i use microsoft my phone on my winmo 6.5 to manage my contacts. i will be upgrading to omnia 7, just wondering if wp7 has MS my phone so can restore all my contacts
nope.
Though you can get a free acct at soocial.com, download the winmo cab to have it back up your contacts, then sync them to your live account so they will auto download to your new wp7 device.
no. the new process is that you upload all your contacts to an exchange supported server/cloud such as Windows Live (Hotmail), Gmail, or your own private one. Then you sync your phone with the exchange server and it pulls down all your contacts that way.
At present MyPhone is now a redundant online service only up for WM6.5.
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Hello everybody,
Microsoft Myphone service is still in a beta and available here:
https://sn1-p3.myphone.microsoft.com/mkweb/Start.po
First you have to register, then you are on a waiting list (it took 4-5 days untill activated for me)
Just for a reminder, MS Myphone is a service which allows you to synch contacts, calendar, documents, sms, tasks, etc... online.
You have 200MB available for free at start.
I got a few printscreens if you want, but their are in french... so let me know if you want them!
Myphone VS Google
I tried Myphone but i like the Google sync better.
What thoughts do you have using MYphone?
Hello,hum,i prefer use spb backup .My personal data on the net, it doesn't trust me!
I just got mine activated.... and to tell you the truth, i am a little suspicious about what kind of info they catalog.... but so far it has been beautiful. Flashing Roms will be so much less painful
I want to use MyPhone to sync SMS and contacts to the web with MyPhone service, but i want to keep using the new GoogleSync through ActiveSync for the calendar, but MyPhone don't allow synching contacts if activesync is set with google servers, any workaround?
I need help, I recently installed Windows 7 Professional on my desktop Pc. I then installed Windows Mobile Device Center and Microsoft Outlook so I can sync/backup my contacts. Well now when I try to sync my phone Windows Mobile Device Center gets an error. I tried to sync it with my laptop that is running Vista Ultimate and i get the same thing. I think I probably need to hard reset my phone but I can't because I don't have a backup of my contacts since I reformatted my desktop pc. Anyone know what the problem could be with my phone that's causing it not to sync? Or what is another useful tool to backup contacts. I have Microsoft My phone and it won't let me backup contacts cuz I already have it set to backup thru Outlook.
Are you running Outlook 2010 on a 64 bit operating system by chance? If so, the Mobile Device Center won't work. I was searching about this all morning.
D.
No i'm running Outlook 2007. I think it has something to do with the phone cuz I'm unable to sync it with Vista or Windows 7
Have you a gmail account?
If so set it up with Exchange to sync your contacts and calendar, then you can reset the phone
i have the exact same problem!
besides that, i see that when i sync, Office 2007 (and WMDC 6.1 on Windows 7) takes the contacts i have in hotmail, and the contacts i previously had on my phone, and adds them all together, and then syncs them to my phone.. this is killing me, everything i sync my phone i have a bunch of unsorted and unwanted email addresses in my "contacts" in the phone.
any solution for this? before i used to sync contacts with no problem, in Office i even had a seperate group for hotmail contacts and just my phone contacts.. now its only 1 group together, any idea how to separete them??
Hi there,
I used to have a windows mobile 6.5 device. I sychronised over the air with exchange for work, contacts, calendar, email and notes and then at home via activesync and usb cable between the same phone and my home pc.
This meant that my phone, home and work machines had calendar and contacts in sync.
I have purchased a new Windows Phone 7 device.
For home I have configured the home outlook to sync with windows live. I have set the phone up to sycn with both windows live and with my work exchange account.
On my phone I can see contacts from either source (work exchange or home outlook) However this is displayed as being from the source accounts and will not merge/sync through to the other account.
I would like to (and used to be able to with 6.5) for example add a new contact in outlook, have it then sync to windows live (working) then sync to phone (working) then sync to exchange (not syncing contacts added elsewhere back to exchange). I would also like to be able to do the oposite (add something to exchange account and have it appear on home account via syncs.
Does anyone have some ideas, suggestions, solutions?
