Request: Windows Contacts to Diamond - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps

Hi guys!
I know it´s a freaking funny question, but: How difficult would it be to create a software that synchronizes the Windows Contacts with your Diamond?
I remember the easy life with my wifes I Phone: Plug in, Synchronize and DONE!
Now due to my trouble with Microsoft Outlook (it just crashed and can not be reinstalled so far!?) all my Contacts got lost after using Active Snyc... (my bad, i know )
How stupid can Microsoft be, to expect everybody having f..... Outlook?
Would be nice to hear any suggestions or EVEN a guy who´s eager to program that usefull thingy
Have a nice day,
Seco

Seco83 said:
Hi guys!
I know it´s a freaking funny question, but: How difficult would it be to create a software that synchronizes the Windows Contacts with your Diamond?
I remember the easy life with my wifes I Phone: Plug in, Synchronize and DONE!
Now due to my trouble with Microsoft Outlook (it just crashed and can not be reinstalled so far!?) all my Contacts got lost after using Active Snyc... (my bad, i know )
How stupid can Microsoft be, to expect everybody having f..... Outlook?
Would be nice to hear any suggestions or EVEN a guy who´s eager to program that usefull thingy
Have a nice day,
Seco
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theres tons of 3rd party apps but whats wrong with the outlook supplied with your phone? are you using xp or vista?

Herbalisation said:
theres tons of 3rd party apps but whats wrong with the outlook supplied with your phone? are you using xp or vista?
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there's also the microsoft myphone service (so far free)... haven't tried it - but i believe it's a great concept of having online backup of contacts & calendar, etc...

I've got all my contacts synced between the Diamond, my PC's Outlook and GMail contacts, by just using active sync. I also do periodic backups with PIMBackup just in case something bad happens and I lost any or all of them after a bad sync...

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ZYB sync, missing numbers.

Hi all, my first question here. I've been all over the net to find a solution, and I did all the searching here aswell. No go.
I've been using ZYB to sync my contacts from an SE K600i, a Nokia 6230i and a Nokia 5500. It has been the most hasslefree solution to sync phones IMO.
Now I've tried it with my HTC TD2, and it synced perfectly with the little app provided...until I discovered...
Many numbers on the ZYB list are categorized as "Preferred, Voice" instead of "Mobile" or other useful category. The TD2 does not recognize this category and the number is not added to the contact. I have a gzillion contacts, and I'm looking for a way to correct this automatically.
I've thought of resyncing it with the Nokia, and then with my installed Nokia suite, doing some overall changes on the PC, and then transfering the list back, syncing with zyb, syncing again with TD2...but it's a long shot. I'm not even sure it can be done like that.
Any ideas to do this smoothly? Edit the zyb cab maybe?
As far as I know, Zyb and WM isn't a 100% compatible match...
Microsoft have made MyPhone for WM devices, and it works beautifully!
You could maybe sync your contacts via Outlook or something like that first, from the Nokia to your new TD2.
Then install MyPhone, and make a new sync there...
I think you need some 3rd party software to get ZYB to work as intended with WM, but then again - I am not sure about this since it's ages since I used ZYB myself...

Lotus notes @ HTC calendar sync?

is it possible, how?
thnx
p.s. sorry if there is a thread, i tryed to search but didnt find anything..
Hi, I'm not entirely sure what your question is as your post title is not clear.
But, if you want to sync Lotus "Nuts" (I hate it but have it in the office) with the HD2 then Easy Sync Pro from IBM works quite well. It does do contacts (without photos) and calendar and tasks OK.
There is also a "Traveller " program for Lotus that claims to sync but I have not tried it.
XTNDConnect PC (6.5) works fine for me (with Lotus Notus 8)
Cheesy Dave said:
Hi, I'm not entirely sure what your question is as your post title is not clear.
But, if you want to sync Lotus "Nuts" (I hate it but have it in the office) with the HD2 then Easy Sync Pro from IBM works quite well. It does do contacts (without photos) and calendar and tasks OK.
There is also a "Traveller " program for Lotus that claims to sync but I have not tried it.
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"Traveller" works very good for me. The easy way to do it.
Regards Johs.
I'm using XTNDConnect, works ok
Thou i hate Lotus Notes (used at my company).
Hey there!
Got my Leo two days ago and tried it with XTND Connect 6.0. Didn´t work, so i got the tiral of version 6.5. Now it always tells me it "cannot sync and i should check if acvite sync is working."
I definitely have an active sync connection but it won´t work.
I also reinstalled active sync and xtnd connect and re-configured them, but it dowsn´t work.
Can anyone help me?
best regards
*Kleinholz*
kleinholzinferno said:
Hey there!
Got my Leo two days ago and tried it with XTND Connect 6.0. Didn´t work, so i got the tiral of version 6.5. Now it always tells me it "cannot sync and i should check if acvite sync is working."
I definitely have an active sync connection but it won´t work.
I also reinstalled active sync and xtnd connect and re-configured them, but it dowsn´t work.
Can anyone help me?
best regards
*Kleinholz*
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Take XTND V7.xx it works.
Lotus Notes still exists?
I thought people used a real groupware server -- Exchange.
My work use Lotus Notes Traveller, its pretty good, the managers and directors can use it on there S740 Rose and Touch Diamond 2s.... So its gotta be easy to use, updates calendar on the phone also and notifies of meetings.
Thanks for the reply!
I uninstalled everything again and then it worked fine with xtnd connect v6.0.
Yesterday I got the 7.1 release, installed it and everything works fine now.
The only problem is that when i sync my emails the programm syncs them but into th outlook inbox. So I can´t reach them via the softkey and have to change the folder to outllok inbox everytime i want to have a llok at my emails.
Is there anything to adjust to view them on the email screen?
Thanks for your help!
*Kleinholz*

