Android - How do I reverse "sync turned off" in my Google account?

Go back to the Settings menu, and in the Wireless and Networks section tap Data Usage. Then press the menu button and in the popup menu check the Auto Sync Data box.

You can then return to the Google account page mentioned in the question, where the list of services is, and select the newly visible checkmarks next to which ones you want to automatically sync.


Even more hidden is this... For Moto G 2015...

Go to:

  1. Settings
  2. Data usage
  3. Scroll down to Gmail
  4. Select Gmail
  5. App settings

Select one of your gmail accounts and there you'll find a check box to turn sync on, you'll probably also find you can change notification settings msg tones etc everything you lost ages ago and almost gave up on finding the answers to ;) ! Totally ridiculous