PhoneSync
Contacts phone sync, public alpha
For questions about the service, see UbuntuOne/PhoneSync/FAQ
Set up your phone
Instructions
- Select your phone model (if the model isn't listed, but you know it works, choose any phone to create a user/password)
iPhone and Android phones can download the app directly from their respective app stores (web links for Android available at Cyrket, AppBrain, Google project site).
Don't configure calender/notes sync or anything else that isn't contacts, no matter what the instructions tell you to do
If your phone doesn't support syncml, download the client from here: https://www.forge.funambol.org/download/
The host is: http://syncml.one.ubuntu.com
DB name: card
Model gotchas
- iPhones, download the funambol app from the app store
Resetting your contacts
WARNING: THIS COMPLETELY DELETES EVERYTHING FOR EVER
Download ubuntuone-couchdb-query
- Run:
python ubuntuone-couchdb-query --http-method=DELETE contacts python ubuntuone-couchdb-query --http-method=PUT contacts
- Delete your local contacts db from the couchdb admin:
firefox .local/share/desktop-couch/couchdb.html
Email clients
Thunderbird 2: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/8616
Thunderbird 3 32 bit: Download and install the add-on
Thunderbird 3 64 bit: Download and install the add-on
Evolution: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Contacts
Testing
Please give us feedback in this structured format, so we can understand what needs to be worked on. We would like the test to be done in a certain order so we can understand where things fail. To add your feedback, copy and paste the following:
Nickname: |
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Phone: |
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Username: |
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Date/time synced: |
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Test results - basic phone sync |
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Is your phone supported? |
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Did your phone sync without errors? |
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Can you see all your contacts on the web ui? |
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Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
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Test results - merging with email contacts |
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Did your email client sync without errors? |
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Can you see all contacts merged with the phones' on the web ui? |
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Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
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Other observations |
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Test results
Your test results here!
Nickname: |
dpossner |
Phone: |
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic |
Username: |
78360914 |
Date/time synced: |
11.30pm GMT |
Test results - basic phone sync |
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Is your phone supported? |
yes |
Did your phone sync without errors? |
no, synching stopped after 48 of 118 contacts (error was: data transfer not possible) |
Can you see all your contacts on the web ui? |
I see 48 new contacts |
Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
yes |
Test results - merging with email contacts |
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Did your email client sync without errors? |
yes |
Can you see all contacts merged with the phones' on the web ui? |
yes |
Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
yes |
Other observations |
Synchronization with memotoo (also uses syncml) worked fine. |
Nickname: |
animaster |
Phone: |
Apple iPhone 3GS |
Username: |
28701936 |
Date/time synced: |
04:20am GMT |
Test results - basic phone sync |
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Is your phone supported? |
yes |
Did your phone sync without errors? |
yes |
Can you see all your contacts on the web ui? |
yes |
Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
e-mail addresses from phone contacts did not get sync'ed to Ubuntu One |
Test results - merging with email contacts |
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Did your email client sync without errors? |
yes |
Can you see all contacts merged with the phones' on the web ui? |
yes |
Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
yes |
Other observations |
I have been using Google Sync (MS Exchange) and it works well for a free service |
Nickname: |
sergek |
Phone: |
Motorola L9 |
Username: |
08745169 |
Date/time synced: |
11:30am GMT |
Test results - basic phone sync |
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Is your phone supported? |
yes |
Did your phone sync without errors? |
yes |
Can you see all your contacts on the web ui? |
yes |
Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
e-mail addresses from phone contacts did not get sync'ed to Ubuntu One |
Test results - merging with email contacts |
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Did your email client sync without errors? |
yes |
Can you see all contacts merged with the phones' on the web ui? |
yes |
Do they seem to have all the correct data? |
yes |
Other observations |
Great service, but I doubt I will use it if it will be paid. But depends on price. |