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Outlook Contacts Synchronization Problems

I have 368 contacts in Outlook and I use the ActiveSync to synchronize those contacts with Trinity.
Well, believe it or not only the 320 contacts are copied into my device, an some of them are missing elements (phone numbers, notes etc...).
Has anyone faced this problem before?
This should be the most straight forward process, but for some reason for me it is not!
Any help would be much appreciated as at the moment I can not use the device as my primary telephone...
Thank you!

...and I am answering to myself saying that,
any contact in Outlook 2003 with a Note is not copied to the PDA.
Additionally, any contact that has a number that is categorized as Primary is copied to the device but the telephone number is not!
Please, if there is a Thread with similar content, transfer this topic there as I think that it may be of interest of other people.

I suggest you send your findings to microsoft. It looks like a bug either in Outlook or WindowsMobile.

You are right!
But if I am the only one who notices it, then I am not sure if there is something wrong with the configuration of wither my PDA or my PC.
Although, in general, these problems should not appear...
If a device can be synchronized Outlook, it synchronizes! Period.

Well, if anyone is interested, the problem that I am describing, has to do with my PC. I connected the PDA with my work's PC and Laptop, and it could synchronize contacts with Notes.
I also downloaded and installed SP2 for Office 2003 in my Home PC, but still there was a problem with the synchronization.
At the moment I can not find the reason why the two machines can not cooperate for these kind of contacts.
Any ideas by anyone?

did you try outlook self repair? Did you try Office Update?

I also have a similar problem. But I did not go into details to find exactly why some contacts are syncd and other not. Also some contacts are occasionally duplicated.

saminegm said:
did you try outlook self repair? Did you try Office Update?
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I tried both of them.
I also tried to uninstall all Office apps, and reinstall them and still didn't work.
I am so desperate that I am starting to think a complete rebuild of my PC.
I checked anywhere I knew. Outlook Options, Forums, Microsoft, Google. I do not know how to fix this...
Any help from anyone?

yanastas said:
I tried both of them.
I also tried to uninstall all Office apps, and reinstall them and still didn't work.
I am so desperate that I am starting to think a complete rebuild of my PC.
I checked anywhere I knew. Outlook Options, Forums, Microsoft, Google. I do not know how to fix this...
Any help from anyone?
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Hmm... Do you have Outlook Categories in use? Do you use subfolders?
Do the "non-synced contacts" have special characters e.g. a street named "Löwenstr."?
It is a very strange problem you have.

I had the same problem....
The only thing that helped me was to install a newer version of activesync...
After the Upgrade to 4.5 all was OK...

hi
anybody knows how to set in contacts to see just the contacts from the phone not mixed with sim contats
thanks

You couldfind it in the forum if you search "hide Sim", I think. But anyway you edit the Registry:
Registry
HKCU
ControlPanel
Phone
ShowSim = 0

pe747 said:
You couldfind it in the forum if you search "hide Sim", I think. But anyway you edit the Registry:
Registry
HKCU
ControlPanel
Phone
ShowSim = 0
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thanks for the info

Ive had exactly the same problem on my Hermes and previous models with AS4.5.
Only resolve is to create a new contact without anything in the notes field. weird.

Activesync 4.5

I see a growing trend where a lot of people are having trouble syncing their phones with MS activesync 4.5. Is there a solution to this problem?
Does activesync 4.5 only work with WM6 and not WM5? I just reloaded all software on my puter an d put 4.5 on in readiness for loading WM6 on my phone but now it wont recognise my phone......
thanks
Scott

I am using Activesync 4.5 and no problem at all.

MontAlbert said:
I see a growing trend where a lot of people are having trouble syncing their phones with MS activesync 4.5. Is there a solution to this problem?
Does activesync 4.5 only work with WM6 and not WM5? I just reloaded all software on my puter an d put 4.5 on in readiness for loading WM6 on my phone but now it wont recognise my phone......
thanks
Scott
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Scott, what version of WM6 you are using? I had that (sync) problem with the first version of Mun_Rus WM6 (due to OneNote issue in the PPC registry file). After using Mun_Rus second version of WM6, it's sync perfectly everytime.

ok, got it working but now it says
"cannot sync with the outlook profile you are using, because a different profile was previously set up or the profile is password-protected. Please open outlook using the appropriate profile.
Support code:8503001f"
Now i only have one single profile on outlook but have changed a few of the options but nothing to do with profile etc. Activesync 4.5 says it has synced with outlook (no attention req'd messages), but there is no extra stuff in outlook- mostly the tasks and calender i am after.....
What am i doing wrong and how do i fix it?

