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Contacts phone #, email, and details Sync across several devices

Hi all,
Just wondering what you guys use to keep your contacts in Sync with multiple devices (PalmOS, WM6x, Android)
Personally now I use Google Apps Contacts, however Google Contacts lacks some features and it doesn't sync fully some extra fields.
Before I started using Google Contacts, I was using a mix of several applications like SwitchSyncEX and other alikes.
so i was wondering if there are some sort of apps for Android that can do cross platform contact sync-ing keeping all the fields, instead of chopping off whatever it doesn't understand (Google Contacts)

i would like to know this as well as I'm in the same boat (palm desktop, outlook/wm 6.5, and soon to be android)

I keep my master copy of contacts in Mac OS X address book which syncs with Google Contacts which I then use from remote devices (iPhone, Android, whatever)
I keep hearing about Plaxo, no idea if it's any good or available for Android.

I've used GooSync earlier. It did the job, but then you are still dependant on Google Contacts, which seems to be where you're missing some features.

igniztion said:
I've used GooSync earlier. It did the job, but then you are still dependant on Google Contacts, which seems to be where you're missing some features.
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exactly!
i like google contacts, is great, but it's missing features i got used to since PalmOS and WinMobile
i keep using both my old HTC Athena and SGS i9000, so Google Contact is the best one out there at the moment, unfortunately those extra fields from Outlook doesn't get sync-ed over.
and or if i create them in Google, there is no way to map it back to Outlook.... it's a bummer

Try mIQLive.com
Had all my HD2 Contacts, etc., synced with Exchange Server. Go to above Site, Download & Install the App on your current Device.
You can then upload all Contacts; Calendar; Texts; Call Logs; Bookmarks; Photos & Videos onto their "Cloud" server
Then on the new or 2nd phone, Download & Install the App. Sign in using the same Credentials. The mIQ Cloud Server will then Sync all of the above items with your new Device
I've used this recently to Sync up both Windows and Android Phones. Runs in a very similar manner to Dropbox, if you're familar with that for File Sync across mutliple PC's
Two other nice little bonuses IMHO
a) As the mIQ app runs in the background on your Phone, it maintains a "Push" type connection with your phone (not too dissimilar to a connection to Exchange Server) This will then automatically Sync New Texts; Photos; Contacts and Call Logs onto the Cloud Server for access thru a PC
b) This same connection allows you to send & receive Texts on your PC Browser, with the phone remaining in your pocket the whole time. Very handy at times
I should emphasize that BOTH my HD2 and Galaxy have their "Master Sync" with Exchange and I haven't noticed any abbreviations on the Outlook Contact Fields to date. And I use Outlook Contacts extensively for adding extra Contact Info etc. Your mileage may vary though!!!!
Oh and by the way, this is Free. So, hard to beat the price!!!

but google does that already for free, why i'd switch to a paid service when it does the same thing?

1) First of all, the mIQ Service is FREE, so no harm to try it
2) Secondly, mIQ is a “Live, Constantly On” service, so any Contact Changes; Texts; Call Timer Logs; New Photos etc. Are automatically backed up to the cloud. Handy in the event of disaster. Gmail Backup is far more intermittent
3) Thirdly, Google does NOT offer Auto Backup of the following items (which mIQ does)
a) Call Timer Logs (handy for business logs, if that’s important to you)
b) Photos, Files & Videos Backup
c) Browser Bookmarks (as far as I know)
4) Fourthly, Google Sync does NOT allow the feature I described above, of being able to Send and Receive Texts from your Desktop, while your phone remains in your pocket
If you run two phones (as I do) it can be very handy to move from one phone to the other and know that a new Bookmark you may have added on one phone; or a Text you may have received is Automatically on the OTHER phone by the time you pick it up. All happens within 10 seconds or so

now that sounds much more interesting, i'll give that a go

You can also try syncfriend Also free

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I use funambol sync, 90 days free on WInmo and free on android.
So I made a sync on my winmo to the funambol server and then when I got the SGS I installed Funambal and synced the contacts back to my SGS.
For me it worked fine!

