Gmail 2-way sync

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Does anyone have gmail 2-way sync working correctly?
Phone to web works fine.
Web to phone doesn't work at all.
Wasn't this meant to be part of the recent BIS upgrade? Seems a bit 1980s not to have 2-way sync.
 
gmail 2-way sync with email?? It seems to work when replying to email messages. i.e when you receive a mail and then reply from the web it shows as a sent items reply on your bb. It doesn't seem to work when you send a new email from web... it doesn't sync that to the bb..... I am using the Gmail addon for blackberry. Maybe there is another way?
 
I set mine up using microsoft exchange. now my contacts and calander automatically sync whether i update on my phone or on gmail.
But then again, i dont know if this option is available on a blackberry. I did mine on my iphone.:P
 
for emails the only way you can 2 way sync is if you have imap enabled on your gmail account and set up on your phone! POP mail will not make changes to your gmail account, ie. delete a message on your phone and it will still be on your gmail account.
While Imap alows your device to edit what ever is in your gmail. ie delete a message on your phone and it will no longer be in your gmail.
That is all...
 
I have no problems with 2 way sync. Read and delete status can sometimes take a few hours to sync but they always do. If I send an e-mail on the web I get a copy on my berry. Archiving does not work at all though, eg if I archive on the web nothing happens on my phone.
Make sure you do not use any special settings on bis, you should just enter your gmail address and password and that should be it (make sure you tick sync deleted items box in settings on your ohone and on bis). On gmail web settings ensure imap is enabled.
 
That is as I have it. I'll change a read-status on the web and give it a few hours - see if it syncs.
Ty.
 
The contacts are already available (but it is a severely broken feature). Sent messages sync to the phone and read status does too (but sometimes it's not instant). So obviously we already have this bis update.
 
Just realised that the Enhanced Gmail plugin was causing issues with my 2 way gmail sync.. removed that and now its working perfectly
 
For the people not getting the GMail 2 way sync yet: go to your BIS setup (www.mobileemail.vodafonesa.co.za, or use the setup app on you Berry), delete your GMail account and re-add it. Not necessary to add any specific like POP or IMAP, just type the Gmail address and password. That should get you 2 way sync to start working, although, as oronte said, it isn't very instant (sometimes immediately, sometimes hours).

It also won't work for the mails already on your phone, only new mails.

To clarify:
- Send email from phone -> shows up immediately in GMail
- Send email from GMail -> shows up immediately on Berry
- Receive email -> shows up immediately in both GMail and Berry
- Read email on Berry -> marks as read in GMail immediately (or at least, it should most of the time)
- Read email on GMail -> marks as read eventually on Berry
- Archive email in GMail -> nothing happens on Berry
- Delete -> no idea, can anybody comment on this?

I don't use the built in contact sync - Google's sync app works fine enough for me.
 
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