Hi all,
I'm trying to set up Activesync to connect OTA to my company's exchange server so I can get my mail pushed to me.
I got the connection deets from IT, but they included a non-standard port, 8993, as part of the URI. I thought, no biggie, I'll just stick them into Activesyc, MS's well-established Exchange connectivity bridge.
But no luck. It sits there for ages then times out. I can access this URI fine from my PC. I can rule out the ISP (O2) as I can access it via telnet from the device. Which leaves Activesync itself. This is backed up by the occasional comment on obscure web posts.
Does anyone know how I can set Activesync to use a non-standard port for its Exchange connections? I don't mind going into the reg but I imagine there must be an easier way to do this. Lots of businesses with draconian IT policies must have this problem?
Kinda important as I just ordered a Touch Pro, and I'll have to cancel that posthaste if I can't get Exchange syncing going on..
thanks!
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Is there a way of connecting a Mini S to Active Sync Via Wifi on an intenal lan?
Also how do you connect to use files from your Mini S remotely? eg on wifi and out and about using GPRS?
No, you currently can't use WiFi to use ActiveSync because it was not encrypted, and posed a risk to corporate customers, and individuals that could be exposing all data, contacts, calendar events that were synchronised etc.
It's something they will add again in the future, no precise word yet though.
As for access files, what do you mean, your own files at home?
I find the easiest way to access files on the move is to use Gmail, and store files I want to readily access as draft copies, then I can access it from home, work, or my PDA, and it means I don't have to leave a system running with shares open, or hosting it on a website that may not be secure etc.
Another thing you could consider would be to use a service like http://live.mail2web.com and get pushmail running on your device, that way, anything you sent to your mail2web email address would turn up almost instantly on your device, calendar events etc too, and you could edit your contacts and calendar online. It would be seen as an Exchange server connection on your ActiveSync on your PC, and the two would synchronise quite happily when you plugged in.
I use this solution with the same account on my two devices, and because any changes on the device are synched online as and when you do it, they are never out of sync, so my PC doesn't end up with any conflicts.
Does anyone else have a problem with the Treo auto-connecting to the net? I have no other third party programs installed. Is there a fix?
you might want to check Inbox and Activesync.
Yes, I have already checked both the Inbox and Activesync. This happens even when I don't set up my email nor my exchange push. The Treo will just function regularly, and then all of the sudden, it continually tries to connect to the net. Even after a soft reset, it will boot up trying to get an internet connection.
how about the fake server trick for AS?
I think I've isolated this to either the beta installation of Windows Live or Pocket MSN
they just released the final version of Live a couple days back:
http://wls.live.com
good luck and FIGHT ON!
It could very well be Windows Live Messenger trying to sync your email/contacts. Check the sync settings in WLM.
Did you manage to find the problem?
I have similar problem that each time a do a syhc to my pc, somehow my email will auto sync wirelessly (3G) even though I have not set it to sync
I am new to the forums and used the DUTTY BETA 2 ATT TILT ROM. Followed all steps and everything works EXCEPT trying to use DIRECT PUSH thorugh the Microsoft Exchange server my work provides. I did a search and can't seem to find an answer. Cannot get anyone on the BETA 2 thread to respond for whatever reason (newb, didn't do my homework, too bad, price I pay for trying something new, etc.)
I have tried searching and have posted on one other thread that looks to be a similar problem.
Have tried enabling SSL and disabling. My tech director changed server side setting and removed certificate requirement from me to the server.
He seems to think there is a problem with the active sync included on the ROM.
1) Is there a way to simply fix the "ACTIVE SYNC" by installing, updating, etc.?
2) Can I simply revert back to a stock ATT rom without doing all of the other steps for the WARRANTY RETURN?? I am not planning on returning this, just want to put all software/rom back to STOCK as if out of box so I can try setting up direct push again.
3) Is there another ROM to flash to that does the touchflo stuff without a lot of hassle?
ANY HELP PLEASE???????? I am sort of lost as to where to go next. Don't want to use the desktop push software if I don't have to as it I dont' want to leave my destop PC on all the time.
THANK YOU THANK YOU for any help that you can provide!
afavre said:
I am new to the forums and used the DUTTY BETA 2 ATT TILT ROM. Followed all steps and everything works EXCEPT trying to use DIRECT PUSH thorugh the Microsoft Exchange server my work provides. I did a search and can't seem to find an answer. Cannot get anyone on the BETA 2 thread to respond for whatever reason (newb, didn't do my homework, too bad, price I pay for trying something new, etc.)
I have tried searching and have posted on one other thread that looks to be a similar problem.
Have tried enabling SSL and disabling. My tech director changed server side setting and removed certificate requirement from me to the server.
