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How To: Sync Your Mobile Contacts With Your Google Account For Free

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I’ll keep the introduction on this one short. All us want to be able to sync out Gmail contacts to our S60 devices and not pay for it, this post will tell you how exactly to go about doing that without requiring to install any application. I’ve successfully used Google Mobile Sync on the Nokia N96, a FP2 device as well, but for the purpose of this tutorial I will be demonstrating the setup on an E71 which runs FP1.

  • Make sure you backup your contacts, both on the phone and in Gmail.
  • Navigate to and open the Sync application.
  • From the Options menu select ‘New sync profile’

Sync application

  • Choose any name you like for ‘Sync profile name’

    Sync profile name

  • Select and click ‘Applications’, you will see a list of all content types that your phone can synchronize; however, currently Google Sync only supports Contacts.

  • Select and click ‘Contacts’
    • Make sure the ‘Include in Sync’ option is set to ‘Yes’
    • Define the ‘Remote Database’ option as ‘contacts’. It needs to be spelled exactly like this (lower case), or Google Sync will not work.

      Remote database

    • Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
    • Ensure that only Contacts have ‘Settings defined’ and all other content types say ‘Sett. not defined’
  • Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
  • Select and click ‘Connection Settings’
  • Enter the following values:
    • Server version: 1.2
    • Server ID: Google (capital ‘G’ is important)
    • Data bearer: Internet
    • Access point: the Internet access point for your carrier.

      Server version, server ID, data bearer, access point

    • Host address: https://m.google.com/syncml (Important to enter https for a secure connection)
    • Port: 443
    • User name: your Google Account username, e.g. vaibhav@gmail.com
    • Password: your Google password.
    • Leave other values unchanged.

      Host address, port, user name, password

  • Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
  • Click ‘Back’ again to exit the Sync profile settings
  • Highlight the your Sync profile and select ‘Synchronize’ from the ‘Options’ menu to synchronize your contacts with Google.

Note: On FP2 devices like the N96 & N85, the settings are similar and the only difference is in the order in which they are displayed. Also, Google currently only supports both way syncs, irrespective of the device in use.

Thanks Anuj!

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  • Adil said:

    Hi Vaibhav,

    I had some questions before i dived in to this?

    1. What contact groups are synced up?
    2. What happens to the contacts on the phone?
    3. Will sync with outlook still work?

    Thanks,

    ~Adil.

    # 10 February 2009 at 7:16 am
  • Alsiladka said:

    The official google syng website on the N85 browser says the device is not supported! How idiotic, i don’t understand why do the companies come out with new stuff today without the support for FP2 phones!

    BTW, sync is also supposed to support calendar syncing, anyway to get that too?

    # 10 February 2009 at 7:31 am
  • Markus said:

    You can sync your calendar aswell even if google is not mentoining it
    checkout my blog entry from yesterday

    Quite useful hack!

    # 10 February 2009 at 2:32 pm
  • rishminder said:

    it supports only 2 war sync

    why did google do so

    # 10 February 2009 at 7:41 pm
  • Best of Rest: Sync Your Mobile Contacts With Your Google Account « Rishminder’s Blog said:

    [...] Read full article here [...]

    # 10 February 2009 at 8:05 pm
  • Nokia Daily News - 02/10/09 | Nokia Daily News said:

    [...] The Symbian  Blog – How to sync your Nokia contacts with Google Sync [...]

    # 11 February 2009 at 6:06 am
  • Brian Doherty said:

    I tried this on my E71. Worked OK, but only synced 500 out of my 800+ contacts! Not useful. This is a pain, because I’m a paying goosync customer but I found their contact sync too buggy to use. Ovi sync works quickly and reliably; too bad it doesn’t really do anything for me … :-) Still waiting, I guess.

    # 11 February 2009 at 8:33 am
  • Top entrepreneur said:

    thanks for the guides and articles

    # 12 February 2009 at 12:30 am
  • jorel314 said:

    I found a great syncing solution that does contacts, calendar, and email at the following link.

    http://www.seven.com

    Click “Try Seven” then choose your device. You can install over the air.

    In their forum at:
    http://community.seven.com/forum/index.php?forum=true

    there’s a FAQ that has “How long can I use this beta version/when does it expire?”

    The answer is “There is an expiration date built in, but for this beta program, we’ve set it for 10 years from the date of installation. So for practical purposes, the beta will be usable until we either shut it down or decide to migrate to something else for business reasons. ”

    I find that this has been the best calendar/contacts/email solution for my N85 at least until Google has official calendar sync support for symbian.

    # 12 February 2009 at 7:58 am
  • נוקיה עדכון יומי 10/02/09 « נוקיה בלוג - Nokia Hot Spot said:

    [...] The Symbian Blog - איך לסנכרן את אנשי הקשר שלך מהנוקיה עם Google sync…אנגלית [...]

    # 14 February 2009 at 2:19 pm
  • Maria said:

    Great post! I was searching for sync apps for my smart phone, this post helps me, I was reading on Yahoo Biz News that Vopium has launched Vopium Sync Application, I think we should also try this, what you say?

    # 17 February 2009 at 4:02 pm
  • Nokia hot spot » נוקיה עדכון יומי 10/02/09 said:

    [...] The Symbian Blog - איך לסנכרן את אנשי הקשר שלך מהנוקיה עם Google sync…אנגלית [...]

