Gradle project sync fails on new install of Android Studio 0.4.6

Question

can't resolve error. gradle project sync fail, Android Studio 0.4.6 download

The following is the set up, PLEASE ask for more info if needed. I had it working for 3 months until the upgrade 0.5.4 NOW can't resolve this on a reinstall from scratch.

OS windows 7 x64

Gradle build:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
   dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.8.+'
    }
}
allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

Gradle build project:

apply plugin: 'android'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.3"
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
   }
}
dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

Wrapper :

1. distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
2. distributionPath=wrapper/dists
3. zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
4. zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
5. distributionUrl=http://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.10-all.zip

System paths:

1. ANDROID_HOME C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk
2. CLASS_PATH .;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tool.jar
3. JAVA_HOME C:\Java\jdk1.7.0_45
4. JDK_HOME C:\Java\jdk1.7.0_45
5. Path ...... %JAVA_HOME%\bin

Question 1: to resolve the gradle sync fail

Question 2: the SDK manager is missing and not working from this Android studio build "Y/N"

Answer 1

Change this line...!!

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.8.+'
}

for this

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.9.+'
}

and also android studio is now on its version 0.5.4 so I recomed you to get the latest update... because it include a lot of patches... please let me know if this helped you

EDIT

on android studio now you should be able to see a little window that is call gradle console... once you try to sync the gradle project you will see a link that says... you need to update the build.gradle or something like that...