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New appointments and contacts from PPC will sync to Outlook but NOT vice versa.
Contact updates made in Outlook ARE NOT updated in PPC
Appointments changes work instantly both ways
Does anyone experienced the same behavior?
I really don't like the Active Sync in XP. Is the device management better in Vista?
Just to add... when I tried to sync in the first time I got about 60% of contacts.
Since then I was not able to get into PPC any. I deleted all contacts and appointments to find out what it really does.
(E.g. updating categories and notes...)
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Here is the "solution".
Export the existing contacts to csv file with first and last name only and omit everything else.
Make a copy of current contact folder.
Delete all contacts in the default contact folder
Import the trimmed version from csv file. These contacts will become somehow noteworthy for sync now. (Don't ask me why).
Now clear out all notes in back up contacts (sorry no other choice) and update other fields in this occasion as well with correctly structured data (country codes, address fields etc. this is the time to do that once for good)
Move the cleared contacts from backup folder to default once and update all contacts at once.
Delete all your contacts on your device and restart it.
Plug it in for synch
Now you should be able to see the contacts.
If you don't then what works for me is to move the outlook contact to other than default folder. Delete it from default folder and create new contact on the device.
Sync and update newly created contact in default Outlook folder either by hand or moving in from backup location.
Still notes from Outlook are not updated to device
At least all other info seems to sync both ways.
I still have to find out the caveat of syncing categories and pictures.
If you already found out let me know.
Good luck!
Strong nerves
Hi, there,
Since i upgraded from t-mobile's original WM6.0 to WM6.1, my ActiveSync 4.5.0 (build 5096, Date Published: 2/13/2007) can no longer sync properly with a second PC for Outlook PIM (contacts and calendar), and gives the error message "ActiveSync encountered a problem on the desktop. Support code: 86000107). It has no problem with the first PC (whichever is sync'ed first), only when sync'ing with the second one.
i'm also sync'ing with an exchange server on both PCs, and no problem there. i've also tried to set up the exchange sync on the phone (as well as on each of the PCs initially), the local PIM sync problem still persists.
I've tried all versions of Dutty's 6.1 ROM and many radios. I'm currently on Dutty's 19199 Lite and NIKI Radio's 1.58.16.27 (seems to be the best combination for me, TomTom nearly as good as WM6.0 + good phone reception, although a bit power hungry and adding speed camera warning to the map noticeably slows TomTom 6.032 build 8351).
i suspect that this is not a problem to do with the cooked ROM or radio, but something to do with Microsoft - perhaps compatibility between WM6.1 and ActiveSync 4.5 that is not fully tested yet?
Is there anyone who has encountered a similar problem? I've tried all search, but no luck.
any fix would be appreciated.
Do you try other WM6.1 cooked ROM(s) from Schaps, Sleuth, Alex, Kyphur and many more?
i tried Schaps, Sleuth, Alex before, as well as Vodafone's original (cannot remember though if this one was OK)
I've just flashed Dutty's WM6.1 Lite (released on Mar 08) few minutes ago and I did have the same error 86000107. It can be synced with either the 1st or the 2nd PC w/o error but not both. Whenever I fix the one then I have a trouble on the other.
I just did a quick search for error 86000107 and a few people solve the problem by doing this:
Uncheck all items in activsync then connect / sync.
Check and re-sync the items 1 at a time.
The problem appears to recur when tasks are selected for syncing. I haven't had this problem myself but have had something similar with syncing notes which I've resolved in a similar manner.
Hope this helps.
ach2, clever that, search for the error code! i tried search for all sync probs...
anyhow, i do not sync Tasks, nor Notes. I believe i tried what was suggested above before, in desperation.
shall try again tonight on the home machine. cheers.
You can this:
1 Changed registry HKLM/System/Version from .dutty to .4.0.2
2 renamed Device Name
3 deleted partnerships in PC and PPC (I had 2 of them, do not know how I got 2nd one)
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Credit taiseer999
There are also a lot of discussion on the Artemis Forum re this.
Thanks
Dave
cheers, Dave. did try all sorts of deleting partnerships (inc renaming device name), but shall try the registry tweak tonight...
why .4.0.2 though? hec, well, if that works, then it works and is worth a try.
shall report back.
4yunweb said:
cheers, Dave. did try all sorts of deleting partnerships (inc renaming device name), but shall try the registry tweak tonight...
why .4.0.2 though? hec, well, if that works, then it works and is worth a try.
shall report back.
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Not my fix mate.
Have to ask taiseer.
Dave
I fixed it by opening new PST file and importing the old one. If it'll not help try to sync under brand new profile in Windows. This helped me...
