[BUILD] **Complete Froyo Bundle!!** FRX06 - "Stable" - Minor Fixes

[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by fishingmedic

I'll give that a shot later Ndno. Thanks to both of you guys! I don't bother syncing texts, if I'm on android, I get it on android, if I'm in win,o, I get it in winmo, that's basically it for me.

Arrrghhh, how do the texts come through with GV? just as a regular text? Never tried that, haven't used GV all that often.

Same, I don't really save text messages either - if there's something important in them like an address or phone number, I just update my contacts list .

As for GV, yes the texts come in like regular text messages. Just be careful, as the Android app likes to disable notification via text message - so then you won't get any messages when you boot back to WinMo. Pissed off the gf real good doing that a few times...

GV in Android is freakin awesome, just no real solution for WinMo. It's actually downright obnoxious in WinMo, as when you receive text messages they come from a completely different number - you can then text and call back that number, and to the user on the far end it appears as if you're texting/calling from your GV number. Which is a pretty elegant solution, but more for dumbphones. I'd prefer to have an application, but c'est la vie - this platform seems dead to all developers.

[fishingmedic]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

Same, I don't really save text messages either - if there's something important in them like an address or phone number, I just update my contacts list .

As for GV, yes the texts come in like regular text messages. Just be careful, as the Android app likes to disable notification via text message - so then you won't get any messages when you boot back to WinMo. Pissed off the gf real good doing that a few times...

GV in Android is freakin awesome, just no real solution for WinMo. It's actually downright obnoxious in WinMo, as when you receive text messages they come from a completely different number - you can then text and call back that number, and to the user on the far end it appears as if you're texting/calling from your GV number. Which is a pretty elegant solution, but more for dumbphones. I'd prefer to have an application, but c'est la vie - this platform seems dead to all developers.

Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a winmo fix to it. That's one reason I really didn't use it too often, but I'll look into it more now as I'm using android more and more. Do you sync the same way ndno said earlier? My question on that is I use a XP machine at home along with a laptop w/ Vista (I know, I know Vista sucks, I need Vista or XP to remote into work, can't do it yet with Win7...), does that create any problems syncing, and if so, should I just use one PC then?

[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by fishingmedic

Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a winmo fix to it. That's one reason I really didn't use it too often, but I'll look into it more now as I'm using android more and more. Do you sync the same way ndno said earlier? My question on that is I use a XP machine at home along with a laptop w/ Vista (I know, I know Vista sucks, I need Vista or XP to remote into work, can't do it yet with Win7...), does that create any problems syncing, and if so, should I just use one PC then?

Yea, I was just too lazy to write a how-to . But that's the exact method I was going to walk you thru.

Best part is it's OS agnostic - the sync assumes it's a corporate exchange server basically (treats it the same) so you don't need to sync with your PC any longer.

One catch tho, is I would definitely backup your contacts with PIM Backup before setting up the sync account. There's potential that it'll blast our your contacts - as I recall it didn't do anything, but just to be sure. If all your contacts are already in your Google account then there's no worries.

[fishingmedic]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

Yea, I was just too lazy to write a how-to . But that's the exact method I was going to walk you thru.

Best part is it's OS agnostic - the sync assumes it's a corporate exchange server basically (treats it the same) so you don't need to sync with your PC any longer.

One catch tho, is I would definitely backup your contacts with PIM Backup before setting up the sync account. There's potential that it'll blast our your contacts - as I recall it didn't do anything, but just to be sure. If all your contacts are already in your Google account then there's no worries.

I'll give it a shot either later tonight or tomorrow morning (spending the evening with the wife...gotta keep her happy ya know.... I've got my contacts backed up already to google along with msmyphone, but I think I have PIM backup cab still laying around somewhere so I'll back them up just for good measure . I may even attempt to get adb set up tomorrow too!

