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Synchronization is the exchange of data between browsers on your devices. For intermediate storage of data, a Yandex server is used, where information is transmitted over a secure channel, and passwords are encrypted. Data on the server is protected by the authorization system used in Yandex services. Synchronization allows you to access data from all your devices and restore data if a device is lost or broken.

1. How synchronization works
2. Enable Sync
3. Change the list of synchronized data
4. Disable synchronization

How synchronization works

Sync by default passwords, sites on Tableau, bookmarks, autofill forms and open tabs.

Once you have enabled synchronization, it will occur every time you change data stored on the server. For example: you add a bookmark to your smartphone - the browser sends it to the server and simultaneously downloads all the changes you made on other devices (starting from the last synchronization).

Synchronization will allow you to:

Set up your browser the same way on all your devices.

Recover passwords, bookmarks, tabs and browser settings even if your device crashes.

At any time, you can turn off synchronization or change the list of data you want to synchronize.

Enable Sync

Synchronization works when the following conditions are met:

Yandex Browser is installed on all devices (computer, smartphone, tablet);

To enable synchronization:

To see a list of data that has been synced, click More details.

If you do not enable Google account synchronization on Android, then you can forget about such a convenient feature as accessing contacts from any device with Internet access or creating a backup copy of data.

Reasons why Google and Android synchronization fails

Enable Google synchronization with Android

To understand the synchronization settings, you first need to know where to enable this feature.

1. Go to "Settings".
2. Open the “Accounts” section (“Personal data”, “Accounts”).
3. If you don't have a Google account inside, you need to add one. You can create a new account or add data from an existing Google profile - login and password.
4. Click on the added account to open its settings.
5. To enable synchronization, move the switches next to the necessary services - contacts, Google Play Music, Google Fit, Google Photos, etc.
6. To start synchronization right now, call up the additional menu and select “Synchronize” in it.

Increase

By default, app data, calendar, and contacts are synced. If you want to automatically synchronize photos with the Google server, you will have to install the Google Photos application. In its settings there is an item “Startup and synchronization”, after activation of which the photos will be sent to cloud storage.

Automatic photo syncing will continue to work even after you delete Google Photos. To disable it, you need to go to the application settings and move the “Startup and synchronization” switch to the inactive position.

Increase

Additional manipulations will also be needed to synchronize mail from the Gmail application. In order for data to be sent to the server, you need to check the “Gmail synchronization” checkbox in the client settings. If mail synchronization does not work, clearing the phone's internal memory of unnecessary files (if the storage is full) or deleting Gmail data will help.

Android synchronization allows you to continue working with the same files on different devices, always having access to contacts, email, photos, etc. However, it is useful to know how to disable synchronization on Android, because sometimes it is necessary, for example, to reduce traffic consumption or reduce battery consumption battery (programs, when synchronized, do not allow the processor to go into deep sleep, which speeds up discharge) by the operating system.

You can deactivate it in less than a minute, and we will tell you how to do it correctly. We will also describe ways to remove synchronization not only with the main Google profile, but also with other services and applications that lead to rapid drainage and loss of Internet traffic.

Disable synchronization with your Google account

Remember that it can be returned at any time. Once you turn it back on, it will move into storage all the information you added while it was not working.

After you do everything, the phone will stop transferring information to other devices automatically.

Attention! Due to the nature of the shells, the path to the “Accounts” menu may differ slightly, depending on the manufacturer and model of the phone.

How to disable photo synchronization?

The Google Photos app (pre-installed on most Android devices) offers a great feature - automatically saving photos and videos to a cloud service that helps you access photos from any device. But some users, despite the usefulness of this functionality, prefer to abandon it.

You won’t be able to do this through the “Accounts” menu, so you’ll have to work directly with the program.

Below there are also options for changing the image upload quality. You can reduce (not recommended, as the detail of the images will drop sharply) or increase the resolution to the original one. This will make it possible to view photos without compression from any device.

Prohibiting synchronization with other services

Xiaomi, Meizu, Samsung offer their cloud storage services, and I force you to register with them. This is useful because it stores settings for your calendar, music, photos, and contacts. But, as in the previous situation, this can get in the way if, for example, you reject the Xiaomi ecosystem in favor of the one proposed by Google.

To prevent your phone from exchanging data with developer services, just take a couple of steps. Let's demonstrate this using the example of Xiaomi.

Using this scheme, you can disable synchronization with any services of the smartphone manufacturer.

I ran into a problem with my wife's calls being displayed, and my wife's calls being displayed on my iPhone. Everything under one ID, Family access. I can't figure out how to disable synchronization.
- Rafael

Hello Rafael.

First, you need to understand Family Sharing. This feature is designed specifically to avoid using the same Apple ID on different devices, but instead to easily share purchases and pay for content among family members.

1. Go to Settings – Apple ID – Set up Family Sharing.

2. Select Get started and indicate the method of payment for purchases.

3. Now in the section Family members You can add up to six Apple ID accounts.

Of course, your wife, children and other users will have to create a new Apple ID. This way, no information about calls, contacts and other data will migrate between devices.

If you decide to stay with one Apple ID

You don't have to set up family sharing and simply turn off synchronization between devices.