How I resolved the 86000107 code error
I had this problem also, it occurred with all 6.1 ROMs I tried, did not occur when I went back to 6.0 ROMs. But I was able to fix it in 6.1 ROMs by opening a new .pst file on the second computer and then syncing the files with this new .pst file. I can now go back and forth between the two computers without problem and the error does not recur. I have not tried to reload the old .pst file or its backup from computer 2.
BTW the fix mentioned where you uncheck different information types, sync and then recheck them and sync did not work for me after the first successful sync.
Hope this helps!
sadkosk/safe as milk:
cheers. shall try.
have to admit that i also sync the .pst files at the 2 locations, using Briefcase.
I'm using last Ranju ROM. And this method helped me.
Code:
Uncheck all items in activsync then connect / sync.
Check and re-sync the items 1 at a time.
Interesting...
Code:
Uncheck all items in activsync then connect / sync.
Check and re-sync the items 1 at a time.
Very interesting! I believe i did this before, but now I've re-investigated again. Still not fully working for me, but this works if i sync two, not all three, of the following:
1. push email sync with exchange server (PDA overwrites server if conflict)
2. contacts sync with home PC (PC overwrites PDA if conflict)
3. calendar sync with home PC (PC overwrites PDA if conflict).
NOW EVEN MORE INTERESTING!
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Do #1 and 3 first, then no problem adding #2!!! All other combinations will cause a problem how can one explain that?!
Now the only ultimate test left is to see if this still works at work tomorrow...
Sometimes this occurs due to a bad or corrupt item in the calendar, email or other outlook item.
Sometimes it helps to export the whole PIm (Calendar, EMail, Tasks, notes, contacts, etc) and re-import them and sometimes you need to run the outlook repair pst file utility. I know a lot of people will not believe this, but it truly works if you are having sync issues.
If you are using only Exchange sync, you may have to export your data into a PST File.
Inbox Repair tool
If you can't open your Personal Folders file (.pst) or your Offline Folder file (.ost), or you suspect that your .pst or .ost data file is corrupted, you can use the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) to diagnose and repair errors in the file. The Inbox Repair tool scans only the .pst or .ost file, not your mailbox on the server running Microsoft Exchange. The tool determines whether the file structure is intact. If it is not intact, the Inbox Repair tool resets your file structure and rebuilds the headers.
The Inbox Repair tool works on both the Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.
Scanpst.exe is installed when you install Outlook. It is located at:
drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.
Repair errors by using Scanpst.exe
Exit Outlook if it is running.
Double-click Scanpst.exe, located at drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.
In the Enter the name of the file you want to scan box, enter the name of the .pst or .ost file that you want to check, or click Browse to search for the file.
To specify the scan log options, click Options, and then click the option that you want.
Click Start.
If errors are found after the scan is complete, you will be prompted to start the repair process to fix the errors.
A backup file is created during the repair process. To change the default name or location of this backup file, in the Enter name of backup file box, enter a new name, or click Browse to look for the file that you want to use.
Click Repair.
Start Outlook by using the profile that contains the .pst file that you tried to repair.
On the Go menu, click Folder List. In the Folder List, you may see a folder named Recovered Personal Folders that contains your default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. The recovered folders are usually empty, because this is a rebuilt .pst file. The Lost and Found folder contains the folders and items recovered by the Inbox Repair tool. Items that are missing from the Lost and Found folder cannot be repaired.
If you see a Recovered Personal Folders folder, you can create a new .pst file, and drag the items in the Lost and Found folder into the new .pst file. When you have finished moving all the items, you can remove the Recovered Personal Folders (.pst) file, including the Lost and Found folder, from your profile.
Notes
If you are able to open the original .pst file, you may be able to recover additional items from your damaged .pst file. By default, the Inbox Repair tool creates a file called file name.bak, which is a copy of the original .pst file with a different extension. The .bak file is located in the same folder as your original .pst file. You may be able to recover items from the .bak file that the Inbox Repair tool could not recover. Make a copy of the .bak file, and give the file a new name with a .pst extension, such as bak.pst. Import the bak.pst file, and then move any additional recovered items to the new .pst file that you created.
A copy of the log file is written to the same location as the .pst file.
I think is wm6.1 not fully compatible on now WMDC or AS.
Try many wm6.1 here.
Similar problem on Vista WMDC, after u sync with 2nd computer, than sync back on 1st computer, it say error on sync.
After I del 2 partnership on both computer, no any problem on both PC sync independently.
eagle 1:
i suspect what you said is correct.
i think i've sorted the problem by re-building a new .pst. when i ran the scan, no problem was found on this newly built pst, but when i ran it on the old one, it reported that there were some minor errors found.
so i guess either the scan or a new build will correct the sync problem. what left now is to test it syncing on my office PC tomorrow.
many thanks for the tip.
sadly, i have to say, none of the above work for me after back and forth a few times (home->office->home).
guess it's something to do with my old outlook (2002)?
