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Steps to Sync Gmail to iPhone with Google Sync

Submitted by Alvin on Sep 29, 2009. Filed in Guides to sync iPhone. 35 Hits
Summary: Steps to set up Google Sync on your iPhone or iPod Touch....

Getting Started

1. Open the Settings application on your device's home screen.

2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars

3. Tap Add Account....

Tap Add Account

4. Select Microsoft Exchange.

Select Microsoft Exchange

Enter Account Info

5. In the Email field, enter your full Google Account email address. If you use an @googlemail.com address, you may see an "Unable to verify certificate" warning when you proceed to the next step.

6. Leave the Domain field blank.

7. Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.

Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username

8. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.

9. Tap Next at the top of your screen.

9a. Choose Accept if the Unable to Verify Certificate dialog appears.

10. A new Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com.

A new Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com

11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.

12. Select the Google services you want to sync.

Select the Google services you want to sync

13. Unless you want to delete all the existing Contacts and Calendars on your phone, select the Keep on my iPhone option when prompted. This will also allow you to keep syncing with your computer via iTunes.

If you want to sync only the My Contacts group, you must choose to Delete Existing Contacts during the Google Sync install when prompted. If you choose to keep existing contacts, it will sync the contents of the "All Contacts" group instead. You've set up Google Sync for your iPhone. Synchronization will begin automatically if you have Push enabled on your phone. You can also open the Mail, Calendar or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start a sync.



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