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How To Sync P910i With iSync (Solution) (Updated for 10.3.8) |
Grubbytoy
Joined: Jan 11, 2005
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I know this is enfuriating but persistence will eventually pay off.
Unistall iSync using the utility at this address: www.mac.sofotex.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?page=download&link=122795
Reinstall the standalone iSync v1.5 from this address:
www.apple.com/uk/isync/download/
Clear all your bluetooth settings and make a new connection with your phone.
Follow the instructions at the top of this thread EXACTLY.
Out of interest, what frimware is running on your phone? Look in Applications>Edit>System information, then press the arrow till you get to CDA. What is the number??
I updated my phone at an Ericsson Service centre on the advice of Ericsson. Some of the Orange software tinkering was making the phone behave eratically. This update sorted that out.
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pierrot-lunaire
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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I don't have a folder named /system/library/application support/.
I've got /system/library/SyncServices/ but no 501/ folder in it.
Also, I have /Library/Application Support/SyncService/501/ but without SymbianConduitDefaults.plist - this file is not on my machine at all.
I have iSync v1.5 installed. I do *not* have HotSync Manager installed.
Sorry if this is stupid - what am I missing?
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Grubbytoy
Joined: Jan 11, 2005
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That doesn't sound right. Did you unistall then reinstall iSync? |
robinal
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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Hi there ~lozishere~, I have had a look at your instructions, and I have a few questions:
Question 1) My SymbianConduitDefaults.plist file is in a slightly different place from the folder you suggest.
You give this location:
/system/library/application support/syncservice
Whereas my SymbianConduitDefaults.plist file is in this location:
/library/application support/syncservice
i.e. it is not under the system folder. Which version is correct? please advise.
Question 2) When I open the file (SymbianConduitDefaults.plist) it is empty, should it be empty when I first open it, i.e. if I have never synced it before?
Question 3) With your P910i syncing solution using iSync, do you see an icon showing an image of the P910i phone, or do you just see the name of the device?
Question 4) Last question (thanks for your patience) You mention that this part of the text should be customized:
kNSSyncDeviceID
00-0f-de-87-3d-56
kNSSyncDeviceName
LoZ
Apart from this line, 00-0f-de-87-3d-56 , which is obviously the bluetooth ID of the device, what values should be put in the other lines?:
a) kNSSyncDeviceID
b) kNSSyncDeviceName
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Many thanks in advance for your assistance it is very much appreciated.
Alex.
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ejp
Joined: Jan 27, 2005
Posts: 4
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I have just noticed that if you input your notes for ical on the p910i then it accepts them fine if you do the other way round it either doesn't transfer them or wipes them out. |
pierrot-lunaire
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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OK, further down the road.
The file 'SymbianConduitDefaults.plist' can very well be in /Library/Application Support// and the initial instructions work just fine. The file seems to get created when you first "Add new Device..." in iSync. After a first Sync it is filled with the defaults choosen + DeviceName etc.
If you edit the file as suggested, the Defaults will be added after you started iSync again.
Now everything *should* have been worked...
Except that I got "Device unavailable" Error. This is due to a ppp connection error. I opened Utilities->Console, show system.log and saw lines like
Feb 9 22:35:57 localhost pppd[639]: pppd 2.4.2b1 started by ...., uid 501
Feb 9 22:35:57 localhost kernel: com.cisco.nke.ipsec: attached or made active, interface: (ppp0).
Somehow the VPN client I'm using sits on ippp0 although it's not running. I'll try further. This might be of help for others. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks. |
pierrot-lunaire
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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Got it running now.
I needed to unload the VPN kernel driver via
/System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN stop
as root (or via sudo).
After that everything worked, which is good news for robinal, too, because the location doesn't have to be /system. And, no, I'm missing the icon, too.
Thanks, lozishere, for the thread 
CU,
Pierrot |
robinal
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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Gents,
Many thanks for all the help given on this thread. I have now applied the solution fully. In terms of reliable syncing functionality everything is 100%. However, I still have a problem with the syncing of notes in the To Dos on the Mac to the P910i. Strangely, if the notes are taken on the P910 they get synced on the Mac. But if they are taken on the Mac, the entry on the P910 is deleted.
Seems very odd to me, but I have seen reports of this on the Apple iSync Discussion Forums. Apparently noone has got to the bottom of it yet. Do you guys have any gems of wisdom to add at all? Please let me know!
Many Thanks,
Alex. |
jacobberger
Joined: Feb 17, 2005
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I am sorry lozishere, but something isn't working. I followed your advice step by step. The only doubt I have is when you say: "Also replace the name for your device with the name that your device actually has." Does this mean I should replace kNSSyncDeviceName with kNSSyncP910i ?
