Annoying delay posting calendar events in Android

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Annoying delay posting calendar events in Android

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I'm not crazy about the look of the new Lollipop calendar, but I can live with it EXCEPT the annoying slow refresh.

Anyone else having this problem? Ever since I upgraded my phone to Lollipop when I post something to the calendar it doesn't appear immediately. It apparently is sent to the Google cloud first and then the phone needs to refresh.

If I manually refresh after posting or editing an event, it shows up, but otherwise it may take a good 30 seconds or more.

Extremely annoying.

There is no way to get the old calendar back without flashing the phone back to KitKat.

For this reason I will keep my wife's phone on KitKat. She'll just hate Lollipop. I just need to find a way to disable the Lollipop update nag. I found a post that says to disable the Motorola Update Service.
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I did a little research and a lot of people hate the new calendar. One of the suggestions was to get the free version of Business Calendar:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... zcal&hl=en

It has great reviews, and it syncs to your Google calendar. I like the look and functionality from the demo video. Going to try it.
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Ok, I like Business Calendar. When I enter or edit an event, it's updated immediately. Free version has ads at the bottom. I'll try it for a few weeks and if I decide I'm sticking with it I'll buy the Pro version.

There's also a Business Calendar 2 but it just came out and looks like the new Lollipop calendar so I'll pass.
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Post by Genom »

Marshmallow does not send to the cloud first. Dunno what device you have though.
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Oh and that Business calendar goes on sale on the Amazon store al the time if you care for it cheap.
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I'm on Marshmallow. No delays that I've seen. Pure Android FTW. ;)
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Moto-x only just got lollipop. I doubt it'll ever get marshmallow.
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