[Q] Outlook synchronization on Streak with Froyo

Hi, I bought my streak yesterday. It came pre-loaded with Android 1.6, which immediately upon switching on the device, got updated to Android 2.2.
My concern is that I am NOT ABLE TO SYNCHRONIZE my MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2010 data like CONTACTS, TASKS, CALENDAR and MAILs to my STREAK.
Its my first android device. And for last 5 years I have been using (handheld devices/PDA's) with WINDOWS MOBILE OS with latest being HD2, and all these years, I have been very very comfortably using Activesync, to synchronize all this.
I must also mention that I have tried to do a lot of search on XDA and google, with suggestions like using third party applications, but none of them are practically working.
I am a business user and my work necessitates me to have all this outlook data (including mails) to be with me (on my handheld device) always. In fact I was delighted to read claims on XDA "There is NOTHING that an android device can not do which a winmo device can do...". But then ,this is what is the LEAST that I want to my STREAK to perform... or else I might have to return this and buy HD7!!!
Any suggestions???
VCOrganizer does it all, it sync also outlook notes and is compatible with office 2010 .
00roberto00 said:
VCOrganizer does it all, it sync also outlook notes and is compatible with office 2010 .
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Thanks 00roberto00, Let me try thsiright away and shall get back to you with feedback
Use the Touchdown app that came on the device. I had no problems synching information needed with outlook.
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00roberto00 said:
VCOrganizer does it all, it sync also outlook notes and is compatible with office 2010 .
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While that is the theory, I have had problems with VCOrganizer duplicating my Contacts and corrupting my Outlook data. I don't believe that I am alone in this - look at the comments for this application in the App Market.
The best resource for understanding what applications are available to synchronise between Outlook and Android phones is http://syncdroid.net/ which has a very good chart comparing the features of each.
mhh. i had no probs.
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VCOrganizer does it all, it sync also outlook notes and is compatible with office 2010 .
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Could not get VCorganizer to try and am not ready pay unless I am sure it will really work.
I did try CompanionLink-Dejaoffice and it is disappointing. While CompanionLink is PC based application it needs Dejaoffice simultaneously, which is the device based application. And, well... it does SYNC (only contacts/calendars/tasks and not mails!!! the great disappointment is in teh fact that the contacts which are actually synced are not part of the default contact manager, and hence one can not USE it practically thorugh the dialpad for making calls, and even that incoming calls (of any saved contact) does not get recognized!!!
I am ready to pay any good amount provided I get something as useful as Activesync of Windows mobiles!!!
bennysangel said:
Use the Touchdown app that came on the device. I had no problems synching information needed with outlook.
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Thanks Bennysangel.
Touchdown is an exchange server client. I mean I am not sure if it will really do the needful as Activesync (desktop Activesync- for Winodws mobiles). i did google to read more about it, but as I read, it is not going to the job... that is SYNCING CONTACTS (in the default contacts managers of froyo), SYNCING MAILS and TASKS/CALENDARS!!!
Bennysangel, can you please guide me on this Touchdown with your experience on it. Thanks again.
anyway u cant sync emails even with VCOrganizer. for email sync u need some exchange client/server.
the first time u sync contacs with VCO it duplicates (its also stated on them FAQs) but after 2nd sync everything goes ok.
before VCO I tried anything else but this was the only app syncing also outlook notes and working with the 64bit office 2010
Ravindra9 said:
I am ready to pay any good amount provided I get something as useful as Activesync of Windows mobiles!!!
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I think that we are both looking for something that doesn't exist. It is not in Google's interest to make it easy for users to sync an Android phone with a Microsoft product. Google's model is based on people storing their data on their servers (where they can commercially exploit that data), and not locally on their PCs in a format which is proprietary to one of their main competitors (Microsoft).
Don't forget that ActiveSync was a Microsoft product which synchronised between two other Microsoft products (Outlook and WinMo). Perhaps you should consider a WinMo7 phone (and if there was one with a screen as big as the Streak, that's what I would probably buy)?
My personal experience is that many of the solutions which sound as if they will do the job do not live up to their advertising. I have tried a number of them now, and have had all sorts of problems (duplicated entries, corrupt data, removal of Category/Priority/Note information, incorrect date/time, etc).
As I have mentioned before, there is an extremely comprehensive list of the synchronisation solutions which are available at the Syncdroid web site. and if you do find any which are not listed there, please let the web master know, as he will add them.
