Sync with iCal and time zone changes... - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I sync quite successfully between my macbook, imac and desire using Gmail, iCal and the Calendar program in the Desire. BUT, I am in the USA right now with a 5 hr difference between here and the UK where I live. My Desire shows the correct time where I am and the Macbook I have left on UK time.
I have noticed that all of my appointments on my Desire are now showing as happening 5 hrs earlier than on the macbook (which is the correct time for them to be). Is there any way I can have the Desire's calendar NOT correct for the time difference?? (the times are still correct if I go to the Gmail calendar BTW).

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Outlock sync problem - minor

Can anyone help? I have recently brought a 02 Xdaiis and I have just set up Windows activesync 3.8.
On syncing the calender with the XDA, it appears that the appoimtents are always an hour behind. Ie, say I insert an appointment for 9.00 am, on sync with the XDA, the calender says it starts at 10.00 am. Both base station and machines are set to the right time-GMT
This is very annoying!!!
Are you sure that you don't have your xda clock set to hour difference.
It would read the correct time on the xda screen, but would sync your appointments one hour different to match the gmt time on your desktop machine.
Cheers for the reply. It appears to have sorted itself out now,--- not before moving all appointments on my PC 1 hour back though! strange!!

Active Sync creating hundreds of empty appointments

Hi everybody,
the switch from my TyTN II to the Rhodium was far from painless so far. I use the T-Mobile German version with the 6.5 upgrade. Running on 6.1, the Rhodium was far from stable and I was fearing I'd break my back cover from having to remove it so often for a reset. But even the update to 6.5 didn't remove the following error:
After Syncing I find in my calendar (mainly on the current day) one or more rows of identical, empty appointments that cannot be deleted, or rather, that seem to show up again and again when deleted.
The trial version of "Duplicates Remover" then shows literally hundreds of identical appointments.
Does anybody know a fix for this, or a hint where the bug could originate?
I have mixed experiences with Active Sync as I'm synchronizing with two PCs, so appointments and contacts have been deleted/are cropping up again long after deletion. I wish it was as effortless as HotSync on my Palm used to be ...
I'm sorry if this question has been asked and answered before, but forum search didn't come up with anything useful (maybe I've used the wrong search terms).
Thanks, Robert
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anybody have the same issue? hundreds of empty appointments on the day I start sync? I talked to T-Mo support and they didn't know the problem.
Robert
I've noticed the same issue recently with my HTC diamond 2 after upgrading to Outlook 2007 SP2 on a Windows XP laptop with ActiveSync 4.5.0 (Build 5096). The problem did not exist previously when running Outlook 2003 and syncing the same laptop and device.
Also have the device syncing with a Vista laptop also running the Outlook 2007 SP2 without issue. The difference is that vista uses the mobile device centre software instead of ActiveSync. I've searched the internet for a patch or update to ActiveSync for Windows XP but it seems I'm running the most update version.
I have the same problem with windows live, outlook, plaxo, and messenger, the problem is messenger really doesn't like you messing with the contacts and pictures attached to messenger just aren't really supported and are more or less user defined by the contact... so you get multiples... then syncing can create a info loop... still working on the problem but as for the calender what I found is to go and remove the repeating occurance... bet this is where the problem lies I have loads of them! I ended up deleting the folder and starting over! I created a dummy folder set it as my default and then deleted the corrupted one... I have found no program that changes all repeating events to one time events...
<fingers crossed>
At the moment I seem to be rid of most of the duplicates. In the end I had to do another hard reset on the mobile device, clear the duplicates from Outlook (2003), then sync. I have not, as I had before, synced the HTC with a second PC.
</fingers crossed>
Active Sync is really an embararssing piece of software ...
Robert
I have a similar issue. Got a Diamond 2, at home I run Win7 with Mobile Center but at work I have XP SP2 with AS. I get tons of blank appointments being created. If I disable calendar syncing, I get hundreds of blank contacts instead!!!
I use no messenger and whatnot - anyone has found a solution?
For me it was a problem of duplicate appointments and contacts.
I no longer synch using the wmdc now. Instead I just use the Microsoft My Phone service.
Notwithstanding, it would be great if microsoft could sort out the messy wmdc...
Yes, but the problem is that I deleted all my appointments and I've no duplicate contacts,a nd the problem persists... so it can't be that.
Also, no use for me using MyPhone as I don't use AS purely for backing up my device but also to sync it (surprise!) with my job calendar etc...
Duplicates...
