HOWTO: Sync Nokia E-series Phone with Evolution via Bluetooth

[eduardgrebe]

My query is similar to that of patubuntu above. I would like to install on powerpc. Only i386 packages are available in the repo above.

Thanks
Eduard

[Nailor]

Seems that OpenSync is available for i386 only. AMD64 users can propably force the package to install with dpkg:

dpkg -i --force-architecture packagename.deb

BUT NOTICE THAT THIS CAN SEVERLY DAMAGE YOUR SYSTEM AND RENDER IT UNUSABLE

[kcleong]

Update: Used 'msynctool --configure nokia 2' instead of 'synctool --configure nokia syncml-obex-client', and it worked

I'm trying this howto on Edgy Eft and I'm stuck at 'msynctool --configure nokia syncml-obex-client' , it spits out a 'Unable to find member with id syncml-obex-client'. I've added merseburg.de repos for edgy and installed the required packages.

kcleong@laptopkc:~$ msynctool --addgroup nokia
kcleong@laptopkc:~$ msynctool --addmember nokia evo2-sync
kcleong@laptopkc:~$ msynctool --addmember nokia syncml-obex-client
kcleong@laptopkc:~$ msynctool --showgroup nokia
Groupname: nokia
Member 1: evo2-sync
        Configuration : <config>
  <address_path>default</address_path>
  <calendar_path>default</calendar_path>
  <tasks_path>default</tasks_path>
</config>

Member 2: syncml-obex-client
        No Configuration found: Member has not been configured
kcleong@laptopkc:~$ msynctool --configure nokia syncml-obex-client
Unable to find member with id syncml-obex-client

Does anybody know how to fix this? The --showgroup shows that syncml-obex-client is in member 2, but configuring is not possible.

[darkghost]

Hi,
I've got exactly the same error with dapper drake (kubuntu).

andy@kubuntudesk:~$ msynctool --showgroup nokia
Groupname: nokia
Member 1: evo2-sync
        Configuration : <config>
  <address_path>default</address_path>
  <calendar_path>default</calendar_path>
  <tasks_path>default</tasks_path>
</config>

Member 2: syncml-obex-client
        No Configuration found: Member has not been configured
andy@kubuntudesk:~$ msynctool --configure nokia syncml-obex-client
Unable to find member with id syncml-obex-client

[darkghost]

Gosh...thanks, this worked...
I'll let you know if I can sync my E61...

Darkghost

[wearlan]

This article is a work of brilliance, I now how full sync between pda/server/workstation/laptop for inbox and contacts. I can't thank you enough after a day wrestling with gnome-bluetoothmanager/multisyn[ck]/blah blah blah

I did it on openSuse 10.1; a useful url for the packages is..

http://repos.opensuse.org/OpenSync/SL-10.1/

Which I added to smart as a RPM meta data repository. pick all the bits wbxml/opensync/msynctools and plugins hopefully smart should do the deps.

other than that I followed the instructions...

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For some of the questions. I did have the phone register the dongle as a trusted device (don't have to dig the phone out then to use the modem)

and I also had to use ...

msynctool --configure nokia 2 instead of syncml-obex-client

I did the same for the evo config too...

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5 beans indeed (I even registered *just* to say thanks for this, so I have no idea)

thankyou


Alan

[Nailor]

Thanks for everyone noting out the bug in my guide, I've now fixed the configuration line to use the number instead of module name (which was incorrect)

[qrazi]

I had to also install the msynctool package (sudo aptitude install msynctool).

msynctool -addgroup nokia

is supposed to be:

msynctool --addgroup nokia

somehow it didnt recognise the evo-2sync plugin. Will further into it ofcourse.

Had a look at the website under the repo: http://www.in.fh-merseburg.de/~jahn/. Since I´m using Efgy at the moment, I switched to using the Edgy repo. Also, i used the gpg key from that website.

[jamaas]

Nailor,

Thanks for this. I've got the contacts to work using this with a N80 on Efty. Do I understand correctly, are you (or anyone else) getting this to work for calendar as well? If so would you please post the exact setup for both the phone and the computer syncml file?

thanks

Jim

Thanks for everyone noting out the bug in my guide, I've now fixed the configuration line to use the number instead of module name (which was incorrect)

[Nailor]

Nailor,

Thanks for this. I've got the contacts to work using this with a N80 on Efty. Do I understand correctly, are you (or anyone else) getting this to work for calendar as well? If so would you please post the exact setup for both the phone and the computer syncml file?

thanks

Jim

I haven't got any luck with calendar. Trying to sync Calendar, the phone produces a system error and nothing happens (my E50 will still resume though).