So the new update brought link to windows to the s10 but I can't see my notifications or contacts in the windows app and from time to time it will say disconnected on my pc but not on the phone.
The only thing that is working is screen mirroring.
The pics/notifications &messages don't show up, I can send text messages but it doesn't sync my contacts so I have to manually put in the number to who I am sending. Any solutions to these problems because I can't delete the phone in the windows app I did try deleting data from both apps but it always knows that my phone was connected on the windows side. I granted it all permissions and I gave it notification permission but it doesn't ask for anymore which it did for the screen mirroring thing.
Are there any additional permissions that I need to give to the app that it failed to ask? Anyone got it to work properly? If so please help :good:
The problem is that the Microsoft program (I'm assuming that you are talking about Microsoft's Your Phone Companion) doesn't work very well. I had similar problems using it on 3 different phones (Xiaomi MI 9, Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Essential PH-1) and finally decided it was too much trouble.
You can't delete your phone in Windows. You need to go to the Microsoft website and sign in with the same Microsoft account you used in the app. On your Microsoft account page you will see devices linked to Windows. You need to delete your S10+ from there.
If you want to be able to text from your computer an alternative option is to use Microsoft Messenger instead of the Samsung Text app. Microsoft Messenger includes a built-in option in settings to text from a computer or tablet.
Samsung also has its own app called Samsung Flow that's available in the Play Store and Windows Store that has similar functionality as the Microsoft app.
Unless you are talking about Samsung DeX. That's not available on the Snapdragon models yet so I have no experience using it.
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The problem is that the Microsoft program (I'm assuming that you are talking about Microsoft's Your Phone Companion) doesn't work very well. I had similar problems using it on 3 different phones (Xiaomi MI 9, Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Essential PH-1) and finally decided it was too much trouble.
You can't delete your phone in Windows. You need to go to the Microsoft website and sign in with the same Microsoft account you used in the app. On your Microsoft account page you will see devices linked to Windows. You need to delete your S10+ from there.
If you want to be able to text from your computer an alternative option is to use Microsoft Messenger instead of the Samsung Text app. Microsoft Messenger includes a built-in option in settings to text from a computer or tablet.
Samsung also has its own app called Samsung Flow that's available in the Play Store and Windows Store that has similar functionality as the Microsoft app.
Unless you are talking about Samsung DeX. That's not available on the Snapdragon models yet so I have no experience using it.
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Thanks for letting me know I can delete the phone via their site. It is stupid I can't do it somewhere in setting in windows but hey atleast I managed to delete my phone. I still couldn't get it to run properly which is terrible because that was one of their big selling points for the note 10 which is pretty simular to our s10. I might try it again in a few update they might fix it...
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hi anyone out there familiar with blackberrys knows that their facebook app is tightly integrated with the device itself and the windows mobile one is.... just a slower way to access the mobile version of the site now the mobile site works fine and if you have the htc album with social networking you pretty much get to upload photos and dont need the app at all but what i love about the facebook for BB app is how it will automatically assign contact pics for people on in your phone book who also have their numbers added to facebook is their anyone who can write an app that can do this?
The app that I use for this is call FoneBook. The only downside is that it has to run on your desktop Outlook and then when you sync your phone to it, it also syncs any contacts on your phone with those it finds matches for on FaceBook.
N.B. Your post is probably in the wrong section of the forum.
an app like that would be great if it could run on my phone it as i dont use outlook to sync my contacts =(
Yeah, I think the main emphasis on Windows Mobile applications is for productivity/utilities, whereas for the iPhone as an example, it's more 'fun' apps.
Probably easy to do for WinMo but I'm no programmer so will have to just wait and see!
SkyBook (formerly Snap2Face) had this ability... unfortunately, the program went out of development mysteriously, and last week, the program stopped working for me. Check it out, maybe you'll have better luck.
http://www.magnifoca.com/
But yes, please, anyone with the skills would be greatly appreicated if they took this project on!
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You could try Book sync at http://www.booksync.co.uk/
It's not perfect, but I hope the developer would correct some bug in next versions.
The match between facebook and phone contacts is made manually, so that you could match contacts even if there is no phone number.
