birthday field not syncing to calendar

**MP219** · 01-25-2012, 01:18 AM

I tried changing a contact's birthday and adding one. It will sync the birthdays from the calendar to the phone but not the other way around. Has anyone else had this problem?

**Gekko** · 01-25-2012, 07:50 AM

i think this might be a bug in Android. i have a similar problem with my EVO and Gmail Contacts.

**sordanny** · 01-25-2012, 09:02 PM

yes i'm having the same problem....
i'm on the stock ROM and had not upgrade to 4.0.2
is this fixed in 4.0.2?

**mallocfailure** · 01-26-2012, 02:49 PM

To get this working, I had to subscribe to "Contacts' birthdays and events" on my Google calendar (it's under "Browse Interesting Calendars" under "Other Calendars" in the web Google calendar.) Once I was subscribed there, I forced a calendar sync on my Nexus, and the new Birthdays calendar showed up under "Calendars to Display".
I couldn't get birthdays to show at all without this, so I'm not sure if it's the same issue you're having - but this works for me.

**cj100570** · 01-26-2012, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by mallocfailure

To get this working, I had to subscribe to "Contacts' birthdays and events" on my Google calendar (it's under "Browse Interesting Calendars" under "Other Calendars" in the web Google calendar.) Once I was subscribed there, I forced a calendar sync on my Nexus, and the new Birthdays calendar showed up under "Calendars to Display".
I couldn't get birthdays to show at all without this, so I'm not sure if it's the same issue you're having - but this works for me.

I'm already subscribed and it still doesn't work. I'll also add that I have 3 other Android phones and the GNex is the only 1 that doesn't show birthdays.