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Thanks George and Bill for tying to troubleshoot this with me.

George, your post may be exactly why I am having problems. I am
currently out of town with almost no cell or Wi-Fi signal so I hope that
things will be remedied by the time I get back home on Monday.

George S. Moses wrote:
> This may be related to the problem that Google is having with GoogleSync.
>
> http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?hl=en&tid=35f2df27a467e56c
>
> George
>
> On 3/2/10 11:15 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
>
>> Norma, I am perplexed as well - I have had my Google account set up as
>> Exchange on my iPhone since Google opened up the Mobile Sync and I have
>> never had an issue. Previous to that I had NuevaSync set up which was the
>> same thing through a third party - I jumped ship to Google just to cut out
>> the middle man and have never had an issue - all of my syncing done as
>> soon
>> as I save it on the iPhone (back to Google) or to the phone if saved on
>> Google as soon as I open the Calendar or Contacts app...
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 20:59, Norma Steele <noearthspam@earthlink.net
>> <mailto:noearthspam%40earthlink.net>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Well, I am baffled.
>>>
>>> I removed the Exchange/Google account and added it back in.
>>>
>> Unfortunately
>>
>>> that did not do the trick.
>>>
>>> Here is what I am seeing:
>>>
>>> First, when I open iPhone Contacts or native Calendar, it does not
>>> automatically connect and sync.
>>>
>>> Second, if I make an entry on the web side of Google Contacts, it will
>>> eventually sync to my iPhone. It sometimes can take up to 10 minutes,
>>> although last night my entry that I made onto the web side of Google
>>> Contacts did not show up on my iPhone until this morning. This
>>>
>> afternoon it
>>
>>> is taking around 10 minutes or so.
>>>
>>> Third, this is the bigger problem. It appears that changes made to
>>> existing entries on my iPhone are not syncing to Google Calendar web
>>>
>> end.
>>
>>> example, I made an entry directly onto Google Contacts web side. It
>>> eventually syncd to my iPhone. I then deleted it off my iPhone but it is
>>> not deleting off the Google web side. I see the little spinner
>>>
>> circle when
>>
>>> I delete it off my phone so I am assuming that it syncd.
>>>
>>> Very frustrating!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Bill Boulware wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> That should be correct - Push/Fetch doesn't really matter unless
>>>>
>> you are
>>
>>>> having someone else update for you just by opening the Contacts (or
>>>> Calendar) app as long as you have a data connection (EDGE, 3G, or
>>>>
>> WiFi)
>>
>>> it
>>>
>>>> forces a sync with Google. As long as you are set up properly and the
>>>> contacts from Google were downloaded to your phone originally
>>>>
>> (meaning it
>>
>>>> was set up properly) as soon as you make a change on your phone it is
>>>>
>>> saved
>>>
>>>> at Google and as soon as you open the App any changes from Google are
>>>> downloaded to the phone, I purposefully have Push turned OFF for the
>>>>
>>> Google
>>>
>>>> account as it is a HUGE battery drain (any Exchange account is,
>>>>
>> MobileMe
>>
>>> &
>>>
>>>> Yahoo's iPhone Push services are NOT and use less battery than
>>>>
>> fetching).
>>
>>>> That being said, Google was having some MAJOR problems in certain
>>>>
>> areas
>>
>>>> Friday and from what I read may have extended over the weekend so
>>>>
>> I would
>>
>>>> try today and if you are still having problems - try removing the
>>>>
>>> Exchange /
>>>
>>>> Google account and re-add it.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 14:20, Norma Steele
>>>>
>> <noearthspam@earthlink.net <mailto:noearthspam%40earthlink.net>
>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When I drill down to Settings >Mail/Contacts/Calendar > Scroll
>>>>>
>> down to
>>
>>>>> contact info), my settings are:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sort Order First, Last
>>>>> Display order First, Last
>>>>> Default account: xxxxx@gmail.com <mailto:xxxxx%40gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Next screen Default Account:
>>>>>
>>>>> Two options:
>>>>>
>>>>> On my iPhone
>>>>> xxxxx@gmail.com <mailto:xxxxx%40gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the second xxxxx@gmail.com <mailto:xxxxx%40gmail.com>
>>>>>
>> option selected
>>
>>>>> Is this a Push/Fetch thing that I may have set incorrectly?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill Boulware wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Then something is not correct - check the 'default' contacts
>>>>>>
>> (Settings
>>
>>>>>> Mail/Contacts/Calendar > Scroll down to contact info) - the changes
>>>>>>
>>>>> should
>>>>>
>>>>>> be near instantaneous when Contacts is opened it immediately
>>>>>>
>> syncs with
>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 08:05, Norma Steele
>>>>>>
>> <noearthspam@earthlink.net <mailto:noearthspam%40earthlink.net>
>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey Bill,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am with ya on all these steps but changes made directly into
>>>>>>>
>>> web-based
>>>
>>>>>>> Google Contacts are not syncing to my iPhone nor changes made
>>>>>>>
>> directly
>>
>>>>> into
>>>>>
>>>>>>> my iPhone syncing to GoogleContacts
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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