iCloud bookmark sync problems with iPad

I too am struggling with this issue on my iPad 2 and syncing BookMarks across iCloud. I receive the error on my iPad 2 that the BookMarks are still syncing (this is infinite). Also note the BookMark Menu Bar does not show up either when clicking in the Address to type a new URL address.

Same problem here, iPad2, MBP, iMac sync bookmarks via iCloud perfectly but only on iPhone4 -->Nothing, only original ones with message tell me "Bookmarks are being synced...."

I was having a similar issue until I went to

iPad > Settings App > Mail, Contacts, and Calendars

and changed "Fetch New Data" from Fetch to Push.

I had originally used fetch/manually to minimize cellular data usage.

I hope this helps some of you. Good luck!

I left 3 messages on senior technicians answering

Machine _ another now - no reply from him yet

Spoke to another apple guy and he said all these bugs are

being made aware to engineers but we will have to wait

for next software update for them to be rectified

It's not effecting everyone - and solutions for some like erasing

safari cache data cookes etc not working for others

Hope they hurry this update fix soon

It's a nightmare having no bookmarks - cant even bloody add them either

Trev

Well I got my problem sorted (mine was iPhone, not iPad) tho it's not ideal.

After a trip to the Apple Store, then a 1hr call from Apple engineers, they suggested a Restore. I decided to do a Restore as new (everything I had was either on iTunes or already on my Mac) and put everything back on from iTunes. Then I merged with iCloud and, voila, bookmarks now syncing. It took an hour, and I lost text messages, some settings and had to re-folder all my apps, but otherwise it's all good.

Plus wifi sync and battery life are a little better. If you can go with the inconvenience that is a Restore As New I highly recommend it.

Hope you guys get sorted.

From a different post I found a solution that works for me (my iPad was syncing bookmarks perfectly but not my iPhone). The solution was to enable the "push" option in settings/mail, contacts, calendars/fetch new data.

I ha d turned push off on my iPhone to extend battery life but it seems that it is needed for iCloud bookmark syncing...

The "solution" is quite simple, albeit a tad annoying. On your iPhone, iPad, iPod launch Safari and open your reading list. You can access it by opening the bookmarks menu. Once open the statusbar indicator should start spinning, a few moments later the bookmarks are updated. Shouldn't have to mess with Push or Fetch just opening the reading list triggers iCloud to sync. Note from my experience you need to remain on this page until it finishes, the statusbar item will disappear. Hope it helps!

Steve, the problem is that there is no reading list at all in iPhone, iPad, just regular stock bookmarks and history but no reading list and when I want to bookmark something I get the sign that is syncing, only in Safari Mac I can add bookmarks and access reading list.

Reading List is an iOS 5 feature, it's at the root level of the bookmarks menu. http://www.apple.com/ios/features.html#safari

Sure it is and i'm on iOS5 on iPad2 and iPhone 4S the only problem is that is not there at all, check my bookmarks screenshot on iPhone 4S

It looks like it does not work on all situations, I did the same Erase all settings and started fresh, then restored from iCloud and the problem still persist, no reading list module, not bookmark sync on iPad 2 or iPhone 4S, I even tried with two different iCloud accounts.

the iOS 5.0.1 update has fixed this for me on an iPhone 4s.

For anyone reading this down the road, I had tried a number of things, including ...

• turning off iCloud bookmark sync
• switching from push to fetch
• restarting, of course

... but nothing worked. This started on iOS4 / MobileMe / iPhone 3gs ... I had hoped that the switch to iOS 5 / iCloud / iPhone 4s would cure it, but it didn't.

Many seem to suspect a broken plist file on the iPhone, which isn't accessible w/o jailbreaking. This makes sense b/c it would have been ported from the old phone to the new as part of the backup. My iPad and Mac synced their bookmarks fine throughout this period ... only the phone was the problem. The iPad and iPhone were set up identically.

Under 5.0.1 the bookmarks are now OK on the phone via iTunes sync ... I will switch bookmarks to iCloud and see what happens.

Glad to hear you figured it out. For me iCloud: Safari Bookmarks and Notes are not synching across all my devices: iPhone 4, iPad 2, MBP, and iMac. All my devices are up-to-date: iOS 5.01 and Lion. It only works half way. If I add, delete or update a bookmark in one of my iOS devices it replicates OK in the other however, it might sycn with my MBP but not my iMac, In other tests, it will sync to my iMac but not to my MBP. When it does, it puts the added or updated bookmark in the top root level on bookmarks prompting me to manually move the entry and place it into the appropriate folder. If I delete a bookmak though from my iOS it deletes it from the other but not from my MPB or iMac promting me to delete them manually.

Also, Notes is another issue. Without any notice I can have my notes wiped out from all my devices prompting me to restore to the latest one from my TimeMachine. I keep doing this almost daily!

I only have one account as I consolidated all my stuff under my .me account.

This half baked cooked product called iCloud has left me with a very sour and frustrated experience that I'm seriously considering ditching it and going back to MobileMe!