After upgrading my brides iPhone 3GS to iOS 4 and getting my new iPhone 4, I noticed that Google Calendar was now only syncing our primary calendars. After several attempts at trying to get all the calendars to sync, I’ve finally found a solution.
YMMV, but this is what has worked for me.
- Starting with no accounts on the phone.
- Add a new Gmail account (this is for your email, I don’t sync contacts)
- Add a new Exchange account (this is for your calendar).
- Open Calendar and validate that it is pulling down your primary calendar. Close calendar.
- Follow these instructions from Google.
- I had multiple “devices” listed, and chose the device that had the most current “Last sync” date/time.
- Close Safari
- Open Settings
- Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Open Fetch New Data
- Turn Push On
- Open Advanced
- Set your Calendars to Push
- Close Settings
- Open Calendar and wait for it to sync
- I had to force quit calendar from the “running” programs dock and then re-open calendar before it would start to sync with the new settings.
I am a little confused as to why I would set up an “Exchange” account for my calendar when I do not use exchange. Can you elaborate on why that is needed? Thanks!
Jim,
AFAIK, the only way to get Push updates from Google is to use Google Sync which is Google’s “implementation” of Exchange. Hence the use of Exchange when setting up a Calendar account… although, now you’ve made me curious so I’m going to try not using Exchange… brb.
-Jamie
Jim,
I tried to not use Exchange and just use Gmail w/ Calendars turned on. What that gave me was my main Calendar and Birthdays, it does not give me access to any of my secondary or shared Calendars. So AFAIK, the only way to get access to my secondary and shared calendars through the iPhone is to use Google Sync and therefore Exchange when setting up an Calendar account.
Hope that helps w/ the confusion. If you find another way to do this I’d love to know.
-Jamie
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Thanks Jamie! Was struggling with this and your clear instructions helped me get all of my secondary calendars syncing perfectly.