[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5

[Joe Schmigel]

I agree, it has been more trouble than its worth.

On Sunday, October 31, 2004, at 03:29  PM, Terry Thiel wrote:

> They have not updated their product in some time.  It looks to me like  
> they have abandoned their Pocket PC product.  I would suggest buying  
> Pocket Mac instead.  Missing Sync for Pocket PC was a waste of money  
> for me.
> -Terry
> On Oct 31, 2004, at 1:08 PM,  
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>>    1. Endless contact sync loop (David Ramsey)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:01:08 -0700
>> From: David Ramsey <dramsey at neko.com>
>> Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Endless contact sync loop
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>> A weird situation has developed when I try to sync my iPAQ 4700 to my
>> Mac.
>>
>> The first time through, iSync will display a single (seemingly random)
>> contact record and announce there's a conflict between the version on
>> my Mac and the version on the iPaq. The information displayed seems to
>> differ in the number of spaces between fields.
>>
>> I choose one or the other and re-sync. After _that_ finishes, I'm told
>> there are 62 or 63 conflicts. I choose the check box to reconcile them
>> all one way or the other and sync yet again.
>>
>> Now I'm back to the one random record. And this cycle repeats  
>> endlessly.
>>
>> I finally "resolved" things by removing the Pocket PC from iSync,
>> re-adding it, and choosing the option to erase all information on the
>> Pocket PC and replace it with information from my Mac.
>>
>> The first sync after that noted 6 calendar conflicts, which seems odd
>> considering that all the calendar info on the iPAQ was theoretically
>> replaced, by subsequent syncs worked fine.
>>
>> Two questions:
>>
>> 1. Any ideas what caused the original "eternal conflict" problem?
>>
>> 2. Is it normal for a sync operation to (slowly) read every single
>> contact from the Pocket PC?
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:15:34 +0100
>> From: Rick Payne <rickp at rossfell.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Endless contact sync loop
>> To: "The Missing Sync (Mac/Pocket PC)"
>> 	<missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com>
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>> --On Saturday, October 30, 2004 11:01 pm -0700 David Ramsey
>> <dramsey at neko.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 1. Any ideas what caused the original "eternal conflict" problem?
>>>
>>> 2. Is it normal for a sync operation to (slowly) read every single
>>> contact from the Pocket PC?
>>
>> This, along with the inability to handle repeating items correctly
>> (sometimes shifting them forward by a day during a sync) and items in
>> different timezones makes the whole missing-sync experience a bad one  
>> for
>> me.
>>
>> I've done their suggested 'reset everything' routine, but Missing  
>> Sync on
>> the second sync after the complete reset of everything wants to alter  
>> 157
>> events already.
>>
>> An update may solve this (indeed, they said they could replicated it 6
>> weeks ago and promised an 'update soon') - but frankly, I'm not  
>> holding my
>> breath.
>>
>> Rick
>>
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