Google Sync Turned Off on my Android! How do I turn on Google Sync?

Yesterday I noticed that all my Google services were not being synced on my Nexus 7 (Android 4.2.2) anymore. Emails were not automatically downloaded, Calendar,Chrome, contacts etc were not updating. On top of that I was getting weird “Sync was unsuccessful” (or something like that) messages on my PC’s browser. Sure enough – sync was turned off on my Android tablet. For some reason option “turn on sync” is not easily accessible or at least not where you would expect it. If you go to Settings -> accounts then you will only be able to manually sync those accounts but not turn it on.

To turn on auto sync you have to go to

Settings -> Data usage -> Menu (top right corner, 3 small squares) -> check Auto-sync data

Here is the screenshot of the Menu:
turn on google sync auto-sync

Enable Gmail Tabs – Tabbed Inbox

Gmail’s inbox Tabs are a very cool new Gmail feature that brings order to your inbox.

gmail inbox tabs

To enable it, click the gears button and try to find “Configure inbox”.

tabs inbox gmail

Click on “Configure inbox”, select the tabs that you wish to enable,click Save and you can now use the new feature.  In case you do not see “Configure inbox”, check back later.