[ndno]

Originally Posted by fishingmedic

I'll give it a shot either later tonight or tomorrow morning (spending the evening with the wife...gotta keep her happy ya know.... I've got my contacts backed up already to google along with msmyphone, but I think I have PIM backup cab still laying around somewhere so I'll back them up just for good measure . I may even attempt to get adb set up tomorrow too!

Easiest way to set up ADB is to download and install Droid Explorer (de - Release: Droid Explorer 0.8.7.2 Beta it comes with the "tools" folder which contains ADB; I guess DriodExplorer uses the ADB API to access the Android file system. I learned the hard way and installed the whole Android SDK, which took forever.

DroidExplorer should come with the necessary USB driver to access your TP2 Android phone. If Windows can't install (find) the driver for your TP2 Android phone, you can try the attached USB driver I downloaded from the Android SDK site.

I'm hearing crickets all over the forums tonight on Valentine's day. Luckily for me, the fiancee has to work very late; we already spent Vday on Saturday What makes it better is that she's not the typical gal; she doesn't want gift, flowers, candies, etc.

[CYoung234]

Originally Posted by ndno

Fish, if you use google (gmail) under WinMo, you can sync your gmail, contacts, calendar using Microsoft Direct Push; it works great! I use it and have the schedule set to "As items arrive" which instantly delivers mail/calender events between Google's server and my TP2; there's no polling involving (hence push mail). It works great because when I use Android, all the data are synced exactly and I don't miss anything. The only exception is that texts (sms) aren't synced so when you send/receive in WinMo (Android) you won't see them in the other OS.

Here's how to setup Google under WinMo:

1. Go to Start->Outlook->launch ActiveSync (it may be under another folder, I use VINdows so it's under Outlook)
2. Menu->Add Server Source…
3. Enter your email address, uncheck automatic configure (I can't remember the exact option but you'll see something like it), then click ‘Next’.
4. Enter your user name (full gmail address), password and domain as ‘google’ (this may be grayed out so you don't have to enter it), then click ‘Next’.
5. Enter ‘m.google.com’ at Edit Server Settings, then click ‘Next’.
6. Select Contacts, Calendar and E-mail (if you want). Edit the sync setting if needed.
7. Finally, click ‘Finish’. If everything goes well, Windows Mobile Phone ActiveSync will start to sync between Windows Mobile Phone contacts, calendar & mail and Google Account

How is everyone "syncing" their texts between WinMo and Android?

ndno and others,

I already use an Exchange email account as well as gmail, so the Activesync account in already in use. Do you know of any other ways to sync your contacts to google mail and maintain the synchronization? I use gmail on my laptop and desktop as well as my cell phone, and currently use imap. I have different contact lists for Exchange (work) and gmail (personal) and would like to keep them that way if possible.

[robolots]

I still can't connect TP2 to pc!! I'm using XP as it is on my old laptop that i'm connecting and not got Win7 etc.
The device manager is showing problems with CDC ACM and CDC ACM DATA. I have downloaded various USB drivers, but none seem to help. If anyone knows what files I need for this, I would be very grateful.

Thanks
Rob

P.S. Debugging is on and USB is found on the TP2, but just will not connect.

[gjbnh]

Fresh install; Speaker phone died after 20 seconds; when I used regular phone, call dropped after about 2 minutes, I'm half a mile from the tower. Not ready for prime time I guess. Keep up the work.

[fishingmedic]

Originally Posted by gjbnh

Fresh install; Speaker phone died after 20 seconds; when I used regular phone, call dropped after about 2 minutes, I'm half a mile from the tower. Not ready for prime time I guess. Keep up the work.

Did you reformat your card and let the data.img build completely, the first boot seems to take some time, but if you let it do it's thing this is one of the most stable builds you're gonna find at this time.

[fishingmedic]

Arrrghhh and Ndno, final OT post... tried setting up AS for google to sync contacts, etc but get error stating the server you are attempting to synchronize with is either not an exchange server or is running incompatible software. Please correct your server address in exchange set up or contact your exchange admin.

Any thoughts?