I've had all these issues and my only work-a-round has been to make a backup .pst copy of my contacts/calendar at work (XPSP2-Outllook 2003), making sure that when sync is done, I delate the lot, and re-import them from the backup. This seems to solve the problem. Also recurring appointments can sometimes stuff up as they are interprited as 18hrs and not just 12hrs, which in turn can cause conflicts.
From what I can see it is an active sync issue that I have not come accross with Vista/7 & Outlook 2007+. With the different ways that these applications handle appointments/calanders I'm not surprised as to the corruption/dupplication of the data.
Another alternative option is to use PIM Banckup/SPB or other, let AS do it's thing, then over-right the phone with the backup copy, and let it re-sync the corrections.
I've triedto find something on MS helpdesk and leaderboards, but so far no success.
Hi everybody.
Did anybody get a solution (definitive, easy, fast) for this issue?
My sync was running nice and without problems for a long time. The same smartphone syncing with a couple notebooks... but I also starting get this same problem some weeks ago.
I've been hardly looking for how to fix it but I didn't find a solution so far.
Tks2all.
Over 3000 empty contacts in Outlook 2007 under Win 7
I have a similar problem, and haven't yet found any specific solutiion. I add contacts and calendar items to both my home installation (Outlook 2003 under WinXP x64) and my work installation (Outlook 2007 under Windows 7). I was able originally to sync my Samsung OmniaPro B7330 successfully with both systems (using ActiveSync 4.5 and Windows 7 Sync Center, respectively). The problems started when I tried to resync with my work system after adding a couple of thousand contacts to the Samsung which were on my home system. When I tried to resync there were no error messages, but I had to interrupt and resume once, because it took so long. Now I have over 3000 empty contacts on the work (Windows 7) system. The contacts still look correct on the Samsung and on the home (XP) system.
How can I get these contacts correctly on the work system?
Iam afraid to delete the empty ones for fear that the next sync will wipe the corresponding contacts with information from the smartphone.
The calendar entries seem to be working OK.
Any ideas or pointers to other possible sources of info on this problem?
P.S. If I observe the Outlook 2007 Contacts page while the contacts are synchronizing, it looks like there are 2 phases:
During the first phase, I can see the desired contacts being added to Outlook, one by one.
At the end of that phase, they somehow all disappear.
Windows Sync Center eventually says that the sync was "completed", without showing any error messages. Is there some way to get Winows Mobile Device Center to produce a logfile, so I can get a better idea of what is going on?
P.P.S. The last sync seems to have finally gotten the new contacts to appear in Outlook 2007. However, I still have over 3000 empty contacts. Can I safely delete them?
P.P.P.S. I went ahead and deleted them. I now have somewhat less than 3,000 contacts, with information that looks reasonable. Looking at my "Deleted Items" folder in Outlook, I see a bit over 12,000 contacts?!
Why this? In addition to the 3,000+ empty contacts I just deleted, there are 3 copies of each contact with information! The Outlook "Sync issues" folder conatins a string of messages distributed over the last week, about half of which mention "Conflict Resolution". I am now concerned that Outlook or WMDC may have done violence to some of the data in my contacts in the attempt tpo "auto-resolve" conflicts.
I have this problem if I sync via ActiveSync at work and Device Center at home.
I've learned the hard way that those two just don't play nice together. I keep praying that one day they'll kiss and make up...
Debbie
I also have this problem syncing my HD2 with 2 PCs, one with Outlook 2007 and the other Outlook 2010.
All ran fine for a while syncing from my Work PC to HD2, and from HD2 to my Home PC. Out of the blue it failed to sync properly with my Work PC and 2,000 half-hour blank appointments were created at the current time and day. To make matters worse, most birthdays disappeared in 2011 and lots of entries were duplicated.
I spent a whole morning deleting the 2,000 blank entries and hundreds of duplicate appointments. Listing the annual events I found most were set to repeat every 12 years which explained why birthdays had disappeared! I've corrected this and things seem fine now with my Work PC, but I'm wary about syncing with my Home PC in case all goes wrong again!
Any solutions?
My friend has same problem with his HD2 (Win7, Outlook 2007, 2010).
With sync the Outlook make half hours appointments in the current day. Interesting: when I disconnect the phone, the empty appointments are dont cancelling.
Same problem here (around 150 of half-hour appointments in one day).
I am using HTC Diamond since 2008, the problem started in July 2011 when syncing with work computer.
I have no idea how to fix it.
I can only offer some information on what's going on.
When syncing, the first thing that happens is empty appointments are all created on today. These are then populated, setting the date, time, subject etc. So it sounds like your sync only gets up to creating the empty appointments and doesn't finish setting the information.
Sorry I can't be more help - unless the process is not allowing to be completed.

