5 Jan
2011
5 Jan
'11
6:14 a.m.
Hi guys,
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
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Advait Raut
5 Jan
5 Jan
6:55 a.m.
You can try setting up a gmail account to store contacts. This account can
be synced up with Adroid device via Google sync. And with Thunderbird via
IMAP.
-Shamit
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi guys,
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
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7:11 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>wrote;wrote:
You can try setting up a gmail account to store
contacts. This account can
be synced up with Adroid device via Google sync. And with Thunderbird via
IMAP.
-Shamit
Thanks for that reply
but it think that's a bit long process.
why cant we have directly sync applications for the same.
since android is on opensource platform i thought there must be plenty of
sync application for linux.
but am surprised that there is none. (that's really sounds crazy)
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi guys,
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or
evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux
platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
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7:22 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Shamit Verma
<subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>wrote;wrote:
Don't know about any applications but its not such a time consuming process.
Just enter the gmail account details in android and thunderbird and sync.
I have my blackberry, android and thunderbird synced in this fashion.
Its pretty easy and you can have all contacts email, phone numbers or
otherwise in one location and that too linked.
You can try setting up a gmail account to store
contacts. This account can
be synced up with Adroid device via Google sync. And with Thunderbird via
IMAP.
-Shamit
Thanks for that reply
but it think that's a bit long process.
why cant we have directly sync applications for the same.
since android is on opensource platform i thought there must be plenty of
sync application for linux.
but am surprised that there is none. (that's really sounds crazy)
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi guys,
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or
evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux
platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
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8:08 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for that reply
but it think that's a bit long process.
why cant we have directly sync applications for the same.
since android is on opensource platform i thought there must be plenty of
sync application for linux.
but am surprised that there is none. (that's really sounds crazy)
You will have to use an implementation of MicroSoft ActiveSync. OpenSync is
one of these, Install this on your Linux PC. You can sync
contacts/calendars/emails over USB or BlueTooth.
-Shamit
8:28 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>wrote;wrote:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Advait Raut
<advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks i will try opensync. hope this is the soluation for which am wating
for.
other all soulations i can understand, but thats a way around to do things.
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Advait Raut
Thanks for that reply
but it think that's a bit long process.
why cant we have directly sync applications for the same.
since android is on opensource platform i thought there must be plenty
of
sync application for linux.
but am surprised that there is none. (that's really sounds crazy)
You will have to use an implementation of MicroSoft ActiveSync. OpenSync is
one of these, Install this on your Linux PC. You can sync
contacts/calendars/emails over USB or BlueTooth.
-Shamit
7:16 a.m.
2011/1/5 Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
You can try setting up a gmail account to store
contacts. This account can
be synced up with Adroid device via Google sync. And with Thunderbird via
IMAP.
IMAP cannot sync contacts; it is purely meant for mail syncing.
Binand
7:23 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running
android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
I am assuming that your mail client (Thunderbird or, Evolution) fetch
the mails from an account. You'd need to figure out the details of how
to synchronize/access that account rather than attempt to solve the
issue of synchronize/access from the desktop application.
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8:26 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut
<advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
well for that i always use IMAP accounts & never used pop accounts.
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running
android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or
evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux
platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
I am assuming that your mail client (Thunderbird or, Evolution) fetch
the mails from an account. You'd need to figure out the details of how
to synchronize/access that account rather than attempt to solve the
issue of synchronize/access from the desktop application.
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9:02 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
well for that i always use IMAP accounts & never
used pop accounts.
Indeed. If you are already using IMAP on the account (for example your
present @gmail.com account), why would you prefer to sync with a
physical device and an application running on that device as opposed
to a mail store ?
In general, if you already have an Android phone, using the Gmail app
with your credentials put in should allow you to sync your gmail (for
a pre-defined period).
How does a MUA fit into this workflow ?
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5:01 p.m.
On Wednesday 05 January 2011 12:53 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait
Raut<advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is a question to all the Android users. Is this a good option or
better option for LInux users? Do these phones have a 'suite' that is
made for Linux? How simple and easy it is to attach an Android phone to
a Linux box and use it comprehensively like a typical Nokia suite?
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Rony.
      I have my HTC Desire cellphone
running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
I am assuming that your mail client
(Thunderbird or, Evolution) fetch
the mails from an account. You'd need to figure out the details of how
to synchronize/access that account rather than attempt to solve the
issue of synchronize/access from the desktop application.
5:33 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is a question to all the Android users. Is this a
good option or
better option for LInux users? Do these phones have a 'suite' that is
made for Linux? How simple and easy it is to attach an Android phone to
a Linux box and use it comprehensively like a typical Nokia suite?
These phones support ActiveSync, which is a standard Sync protocol. Any
ActiveSync software can be used to sync contacts etc.
Thats why if you plug it into Windows 7 or Mac, it would appear as a phone
with contacts/calendars/messages and not as dumb USB pen drive. There you do
not need Nokia PC Suite or any other software to sync data with PC.
With Linux, there is no "Out of Box" ActiveSync client that is as integrated
as Windows 7 or Mac, but with some efforts it can be setup.
