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Old 03-13-2013, 03:33 PM   #20
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Ah, OK, you're right. I got misled because in my iPad settings, it says "myaddress@gmail.com" and underneath that it says "Contacts"... but in fact, it's not a Gmail account -- it's an Exchange account. I had set it up such a long time ago I forgot how I originally did it.

So, Exchange works fine for me for syncing Gmail contacts. What didn't work fine (and I confused that with Exchange), was syncing contacts via iCloud -- so I disabled Contacts syncing via iCloud.

As to CardDAV, this is the first time I hear anything like that is available -- probably because, like I said, I've been syncing Google Contacts using the Exchange way for years, and CardDAV seems to be a recent addition. And because Exchange seems to work OK for me, I have no reason to switch to CardDAV.

Anyway, syncing Gmail contacts should work reliably for you using either the CardDAV or Exchange way. Good luck.
What was iCloud doing to mess up your contacts?
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