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Samsung Galaxy S Calendar

I'm frustrated with the Samsung Galaxy S' calendar. My important appointments make a little low *bip* sound and that's about it. I tried to use Calendar Snooze, but I can't get it to work. Apparently you should be able to select snooze option from the Calendar app but it doesn't work because no such option is available on my phone. Changing the sounds in the phone settings makes no difference. Any ultra mega hacker who knows how to take control over the calendar notifications?

yes, this is a bug or not but a very tiresome. i need this knowledge too how can i change.

Mine uses the default notification sound.
Menu-> Settings -> Sound & Display -> Notification ringtone, pick one.
I take that back. I used Calendar Notifier from Market to solve that specifically without rooting. You could also root and replace the TouchWiz calendar with the Android stock calendar.apk. the instructions, etc are here

when syncing with exchange, docs attached to meeting notices don't show up as downloadable like they do in email. Anyone know of a way around this or a Calendar alternative that does recoginize attachements embedded in calendar appointments?

nobody can share any insight on this?

since nobody responded to my question, just wanted to update and say that as of now the only work around i've found is to download the attachment(s) while the meeting notice is still an email (i.e. before you accept it so its added to your calendar). If anyone has a suggestion for a better way of handling embedded docs in calendar appointments, i'm all ears. Thanks.

Google Calendar Sync <-> Outlook
jblade1000 said:
when syncing with exchange, docs attached to meeting notices don't show up as downloadable like they do in email. Anyone know of a way around this or a Calendar alternative that does recoginize attachements embedded in calendar appointments?
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Hi, on my business laptop with MS Windows and Outlook 2010 I use a tool named "Google Calendar Sync" to synchronize Outlook calender with my Google calender. Just search on Google for "Getting started with Google Calendar Sync".
Another way to get Outlook stuff synchronized with your Galaxy S is to use your Exchange account. But I don't want to use exchange on my Galaxy S because of battery drain. So this tool is a good compromise ;-)

Hi, here are my two cents: I'm using Touchdown for syncing my company MS Exchange account. It does download the meeting attachments when viewing mails/meeting notes, so this might help you out.
It is quite expensive (around 14 euro) but it is by far better than the stock exchange app and the support is perfect when mailing them. The other plus is that you can set whether you want to pull or push at certain times.
Having said that there are some downsides as well: the UI is (mildly said) very basic and its calendar looks like the programs from the 80s (but there are a few market calendar apps which one can use to view the meetings list)
Hmm.. I agree that this sounds pretty much like spamming but cross my heart: I'm just a happy Touchdown user (using some other apps as well to make my daily life organized) sharing my experience.
I hope that this answer your help call.
Cheers,
Rocky
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Native Exchange Calendar

Hey All,
Is there and Android native app that syncs your exchange calendar with your google calendar...
Like Moxier, Touchdown, etc. are all fine, but they have their own calendars - I just want one calendar with everything (in this case, my google calendar)...
Yeah, I know there are desktop apps, but these are useless if you're on the road for weeks and only carrying your beloved Android phone...
Thanks!

Thought I'd answer my own question since no one else could... That way, if anyone else wants an answer to the same question, here it is...
Yes - 2.2 gives you exchange calendar sync, so all your appointments appear on the one android calendar. Nice - no need for Moxier, Touchdown or anything, and I only have to look at one calendar to find out my schedule, not 3...

[Q] WP7 and your Google account

I just bricked my captivate, and now im thinking about trying out a wp7 phone.
What im wondering is, how good is wp7 at syncing and integrating google accounts into the os.
Just basic stuff like contacts, calendar, reader, GMAIL, docs..
any opinions on the matter?

SteveCheeseman said:
I just bricked my captivate, and now im thinking about trying out a wp7 phone.
What im wondering is, how good is wp7 at syncing and integrating google accounts into the os.
Just basic stuff like contacts, calendar, reader, GMAIL, docs..
any opinions on the matter?
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This is a Microsoft phone so you aren't gonna see much here. Aside from general syncing with your Gmail account through Exchange (email, calendar, contacts), you don't have much else. Google has yet to throw any real app support at Windows Phone 7 as well, with a very poor search app and that's it. There are some nice 3rd party apps that do some Google stuff (like apps with Google Reader support, and a bunch of really crappy Google Voice apps), but nothing like what you will see on Google's very own operating system.
Windows Phone is very much well built for people who mostly live in the Windows/Microsoft ecosystem (Xbox, Windows Live, Zune, Office, etc.).

