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Dr.Gibbs · 05-31-06, 01:19 PM

I haven't been able to get ActiveSync 3.8 to work properly in months. I can't upgrade it because I have Windows Mobile 2002, and Microsoft stopped supporting it, like no one has a PocketPC that's a few years old (as much as I'd love to spend $300 on a new one that's the same as what I have now, I'll pass).

Contacts: If I change a contact on my Axim, ActiveSync never updates it in Outlook, and vice versa. It's like it doesn't know it's been changed. One time I deleted all my Outlook contacts to see if I could get it to sync, but instead of copying my Axim contacts to Outlook, it deleted them! I did a restore, then syncrhonized it again. They came back, but all of their categories were suddenly different. I had to change them all on my Axim. Then I did another sync and I ended up with two copies of them.

Calendar: It seems like every other time I sync, it creates copies of all my birthdays and anniversaries. I can't figure out a pattern (I don't know what I'm doing that's causing this), but it gets to the point where I turn on my Axim and I get six reminders for the same thing. I have to go through my calendar and delete them all. Within a month, they're all back again.

I've tried reinstalling, and it doesn't do any good.

I guess my question is, why is 3.8 such a POS, and can I possibly do anything to fix these problems?

I'm about ready to go back to Palm, I never had ONE problem with HotSync :realmad:

05-31-06, 01:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dr.Gibbs Aximsite Minor League Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 132 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Any solutions for 3.8? I haven't been able to get ActiveSync 3.8 to work properly in months. I can't upgrade it because I have Windows Mobile 2002, and Microsoft stopped supporting it, like no one has a PocketPC that's a few years old (as much as I'd love to spend $300 on a new one that's the same as what I have now, I'll pass). Contacts: If I change a contact on my Axim, ActiveSync never updates it in Outlook, and vice versa. It's like it doesn't know it's been changed. One time I deleted all my Outlook contacts to see if I could get it to sync, but instead of copying my Axim contacts to Outlook, it deleted them! I did a restore, then syncrhonized it again. They came back, but all of their categories were suddenly different. I had to change them all on my Axim. Then I did another sync and I ended up with two copies of them. Calendar: It seems like every other time I sync, it creates copies of all my birthdays and anniversaries. I can't figure out a pattern (I don't know what I'm doing that's causing this), but it gets to the point where I turn on my Axim and I get six reminders for the same thing. I have to go through my calendar and delete them all. Within a month, they're all back again. I've tried reinstalling, and it doesn't do any good. I guess my question is, why is 3.8 such a POS, and can I possibly do anything to fix these problems? I'm about ready to go back to Palm, I never had ONE problem with HotSync :realmad: Last edited by Dr.Gibbs; 05-31-06 at 01:21 PM.