Alright, I scoured the Internet and XDA but could not find a reasonable answer to this issue, and by reasonable, I mean one that doesn't involve purchasing/installing a 3rd party application or changing my calendar solution to Google Calendar. To summarize, my Atrix is configured to sync with my Exchange Server. I get my contacts and calendar without any issues, however, I am unable to edit any calendar entries that are established from my desktop PC via Outlook and sync'd via Exchange Server to my phone. If, however, I create the entry on the phone, I am able to edit to my hearts content, and sync still works as expected. I believe this is a 'documented' bug with Froyo, but being new to the Android experience, I wanted to know if anyone on XDA was experiencing a similar issue and what, if any, workarounds were used to fix it. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I really want to keep using this phone because I think it's awesome, but these 'little bugs' in Android could be deal breakers for me in the end.
cant edit calendar entries
using Samsung Galaxy S and connected to our Exchange server, I can only edit entries created on the device. Entries that were synced from the Exchange are in view only mode.
Looking for a solution...
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Can you create repeating Tasks with alarms? Can you assign categories to Contacts, Appointiments, and Tasks. Can all this information sync correctly and directly with an Exchange server?
Exchange Support
My question too, my boss just got one today, and I have to set it up to sync to our exchange server. Has anyone been able to do this successfully?
Well it depends...
If you need a security certificate there might be a slight problem. You'll need to contact the admin of the exchange server and have him approve the phone. I never got that far with my sysadm - I just got a blank "no"!
So I searched for an alternative and came up with two apps that'll do the job:
-Touchdown - didn't work with my mail, but got the contacts and the calendar.
-RoadSync - works beautifully, but has issues with contacts. It's still beta and free for another month so they might come up with a fix before the full version airs.
Get'em both in Market.
Mobile-Review has an in-depth review of the Hero, and a two-part look at Android (the Hero is the first Android device in Russia).
There's bound to be some answers to what the PIM apps can do and what not.
The text translates pretty good in google translate! Take a look:
Hero-review: http://74.125.79.132/translate_c?hl...le.com&usg=ALkJrhg8qM_iQ9guL49UOIUiRaM35o64rw
Android part one: http://74.125.79.132/translate_c?hl...le.com&usg=ALkJrhjqSDygag5z8ACv7CTxhPWh9eXU0Q
Android part two: http://74.125.79.132/translate_c?hl...le.com&usg=ALkJrhhc24NUZ-8f2BpO3gI7m8COcKeMLw
kvist80 said:
Well it depends...
If you need a security certificate there might be a slight problem. You'll need to contact the admin of the exchange server and have him approve the phone. I never got that far with my sysadm - I just got a blank "no"!
So I searched for an alternative and came up with two apps that'll do the job:
-Touchdown - didn't work with my mail, but got the contacts and the calendar.
-RoadSync - works beautifully, but has issues with contacts. It's still beta and free for another month so they might come up with a fix before the full version airs.
Get'em both in Market.
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I believe that a security certificate will not be a problem for me. I have an account on a hosted exchange service, thru Sherweb, for my personal use.
Outlook 2007
I'd like to ask if it is possible to synchronize directly with Outlook 2007 (cable or bluetooth), thanks and sorry for my english
Hi,
I am trying to delete emails from my IMAP account an my SGSII (Samsung stock emailing programm).
Now my problem is that all emails I delete once just reappear the next time I sync with my IMAP account. So its simply impossible to delete emails on my phone.
This problem also exists on the GalaxyTab as far as I know.
Hotmail works fine(but hotmail doesnt use IMAP as far as I know).
One simple solution would be to just not use the samsung emailing program. I tried K9 today, but I kinda dont like the fact that it doesnt come with an widget. I also like the stock program better.
Any clue what I am doing wrong?
its also not possible to open most attachments directly from inside the emailing application(.pdf,.jpg etc.).
It does work occationally but must of the time it doesnt.
Solved:
Not using Polaris Office did the trick for me.
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How did you resolve the IMAP email problem? I'm experiencing the same behaviour. Gmail IMAP works fine (with the stock email client, not the stock Gmail client). However, my work email which is IMAP doesn't work correctly.
