diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/fxa/sync/FxAccountSyncService.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/fxa/sync/FxAccountSyncService.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.fxa.sync;
+
+import android.app.Service;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+
+public class FxAccountSyncService extends Service {
+  private static final Object syncAdapterLock = new Object();
+  private static FxAccountSyncAdapter syncAdapter = null;
+
+  @Override
+  public void onCreate() {
+    synchronized (syncAdapterLock) {
+      if (syncAdapter == null) {
+        syncAdapter = new FxAccountSyncAdapter(getApplicationContext(), true);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
+    return syncAdapter.getSyncAdapterBinder();
+  }
+}