So I finally decided I am totally fed up with Windows and decided to make my PC no longer a duel-boot machine and just have Linux running on it. Anyways was wondering if anyone has had any success with syncing there PPC in Linux, and how?
I seeked much for this but finally I create my own method (with small USB Bluetooth device)for syncing between my Suse 10.0 and WM5 with bluetooth.
Read my article here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=359134
Other methods:
http://www.synce.org/
I switched to Linux as well..
I'm running Win2000 (lightened version) inside VirtualBox for syncing my work's Outlook calendar and mail.
My personal calendar is synced using OGGSync (GoogleCal).
http://virtualbox.org
http://oggsync.com
Finch Sync is also an option. I have been using it and so far really enjoy it. See my post here for details. It works with the Mozilla suite via http. Hope this helps.
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I've just converted to Linux (Ubuntu) and my Qtek S200 is due to this a bit "off limits" now as far as syncing and such goes.
There ought to be a bunch of *nix-users here with knowledge of how to a) sync in Linux, b) Manage PIM (mainly file transfer for programs, photos etc), c) both.
What's the prefered method? To use wine to run Active Sync (will it work?) or use another program designed for *nix?
As far as I know, there is no software available to sync your WM5 device with your Linux box. My workaround was to set up an Exchange account with 4.smartphone.net as that allows me to not only synchronise PIM with Outook, but with Evolution as well (using the Exchange plugin). Not a very tidy solution I know, but it was the best I could come up with!
HTH
Fin
WM5 sync with Evolution
Hello,
I'm looking for solution to sync my Artemis with Ubuntu, actually since I've used WM5 there was no problem, I've used synce and synce-multisync plugin to sync my PDA with Evolution and Google Calendar, Unfortunately this workaround does not work for WM6 devices, so since I've updated my os version the sync does not work any more.
I know that it is still possible to use Exchange server , but I don't want to use that method, so if there is some USB sync method available for WM6 devices I'll be very happy to be informed . For all other users with WM5 - use Synce it works fine.
Regards,
JazzyMC
P.S. Sorry for my English
findus said:
As far as I know, there is no software available to sync your WM5 device with your Linux box. My workaround was to set up an Exchange account with 4.smartphone.net as that allows me to not only synchronise PIM with Outook, but with Evolution as well (using the Exchange plugin). Not a very tidy solution I know, but it was the best I could come up with!
HTH
Fin
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It is possible under Linux with the project called SynCE (http://www.synce.org). Earlier this month a new release (0.11) introduced good support for wm5/wm6. Currently we are trying to package it for the major distributions ( IIRC we already have packages for Fedora Rawhide, people are working on Debian/Unbuntu packages and we have someone working on opensuse packages).
Furthermore, for people that have KDE running and/or have Qt4 running, i have been working on a small program that builds ontop of the SynCE components to provide a Manager application for your WM5/WM6 phone. The name is SynCE-KPM and screenshots/progress can be found on my homepage (http://www.guidodiepen.nl).
It is written in Python and it makes use of PyQt4.
It will display notifications when you (un)plug a phone, it gives you some general information about the phone. It also allows you to install CAB files to the phone and uninstall any installed program. Finally, it also presents a GUI for the partnership management.
NOTE: One function of ActiveSync that SynCE-KPM will not do is syncing, that is done via other programs.
There is also support for syncing your phone to your PIM application. For this the opensync library is used to do the actual syncing. The opensync library has plugins for both evolution as well as kontact. One project within the SynCE (sync-engine) is a project that talks 'ActiveSync' to the phone and transforms the data from this to something opensync understands. Vice versa, after the syncing is actually done by the opensync lib, it sends data back to sync-engine, which in turn will communicate this back to the phone via 'ActiveSync' talk.
For more information, please visit www.synce.org
I managed to sync my HTC Diamond with Evolution, the only problem is that only the "Personal"-Calendar in Evolution is recognized for syncing, no other calendars (or even the birthday-events!!!) are used.
Does anyone know a workaround for this behaviour?
hi guys, just a quick and simple question.....
in windows vista, if i sync up and sync all contacts, where does it store this info, in xp it saved these contacts to my outlook, but on vista, alli have is windows mail and there are no contacts in there, i cannot seem to find them anywhere and need to know this works before loosing all my contacts with an upgrade.
i actually posted this somewhere else, i think it was the wrong forum, so added another here...
This forum is mainly for running Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Universal.
However, here is how I understand it: If you don't run Outlook on your Vista machine, you can't sync your contacts or calendar... and that is REALLY stupid since Vista HAS a Calendar built-in!
For contacts, check in the 'Contacts' folder under your Username (click Start -> (username) and then Contacts. If it's not there, I don't know where it goes. I bought Outlook.
checked that, windows mail, no contacts, windows contacts, no joy, i even had a copy of microsoft office 2007 running the other day and still didnt work.
has anyone got any contacts synced up with vista??
I used to have Vista running with Office 2007 and it synced ok to Office, but after a couple of syncs it stopped recognising the device. After a lot of playing around, I came to the conclusion that Vista sucks the proverbial ass and is not really ready for release yet, so I downgraded again to XP.
My flatmate has stuck with Vista and is having the same problems on his Wizard. I do think it's a problem with Vista more than WMDC or the phone. Vista's 'Security' features render it pretty unstable at accepting communication with most devices as nearly no drivers are at WHQL level yet, even the inbuilt M$ drivers. (That's purely my own opinion, thousands disagree with me!).
Sorry I can't be more help.