I simply stopped using the stock program.
And now I kinda started to love K9.
But K9 didn't get along with my hotmail account(it has no IMAP;always redownloaded old emails;I had a data usage of 200mb in one day^^) so I started to auto. redirect all my mails to gmail. That works flawless til now.
oh man, same here!
I use the same settings on Nexus One, V880 or even Ipod Touch, both works except SG2! any clue yet?
No I didnt find no solution.
I am happy with K9 now .
Greets.
Apparently using POP instead of IMAP, you have the option to delete from the server... Of course IMAP is supposed to do this anyway, but worth considering POP - especially if the other advantages of IMAP are of no interest to you.
Personally, folder synchronisation means nothing if it can't even sync deleted emails...
I tried to chase this up with Samsung support, but of course they're useless... It's obviously a software bug, but they suggested a reflash and then trip to the service centre if that doesn't fix it...
We all know a trip to the service centre will certainly not fix it if a reflash wont...
Curiously, I've got a VHA ROM on my phone, and wondering what everyone else has, presuming it might be an issue in the branded ROM, but not in the generic ROM...
I'm sure I'm not the only one who cares, but I did a little bit of research, and although it doesn't seem to help, there's setting the IMAP path prefix (usually 'INBOX'), which should direct deleted emails into INBOX.Trash as opposed to the android Trash folder, and therefore delete them off the server.
Sadly, trying 20 variations, I still couldn't get it to work... but it might work with your email provider (just didn't with mine)
If all else fails, and you really want to use the Samsung email app (which I do, since K9 does not have activesync Exchange support - only the other one, which doesn't help me), instead of deleting emails, just go: Menu/Move to Folder/INBOX.Trash - this is the same as what Delete should be doing...
Hope that helps somewhat...
same issue: any solution found yet?
Saw a few threads mentioning there are issues with Gingerbread and outlook e-mail.
Anyone know how to get it working?
I tried touchdown, it helped me sync the calendar, but not the e-mails.
Mike
Some notes:
1: I've been able to get G-mail working.
2: Calendar will sync for Exchange.
3: Tried both touchdown and Moxier Pro.
4: Able to send an e-mail.
5: Have entered appropriate APN
6: Know exchange server will work with other Android phone running Gingerbread.
I found a post on the SE site which seems to indicate a solution.
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/40628#40628
Tried contacting my Microsoft Exchange email server admin and he said the solution was specific to a particular setup
and that ours didn't match since we use Cisco routers.
Can anyone explain how the solution in this link is supposed to work? It seems to imply all that needs to be done is make
an adjustment in the MS Exchange server for the SE setup.
However, I don't understand enough of the explanation to understand what really needs to be done.
Mike
Found the answer.
I'm surprised no one else has run into this issue. Issue turned out to be the last thing I would have expected.
My inbox was too big! I never considered this would be an issue since I set the retrieve option for 3 days worth of my e-mail.
There's some sort of issue with the way the sync works. The guys at touch down helped me identify this problem.
Maybe this will save some other poor soul hours of investigation.
Here is a tool that was helpful for testing the active sync connection. active sync diagnostic.
I'd recommend using touchdown to because it can also be useful for tracking down why e-mail connectivity isn't working. They provide a diagnostic log. They also have a very helpful google groups community.
Regards,
Mike
Hello guys. I got my sgs2 with stock firmware 2.3.3 two weeks ago. I was able to set up every account flawlessly except for my exchange office email. It keeps displaying 'set up could not finish/ Cannot connect to server'. All my entries are correct and my network too is good. I tried connecting on my former device, samsung vibrant, and worked flawlessly. So also on some other devices i tried. I have read in this forum several solutions and inhave tried them all. Connect through wifi , using the exchange account under 'accounts and sync ', using 'edge' only type of connevtivity , i have also updated to stock 2.3.5 and still having the same problem. I dont want to change the email apk as some did and will prefer using the stock email app (not third party app)
Please, does anyone having any idea on getting my exchange account to connect on the sgs2? I need to sync my exchange contacts, mails and calender. Will appreciate every response to solving this problem.
