Hello everyone!...
So! Here is how I did it for a nokia E52 with syncevolution (my syncing includes contacts, calendar, memos)
(-big parenthesis- because I hate getting credit for something I didn't come up with or anything, everything posted below is the outcome of the two posts:
http://syncevolution.org/wiki/nokia-e71-ubuntu-1004-lts and
http://syncevolution.org/wiki/compat...a-6220-classic
which are given by "head_victim" on that same page. The first link gives an idea about how things work, the second one gets you -if not there- closer 
-end of big parenthesis-)
The packages needed to be installed for this to work are:
syncevolution
sync-ui
... and their dependances -if any extra- the installation of these, plants a "sync" icon on your internet menu.
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step 1) link the two bluetooth devices.
what you need to do is go to "set up a new device" from the bluetooth menu, detect and add your mobile on the list.
Follow the instructions to where they take you in order to do the pairing. Don't worry if the pairing isn't kept alive - mine dies too after 1 or 2 seconds.
On your mobiles side, you need to go to the bluetooth menu, then to "reliable devices", where you should find your pc's bluetooth name, and make it a reliable device.
About the pairing: I've read in many posts that you should be in an "copying files" mode in order to sync. This doesn't apply in my case...
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step 2) "see" the mobile phone through syncevolution
Go ahead and open your new installed "sync" programm on your menu! - If it is the first time you run the programm, you should read "select sync device" (click on it)
... and if your mobile phone is on the bluetooth list (as added in the previous step), it should appear further down on the list, under "direct sync".
From the dropdown list, choose "nokia_7210c" and "use these settings", and then "save and replace current service".
Don't do any syncing - just close the window
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step 3) get to know the config files
open a terminal, and execute : "nautilus ~/.config/syncevolution" - I guess this makes navigating easier...-
navigate to ->default->peers , and you should see your nokia_7210c. You can rename the folder as you like to call your phone while syncing.
now navigate to ->"your phone"->sources, and you can see folders that correspond to all the services that are supported for syncing by syncevolution (which doesn't mean that all services are
there for syncing with every phone...)
every folder contains a config.ini file that dictates the sync parameters for every service. The parameters, syntax and the structure of the file is the same in every case.
The parameters that we are concerned with are:
"sync=" // the way the syncing is meant to be done (two way, one way, etc - look at the commented lines above the field)
this is in the beginning of the files, and
"uri="
at the very end of the files. I don't remember changing "type=" (at the end of the files as well) at any point, but to make sure, I'll give you that setting for every case as well (in a bit).
the "uri" field is (the way I see it) the codename that the mobile phone expects to see in order to sync the corresponding field. To find which are these codenames in your case, navigate to your
mobile phone's menu (for e52):
Note: phone menus are not identical, because I'm not using the english menus
menu -> control panel -> phone -> sync., then... options -> edit sync profile, and then scroll down to see "sync. setting contacts", "sync. setting calendar", "sync. setting notes " // clicking on these fields, you get the corresponding "codename" under the field "data base contacts", or "data base calendar" or "data base notes". Mine are "Contacts", "Calendar", "Notes" respectively. If yours are different, I would suggest keeping your settings, and adapt the settings of syncevolution further below.
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step 4) start syncing...
The idea is that for the first sync, evey field must be synchronized by itself. So, go to every config.ini file - exept for the addressbook - and switch the "sync=" value to "none". At the addressbook folder, the config.ini file should have the following setup:
sync = two-way
type = addressbook
uri = Contacts
(I would suggest that you mind the capitals)
save the config.ini files, and go ahead and do your first sync. Open a terminal and type:
syncevolution "your-phone"
where your-phone is the name you gave to the directory under "~/.config/syncevolution/default/peers"
You should see some syncing going on / if you don't, among the messages displayed, you should see
"Synchronization failed, see /home/*******..../syncevolution-log.html" - go ahead and open this file with your browser.
This file, among others, says which channel is used to make the connection. This channel must be the same as the channel the phone uses for SyncML service. So, if it isn't successfully detected automaticaly, we have to check that too:
type at your terminal:
this should show you your phones bluetooth hardware address a.k.a. a number like 00:32:45:.....
then, use this number to see the services and the corresponding channels:
Code:
sdptool browse 00:32:45:.....
this will have a quite long output, but as I said, what we are interested in is the "SyncMLClient" service (for e52 channel 8 ). If the channel number stated at this output is not the same as the one displayed at the error messages, you can change the channel syncevolution uses, by editing "~/.config/syncevolution/default/peers/"your phone"/config.ini"
go to the "syncURL=" line, and add at the end "+channel" where channel is the working "SyncMLClient" channel (see the commented instructions just above the field).
save the file and try the sync. again.
if you succeed, it means that you repeat the same procedure with calendar and memo separately (for every other sync-field, "sync = none"). Note that for nokia E52, sync works with the "calendar" configuration folder, and not the "calendar+todo" configuration folder.
their config.ini files should have the following settings:
calendar:
sync = two-way
type = calendar
uri = Calendar
memo:
sync = two-way
type = memo
uri = Notes
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step 5) complete your setup
after you have done all contacts, calendar and memo syncs separately, you can turn all three sync-fields to "sync = two-way", and enjoy flawless syncing everytime / no duplicates , just open a terminal and type:
Code:
syncevolution "your-phone"
that's all -
Ubuntu addict and loving it
Originally Posted by leoh
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