Please feel free to ask questions if I have not been clear.
from what i can see, you can link contacts but not merge them completely.
the only way i've been able to do it is to edit the contact details and save them to the appropriate account...but i wouldn't do it for all my contacts..
best bet would be to do it on the computer. can't you sync outlook to your work exchange and then sync your phone to outlook?
Hey there,
thanks for the response. unfortunately i can't sync home outlook direct to exchange, we have ip security for access.
It used to work a treat under win mo 6.5 this is a real backward step.
Any other ideas greatly appreciated.
Windows Phone 7 Sync Software
Sync contacts, calendar and tasks with Windows Phone 7
http://www.companionlink.com/windowsphone/
Sync your PC with Windows Phone 7 via any Google, Gmail, or Google Apps Premier account. CompanionLink installs on the PC and syncs calendar, contacts and tasks to your Google/Gmail account. Google then syncs with Windows Phone 7 devices using the Exchange ActiveSync protocol provided by their Google Sync service. Two-way sync is fully supported so changes made on the phone will sync back to the PC.
Currently, there is no support for notes/memos because Google does not support syncing the notes datatype. CompanionLink is evaluating alternative sync methods for Windows Phone 7.
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Has anyone tried this? If it works...gotta have it!
So rather than sync directly with Windows Live and access in Outlook via the Hotmail Connecter for free you should sync your data to google for $40? Fantastic product, where do I sign up?
BTW how to you sync Tasks if they're absent on WP7?
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BTW how to you sync Tasks if they're absent on WP7?
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Looks like it converts tasks on Outlook into non timed events on the calender. Note sure how priorities and due dates etc convert though
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So rather than sync directly with Windows Live and access in Outlook via the Hotmail Connecter for free you should sync your data to google for $40? Fantastic product, where do I sign up?
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Lol. Well, I can see the point if you use Google Apps for business reasons, but CompanionLink has always been a waste of money.
And overpriced at that.
Sync....yes $40!
The Outlook connector to sync to Hotmail is EXTREEMLY limited. In my normal Contacts folder I have about 5000 contacts. The calendar for the next 90 day includes almost 400 events. The Hotmail calendar hold enough events but does not SYNC the correct folder! I want to sync...NOT IMPORT. I think hotmail contacts are limited to a few hunderd.
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The Outlook connector to sync to Hotmail is EXTREEMLY limited. In my normal Contacts folder I have about 5000 contacts. The calendar for the next 90 day includes almost 400 events. The Hotmail calendar hold enough events but does not SYNC the correct folder! I want to sync...NOT IMPORT. I think hotmail contacts are limited to a few hunderd.
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Outlook allows you to Layer Calendars. The fact that it's going to the the Hotmail Calendar means little to nothing.
People layer calendars on a daily basis. You don't put Holidays and Birthdates on your work calendar, do you?
Putting your contacts on Hotmail is as simple as dragging and dropping them to the Hotmail Calendar Folder.
Hotmail has gone through many changes and supports most of the Outlook Fields. 99% of people will have no issue with just dragging them over. I had over 200 Contacts and they all went to Windows Live with no issue. I had more issues porting over to Google than to Windows Live using Outlook due to field name differences and missing fields in Google Contacts (a notorious weak point in the Google Services).
It does Sync. Just to the Hotmail Folder, the same way Exchange Data goes to its own file.
This prevents data from becoming too disorganized, like when you have several POP3 accounts dropping mail into the same PST/Mailbox file.
If you had an Exchange account set up in Outlook, I find it hard to believe you'd want your Windows Live Calendar going into your Exchange Calendar, Windos Live Mail going into your Exchange Mailbox, and Windows Live Contacts being jumbled in with you Exchange contacts... I'm sure you want that mail you sent to your brother calling your boss a dickwad to get archived on their corporate servers, etc.
I think a large part of this is people have some unrealistic expectations of how things should work, and having no clue how organized people actually organize their data.
Windows Live Connector works similarly to Exchange on Outlook. The only difference is you need a connector for it (at least for Outlook 2003/2007), because the functionality is not built into the application. I expect the next version of Outlook to have the connector built in as core functionality. To get similar functionality for Google Accounts, you'd need to pay for Google Apps premier edition (and even then, their Contacts/Calendar Sync sucks hardcore). No other system has as good integration with Outlook as Exchange and Windows Live. You people keep complaining about something so trivial, when the alternatives fall flat on their faces. Seriously.
