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suchcases,thesettingsyouselectattheaccoun tlevelarestillvalid.
For some accounts, syncing is two‐directional; changes that you
make to the information on your device are made to the copy of
thatinformationontheweb. Your Google Accountworks thisway.
Otheraccountssupportonly
one‐waysync:theinformationonyour
mobiledeviceisread‐only.
ToviewtheAccounts&syncsettingsscreendescribedhere:
1FromaHomeorAllAppsscreen,touchtheSettingsicon.
2UnderPersonal,touchAccounts&sync.
Some apps also have their own settings related
to syncing. For
example,tocontrolmessagesyncingin
theGmailapp,touchMenuicon>Labelsettings>Syncmessages.
Configuregeneralsyncsettings
1GotoSettings>Personal>Accounts&sync.
indicatesthatsomeorallofanaccount'sinformationisconfigured
tosyncautomatically.
indicates that none of an account's information is configured to
syncautomatically.
2 Check or uncheck Menu icon > Auto‐sync app data to control
whetherchanges
youmaketoinformationonyourdeviceoronthe
webareautomaticallysyncedwitheachother.
If you turn off Auto‐sync, you need to sync manually to collect
messages, emai l, and other recent information, and won't receive
notificationswhenupdatesoccur.
Forexample,whenthisoptionischecked,
changesthatyoumakein
yourPeopleappareaut o matically
madetoyourGooglecontactsontheweb.