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>> Partial sync success on the Nokia E61
Sun, Jan 7th 8:55pm 2007: Tech Toys
Ultimately I want to figure out some way to get my E61 to sync with Evolution (or possibly SiteBuilder) but in the meantime I just want it to sync with *anything* so I've been trying it with every piece of sync software and service I can find. And at last I've had success: GSMSync works like a charm! So now at least I can back up the contacts, calendar and tasks from the phone, and maybe use GSMSync as an intermediate point to then sync to/from other places.
In the meantime GSMSync provides a web interface to their service so at least I can use a browser to manage it from my desktop. Not quite as nice as syncing all the way back to Evo or SB but at least my phone is just a bit less disconnected now.
As part of my quest to get the E61 to talk to me I've spent a bit of time playing around with a SyncML framework but unfortunately the system I'm using only supports syncml+xml, which is what I thought the phone also used until I added some debugging to the SyncML framework and discovered it was actually talking syncml+wbxml. Only 2 letters difference in the name, but a world of difference on the wire. Turns out wbxml is a bandwidth-optimised variant so it's no wonder I haven't had success with other things I've tried, but at least I have a lot more information now and I've found a wbxml library which I'll try patching into the SyncML framework.
Ultimately I want to figure out some way to get my E61 to sync with Evolution (or possibly SiteBuilder) but in the meantime I just want it to sync with *anything* so I've been trying it with every piece of sync software and service I can find. And at last I've had success: GSMSync works like a charm! So now at least I can back up the contacts, calendar and tasks from the phone, and maybe use GSMSync as an intermediate point to then sync to/from other places.In the meantime GSMSync provides a web interface to their service so at least I can use a browser to manage it from my desktop. Not quite as nice as syncing all the way back to Evo or SB but at least my phone is just a bit less disconnected now.
As part of my quest to get the E61 to talk to me I've spent a bit of time playing around with a SyncML framework but unfortunately the system I'm using only supports syncml+xml, which is what I thought the phone also used until I added some debugging to the SyncML framework and discovered it was actually talking syncml+wbxml. Only 2 letters difference in the name, but a world of difference on the wire. Turns out wbxml is a bandwidth-optimised variant so it's no wonder I haven't had success with other things I've tried, but at least I have a lot more information now and I've found a wbxml library which I'll try patching into the SyncML framework.
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