AllGamer said:
Hi all,
Just wondering what you guys use to keep your contacts in Sync with multiple devices (PalmOS, WM6x, Android)
Personally now I use Google Apps Contacts, however Google Contacts lacks some features and it doesn't sync fully some extra fields.
Before I started using Google Contacts, I was using a mix of several applications like SwitchSyncEX and other alikes.
so i was wondering if there are some sort of apps for Android that can do cross platform contact sync-ing keeping all the fields, instead of chopping off whatever it doesn't understand (Google Contacts)
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As far as WinMo 6x and android devices are concerned, no need to buy any third party app. This is what i do. The only pre condition is that your primary server should be gmail(google) not hotmail. Then all you got to do is add gmail server as exchange server in WinMo device. Thereafter both WinMo & android will always be in sync simultaneously.

HTC Sync: Is there any use?

Frankly, I asked myself this question after looking through the software.
It doesn't seem to back up anything
If it does, it does a damn good job at hiding where it stores the backup files. And that idea is further driven by the lack of "Backup" or "Restore" options in the software.
Its full of bugs
It seems that while HTC put all their design and development effort into their phones, they put little into the Sync app.
There is so many bugs and annoyances inside that I wonder if its any more hopeless than Windows Vista:
- Leaving the Sync in the background, it will keep accessing the HDD twice a second for absolutely no reason whatsoever. The HDD light just keeps flashing non-stop until I kill the process. Is it intentionally trying to kill my battery and drive?
- You can't change the default directory where it dumps all the copies it makes of all your images or other files on your phone.
- If you ask it to sync a specific folder in your computer, it replicates the ENTIRE directory structure in your phone.
Eg.: If I set it to sync My Documents on my netbook, what is does is create this long line of directories in my phone: /sdcard/c/documents and settings/username/my documents/
- And the worst part of it all is that you can't seem to change any of these predefined settings inside any of the software's config files or registry settings.
Its Redundant & Irrelavent
With available apps like DropBox and file explorers like ES File Explorer(I highly recommend this) and Astro File Manager, which can access shared network folders, I fail to see any real use for HTC Sync on my desktop.
Or am I missing something else here?

Regarding HTC Sync, I recently tried it out. I only use it for 2 things.
1. Browser bookmarks syncing. Back with Eclair, the device use to be able to backup bookmarks locally on the device itself. But seems this feature was removed in the Froyo update. Seems to work alright for this purpose. Does anyone else have another way to backup their bookmarks? (I would love to have my browser's bookmarks just sync OTA with Delicious.)
2. Photo syncing. It saves all my camera photos to my computer. Sure, you can just drag&drop in disk drive mode. But this is just convenient.
Overall, I don't find HTC Sync very useful. It's good to have, but you won't be missing out on anything if you don't use it.
I'm sure HTC is dropping development for this program in favor of HTCsense.com. That would be something I would use..

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Ok - i use it for 4 Month every day -
it is one of the easyst tool to sync to lotus notes
i sync contact's and appointments and it works perfect
But in the new Version 3.0 - there is no lotus notes sync anymore !! - It is most provoking.

i use htc sync every day to sync my outlook contacts and calendar as i don't want my data stored on someone else's servers.
it does work most of the time admittedly but it's an extremely frustrating piece of software to use. a complete lack of options doesn't really make it easy to use either.
it's the one thing that i really miss about my old winmo device - at least activesync was reliable and predictable.
i'd be happy to pay for a piece of software that could reliably sync with outlook over usb and display using the default apps ...

[Q] OneNote sync - Can`t find notebook

I`ve been trying to get Onenote to sync with hotmail, with no luck. i go into the office hub, go to onenote, click on "all" and then hit "refresh" to sync. I get the following error message
"this notebook has either been renamed or deleted from the server. If this notebook has been renamed, do one of the following: change ntoe notebook name back to what it was, or delete this notebook from your phone and reopen it"
I can`t delete the notebook - the only one on my phone is called "personal (web)" and I`m not allowed to delete it, phone says it cnnot delete as its the one where default notes go.
I`ve tried creating a new onenote file on the web, but that doesn`t seem to help either.
Can anyone help??

one of the major deciding factors for WP7 was the Office integration, in particular Onenote.
I found that syncing isn't as easy as it should be.
BUt this guy managed to sort it out
here
hope it helps

Very helpful link. Thanks!
I have now fixed the sync problem by recreating the missing notebook "Personal (Web)" on my skydrive in the correct folder.
However, there are 2 niggles
1) The section names in the notebook will not sync. On skydrive the section name is "Phone" and on the phone its "untitled Section" - a manual refresh doesnt change this.
2) New pages created on the phone will not automatically sync to skydrive when saved. I have to manually force a sync by doing a refresh in the "pages" secion on the phone. I have Automatic Syncronisation switched on in Onenote settings.
New pages created on skydrive in the same notebook sync automatically to the phone without having to force a sync.
Are you getting the asame behaviour?