Gmail account syncs emails, contacts and calendar just fine... haven't had any use for any other stuff.

I think windows phone handles my google accounts just fine. You can multiple google account which will sync your emails, contacts and calendar. The sync is both ways. There is no need for google docs on this phone as the built in office offers 25gb of free storage in skydrive (mango) thats pretty awesome.
You will need a windows live id (hotmail) but the only thing you might miss really is navigation. Mango has voice turn by turn but its no gmaps!

One thing that I thought I would throw in is that it doesn't support multiple calendar sync if you have more than one on your gmail account. I've been reading that Mango is going to allow this with the Microsoft emails like live & hotmail but I haven't heard anything with gmail

collins521 said:
One thing that I thought I would throw in is that it doesn't support multiple calendar sync if you have more than one on your gmail account. I've been reading that Mango is going to allow this with the Microsoft emails like live & hotmail but I haven't heard anything with gmail
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You can do this with Gmail. Their calendars are EAS and that's supported, but Google is actively blocking WP7 phones from syncing more calendars. It's been said that it's a bug on Google's side but I kind of doubt that.

Xylias said:
You can do this with Gmail. Their calendars are EAS and that's supported, but Google is actively blocking WP7 phones from syncing more calendars. It's been said that it's a bug on Google's side but I kind of doubt that.
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Ya I don't think it's on Google's end...thanks for the input though, least we know that it's possible but not yet

collins521 said:
Ya I don't think it's on Google's end...thanks for the input though, least we know that it's possible but not yet
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It most certainly is possible as I have multiple Google Calendars sync'ing on my Mango device at the moment. There is a trick to get Google to give your Windows Phone those additional calendars, search the web and you should be able to find it too.
Unfortunately, it is Google actively blocking Windows Phone 7 devices from using multiple calendars (of course as I mentioned, you can get around it). I don't know why, but Google is just being a ***** to WP7.
Note: Only Mango can sync multiple calendars. NoDo and below are not capable of sync'ing multiple calendars (from a single account).

prjkthack said:
I don't know why, but Google is just being a ***** to WP7.
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Obviously because they want to try to make Android phones seem more capable.

SteveCheeseman said:
I just bricked my captivate, and now im thinking about trying out a wp7 phone.
What im wondering is, how good is wp7 at syncing and integrating google accounts into the os.
Just basic stuff like contacts, calendar, reader, GMAIL, docs..
any opinions on the matter?
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EVERYTHING. I was very impressed. You'll want to export your docs though. (trust me, it's worth it)

MrNetrix said:
Obviously because they want to try to make Android phones seem more capable.
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Well yes, of course they'd love to promote Android as much as possible, but they didn't seem to have an issue creating apps for Windows Mobile, or now with iOS. So I kinda wonder what has changed over at Google to make them ignore Windows Phone 7. Maybe they see WP7 as a viable competitor? Therefore throwing more weight behind it would not help Android at all.

how to sync Outlook tasks with Android phones?

Does anyone know how to sync outlook tasks with Android phones? I tried Gogtasks but that program is as buggy as hell when it comes to reoccurring tasks.
Does WP7 have better synchronisation with Outlook for appointments and tasks?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.basiliapps.tasks is doing a good job.

but I don't have an exchange account, I just use Outlook and hotmail.

I use Google calender sync http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=89955

Scumbag Inc. said:
I use Google calender sync http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=89955
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Google calendar sync only sync calendar but not task.

Sense 4.0
FinancialWar said:
Google calendar sync only sync calendar but not task.
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Sense4's biggest plus is complete Outlook sync including but not limited to tasks ! I love it & the productivity skin is just amazing.

