This is a simple tutorial on how to set up iCloud on the Nexus 5X.
I believe this tutorial will be very useful for those of you coming from iOS. Apple tend to focus on their proprietary services on their devices, however, when you move phone OS, you realise that these services are not very much supported on the other OSs. So this is a guide on how to achieve simple yet effective syncing between iCloud services and Android.
Finding apps:
The best apps I found which worked for me were the following:
-Sync for iCloud Calendar
This was pretty easy to use set up. Just enter your username and password, select the calendars and tasks you want to sync, and you're ready to go. However, note that if you want to sync tasks, you have to install Sync for iCloud Tasks before installing this app. Stuff is then synced automatically.
However be advised that the app does not support 2 factor authentication.
-Sync for iCloud Contacts
This app is very similar to the app above. Instead of syncing calendars and tasks, this sync contacts.
-Sync for iCloud Tasks
This app lets you manage tasks. However it is not very useful on its own and requires Sync for iCloud Calendar to work.
The apps above did all I needed, however they do contain ads. There are also paid alternatives, such as SmoothSync. SmoothSync does all the same things as the free apps above.
These are the steps I followed to get iCloud working:
1.) I installed all the apps above.
2.) Then I created added my iCloud account in the Sync for iCloud Calendar app. I waited to see that my calendars and tasks synced. This took around 2 minutes.
3.) I then added my iCloud account in the Sync for iCloud Contacts app.
I hoped this helped anyone transitioning from an iOS device to the fabulous Nexus 5X.
Should you have any questions, please let me know.
That is great. Thanks theumad.
And for photos on the iPhone, my suggestion is Google Photos. Backup all photos on iOS by using Google Photos, then you can see it on any Android devices.
If we had a type of icloud lock setup where we loose a device or reset it , it cannot be accessed or used PERIOD. If this was a baked in feature of the basic android O.S Regardless of device and as good as apples this would be Huge across the whole Android community ...
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I have a setup that works great for me.
I use a beta (free) service mobipush for push gmail. http://www.mobipush.com/
I use remember the milk for tasks that can be a plugin in google calendar and sync wirelessly with your outlook mobile tasks.
https://www.rememberthemilk.com/
(there is a gadget to add RTM to your gmail screen and intergrated into google calendar.)
I use ogg sync for syncing contacts and calendar. i use the mobile app. to elimate outlook all together.
http://oggsync.com/
Something extra!!!
I also us Jott to add via voice tasks and calendar events to remember the milk and google calendar when I can't type. i.e. when driving.
http://jott.com
This system gives me the cloud experiance of a google phone with the power of a winmo device
I use a very similar setup, but with polling instead of push email - I'm usually in front of a screen all day anyway.
You might also be interested in PocketPicasa - instant phone to picasaweb goodness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=423461
Google also put out their own version of Outlook - Google Calander sync too, similar to oggsync & also free and stable
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=89955
THanks,
I will check those out.
You should check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446269
Just a note but I use the oggsync mobile app. Googles app has you use outlook which I am trying to eliminate as a part of the process. Hopefully Google will come out with a mobile option for winmo.
Hello all,
Essentially I want to move from my current setup for data sync to a better more effective cloud based solution. I don't mind multiple applications or hours of tweaking, and ideally being free is nice!
Current Setup
Laptop with Outlook Syncs calendar, contacts, notes and tasks with WinMo phone.
WinMo phone uses the former to sync and uses MS Exchange GMail to get 1 or my 3 email accounts (had to prioritise).
The Future
Laptop syncs to server somewhere as it's generally always online. Otherwise sync is done manually via USB. Having the option for both is nice.
WinMo syncs over the air, downloads the Outlook data, emails are nice but as long as I can get one account I'm happy.
Concern
I dislike with a passion reorganising my contacts, etc. Therefore I don't want any duplicates if I go from manually to cloud. Also if I change from WinMo to Andriod (that new Google phone/HTC Passion is tempting) then I need to be able to continue the same setup or change with ease.