scoob101 said:
I`ve been trying to get Onenote to sync with hotmail, with no luck. i go into the office hub, go to onenote, click on "all" and then hit "refresh" to sync. I get the following error message
"this notebook has either been renamed or deleted from the server. If this notebook has been renamed, do one of the following: change ntoe notebook name back to what it was, or delete this notebook from your phone and reopen it"
I can`t delete the notebook - the only one on my phone is called "personal (web)" and I`m not allowed to delete it, phone says it cnnot delete as its the one where default notes go.
I`ve tried creating a new onenote file on the web, but that doesn`t seem to help either.
Can anyone help??
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This is obviously operator error.
Recreate a notebook with the same name as the one you weren't supposed to delete on SkyDrive.
Same thing would happen if you were syncing to skydrive from desktop onenote.

N8ter said:
This is obviously operator error.
Recreate a notebook with the same name as the one you weren't supposed to delete on SkyDrive.
Same thing would happen if you were syncing to skydrive from desktop onenote.
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Why even bother to send a reply if you are going to be so arrogant and unhelpful? read Hboos` reply to give you a lesson on how to be genuinely helpful. If you can`t bother to reply properly, dont bother replying at all.

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Why even bother to send a reply if you are going to be so arrogant and unhelpful? read Hboos` reply to give you a lesson on how to be genuinely helpful. If you can`t bother to reply properly, dont bother replying at all.
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I did give the solution. Read again, ingrate.
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Sorry, but I think I missed the answer also. I tried to sync my OneNote Mobile with skydrive for to have an opportunity to sync with my pc. Unfortunately OneNote 2010 on my pc and my windows mobile had different opinions where to find the Personal (Web). And so I deleted all the folders in skydrive and was going to start again. But now I have a folder on the phone I cannot delete and I cannot have another one as it seems. I recreate the folder structure on skydrive and build a new personal (web), but my phone does not believe that this one exists.

mkuehn said:
Sorry, but I think I missed the answer also. I tried to sync my OneNote Mobile with skydrive for to have an opportunity to sync with my pc. Unfortunately OneNote 2010 on my pc and my windows mobile had different opinions where to find the Personal (Web). And so I deleted all the folders in skydrive and was going to start again. But now I have a folder on the phone I cannot delete and I cannot have another one as it seems. I recreate the folder structure on skydrive and build a new personal (web), but my phone does not believe that this one exists.
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I had this problem too and it was a little weird way that sorted it out but I'll try to remember
I don't have my Omnia 7 temporarily but try this out.
1. Go to OneNote on your computer and create a new notebook to sync to "My Documents" on SkyDrive.
2. Name it Personal (Web)
3. Create a few random notes and pages on it.
4. Try to sync your phone now.
5. Hopefully it has created a new note called "Unfiled" or something and the Personal Web should work now
6. Set Personal Web as your default
7. Delete Unfiled..
Does that work?
As I said earlier, I don't have the OMnia 7 with me so the instructions might be a load of tosh
Let me know!

notebook lost on skydrive
Unfortunately it did not work. I build that new notebook on skydrive, but the phone still cannot see it.

maybe scoob will help you.
if not, my omnia 7 is coming back on fri so will help you then
did you make the notebook from your desktop Onenote program?
you can try sync a random notebook as in the link before and then set that as default on your phone.
then you should be able to delete the PErsonal (web) one from your phone.
try that!

I just tried that and it worked. I created another notebook from my pc on skydrive, connected on the phone via browser, set it as default and deleted the personal (web).
Thanks for your help, thought I get crazy because I just had organized everything on my new phone.

Can't Sync OneNote Skydrive & Windows Phone 7
I didn't see this thread beforehand and deleted the Personal (Web) notebook from my SkyDrive to start and now I can't get past the error when I try to Sync my windows phone with the SkyDrive as I only have the one notebook - Personal (Web) - on my phone and don't have anything else to make the default. Any ideas on how to fix?
I can't seem to figure out if you can create a new notebook on the phone then set that as the default.
Any assistance wouldl be much appreciated.

it kinda helps if you actually read the thread too.. it's all been solved
just check the post above yours.