-Shamit
6 Jan
6 Jan
3:16 a.m.
2011/1/5 Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
These phones support ActiveSync, which is a standard
Sync protocol. Any
ActiveSync software can be used to sync contacts etc.
ActiveSync is a Microsoft-proprietary protocol, available only to
licensed OEMs. Hardly a "standard".
Binand
3:43 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2011/1/5 Shamit Verma
<subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
Its like FAT32, developed by MS but a de-facto standard. It is supported by
iOS, Android, Symbian, Samsung. Blackberry. And it works on
Windows/Mac/Linux
-Shamit
These phones support ActiveSync, which is a
standard Sync protocol. Any
ActiveSync software can be used to sync contacts etc.
ActiveSync is a Microsoft-proprietary protocol, available only to
licensed OEMs. Hardly a "standard".
4:07 a.m.
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
Its like FAT32, developed by MS but a de-facto
standard. It is supported by
iOS, Android, Symbian, Samsung. Blackberry. And it works on
Windows/Mac/Linux
Which software on Linux supports ActiveSync?
As far as the comparison to FAT-32 is concerned, that is sufficient
reason to stay as far away from ActiveSync as possible - since FAT-32
is the first known product whose patents Microsoft tried to enforce on
Linux. See:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues-tomtom-over-fa…
ActiveSync is similarly patent-encumbered.
Binand
8:09 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma
<subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
OpenSync is one the most used packages on Linux. Good into on that :
http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/b/bb/OpenSync_FOSDEM_2007.pdf
In mobile world, there is not escaping MS things. MS was doing smartphones
in 1998 when no one else was, thats why Windows CE technologies like
FAT32/OBEX/ActiveSync are well entrenched in this market. Everyone including
Apple/Android/BlackBerry licenses in from MS.
-Shamit
Its like FAT32, developed by MS but a de-facto
standard. It is supported
by
iOS, Android, Symbian, Samsung. Blackberry. And
it works on
Windows/Mac/Linux
Which software on Linux supports ActiveSync?
As far as the comparison to FAT-32 is concerned, that is sufficient
reason to stay as far away from ActiveSync as possible - since FAT-32
is the first known product whose patents Microsoft tried to enforce on
Linux. See:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues-tomtom-over-fa…
ActiveSync is similarly patent-encumbered.
8:49 a.m.
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
Can you point me to one reference that says OpenSync implements the
ActiveSync protocol? As far as I remember, OpenSync implements SyncML,
an *open* standard for PIM synchronization.
Which software on Linux supports ActiveSync?
OpenSync is one the most used packages on Linux. Good into on that :
http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/b/bb/OpenSync_FOSDEM_2007.pdf In mobile world, there is not escaping MS things. MS
was doing smartphones
in 1998 when no one else was, thats why Windows CE technologies like
FAT32/OBEX/ActiveSync are well entrenched in this market. Everyone including
Apple/Android/BlackBerry licenses in from MS.
Really? In my view, there is no MS in the mobile world. ActiveSync is
an also-ran; even MS has ditched it now. SyncML is what almost all
major vendors use.
I don't understand where you got the idea OBEX is an MS technology.
Blackberry doesn't support ActiveSync at all - it uses its own
proprietary sync protocol (which it licenses separately as Blackberry
Connect).
Which smartphone did you have in mind when you said "MS was doing
smartphones in 1998"?
Binand
9:43 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma
<subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
Can you point me to one reference that says OpenSync implements the
ActiveSync protocol? As far as I remember, OpenSync implements SyncML,
an *open* standard for PIM synchronization.
PocketPC line of products (Running Windows CE 2.0) that were sold starting
from 98. OpenSync is a framework that has plugins for
SyncML/OBEX/ActiveSync/Nokia prop etc.
Regarding BlackBerry, it uses its own protocol for BES->Device (BES is
Blackberry Enterprise Server). For syncing with Exchange it uses multiple
connection adapters, one of them is ActiveSync.
List of major platforms that support ActiveSync:
1. Android : http://www.google.com/mobile/sync/
2. Iphone : http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/
3. Symbain S60
-Shamit
Which software on Linux supports ActiveSync?
OpenSync is one the most used packages on Linux. Good into on that :
http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/b/bb/OpenSync_FOSDEM_2007.pdf In mobile world, there is not escaping MS things.
MS was doing
smartphones
in 1998 when no one else was, thats why Windows
CE technologies like
FAT32/OBEX/ActiveSync are well entrenched in this market. Everyone
including
Apple/Android/BlackBerry licenses in from MS.
Really? In my view, there is no MS in the mobile world. ActiveSync is
an also-ran; even MS has ditched it now. SyncML is what almost all
major vendors use.
I don't understand where you got the idea OBEX is an MS technology.
Blackberry doesn't support ActiveSync at all - it uses its own
proprietary sync protocol (which it licenses separately as Blackberry
Connect).
Which smartphone did you have in mind when you said "MS was doing
smartphones in 1998"?
10:28 a.m.
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
Questions:
1. Which PocketPC qualified as a "smartphone" in the nineties? The O2
Xda, one of the earliest Windows-based phone was launched in 2002
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Xda).
