Synchronising data on your device

About synchronising data on your device

You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your device from multiple email accounts, synchronisation services and other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your device. Synchronising your device with other information sources is an easy and practical way to stay up to date.

Synchronising with Google™

Synchronise your device with different Google™ services to keep your information up to date, regardless of which device you're using your Google™ account from. For example, you can synchronise your contacts, Gmail™, calendar and web browser data.

To set up a Google™ account for synchronisation

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Add account > Google.

3Follow the registration wizard to create a Google™ account, or sign in if you already have an account.

4Mark the Back up & restore checkbox if you want to back up data to your Google™ account, then tap Next.

5Tap your newly created Google™ account, then tap the items you that want to synchronise.

To synchronise manually with your Google™ account

1From the Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Google.

3Tap the Google™ account that you want to synchronise.

4Press , then tap Sync now.

To synchronise an application with a Google™ account

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Google.

3Tap the Google™ account that you want to synchronise with. A list appears of applications that can be synchronised with the Google account.

4Tap the application that you want to synchronise with the selected Google account.

To synchronise the web browser data

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Google.

3Tap the Google™ account that you want to synchronise with, then tap Sync Browser.

To remove a Google™ account

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Google.

3Tap the Google™ account that you want to remove from the accounts list.

4Press , then tap Remove account.

5Tap Remove account again to confirm.

Synchronising your corporate email, calendar and contacts

Access your corporate email messages, calendar appointments and contacts directly from your device. View and manage them just as easily as you would from a

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