[Help] Preventing Google account from syncing e-mail and contact

[tilt4life2]

This has been a bit frustrating.

When you go through set-up, it gives you the option of adding a Google account which is necessary for using Market. But it also syncs your e-mail into the Gmail app and syncs your contacts. I don't want either of those because my Exchange has both contacts and I want to use the HTC mail widget for my Gmail.

I have tried various ways to prevent this from happening, but all have failed.

1. I went through set-up connecting to wifi and adding my Gmail. Then I went to options and removed syncing. But my e-mail and contacts are still in the Gmail app.

2. I did not connect to wifi so that I can first go to options and removing syncing, but that didn't help.

3. I created another generic gmail account just so I can use it for market. However, now that account is connected to my GTalk app instead of my normal account.

So here is my goal:

Use my everyday Gmail with GoogleTalk app, but without it syncing my Gmail contacts or my e-mail with the Gmail app.

Is there any way to do this? Am I missing something? Can you go to the syncing options without actually setuping the Google account first?

Thanks for the help.

 

[tilt4life2]

Also, while we are on the topic:

What is the main difference between the two? I keep reading online that the Gmail app is supposed to be Push e-mail, but I have also read just as many posts saying it doesn't work or it doesn't do that.

 

[tilt4life2]

I figured out a solution:

1. Go through set-up and connect to Wi-Fi, but do not set-up a Google account. Skip it.

2. Go to Settings>Syncing>Checking Auto-Sync and Sync in Background

3. Settings>Add Account>Google Account

And here is where you need some fast fingers...

4. Settings>Check Sync in Background and Auto-Sync and quickly click on Google Account you just set-up and uncheck Sync Contacts, Calendars, and E-mail.

I was able to uncheck e-mail sync, but it had synced some of my contacts already. That wasn't a problem b/c I haven't set up my Outlook account so I just deleted all the Google contacts it had synced. But I was fast enough where I didn't let it sync Gmail account.

Now no e-mails in Gmail app and I can use Google Talk.