Sadly that you waste your time trying to fix this. I posted the result on post #4.
BTW, nothing wrong w/ Outlook 2002, either. I could duplicated your issue while running 2003 and 2007.
Nghiem said:
Sadly that you waste your time trying to fix this. I posted the result on post #4.
BTW, nothing wrong w/ Outlook 2002, either. I could duplicated your issue while running 2003 and 2007.
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so you're going to live with it, then.........
I cannot get my TyTN II to stop sync'ing Files. It works perfectly with Contacts and Calendar, only taking a few moments to up-date the changes, but when it comes to my files, it will start the sync process, go through all 465 files, finish the sync, and then start the whole process over again about 5 seconds later ... and no changes have been made, either on my PC or on the phone. It will continue to do this over and over again until I unplug the USB cable.
Any ideas?
Peter
I won't profess to know the cause but here's what I've done when I have file synch problems.
On the PC, move all the files to a temporary folder.
Turn off the file synching option.
Reset the phone.
Connect and active synch.
Delete all the files from the my docs folder on the phone.
Reenable file synching
On the PC, move all the files back into the synch folder.
That should clear most of the markers for file synching. There are more detailed things that can be done, but I'd start here. If that doesn't work, I'd delete the partnership and create a new one.
Didn't Work!
Hi, liquidsilver.
Thank you for your quick reply. Sadly, your suggestion didn't work. My files are still syncronizing over and over and over again. It just won't stop.
I'm thinking that it might be in an unending creation date loop. In other words, when a file on my PC gets "sync'd" to my phone, the creation date of the file on the phone is the date and time at the moment it was copied. Then, when the sync program looks at the file on the phone, it sees a newer date compared to the file on my PC, so it starts the sync process again. However, if this theory were true, then the creation dates of the files on my PC would also change, but they don't.
I'm at a loss.
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One more thing, I also deleted the partnership and created a new one. It didn't solve the problem, either.
You can try making the log file read only. The log updates frequently & creates A/S traffic. Go to \Windows\Activesync\CtrlLog.txt & clicl & hold with a good file explorer like resco & select properties, then select "Read Only".
You can also try the "fake Server" hack, that will allow you to set a schedule for syncing. i.e. every hour instead of all the time.
1. Start ActiveSync on your Pocket PC.
2. Tap "Menu", then "Add Server Source"
3. Configure a server source with a fake IP address, id and password - you can enter anything you like, it doesn't matter
4. After that you will notice that "Menu -> Schedule..." item is no longer greyed out.
5. Change your schedule to manual under both fields.
6. You can now delete your fake server - your changes to the schedule will remain in effect.
how can I simply back up my phone contacts or simcard contacts to my computer?
just in case my phone crashes, or I lose my contacts by accident
so yeah how can I back up my contacts to my pc, so i can recover them to my phone later or at least view the numbers on my pc for manual backup
so its not possible or something? lol
Go into your root directory, and copy PIM.vol into your sd card...everytime you format the phone copy and paste the PIM.vol back into the root directory. It should overwrite all of your contacts information.
Phone>via ActiveSync>PC (Outlook) From here export Contacts as a file. Deposit somewhere safe.
If both phone (including SIM) and PC are fu**d up, you're still able to get back all contacts next time.
Import file in Outlook>Activesync> Phone.
Success!
quetzalquatl said:
Phone>via ActiveSync>PC (Outlook) From here export Contacts as a file. Deposit somewhere safe.
If both phone (including SIM) and PC are fu**d up, you're still able to get back all contacts next time.
Import file in Outlook>Activesync> Phone.
Success!
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you can olso use pim packup, i use it every time i flash a new rom
My way is the easiest.
I just use http://sn1-p3.myphone.microsoft.com/
For me PIMbackup48 is the easiest way as you can schedule it, and it can create a backup file anywhere on the sd card. I usually keep 10 days of these small backups.
Don't restore a PIM backup if you use Active sync. Arghh.
Or if you do, don't get the PIM backup to do contcts and calendar and tasks or anything else ActiveSync can do for you.
I use ActiveSync and before doing a hard restart I backed up using PPCPimBackup too.
ActiveSync restored all my contacts, calendar events, tasks etc. Then when I restored using PPCPimBackup before I realised what was happening, I had 2 of every contact and calendar events (Birthdays, reoccuring events, holidays, the lot) on my phone, and then as Actvsync did its job, I had two of everything on my computer too.