Thanks guys
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Please guys, I am still waiting for anyone that has a clue about solving this problem. It will be highly appreciated.
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I know you don't want to use a third party app but your problem may be on the administrator side of your account. Try the demo of Touchdown Exchange and see if that works. If it does, then you know it's a samsung problem.
Btw, there is a limit to the number of phones you can add to your email account with exchange. Each time you put on a new rom, it treats this as a new phone. Through owa or outlook, check how many mobile devices are registered to your account.
Setup for Office 365 Exchange Account (Small Business)
I just got my SGS2 today and tried setting up my Office365 Exchange account.
I ran into issues, getting a similar error message to OP.
The solution was:
1st Screen
- on the 1st setup screen, fill in username and password
- choose "Manual Setup"
- when asked what type of account, choose "Exchange Activesync"
2nd Screen
- there are 3 fields: a) Domain:user name b) Password c) Exchange Server
a) format is domain\user name (i.e. whatever.com\[email protected])
b) already filled in
c) normally, server address is m.outlook.com when using Office365. Samsung dares to be different - you need to find your actual server address, not the generic one.
Go to this address to get details for filling in these fields: http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/dd936215.aspx
Once I accepted the various activation messages, an error message flashed very briefly, but then sync was established and I synced very quickly.
I think the message was: "Cannot open connection with server due to security error", but I can't be sure
I ignored that error message, as sync seems to be working perfectly, with "push" activesync.
This was discussed on the Office 365 forum. Here's the link: http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/160/t/5282.aspx
I realise you may not have Office 365 Exchange, but I'm posting this in case it may be of help in some way.
P.S. Must say, I'm very chuffed that Samsung's native Exchange client supports Tasks and SMS sync, in addition to the standard options. SMS Sync seems faster than it was on HD2...
thanks guys. I really appreciate all the responses. I have tried out the solutions provided . I installed the touchdown app and it worked straight away. my mails, calendar, contacts & talks sync completely.
I also read through the links provided above and really never made any error initially on setting up my exchange account. Though I still followed through the steps/settings for exchange setup and still encountered the problem. one thing I like to clarify is that I am not sure if the server in my office is 'office 365' has being explained on that site. I think we use the exchange 2007. if the exchange server type is the issue, will using one if the email apk posted under themes and apps section work for me if installed? Because, I really will prefer using a stock email app. or is there any other way I can get the stock email app to work without giving me those error messages?
Also, will installing one of the custom roms get it working?
I am up to purchasing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 but I see that no clear solution is available to below.
Here is my question in order to sure about what is going on:
Is there any simple way to import and/or sync outlook (mail,contacts,calendar etc) with android phone and/or tablet?
e.g:In my outlook I can export -as back up- all above (mail,contacts,calendar etc) in a pst file. Can i import same to android phone and/or tablet? without using anything like Google account, exchange server etc?
This i am telling since my mail, is a company mail account so -as I am sure you understand- i cannot have company mails out on the net.
ps:I am from Greece and i hope my writing is understandable
It's very understandable, you just need a google account only for the sake of the Market and apps and everything, but im sure you can import your contacts. I really don't know if you can use company mail as a solution for Market but all Android tab's require a gmail dummy account to track market. The stock Email client I think can import, not sure in pst file. Id love to try it but I stopped using Outlook for 2 years now and I don't have any pst file lying around
Two solutions
Hi,
There are 2 ways to solve this:
1) Define a corporate account on your android phone with your Company's exchave server settings. This will allow you to sync all your emails, contacts, calendar... The bad part of this is that if your company's exchange server has some security setup, you will be forced to setup a security code to punch in everytime you try to use your phone. For me, this is pretty annoying.
2) Second solution, there is a SW called Touch Down which you can find in Play Store. This will allow you to sync all contacts, emails... and you don't need to use the security code thingy. The only limirations, I have faced, is that all updates will need to be done through Touch Down interface with your company's Exchange server (e.g. contacts updates will not be possible from People application).
Give this SW a try... you might like it
You could also put a "thank you" for me