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Here's my problem, I don't have Vista installed on my desktop, only XP. It is a work PC and I don't see that changing any time soon.
So I am constrained to use MS Active Sync 4.5. It syncs contacts, tasks and calender ok.
Problem is that I rely on Notes on my 7501 heavily at work and can not sync them to my desktop.
Tech support at my job is no help, they just say that my 7501 is not supported. What a bunch of idiots - go back to sleep....
I have heard of Mobsync that will force sync'ing of files to the PC. Has anyone done this with Notes?
And if so, what are the settings and file locations that you used to sync notes to the desktop???
Thanks
Keith Walker
PS I find this super frustrating that I have migrated from an old Sony Clie running Palm OS and syncing of notes was automatic. Now I migrate to WM6 and it won't sync to it's OWN Microcrap desktop OS, WTF????
im running vista, and xp, but can sync my notes on both, with active sync, and mobile device centre, have you tried changing the sync options in active sync and click the notes icon.
Yes I tried that. When I click the notes icon to change the sync options, it tells me that:
"No settings are required for Notes Syncronization. If enabled, the next time you connect your device, all notes on your Device and in Outlook Notes will be syncronized."
So my active sync is enabled for notes sync, but it is not doing that.
The only other thing I can think of is that there is a special location in the 7501 file folders for Notes location. But where should I locate the notes?
Thanks
KWW
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have you tried changing the sync options in active sync and click the notes icon.
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Store the notes in the documents folder on the Athena, not on the microdrive or miniSD.
thanks! I will try that....
On WM6, I have 'My Documents' and 'Documents and Settings'. My notes are located in 'My Documents' and won't transfer over.
So I take it that you can't have subfolders within the Documents Folder?
Hi,
notes are only synced if they are in root of "My Documents". Subfolders are NOT supported.
If you are using your notes heavily, think of using "OneNote" instead of the standard Outlook notes. OneNote is perfect ...
Best regards,
tsfnet
I've got hundreds of notes in the My Documents root and none of them sync over. Active Sync is of no help either.
I will check out One Note, thanks
KWW
Hi,
can you access your notes through windowsexplorer?
Can you see your notes there?
("<devicename>\My Documents\", you should see Some files named "note1.pwi" or something)
Best regards,
Yes I can, but when I copy the notes to my desktop, the pwi file can not be opened.
Perhaps there is a manual import feature in Desktop Outlook or I could somehow get a viewer or file converter for those pwi files.
Any pointers?
Thanks
Keith
tsfnet said:
Hi,
can you access your notes through windowsexplorer?
Can you see your notes there?
("<devicename>\My Documents\", you should see Some files named "note1.pwi" or something)
Best regards,
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Here's an update, I was able to transfer my notes by syncing all my files to the desktop. Now I have a bunch of *.pwi files that I need to somehow port to my Outlook application. Anyone have an idea how to do that?
Barring that, anyone know of a good pwi file viewer??? Word works, sort of...
Sorry, been off sometime. I just don't get it, cause if you see your notes in this folder, they should be synced to Outlook automatically.
Gonna tell you if i find something new concernig your problem.
Best regards,
I've been having the same problem. It looks like WM6 does not convert files when copying from PDA to PC or synching with Desktop (WM5 is doing that just fine). However I do synchronize with Outlook notes directly and it works. I can read my synchronized notes from within Outlook 2003. Another way to read PDA notes is with MS Office OneNote. You go Tools-Copy from Pocket PC and you get all your notes in OneNote. You can then send a note to Word or Outlook as an e-mail.
Hope this helps.
Let me guess, MS One Note costs money, or is it free??
My source of trouble is that the work environment here runs MS Outlook 2002, which probably doesn't support Notes transfer....
keithwwalker said:
Let me guess, MS One Note costs money, or is it free??
My source of trouble is that the work environment here runs MS Outlook 2002, which probably doesn't support Notes transfer....
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It's part of MS Office 2003 like Excel, Visio, etc. Unfortunately I have no experience with MS Outlook 2002 and PDA collaboration. I presume Outlook 2002 does not yet have Notes as a separate subfunction.
Hi,
Outlook 2002 supports notes, but I remember some issues with syncing them. As far as I'm on Outlook 2007 now and didn't use 2002 for years it's hard to remember.
OneNote is part of 2003 and 2007, but only in Professional Version. As a regurlary user of OneNote I absolutely recommend it. It's way better than standard Outlook Notes.
WM6 Notes to Outlook ActiveSync Fix
I just had the same problem using WM6 and Outlook 2007. Notes created in Outlook on my PC synced to WM6, but notes created under WM6 did not sync to Outlook on my PC.
I determined through testing that ActiveSync assumes that Notes to be synchronized from WM6 to Outlook will be in Main memory. I fixed the problem as follows:
1) Start the "Notes" program under WM6.
2) Click "Menu"
3) Click "Options"
4) Click the down-arrow to the right of the "Save to" text box.
