Issues when syncing Google contacts?
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Hi everyone!
I recently decided to reinstall UT since my first time using it over a year ago. Let me start this by praising @Luksus and anyone involved in the development of UT on the FP3+. The improvements since then are noticeable and your hard work truly shows. Using the UBports installer makes the process a lot easier, waydroid is a huge step in making UT a potential daily driver (for enthusiasts like myself) and the user experience is incredibly smoother than before.
With all that said, I have stumbled onto a little snag. As with my previous use of UT, I have logged into my Google account to sync with the calendar and contacts. The calendar works just fine, syncing and giving me the notifications for events just as it should.
The contacts, on the other hand, are not imported as it previously did. If I open the contacts settings menu, I can see a button to "Import Contacts from Google". If pressed, it opens the browser asking me to log in to my account and authorize the sync/creation/deletion of my contacts by UT. Once I accept it, it tells me it has already been authorized and it closes the browser.
In the System Settings > Personal > Accounts, I can see that my personal Google account is properly logged into with the Contacts switch turned under the "Access to this account" page.
Is there a step that I am missing? I figured I should ask here first before attempting to import my contacts through a vcard file as I am afraid it might duplicate all my Google contacts if it happens to sync with the Google account.
Thanks again for all the hard work being put into this port. You guys are awesome. Cheers!
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PS. This might be off-topic so please disregard this message (or point me in the right direction) if so but does anyone happen to know if there is the possibility of integrating Gapps support via MicroG (?) or something so I can use my bank apps on the UT? In Sweden, we use BankID as a digital ID card to sign into healthcare, bank and many other services. Being able to use it is almost integral to day to day life. Luckily, I have an android work phone that I can currently use for such things though so it isn't an urgent issue and this message is more of a curious question if anything.
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@oden If WayDroid runs on the FP 3 you can do it from there https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5907/open-ubuntu-touch-to-all-android-applications/115 for instructions.
Google account sync is currently broken On Devel and RC IIRC not sure on stable, due to changes in the way things are done.
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@oden Indeed, latest OTA works did unfortunately broke the contacts sync.
This will need to be fixed.
Maybe OTA-24 won't let contacts to sync in any way, but this could be solved in OTA-25.
Those information have however not been confirmed.
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@lakotaubp Hi! Thanks for the link. I will take a look at it once I am off work. Seems like I will have to follow the extra steps since I already have Waydroid installed and working on my device but it shouldnt be an issue. Thanks again!
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@stanwood Ah, gotcha. Then I know it is something that needs fixing. I was worried I might have made a mistake or something like that. Thanks for the clarification!
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@lakotaubp Hi again! Just wanted to give an update that I have followed the steps from the link you sent me earlier and now I've got my Swedish ID app working perfectly! Thank you so much. I think I might start using this device as my daily driver now that I have the ID app sorted.
One last question though: Since Google sync doesnt work with contacts, should I simply load the contacts through vcard or should I sign off from the Google account from the device first?
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@oden Just export them as vcard and send/copy them to your device and open with the contact app.
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@lakotaubp I downloaded the vcard file and it synced with my phone like a charm.
To be quite honest, if there aren't any bugs popping up in the coming days and the hotspot issue is fixed in the near future, I honestly don't see any reason to go back to an Android phone anymore.
Thanks again for all the support.
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@oden Glad to hear it worked.
