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[Olga Kemmet <1306078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are several issues to consider here:

Using the Phone as an example is a bad idea because it is a special
case. The phone app does NOT requite sync but access to different areas
on the device. Notifications, contacts, even messages to some extent.
Calls, incoming, missed and outgoing are associated with the phone hence
a list of recent calls wold be naturally found within the phone app.

Syncing however can be both, specific and generic. As per comment #9 you
might be wondering why your data for a specific app is outdated while
you are using it (C) but this might have nothing to do with the actual
app but with the fact that you are not willing to use 3G/4G for syncing
and instead WiFi. If a user has to set that generic setting for every
single application which requires sync and is installed on the device,
then it starts to become a very cumbersome and very annoying.

I agree with Renato, we need a way to have an overview on all apps which
need sync and the best place for that are System Settings. Also, not
every developer will invest time into sync settings and might even
assume that we are handling at least the high level ones. I also agree
with Matthew, some app specific settings (e.g. do not sync images over a
certain size) should be app specific.

We do not know how often users will use different apps, apart from the
default ones. Some might want to handle private and work related events
in different calendars, different email applications for work and
family, etc. Meaning, the argument that we do not have alternatives to
default apps yet, doesn't mean we won't have it in (near) future (C). In
design and development we always deal with theoretical problems and
trying to solve them before the user actually complains. ;)

Bottom line:
We need decisions and agreement on what is considered a "generic" setting for sync. Anything which goes outside this definition will have to go into app specific settings.

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Title:
  [system settings] syncing over 3G should be configurable and off by
  default

Status in sync-monitor:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in address-book-app package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in sync-monitor package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-calendar-app package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  by default we should not perform a sync when not connected to wifi. in
  the future this should be a setting.

  ---------UX comment----------

  desired resolution:

  In general Sync/background updates per up should be allowed in System
  Settings. However, switching off this functionality should be done per
  app basis, therefor should sit in App Settings.

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