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please fix this soon

Please somebody read this and fix soon.  The inability of the default calendar on
one's phone to sync with their google calendar makes the possibility of time
productivity IMPOSSIBLE!  How much sense does it make to write something in an agenda
TWICE?

This feature of not being able to sync my calendar with my online one has made
scheduling problems for me. Not only that I got the android phone because it is a
google phone basically. I thought getting this phone would allow me to connect to my
gmail and all the other services that google has unique to other phones. So street
view gps and so on. Its kind of upsetting to know that the Iphone and Blackberry
which don't run on googles android system get bettter treament than the phones they "
call their own".

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Hey, guys, how about we knock it off with the comments about how upset we are?  These
comments are meant to be helpful to a developer.  If you have relevant details, by
all means, post them.  If you're just upset because "I want it NOW!", then keep it to
yourself.  I get enough emails as is, and I don't need to hear your whining.

To the devs: thanks for the wonderful product.  Sorry I don't have any
development-relevant feedback.  Keep up the great work!

Sorry. I just felt Like I had to have my say. I never knew the volume of the comments specially since there was
only 2 before me.  I dont know how to help the developer but maybe expressed feelings in volumes will get
attention on such a basic issue. It just looks bad if Iphone users and blackberry users get this over us.

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hi,  i too have been struggling to get a smooth sync on my htc hero in the uk.
my calendar events were being duplicated and i could not upload any calendar events
from my phone, either from the htc calendar or from gmail on the webbrowser on the
phone.
i seem to have it now, but here are some things i tried.  i'm not sure what worked!
firstly, i rang orange (my phone is not locked to orange, but my monthly contract is
with them) and asked them to lift my adult content screening on my account.  (this
idea came from some forum post somewhere saying that it might help.  i didn't see any
improvement, though.  
i rang orange tech support. they were aware of the issue and said i had to hard reset
the device, then create a NEW gmail account on start up, then having done that, i
could link my usual google account to my phone and it would pick it up from there.  i
did all of that .. still the same problem.
finally, i did another hard reset, went into the htc calendar settings and unticked
'connnect to outlook'  and also 'calendar', just leaving it linked ot my google
calendars.
it worked!!!  
however, i weakened when, after a few uses, it prompted me to install google gears i
guess.  just got a message saying that i could speed up the program if i added what i
assume to be gears..  as soon as i did this, then the old problem returned.   i have
gone back into programme management and have forced closure of google apps.  seems to
be working fine now, on either the internet on my phone or on the htc calendar.  
wooo hooo!

1. Needs the ability to set the default calendar.
2. Needs the abitly to disable My Calendar just like you can the other calendars.

Please fix soon.  I think this is rather important if android is trying to make
inroads in the business community.

I have transitioned to Sense UI (what they have on the HTC Hero) on my Magic/G2, and
that allows you to select which calendar you want to use by default. It's a huge
improvement over the stock Android 1.5 that came on my phone. Does anybody know if
Android 1.6 or 2.0 has this functionality?

I'd like an option to disable the calendar altogether such that it doesnt use memory
at all..My Droid has a lot of memory allocated to the google calendaer and
the "corporate Calendar" app.  I'd like to get rid of both so i can have the memory
for other things...

I just bought the HTC Eris from Verizon (running Android 1.6). The default calendar
on this phone DOES appear to be the Google calendar (the one with my name), but even
if it weren't the event creation screen allows me to select the calendar I want it
created on. However, this problem still is there when creating events on my Google
calendar. Events entered on the phone do not appear in my Google calendar on the web.
So I think there may be more to it than just this.

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It started working a few days ago. Google must have fixed it or changed something.
Both my Eris and Lightning (Thunderbird plug-in) both sync from either source.

it's working!

Please lads, stay ON TOPIC! This issue was specifically opened for a "Possibility to
change default calendar".

For irrelevant issues please open another case!

