I used to have a WM and all my contacts are in Outlook 2007, which i still use at home and have my Google mail coming into it via IMAP.
I've noticed that Outlook only syncs with Phone contacts and Gmail with Google contacts.
Is there a way that i can avoid updating 2 lists and still use Outlook?
When i add a new contact why does it have to be either phone or google, why can't it be both?
Are there any apps out there than can sync phone and google contacts on the phone?
G-SyncIt google it, £10 and works really well.
Companionlink (Google version not USB version)
Right, this is my first smartphone, so can someone explain something to me.
I don't have a Gmail account (I use the HTC Mail thing to access my Sky email account when I want to)
What I don't understand is the whole "Google Contacts" thing?
Where do these contacts sync to?
Can I enter the contacts on my phone and then sync them to the Internet (rather than have them stored on my phone?)
Do I need a Gmail account for this?
Any help and tips would be gratefully recieved.
Thanks
Yes you need a google account,
And yes the phone will automatically sync the contacts to your google account.
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The google contacts will sync to your gmail account, and be stored on the internet.
Creating a gmail account is fast and easy and you get a rediculous amount of storage (mine is at 7447 MB right now, and I am only useing 200 some MBs and I never delete things and have had the service since 2004).
jock23 said:
What I don't understand is the whole "Google Contacts" thing?
Where do these contacts sync to?
Can I enter the contacts on my phone and then sync them to the Internet (rather than have them stored on my phone?)
Do I need a Gmail account for this?
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with google/gmail account you have an access to plenty of google services -- google contacts is one of them.
htc desire has it's own People program that manages contacts for you. it can store your contacts for you in three different places:
- sim card
- phone
- google account
if you choose to store your contact as google contact, your phone will automatically submit your contact to google contacts service. so that you can manage your contacts there, sync with other devices/services that can use google contacts service, etc.
contacts stored on the phone or on sim card are, simply put, local to the phone -- not easily available elsewhere (i guess that you have to use htc sync, to push them somewhere)
how it works for me? i keep all my contacts as google contacts, so that when i add contact on my phone, it's automatically available on google contacts service site. most of the time i add contacts using webpage -- as it's faster -- these contacts are synced to my phone automatically as well.
VERY IMPORTANT: do not add birth date to your google contacts on your phone -- such contacts won't sync properly -- they will just disappear from the phone \-: luckly most of my contacts are linked with their facebook accounts -- and People app gets brith date form there.
I can't sync the contacts in both ways... only from the gmail account to the pda. There is any explanation?
Maybe the contacts on your phone are set to be "Phone" contacts rather than "Google" contacts? If you did sync them from Outlook to your phone, then that's the case. To convert all of them to Google contacts, export them to the SD card, delete all and re-import them. Then it will ask whether they should be Phone- or Google-contacts.
Thanks, I will try.
I am having a nightmare getting HTC Sync to synchronize contacts and calendars with the Desire.
Here's where I'm at - and I'm guessing here so confirmation would be most welcome - all the entries currently on my desire were synched from my Google account.
When I try to sync with Outlook nothing is transferred as it sees no entries on the phone.
I just went to create a new contact on the phone to see if this would help and I notice that I have the option to create it in different accounts:
1.Google
2.SIM
3.Phone
I originally synced all my contacts from Google online so presumably they are in the 1.Google account on the phone.
Ergo - they're not in the 3.Phone account - which I bet is what HTC Sync syncs with Outlook.
I really can't get my head around all these accounts and calendars on the Desire - I just want 1 that syncs with everything.
Can anyone let me know if I'm on the right track and - if you understand all these Android accounts - advise me on how to configure this so that Google and Outlook are syncing the right/same stuff?
I assume that this would involve getting HTC Sync to sync the 1.Google account and not the 3.Phone account but I'm fishing here ..
Many thanks for any suggestions - tearing hair out.
Hi!
I have been searching an answer for this but haven´t found anything. I would like to sync my Contacts, Calendar and Tasks betwen my phone, google account and exchange server.
For example, if i add a contact or event to my phone´s calendar/contacts i would like it to automaticly sync to my exchange server account and also my google account.
Is it possible ? If yes, how ?
I have both accounts on my phone but when i create an event i have to choose were to sync.
Also i would like that the contacts and events i currently have on my phone were synced to exchange.
i wanted to know if when i sync my google account to joi market place, if i also have to put my active exchange sync to my gmail account also. ive had it like this on my HOX since i got it but now i noticed that in contacts under edit options, contacts appear to have the same info for exchange and sync. so i checked and saw exchange syncs mail contacts calendar tasks, as does google sync.
so i was wondering if i could just disable exchange and stay with a google sync and have other accounts like hotmail linked to hotmail account and ignore active sync
ty in advance