MontAlbert said:
ok, got it working but now it says
"cannot sync with the outlook profile you are using, because a different profile was previously set up or the profile is password-protected. Please open outlook using the appropriate profile.
Support code:8503001f"
Now i only have one single profile on outlook but have changed a few of the options but nothing to do with profile etc. Activesync 4.5 says it has synced with outlook (no attention req'd messages), but there is no extra stuff in outlook- mostly the tasks and calender i am after.....
What am i doing wrong and how do i fix it?
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Care to give more info on your PC software? E.g. Outlook version, OS version, Active Sync built etc ?
Also pls provide your ROM version (Dopod Original WM5, or cooked rom etc ..)

Exchange 2003 SP2
Windows XP Sp2
ActiveSync 4.5
mUm ROM
No problem

alvinlim28 said:
Care to give more info on your PC software? E.g. Outlook version, OS version, Active Sync built etc ?
Also pls provide your ROM version (Dopod Original WM5, or cooked rom etc ..)
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Running Dopod WM5 (waiting for official dopod WM6 rom so copy extended rom from here to a cooked rom).
ROM: 1.23.707.5
Radio: 1.33.30.10
Running XP, Office 2007 (Outlook 07), Active sync v4.5.0 build 5096
Thanks for your help...

God, dammit, yeah, after three month trying to solve this I finally found a solution. If you set your @live.com or other Outlook Connector created data-file as default, then Exit Outlook, disconnect your PPC (WM6/WM5 device). In WMDC or ActiveSync ( I made it through WMDC on Win Vista ) end your partnership. Then connect your device and set up new one. Add whatever you want to sync with outlook and you are done. It works flawlessly.

Thank you ! Thank you ! Thank you !
HRUDKA said:
God, dammit, yeah, after three month trying to solve this I finally found a solution. If you set your @live.com or other Outlook Connector created data-file as default, then Exit Outlook, disconnect your PPC (WM6/WM5 device). In WMDC or ActiveSync ( I made it through WMDC on Win Vista ) end your partnership. Then connect your device and set up new one. Add whatever you want to sync with outlook and you are done. It works flawlessly.
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Man, you're the smartest ! Thank you very much for this advice. It is great ! It really worked for me too. Thank you very much !

lid2cip said:
man, you're the smartest ! Thank you very much for this advice. It is great ! It really worked for me too. Thank you very much !
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sir where i download active sync 4.5 showme downloadlink please iam new member

RAMARAO said:
sir where i download active sync 4.5 showme downloadlink please iam new member
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You can download it here

contact movement

heya,
have my prophet running pdaviet rom v 4.0.0.0 when i connect to activesync there is no option to save my contacts ( i don't use outlook as it annoys me!!) and i use ubuntu mainly so only use xp for syncing. is there anyway to save them. i like playing around with roms and don't particularly want to manually load them again every time i switch.
cheers guys
ps. if it means using outlook i guess i am willing lol

Yea, you need outlook... Sadly, I had it installed also... Welcome to the club!

still a problem
right when i have active sync isnatlled and it wont allow me to share my contacts. as i say im using a pdaviet windows mobile 6 rom. its a bit frustrating. in the menu of things to select syncing only the bottom 3 are avalable. this does not include contacts, only favourites etc....
chees

????
please anyone? or anybody got any idea of any roms (windows or different) thats will sync?

free sync with mac and wm5/6

KLICK ME!!
i hope this thread is not a duplicate from a previous one.
regards chief

if this is real... how come noone has responded...
i've been looking for something like this forEVER....
it makith me happy...
downloading now.... i beg and I hope its not riddled with rediculous ads or something

Thanks for posting this.

