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Guys,
I've setup a partnership between my PC and Exec, when running syncronise though its not placing ALL of my Outlook contacts into my PocketPC, certain contacts (nothing special) just aren't put onto the phone.
Whats going on?
Also, I want to upgrade my roms etc, am I right in assuming that I will simply lose all programs/settings etc by doing this, and can only realistically restore my contacts afterwards via ActiveSync?
Yes you are correct, if you upgrade your ROM you start again from scratch, I had the same problem getting contacts back to my phone after upgrading, just wouldn't happen. Done a reboot on my laptop and then SYNC'ed the phone and all the contacts went in no problem.
It's a pain doing an upgrade but it does give you the chance to clear stuff out and get the phone performing better just a learning curve...
Many thanks, so once I've re-rommed I simply run Activesync, and it'll automatically put my Outlook Contacts onto my phone?
Guess I've then got to reinstall TomTom etc?
Also, with so many Roms on offer, which should I upgrade to? I've got an O2 XDA, for some reason the O2's Rom downloads pages seem to have disappeared? But if I can use a different manufacturers Rom, which one ought I to go with?
Appreciate your help!
Cheers, Ash
Hi Ashley!
Funny you mention this EXACT same scenario just a couple weeks after I posted about it here too !
No one really knows the answer to this so far and I understand how infuriating it is!
I had have a number of devices. My main machine was an Xda2i. Using Active Stink 3.8 all worked fine. Got myself an Exec, and upgraded AS to 4.1 (4.2 I think is still a beta) and when syncing, it says 88 contacts, does the sync, does the beeps and only 24 or so actually show up in my exec. No amount of 'show all' and 'all contacts' etc makes a difference.
Now if I sync on 4.1 with my Bro's Xda2s - all contacts appear. I tried on the Xda2i (currently a friend has it) and it updates fine.
I can only think there is some sort of conflict between Contacts in Outlook 2003, Active Stink 4.1 and Windows Mobile 5 ( I borrows a friends brand spanking new Xda Mini S and that did the same).
The only workaround I can conclude is for me to manually re-enter each contact in Outlook after deleting the original record whilst connected to my laptop. Then the newly input contact will show up. However, I've not had time to test this with each contact nor over a period of time.
My next test will be to install a fresh copy of outlook on a fresh install of Win XP pro on the spare hard drive for my laptop. If that 'works' then maybe it's a slightly corrupted Outlook data file - this is what I suspect it is the most.
Annoying...
Cheers for now! Dennis! West London UK!!
Well, infact I went ahead last night with the O2 Rom Upgrade, everything went through fine - after doing so I ran ActiveSync and it prompted me to reform the partnership, I did so and it continued to Sync,
After I checked my contacts and like magic, all my Outlook Contacts were back onto the XDA!! I'm amazed!!!
As for TomTom, all settings/favourtes etc were retained, it seems they're stored in the same directory as the map files...hence on my SD card!!
Beautiful!
The thing still runs a bit stupidly slowly, so frustrating!! When will someone product an app for the Exec thats sole purpose is to run all the reg hacks that ACTUALLY make any difference!
This is really starting to do my head in... its so frustrating...
Since switching from my old trusty (?) Blue Angel on WM2003 to my new Wizard on WM5 this week I just can't seem to get anythingto work properly...
First off Avantgo and ActiveSync... I've tried 4.1 as supplied with the phone. 4.2 and 4.5b2. I've tried the latest AvantGo6... but 9 out of 10 times when ActiveSync tried to synchronise my AvatGo stuff it just sits there for hours and hours pretending to sync (the display claims 0/1 in the progress in ActiveSync).
Then there's TomTom (Navigator 5)... I finally got it to install by manually clicking each .cab file in the 2577 folder.. but now none of my POIs show up on the maps. THey are not TomTom POI files so they are not locked to a product code, and the POIs are searchable, so the files are being read..
Then there's getting the thing to work as a bluetooth connected GPRS modem.. or not as the case may be. Haven't got anywhere with that one.
The GPRS monitor software supplied with the phone by O2.. somewhow didn't install the Today plug in part so I had to contact spb and get them to give me a serial number for the latest version (which they did - thanks guys!).
Bluetooth connections to things just seem shoddy under WM5 altogether. The WM2003 way worked perfectly for me, I just don't get the new way.
I might even have to come back and add more to this rant as I discover more annoyances! Not really Wizard specific stuff I guess, but WM5 stuff in general... arrrggghhh.
