[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 2.0.2b2 (BETA) Version Now Available

Tue Sep 6 18:37:08 PDT 2005

Tue, 6 Sep 2005 (16:53 -0700 UTC) Ray Towry wrote:

> Ken,
> 
> In reviewing the release notes of the new beta, I see no mention of
> entourage fixes or am I missing something?  (Particularly dealing with
> recurring events that are set on the custom menu every third Wednesday of
> the month.)  That's my issue.
> 
> Any idea on when we can expect a fix for these and other entourage fixes I
> haven't run into yet, or is there another problem that this release fixes
> that will allow this type of synchronization (the hip bone's connected to
> the leg bone type of thing).
> 
> Will downloading it help me any with these issues?

All my recurring third, fourth, last Monday or Thursday appointments are now 
on Sunday.  Also something funny happens with appointments during the second 
full week of December.  Before 2.02b they were all moved forward 1 hour.  
Now only some are moved forward and hour.  These are all finals periods 
which happen to begin at 10:15 and 15:00 US EDT and extend for 2 1/2 hours 
each.  I have a backup tool on my iPAQ that appears to create XML files.  
Perhaps MarkSpace would like to see those?  On Entourage, the events can be 
saved to the desktop in iCal format.  They are already time shifted when I 
do that, so I do not see that that will be helpful data.  I do not enter 
calendar events accept on the device, so I always overwrite Entourage.  If I 
do not zero the Entourage calendar first, I still get a few duplicates 
(mostly those out of time/date entries, but a few random others).

By the way, if anyone has time to experiment, how many times do you have to 
clear every event in your calendar (followed by the DB utility compressing 
and fixing) before you can open Entourage to a blank calendar?  For me it is 
never fewer than five times.  That is not a MissingSync problem but points 
to a persistent problem with Microsoft Software that I have seen for 10 
years in various programs (Word, eXcel, Access, and ActiveSync).

Finally, I am also seeing problems with syncing itself that are part of the 
Windows Mobile system.  I am sure they are not MissingSync related because 
they first showed up when I installed an exe-only program through ActiveSync 
3.8.  This is also an error I have seen before with active sync over a COM 
port.  So I suspect some of the errors folks have found with syncing just 
not running at all are from the device, not MSync software.

I do see a recurring problem with natd not being able to bind an address, 
and I suspect this is partly because the MS daemon is not a launchd client.  
I have seen the same kind of bind failures with older unix software that was 
starting the "BSD way" under Tiger and I fixed those by wrapping the 
programs in launchd-compliant bash scripts--just a thought for the engineers 
in the audience.

> 
> Thanks,
> Ray
> 
> 
> On 9/6/05 3:26 PM, "Ken Freeman" <kfreeman at markspace.com> wrote:
> 
> > A new BETA version of The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, version 2.0.2b2
> > is available for download at www.markspace.com/testing. This beta is
> > recommended for those who have had problems synchronizing either Entourage
> > data, iCal data or Address Book. You can install the 2.0.2b2 version right
> > over the current 2.0.x version.
> > 
> > The "Release Notes", viewable at www.markspace.com/testing, list problems
> > fixed with this build, and the "Known Problems" link lists a few known
> > problems and troubleshooting steps if you still get an error trying to sync
> > with this build.
> > 
> > We thank users for their patience and for sending us sample data files that
> > enabled us to reproduce and fix specific data problems that prevented some
> > users from being able to synchronize.
> > 
> > Feedback
> > If you continue to have problems with this build, please use the "Leave
> > Feedback" link at www.markspace.com/testing/ to report the issue.
> > 
> > If you are NOT having synchronization problems, or do not feel comfortable
> > using a beta version, you may want to wait for the final 2.0.2 release. We
> > may make additional 2.0.2 BETA releases available. Note that the beta
> > version number includes the letter "b", followed by the sequential release
> > number of that beta build (e.g. 2.0.2b2 is the second beta release for
> > version 2.0.2).
> > 
> > The readme for this 2.0.2b2 build still mentions 2.0.1. We will update that
> > for the next beta or final readme, but be assured that the 2.0.2b2 release
> > will be installed!
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > The Mark/Space Beta Team
> > 
> > 
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