Does anyone know of a free app that will do exchange corporate directory lookup? If these phones ever hope to gain ground in the corporate world they really need to have this functionality out of the box and built into the exchange app on the phone (i.e. being able to do a "check name" against the GAL). I've searched the marketplace but can't find one for 1.5. There is an app for the DROID that does this but it is either specifically written for the motorola phone, or only supports android 2.0 (doesn't show up as a search result unless it is done using the DROID). This is my biggest beef with this phone and i'm thinking of sending it back and just waiting for them to be released with 2.0 already loaded.
I know there are some paid programs out there that claim to offer this functionality but of course i'd prefer to explore the free route first. Thanks!
There is a beta program from Seven (also known as Good Messaging) that does what you are asking for at no cost (aside from testing new features).
http://www.seven.com
I've been using it off and on for a couple of years now. It perpetually has bugs (it's their beta build), but it works.
It supports direct connect from your phone via Exchange OWA, or you can install a connector on your PC at work which integrates with outlook to sync over the air with your phone (useful if your company only exposes exchange internally or via vpn).
How can I use this app from Seven? The link to Sprint links to other phones and not any of the newer smartphones...
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Nevermind, I got it. Have to sign up for their forums and beta program. Installing now. Looks very professional. Let's hope it works well.
Finally I can answer a question for someone else. The Sprint Hero has a GAL built it. Unfortunately you have to be in an email to run it, but you can do a GAL from there. Let me know if you need help. No need to get an app, its already there.
When in an email, in the to box, type the name and a drop down will be there and select Company Directory
What about on the HTC Eris from Verizon? It does not have this drop down for corporate directory option.... Maybe I'll try that seven program.
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How can I use this app from Seven? The link to Sprint links to other phones and not any of the newer smartphones...
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Nevermind, I got it. Have to sign up for their forums and beta program. Installing now. Looks very professional. Let's hope it works well.
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Glad you figured it out!
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Finally I can answer a question for someone else. The Sprint Hero has a GAL built it. Unfortunately you have to be in an email to run it, but you can do a GAL from there. Let me know if you need help. No need to get an app, its already there.
When in an email, in the to box, type the name and a drop down will be there and select Company Directory
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I feel like a moron here, but I am not seeing this, I can start to type a name and I only get my list of contacts in the phone. This is not a GAL list. Would be OOBER cool if I can get this working, and figure out how to delete and email ONLY off the phone not the server too.
Ok, I am not sure how many are familiar with Microsoft SyncToy, but I am basically looking for something for Android. So is there an app that will sync any two folders that I select? Preferably I'd like some automation, such as anytime the phone is in the Bluetooth or WiFi range, the folders are synced automatically.
I have heard a lot about Kies. Will it serve this purpose, even if only by using a USB cable? If not, then what is the purpose of installing Kies? Thar's a huge application at almost 140MBs. Compare to just a few MBs (or maybe even under 1MB) for SyncToy.
Any input would be appreciated.
DropBox.
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Thanks, but I meant a direct sync, not through a website. One thing I don't like about the Android is that it forces the users to use internet servers more than any other platform. They don't have a decent outlook sync either. I hope that this changes soon otherwise windows will always be on top. Most of the people in our generation don't care much about having all our stuff online, but I know that a major incident (whether major data loss or data compromise) will change that very quickly.
Ok, so I guess there is no simple, direct sync solution between any two folders between the phone and the computer. That sucks. I hope Kies does at least something like that.
List of Sync products here
Ran across this site while doing MY research on this sync issue.
Standard Web address, syncdroid followed by .NET (Forum won't let me post the link until I've been vetted or some such nonsense ... LOL!) I get it, but it's STILL annoying!
They have a chart of the available Android sync products, cost, etc. Most have a free trial, but a lot are dumb in that you can only sync 5 items (like THAT'S going to help you get a feel for the software!) LOL!
If you're using an Enterprise Server, the top one seems to be Touchdown. For just straight USB to device, CompanionLink (on the PC) and DejaOffice (Android end, they're a pair) is also popular, as is gSyncit.
I'm pondering getting a Domain name and setting up a Google Premiere account so I can get onto a secure server. Debating that or straight USB sync. There's a couple with Bluetooth, but that tech tends to be shaky at best! Don't know if it's out either. RSN and all that.
Hope this helps!
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Samsung Kies was working for me until I upgraded to Windows 7, 64-bit, which Kies is not compatible with yet.
I'm using Kies 1.5 on Windows 7 64 bit. It works fine but it only synchronizes contacts and the calendar with outlook... You can also export some items to your PC.