I will give it a try, of course...
But to be consistent: how do I save the data from the NOT-synced calendar??

To stay ON TOPIC:
Is it a workaround about resetting/changing a default calendar?
Which calendars should I expect to find after this operation?
What happen if I delete in the mean time the calendars on google.com?
Do you have any detail or experience?

{HTC-Magic}

Yes this is quite frustrating as I enter events in my calender by error and dont get
sync on PC

I have the same problem.  Twice I've had to copy all of my appointments (through my PC) onto the
google calander and then clear the data and resync the phone.  Only now did I realize that I have to
change the calander from My Calander to my Named Calander for each new entry.  How has this not
been fixed yet?
Why would I want anything other than my Google calander to be the default?
Please fix!

From the number of comments I've read about problems with sync and google android calendar, it would seem that this is the cause. People think it's not syncing because the android app is set to use the internal non-syncing calendar rather than the google one.

It is a 'must have' to be able to change your default calendar.
Our corporate users use their smartphone to mainly sync with our exchagne environment.
When they create a calendar entry...it should be therefore an Exchange Calendar entry. Having the user to explicitly pick each time the exchange calendar when they create a new appointment is asking for problems !

'must have'

I agree my previous speaker. It is frustrating that Android promote as a business mobile device and that it is not possible to change the default calendar to Exchange or to Gmail Calendar?
I hope google and here the developers take care as soon as possible about this bug.

Amazing that the problem has not been resolved since it as initiated in September of 2009 almost 11 months.  This change should be a simple for developers and I would have thought there would have been some changes in firmware since then.  I am currently running 2.1-update1 and am having the identical issue of 'my calendar'being set as the default.

I know that there is going to be a new firmware 2.2 release sometime this summer.  Please either remove the 'my calendar' by defult, or at least give us the option to delete it or any other unwanted calendars that sync through google/calendars or other.  

This seems to be a no brainer.  I hope this catches someones eye at google soon. this kind of an oversight and lengthy delay in resolution could really imply some negatives about google.  Simple fix = happy customers.

I'm disappointed that I have to point out AGAIN that these comments are not for tirades about how upset you are that this bug exists.  These are for comments relevant to the developers about what the bug is, and how to reproduce it.

Given that Android is open-source, why don't you make yourselves useful?  Here's the relevant source code: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Calendar.git;a=summary

Have you fixed it yet?  No?  Then stop spamming my inbox.  The bug report has been filed and your whining isn't helping.

relevant information regarding bug:
* Bug found in google calendars firmware version 1.5 cupcake.
* Bug still found in google calendars firmware version 2.1 !

I now have this issue on a stock Samsung Galaxy S.
Events I added were originally going straight to my gmail calendar  After adding a calender for CallTrack and linking to one for TripIt, now all events I create on the phone are defaulting to the phones built in "My Calendar".

Hi, try using Jorte app, free from Android Market, you can set the default calendar there.

And how can I set Jorte as the default calendar app? :)

I don't know how to set Jorte as the default calendar app. I just use Jorte instead of the provided calendar app is because in Jorte, you can specify to use your google calendar as the default calendar instead of "My Calendar".

I have the Galaxy S and have had to train myself to select the exchange calendar like the other posts.

I wanted to add another request. My Calendar is yellow but the exchange calendar is purple. With black writing it is very hard to read. Can it be made so I can change the color.

Thank you to the developers for putting in their time!!!!!!!

@ coolman5001

I am not sure about a simple bug report to developers. is it?

It looks like a design problem. More over, right now, we have few versions of
android running. Some are working, some not, some are politically involved.

Why not to stop this thread and address people to the correct one?
My new (old) LG phone is indeed confused between exchange and google calendars.

While I think that the original bug is solved in the new android releases,
for the lucky new customers, I think there is still a political problem
in synchronization with any calendar. Or I wouldn't understand why my evolution
cannot work with the new exchange servers. (some droids do).