5) Select "Main memory"
6) Click "Ok"
Then, create a new test Note under WM6. Synchronize via ActiveSync and you find the test Note you created under WM6 in Outlook 2007.
Syncing Notes with Outlook Versions prior to Outlook2003 never worked for me.
I had severeal WM Devices but syncing the Notes never worked until i got Outlook2003.
Syncing the files manually is of no use because ActiveSync has no converter for them, so you only get the raw .pwi files on your Desktop.
There are ways to import them manually to Outlook but i haven't found a method to automate this.
This seems to be a General Problem. I found a Microsoft KB Articel concenrning this Problem. Maybe it will be of some use for you.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305544/en
Best thing you can do is upgrading to a newer MS Office Version, neither a New OS nor an other WM Device will solve your Problem.
HTH
Thanks for the link, I have to talk to the IT at people work to see if they can get their collective heads out of their asses and get a new version of MS Office!
Hello all, i am leaving winmo this friday for a HTC Hero and i would like to know some things ahead of time.
1. Is ther a bing app for android. i use this every day and would like to continue.
2. how many email acct. can one have on the hero?
3. are there cab. files for android or is everything ran from the app store?
4. will pim backup work to transfer all my contacts, texts, email and so on?
5. are there any other roms to flash to to make it better, and where are they?
i hope some or all can be answered, and i hope this is not a repeat... if so i am sorry, hanx
1. For what purpose?
2. Same as WinMo... one Exchange and as many IMAP/POP3 as you want...
3. Not CABs, they're called APKs in Android, can be installed from device or PC (needs to be enabled in Settings) as well as the market
4. No
5. Modacos and Drizzys is available in the Development forum for Hero, they are custom made from HTCs latest update
Hey, thanks for the quick feed back. just what i needed to know. bing is windows mobile live search cab that give u everything in one place, movie times, weather, business and map searches, gas prices etc. is there anything like it or does google do it all as well? how is the sync feature with windows vista and xp. does android sync with your office suite like winmo does? can you sync calendar, contacts etc.?or will i have to start over with new contact client setup and calendar or something?
It would be in your best interest to set up a google account. I think it syncs your calendar and stuff with google.
Re Syncing of Hero
Yes you can sync your phone so that it gets all your contacts, calendar and emails.
I sync with Exchange to get my emails and calendar entries but use the HTC Sync program to sync contacts. I do this as for some reason I get various errors when syncing contacts through my Exchange account.
This is my first non winmo phone since the first HTC came out on orange and I was very hesitant to leave the platform, however after a week with my G2 (still waiting for T Mobile update!!) i am more than happy and doubt I will venture back unless Microsoft pulls a rabbit out of a hat (or their fingers out of theirs arses) and releases the operating system that people actually want!!
Syncing Hero with Google and Desktop Applications
d.raw24 said:
Hey, thanks for the quick feed back. just what i needed to know. bing is windows mobile live search cab that give u everything in one place, movie times, weather, business and map searches, gas prices etc. is there anything like it or does google do it all as well? how is the sync feature with windows vista and xp. does android sync with your office suite like winmo does? can you sync calendar, contacts etc.?or will i have to start over with new contact client setup and calendar or something?
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The Hero comes with HTC Sync which supposedly lets you sync the phone with the Office suite, but I haven't tried that - by the time I realised it was there, I had already migrated everything over to a mixture of Google and Mozilla.
The way I make it work is by using Google contacts and calendar as the 'central database' that you sync everything with. I use Thunderbird for email and contacts, and Sunbird or Lightning for the calendar. (Lightning is an extension for Thunderbird, and Sunbird is essentially the same program but set as a standalone application). Using the GContactSync add-on with the Thunderbird address book lets it sync with Google contacts, and Sunbird/Lightning can be set up already to work with Google calendar. Ideally you actually keep two calendars in Sunbird; one for your recent appointments, one for the archive. This keeps your life off of Google's servers, and makes the synchronising faster on the phone or desktop.
This setup works well even if you have multiple computers that you all want to sync together, though if some of the computers aren't always connected, such as a laptop, then you need another step. The issue is that Sunbird/Lightning connects directly to Google calendar rather than maintaining an offline calendar which it occasionally syncs with Google. So if your connection drops or you switch off wi-fi to save laptop battery, you lose access to the calendar. The solution is another add-on called GCalDaemon which downloads the calendar from Google and then works with Sunbird/Lightning, syncing with Google when it can.
It might sound complicated, but it's not too bad really!
so many questions?
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Thank steven just what i was after and i never even asked...good man!
d.raw24 said:
Hello all, i am leaving winmo this friday for a HTC Hero
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Having left Winmo for Android are you happy with your choice? I am currently running a HD and a Hero, I was intending leaving Winmo but I am a bit disappointed with Android.
Do you feel you can do everything with Android that you could do with Winmo?
