question about 6.5 upgrade - Page 2

pts69666 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by rolfeman02

what is the best way to back up my contacts. All of my other data is on my sd card so i'm not worried about that. I tried looking through activesync but didn't see any way to backup contacts. I don't have a gmail account, worth it to get one?

Thanks again

I just use Gmail. Just set up a new exchange server in ActiveSync in your phone. Server info is m.google.com

username is your username@gmail.com your password and domain should be greyed out. Just sync contacts, if you have a google calendar, you can sync your calendar too.

rolfeman02 · #12 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 10:37 AM

PIM worked great, thanks all

c0011j · #13 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pts69666

I just use Gmail. Just set up a new exchange server in ActiveSync in your phone. Server info is m.google.com

username is your username@gmail.com your password and domain should be greyed out. Just sync contacts, if you have a google calendar, you can sync your calendar too.

This is IMO the best way. Just about every smart phone syncs with Google now.

Q_Q · #14 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by c0011j

This is IMO the best way. Just about every smart phone syncs with Google now.

Unfortunately - for users of Google Sync - the talk is better than the woobly walk. There are many stories of inconsistent syncing or no syncing at all esp. with Gmail.

c0011j · #15 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Q_Q

Unfortunately - for users of Google Sync - the talk is better than the woobly walk. There are many stories of inconsistent syncing or no syncing at all esp. with Gmail.

That is why I said imo... I have used it on a BB 8530, Samsung Moment, and my TP2 through Active Sync. No issues going back and forth.
I used to live and die by MyPhone but since it is proprietary to MS phones it is kind of limited.

ubigred · #16 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fishingmedic

I personally use microsoft myphone, it will auto update nightly with whatever you want to back up, or you can use PIMbackup, I've attached the zip, just unzip it to your sd card, run the .exe file and save your backup to the sd and reload it when you're done. But IMO myphone is better, because you can modify the files on the computer, you just need a windows live account.

yea but myphone has a 200mb storage which sucks.

How can I unzip that file for some reason I can not do it on my laptop or computer?

**00_MACKIE_00** · #17 (**permalink**) 03-19-2010, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Q_Q

Unfortunately - for users of Google Sync - the talk is better than the woobly walk. There are many stories of inconsistent syncing or no syncing at all esp. with Gmail.

+1 it seems like one week is different from the next, etc etc ....