This one took me a while to figure out, but it finally works smoothly.
In version 2.2 (jp3) the phone can sync with outlook calendar easily via the Kies, like the contacts do in the previous post.
But in version 2.1 (g5) the phone does not sync with outlook calendar via the Kies program.
Therefore the CompanionLink tool is needed for this job. So the follow steps are needed for this sync to happen.
1. Install CompanionLink on computer
2. Install dejaoffice on phone via the market
3. Go to Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> disable the second tick and disable the gmail automatic sync
4. Configure on the default google calendar and the dejaoffice calendar the use of xxx@gmail.com calendar and remove the tick from the "My Calendar".
5. Now you have to execute the CompanioLink on computer and go to the settings menu and set it up according to your needs. Some common options you might need to use
- Enable alarms, so that reminders can work afterwords, no need to install any notifier tool
- Select the outlook folders where calendar is stored
- Select only calendar to sync, remove all the others
- Past days to sync = 0
and many more options, like keep primary Outlook database or use 2way sync etc..
6. Then press sync from the phone and let is run for sometime, first the phone calculates something, then the computer collects all calendar data, when it finishes it asks to remove the usb and let the phone update its calendar.
7. Then you may add a shortcut of deja calendar directly to the home screen, and you are ready to go.
Thanks, but once you've done all this do you have to use deja calendar or is there a way to update the default android calendar?
ReplyDeleteIn general the deja office sync option does two things :
ReplyDelete- copies the entries from outlook pc client to deja office and
- syncs the deja office calendar with the android calendar.
i have problems with the android calendar cause i have many recursive meetings without end date, so whenever i enable on deja office sync option to sync with my xxx@gmail calendar the android calendar is updated, but after a few days the sync icon appears on the top of the phone and android calendar sync process keeps rebooting all time and consumes some battery.. so i do not sync the deja office with the android calendar any more.
wait for the official froyo 2.2, kies calendar sync with outlook works perfect :)
i did try that with jp3 2.2 rom.