I'd love to hear about this too... I used to be a proud BB owner/user and loved how easy it was to sync everything with outlook....
It's so hard to believe that nobody wrote an app yet to do just that... if you go on google play/market you can find an app for just about anything.. even for stuff i would have never even in my wildest dream would ever imagined... but no outlook notes/tasks (OTA)... weird!!
I bet that if you search for "scratch my itch" app you'd even find that
FinancialWar said:
Does anyone know how to sync outlook tasks with Android phones? I tried Gogtasks but that program is as buggy as hell when it comes to reoccurring tasks.
Does WP7 have better synchronisation with Outlook for appointments and tasks?
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There are many free or paid apps in Google play for synchronizing directly with Outlook.
Search for Outlook sync in Google Play.
You can try e.g. my app Local Sync which synchronizes tasks (recurrent too) and notes.

Use Tasks & Notes for MS Exchange, it is free and works fine for me.
You can find this in Google Play.

Hi, i think you can use MyPhoneExplorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fjsoft.myphoneexplorer.client
bye.

Is there any workaround for syncing Outlook tasks with Android over the air that still works?

Is WindowsPhone for me? Calendar & Exchange Functionality

Hey gang.
I'm asking an honest question.
I used to use a Winmo6 device to run my diary-centric business using Kerio Server for OTA sync of appointments and contacts with my office.
When I migrated to iPhone I knew I would sacrifice the winmo skin with one glance calendar, and might lose some calendar functionality. I've made do since then.
I'm due a new phone. I'm loathe to pay Apple even more money for old rope when I'm sacrificing basic functionality like Exchange Calendar Appointment Categories which no iPhone PIM or Calendar apps appear to support.
I've been playing with Android and found that Touchdown and Moxier both restore this feature to my mobile device.
But WinPho is by far and away the nicest Ui i've seen yet.
Unfortunately the store demo unit that I played with indicated that the calendar app does not allow exchange/outlook categories and the appstore support for third party solutions seems limited.
Can anyone comment on this from their own practical experience and advise me please.
I'd love to think WinPho can win me back, but so disappointed that only Android seems to allow this functionality with its more open system. I'm looking for a business solution, and the best the phone store salesman could offer was "all our smartphones allow you to use Facebook!"
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SilverHelmut said:
Hey gang.
I'm asking an honest question.
I used to use a Winmo6 device to run my diary-centric business using Kerio Server for OTA sync of appointments and contacts with my office.
When I migrated to iPhone I knew I would sacrifice the winmo skin with one glance calendar, and might lose some calendar functionality. I've made do since then.
I'm due a new phone. I'm loathe to pay Apple even more money for old rope when I'm sacrificing basic functionality like Exchange Calendar Appointment Categories which no iPhone PIM or Calendar apps appear to support.
I've been playing with Android and found that Touchdown and Moxier both restore this feature to my mobile device.
But WinPho is by far and away the nicest Ui i've seen yet.
Unfortunately the store demo unit that I played with indicated that the calendar app does not allow exchange/outlook categories and the appstore support for third party solutions seems limited.
Can anyone comment on this from their own practical experience and advise me please.
I'd love to think WinPho can win me back, but so disappointed that only Android seems to allow this functionality with its more open system. I'm looking for a business solution, and the best the phone store salesman could offer was "all our smartphones allow you to use Facebook!"
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This might flame the hard core WP users and trolls but from experience, I have a WP and it's nice; it works good and does what it is supposed but from what you just said I take it that you want actual Phone functionally like on WM or Android. Granted that Outlook is easy to use, it doesn't work quite like it did on WM for one you can kiss plugging it in and using Active Sync good buy because it is not available on WP7. As a matter of fact you can actually kiss about half of your functions that are available on WM. My advice stay with WM as long as you can. WP is not WM you will be at a total lost if you switch.

