Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S User Guide - Page 61

Synchronising, Synchronising with Google™‎

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Synchronising You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your phone from multiple email accounts, synchronisation services and other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. Synchronising your phone with other information sources is an easy and practical way to stay up to date. You can: • access your Gmail™ , Google Calendar™, Google™ contacts and other Google services you use. • access your corporate email, contacts and calendar. • access your Facebook™ contacts, calendar, albums and other services you use. • synchronise your phone with an Internet server using SyncML™. • synchronise, store and manage your contacts on the Sony Ericsson website and download them to a new phone, or to several phones, using Sony Ericsson Sync. Synchronising with Google™ Synchronise your phone with your Gmail™ , Google Calendar™, Google™ contacts and data from other Google services you use. View and manage them from your phone just as easily as you would from a computer. After synchronising, you can find Gmail™ in the Gmail™ application; Google Calendar™ in the Calendar application; Google™ contacts in the Contacts application; and other data in corresponding Google applications that you have installed. To set up a Google™ account in your phone for synchronisation 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Make sure the Activate auto-sync checkbox is marked so that applications can synchronise data automatically. 4 Tap Add account > Google. 5 Follow the registration wizard to create a Google™ account, or sign in if you already have an account. 6 Tap your newly created Google™ account and then tap the items you want to synchronise. To synchronise manually with your Google™ account 1 From the Home screen, tap . 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Tap the Google™ account you want to synchronise. 4 Press , then tap Sync now. To remove a Google™ account from your phone 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Tap the Google™ account you want to remove from the accounts list. 4 Tap Remove account. 5 Tap Remove account again to confirm. You can remove all your Google™ accounts from the accounts list, except for the first one. To remove the first account, you have to completely reset your phone. See Resetting the phone on page 116. 61 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Synchronising
You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your phone from
multiple email accounts, synchronisation services and other kinds of accounts, depending
on the applications installed on your phone. Synchronising your phone with other
information sources is an easy and practical way to stay up to date.
You can:
access your Gmail™ , Google Calendar™, Google™ contacts and other Google services
you use.
access your corporate email, contacts and calendar.
access your Facebook™ contacts, calendar, albums and other services you use.
synchronise your phone with an Internet server using SyncML™.
synchronise, store and manage your contacts on the Sony Ericsson website and download
them to a new phone, or to several phones, using Sony Ericsson Sync.
Synchronising with Google™
Synchronise your phone with your Gmail™ , Google Calendar™, Google™ contacts and
data from other Google services you use. View and manage them from your phone just as
easily as you would from a computer.
After synchronising, you can find Gmail™ in the Gmail™ application; Google Calendar™
in the Calendar application; Google™ contacts in the Contacts application; and other data
in corresponding Google applications that you have installed.
To set up a Google™ account in your phone for synchronisation
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Tap
Settings
>
Accounts & sync
.
3
Make sure the
Activate auto-sync
checkbox is marked so that applications can
synchronise data automatically.
4
Tap
Add account
>
Google
.
5
Follow the registration wizard to create a Google™ account, or sign in if you already
have an account.
6
Tap your newly created Google™ account and then tap the items you want to
synchronise.
To synchronise manually with your Google™ account
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Tap
Settings
>
Accounts & sync
.
3
Tap the Google™ account you want to synchronise.
4
Press
, then tap
Sync now
.
To remove a Google™ account from your phone
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Tap
Settings
>
Accounts & sync
.
3
Tap the Google™ account you want to remove from the accounts list.
4
Tap
Remove account
.
5
Tap
Remove account
again to confirm.
You can remove all your Google™ accounts from the accounts list, except for the first one. To
remove the first account, you have to completely reset your phone. See
Resetting the phone
on
page 116.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.