The bug is solved in the newer androids. The problem not completely.

Who is the default? Me, google or MS?

I would choose "Me". But they do not know.

Bis
F

Sorry... The target:
Click: meeting: Click: at 10 with J On: tomorrow..

Not too fancy... or?

I Have a Galaxy s that I just bought and I too cannot set my default calendar to google instead of my calendar. this thread goes back to 2009. I hope they fix this issue soon. In the mean time i'll have to select google calendar instead of my calendar.

I'm having this same problem with a Samsung Galaxy S on T-Mobile. The frustrating thing is that I upgraded from a G1 and Android 1.6 where this was working perfectly. Please fix as it's really annoying to have to remember to change the calendar every time I create a calendar entry.


@coolman5001 - Please quit whining and use a filter to move these messages out of your inbox if it bothers you that much. The more of us that complain about the lack of this basic feature, the sooner they'll get around to doing something about it.

Whether or not this bug is patched has *nothing to do* with how many people
complain about it.  The only thing you can do to raise the importance of
this issue is to star it.  Having said that, the comments are going to
continue no matter what I do.  For those, like me, who have starred the
issue and just want to move on with their life, go here:
https://code.google.com/hosting/settings - uncheck "If I starred the issue"
under "Issue change notification".

Cheers, all.  Like you, I hope this bug gets fixed.  But I don't care what
you have to say about it.  :)

Finally, a way to stop the emails

Comment #37 on issue 36909306 by coolman5001: Possibility to change default
calendar


http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3920
Whether or not this bug is patched has *nothing to do* with how many people
complain about it.  The only thing you can do to raise the importance of
this issue is to star it.  Having said that, the comments are going to
continue no matter what I do.  For those, like me, who have starred the
issue and just want to move on with their life, go here:
https://code.google.com/hosting/settings - uncheck "If I starred the issue"
under "Issue change notification".

Cheers, all.  Like you, I hope this bug gets fixed.  But I don't care what
you have to say about it.  :)

Can I just set Jorte to be my default calendar app? No offence, guys, but your Calendar is not great

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The calendar is great, but this the the only real issue for me, I don't wanna change to calender from PC Sync to my Google Agenda (online sync). so please fix it.

Thanks,
Melroy

Ps.
I can't even change my current appointment (via PC Sync) to a Google Calender (online sync) :S

you may not like this coolman5001, but it does feel good to complain about this !

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Yes please this is very annoying every event I enter I have to set it to my Google calender.  Will be on pins and needles waiting for this.  Thanks

Same situation as cmaslow (but Magic not G1) - very annoying to have to remember to switch calendars when creating new items on SGS.

really a hassle not being able to make my exchange calendar default, please address this asap...

For those using a Samsung Galaxy S, (possibly also other devices where the manufacturer has 'customised the calendar & calendar provider applications) the problem is caused by the Samsung touch calendar, if this is replaced by the standard Android calendar, the problem is solved, This is refered to by the original post in this issue where the poster inadvertantly states the solution, when they say that there was no issue with this with the standard calendar, only with HTC Sense.
The downside is that, in order to reinstate the standard Android calendar the device has to be routed.

If comment #47 is correct, all of us who have an AT&T Captivate (SGH-i897) should contact Samsung and let them know about our issue. Please contact Samsung @ http://www.samsung.com/us/info/contactus.html#. Be sure to let them know about our problems with the "My Calendar" issue.

I would like the ability to change the default calendar on the droid to use the exchange one.  My users that I support do not remember to change the calendar when they create a new event.

I just encountered this problem on my Epic, and would like to add my voice to those that point out that this needs to be fixed.  While it may seem frustrating to have this many posts pointing out the same problem, the developers should recognize that some problems (such as this one) are so severe, that they must be dealt with, or their inboxes will fill up until the problem are fixed.

Still the same...can't change default calendar on Sprint's Galaxy S (Epic)