Not very good with the windows phone and am trying to help an older friend out that had a Nokia 710. He just purchased a HTC 8X and T-Mobile couldn't help him transfer his numbers and all. He had no idea about a windows live ID.
Sure, I could set him up a Windows LIve ID, but is there a way that we can bypass all of that and just plug his Nokia 710 into the computer and back it up, plug the 8X into the computer and upload all the information on it?
Thanks.
Wrong section. This is windows 8. Not windows phone 8, the 2 are not the same at all.
However. On my nokia 710 one of the preinstalled apps is Contacts Transfer, I dont know if thats a microsoft thing, or if its nokia exclusive or if nokia have made it available on the app store (which they may have) but all it requires is both phones to have bluetooth on, then you set the old one to discoverable, follow the instructions. It seems to work pretty well with my ancient android handset.
I personally have all my contacts stored on my google account instead now, syncs more readily with more devices than the windows live account does.
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Wrong section. This is windows 8. Not windows phone 8, the 2 are not the same at all.
However. On my nokia 710 one of the preinstalled apps is Contacts Transfer, I dont know if thats a microsoft thing, or if its nokia exclusive or if nokia have made it available on the app store (which they may have) but all it requires is both phones to have bluetooth on, then you set the old one to discoverable, follow the instructions. It seems to work pretty well with my ancient android handset.
I personally have all my contacts stored on my google account instead now, syncs more readily with more devices than the windows live account does.
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Wow, I don't know how I messed that up. Mods delete this thread, reposted in right sub.
Not very good with the windows phone and am trying to help an older friend out that had a Nokia 710. He just purchased a HTC 8X and T-Mobile couldn't help him transfer his numbers and all. He had no idea about a windows live ID.
Sure, I could set him up a Windows LIve ID, but is there a way that we can bypass all of that and just plug his Nokia 710 into the computer and back it up, plug the 8X into the computer and upload all the information on it?
Thanks.
Reposting from the original thread:
On my nokia 710 one of the preinstalled apps is Contacts Transfer, I dont know if thats a microsoft thing, or if its nokia exclusive or if nokia have made it available on the app store (which they may have) but all it requires is both phones to have bluetooth on, then you set the old one to discoverable, follow the instructions. It seems to work pretty well with my ancient android handset.
I personally have all my contacts stored on my google account instead now, syncs more readily with more devices than the windows live account does.
There is no way to do a complete backup of WP7 except for a device image (which can only be restored on the exact same device it was taken from; even another one of identical model won't work). There are various homebrew apps that will let you get your files off, but currently we have no way to get them back *on* to WP8.
For contacts, synching to an Exchange server, Live account, Google account, or similar is definitely the best way. You can also try doing a transfer using BT, though. Nokia's Contacts Transfer app (which is just a Nokia-specific app, for all that it's pre-installed to the Setting hub) should work, but if you want to transfer the contacts en masse you may need a similar app on the other end. I don't know if HTC has one (Nokia and Samsung do, but my HTC HD7 did not). If you know how to use an intercepting proxy, you can access the Nokia- or Samsung-specific app stores and download their apps; that might (or might not, depending on how they are written) work.
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There is no way to do a complete backup of WP7 except for a device image (which can only be restored on the exact same device it was taken from; even another one of identical model won't work). There are various homebrew apps that will let you get your files off, but currently we have no way to get them back *on* to WP8.
For contacts, synching to an Exchange server, Live account, Google account, or similar is definitely the best way. You can also try doing a transfer using BT, though. Nokia's Contacts Transfer app (which is just a Nokia-specific app, for all that it's pre-installed to the Setting hub) should work, but if you want to transfer the contacts en masse you may need a similar app on the other end. I don't know if HTC has one (Nokia and Samsung do, but my HTC HD7 did not). If you know how to use an intercepting proxy, you can access the Nokia- or Samsung-specific app stores and download their apps; that might (or might not, depending on how they are written) work.
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He just primarily wants his email and phone numbers. His email is a @cox address though. Will the Windows Live backup let you do that? If so, I will just set him up a windows live id.
Yes, you can register any email address as a Microsoft (Windows Live) account, and synch contacts to and from it. You can do that even if you have the same email account also used as a "normal" (POP3/IMAP/SMTP) account. I'm very surprised he doesn't have one already; using WP without such an account is very limited (app store, Find My Phone, contacts and calendars, integrated IM, etc.).