Help. Trying to sync exchange/pop3 calendars across devices".

[bbigjohn]

need help with calender. My Wife and I have been on BB for years and have now moved over to android. we have had our calenders synced for ever. now with the EVO 3d we can not send calender updates from our work emails (outlook) and or home emails that are pop3 (sbcglobal.net). we have been trying to find a app that would do this but cant find one. plus we work on a goverment instilation so we can not access the exchange server for our outlook mail. any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

 

[jean15paul]

Re: new to android need help.

I'm going to tell you the easiest solution, but you're not going to like it. (Sorry)

Switch to Google Calendar ... at least for your personal accounts. Seriously, everything is just easier when you submit to Google's will and use their services. And I must admit, their services are pretty d@*n good.

That being said. That doesn't help for your work email and you may not want to do it for home. That fine. I'm pretty sure there's a way to do it for you home email, but unfortuantely I don't know what it is. I trust someone smarter than me will chime in.

At work with a government exchange server, I think your best bet is to talk to the IT group at work. But my guess is they will tell you that Android isn't secure enough. Which I guess it true for anything you have off the shelf, but recently several government orgs have adopted a customized secured version of Android that they created for themselves. Although, that may not be relavant. I'm guessing that you're probably stuck at work.

 

[jean15paul]

Re: new to android need help.

If I could make one suggestion. The title of this post isn't very descriptive. It probably would have been good to summarize your issue. Maybe "Help. Trying to sync exchange/pop3 calendars across devices".

I'm not trying to be a d!*k about it, but the person who knows a lot about syncing calendars might not notice this post. Really just trying to help.

BTW, I forgot to say welcome to Android. I came from Blackberry about a year ago. There are a couple of things I miss, but the good FAR outweighs the bad. After some possible growing pains, you'll come to love Android. Promise.

 

[Wiley_11]

Re: new to android need help.

Welcome. Here is something to help your transition to Android. Good luck!!

http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/31622-getting-started-android-tips-tricks.html

Edit: I've found that you get a lot better results by searching Google instead of the forums search.

 

[bbigjohn]

thanks for the help. i will start looking into it. i did make a gmail account. now i have to set it up!!!!!!!!!! ugh!!!

 

[poidogger]

Not sure about email bit Companionlink does a good job syncing outlook and google calendars

 

[Wiley_11]

thanks for the help. i will start looking into it. i did make a gmail account. now i have to set it up!!!!!!!!!! ugh!!!

This may help.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tra...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

If you haven't calibrated the keyboard yet this will help.

Menu>Settings>Language&Keyboard>Touch Input>Text Input>Calibration Tool.

 

[Wiley_11]

Google Sync sounds pretty cool.

Google Sync for your phone

Here's something for your POP.

http://www.androidcentral.com/using-gmail-your-own-personal-push-mail-server

 

[jean15paul]

One more suggestion. On these Android Central forums there is a Blackberry forum. I've never really used it, but it's probably a good place to ask "I used to be able to do this on my Blackberry; how do I do it on my new Android" questions

It's near the bottom of the main page under: Other Forums > Other Gadgets & Cross Platform > Blackberry

Here's a direct link: http://forums.androidcentral.com/blackberry/

 

[bbigjohn]

ok i have the mail going were i want it . but now how do i snyc my calenders? i have been making all my changes to my calender at work and sending them to my BB through email. can this be done on android? i have not been able to figure this out.