Please forgive me, I am having troublle following the directions
Please forgive an old man who has gone through all the posts and tried each step but is still having problems. I've condensed the post(s) below and put my comments/experience in CAPS hoping it is clearer and makes more sense than my prior post.
Sorry if I wasn't clear in my prior post, on my Windows Phone 7, I only have 1 notebook displayed - Personal (Web) - and when i "TAP A NOTEBOOK TO REFRESH IT", I get the "can't find notebook" error.
I have tried to create a new notebook called "Personal (Web)" in the folder My Documents on Skydrive but the phone doesn't seem to recognize it on they syn.
I have also put a few other notebooks into the My Documents folder on Skydrive and tried the sync on the phone but still get the "Can't find notebook" error. I can't seem to figure out how to push another notebook to the phone so I can then make that one the default on the phone.
Any suggestions. If I've missed something in these posts, can you please point it out to me so i can fix it as I thought i hit each step but am still floundering. I know some others had a similar problem (posts here and elsewhere) but, at least, they had other notebooks already sync'd to their phone so they could name a new notebook as default. I just have the 1 "Personal (Web) that i can't get to sync to the server."
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I had this problem too and it was a little weird way that sorted it out but I'll try to remember
I don't have my Omnia 7 temporarily but try this out.
1. Go to OneNote on your computer and create a new notebook to sync to "My Documents" on SkyDrive. DONE
2. Name it Personal (Web) DONE
3. Create a few random notes and pages on it. DONE
4. Try to sync your phone now. GETTING "CAN'T FIND NOTEBOOK" ERROR
5. Hopefully it has created a new note called "Unfiled" or something and the Personal Web should work now IT DID NOT
6. Set Personal Web as your default SINCE 4 FAILED I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER NOTEBOOKS OR
7. Delete Unfiled.. UNABLE TO DO
Does that work? NO
As I said earlier, I don't have the OMnia 7 with me so the instructions might be a load of tosh
Let me know!
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Default notebook lost on skydrive
Unfortunately it did not work. I build that new notebook on skydrive, but the phone still cannot see it. SAME PROBLEM FOR ME
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maybe scoob will help you.
if not, my omnia 7 is coming back on fri so will help you then
did you make the notebook from your desktop Onenote program? YES
you can try sync a random notebook as in the link before and then set that as default on your phone. I CAN CREATE NEW NOTEBOOKS AND SYNC WITH SKYDRIVE BUT MY PHONE ONLY HAS THE PERSONAL (WEB) NOTEBOOK ON IT AND, ANYTIME I PRESS THE SYNC BUTTON ON THE PHONE, I GET THE 'CAN'T FIND NOTEBOOK' ERROR
then you should be able to delete the PErsonal (web) one from your phone.
try that!
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I just tried that and it worked. I created another notebook from my pc on skydrive, connected on the phone via browser, set it as default and deleted the personal (web).
Thanks for your help, thought I get crazy because I just had organized everything on my new phone. AS ABOVE, I CREATED ANOTHER NOTEBOOK ON MY PC AND SYNC'D TO SKYDRIVE. NOT SURE WHAT "CONNECTED ON THE PHONE VIA BROWSER, SET AS DEFAULT" MEANS. I CAN'T SEE ANYWHERE IN EITHER ONENOTE ON THE PC OR ONENOTE ON THE WEB HOW TO SET A DEFAULT NOTEBOOK ????

Tell you what, i'll recreate the error and then put up the instructions in a more clear and concise manner.

That would be very much appreciated! Bill

My solution:
- delete everything notebooks (what you can) on phone
- start IE on phone
- go to skydrive.live.com -> My documents
- try open (from IE) notebooks on skydrive
this causes add a skydrive notebooks to phone OneNote notebooks

Ok
If you have accidentally deleted the Personal (WEB) notebook from Skydrive and are encountering the "CAN'T FIND NOTEBOOK" error when trying to delete or sync it from your phone...
Here are the instructions
1. Ensure that your PHONE browser is set to view the mobile version of websites (found in settings)
2. Ensure that your phone is set to sync automatically Settings/applications/office/onenote
3. On your PC, go to your skydrive and create a new Notebook...call it "Personal" and rename the Section "Unfiled notes"
4. on your PHONE, go to office.live.com and login and click on your new notebook and then click on the icon
5. your PHONE will now automatically sync with the new notebook
6. on your screen you should see the notebooks on your PHONE. One of the pages of your notebook will have a picture of 3 pages fanned out...that Page is your default one.
7. click and hold the "Unfiled Notes" in the new Personal notebook you just downloaded
8. select "set as default"
9. now you can delete the PERSONAL (WEB) notebook from your phone by pressing the trash can icon.