[Q] Problem with appointment time when sync with exchange

When I create a new meeting in my pc thourgh Outlook, the time of the appointment in the HTC is one hour before the right time (for example 15:00 instead of 16:00).
When I create a new meeting on the HTC - there is no problem, and the accurate time is seen in my PC Outlook.
(same problem appears in the calendar app which comes with the HTC as well as with TouchDown app which I prefer to use)
I've verfied that the exchange server, my pc and the phone - are all in the same time zone (GMT+2)
I've tried to uncheck the "automatic use of network provided values" in Setting/Date & Time, but it makes no difference.
The exchange server version is 2003.
Any ideas how to solve this problem?
Thanks,
Gal
I detected a bug when you create on outlook a meeting each last working day of the month (for ex remember to send your timesheet), the phone works for the first meeting and then repeat it every day
ed_bracam said:
I detected a bug when you create on outlook a meeting each last working day of the month (for ex remember to send your timesheet), the phone works for the first meeting and then repeat it every day
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This seems to be a different issue...
Has anyone faced my problem?
Am I the only one with this problem???
Am I the only one with this problem???

Bad calendar implementation - won't work

Hi there,
I'm using the CalDav app from the market in order to sync with my server, because the standard exchange implementation on the one x does not allow to sync multiple exchange servers from one account.
Ive also been using CalDav on my Galaxy S2 and everything worked as expected. Now with the One X I have nothing but trouble. I installed CalDav and configured it. My calendars were recognized and the appointments were synced from the server to the phone.
However when I add an appointment on the One X it won't get synced to the server, although the two sync mode is enabled.
That's the first bug which makes me think that I never should have bought a HTC device again.
Ok, apart from that. The HTC calendar does not allow to edit the calendar afterwards. Let's say I add an appointment to my "WORK" calendar. Then I realize that the appointment belongs to the "PRIVATE" calendar. So I click on edit and normally you should be able to change the calendar by clicking on the calender in the upper left corner. However on the One X nothing happens there.
So, you have to delete the appointment and make a new one, which I really dislike.
I've already installed the second update from HTC and such bugs are still there - I cannot believe it. I'm so angry I could cry
Do you have any idea about how to solve my problems?
Thanks a lot!
shared problems are half problems: I have the same frustration leaving WMo

HTC Exchange Calendar 1 hour off

I have a user with an HTC One M8 connecting to Exchange for mail, contacts, calendar. All of the sudden, many of his appointments are 1 hour slow. A 2pm appointment shows as 1pm. This only seems to be an issue for recurring appoints, i think.
I have deleted the account and re-added. I have cleared cache/data on the device. I have deleted partnership in OWA. I have configured manual time zones and 2nd time zones to be local to our EST. have set the phoen time to manual mode and back to automatic. Nothing seems to fix.
If I connect any other phone, such as my Galaxy s5, no issues with his account and the calendar downloads correctly. OWA and Outlook calendars are correct too. This seems isolated to this HTC device.
Latest android 6.x OS. Verizon.
porkbelly423 said:
I have a user with an HTC One M8 connecting to Exchange for mail, contacts, calendar. All of the sudden, many of his appointments are 1 hour slow. A 2pm appointment shows as 1pm. This only seems to be an issue for recurring appoints, i think.
I have deleted the account and re-added. I have cleared cache/data on the device. I have deleted partnership in OWA. I have configured manual time zones and 2nd time zones to be local to our EST. have set the phoen time to manual mode and back to automatic. Nothing seems to fix.
If I connect any other phone, such as my Galaxy s5, no issues with his account and the calendar downloads correctly. OWA and Outlook calendars are correct too. This seems isolated to this HTC device.
Latest android 6.x OS. Verizon.
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Have any software modification been made to this device? If so what modifications have been made (custom ROM, custom recovery, etc)
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