Philip said:
I think that we are both looking for something that doesn't exist. It is not in Google's interest to make it easy for users to sync an Android phone with a Microsoft product. Google's model is based on people storing their data on their servers (where they can commercially exploit that data), and not locally on their PCs in a format which is proprietary to one of their main competitors (Microsoft).
Don't forget that ActiveSync was a Microsoft product which synchronised between two other Microsoft products (Outlook and WinMo). Perhaps you should consider a WinMo7 phone (and if there was one with a screen as big as the Streak, that's what I would probably buy)?
My personal experience is that many of the solutions which sound as if they will do the job do not live up to their advertising. I have tried a number of them now, and have had all sorts of problems (duplicated entries, corrupt data, removal of Category/Priority/Note information, incorrect date/time, etc).
As I have mentioned before, there is an extremely comprehensive list of the synchronisation solutions which are available at the Syncdroid web site. and if you do find any which are not listed there, please let the web master know, as he will add them.
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Thanks Philip, you are very precisely hitting the nail in the head!!!
The only reason I got attracted to buy this STREAK is due to its huge screen size- which genuinely gives the pleasure of a mobile phone cum tablet!!! I agree with you that I should prefer to buy a Windows Phone device however there is unfortunately NO other device with 5 inch screen, the nearest being HTC HD7. I am seriously considering giving up this Streak and buy HD7 now.
And for that matter, it would be a welcome if there could be some chef who could cook a WINDOWS MOBILE ROM (be it 6.5.x also if not windows phoen 7 OS ROM!!!) that I can flash on STREAK
Ravindra9 said:
Hi, I bought my streak yesterday. It came pre-loaded with Android 1.6, which immediately upon switching on the device, got updated to Android 2.2.
My concern is that I am NOT ABLE TO SYNCHRONIZE my MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2010 data like CONTACTS, TASKS, CALENDAR and MAILs to my STREAK.
Its my first android device. And for last 5 years I have been using (handheld devices/PDA's) with WINDOWS MOBILE OS with latest being HD2, and all these years, I have been very very comfortably using Activesync, to synchronize all this.
I must also mention that I have tried to do a lot of search on XDA and google, with suggestions like using third party applications, but none of them are practically working.
I am a business user and my work necessitates me to have all this outlook data (including mails) to be with me (on my handheld device) always. In fact I was delighted to read claims on XDA "There is NOTHING that an android device can not do which a winmo device can do...". But then ,this is what is the LEAST that I want to my STREAK to perform... or else I might have to return this and buy HD7!!!
Any suggestions???
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Hi,
The Dell PC Suite syncs contacts, calendar, tasks & notes with Outlook. have you tried that?
http://support.dell.com/support/top...71813763D71D397E040AC0A65E96FA0&isLegacy=true
Insane Devil said:
Hi,
The Dell PC Suite syncs contacts, calendar, tasks & notes with Outlook. have you tried that?
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Doesn't work with 2.2, only with 2.1 sadly.
See this page on syncdroid.net.
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Doesn't work with 2.2, only with 2.1 sadly.
See this page on syncdroid.net.
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Yes mate thats correct tried it a couple of weeks ago .
But when a was reading this thread i thought i would just have a look at dells page to see if its been updated,
Anyway downloaded the latest version installed it coupled up my baby and all was fine synced music, pics, outlook contacts and the rest, so it seems to be OK now .
Give it a try
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Anyway downloaded the latest version installed it coupled up my baby and all was fine synced music, pics, outlook contacts and the rest, so it seems to be OK now .
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Now I'm confused.
Are you referring to the Nero software that Dell are using with FroYo, rather than the discontinued Dell PC Suite? If so, I understood that it only syncs Contacts from Microsoft Outlook (not least because Dell have removed the Task and Notes applications from 2.2 that they had provided with 2.1).
When you say "all the rest", do you mean that it syncs Calendar, Tasks and Notes from Outlook? If so, what applications does it use on the phone to access Tasks and Notes?
Philip said:
Now I'm confused.
Are you referring to the Nero software that Dell are using with FroYo, rather than the discontinued Dell PC Suite? If so, I understood that it only syncs Contacts from Microsoft Outlook (not least because Dell have removed the Task and Notes applications from 2.2 that they had provided with 2.1).
When you say "all the rest", do you mean that it syncs Calendar, Tasks and Notes from Outlook? If so, what applications does it use on the phone to access Tasks and Notes?
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You are right on that score philip just contacts, sorry for the confusion

