Comments on: I was blind, but now I synch

By: Patty

Patty — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:49 +0000

I just tried to get the missing sync software for my side kick and they told me that the product is discontinued. Any ideas about what I should do?

By: Raven Zachary

Raven Zachary — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:39:14 +0000

I LOVE the SE K790a – I do miss the full keyboard, but 90% of the time, I am just reading emails, not sending them. The 3.2MP camera gets used a lot for my moblog, and the free Shozu client lets me upload photos directly to Flickr (supports others, as well). The fact that I can actually synch makes all the difference in the world. No more missed meetings (well, at least not cause by lack of a reminder!). I have stayed with T-Mobile. Downloading the data settings for T-Mobile was easy, as the SE web site does this for you over SMS. The details come though, as this is where I store extension numbers for my contacts. I can’t vouch for long details, however. I have none. I bought my SE K790a from http://www.mobilecityonline.com. Very reputable. Good luck!

By: Dunk

Dunk — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:33:02 +0000

So, now you’ve switched to the SE K790a, what do you think of it? Does it live up to your expectations? Does sync’ing work as you would expect? Are you still with T-Mobile, or did you switch carriers at the same time as changing phones? One key question for me is whether you can sync all the details in your address book with the phone. On my T630 of course the address details are ignored as it has no place to record them, but I have a friend with a Motorola phone that has a place for addresses and he can’t sync addresses across, only phone numbers and email addresses. Oh, and last of all (this is getting to be War and Peace already), where did you end up sourcing your K790a from?

By: Raven Zachary

Raven Zachary — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:11:57 +0000

Sorry – can’t help you. I sold my Sidekick 3 last month and have switched to the Sony Ericsson K790a. Best of luck!

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:15:59 +0000

Please please help me, i can not get the missing sync app to show or contact to the servers. it keeps saying can not connect to the server. I noticed that when you hold option down the debug menu comes up and has an option to but the server URL there, does anyone have that URL on their debug section and if so, could you please share it with me, or if you have another way to assist me it would be greatly appreciated.

By: Dudley Warner

Dudley Warner — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:14:10 +0000

I really appreciate you taking the time to put together your recommendations. I had first tried a half dozen emails back and forth to MarkSpace technical assistance. They were responsive, but not knowledgeable. They acknowledged that the problems you fixed are known, but had no solutions. I told them that if I wanted to spend this much time mucking around with an application to make it work, I would be using Windows – not Mac.

I am now able to sync all my contacts and calendars.

Thanks.

By: hans

hans — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:39:34 +0000

i’m syching ok now, after making these changes…but now i can’t nter the calendar on my sidekick. it lets me see the remaining events, but i can’t access the calendar. make sense?

By: Graeme Franks

Graeme Franks — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:56:31 +0000

Hey thanks for this info. I was having problems with my SK2. I went through and got rid of all the punctuation in my names in my address book and now everything syncs great. Thanks for sharing the steps!!

By: Raven Zachary

Raven Zachary — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:58:47 +0000

Hi Brian – you don’t add the Sidekick to the iSync list. Missing Synch for hiptop is standalone application that runs independently of iSync.

Did you try the trick of watching the log file and seeing where it crashes?
Did you clean up your address book entries?

By: Brian Dixon

Brian Dixon — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:19:34 +0000

I got my SK3 today and downloaded Missing Sync. I was unsucessful at adding the hiptop to the isync list and at syncing using the missing sync software. The error received reads:

‘The syncronization failedbecause of a communications problem or you have exceeded the record limits. Some records may not have been syncronized.’

Can you offer any advice for a first time user of missing sync?

Thanks!