Worked perfectly! Now why couldn't a 1+ hour phone call with MS support or the multitude of support pages they have for winphone 7 not post the 4 simple steps! THANK YOU!

The sync with One Note on the Windows Phone 7 is a bit confusing but here is your solution.
1) Create a One Note Notebook on your Windows Live Account.
2) Under Properties of the FOLDER containing the One Note Notebook on your Windows Live Account, click of the Share option and a drop down menu will appear to "get a link".
3) Copy the goofy long link that Microsoft Live give you and email to yourself to be received on your phone.
4) Open up your email and your One Note will now show up on the phone.
5) If that doesn't work, then simply sign onto Internet Explorer using your Windows 7 Phone and sign on to Windows Live Account. Browse to your One Note Notebook using your WP7 phone and click Open in One Note and the Notebook will then open up in One Note.
I had the same problem and the above worked for me. I think I skipped step 3 and 4 above and went direct to step 5.
This will work. Just give it a try.

Anyway to load office documents without sharepoint?

I thought there would be some way to load any type of office documents onto the point without having sharepoint (i dont work for a company that has a sharepoint server, i'm just a college student) but i can't seem to find anything. The only thing i can see to find is taking all my documents then email them to myself they just saving them to my phone from the email. Is there any better way than this right now?

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I thought there would be some way to load any type of office documents onto the point without having sharepoint (i dont work for a company that has a sharepoint server, i'm just a college student) but i can't seem to find anything. The only thing i can see to find is taking all my documents then email them to myself they just saving them to my phone from the email. Is there any better way than this right now?
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install windows live essentials 2011 (the particular program from this you want is windows live mesh).
from windows live mesh, assign particular folder(s) so that it goes to your skydrive. from there, on your windows phone, visit http://skydrive.live.com/. it will load up your skydrive files, and you can view & edit them. from there you can also save it, and it goes back to your skydrive, and becomes available for your home computer as well.
this is the best way to go about it at the moment. though i hope someone can throw an application together for this (hopefully MS), but if not, i should give it a crack .

You could upload them to skydrive then go to skydrive.live.com from the phones browser and download from there.

if you honestly made an app for this, i would easly pay $5 for it. some of the powerpoints i have to look at are 5mb in size, and when i need to see them right away, or i'm away from a place without wifi this will def cause problems

Use homepipe to download documents a.s.o. from your PC to your phone.
https://www.homepipe.net/

What's really frustrating is that the phone only syncs with SharePoint 2010. Thus the free SharePoint 2007 account I get with my hosted Exchange service is useless.
-R

Find a host that has migrated to Exchange 2010. It's not hard and pricing in the hosted Exchange space has always been, and will likely always remain, very competitive.
That being said, I never use my free Sharepoint space because they only giev you like 100-200MB space, which simply isn't enough.
I prefer to just use SkyDrive instead.
SkyDrive offers you so much space that it would probably be a bad thing to have the phone automatically sync with it. If you end up with ridiculous amounts of Photos Documents in your SkyDrive and have to reset you phone you run the risk of forgoing your data limit in just one sync.
That is less of an issue with SharePoint, especially when your phone is on a VPN and is probably using Work's secure WiFi connection. You're also not likely to have more data on SharePoint than you do space on your phone. That is a possibility with SkyDrive.

Contacts on WP7

Does any one know where are the contacts stored in WP7?
I have tried almost all the Files and Directories in WP7
Dunno if it will be put somewhere hidden
any tips?

The People hub will combine all your Facebook and Live contacts.

If WP7 uses the same contact storage system as WM5/6 did, then it's a database file, using a specialized format. It was generally a bad idea to try accessing it directly in old Windows Mobile, so it's probably twice as bad of an idea to do it in WP7 without going through the appropriate APIs.

Actually, I would like to develop a desktop program which can SMS via Phone, and help you back up SMS conversation, or any other phone info.
But what I want to do first is retrieve all contacts info.