Ok that's all of it, what do you all suggest?
Any ideas?
Hi All,
I did some researches but could not find any detailed answer so I decided to create a new topic.
As mentioned in some other threads, I have been using WinMo for years but since WM6.5 is dead, I am looking for other alternatives. I don't see any future in WM7 and I think that Android OS is the most promising
Unfortunately, I am not very comfortable with the "Google Cloud" for some privacy reasons. I do not want to upload all my contacts and calendar to Google and thus, I would like to keep my private data between my Outlook (both personal and professional) and my Phone (as for WM6).
I know that using Android without Google Cloud will remove a lot of convenient functions but I still prefer going for a longer and slightly less convenient process to sync my contacts and calendar.
I understood from some readings that we can disable the synchronization for Google contacts and Calendar, which sounds good to me! The only function I would keep is Google Market as it seems to be compulsory for a good use of Android.
I am now wondering how I could synchronize my Outlook with Android. I am used to organize my personal and professional data on Outlook with the Contacts, the Calendar, Notes and by using Categories. Do you know any solution that would help me to sync my data from Outlook with an Android phone?
I heard about Android-Sync, is it good? Does it sync the data properly? Does it keep the Categories?
Do you know any other solution to sync Android with Outlook without the use of Google Contacts/Calendar?
Thanks a lot for your expert advices
I agree with you 100%
That is my total turn-off in using android phones.
I do not want and I do not like the "cloud". Firstly for privacy issues and also for roaming charges and/or low internet coverage. I do travel a lot and when I travel my android has 50% functonality working, the other half I cannot use: ridiculous
With android it has to go on the cloud too many of my infos (contacts, calendar, tasks etc) and it seems that almost all good apps want to do the same.
I doubt you will find a good solution with android since all their revenue comes from the cloud, they will sabotage any attempt to put good offline use.
Solution?
Will see what nokia/microsoft are going to do with windows mobile 7. Hope is not cloud based , or at least it has decent offline use
Welcome to life in the clouds! LOL
If you are a VZW customer you can use Backup Assistant to copy all your contacts (not sure if it will copy Facebook or other SocNet sources).
Once you do that go into Settings-Accounts and shut off sync with google.
Now go to GMail, delete all the contacts and then restore from backup assistant.
At that point pretty much all of your information will be on the phone only.
This will allow you to use the Marketplace without issue but by turning off Google Sync none of the phone info will go to Google servers.
You might have to go into Google Cal and delete info there too if you want but do not do that before you shut off the google sync in accounts.
If you are not on verizon, most carriers have another tool that will do the work of backup Assistant. They (and VZW) use those when you ask them to transfer contacts from one phone to another system (that may not be android!) so it is a good way to clear the cloud.
EDIT: I forgot to say that you should then shut off syncing with Background assistant and then go to your verizon account tools and export the contacts to a CSV file. Then delete from there as well.
But I don't consider VZW's server to be as cloud as GMail.
Any way i can use MobileMe on android revolution?
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AFAIK you cant use MobileMe with Android at all......since, ya know, its an apple product
You can try to set the email as a POP/IMAP email, but I'm pretty sure that's all you can do.
***Here's what a google search found....
A program called SpanningSync will continually sync MobileMe and Google. Very easy to use and works very well. I can make appointments on my ipad and it updates my android phone just a minute or two later.
I believe the program costs about $50 but you can also do a free 15 day trial.
Hope that helps.
David.
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If you want to access / sync mobileme files on Android you can use SMEStorage (http://www.smestorage.com/?p=static&page=Android).
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Not really directly, but there it is possible if you are using a Mac (I don't use Windows, so not sure if there is any way to do this on a Windows box).
First, get K9 Mail for your email client. It's free and much better than the stock (non-Gmail) client. K9 works great with MobileMe including push email once it's properly set up.
