Browser sync not working on Samsung Galaxy S II

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enable browser sync in settings and select a label
2. Open the stock browser and go to bookmarks

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I'd expect to see the bookmarks from the selected label but they do not appear.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.6.6 on Gingerbread (2.3.3).

Please provide any additional information below.
I suppose this is related to Samsung's optimized stock browser since this 
feature works fine on my ZTE Blade (CM7/Android 2.3.3).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mattias....@gmail.com on 14 May 2011 at 8:10

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Hmm, yes I've tested it on other 2.3 devices and sync works, so it's probably 
related to Samsung's modifications to the browser.  Unfortunately I don't think 
Samsung offers emulators for any of their devices other than the Tab.

If you have send me your browser.db I could look at it to figure out how to 
make it work, but beware that I'd be able to see all of your Android browser 
bookmarks as well as history.  You'd have to use ADB to pull it from the device.

Original comment by tmnich...@gmail.com on 14 May 2011 at 9:46

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Perfect, I'll try to get browser.db off the phone tomorrow. No privacy concerns 
here - I've only had the phone for a couple days and have not used the browser 
that much yet.

Original comment by mattias....@gmail.com on 14 May 2011 at 10:52

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So the *default* browser database is in 
/data/data/com.android.browser/databases/browser.db

You do have *some* browser bookmarks already, right?  It will be easier to 
figure out what to fix if I know what to look for.

Original comment by tmnich...@gmail.com on 15 May 2011 at 12:20

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Still don't have access to my own PC so I haven't been able to get the database 
file from the phone. I should be able to do that this evening though. I have 
however found out some more info that I thought I'd add straight away so I only 
need to upload the file later.

I actually had no browser bookmarks at all when reporting so I attempted to add 
one. However, when I attempted to add a bookmark to a location that I already 
had under the Google Bookmarks label that was configured in GMarks to sync with 
the browser I got the error message "Already in use" in the "Add bookmark" 
dialog. So it seems that the bookmarks are in the database but are not 
displayed. 

I then added a bookmark to another location and this worked fine. It even 
worked with GMarks sync, i.e. after forcing a GMarks sync the bookmark showed 
up under the expected label in Google Bookmars. I then deleted this bookmark 
from the Google Bookmarks web interface but this change never propagated back 
to GMarks, i.e. after a new forced sync in GMarks the bookmark was still there 
in GMarks (but still deleted from Google Bookmarks). After a "Full Sync" in 
GMarks the bookmark once again showed up in Google Bookmarks.

I will upload the database tonight together with a description on what 
bookmarks are created/visible in the Android browser.

Original comment by mattias....@gmail.com on 15 May 2011 at 11:15

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Turned out to be a bit trickier to use "adb pull" on the db file then I thought 
it'd be (haven't used adb for other stuff than logcat on my CM7 phone before). 
Keep getting "permission denied". My phone isn't rooted anymore after a FW 
update if that's related. Anyways, I'll look into it again tomorrow.

Original comment by mattias....@gmail.com on 15 May 2011 at 9:39

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So deletes don't propagate from Google servers to GMarks, that's because 
there's no record of it being deleted that I can detect.  The only way to tell 
is to re-sync everything, which would take a long time and waste battery life 
if GMarks did that every time.  So the only way to sync bookmarks that were 
deleted from the server is to do a "full sync."  

Permission problem trying to pull database.db is probably because you're not 
rooted.

See if you can do this:

$ adb shell
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.browser/databases/browser.db
(you might get a permission denied error - if you get 'not found' that just 
means it's in a different place.)
sqlite3> .tables

Original comment by tmnich...@gmail.com on 16 May 2011 at 1:18

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Finally got the database off the phone. Needed to root it again but I intended 
to do that anyway. It was located in 
"/data/data/com.android.browser/databases". The only bookmark I've added in the 
stock browser and also the only one visible in the browser is for URL 
"http://mobil.idg.se/". The label that I've tried to sync from Google has 11 
other bookmarks(i.e. 12 in total including "http://mobil.idg.se/") and these 
include for example: "http://www.sl.se" and "http://mobil.tvmatchen.nu".

Original comment by mattias....@gmail.com on 16 May 2011 at 7:20

Attachments:

• browser.db

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Hello, same problem on samsung galacy Ace running 2.2.1.
No bookmark in Stock Android Browser (all bookmark are only sync/displayed into 
GMarks App)

Original comment by yanse...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2011 at 2:39

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some problem here, using Samsung Galaxy S II.

All syncs go to GMarks, but not displayed in stock browser.

Original comment by dvd...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2011 at 6:34