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You have tried restarting the computer and phone haven't you?

Also, try backing up then deleting the contents of the following folders:

Users/username/Library/Application Support/SyncServices
~/Library/Application Support/SyncService

If that does nothing restore the backups - not sure what these folders do!

I've also read that deleting (back up first just in case) the following files may help:

Home Folder>Library>Preferences>com.apple.HIToolbox.plist
Home Folder>Library>Preferences>ByHost>com.apple.HIToolbox.numbers.plist

There seems to be no logic or consistency to this whole K750 syncing issue. For some people the first method works fine, some it works partially, some it doesn't work at all. I've got mine working partially with the second method and for you its not working at all.

Just makes no sense...
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Posted: 2005-06-04 01:06:06
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Well... I've now managed to get the right icon to show up in iSync after deleting all the pairings and pairing from the phone as opposed to the computer. However, I still can't sync my contacts - same old error message. The worst thing is that I did manage to sync both iCal and contacts initioally when I first got the phone and did the iSync.app hack. I then changed the time zone on the phone and have had probs ever since.

The most frustrating this is that this would take some Apple engineer probably no more that a couple of minutes to set up initially and probably not more than a few hours to thorougly test. I wish they'd just come out and give us a new version of iSync so we'd all be able to move on... /end whine

Thanks for your help Jools - if you come up with any other ideas I'd always be glad to hear them.

EDIT: Just read your message above - yes, did try restarting phone multiple times with no luck. I'll try the other tips tomorrow and let you know how I get on.

[ This Message was edited by: Hoziedude on 2005-06-04 00:11 ]
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Posted: 2005-06-04 01:09:44
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Couple of other things to try:

1) Before doing the first sync, delete all the existing contacts from your phone.
(Back them up to the Mac with the Send All Contacts option in the phone)

2) When doing the first sync, choose "Merge data" rather than "Erase data"

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Posted: 2005-06-04 01:29:20
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Been all over my Mac looking for iSync, iCal, and phone files. I could not find anything that I think would help. Things are much different from 10.3.x. Sorry I could not help more. I think I will sit with my v800 for quite a while.
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Posted: 2005-06-04 01:34:09
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Just found this on the Apple iSync site:

http://www.kinkykoala.com/macstuff/k750i/

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Posted: 2005-06-04 01:39:04
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Yeah, that's where the original plist hack came from in the first post. I added the icon to that plist mod!
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Posted: 2005-06-04 01:44:37
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Quote:
On 2005-06-04 01:29:20, JoolsG4 wrote:
Couple of other things to try:

1) Before doing the first sync, delete all the existing contacts from your phone.
(Back them up to the Mac with the Send All Contacts option in the phone)

2) When doing the first sync, choose "Merge data" rather than "Erase data"




I think that is indeed one of the problems - it would explain why some people were having success pairing and syncing the phone originally but failed to do so after editing some settings on the K750i. Maybe iSync needs a blank slate for the first try and provided nothing changes in terms of settings afterwards, subsequent syncs go smoothly.

Only problem I have with deleting all my contacts is that if I fail to sync afterwards my phone will be useless - is there any way of manually transferring the contacts in one go?

Also, does anyone know whether a master reset causes you to lose any of the standard ringtones and/or games?


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Posted: 2005-06-04 11:46:21
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To back-up all your contacts in one go (inc. photos) just go Contacts > Options > Advanced > Send all Contacts > Via Bluetooth

This will give you a .vcf file on the Mac that you can send back to the phone if anything goes wrong...
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Posted: 2005-06-04 11:54:33
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The Lindmark.net site is still off-line but I managed to get the info out of Google's cache:

[b]This is a description on how to use iSync 1.5 (OS X 10.3 Panther) with the new SonyEricsson K750i[b]

The new phone from SonyEricsson K750i isn't supported by iSync 1.5 in Apple OS X 10.3. You will be able to add the phone as a Bluetooth device and perform other operations on it, but you will not be able to add it as a new device in iSync.

Although the K750i is formally unsupported it is technically possible to enable it in iSync by following the procedure described below:



Go to the directory
/System/Library/SyncServices/BTConduit.bundle/Contents/Resources and edit the file BTConduit_phones.plist (make sure you create a backup copy before making any changes)
Locate the following lines, or at least very similar ones:



Sony Ericsson--separator--AAB-1021041-CN
bttool



Add the following four lines right below those to enable support for K750i and D750i (the T-mobile branded version):



Sony Ericsson--separator--AAB-1022011-BV
bttool
Sony Ericsson--separator--AAB-1022012-BV
bttool


If you have previously paired your Mac with the K750i you must remove the pairing from both the phone and the Mac.


Phone: Settings->Communication->Bluetooth->My Devices,
select your Mac and then press the C key
Mac: System Preferences->Bluetooth->Devices, select your K750i and then click on "Delete Pairing"


Re-pair the Mac with your K750i using the phone and not your Mac.
Choose a temporary PIN for the pairing and enter it on the phone. Then re-enter the same code on the Mac to authorize the pairing.
Open iSync and add your K750i using Devices->Add Device.
You should now be able to sync as usual.





Bluetooth ID codes for the K750i/D750i found on bluetooth.org.


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[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG4 on 2005-06-05 19:07 ]
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Posted: 2005-06-04 12:14:13
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Victory!

Right, finally got it to sync correctly. This is what I did - with a fresh version of iSync (extract from Tiger DVD with Pacifier):

1) backed up contacts by Jools' method above
2) deleted all contacts on phone
3) deleted pairing on computer and phone
4) deleted all bluetooth.plist and isync.plist files
5) deleted the iSync .log file (don't think this is strictly necessary)
6) emptied the Phones folder in ~/Library
7) copied the PhonePlugins folder in ~/Library
restarted computer
9) restarted K750i
10) initiated pairing from computer
11) went through the regular process but unticked "use to acces internet"
13) in iSync, selected "merge data"
14) synced

All subsequent contact syncs worked after that. It must be the way either the phone or iSync deals with an existing contact list...

I haven't tested it all for stability but have synced without errors 4 or 5 times now so I'm hopeful the above should work for most people...

Thanks for your help Jools.

EDIT: I also completely emptied the calendar on my phone and that solved my calendar syncyng probs as well... It seems I've now regained all functionality...



[ This Message was edited by: Hoziedude on 2005-06-04 12:40 ]
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Posted: 2005-06-04 13:29:28
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