He seems to think there is a problem with the active sync included on the ROM.
1) Is there a way to simply fix the "ACTIVE SYNC" by installing, updating, etc.?
2) Can I simply revert back to a stock ATT rom without doing all of the other steps for the WARRANTY RETURN?? I am not planning on returning this, just want to put all software/rom back to STOCK as if out of box so I can try setting up direct push again.
3) Is there another ROM to flash to that does the touchflo stuff without a lot of hassle?
ANY HELP PLEASE???????? I am sort of lost as to where to go next. Don't want to use the desktop push software if I don't have to as it I dont' want to leave my destop PC on all the time.
THANK YOU THANK YOU for any help that you can provide!
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I am using direct push with Exchange and Dutty's rom. And have no problems. Although it's the latest Rom.
What kind of problems are you getting?
I am getting the 0x80830003 error. I am unable to sync via direct push. I am using the Dutty AT&T TILT BETA 2 rom.
The Exchange server can see the device. I can sync if connected via the internet through my PC.
Which rom are you using that worked with Direct push? How many more things did you have to install with this rom in order to make verything work or did you just have to flash the rom?
I love everything else that the rom flash did except that I can't direct push email, calendar items, etc.
Direct Push with Dutty
I've used several of Dutty's ROMs, currently the one here and have never had any direct push issues. Working 100%
Thnx. Trying some other things first. If not, will try a different rom
yodafunk said:
I've used several of Dutty's ROMs, currently the one here and have never had any direct push issues. Working 100%
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Exchange push works on the Hermes, and Kaiser, with original Dopod ROMs, and with Schaps. (My IS dept. also could not get it working either. I don't depend on them.) You do not need anything extra for WM 5 or 6, any ROM, and there is no problem with ActiveSync.
Here's a basic checklist.
- Activesync/configure server. Input the "server address" (this is the external internet address for your Exchange server. Not an Intranet address, and not your exchange email id.)
- SSL is checked on mine
- next screen - User Name: (your Exchange id), Password: , Domain: (whatever your domain is for your regular Exchange setup). Check the Save password box.
- next screen, check the E-mail box, and the Calendar, Contacts, etc. This sets what will be sync'ed over your wireless data connection in Microsoft Exchange. If E-mail is checked under your Windows PC setting, then you have to uncheck it before you can select it under Microsoft Exchange.
Whatever you select under Windows PC will sync via your USB connection to your PC. Wireless push will be under Microsoft Exchange, which will only show up when you do the above.
Once you have both setup, you will see two sections when you open Activeysync on the PDA. Microsoft Exchange (for the wireless push), and Windows PC (for activesync through USB cable when connected to your PC)
From your description, you have setup E-mail to sync under Windows PC, and have never setup the push email part of it at all.
Once it is working, you can edit the options and schedule in Activesync to determine how much to download (I set it to 5K text), and how often. Recommend that you do not set the schedule to deliver immediately, but to check every 10 or 15 mins, or longer. Setting it to immediate causes the data connection to be on continuously, and uses the battery up fast. Set it to check periodically, and battery usage can go 2 days, instead of less than 1 day.
afavre said:
I am new to the forums and used the DUTTY BETA 2 ATT TILT ROM. Followed all steps and everything works EXCEPT trying to use DIRECT PUSH thorugh the Microsoft Exchange server my work provides. I did a search and can't seem to find an answer. Cannot get anyone on the BETA 2 thread to respond for whatever reason (newb, didn't do my homework, too bad, price I pay for trying something new, etc.)
I have tried searching and have posted on one other thread that looks to be a similar problem.
Have tried enabling SSL and disabling. My tech director changed server side setting and removed certificate requirement from me to the server.
He seems to think there is a problem with the active sync included on the ROM.
1) Is there a way to simply fix the "ACTIVE SYNC" by installing, updating, etc.?
2) Can I simply revert back to a stock ATT rom without doing all of the other steps for the WARRANTY RETURN?? I am not planning on returning this, just want to put all software/rom back to STOCK as if out of box so I can try setting up direct push again.
3) Is there another ROM to flash to that does the touchflo stuff without a lot of hassle?
ANY HELP PLEASE???????? I am sort of lost as to where to go next. Don't want to use the desktop push software if I don't have to as it I dont' want to leave my destop PC on all the time.
THANK YOU THANK YOU for any help that you can provide!
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Enable Logging in the advanced setting of the account on your phone. Problem could be heartbeat issues or any number of issues. Ask the admin if the Mail Server has more than one address? Had a similar problem at work recently and our new IT admin figured out the Domain IP routing needed to include both of the servers IPs.
If the direct push works with wm 6.1 hermes,
I would check 2 things.