1. Go to Settings – Phone – Calls on other devices and disable the item Allow calls.

2. After that, open the section Apple ID - iCloud and turn off iCloud Drive.

With the switch turned on, apps on iPhone can sync data across devices via the cloud. For third-party applications, you can disable synchronization in the settings, and standard ones will always sync when iCloud Drive is turned on.

Synchronization is a rather useful feature that every smartphone based on Android OS is equipped with. First of all, data exchange works in Google services – applications directly connected to the user’s account in the system. These include email messages, address book content, notes, calendar entries, games and much more. The active synchronization function allows you to access the same information simultaneously from different devices, be it a smartphone, tablet, computer or laptop. True, this consumes traffic and battery power, which does not suit everyone.

Despite the many advantages and obvious benefits of data synchronization, sometimes users may need to disable it. For example, when there is a need to save battery power, because this function is very power-hungry. Deactivation of data sharing may apply to both your Google account and accounts in any other applications that support authorization. In all services and applications, this function works almost identically, and it can be turned on and off in the settings section.

Option 1: Disable sync for apps

Below we will look at how to disable the synchronization function using a Google account as an example. These instructions will also apply to any other account used on the smartphone.

1. Open "Settings", by tapping on the corresponding icon (gear) on the main screen, in the application menu or in the expanded notification panel (curtain).



2. Depending on the version of the operating system and/or the shell preinstalled by the device manufacturer, find the item containing the word "Accounts".

   

   It may be called "Accounts", "Other accounts", "Users and accounts". Open it.



Note: On older versions of Android there is a general section directly in the settings "Accounts", which lists the connected accounts. In this case, there is no need to go anywhere.



3. Select an item "Google".

   

   As mentioned above, on older versions of Android it is present directly in the general list of settings.

4. The email address associated with it will be indicated next to the account name. If you use more than one Google account on your smartphone, select the one for which you want to disable synchronization.
5. Next, based on the OS version, you must do one of the following:
   

Note: On some versions of Android, you can disable synchronization for all items at once. To do this, tap on the icon in the form of two circular arrows. Other possible options are a toggle switch in the upper right corner, an ellipsis there, a tear-off menu with an item "Synchronize", or the button below "More", clicking which opens a similar menu section. All these switches can also be switched to the inactive position.



6. Having completely or selectively deactivated the data synchronization function, exit the settings.

You can do the same with the account of any other application used on your mobile device. Just find its name in the section "Accounts", open and deactivate all or some items.

Note: On some smartphones, you can disable data synchronization (only completely) from the curtain. To do this, you just need to lower it and tap on the button "Synchronization", turning it into an inactive state.

Option 2: Disable data backup to Google Drive

Sometimes users, in addition to the synchronization function, also need to disable data backup (backup). Once activated, this feature allows you to save the following information to cloud storage (Google Drive):

• Application data;
• Call log;
• Device settings;
• Photo and video;
• SMS messages.

This data saving is necessary so that after a factory reset or when purchasing a new mobile device, you can restore basic information and digital content sufficient for comfortable use of the Android OS. If you do not need to create such a useful backup, do the following:

Solving some problems

Many owners of Android devices can use them, but do not know their Google account information, email, or password. This is most typical for representatives of the older generation and inexperienced users who ordered service and first setup at the store where the device was purchased. The obvious disadvantage of this situation is the inability to use the same Google account on any other device. True, users who want to disable data synchronization are unlikely to be against it.

Due to the instability of the Android operating system, especially on smartphones in the budget and mid-budget segments, failures in its operation can sometimes result in a complete shutdown or even a reset to factory settings. Sometimes, after turning on, such devices require entering the credentials of a synchronized Google account, but for one of the reasons described above, the user does not know either the login or password. In this case, you also need to disable synchronization, albeit at a deeper level. Let's briefly look at possible solutions to this problem:

• Create and link a new Google account. Since the smartphone does not allow you to log in, you will have to create an account on a computer or any other properly working device.

  Once a new account is created, its data (email and password) will need to be entered when setting up the system for the first time. The old (synchronized) account can and should be deleted in the account settings.

Note: Some manufacturers (for example, Sony, Lenovo) recommend waiting 72 hours before linking a new account to your smartphone. According to them, this is necessary so that a complete reset and deletion of information about the old account is performed on Google servers. The explanation is dubious, but the anticipation itself sometimes really helps.

• Reflashing the device. This is a radical method, which, moreover, cannot always be implemented (depending on the smartphone model and manufacturer). Its significant drawback lies in the loss of warranty, so if your mobile device is still covered by it, it is better to use the following recommendation.
• Contact the service center. Sometimes the cause of the problem described above lies in the device itself and is of a hardware nature. In this case, you won’t be able to disable synchronization and linking of a specific Google account yourself. The only possible solution is to contact an official service center. If your smartphone is still under warranty, it will be repaired or replaced free of charge. If the warranty period has already expired, you will have to pay to remove the so-called lock. In any case, this is more profitable than buying a new smartphone, and much safer than tormenting it yourself, trying to install unofficial firmware.

Conclusion

As you can understand from this article, there is nothing difficult about disabling synchronization on an Android smartphone. This can be done for one or several accounts at once; in addition, there is the possibility of selectively setting parameters. In other cases, when the inability to disable synchronization appeared after a failure or reset of the smartphone, and the data from the Google account is unknown, the problem, although much more complex, can still be fixed independently or with the help of specialists.