Android GMail Auto Sync keeps getting disabled
If you’re finding that you’re GMail app on Android keeps getting auto sync disabled I might have the answer to your problem.
Since the very latest version you can download updates to GMail directly from the Android Market; this is to reduce fragmentation by allowing integral Android components to be updated across all phones regardless of Android version.
The problem is that you now have the option to move the app to SD card if you need to save internal memory.
If you do this, GMail won’t immediately be detected after a reboot while the SD card is mounting. Much like installing widgets to SD causes issues at start up, it seems with GMail auto sync is disabled until you go in and select it after boot (Settings->Accounts and Sync->[Select the Google account]->tick ‘Sync GMail’)
To prevent this problem, just make sure you only install GMail on to the phone’s internal memory and not the SD Card (Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->[select GMail]->Move to Phone).
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Thanks! I’ve had this problem for a few months now and have been looking for a fix. I just moved the app back from the SD card to the phone memory. Hopefully it will remember my “Sync Gmail” settings for my accounts from now on!