Sync iPad/iPhone with Google calender

Here's to share the method, out of thousands of forums out there teaching us the way.

Step1 - in iPad/iPhone:

Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calenders > Add Account

choose either

1. Microsoft Exchange or

server: m.google.com; username: your_gmail_domain with "@gmail.com"

2. Gmail or

just key in your gmail login info

3. Other

Add CalDAV Account; server: google.com; plus the remaining userinfo of gmail account.

Step2 - in Safari:

goto: m.google.com/sync

A list of smartphone devices belongs to your gmail account would be listed, selected the one you prefer and tick the calendar(s) you need to sync with, up to 25 calendars. Then click Save.

Step3 - in apps: Calendar:

on top left of the touch screen, click the box "Calendars", all the selected to sync calendars in step2 would be here, then select those needed, click "done" on top right, wait for the sync to perform.

All events would be shown and able to be update, create, edit, delete, etc, and sync with the google calendar all time (unless no wifi/3G access).

Too long sync of iphone with itune

It spends very long time for the sync and the system seems out of time or "hanging" somemore.

Normally most of the time of every sync is on the "back-up", even before the sync. And the back-up wouldn't need to be executed everytime, as we always update the content and apps between the two from time to time. Thus, the simple way to make the progress faster is to click the little cross "x" behind the "back-up" progression bar. Then it will continues with the sync afterward.

Just found the very useful info from some forum that, this long-time-syncing (or better refered as back-up) is caused by itune sending error report to apple and it takes very long time.

To disable it, here's the page: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=532189

Good luck!

Transfer contacts from Iphone to SE-W300

I have my Iphone sent to factory for hardware checking via warranty. So, in the mean time waiting my Iphone to be returned, I wouldn't have a phone to use. Thus I turn to use the old Sony Ericsson W300, which even its own software PC Suite cannot be configured and connected via my laptop. Anyway, thanks for the drivers shared by others that I can download and install into my laptop.

Before I turn the Iphone off, it had been back-up via Itunes, to my Vista Contact, in format of ".contact". In fact, I transfered all .contact into my laptop of XP, and XP unable to read the contacts. I tried to export all .contact to Vcard and transfer in XP, but still unable to read it all, because most of my contacts are in chinese names (both simplified and traditional type).

Here I share out the way I'd done to restore my contacts into my W300.

I downloaded and installed the Windows Live Mail in my XP laptop, because Live Mail able to read the import all the .contact files. Then I export the contacts from the Live Mail as Vcard format. at this point all chinese filenames of my Vcard is preserved.

Afterward, I linked the W300 with my laptop via bluetooth connection. And sent the Vcard files to my W300 via blueetooth. But the limitation is 26 Vcards per transaction as I found so far.

Of course, I have some other problem as some numbers fall in incompatible categories (in Vcard category, there's no phone number called as "Iphone" as stored in Iphone contact, etc) had lost, end up with contacts with just name but no number to call to. Therefore, some checking or modification work needed to be done before back-up the contact via itune to Vista's windows contact. Else, Outlook or other supported Contact Manager may solve this problem too. Please share more if you really have this.

Good luck!