Missing Sync - did anybody try?

Ok, did anybody try:
Missing Sync?
I want to know if it really nicely syncs Contacts and Calendar with Outlook.
So none of you syncs the device with Outlook?
Or PC Companion does?
I would be very grateful for information.
Anyone?!......
I'm not a outlook user but maybe this can help: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync
you are syncing with google, so try to sync outlook with google
Someone once recommended using HTC Sync, and even though I didn't have an HTC phone it worked!
But I mainly use CompanionLink.
This is a great site to do some research:
http://syncdroid.net/
commodoor said:
I'm not a outlook user but maybe this can help: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync
you are syncing with google, so try to sync outlook with google
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Thanks but it works only for people with payed servers.
Doesn't work like Hotmail Connector which is great.
Rashkae said:
Someone once recommended using HTC Sync, and even though I didn't have an HTC phone it worked!
But I mainly use CompanionLink.
This is a great site to do some research:
http://syncdroid.net/
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I will not use HTC soft on SE.
But that link reminded me of MyPhoneExplorer designed for SE!
doministry said:
I will not use HTC soft on SE.
But that link reminded me of MyPhoneExplorer designed for SE!
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No, it's only on your PC - no need to install anything on the Arc.
Rashkae said:
No, it's only on your PC - no need to install anything on the Arc.
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Did you use MyPhoneExplorer?
It looks like a sync software designed for SE phones.
doministry said:
Did you use MyPhoneExplorer?
It looks like a sync software designed for SE phones.
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I know that app used it with my older SE phones. But i'm a mac/linux user so can't use that application
doministry said:
Ok, did anybody try:
Missing Sync?
I want to know if it really nicely syncs Contacts and Calendar with Outlook.
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It's okay, when it works.
Found a good piece on it...
http://forum.syncdroid.net/smf/index.php?topic=13.msg234#new
OTOH, I would like to hear from people who've tried both MyPhoneExplorer and Missing Sync.
Gave it a quick tryout. Looks good. One thing bugs me through. It access sweetcandy.com (or sth like that...) on installation...? I also remember on the Market comments one reviewer said it installed unwnated ads... Umhum...
What about PCCompanion?
doministry said:
What about PCCompanion?
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what's that?
999phonebug said:
what's that?
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SE software to make PC sync....
Missing Sync works with Outlook
Yes...I've used Missing Sync with Outlook 2007, but it also works with 2003 and 2010. It allows me to sync without putting my data in Google.
HughJR said:
Yes...I've used Missing Sync with Outlook 2007, but it also works with 2003 and 2010. It allows me to sync without putting my data in Google.
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Superb so it works ok?
Just registered with a single post just to tell you the program works... Ummhum...
Heh thanks!
I'm an Android newbie and missed my WMDeviceCenter for sync with Outlook 2007 calender and contacts alot.
I've found MyPhoneExplorer and apart from some errors with repeating appointments it works as it should, and besides that...it's free .
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/home.php
Haven' tried MissingSync, but thought i'd share my experiences anywayz

