[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk]
Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 22, Issue 2
Tom Mondschein
tmond at moravian.edu
Mon Nov 1 19:57:08 PST 2004
Manny,
I would also deduce that your deduction is incorrect.
Human error is not a part of the equation if, following installation
instructions, the product is installed and subsequently used to sync a
handheld device to a computer, both with new system software, the
calendar show multiple events for the same day after making one change
to the calendar.
I guess you were just lucky!
Tom
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> 2. Re: Endless contact sync loop (Ken Freeman)
> 3. Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 22, Issue 1
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:42:14 -0800
> From: "manny p" <manuelplascencia at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Why am I not having these
> problems ?
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> I find it amazing that people are having problems with Missing Sync.
>
> I've upgraded my PDA 4 times , and upgraded my macs about 3 times, and
> all
> has been working for me. I would have to deduce that it is human error.
>
>
>
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>> 1. Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>> (Terry Thiel)
>> 2. Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re:
>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5 (Joe
>> Schmigel)
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>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:29:28 -0700
>> From: Terry Thiel <terrythiel1 at mac.com>
>> Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk
>> Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
>> Message-ID: <905D08DE-2B7B-11D9-9BB9-000A95A8219C at mac.com>
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>> 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,
>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk-request at lists.markspace.com wrote:
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>>> 1. Endless contact sync loop (David Ramsey)
>>> 2. Re: Endless contact sync loop (Rick Payne)
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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
>>> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>> Message-ID: <41EC706D-2B02-11D9-9D11-000A95A8214C at neko.com>
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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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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>
>>> Message-ID: <7586B44FE49FAA039701AD0D at fozzy.rossfell.co.uk>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>>>
>>>
>>> --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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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:23:55 -0500
>> From: Joe Schmigel <schmigel at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re:
>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>> To: "The Missing Sync (Mac/Pocket PC)"
>> <missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com>
>> Message-ID: <39A9D73D-2BC6-11D9-9F99-003065B8E17E at mac.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>
>> 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,
>>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk-request at lists.markspace.com wrote:
>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 1. Endless contact sync loop (David Ramsey)
>>>> 2. Re: Endless contact sync loop (Rick Payne)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>>> Message-ID: <41EC706D-2B02-11D9-9D11-000A95A8214C at neko.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> 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>
>>>> Message-ID: <7586B44FE49FAA039701AD0D at fozzy.rossfell.co.uk>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --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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>>>> be found at:
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>>>> End of missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>>>> *********************************************************
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:14:16 -0800
> From: Ken Freeman <kfreeman at markspace.com>
> 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 10/30/04 10:01 PM, "David Ramsey" <dramsey at neko.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> I'm glad to hear that you are able to sync fine now. To answer your
> questions, the current version of the Missing Sync for Pocket PC reads
> ALL
> records from the handheld. Then when writing records back to the
> handheld we
> only write back those records that changed.
>
> We are working on an update that will sync only those records that have
> changed, thus increasing the sync speed. The first problem ("eternal
> conflict") that you saw was probably a random problem writing data
> back to
> the handheld. This has not been a widespread problem, but there seems
> to be
> a few kinds of events that cause problems. The upcoming release also
> changes
> the way we exchange data back and forth and we expect to see even more
> accurate synchronization of data.
>
> We will post a beta application in the coming weeks asking for users
> to help
> us beta test this new release.
>
> Thanks!
> Ken
>
>>
>>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:24:49 -0500
> From: Tom Mondschein <tmond at moravian.edu>
> Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk
> Digest, Vol 22, Issue 1
> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
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> That's a shame that support has all but disappeared and the product has
> stagnated.
> It started out as if the support personnel would be responsive to
> problems. I was beginning to think, "Here was a company that actually
> listened to its customers".
> Guess I was wrong.
> Tom
>
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> On Nov 1, 2004, at 3:19 PM,
> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk-request at lists.markspace.com wrote:
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>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>> (Terry Thiel)
>> 2. Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re:
>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5 (Joe
>> Schmigel)
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:29:28 -0700
>> From: Terry Thiel <terrythiel1 at mac.com>
>> Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk
>> Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
>> Message-ID: <905D08DE-2B7B-11D9-9BB9-000A95A8219C at mac.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>
>> 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,
>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk-request at lists.markspace.com wrote:
>>
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>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>> 1. Endless contact sync loop (David Ramsey)
>>> 2. Re: Endless contact sync loop (Rick Payne)
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -
>>>
>>> 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
>>> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>> Message-ID: <41EC706D-2B02-11D9-9D11-000A95A8214C at neko.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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>
>>> Message-ID: <7586B44FE49FAA039701AD0D at fozzy.rossfell.co.uk>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>>>
>>>
>>> --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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>> ------------------------------
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:23:55 -0500
>> From: Joe Schmigel <schmigel at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re:
>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5
>> To: "The Missing Sync (Mac/Pocket PC)"
>> <missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com>
>> Message-ID: <39A9D73D-2BC6-11D9-9F99-003065B8E17E at mac.com>
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>>
>> 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,
>>> missing-sync-pocketpc-talk-request at lists.markspace.com wrote:
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>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Endless contact sync loop (David Ramsey)
>>>> 2. Re: Endless contact sync loop (Rick Payne)
>>>>
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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
>>>> To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>>> Message-ID: <41EC706D-2B02-11D9-9D11-000A95A8214C at neko.com>
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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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> 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>
>>>> Message-ID: <7586B44FE49FAA039701AD0D at fozzy.rossfell.co.uk>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
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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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