabilities of the Android operating system, the user needs to register on the Google.com website - create an account and attach it to a mobile device.
The need for synchronization lies in the fact that the user has access to contacts on any gadget under. Even if the device is lost or replaced with a new one, the contacts will not disappear anywhere, since all information after synchronization is stored in your account (on the Google server). Once you start using your new smartphone, just log into your old account and use the data.
Synchronization settings
- Open the settings in the smartphone menu and select "Accounts and sync".
- In this section, click on "Add an account".
- The system offers to perform one of the actions:
- Add an existing account;
- Create new.
Select the appropriate item by filling in the required fields with your email address and password, or create a new profile (this will take a few minutes). Your Google account is ready.
- Open your contact list on your device.
- Call the section menu and select one of the "Import / Export" functions.
- The system will ask the user to select one of the items that will become the source of data copying: device, memory card, system memory. In this case, you should choose a phone.
- The next step is to select the target storage, that is, the account with which the synchronization will be performed.
- Check all or necessary contacts to be saved in the Google system and then click on the copy icon. Please note that no action will be taken, since the data copying process is invisible. Therefore, you should not click on the icon several times - this will lead to duplicate contacts.
- The system will take some time to synchronize (1 to 5 minutes). Now you can log into your Google account in order to edit your contact list.
After adding new data, it automatically appears in Google.com - no need to re-sync. You can access your contacts by logging into your account from your smartphone, tablet or computer. They are stored securely in the system. A wide range of settings is attached to contacts: you can attach photos, indicate additional information, important events, etc.
Google - the whole foundation of the "green robot" is built on it. When buying a new mobile friend, the first step is to create your account. After creating it, make a few more manipulations for correct work, the last stage of which is synchronization.
How to complete all these processes and how to enable Google Account sync on Android at the last stage is described in detail below.
Create an account
It's quite easy to create it by following the tips:
- In the proposed field, enter any "name" to choose from. It will be registered as a mail address. And you only need to come up with the beginning of the address, since the ending @ gmail.com is set by default.
- Come up with a strong password.
- After clicking "OK", a custom mailbox is created.
It is imperative to remember the address and password, since in the future they will be repeatedly requested.
Copy and restore
After creating an account, the system will offer to install a backup and restore. What does it mean?
- backup is the preservation of all information on the media, which is transferred to the account of its owner;
- recovery - since the gadget is a computer brainchild, a failure can occur at any time. In addition, the owner can, on his own initiative, reinstall and reset to factory settings. Any reinstallation will remove all information. In order not to lose it, "Recovery" will help, which, after reinstallation, will restore everything, without loss. The entire database will be stored in the so-called "cloud".
How to enable Google account sync on Android
Synchronization can make your work as comfortable as possible. Main advantages:
- Browser. After synchronization, the user, every time he logs into the sites on which he is registered (for example, Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte, Avito), will get access to them. There will be no need to enter your username and password every time.
- Contacts. The function is convenient not only on smartphones. Most modern tablets come with phone capabilities (you can use them to make calls). All numbers on the gadget will be synchronized with Google, this will allow you to “get” all phone numbers when you change or lose your SIM card.
- Access to applications. Applications can be safely downloaded from the special Play Store service, which is installed on all devices of the "robot". These applications include games, antivirus programs, movies, music, books, social networks, text editors, browsers, live wallpapers, translators and many others, depending on your needs. All Play Store features will become available only after synchronization.
The following guidelines will help you figure out how to do this. The assistant is a Lenovo tablet on the "robot" RAM version 6.0.
First of all, go to the settings, scroll almost to the end, to "Personal data", find the "Accounts" column.
A window will open in which to select Google.
Then click on the email address (it will appear automatically), synchronization will begin. Please note that an internet connection is required for its implementation. The process can start on its own, or you may need to manually press all the arrows.
The process has ended. This system operation synchronizes the following parameters:
- browser (in this example Chrome);
- gmail (user's email);
- Play movies;
- photo;
- disk;
- applications;
- the calendar;
- contacts.
The gadget is ready for full-fledged and systematic work!
Update is periodically required, especially after disconnecting the Internet, for general improvement of work and for other reasons. In order not to bother yourself with all the above manipulations each time, you can turn on the automatic mode. How to enable it, we will consider in detail below.
- To begin with, act according to the already familiar scheme. Go to the settings, go to "Personal data", select the column "Accounts".
Important! Turning on auto sync may drain the battery faster. Synchronization will constantly work in the background, be regularly updated, and accordingly, the equipment will be in an active state, and the battery life will become shorter.
To disable auto mode, you need to uncheck the box. But when disconnected, system messages will not come! For example, about received letters on the mailbox. This may cause important information to be received at the wrong time. So you have to choose: regularly go to your mailbox, manually connect the synchronization of the base or donate battery power, but receive all important news on time.
If you decide to buy a new smartphone or you need to transfer a lot of information from a gadget, synchronization will become a lifesaver. When you go to gmail.com from any medium at the address of the main account, you can open all the data from the original source.
As you can see from the article, the problem of how to enable regular or automatic synchronization of a Google account on Android can be solved quite easily. Tricks that are very simple to implement will make it easier to use your favorite "robot"! Make your virtual space as comfortable as possible!