-FM
A tip for your personal safety:
Have someone else take all firearms and any sharp objects out of your house! Also any medications that you could overdose on.
If you are not already seriously demented, the use of both Windows Mobile 5 and Activesync in any version 4 and greater can be extremely hazardous to your mental health!
You may find yourself crying uncontrollably and unexpectedly at times.
AS4.X and WM5 are not for the weak of heart!!
And I have been using the PPC/Windows Mobile platform since it was introduced. The sync speed - once you do get it to sync - is about the only improvement that I have found.
Wait till you realize that:
You can no longer sync wirelessly - no WiFi sync support at all.
You can no longer sync a subset of your contacts; it's all or none. (I have >2000 contacts, but I always synched only about 450 to my devices by keeping them in a separate Outlook folder and designating that as the Contacts folder to sync with... No longer supported!)
You cannot sync Contacts Notes.
You can no longer designate where to install programs in Activesync; only on the device itself.
CAB files on WM5 are automatically deleted after you try to install them - even if the installation fails for any of the many reasons they do with WM5, particularly on HTC Wizards. (TIP: Keep a separate copy of all CAB files you intend to install in a separate folder on your storage card).
WM5 auto-uninstalls any program for which you try to install an update. And most of the time the installation fails, leaving you with a lot of files but no working program. (TIP: Always uninstall any application that you are going to update, and perform a soft reset to reclaim memory immediately before the installation).
This should start you off on your road to total insanity!! Good luck - you'll need it! :shock:
J-Mac said:
Wait till you realize that:
You can no longer sync wirelessly - no WiFi sync support at all.
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You can however sync wirelessly using Bluetooth.
I successfully sync every time using BT so I can leave the USB cable n my car with the charger.
Thanks J-Mac, at least I know I am not going mad I was positive that there was a way of specifying a particular *.pst file from Outlook to sync with (I have a lot of business contacts in Outlook at work that I don't need/want on my phone) and have spent hours trying to find the setting.
At least now I know it isn't me and is in fact the newer version of Activesync no longer supporting this facility (how disappointing, it was so useful )
Nicky said:
Thanks J-Mac, at least I know I am not going mad I was positive that there was a way of specifying a particular *.pst file from Outlook to sync with (I have a lot of business contacts in Outlook at work that I don't need/want on my phone) and have spent hours trying to find the setting.
At least now I know it isn't me and is in fact the newer version of Activesync no longer supporting this facility (how disappointing, it was so useful )
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True, though that still effectively takes away any long-distance synching other than using Exchange. If a particular device or wireless operator is not offering that capability, and a user is not technologically adept at or comfortable with flahing a modified ROM onto their device, it ties you to your own personal PC like the very early days of MS's Handheld OS.
I had been using a small BT dongle - looks just like a USB flash mem key drive - for a while to sync w/my Dell inspiron notebook, but that died a while back. The connectivity, that is.
Not sure why. Devices pair up OK and start to connect, AS starts spinning its green disc as usual, COM ports are properly set, firewall either with proper permissions and ports opened - or even off altogether, and I suddenly get a dialog about security verification on that device, blah blah. Can't remember exactly now, but after spending a good part of each day for a week I just gave up and starting using IR. Probably the Dell, but I don't really know.
J-Mac said:
CAB files on WM5 are automatically deleted after you try to install them - even if the installation fails for any of the many reasons they do with WM5, particularly on HTC Wizards. (TIP: Keep a separate copy of all CAB files you intend to install in a separate folder on your storage card).
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Well there is a registry hack to keep the cab files and not delete them.
But we want WiFi sync M$ :!:
Hi All,
Have been using the Dopod D810 in WM5 for a while, syncing using ActiveSync 4.5 worked well, syncs were fast. After upgrading to WM6, syncing became much slower, even if i just chose to sync the calendar appointments.
For example, when i have the D810 connected through USB to the desktop, then I add a simple calendar entry in desktop Outlook, the system starts syncing, that calendar entry is quickly sync'ed ( 0/1 changing to 1/1 then the check mark, this process is fast). However, after this, the system still stays on "synchronizing" for about 1 minute until it finishes.
I have already tried lots of WM6 roms, including the official Dopod D810 WWE rom and many other cooked roms (ax3l, mary, pdaviet, etc...)
Have you guys encountered this problem? and how to solve it?
please... no one has this problem except me?
hardworker said:
please... no one has this problem except me?
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I have the same problem, but I have no idea how to solve it.
