[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Total failure to sync anything with a Treo 650!

[Stephen Alder]

Yes, but mine doesn't work at all now! I know that I have to use the 
iSync conduit, which is limited, but at least it should give some sort 
of syncing - mine now does nothing...
S (Thanks for your reply)

On 22 Nov 2005, at 20:34, John Gruber wrote:

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> --- Stephen Alder <stephenalder at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I recently bought a Treo 659 which synchronised
>> quite well with the
>> Palm software - however, I was tempted by the
>> internet description of
>> Missing Sync's abilities, and I foolishly bought a
>> copy! Since then my
>> usage of the phone has declined to the point where
>> I've had to give up
>> using the Treo 650 and revert to my old Nokia 6310i!
>> The phone (Treo) will now not sync at all; it has no
>> contact numbers on
>> it and no calendar! I have followed all instructions
>> from support to
>> the letter, and it has just got worse and worse...
>> I have done a hard reset on handheld; reset device
>> in iSync (losing all
>> my emails and text messages in the process) and it
>> now tells me that:
>>
>> Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:12
>>   |Stephen Alder| Error synchronizing with the Palm
>> handheld. The Palm
>> device is configured to use Palm Desktop conduits
>> which conflict with
>> iSync.
>> If you are synchronizing contacts, the Palm Desktop
>> conduit for Address
>> Book must be disabled in the Palm HotSync Manager
>> application before
>> the device can be synchronized with iSync.
>> If you are synchronizing calendars, the Palm Desktop
>> conduits for Date
>> Book and To Do List must be disabled in the Palm
>> HotSync Manager
>> application before the device can be synchronized
>> with iSync.
>>   Can't synchronize contacts to Stephen Alder:
>> device is not available
>>   Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to
>> Stephen Alder: device
>> is not available
>>
>>
>> However this is not possible (disabling Hot Sync) as
>> MS disables this
>> function.
>> I was getting thousands of duplicate addresses
>> before I started taking
>> "advice" from MS support - I now have none (except
>> in my OSX address
>> book); I can't access anything in Palm desktop,
>> because the Beachball
>> spins all the time and I have to Force quit; after
>> reading hundreds of
>> emails in this discussion list, I am truly sorry
>> that I ever bought it!
>>
>> I use;
>> Palmone Treo 650
>> Carrier Orange
>> Palm OS 4.2.1
>> Missing sync 5.0.2
>> Mac OS 10.3.9
>> Address book 3.1.2
>> iCal 1.5.5
>> itunes 6.0.1
>> iphoto 4.0.3
>> isync 1.5
>>
>> Can anyone help? Or shall I go back to Palm
>> software?
>> Yours unsynchronisedly,
>> Stephen
>>
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