How to Sync Phone Contacts From a Motorola Droid to a Gmail Contact List

As an Android mobile phone, the Motorola Droid has a feature that automatically synchronizes information from the phone's applications to the associated Google account. This feature includes an automatic synchronization between the Gmail contacts to the phone's contacts. The process is instantaneous any time a change is made. All the user has to do is enter the Gmail account's username and password at the appropriate time.

Instructions

Initial Setup

1. Turn on your Motorola Droid for the first time.

2. Choose whether to create a new account or sign into an existing Gmail account. Click "Next."

3. Enter your Gmail username and password when prompted. Click "Sign In" or "Create."

After Initial Setup

1. Press the "Menu" key on your Motorola Droid.

2. Click "Settings." Click "Accounts & sync."

3. Click "Add account." Click "Google."

4. Choose whether to create a new account or sign into an existing Gmail account. Click "Next."

5. Enter your Gmail username and password when prompted. Click "Sign In" or "Create."

Tips & Warnings

• If you have a Gmail account, your Google account sign in and your Gmail account sign in are the same thing. However, if you use another email provider's username as your Google account's login, you don't have access to a Gmail account. Your Motorola Droid will not synchronize with the contact information associated with the other email provider's account. For example, you can have a Google account whose username is [e-mail]. However, you won't have a Gmail account with that sign in, and so there are not contacts to synchronize. To remedy this, you have to sign up for a new Gmail (and thus Google) account not associated with that other provider's account.

References

• Verizon Support: Motorola Droid User Guide