So now I will use PPCPIMBackup to do SMS messages etc and the stuff ActiveSync doesn't do, and let ActiveSync do what it does best.
(I was able to recover though. I had a backup of my Outlook contacts in a PST file, so I deleted them all, when there were none, I reimported them to Outlook, ActiveSync put them on the phone, for the Calendar events, I searched and sorted by creation date and was able to pull all the duplicates out that way).
poetryrocksalot said:
Go into your root directory, and copy PIM.vol into your sd card...everytime you format the phone copy and paste the PIM.vol back into the root directory. It should overwrite all of your contacts information.
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Good. any way for sms messages like this in a file ?
I hope it will be usefull for newbie as me, if you have Gmail account your contacts will follow you without using software connections or cable and wifi connections
You can syncronyze your PC contacts (outlook, LG contacts etc....) with your gmail account (with a little search you find how to) and after no problems of synchronization, your contacts will follow you in every MOD, in every android phone
A guide could be
1) save / export your contacts to a csv file on a PC (or similar);
2) save / export your contacts on your phone to a csv file (just use "exports heading to SD" and is created automatically);
3) Turn off any programs that synchronize with gmail (helps to avoid trouble while working at the end you can reactivate all);
3) Import csv thus obtained on gmail contacts;
4) Place your contacts on gmail (eliminating duplicates using "merge", accommodation name and last name .... you know is a big job) NB contact cards do not have the field name (when Google will place this thing??), I suggest you write the contacts by putting "Name" space "Last Name");
5) Delete all the contacts you have on your PC (should now be on gmail);
6) Reset the terminal Android (so you deleted the directory, but this phone is moved, and will ask to reboot again with gmail account in sync);
7) reactivated all synchronizations;
8) Now you have all your contacts at your fingertips on your computer and your terminal Android (on the latter may take some time, I waited a couple of hours);
9) For owners of Android remember that now you have to use only "google contacts" when you add or change a contact, otherwise it will be added to google contacts (basically disabled "sim contacts" and "phone contacts" if you want a backup copy, to the limit, export of SIM or SD Card).
Obviously this is "my" way to resolve the matter, will not be perfect but it worked for me.
CarloIT said:
I hope it will be usefull for newbie as me, if you have Gmail account your contacts will follow you without using software connections or cable and wifi connections
You can syncronyze your PC contacts (outlook, LG contacts etc....) with your gmail account (with a little search you find how to) and after no problems of synchronization, your contacts will follow you in every MOD, in every android phone
A guide could be
1) save / export your contacts to a csv file on a PC (or similar);
2) save / export your contacts on your phone to a csv file (just use "exports heading to SD" and is created automatically);
3) Turn off any programs that synchronize with gmail (helps to avoid trouble while working at the end you can reactivate all);
3) Import csv thus obtained on gmail contacts;
4) Place your contacts on gmail (eliminating duplicates using "merge", accommodation name and last name .... you know is a big job) NB contact cards do not have the field name (when Google will place this thing??), I suggest you write the contacts by putting "Name" space "Last Name");
5) Delete all the contacts you have on your PC (should now be on gmail);
6) Reset the terminal Android (so you deleted the directory, but this phone is moved, and will ask to reboot again with gmail account in sync);
7) reactivated all synchronizations;
8) Now you have all your contacts at your fingertips on your computer and your terminal Android (on the latter may take some time, I waited a couple of hours);
9) For owners of Android remember that now you have to use only "google contacts" when you add or change a contact, otherwise it will be added to google contacts (basically disabled "sim contacts" and "phone contacts" if you want a backup copy, to the limit, export of SIM or SD Card).
Obviously this is "my" way to resolve the matter, will not be perfect but it worked for me.
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in the name of many users ... thank you.
This is indeed very welcome information.
Figured out how to backup myself. But this is way better.
Thanks for sharing the info!
oh thank you, i hope to help someone, with the search too
I like changing ROM once a week so this is the best way
tnx very much for this guide
EXPORT OUTLOOK CONTACTS
In Outlook, click Import and Export from the File menu.
Click Export to a file, then click Next.
Click Comma Separated Values (Windows), then click Next.
In the folder, select the Contacts folder, then click Next.
Navigate to the folder where you want to save the contacts as a csv file.
Type a name for the exported file, then click OK.
Click Next.
click Finish
IMPORTING CONTACTS IN GOOGLE GMAIL
Log on to Gmail, click Contacts at the top of the page.
The contact list will appear in a new page.
Click Import Contacts.
Click Browse and locate the CSV file created using the steps described in the section "Exporting Outlook Contacts" section.
Select the file, then click Import Contacts.
After your contacts are imported, a dialog box that indicates the total number of contacts imported.