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no worries fella, any information is good, i must admit vista has its good points, but fails on many needed values, especially when connecting devices with there own software.
unfortunatly, i had no choice in the matter of getting vista, my old laptop died and i couldnt get hold of a new one fast enough that still had xp installed. i didnt even get a backup copy of vista to downgrade then upgrade at a later date. oh well.
i heard about people using a virtual machine to run RUU for upgrading devices, i might give this a go... its a pain in the arse, but i really dont want to loose all my contacts....
My Universal seems to be syncing with Office 2k7 just fine. I haven't tried in a couple of days, but I'll give it a shot tonight just to make sure everything is working okay. I'm even running as a non-administrator.
Once you have Office installed you just need to make sure that the boxes are checked in mobile device manager. Have you installed the device manager update? (links towards the bottom of the page). That might help a bit.
i was running Vista since it RTMed and i have had no problems syncing Universal with WMDC, even when it was in Beta stage. Now with fully updated WMDC and Office 2007 Pro i cant see any better partnership for my device. everything syncs just perfectly. And i will never go back to Active Sync or XP for that matter. Vista, Office2007, WMDC are soooooooo much better.
I AM LOVING IT....
its all sorted now, thanks for your help guys.
i just reinstalled office 07 and repaired device as a new device, ticked contacts and it worked.
woohoo
Syncing with Wondows Calendar/Contacts
Right, I've got Vista on my new laptop but have no intention in acuiring Outlook 2007 for it (at the moment I'm running Office Home and Student 2007 - no Outlook any more, just Onenote, don't get me wrong I love Onenote!) I was just planning on using Windows Live Desktop Mail and Windows Contacts on my laptop as I have a desktop running the full Office Auite. However, I would like my hpone to be able to sync contacts and calendar onto my laptop.
Does anyone know of a 3rd party app which allows for WMDC to sync with the built in Calendar and Contacts within Vista?
Currently my Desktop in running Office 2003 and Active Sync 4.1 on a XP Home SP2 OS.
My laptop is running Office 2007 and WMDC on Vista Home Premium.
My phone is a T-Mobile Vario II running WM5. I'd love to upgrade to WM6 but I'm a bit worried to use a home brew as I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to switching. I just wish T-Mobile would support the Vario II the same as the have done the Dash!
Any suggestions for keeping all my contacts and calendar up to date across all three devices?
I have a T-mobile Dash that I am very happy with but am shopping for a new laptop. I am considering 2 laptops running Vista (Dell XPS 1330 and a Toshiba Protege R500)and the 13' Macbook. My concern is being able to sync up contacts and calender. I am currently syncing to Outlook on my laptop running XP. I am not sure which would be easier to sync my Dash with. I have heard the problems with Vista and Mobile Device Center, and have know that there is software that allows syncing with a mac. I am mainly concerned with being able to sync my contacts and calender, everything else is secondary.
My options seem to be basically,
Deal with WMDC on Vista,
Use software such as missing sync to sync to the mac,
run xp on parallels to sync with outlook via active sync.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I need microsoft office for compatibility with the computers at school for projects etc, so I have outlook but use it only for contacts and calenders, not email.
Thanks,
Bryan
Hi, all
I've recently switched to linux from windows and the only thing i had left keeping me on windows was my phone (Prophet).
Well i got SynCE to work so i can transefer files and i used GMobileSync to sync my calander with google calander. I dont use email on my phone and i was just wondering is there any way to sync my contacts and my tasks.
You don't specify what flavor of Linux you're using, so I'll assume Ubuntu.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30936
You already have SynCE working, so go down to the Multisync section.
yeah I solved it now thanks any way
Just for interest sake, what distribution of Linux are you using?
Hi,
I don't really believe that there is such a tool (nothing found with google) but...
I want to exchange appointments from S710 to my old SDA (runs also with WM6.5) to have know my appointments when I use my old "beach-mobile". At the moment I need to send Pimbackup-file via bluetooth from s710 to SDA and recover datas. Or I sync via "Microsoft my phone" (I have no outlook) but then I need to start my notebook because SDA has no WLAN.
So both ways are annoying - and if there would be a way to sync from Mobile to Mobile via bluetooth (not with single vcards/vcalendar) that would be great.
Does such a tool exsist??
Regards Odiad
Try to get an old Outlook (2002 is ok). It should be part of any device delivery for WM2k3 or WM5. Still you have to get up the PC but your devices stay in sync for what you configure.
Hi tobbie,
I've got an old Outlook version (don't know exactly which) but it runs not on my Windows7-notebook. Before I changed to Win7 I did this via Outlook. But I use a other email software, and to buy a newer Outlook only for syncing makes no sense in my opinion.
And a direct sync from mobile to mobile via bluetooth would be excellent. But I haven't really believed that I get a positive answer from anybody.
regards odiad
Set up a virtual machine in Windows hosting XP then install Outlook there or install the old Outlook on Windows 7 as an old application (XP mode). The first should work for sure.
My preferred VM is the VMWare player, but WM7 has an own.
Hello tobbie,
sounds good, but I googled a little bit after your hint (haven't installed a VM yet) about virtual machine and Win7. Windows Virtual XP machine on Win7 is only available for Win Professional or ultimate. But I've got only Home Premium.
And I don't know if there is a suitable freeware-VM, and if I have to pay for then it makes no sense for me. I don't need so often to sycronize my both mobiles, so I don't like to pay for it.
Regards Odiad
VMware player is free - I also use it and it is very comfortable. You can attach/detach USB connections from/to host/VM and vice versa. Definitely worth the time!
But first try should be to get Outlook running in Win7. I wonder why Outlook would not install directly. Can't you install "old" applications in a kind of "XP mode" in Win7?