Hi guys and gals. Hoping you can point me in the right direction. I have been using Windows Mobile for several years now. Originally using a HP hx4700 PDA for contacts and appointments. This came pre-installed with Pocket Informant. I then upgraded to a Toshiba TG01 running Windows Mobile 6.5 and have been using it until now without any prooblems. I bought and have been using Pocket Informant with this too. The features that are a must for me are:
1) able to sync with laptop/desktop
2) ability to create appointment from contact
3) being able to send SMS through the appointment screen
4) being able to copy appointment and pasting to another date for regular appointments
5) being able to have different categories for different types of appointments by showing on daily agenda via different colours
I then bought a Motorola Atrix (first time Android) and was disappointed with it.
I have just bought a Nokia Lumia 800 running Windows Phone 7.5. I cannot do any of the above except sync. Does anyone know of any apps (paid or free) that will allow this?
I would like to have all details held on the phone and not sync'ed to a web/cloud unless someone can point me in the right direction. I once tried this with Google Calender and it deleted nearly 1500 appointments. Luckily, I was able to restore from a backup. Past appointments cannot be deleted.
Any help appreciated.
Hi,
I am thinking of buying a HTC one mini 2 (in stead of my iphone 4s).
I have been reading a lot on android lately, but I have got a few more questions before continuing with the transition to android.
I want to keep the phone as it is delivered (no root and or other rom installed on it)
Is it possible then to remove all app icons on the lockscreen using htc sense 6.
I have found how to change the app icons on lockscreen, but not to remove them from lockscreen.
Leaving the lockscreen only with clock ?
Is it possible to setup dropbox to upload automatically all new pictures taken from the device when dropbox app gets opened ?
Does somebody knows an easy why to sync the following to be able to export from ios to android
* Contacts (i have found a way with importing icloud contacts to macbook and then exporting to google services)
* Calendar (i have found a long way this can be done using google calendar and share ios calendar to public, then importing calendar to google and close ios public share, perhaps a smarter way can be used).
* Notes (didn't find any sync possibility to import icloud notes to android) Is there a notes app installed by default on htc one mini 2 ?
Thanks for the help !
HTC has his own Sync Suite, but you can it also use sync using MyPhoneExplorer or other tools. I am happy with my HTC One mini 2 (I came from Oppo Find 5). Only the support from developers needs more time, I think. There is currently no forums section, no custom recovery ...
Google Calendar Reminders on multiple devices (Android(s) + Win desktop).
Scenario: On your Windows desktop, in Google Calendar, you have created an appointment reminder for 3pm tomorrow (or 3 weeks ahead) .
You want that reminder to ring/vibrate your Android phone(s), including Androids in DND (do not disturb) mode.
To my knowledge, Google only lets you create a reminder for the same device. So you will see the event on all your devices calendars, but it will only ring one device.
Is there any way around still with Google?
Or, without Google, but on Android?
@rybshik I'm not using Google at all, neither on PC nor on Android, i.e. no Google calendar.
On Windows PC I'm using Outlook (from Office 2016 Pro) and sync with the calendar (and contacts) of my email provider (posteo.de) via CalDav Synchronizer. On Linux tablet, I'm using Thunderbird with the add-ons Lightning and TbSync (just search for them on Mozilla) to sync with the calendar and contacts of posteo.de.
For synchronisation of calendar and contacts of my Android device with posteo.de I use DAVX5 that is also available via F-Droid.
Works excellent and without any problems including reminders and categories.
Oswald Boelcke said:
@On Windows PC I'm using Outlook ...
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So after you have installed and configured the apps on your Desktop and Android., it goes like this:
On your Windows PC, in MS Outlook you create a calendar event (appointment) .
15 min before the appointment your Android plays a sound or vibrates to remind you of the appointment . All that happens without you touching the phone as long as phone is charged and running.
Correct?
rybshik said:
So after you have installed and configured the apps on your Desktop and Android., it goes like this:
On your Windows PC, in MS Outlook you create a calendar event (appointment) .
15 min before the appointment your Android plays a sound or vibrates to remind you of the appointment . All that happens without you touching the phone as long as phone is charged and running.
Correct?
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I apologise for the delayed response, I've been busy with other stuff. And I hope you didn't mind that we moved this thread to Q&A and closed your other one.
Your assumption is correct. All this happens pending on the time you set in Outlook or Thunderbird how many minutes prior to an appointment you want to be alerted.
Android sound, loudness and vibration depend on your Android settings but the reminder/notification occurs without any requirement to touch the phone.
However, if you create an appointment in Outlook etc. and the synchronisation with your Android device hasn't occured yet (pending on the set synv interval) you obviously won't receive a notification/reminder.
My personal setup: Both, PC and Android, push a new or changed appointment to my posteo.de account immediately when it has been created/changed, but my PC sync's/pulls only every 15 minutes and the Android devices even only 240 minutes. By the way, same applies to my contacts.