Syncing multiple Google calandars

[philpeeps]

Just go to:
m.google.com/sync/settings/
then after you choose your device, modify the end of the html string as I mentioned above ("supportMultiCalendars=true").

It is broken now...that is the whole point of this thread. It just goes to the page that a desktop pulls up, no matter the user agent.

 

[photobriangray]

I emailed the link to myself, copied it from the email in the phone, opened the browser and I was able to get to the settings screen. Baffling.

 

[Phuc Dinh]

Same issue here on the Titan II. Emailing the link to myself did not work.

 

[nathanb131]

Which link are you referring to as emailing to yourself? 'm.google.com/sync/settings'? If so, that's just redirecting me to that generic index page like all the other methods. I've tried the desktop spoofing among other things after spending hours of my life on this problem.

My wife got her 8x 2 weeks ago and I was able to just browse to m.google.com/sync from the phone and it worked the first time.

So between then and now google has broken it??? Please will someone figure this out? I am heavily invested in multiple shared gcals that are syncing perfectly to my wife's 8x. If I have to try and migrate her and some other gcal shares to live calendar it's gonna be a huge pain and I swear I will be done with google for good.

 

[maks327]

OK I just confirmed this works fine for me. It's important to use https:// apparently.

Type in the address as:
https://m.google.com/sync/settings/

It's important to have the last backslash too. After that choose your device, then scroll to the end of the html address and change the "supportMultiCalendars=true".

If that doesn't work then I'm at a loss.

 

[aaa6112]

Something definitely changed in the recent past. When I synced my "other calendars" from google (about 10 days ago), I was able to go to "m.google.com/sync" and do so (of course, with IE set to open webpages in "mobile version"). Today I try the same and it takes me to a desktop-like site. However, when I try "https://m.google.com/sync/settings/" exactly like maks327 mentioned, I am able to see all my google calendars. If Google is responsible for m.google.com/sync not working now, it is a possibility that "https://m.google.com/sync/settings/" might not work down the road. :\

 

[nathanb131]

Using that exact address works! At least for today.... Do you guys think this was an honest mistake at google or is something nefarious going on?

Anyway, it works for now. Thank you for solving this. You guys ROCK!

Been using wp8 from Android for 2 days now and this is the last piece of the puzzle. I thought I'd miss several things but am surprised to be missing very little. WP is even better then I was hoping it'd be!

 

[Phuc Dinh]

Thanks maks! Finally able to manage the calendar settings, but I still have a weird issue. I have 4 different calendars on google and it shows all of them except for the one calendar that I actually want to sync for school! Strange.

 

[Phuc Dinh]

Also, even though I have enabled the extra calendars to sync through the browser. I am not able to find the extra calendars in my phone calendar settings. Can someone help me out here? I've already checked that the "supportmultiplecalendars=true" string is included. I didn't have to add that as it was already there. I'm also using their exchange server, not imap.

 

[nathanb131]

Did you wait long enough for the sync to get the change? After selecting all mine with the link (and I didn't change the words in the URL) it still took a bit to see the new google calendars as selectable in the cal settings. Like at least 15 min, maybe closer to an hour.

 

[Phuc Dinh]

Issue fixed. I didn't manually sync my google account. Just go to your email/accounts settings. Press and hold on your google account and hit sync. Presto =) Thanks everyone.

 

[Tommy Nielsen]

wtf is google doing?

It worked perfectly for my Samsung Omnia W a month ago, now with my 920 the calendar is only syncing my primary calendar.

The /settings/ doesn't work for me :/

 

[aaa6112]

wtf is google doing?

It worked perfectly for my Samsung Omnia W a month ago, now with my 920 the calendar is only syncing my primary calendar.

The /settings/ doesn't work for me :/

wow, that's such bad luck. It was working till yesterday. I just checked again and it doesn't work now. Google, WHY??!

 

[nathanb131]

I just tried the full link that maks posted back in this thread and it's still working for me. Did you do the whole URL with the https and last slash?

 

[nathanb131]

OK I just confirmed this works fine for me. It's important to use https:// apparently.

Type in the address as:
https://m.google.com/sync/settings/

It's important to have the last backslash too. After that choose your device, then scroll to the end of the html address and change the "supportMultiCalendars=true".