Sync Contacts - Outlook / Note

Since Kies doesn't work with some of the latest ICS custom ROMs, can anybody recommend a good utility to syncronise contacts between Outlook & the Note, or as an alternative Outlook & GMail
Thanks
Take a look at Gsyncit. It costs, but it works. Sync is from Outlook to/from the Google cloud and then between the Google cloud and your phone(s). That should make it independent of the ROM on your phone.
My girlfriend has a copy running between Outlook 2010 and Froyo on her Motorola Defy. I have a copy running between Outlook 2003 and my GB Note, and ZTE Blade on Eclair and GB before that.
It means that sync can occur in the background and you don't have to take any positive action to force a sync between laptop/PC and your phone. So long as they are each on the net at some point the sync will just go ahead automatically.
I might add that for the first year of use there did seem to be some instability, with Outlook sometimes being crashed by the plugin on startup, but never any data loss as a result. For the last several months - certainly all of 2012 so far - it has been faultless for both of us.
Hi tdodd,
I have a similar question, my father uses a HTC Touch Pro, and has around 1000 contacts on it.
I have finally convinced him to upgrade to the Galaxy Note, but now I need to solve the sync problem of all his contacts.
The biggest problem that I think I will have will be that outlook always shows the Last name first and only than the first name. Would the Gsyncit program identify correctly the names or would I need to edit each contact to change the first name and last name?
I am looking right now for a way to transfer the contacts from Windows Mobile 6.1 to the Android 2.3.6.
Can SMS and Call logs be transferred also or those ones would get lost?
Thank you all for your help.
To my knowledge and experience Gsyncit will sync contacts, calendar events, notes and tasks. Maybe there is new stuff in Outlook 2010 which I don't know about, but for me it does not sync call logs or SMS messages because, apart from anything else, Outlook 2003 does not hold such information.
As for contact field mapping, in Outlook you have individual fields for surname, forename and other parts of the name if required. The "File As" display is assembled within Outlook from those individual fields if they exist. If you only input data to Outlook in the File As field then I'm not exactly sure how that gets handled, but it should sync across one way or another.
Since Gsyncit is only responsible for sync between Outlook and the Google Cloud it should not matter which Android phone you have because it is down to Google/Android to take care of the sync between the cloud and your own device. That part of the sync has nothing to do with Gsyncit.
If you have a Windows 6.1 device (I used to have a WM5 phone before moving to Android) then it should be simple to sync contacts into Outlook using MS tools. Once in Outlook you could use Gsyncit to sync the Outlook contacts up to the cloud and then let Google sync from the cloud to the Android phone.
However, if it is a one off exercise only, with no sync back and forth required in the future then I believe you can export the contacts from Outlook to a CSV file and then import the CSV file to Google on the web from where they will propogate to the Android phone. For such a one off exercise there is no need to purchase Gsyncit at all.
When I bought Gsyncit for myself there was a free trial available for something like five days and 20 contacts/events. So you can always give it a spin for free and see if it does what you need, assuming the trial is still part of the offering. My purchase was 20 months ago.
p.s. Google finds it easily enough, but here is a link with reviews - https://www.google.com/enterprise/m...ductListingId=4262+17155367427235402467&pli=1
http://sourceforge.net/projects/googlesyncmod/
I use this to sync my outlook contacts with gmail (and vice versa)...works great and its free!
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nunosm said:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/googlesyncmod/
I use this to sync my outlook contacts with gmail (and vice versa)...works great and its free!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Does it copy the contact photos/profile pictures across too?
cgjones said:
Does it copy the contact photos/profile pictures across too?
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Never tried it because i dont have them on outlook. Give it a try....
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tdodd said:
Take a look at Gsyncit. It costs, but it works. Sync is from Outlook to/from the Google cloud and then between the Google cloud and your phone(s). That should make it independent of the ROM on your phone.
My girlfriend has a copy running between Outlook 2010 and Froyo on her Motorola Defy. I have a copy running between Outlook 2003 and my GB Note, and ZTE Blade on Eclair and GB before that.
It means that sync can occur in the background and you don't have to take any positive action to force a sync between laptop/PC and your phone. So long as they are each on the net at some point the sync will just go ahead automatically.
I might add that for the first year of use there did seem to be some instability, with Outlook sometimes being crashed by the plugin on startup, but never any data loss as a result. For the last several months - certainly all of 2012 so far - it has been faultless for both of us.
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Thank you. As ever though, I didn't want to pay for anything
nunosm said:
Never tried it because i dont have them on outlook. Give it a try....
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Yes, it copies the profile pictures across too
Thank you
cgjones said:
Yes, it copies the profile pictures across too
Thank you
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Glad to help....
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cgjones said:
Since Kies doesn't work with some of the latest ICS custom ROMs, can anybody recommend a good utility to syncronise contacts between Outlook & the Note, or as an alternative Outlook & GMail
Thanks
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Kies should work. You might need to switch the mode your Note is connecting to the computer.
I used this app when I was having issues and Kies works perfectly again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch&hl=en

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