I have the same problem with HTC-P4350 (HTC_P4350_WWE_4.17.405.2_4.1.13.44_02.94.90_Ship.exe firmware)
I only have this problem when I choose to sync Outlook Email. When I deselect it, syncing is relatively fast.
Hi everyone, after doing some research online, it seems that its a consensus. Anyone running ActiveSync 4.5 is seeing this issue. I was running 4.2 with wm5 and syncs were lightning fast. I'm not sure if I upgraded to 4.5 or it happened during a windows auto update. 4.5 and wm5 was slow as heck. I tried everything. Reinstalling, hard resets etc, nothing. I upgraded my TyTN to wm6 and same problem.
I've tried posting this problem (others have as well) in the MSFT forums but no replies.
Anyone... HELP!!
it works with me
Hi guys,
I had the same problem with slow synchronization on activesync 4.5, however now my problem is a bit solved. I only chosed to sync calendar, and I installed with activesync 4.5 provided by the HTC (in my case it is T-mobile companion cd). Now it works charmingly. It seems there is some bugs or some optimization made per every microsoft mobile product. I will see if uploading the activesynce of T-mobile will violate the copyright, if not you will see it in the ftpserver shortly.
thanks for the replies. I am now wondering whether installing Outlook 2007 would help for the syncing problem between activesync 4.5 and wm6... ?
And #6, dymlu, I have installed activesync 4.5 and I am now syncing with my d810 in wm5 without problems.
I am using outlook 2007 with active sync 4.5. The speed is still slower compare to WM05 rom. Now i got problem with zonealarm, i need to shutdown it before activesync can sync with my PDA.
same problem here including activesync connection dropping on transfer of large files eg., video file over 1mb
i posted my problem here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326455
With any hope, MS might make an ActiveSync 4.51 available?
Yes, same here. ActiveSync 4.5 with TMO Wing. Sinking PhatNotes to desktop, the rest of Outlook to my Exchange server. It's just slow, period. RNDIS?
the slow problem does not seem to be related to rndis, even with rndis disabled, the same problem persists. When i just try to sync the calendar events, the "tick" mark next to calendar appears fast, the problem is after that, it keeps on saying "synchronizing" for around 1 minute, apparently doing nothing. At that time, the cpu loading on the trinity seems to be quite high, and it becomes un-responsive.
reading the log files of activesync didn't help much (maybe because i couldn't understand it).
I installed SKTools and in the optimize tab, I made an 'optimize for performance' action, which made several modifications in the registry. (TCPIP packet size ...)
Synchronization is now faster, even if the task has still a priority near critical on the PPC.
SKTools is a shareware and since the modification is needed only once ...
Yes, Activesync is *extremely* slow in my case as well. I am sure that this there is an incompatibility between *Micro$oft* Activesync and *Micro$oft* WM6!!
The reson I say this is because I was using the bundled WM6 and Activesync and the speed was incredibly slow. The speed hasn't changed even now that I flashed a lighter ROM.
It's time for M$ developers to get into work!
Yep, slow for me too. I'm running Office 2007 (under XP), the latest WM6 ANZ firmware and syncing email, calendar and favorites.
Have tried changing various settings, but it's still powerfully slow!
Slow ActiveSync
I upgraded my hx2490 from wm5 to wm6.1 and data transfer is slower than old good 5 1/4 fdd
I am really fed up with ActiveSync / Windows Mobile Device Center!
I just can't stand it anymore.
Are there serious and good replacement for it? For WM 6.5.5 and Win7 x64?
Since 2007 I am experiencing these 3 major issues, with any subsequent versions of ActiveSync (which is now called Windows Mobile Device Center, on my Win7 Ultimate x64 system)
1st issue:
After a restore on one of my 3 WM devices (two HD2 and one HD1 blackstone), I had to full resync each time: sometimes it takes 30 min, sometimes 5-6 hours: I ALWAYS AND ONLY include contacts, task and calendar, with default sync settings (no emails)
2nd issue
Apparently, without warning, any 3-5 days a message appears saying:
A change to the server requires full re-sync.
I do and sometimes all is fine, sometimes ALL MY CONTACT ARE REPLICATED on both my PC and my devices...as for today I got 6,000 contacts! (they should be around 1,500)...And I am forced to go through my contacts and remove manually all the duplicates.
3rd issue: sync is completed BUT CHANGES are NOT reflected on DEVICES!
Suppose I change contact/notes on one of my 3 devices and then sync. My laptop might or may not take in the change. But invariably I get the message Device connected, Sync completed!
