This has naturally ruffled a few feathers - especially amongst smartphone users with iOS devices. Fortunately, the good news is that there are alternative protocols that can be used to handle contacts and calendar synchronization on iOS devices. Google now recommends using CardDAV and CalDAV for synchronization of contacts and calendars respectively.
Step 1: Navigate to the Settings app on your iPhone - keep in mind that the same steps apply for iPod touch and iPad users too - and select the Mail, Contacts, Calendars option. Step 2: Top on the Add Account option before selecting Other. Step 3: Select the Add CardDAV Account option from the provided list.
Step 4: The interface will then ask for certain information to be entered. Username: Enter the email address of the associated Google account. Password: Enter the password that is associated with the Google account from above. Description: Purely for information. Enter a description of the account. For the sake of this guide only, we’re going to type in “CardDav”, you can choose anything else to describe this account.
Step 5: Now select the Next option from the top right hand-side of the display. That’s it, you’re done, if you performed all the above mentioned steps correctly, your account should have authenticated successfully, and you should be able to sync your contacts to your Gmail account without any problem.
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