Also, the premier client software for Windows Live is Essentials.
I still don't like the whole idea of this 'cloud' thing for my Contacts and Calendar. I much prefer controlling the information that goes between my phone and my laptop ... I do NOT like the idea that it now has to go out to the 'cloud' somewhere with all my Contacts' information.
I just do not like it one bit! I want a direct link between phone and laptop ... even if I have to hardwire it to get the data updated.
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I still don't like the whole idea of this 'cloud' thing for my Contacts and Calendar. I much prefer controlling the information that goes between my phone and my laptop ... I do NOT like the idea that it now has to go out to the 'cloud' somewhere with all my Contacts' information.
I just do not like it one bit! I want a direct link between phone and laptop ... even if I have to hardwire it to get the data updated.
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+1
My business should remain my business. Especially if you handle private informations.
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My business should remain my business. Especially if you handle private informations.
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Set up an Exchange server on an old PC then
/sarcasm
I can't for the life of me understand why people don't wanna move to the cloud... Accessible from anywhere, anyone?
Good for non-Microsoft PIM clients
Hi all
I think that the companion software comes into it's own if you have a non-Microsoft PIM/email client such as Lotus Notes, etc.
I tried it to get some data from my WM 6.5 device into my Googlemail account. That worked very well, but I probably wouldn't pay for it.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
it doenst resolve my sync problems on the phone itself. the phone will only sync with the main calendar at google. i need the others to. for syncing outlook to google i use gSyncIt. Its much cheaper and you have more control over the sync.
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The Outlook connector to sync to Hotmail is EXTREEMLY limited. In my normal Contacts folder I have about 5000 contacts. The calendar for the next 90 day includes almost 400 events. The Hotmail calendar hold enough events but does not SYNC the correct folder! I want to sync...NOT IMPORT. I think hotmail contacts are limited to a few hunderd.
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wait, you have 5k contacts and 400 events in the next 90 days, yet you don't have an exchange acct???
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Accessible from anywhere, anyone?
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Don't you mean "Accessible from anywhere BY anyone?"
CompanionLink is the sole reason I gave up on WP7 and moved to Android. It syncs my Outlook contacts, calendar, tasks and notes via USB to my Droid2.
No thanks to posting my vacation plans, parents' address, business contacts, etc. to the cloud (MS, Google or other) for any hacker to find.
CompanionLink isn't cheap, and it isn't perfect - it's about as accurate as ActiveSync was - but at least it offers a basic compatibility with Outlook that Microsoft decided to abandon.
When I bought me Focus the ATT rep installed a new sim card. The rep didn’t copy all my contacts from my 2 year old Fuze running Winmo 6.5. I haven’t seen anything in Zune to copy my contacts from Outlook to the Focus. I have copied through activsync all my contacts from the Fuze to Outlook but can’t find a method to know get the outlook contacts on my Focus sim. Thanks for any suggestions.
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When I bought me Focus the ATT rep installed a new sim card. The rep didn’t copy all my contacts from my 2 year old Fuze running Winmo 6.5. I haven’t seen anything in Zune to copy my contacts from Outlook to the Focus. I have copied through activsync all my contacts from the Fuze to Outlook but can’t find a method to know get the outlook contacts on my Focus sim. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Windows Phone 7 does not currently sync directly with your desktop Outlook client (via USB, or any other directly connected method). The phone was designed to sync with cloud-based services, which means that it ties into your Windows Live ID (Hotmail contacts), or Exchange ActiveSync accounts (such as Gmail).
A workaround would be to use the Outlook Connector to add your Windows Live Hotmail account to Outlook, and then copy your contacts from your Outlook file to your Hotmail account.
The phone automatically syncs Email, Calendar, and Contact information from your Windows Live ID.
Please try a search next time, as this question and information on this topic is everywhere.
what about sms messages?
is there any way to get them into the phone?
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what about sms messages?
is there any way to get them into the phone?
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So far, no.