    # 22 February 2009 at 5:16 pm
  • Oren said:

    I am using vufone: http://www.vufone.com. Works like a charm and provides sync of files as well

    # 25 February 2009 at 1:57 am
  • Andrew said:

    Many thanks! Extremely helpful.

    # 24 November 2009 at 2:33 pm
  • 與Nokia E72一面之緣(上) » To share what i see… said:

    [...] 留意： – E72 內置o既Mail for Exchange現時支援Google App唔太穩定，所以各位暫時可以當唔支援。如果要收發Gmail可以使用Nokia Messaging，至於同步Google Contacts可以參考呢個網站。 [...]

    # 19 December 2009 at 1:59 pm
  • Shahzad said:

    Thanx, i really need this. Jazakumullah

    # 25 December 2009 at 7:17 pm
  • Viola said:

    Thanks so much! I’ve been struggling with my transference my contact list for days now! This one did it!
    Thank you!

    # 6 January 2010 at 1:09 pm
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    # 9 January 2010 at 1:52 pm
  • princo said:

    Perfect works like charm. Nice tutorial.
    I sync contact with N86 without any problem.

    Thanks!

    # 8 June 2010 at 12:53 pm
  • bionic.fresh said:

    *sigh* it syncs 80 of my 200 phone contacts, then pops up an error “invalid host address” how cud it b invalid wen the sync was working? wat is the problem, betta yet, wat is the fix?? :-/

    # 23 July 2010 at 10:15 pm
  • PFWD said:

    Thanks this works great on my old N95.
    Im waiting for my G1 to be repaired, now I have all my contacts again

    # 28 July 2010 at 1:47 pm
  • bluey said:

    hey guys i followed ur steps and its not working for me i keep getting an error saying unable to open database , im using an e71

    # 4 September 2010 at 6:55 pm
  • htp said:

    Genius. I’ve been racking my shrivelled brain trying to think of an efficient way to synch from one phone to another on different networks.

    You made this smile I’m wearing. You did!

    # 21 October 2010 at 4:08 pm
  • ThomasK said:

    Now working on an N85. Looked for this info bout a yr ago and couldnt find it. Brilliant!!!! Thanks!!!

    # 2 December 2010 at 2:04 am
  • Harkirat said:

    Works on my N79 too… awesome

    # 15 January 2011 at 10:56 pm
  • Manik said:

    Hi! Thanks a lot. It worked.
    But wanted to know if I lost contacts on my phone
    then do I have to sync again and they will get copied from my Google Account automatically?

    # 18 January 2011 at 12:12 am
  • Harkirat said:

    Hi Manik….

    Yes it does sync it back… it is the ‘sync’ concept and not an ‘upload only’ concept.

    TC

    # 20 January 2011 at 6:15 pm
  • amartya karan said:

    thanks a lot bro.. Its really working..thank a lot.

    # 20 January 2011 at 9:00 pm
  • Jose Moreno said:

    Thank you so much!
    Seamless operation on my N8

    Major kudos!

    # 20 February 2011 at 12:43 pm
  • Muhammad said:

    Genius. Thanks

    # 14 April 2011 at 12:14 am
  • Richard said:

    Thanks!

    # 13 May 2011 at 8:06 pm
  • Asif said:

    Your step by step guide was very helpful. I was able to sync my nokia N95.

    thank you,

    # 14 May 2011 at 10:19 pm
  • muliava said:

    et HTTPS username/pwd network on met quoi dans les champs.

    # 26 August 2011 at 3:53 pm
  • Von said:

    I had to swap back to my N96 and thought i would have to write all my contacts in but this was easy so thank you very much

    # 3 September 2011 at 1:21 pm
  • Jignesh Panchal said:

    Hi Master Blaster,

    Thanks a lot, this worked out easily because of your good presentation

    Thanks Dear ….Great Great…..You helped me/us lot to sync my Nokia (I have Nokia5233) phone contacts to Gmail, which (to sync mob. contacts online) I was in search from last 1.5yrs and your this presentation brought the solution……Once again ..Thanks… Thanks a lot

    Regards

    Jignesh Panchal
    Ahmedabad, India

    # 9 October 2011 at 8:50 pm
  • Ishan said:

    Nokia 5233 thanks a lot… contacts group was also set as “contacts” for remote database..
    :)

    # 18 October 2011 at 6:33 pm
  • jamees said:

    HELP! I have been using this method for ages to sync contacts between my nokia e72 and my google apps email account contacts, and today it seems to have just stopped working! Anyone else having this problem? It just says “Invalid use name or password” every time I try to sync – but I havent changed any settings nor my username nor password at all! help! I tried deleting the active profile and making a new one – same result…

    # 24 November 2011 at 4:53 pm
  • AQ said:

    Nokia 5800… I get an error as Invalid Remote Database… What to do?? Please revert..

    # 30 November 2011 at 12:22 pm
  • Asad Naeem said:

    i followed the whole procedure, but first it says invalid host address, then i tried http:// (without s) it says”connection error” pls help me.. i have nokia e5-00 and i have only 200 contacts to import from google account to nokia :)

    # 10 January 2012 at 9:09 pm

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