Here's a good reference of Active Sync abilities of each platform. Windows phone already does most of what people need, more will come with Apollo in Summer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Exchange_ActiveSync_Clients

Ignore Sinister as he knows nothing about exchange.
I actually admin our network and exchange 2010 for our company...
Here is a review that touches on some of the features
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/windows-phone-7-5-mango-review/
It does pretty much everything windows mobile did with exchange + more. The only thing it doesn't do is on device encryption, and show multiple appointments on the lockscreen or live tile (it only shows next but if you click on the live tile it will go right to agenda view by default.
Also not the above post by the person above this shows the policies it suppports. You will note it says attachments no - that means that the admin can't block attachments, not that the email client cannot get it.

Thanks for that.
I'm in the position where, unless I see a feature in action for myself on a demo machine, I don't know if it is really the same thing.
Can someone WITH the device, who syncs an ojtlook calendar via exchange, advise me of the following...
In Outlook2007 I have 10 categories set up and colour coded to help me identify job origins for my subcontracting and to aid billing. I assign my calendar dates such a category.
With iOS cal, and previously Anxroid cal, I can sync exchange, and create appointments, but cannot see or assign categories which means I have to go back to Outlook2007 to fill in the gaps.
With Touchdown on Android I can now not onlt see the categories in Touchdown, but I can use them and assign them to events.
I am hoping that WinPho can also see, display and utilise these Outlook2007 event categories. Is that correct?
Wikipedia entry for Outlook Mobile confirms calendar categories support, but how complete is it?
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SilverHelmut said:
Thanks for that.
I'm in the position where, unless I see a feature in action for myself on a demo machine, I don't know if it is really the same thing.
Can someone WITH the device, who syncs an ojtlook calendar via exchange, advise me of the following...
In Outlook2007 I have 10 categories set up and colour coded to help me identify job origins for my subcontracting and to aid billing. I assign my calendar dates such a category.
With iOS cal, and previously Anxroid cal, I can sync exchange, and create appointments, but cannot see or assign categories which means I have to go back to Outlook2007 to fill in the gaps.
With Touchdown on Android I can now not onlt see the categories in Touchdown, but I can use them and assign them to events.
I am hoping that WinPho can also see, display and utilise these Outlook2007 event categories. Is that correct?
Wikipedia entry for Outlook Mobile confirms calendar categories support, but how complete is it?
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Ok, tested this as i never use categories in exchange. It DOES NOT support the colors for categories.
This review was post no do from pocket now but also says the same as it is now.
"The Calendar is another place you'll probably spend a lot of time since it's important that your smartphone help manage your schedule. A great new feature is support for multiple calendars from different accounts such as Exchange, Windows Live, and Gmail. You can set a different color for each calendar account. Categories do not have their own colors like in Outlook on the desktop. You might also notice that there are only 3 calendar views; Day, Agenda, and Month. Week and Year views are gone. I never really used week view, so I won't miss it"
Now some argue they want week view but if you use exchange you no as well as i that you really can't read week view very well if you have a lot of appointments. Month view shows days you have appointments but they are too small to read and it's really just for seeing if you have anything going on that day and going to the day by clicking on it to read it in full. The agenda view though is great and it supports multiple calendars on the same view ( i have 2, hotmail that i use for personal and exchange). Now each of these are color coded and you choose the color. I think the category you saw was for the contacts and not the calendar. It does have the todo and in settings you can make your tasks show up in the calendar. I also tested categories in todo and it makes no difference. It does however allow you to show the tasks in the calendar if you go to settings and set it to show todo's.
I am thinking most built in apps do not show categories as touchdown was 3rd party.
It also supports out of office assistant and for meetings there is a quick i'm running late button that will send everyone in the meeting a message that you are running late for a meeting.
It also supports searching the GAL in your contacts "search outlook directory" if you don't have a contact locally.
Oh and for categories, i never used colors. instead i, myself usually make it part of the appointment like - Meeting with consumer - billable, or meeting with consumer - non-billable
Reason being in outlook you can search for everything with the word billable or non-billable for reference and it will display all of them as a list. (Nice for printing) with start and end time / date. i don't think that i know of you can show only certain categories. This may or may not work for you though. Just the way i do it.
If you have any other questions with exchange, i'd be glad to answer them truthfully.
oh btw at my office we use outlook 2010 and exchange 2010 so it's not the version of outlook you are using that doesn't do the categories. it's the phone.