Contacts, calendar' birthdays, anniversaries not showing up

[rasputin01]

So, i took the time to go through all of my old contacts and entered them in one at a time on my new Note 8 using the Samsung Contacts app. My contacts do show up on the new gmail account i had setup prior to getting the phone. I have the contacts saved to gmail not device.

When i go into the Samsung Calendar app the only birthday that appears is my own.
None of my contacts birthdays or anniversaries are there.

I havent logged in to FB yet to sync with those contacts to add them yet, ive been trying to do this one thing at a time.

When i go in to the calendar app on the Note 8 all the toggles are green.
My Phone: My Calendars, Contacts Birthdays, My Tasks
Google: my email account here
Samsung: samsung Calendar, Samsung Tasks,
+ Add account

What am i doing wrong?

I am still working on setting up the phone, sometimes i think about just doing a factory reset / restore and starting over.
I had ads from hell after my lock screen till i deleted most of the apps.
The other night it came on by itself blaring music waking me up at 3:00am - not cool.
Sometimes the ads would just pop up - not in internet mode, just using the phone, inputting contacts, etc.
anyway - thats a different issue.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

Take care that the phone is clean.
No junkware, adware, malware.

Then attack the other issue. Hope something isn't snooping or a backdoor trojan horse.

I would run malwarebytes - always.
I think its ESET that can do in-depth file scans.

But yes do factory reset, total wipe, and don't restore from backups.

 

[rasputin01]

I have Malwarebytes and Kaspersky. Ill do a wipe tonight. Once i got rid of the extra apps it stopped.

Any ideas on the birthdays and such on how to get them to my calendar?

 

[rasputin01]

Well.... i logged in to my Google account via the Internet tab, looked around, didnt change anything.
Now it works. Go figure. At least it is working now.

 

[bigredgonzo]

I have to ask this, because it sounds this way from your OP. Did you create a new Google account because you got a new phone?

BigRedGonzo

 

[rasputin01]

Yes, i created a new gmail account before i got the phone. I wanted to start fresh, too much junk on my hotmail and old gmail accounts.