If your phone is having problems syncing with your Google Account, you could see a message, "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." or a Sync issue icon .
Most sync issues are temporary. Usually, your account will sync again after a few minutes. But if you keep having sync issues, try the following solutions.
Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 9.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
Manually sync your Google Account
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Tap About phone
Google Account
Account sync.
- If you have more than one account on your device, tap the one you want to sync.
- Tap More
Sync now.
Try common sync solutions
After each troubleshooting step below, try manually syncing to see whether sync works.