Viceversa: I change the email field of a contact on my laptop: the changes are reflected on device 1 but NOT on device 2 and yes on device 3! Very random behavior...
Yesterday I have edited the notes (it is a field) of a contacts on my 2nd device. On PC and on my 1st device the changes were synced. On the last device NOT....sync was completed all 3 times, WITHOUT ERRORS but changes are not there!
This is irritating.
Please help and suggest a substitute to ActiveSync alias WMDC for WM 6.5.5
Is there any tool, even if it an expensive one, to replace it?
I'm not talking about IntelliSync, PocketMirror, etc which are
not replacing, just extending its functionalities...
I don't want any more trace of activesync on my laptop, I wish to have
a professional product installed.
Thank you
Saulo
I read on interenet about SyncML and another solution called DevilsPGD.
Any feedback about it? Is there a off-line version? I dislile the idea of having my data on a web server.
Thank you
Saulo
I forgot to mention that my main goas are to sync PIM data (Outlook data) e.g.:
- Contacts
- tasks
- calendar
Thanks
Saulo
Through the years it has always baffled me how so many people have had issues with AS and MDC. I can honestly say that I have had, maybe 5 ot 6 errors with it, and all were solved with a simple reboot of both devices. After that it would go for like a year or two without an issue.
I have been using WM devices since the dell axim was introduced (changing both computers and PDA/Smartphones as time progressed) and have always read of people having massive issues with it. I also consider myself a pretty heavy user of AS/MDC: PIM syncing, Office doc syncing, Note syncing, music and photo syncing (yes with windows media player), Pocket Quicken syncing, Mysportstraining and mypersonaldiet syncing, ewallet syncing, Quickbook syncing, Mylifeorganized syncing, Checklist syncing, and a customized program I had built that syncs my loan files with an industry software I use called Point.
With all of this crap being transferred to and from my various computers and my PDA/Smartphones I would have thought, based on reading other peoples' issues, I would have experienced more problems. But as I said, it has pretty much always been a painless experience. Even the issues I had were minor (one record wouldnt sync, or one conduit would not sync, but everything else did) and as I said, rebooting both devices fixed it everytime.
What is everyone else doing differently?
I use Jeyo Mobile Companion, and I am really happy with this program. Works well on Windows 7 with a lot of features.
Compatible with all Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices
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Syncs new SMSs automatically
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Manage call history
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Dear Cirrob
I also use pocket PCs since 1998. 12 years. and always been with Active Sync.
But now I cannot accept that a sync is completed, no errors and in fact the new updated phone or cell phone is not there, on my device!
Also I edit some NOTES (notes field, within a contact) and these changes are not reflected on my PC.
I get no error messages! I have checked that the right couple (WindowPC - Device) are selected... a new contact is corrected sync, a old one, if edit, I have 70% chance is correctly synced and 30% chances it remain unchanged, either on PC or on Device...
Sure enough, if I make a hard reset, these issues are solved, the sync is perfect...But I do no want to make an hard reset every month.
Thanks
Saulo
Hallo
Does Jeyo Mobile Companion rely on Active Sync (like Intellsync or Pocket Mirror)?
Or is it a real replacement?
Thanks
Saulo
Forget Activsync
I have used PDAs heavily in my business. Before wm phones I had to carry two devices. I have also used a blackberry which has an excellent interface with any computer, it is faster and more accurate, It is realy a shame that MS stuff always seems so counter-intuitive. In my opinion the best solution is to not use activesync at all. You can do that if you have an exchange account, then you can sync all PIM over wireless, with 3G it is effortless. One caveat is that you cannot sync notes unless you activsync with outlook configured to exchange.
By the way "TrineFix" is a utility I downloaded somewhere here, when installed on your phone it will remove duplicates from your contacts, it works extremely well, and you don't have to edit duplicates by hand.
hallo researchm
Can you please expand on exchange server? Is it possible to subscribe to it for a private person like me? I mean is exchange available for personal usage?
Do you khow to start an exchange account?
Is this process something similar to syncing to a website and then connect my HD2 to the web to complete the sync?
Thank you and waiting.
Saulo
saulo866 said:
Hallo
Does Jeyo Mobile Companion rely on Active Sync (like Intellsync or Pocket Mirror)?
Or is it a real replacement?
Thanks
Saulo
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It requires ActiveSync 3.7 or above
SyncML (and a provider, which supports it!). Supports WiFi!