1. I am assuming you are using https. Check that server certificate is installed on kaiser, correct, and hasn't expired.
2. Make sure that you have https connectivity in general and specifically to the exchange server.
Often there could be issues associated with connection settings where media net was not chosen for internet connection. In any case, I would use setup connection found in settings.
afavre said:
I am new to the forums and used the DUTTY BETA 2 ATT TILT ROM. Followed all steps and everything works EXCEPT trying to use DIRECT PUSH thorugh the Microsoft Exchange server my work provides. I did a search and can't seem to find an answer. Cannot get anyone on the BETA 2 thread to respond for whatever reason (newb, didn't do my homework, too bad, price I pay for trying something new, etc.)
I have tried searching and have posted on one other thread that looks to be a similar problem.
Have tried enabling SSL and disabling. My tech director changed server side setting and removed certificate requirement from me to the server.
He seems to think there is a problem with the active sync included on the ROM.
1) Is there a way to simply fix the "ACTIVE SYNC" by installing, updating, etc.?
2) Can I simply revert back to a stock ATT rom without doing all of the other steps for the WARRANTY RETURN?? I am not planning on returning this, just want to put all software/rom back to STOCK as if out of box so I can try setting up direct push again.
3) Is there another ROM to flash to that does the touchflo stuff without a lot of hassle?
ANY HELP PLEASE???????? I am sort of lost as to where to go next. Don't want to use the desktop push software if I don't have to as it I dont' want to leave my destop PC on all the time.
THANK YOU THANK YOU for any help that you can provide!
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You get this error because the "This network uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet" is checked for the MEdia Net access point. Go to Settings -> Connections and then select Set up proxy server and uncheck "This network uses a proxy..." box and you should be good to go.
I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations for what I can install on my Tilt to allow me to connect to Exchange. Unfortunately, my company uses BES, and therefore can't be bothered to make the little changes necessary to the Exchange server to support ActiveSync. They just say, "Get a Blackberry", but won't expense the cost of getting one. I installed the Blackberry Connect on the Tilt for awhile, but it's so inconsistent that it's virtually unusable. Any time a data connection is requested for anything other than Blackberry, it disconnects Blackberry, forcing me to close every data connection, then restart Blackberry Connect. It's insane.
I've done a bit of research, but everything that comes up stupidly seems to require connecting the phone to a computer, or leaving the computer on and having a service running while I'm away. Neither of those are workable options for me, since when I'm on the road, I probably won't have my laptop on, otherwise I wouldn't need my smartphone at all.
So in the absence of those options, is there any other way at all to connect to Exchange? It doesn't have to be Push, but I don't want more than about 15 minutes of lag time.
Any ideas?
If you have OWA access to your Excahnge server then Seven beta may fit your bill.
I do have OWA access. I'll try it out, thanks!
I was having an issue with my SR battery draining about 25% every hour, the battery getting very warm, etc. I seem to have found the issue...
One thing I noticed with the problem was that "email" was eating nearly as much battery as the display.. Then I remembered an old issue I had with an iphone using exchange activesync. In that case, if the iPhone was connected to an AP on the same internal LAN as an Exchange server, and activesync was configured on that phone while in that state, the phone would have email issues whenever you were no longer connected to that AP...
The reason is/was that the exchange server has a different (private) IP number for internal LAN users as opposed to external LAN users. So, for example, when you are on your internal LAN, the exchange server might be addressed as "192.168.1.1", but as soon as you lose your wifi signal and switch to the carrier data, that IP number is meaningless... instead, the exchange server must be addressed with a public facing IP number (which will NEVER begin with 192.168.) In the meantime, activesync is trying DESPERATELY to sync with that internal IP address even though its completely invalid. All those retries take CPU power, which will drain your battery VERY quickly.
To test if this is the case for you, first delete the exchange activesync account from your phone. Then turn off wifi, and finally reboot (completely turn off and turn back on) your mobile phone. When it comes back up, make sure that wifi is still disabled.
Now reconfigure your exchange server activesync account. This time, the phone will get the EXTERNAL public facing IP address for the exchange server, and not the internal (private) one. After your contacts, email and whatever else has sync'd, you can turn wifi back on. (or leave it off - it shouldn't matter.) See if this helps... for me, it made a HUGE difference.
If this helps, please understand its not a perm solution. When you are back on your internal wifi, eventually your phone is going to get that internal IP address back in its cache and it'll get messed up again. The only solution to this would be to talk to your system administrator and arrange things so that your DHCP assignment gives you an external DNS server all the time, or never gives an internal address for the exchange server, etc. (There are a couple ways to deal with this, but they are beyond the scope of this message.)
I admin my own windows server (domain, exchange, etc) so I'm able to control how DHCP assigns DNS server addresses. Most people don't have that much control...