Agreed, I was merely describing my experience in response to your description of yours. I want to add that the way I currently handle syncing of calendar/contac

Agreed, I was merely describing my experience in response to your description of yours. I want to add that the way I currently handle syncing of calendar/contact is via a desktop application - I had been a Windows phone user before Android/iOS were prevalent and kept this old habit of syncing with Outlook when I moved to Android: I have never knowingly synced my contacts and schedule with Google servers. I want to add that there are open-source CardDAV/CalDAV options for Android but I haven't bothered with them yet. Would you mind listing what you use on the server to keep your contacts/calendar? I need a recommendation to finally make the move away from Outlook-based sync.