How about microsoft my phone its syncs everything apart from email. There is one thing it can be slow sometimes to download, but uploading is fine. I was reading that they are working on fixing the download speed.
I use MyPhone. It's good, it has also a duplicate item eraser, but it does not sync with PC, as far as I know.
Did you ever heard about Funambol ?
http://www.funambol.com/
woaloo said:
Did you ever heard about Funambol ?
http://www.funambol.com/
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That's SyncML posted above!
MyPhone just backups but doesn't sync Outlook, SyncML does.
S-Line said:
SyncML (and a provider, which supports it!). Supports WiFi!
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woaloo said:
Did you ever heard about Funambol ?
http://www.funambol.com/
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S-Line said:
That's SyncML posted above!
MyPhone just backups but doesn't sync Outlook, SyncML does.
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When I did a search for SyncML, it brought me to the Funambol site.
Looks like they have "cloud" sync options as well. Interesting.
Have you guys tried it?
I too have had problems with WMDC and Activesync. I have found a solution that works for me so I don't get the error messages:
1. Delete ALL items you want to sync from your mobile.
2. Delete ALL partnerships from your mobile.
3. Sync with XP PC (which in my case has all of the correct appointments and contacts which is all I want to sync).
4. Delete ALL partnerships from your Vista PC.
5. Delete ALL items you want to sync from Vista PC.
5. Sync mobile with Vista PC - make sure the device name the Vista PC suggests is the same as the XP PC.
Then hopefully you can sync either PC without any activesync errors. I have over 2000 appointments and over 400 contacts, so there is quite a bit of info. Each sync in 3 and 5 takes about 30 minutes. Each second sync only takes 30 seconds.
Trident said:
When I did a search for SyncML, it brought me to the Funambol site.
Looks like they have "cloud" sync options as well. Interesting.
Have you guys tried it?
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Yes, working fine (using it via my provider, which offers a special version of syncml).
I've owned Asus MyPal A639, HTC Touch HD and now - Leo. Never had any of these problems that you mention except that ActiveSync really drives me mad for one particular thing - its virus-like auto-start behavior on both desktop and PPC. Its like sync , sync, sync... a-a-and.... sync, sync, sync. Even disabled it rewrites its entries in the registry every time you start it. Its a pest! On the other side it does what it does - sync(!) and you can use many 3-rd party programs on top of it. I use Jeyo Mobile Companion and MobilEdit! but they rely on ActiveSync. Unfortunately there's no real alternative to ActiveSync and its derivatives (WMDC).
saulo866 said:
I am really fed up with ActiveSync / Windows Mobile Device Center!
I just can't stand it anymore.
Are there serious and good replacement for it? For WM 6.5.5 and Win7 x64?
Since 2007 I am experiencing these 3 major issues, with any subsequent versions of ActiveSync (which is now called Windows Mobile Device Center, on my Win7 Ultimate x64 system)
1st issue:
After a restore on one of my 3 WM devices (two HD2 and one HD1 blackstone), I had to full resync each time: sometimes it takes 30 min, sometimes 5-6 hours: I ALWAYS AND ONLY include contacts, task and calendar, with default sync settings (no emails)
2nd issue
Apparently, without warning, any 3-5 days a message appears saying:
A change to the server requires full re-sync.
I do and sometimes all is fine, sometimes ALL MY CONTACT ARE REPLICATED on both my PC and my devices...as for today I got 6,000 contacts! (they should be around 1,500)...And I am forced to go through my contacts and remove manually all the duplicates.
3rd issue: sync is completed BUT CHANGES are NOT reflected on DEVICES!
Suppose I change contact/notes on one of my 3 devices and then sync. My laptop might or may not take in the change. But invariably I get the message Device connected, Sync completed!
Viceversa: I change the email field of a contact on my laptop: the changes are reflected on device 1 but NOT on device 2 and yes on device 3! Very random behavior...
Yesterday I have edited the notes (it is a field) of a contacts on my 2nd device. On PC and on my 1st device the changes were synced. On the last device NOT....sync was completed all 3 times, WITHOUT ERRORS but changes are not there!
This is irritating.
Please help and suggest a substitute to ActiveSync alias WMDC for WM 6.5.5
Is there any tool, even if it an expensive one, to replace it?
I'm not talking about IntelliSync, PocketMirror, etc which are
not replacing, just extending its functionalities...
I don't want any more trace of activesync on my laptop, I wish to have
a professional product installed.