A part from that, I followed your plan scrupulously, and I still get a message saying: "jeudi 17 février 2005 01:34 |P910i| Impossible de connecter iSync au P910i. Veuillez retenter la synchronisation.Impossible de synchroniser contacts avec P910i: l’appareil n’est pas disponible. Impossible de synchroniser calendriers et tâches à réaliser avec P910i: l’appareil n’est pas disponible" (I am French). Translation: Impossible to connect iSync to the P910i. Please try synchronizing again. Impossible to synchronise Contacts with P910i: the device is not available: Impossible to synchronize tasks and calendar with P910i: the device is not available". What do you make of that? Best, jacobberger
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robinal
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
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Jacob,
In his original post, ~lozishere~ said that the following lines of code need to be customised:
kNSSyncDeviceID
00-0f-de-87-3d-56
kNSSyncDeviceName
LoZ
There are 4 lines of code above and only lines 2 and 4 need to be customised:
Line 2 should contain the device number
Line 4 should contain the actual name that you gave to your device
The solution that ~lozishere~ gives also assumes that you have "bonded" your device to your Apple Mac. Use the Bluetooth manager under your System Preferences to do this.
Everything should then work. I am a French speaker, so I can help you further with this if you need, I am available on iChat/AIM. Just click on the AIM icon against my postings.
Best Regards,
Alex. |
sviftrup
Joined: Feb 20, 2005
Posts: 1
From: Denmark
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Quote:
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On 2005-02-10 20:31:33, pierrot-lunaire wrote:
Got it running now.
I needed to unload the VPN kernel driver via
/System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN stop
as root (or via sudo).
After that everything worked, which is good news for robinal, too, because the location doesn't have to be /system. And, no, I'm missing the icon, too.
Thanks, lozishere, for the thread
CU,
Pierrot
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Hi there. I've been following this thread closely. Since I upgraded my Bluetooth Firmware my sync with P910i stopped working.
Have tried what you suggested but it doesn't cut it.
get the same error that Pierrot talks about. Phone not available.
my question for now is about the quote. I dont have a ciscoVPN library in startupitems. Could something else cause that error? |
Lundmark
Joined: Jun 10, 2003
Posts: 306
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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Hi,
I can only find the 501 folder by using the Terminal. In the Finder, there's only a directory called LastSync Data (which isn't there when using the Terminal!). What's up with that? I'm a fairly new Mac user, so I could really need som help. I can't even edit the file 'cause I don't know how to do it.
Sincerely,
Gabriel Lundmark |
~lozishere~
Joined: Dec 18, 2003
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From: York, U.K.
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heya, sorry for neglecting my thread 
erm... when i originally wrote the post explaining how to get isync up n running, i was still using 10.2.8, so the instructions/locations of files may vary in later iterations of os x. I have succesfully talked a few people on msn through how to set ut up, so if anyone wants to add me, my address (not my email note, only msn), is lozboy@o2.co.uk.
Once i've managed to get ot working with you, I'll just post a transcript/log on here and that way it should be easy for others to replicate the working sync settings
I can conform that yes, isync does work and yes, it does display an icon. The icon, by the way, can be added by searching for p900.tif, making a copy of that file, naming it p910-1.tif and putting it in the same folder as the original p900.tif file. That'll work nicely then. Please note though that this is purely cosmetic and there's no point trying it in the hope of getting it to work.
@robinal: Quote:
| "Apart from this line, 00-0f-de-87-3d-56 , which is obviously the bluetooth ID of the device, what values should be put in the other lines?:
a) kNSSyncDeviceID
b) kNSSyncDeviceName" |
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the first one is the device id, the second is the name of the P910i that you defined in control panel -> bluetooth -> name. nice and simple
Loz
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gepi
Joined: Mar 06, 2005
Posts: 5
From: Denmark
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I tried the hack, after resetting and reinstalling everything. The message I get is that my P910 lacks memory - but there actually is over 50 MB left!
Basically the sync works - but only partially. There are always some data missing from the calendar (dates, to do's). As far as I can see, the address sync works (I have over 1700 addresses).
Well - looks like we have to wait for Tiger....
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charlienotsync
Joined: Mar 10, 2005
Posts: 4
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Hi, i tried most of the above,
I have the experience of iSync syncing fine, but something messes up the phone software, to the extent that it just crashes and i have to do a master reset.
I noticed if i just sync the contacts thats fine, but as soon as i try syncing my calender events the phone gets very sick.
its annoying cause its so near to working....and it would be so usefull to me syncing my events at work on my phone and at home. Events are transferred from my phone to ical, but something really upsets the phones system software in the process.
anybody got any wisdom about this?
thanks charlie | |
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