For Calendar and Contacts, set iCal and Address Book to sync with Google Calendar and Google Contacts on your Mac. You have to do it on your Mac because as far as I know there's no way to set the web client to sync with Google services. Once you've done that, you can modify for calendar and contacts on either your phone or your Mac and they should stay in sync.
I don't use tasks or notes in either MobileMe or Google, so can't offer any wisdom on their use.
HTH.
Hi all,
I have been Android user for about 2-3 years and have own Google Apps domain and services.
I am really liking Nokia Lumia 800, one of reasons also is that I am Windows developer and using Windows Phone makes sense for me, as I can support Windows Phone as well.
What I am worried is how to use Google services on WP7.5. How do you sync contacts with Google Apps, IMAP emails, calendar? Most used services right now on my phone.
1. Is there a live contacts update as android? Or just plain CSV import/export?
2. IMAP? Works well with labes as well? I have around 40-50 labels for different companies
3. Calendar sync? Same as #1?
Or is this phone primarily aimed at MS services like exchange, skydrive and others and if I want to keep google apps I should just stick to android.
Thank you for your opinions.
From what I heard, Google users with windows phone don't have any problems with syncing, although the only drawback is that multiple calendars aren't support yet, but can be done by adding multiple Google accounts (seems pointless).
Since you are a windows developer, you can use your primary live ID to windows phone to use microsoft services, and add your google account with the stuff you already have such as contacts, calendar, email. For cloud storage, the default will obviously be skydrive (7GB).
About the first question, if you are talking about Google+, then no, windows phone only shows contact updates from twitter, facebook and linkedin.
Google mail, contacts, and calendar sync seamlessly with wp 7.5. Also govoice works perfect for Google voice. I've had NO issues bringing my Google services over as I develop for windows also. I have an HTC radar I use along with my SGSII. I also have been with Android since Android 1.5 and found using windows phone fun. Good luck with your decision.
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Multiple calendars are supported
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537814
WP7 comes with a built-in template for Google accounts. By default, these sync calendar, mail and contacts, and they all sync automatically in real-time (or on a polling schedule, if you're concerned about the battery usage).
I believe it actually uses Google's implementation of ActiveSync (like Exchange) since that handles the various features under one protocol. You can certainly use IMAP as well, if you want to for some reason. Note that under both IMAP and EAS, Gmail will pretend your labels are folders. You can sync multiple folders just fine, and pin specific folders for one-click access.
That said, Android definitely has better support for Google stuff, unsurprisingly. The hardware search button goes to Bing. The phone offers integration with SkyDrive but not Google Drive, and Sharepoint but not Google Docs (although you may be able to use Google Docs via the browser; I haven't tried). Google+ works in the browser but is completely absent from the integrated social networking features. There are many third-party apps that support Google Talk quite well, but only the Facebook and Live mesaging networks are built into the phone.
Thank you all for responses.
I dont really care for Google+, Google Talk would be good (someone pointed that there is app already for it).
So it means that if I delete contact on WP7.5 it will immediately actualize Google App servers and contacts will be deleted for all other devices as well, right? Same for calendar (I use only one, no problem).
Are there any things I should be aware of? Mass storare is not much problem, what about car navigation? alternative to google my tracks?
Thanks.
The OS has a built-in navigation feature, but it's... limited (some would say crippled). It won't tell you as a turn approaches, or where to go next in general, unless you tap the screen.
There are plenty of navigation apps, though. I am, however, unfamiliar with "my tracks" so I'm not sure cow that compares.
feronovak said:
Thank you all for responses.
I dont really care for Google+, Google Talk would be good (someone pointed that there is app already for it).
So it means that if I delete contact on WP7.5 it will immediately actualize Google App servers and contacts will be deleted for all other devices as well, right? Same for calendar (I use only one, no problem).
Are there any things I should be aware of? Mass storare is not much problem, what about car navigation? alternative to google my tracks?
Thanks.
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Yes, WP7 immediately (or atleast within a few minutes) updates your Google calendar and contacts.