Hey guys,
i'm searching a program like this for a long time.
Now I installed it and my HTC Touch says that I only can sync if the conputer have ActiveSync 4.5.
Could you help me whats worng?
Thanks alot

i have installed it, started it, plugged in my tytn, then i opened network settings, and then i clicked apply in the new ethernet connection window.
and now i can sync all i want.
regards chief

Wurschtsemml said:
Hey guys,
i'm searching a program like this for a long time.
Now I installed it and my HTC Touch says that I only can sync if the conputer have ActiveSync 4.5.
Could you help me whats worng?
Thanks alot
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I had same problem when I first downloaded(beta version 1.0, build 1.0.0.251) but when I went back to site next day they had new build(1.0.0.252). I downloaded this and now it syncs up. I'm not sure everything works because I couldn't drag cab files to application list, maybe on next build.

new update should fix your probs. see first post.
chief

How does this compare to my just purchased copy :-( of MissingSync

With the new update I got a new problem.
To sync with this program is no problem, but if I sync my calendar and go to ical, there are no dates.

yeah, at this time there are a few bugs with the ical plugin, so if you find a bug you should send them some infos about it wih their contact form on their page. and i think in a couple of week they can release the final.
mfg chief

now the newest version works perfect for me and my tytn, i can sync everything with ical and adressbook, i have osx.5.1. no probs at all, and much faster and better than missingsync. i hope some of you can help me to test this nice freeware to find all bugs, because this app is really useful.
regards, chief

I'm pretty satisfied with Missing Sync but I do have some small problems with it. I tried this free app some time ago but it didn't work at that time. I'd like to try again and will post my findings. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to sync more than 1 calendar? It seemed to me that you could only select 1 iCal calendar, which would be a huge dealbreaker for me.

Problem with my trinity
Does anybody archiv to make it work with an Trinity ?
I spend two evening on it without success
... and The Missing sync is not compatible with my Trinity / OS10.5 combo.

[Q] Definitive Sync solution?

It has been a while since i started using android on my HD2 (july 10) and a lot of beatiful things have happened thanx to the developers.
There is still one simple thing i cannot manage to solve :
SYNCING via USB tasks without paying
1) i don't want to send my appointments and task to a server in order to sync them, i like privacy
2) I don't like to pay , i prefer to donate...
Is there a valid solution out there?
I use Linux (at home-Evolution) and Windows (at work-outlook)
I need to sync Linux-Android-WM-Outlook and i prefer to do it by USB cable (or BT or Wi-Fi, but not via external server).
Please let me know which SW you use for contacts and appointments (I use Myphoneexplorer at the time, but any piece of advice is welcome) and, above all, if something to sync TASKS exists (GOATS could be an answer, but no widget...)
Hope this is the right place to post this...

Look at this. Syncroid might be what you are looking for. i´ve read about it but i haven´t android on my HD2(yet).
Test it an post your results

highcoder said:
Look at this. Syncroid might be what you are looking for. i´ve read about it but i haven´t android on my HD2(yet).
Test it an post your results
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unfortunately
TODO:
* Add two way sync
* Contacts sync
* Tasks sync
* (The rest of this list and its order are up to you)
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that are the most important things for me.
Only GOATS seems to work, but it does not have a widget, and this is annoying.
Thank you for the try.

oh jeah i see... hmm...
maybe this overview will help...

I already postet that on another Thread but i Think the best and free Tool to Sync in Two Ways ist Android-Sync.
Its still Pre Alpha but works realy good for me. U dont need to pay and dont need to install something on the phone. Its like Active Sync for Android

Not sure if I'm missing something here, but I'm using HTC Sync (for the Wildfire) to sync all my Outlook stuff (running on Windows 7) with my HD2 over USB.
http://bit.ly/eIJWnb
For me this is working great.

htc-hd2 said:
Not sure if I'm missing something here, but I'm using HTC Sync (for the Wildfire) to sync all my Outlook stuff (running on Windows 7) with my HD2 over USB.
http://bit.ly/eIJWnb
For me this is working great.
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I think that only works on htc sense roms,,

montecarlo5 said:
I think that only works on htc sense roms,,
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Yes, that's correct.
I'm now using a Nexus (gingerbread) based rom and I cannot sync with HTC sync.
I'm also looking for a sync solution.

@PSH
Look at the link in my post before. There you have an overview over the different free & payed sync solutions. But i think at the moment there exist no "definitive" Sync Solution which covers all functions properly. So you have to decide which solution fits best to your whishes...