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Add K750 to iSync in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and 10.4 Tiger |
sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
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Tiger (I am waiting 10.4.2...)
10.4.2 is Tiger. 10.4.x is Tiger, so you are not saving anything by waiting. As some here have had success, you may too be one of them, then again, maybe not.
*edited on a Mac of course. Mac: There is no substitute*
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om28
Joined: Jun 02, 2005
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I can't synk but I found a way to have all my contacts on my K750i. After I paired from the Mac, the phone was recognized for dropping files from the Bluetooth window but not to export vCards. So I paired the Mac a second time but this time from the phone, then Address Book accepted to send all my contact (400) to the K750 without problem.
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sapporobaby
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For the most part people have been doing this, but it is the iCal that is not working.
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exposure
Joined: Aug 23, 2004
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Cheers for the response Jools, I'll give it a go!
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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After reading this hint at www.macosxhints.com it seems I'm starting to get somewhere... Finally I can synchronise my Contacts from Address Book with my K750!!!
This is what I did:
Deleted my previously modified iSync app
Extracted the original iSync application from the Tiger install DVD using Pacifist
Put the un-modified iSync app back in 'Applications'
Using the Apple Developer Tools 'Property List Editor' I edited an existing phoneplugin file to match the SonyEricsson V800 but with K750 info. The MetaClasses.plist file was slightly different to the one in the first post of this thread.
Made a folder in the main 'Library' folder called 'PhonePlugins'
Put my 'SonyEricssonK750.phoneplugin' file in there
Deleted the ~/Library/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
Deleted the ~/Library/com.apple.iSync.plist
Deleted the contents of ~/Library/Phones
Restarted the computer
Deleted pairing info from the phone and the phones Contacts
Went through the usual pairing process and iSync set-up
Turned off the Calendar syncing in the iSync window
Did a sync and it worked!
If I turn on Calendar syncing I get the following error:
"An unexpected exception occured while synchronizing the device."
Fortunately if I turn Calendar syncing back off Contact syncing works again!
Here's the PhonePlugin file I made (as a zipped folder).
To install it, drop the unzipped 'PhonePlugins' folder in the main 'Library' folder (NOT the users 'Library' folder).
If you've already made the modification to the iSync app from the first post in this thread you'll need to replace it with the original un-modified iSync app. Then follow the steps I took above.
Hopefully this will work for you... Now to see if I can get Calendar syncing working...
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sapporobaby
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Hey Jools, did that v800 info I sent help out? Do you want me to see if there are other syncing files? Maybe one for iCal?
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Jools
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The difference between my PhonePlugin MetaClasses.plist and the one in the first post of this thread is there's an additional entry:
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<dict>
<key>ServiceName</key>
<string>com.apple.synchro</string>
<key>ServiceProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>MaxFirstNameAndLastName</key>
<integer>29</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
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I figured the K750 and V800 might be more closely related than the K750 and K700 (on which the original MetaClasses.plist modification was based).
So it appears the K750 needs to know about the 29 character(?) limit on First and Last names. (None of my contacts hit this limit, but adding it seems to have done the trick).
Anyway, I guess there may be some other 'limits' in the iCal data that needs syncing. I'm going to try syncing an empty iCal and work up from there...
If you find any files that may help, send 'em over!!
I think this PhonePlugin method is better than actually modifying the iSync.app. I guess this is how its officially supposed to be done.
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sapporobaby
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Any ideas where to look for these files?
By the way, just added 512 mb to my PB Ram. Have to admit is runs really nice. Sort of like opening up a window and letting fresh air in.
*edited on a Mac of course. Mac: There is no substitute*
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Jools
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To be honest, I have no idea! I can't find anything relating specifically to Calendar syncing...
Yeah, RAM is the single best upgrade you can do on Mac OS X. Stops chugging so much!
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Hoziedude
Joined: Mar 15, 2005
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No luck with that method here Jools - followed instructions to the letter but I'm having some weird behavior - my K750i shows up with a K700i-ish icon in iSync (dunno if with your method it should use the correct icon) and the error I get is still as per below... any thoughts?
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sapporobaby
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I can post the phone info for my s700i if this would help. I am not sure if I posted it, but let me know
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Jools
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@ Hoziedude:
Hmmm... While I was messing about with the PhonePlugin I had a generic icon appear once and iSync wouldn't add the device (said it wasn't supported). I started again, deleted all and everything to do with iSync and Bluetooth, restarted the computer, moved the PhonePlugins folder from the Users/username/Library/ folder to the main Library/ folder and it started working.
It definitely should have the correct icon.
Try repairing permissions with Disk Utility and maybe moving the PhonePlugins folder to the Users/username/Library/ folder instead and back again...
Also, whenever I got that channel error I had to restart the phone to get rid of it...
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Hoziedude
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Really strange - tried all of that... there are definitely permissions issues at work as Disk Utility corrects loads of them on the iSync files but whatever I do with the PhonesPlugin folder iSync doesn't seem to pick up the K750.tiff file correctly... Would you mind double-checking the folder you uploaded to make sure it contains everything it does on your comp? Thanks dude... |
Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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I just double-checked the download and all is ok. You can check that you've got the icon yourself too... it's in:
PhonePlugins/SonyEricssonK750.phoneplugin/Contents/Resources/SEK750.tiff
Is it adding the phone to the iSync window? Just without the icon? And you're sure the complete 'PhonesPlugin' folder (not just the contents) is in the 'Library' folder?
I'm really not sure what's going on! I hope Apple sort this out soon...
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Hoziedude
Joined: Mar 15, 2005
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In the meantime, I've reinstalled iSync from the Tiger install CD using pacifist - that cleared up my permissions issues. However, I still get the generic phone icon instead of the K750i one and still fail to sync my contacts or iCal...
Just to triple-check, I put the PhonePlugins folder inside ~/Library and NOT inside User/Library... Haven't touched any of the files, deleted pairing from phone and comp, etc etc... still no worky here...
I do have the K750.tiff file in that folder but iSync doesn't seem to pick it up for some strange reason - it just uses the generic one.
[ This Message was edited by: Hoziedude on 2005-06-03 23:50 ] |
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