adrian13
10th February 2009, 08:53
How To: Sync Your Mobile Contacts With Your Google Account For Free ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
from The Symbian Blog ([Only registered and activated users can see links] ) by Vaibhav Sharma
I’ll keep the introduction on this one short. All us want to be able to sync out Gmail contacts to our S60 devices and not pay for it, this post will tell you how exactly to go about doing that without requiring to install any application. I’ve successfully used Google Mobile Sync ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) on the Nokia N96, a FP2 device as well, but for the purpose of this tutorial I will be demonstrating the setup on an E71 which runs FP1.
Make sure you backup your contacts, both on the phone and in Gmail.
Navigate to and open the Sync application.
From the Options menu select ‘New sync profile’
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Choose any name you like for ‘Sync profile name’
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Select and click ‘Applications’, you will see a list of all content types that your phone can synchronize; however, currently Google Sync only supports Contacts.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Select and click ‘Contacts’
Make sure the ‘Include in Sync’ option is set to ‘Yes’
Define the ‘Remote Database’ option as ‘contacts’. It needs to be spelled exactly like this (lower case), or Google Sync will not work.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
Ensure that only Contacts have ‘Settings defined’ and all other content types say ‘Sett. not defined’
Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
Select and click ‘Connection Settings’
Enter the following values:
Server version: 1.2
Server ID: Google (capital ‘G’ is important)
Data bearer: Internet
Access point: the Internet access point for your carrier.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Host address: [Only registered and activated users can see links] (Important to enter [Only registered and activated users can see links] for a secure connection)
Port: 443
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Password: your Google password.
Leave other values unchanged.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
Click ‘Back’ again to exit the Sync profile settings
Highlight the your Sync profile and select ‘Synchronize’ from the ‘Options’ menu to synchronize your contacts with Google.
Note: On FP2 devices like the N96 & N85, the settings are similar and the only difference is in the order in which they are displayed. Also, Google currently only supports both way syncs, irrespective of the device in use.
Thanks Anuj
from The Symbian Blog ([Only registered and activated users can see links] ) by Vaibhav Sharma
I’ll keep the introduction on this one short. All us want to be able to sync out Gmail contacts to our S60 devices and not pay for it, this post will tell you how exactly to go about doing that without requiring to install any application. I’ve successfully used Google Mobile Sync ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) on the Nokia N96, a FP2 device as well, but for the purpose of this tutorial I will be demonstrating the setup on an E71 which runs FP1.
Make sure you backup your contacts, both on the phone and in Gmail.
Navigate to and open the Sync application.
From the Options menu select ‘New sync profile’
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Choose any name you like for ‘Sync profile name’
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Select and click ‘Applications’, you will see a list of all content types that your phone can synchronize; however, currently Google Sync only supports Contacts.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Select and click ‘Contacts’
Make sure the ‘Include in Sync’ option is set to ‘Yes’
Define the ‘Remote Database’ option as ‘contacts’. It needs to be spelled exactly like this (lower case), or Google Sync will not work.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
Ensure that only Contacts have ‘Settings defined’ and all other content types say ‘Sett. not defined’
Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
Select and click ‘Connection Settings’
Enter the following values:
Server version: 1.2
Server ID: Google (capital ‘G’ is important)
Data bearer: Internet
Access point: the Internet access point for your carrier.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Host address: [Only registered and activated users can see links] (Important to enter [Only registered and activated users can see links] for a secure connection)
Port: 443
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Password: your Google password.
Leave other values unchanged.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Click ‘Back’ to exit this screen and save your settings
Click ‘Back’ again to exit the Sync profile settings
Highlight the your Sync profile and select ‘Synchronize’ from the ‘Options’ menu to synchronize your contacts with Google.
Note: On FP2 devices like the N96 & N85, the settings are similar and the only difference is in the order in which they are displayed. Also, Google currently only supports both way syncs, irrespective of the device in use.
Thanks Anuj