Thank you
Saulo
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.And I am forced to go through my contacts and remove manually all the duplicates.
Why? There is software out there for your phone that will delete duplicate contacts from your device. Then all you need to do is resync back with outlook.
My first post, so firstly hi to everybody who reads this and as often is the case Plz Help, Hope it's right to start a thread on this as I have little experince with this sort of device, at present I have not suceeded in doing a complete first sync
My wife got an HD2 from O2 and it's causing me to loose my marbles.
Background is
No G3 internet but is connected to the web by Wi-Fi at home.
No emails but use Outlook for contacts, calender, tasks and notes. We also expected it to be able to sync Word Docs but apparently it doesn't, though we have not had an opportunity to get that far yet.
Laptop uses XP pro SP3, Outlook 2007 (Office 2007 Pro) and Active Sync 4.5. using USB cable.
The HD2 has.
Os version 5.2.21864, Rom version 1.43.206.4, Rom date 11/06/09
Over the past few weeks I have managed to migrate every thing from Palm Desktop to Outlook, the biggest problem was the calendar database which given the length of time we have had Palms has grown to 15000 items, eventually had to use pocket copy which worked straight away.
Checked Outlook pst with ScanPST and resolved 4 problems and was confident that would be an end to the problems, then told my wife to get an HD2 as even though it was overfeatured for our business use, it should do what we wanted.
So it was up to me to set it up and this was where the Problems started.
Set up WiFi fine, then tried to go to sync screen through Htc software and kept being asked for an email address, not a good start.
Went to windows 6.5 and opened active sync which did say it needed a connection, so installed Active Sync 4.5 on PC.
Surprised to find a lack of options in options of Active Sync as our caledar goes back to 1995 so the options of 2 weeks, 1,3,6 months or all, really does leave a big gap. what were you doing today last year or two years ago ?
I was always going to sync the calendar first but did not expect it to default to 2 weeks back on first sync, it did work and I could now get in to active sync and set options on device so set calendar to all and did a sync. It got to 2005 (about 11000 enteries) and then Active sync put up error
-- device run out of memory Turn off and close applications error 8007000e --.
Since then I have
1. Hard Reset more times than I care to mention
2. Used system Restore.
3. Reinstalled Active sync, and removed all signs in registry at each removal.
The furthest I got was by syncing last 2 weeks and future appointments after syncing up to Nov 2007 but then I tried to last 6 months and it deleted the 12000 enteries on device and ran out of memory.
I do not belive I have run out of memory as having got Calendar synced as far as possible I can then put ticks in Contacts, Notes and Tasks and they then sync without problem.
It does not appear to be corrupt enteries as it does not stop at the same place after resetting up.
If it is running out of memory why would it show 87mb free and this database is going to have to carry on growing and if I have to do a hard reset I will have to go though this again.
I thought I would try to get some help here before returning the device. sometimes if I remove a tick from say contacts it deletes them from device and sometimes not.
As a business device my wife relies on it and at present it really not living upto the hype, We need reliabilty and my confidence is a little shaken, is it possible that the phone is faulty ? Is a database that I can load on a Palm Tungsten really too large for the HD2,
I have searched for updates that might resolve this and notice that others have had similar problems with contacts but no sign of a clear cut fix, nothing mentioned in update info seems to relate to this problem.
I hope I missed something as overall I like the HD2, I would flash the latest Rom but being O2 I imagine I would have problems returning it if it did not fix problem and I am at a loss as to what to do next so advice and help would be really appreciated.
You just don't sync past events more than 2 weeks. The pocket calendar is not meant for an archive. To view old appointments, you need to go back to outlook, exchange or gmail.
Even on palm, you should archive/purge your pim data regularly to avoid it growing indefinitely. On WM, the practise is forced upon you. Only the recent entries appear on WM, and the full set stays on host.
Thanks for the reply Alex, that is not good news, if it went to two years that would have been enough, but 6 months is not enough let alone only 2 weeks.
If I could I would back up outlook.pst and then delete all appointments before say 2008, then Active sync with setting "all", this been the initial sync. I would then set it to last month (in Active sync options/calender/settings) for all future syncs. Then return backed up pst to outlook and go from there.
But when I change from all to 6 months it deletes all but the last six months I have never used Outlook, being used to Palmdesktop so it is a steep learning curve, we have just found duplicate contacts from the sim card in Outlook. So more sorting out.
Is there a more customisable syncing software available, active sync seems so basic it 's making me miss Palm Hotsync though that had issues as well.