If that doesn't work then I'm at a loss.

Wanted to make sure this guy gets credit because this is still working. Sorry I'm new, don't know how to post a click able link like his original post.

Edit: ok it creates the link shortcut automatically. Cool. Carry on.

 

[Tommy Nielsen]

yep, https and slash both with and without do not work. I get access to a landing page without any option:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=35636AD18E688567!1784&authkey=!AC7AnUky3LYVLZw

With http i'm redirected to another landing page:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=35636AD18E688567!1783&authkey=!AP7mo1mJhwaislk

This seriously suck big time!

I'm using VsysCalendar for viewing my google calendar, its not very elegant and created clutter, plus no syncing in the background, so it will have to sync each time it starts... There is a time trial which i'm using, but hopefully google sync is working soon.

 

[Candeo]

I just tried the full link that maks posted back in this thread and it's still working for me. Did you do the whole URL with the https and last slash?

I'm with Tommy. It's not working for me, either. I tried the full URL with HTTPS and the last slash and I get the placeholder page. I deleted all my browser history and set it to default to mobile version of webpages. Still no dice.

I wonder if it has anything to do with me using my Gmail address as my Microsoft Live account. I keep getting paranoid that's what is causing some of my syncing issues. I actually called a Nokia rep about this issue. The assured me using a Gmail address for the Live ID wouldn't cause issues. They told me to contact Google about the Calendar syncing issue.

I really want to get this figured out. I just switched from T-Mo and got my wife and I Lumia 920s. I love the phone, but we use the Google ecosystem heavily to manage our household, and she is NOT keen on switching to Outlook.com calendar, as she uses Google Calendar for her work stuff.

If anybody has ideas on what else we can try, please share.

 

[aaa6112]

I posted these instructions on another thread for getting this to work on Surface RT. Modifying them to work from your desktop PC for WP8. Hopefully this gets it working for everybody:

1. In IE10, click on the Tools button (Alt+T)
2. Click on F12 developer tools
3. In the window that pops-up, click on Tools
4. Expand the "Change user agent string" tab and select "Apple Safari (iPAD)"
5. Go back to the IE10 window and go to this URL: https://m.google.com/sync/settings/
6. Sign into your google account if you aren't, already.
7. Click on "WindowsPhone"
8. In the URL, if you see this string (without the quotes): "supportMultiCalendars=false", change this to "supportMultiCalendars=true" and reload the page.
9. Now your google calendars will show up. The main google calendar will show up as "My Calendars". The other calendars will show up as "Shared Calendars" and calendars under this option will not be selected.
10. If you cannot select these "other calendars", disable JavaScript in IE10. Do this by following instructions here (these instructions are for IE9, but apply to IE10 also): http://browsers.about.com/od/internetexplorertutorials/ss/disable-javascript-ie9.htm
11. Select the calendars you want to add.
12. Click on "Save".
13. On your WP8 device, go to settings -> email+accounts and sync your Google account.
14. Open the Calendar app on your WP8 device to make sure your "other Google calendars" now show up in the app.

Update: And yes, don't forget to re-enable JavaScript, if you had to disable it in step 10 above.

 

[rdubmu]

I have been using Google calendar for some time synced through my outlook desktop client and my android phone. I considered keeping it but in the end decided to just make the transition to outlook.com for my e-mail and calendar. So far, it is working well in terms of syncing the online calendar with my desktop outlook. When I get the new phone that I ordered, I will obviously have to set it up to sync with my outlook.com calendar, but that should not be too difficult from the sounds of things.

Good luck with it.

I find that outlook is better than gmail for email, but the calendar on Outlook really sucks. if you want to set reoccurring items, you can't do multiple times per week (say every tuesday and friday).
Also the web app for calendar.live.com is bad as well. Gmail calendar is much better in my opinion. I really hope that Microsoft makes the calendar better in WP8, and W8 as well as Outlook aka Hotmail.

 

[jaethos]

I don't know about the Outlook web interface, but I have set up reoccurring appointments with more than one instance a week through the Windows Essentials mail app. On frequency you just have to select custom and it lets you specify whichever days you want and an end date etc. It syncs across just fine too.