2. Where does it say that OpenSync has an ActiveSync plugin? This
page: http://www.opensync.org/wiki/plugins - has no mention of it.
Binand
Which smartphone did you have in mind when you
said "MS was doing
smartphones in 1998"?
PocketPC line of products (Running Windows CE 2.0) that were sold starting
from 98. OpenSync is a framework that has plugins for
SyncML/OBEX/ActiveSync/Nokia prop etc. 
10:36 a.m.
On Thursday 06 January 2011 15:13:34 Shamit Verma wrote:
> > In mobile world, there is not escaping MS
things. MS was doing
>
> smartphones
>
> > in 1998 when no one else was, thats why Windows CE technologies
> > like FAT32/OBEX/ActiveSync are well entrenched in this market.
> > Everyone
>
Factually incorrect. Windows CE was launched in 2000. And devices
using it appeared in 2000. This was a phoneless PDA. It was preceeded
by many other vendors, including Casio and HP.
There were several phone pdas prior to microsoft, with the earliest
one being Simon from IBM AT&T in 92.
These were preceeded by Epson PX series of "laptops" with a landline
modem in 1983. I have a PX4 purchased in 1985.
As usual M$ ia an also ran, trying to plug it's crappy stuff. The O2
line which appeared around 2002 had the bsod builtin, with a new
twist. It would fry you if you did not unplug the battery when the
bsod appeared. Included for free such hilarous stuff as trying to get
the damned thing out of your pocket in a crowded kalyan local, before
it fried your balls.
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JTD
12:10 p.m.
On Thursday 06 January 2011 08:46 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
2011/1/5 Shamit
Verma<subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com>om>:
....and most non M$ sync software too require M$ Outlook. That is why I
wanted to know if Android was different.
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These phones support ActiveSync, which is a
standard Sync protocol. Any
ActiveSync software can be used to sync contacts etc.
ActiveSync is a
Microsoft-proprietary protocol, available only to
licensed OEMs. Hardly a "standard".
4:06 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday 05 January 2011 12:53 PM, Sankarshan
Mukhopadhyay wrote:
This is a question to all the Android users. Is this a good option or
better option for LInux users? Do these phones have a 'suite' that is
made for Linux? How simple and easy it is to attach an Android phone to
a Linux box and use it comprehensively like a typical Nokia suite?
Well there is no application as such till now to directly attache your
android phone and sync your contacts with thunderbird or evoluation.
well you can connect your device as storage device and do the copy
past activities. HTC doesnt provid any Suite for Linux but provides for
windows
it does,Known as HTC sync. where we can sync our contacts & calender with
outlook.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait
Raut<advaitraut(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Â Â Â Â Â Â I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i
want
to
> sync my cellphone contacts and calender with
my thunderbird or
evoluation.
is it
possible by any application on linux platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
I am assuming that your mail client
(Thunderbird or, Evolution) fetch
the mails from an account. You'd need to figure out the details of how
to synchronize/access that account rather than attempt to solve the
issue of synchronize/access from the desktop application.
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5 Jan
5 Jan
10:06 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut <advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi guys,
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
There's a slightly ugly way but the one that works[1] via USB. I
haven't tried with bluetooth as I don't have a bluetooth dongle.
For Contacts:
a. Go to contacts.
b. Click on Menu button
c. Select "Import/Export Menu"
d. Select "Export to SD Card". Wait for the export process to finish.
e. Go to Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB Settings. Select Mass storage.
f. Connect your phone to PC with USB.
g. Press "Connect USB storage" button, when connected.
h. Open the folder on your computer corrosponding to the SD Card.
i. Right click on the exported file and select "Open with
Evolution"(or thunderbird, if you like).
j. Click on the Phone Book to which you want to import the Contacts.
Similar thing should work for Calendar too.
There might be an easier way to sync via USB, what USB setting options
does your phone have?
1. Works on Froyo in Samsung Galaxy S. Method might be slightly
different on HTC Sense
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2:33 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Advait Raut
<advaitraut(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks dude... ur method works with htc desire as well..
imported all the contacts in evolution.
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Advait Raut
Hi guys,
I have my HTC Desire cellphone running android 2.2 . i want to
sync my cellphone contacts and calender with my thunderbird or
evoluation.
is it possible by any application on linux
platform.
iam using fedora 14 on my desktop.
There's a slightly ugly way but the one that works[1] via USB. I
haven't tried with bluetooth as I don't have a bluetooth dongle.
For Contacts:
a. Go to contacts.
b. Click on Menu button
c. Select "Import/Export Menu"
d. Select "Export to SD Card". Wait for the export process to finish.
e. Go to Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB Settings. Select Mass
storage.
f. Connect your phone to PC with USB.
g. Press "Connect USB storage" button, when connected.
h. Open the folder on your computer corrosponding to the SD Card.
i. Right click on the exported file and select "Open with
Evolution"(or thunderbird, if you like).
j. Click on the Phone Book to which you want to import the Contacts.
Similar thing should work for Calendar too.
There might be an easier way to sync via USB, what USB setting options
does your phone have?
1. Works on Froyo in Samsung Galaxy S. Method might be slightly
different on HTC Sense
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