Contact Forum Editor

Send an email to our Forum Editor:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the Forum Editor know who sent the message. Both your name and email address will not be used for any other purpose.

Tech Helproom

It's free to register, to post a question or to start / join a discussion

View Forum Rules | Contact Forum Editor

 

Syncing PC and smartphone

m800afc

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 3:36PM

Intel Core i7 CPU 950@3.07GHz 3.81GHz 12Gb RAM ATI Radeon HD 5770 Monitor 1 - BenQ2400W (Landscape) Monitor 2 - BenQ2400W (Portrait) Win 7 Pro 64bit: Epson Stylus Photo R1900: Saitek Eclipse III Keyboard Samung GT-I9100: Android 2.3.4: Gingerbread: Kies 2.1.1.11124_17

....oOo....

Hello all,

I am having difficulty syncing my mobile contacts with my Outlook 2007, on my PC. I can transfer my contacts from phone to PC without a problem. When I try to send data from PC to phone it simply transfers all of my contacts and adds them to those already in my phone, so I wind up with those on my phone AND those on my PC i.e. double the contacts rather than an incremental transfer. Each time I do a sync this happens, so I can have four or five duplicates of each contact on my phone.

How can I ensure the syncing of only the new contacts?

Like this post
bremner

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 4:49PM

What phone is it?

Like this post
Woolwell

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 9:32PM

It's a Samsung Galaxy S. I found that syncing contacts through Kies to be difficult. I have abandoned that and now transfer my contacts to Google contacts and that automatically updates the phone. I do the same with the calendar using Google Calendar Sync which is much easier.

There is a setting somewhere on Kies about sync. I'll have to fire it up and look.

Like this post
Woolwell

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 9:35PM

Slightly off topic but do you find that your phone does not connect very time and if it does it takes quite a while to be recognised?

Like this post
Woolwell

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 9:45PM

Hm - There isn't a setting!

Like this post
compumac

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 10:15PM

I have a Galaxy S and use Kies to sync my calendar with Outlook on my PC. It is relatively straightforward. I have not synced my contacts as the list on the PC is huge and I do not want that many on my phone.

Like this post
Woolwell

Likes # 0

Posted February 8, 2012 at 10:42PM

I prefer to use Google Calendar Sync set to sync fairly frequently in that way my phone and ipad automatically update without connecting to PC.

Like this post
Woolwell

Likes # 0

Posted February 9, 2012 at 12:56PM

I have reverted to using Kies to sync contacts as I realised that contacts deleted on Outlook, synced to gmail, deleted at gmail were not being deleted on the phone. I did not get several copies of each contact. Have you checked on the phone the contact display settings?

Like this post

Reply to this topic

This thread has been locked.



Check out PC Advisor's other tech forums

Send to a friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.