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Using iSync with SonyEricsson K750i
by
stefanl
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last modified
2006-02-22 12:05
This is a description on how to use iSync 1.5 (OS X 10.3 Panther) with the new SonyEricsson K750i. Thank you for using and supporting this site.
NOTE: If you want Apple to officially support this phone, use their feedback form for OS X.
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:
<key>Sony Ericsson--separator--AAB-1021041-CN</key>
<string>bttool</string> -
Add the following four lines right below those to enable support for
K750i and D750i (the T-mobile branded version). It has been reported
that using TAB to align the new lines caused problems. To be on the
safe side, use space if you want to keep the lines aligned, although
this should not be needed.
<key>Sony Ericsson--separator--AAB-1022011-BV</key>
<string>bttool</string>
<key>Sony Ericsson--separator--AAB-1022012-BV</key>
<string>bttool</string> -
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. Good luck and please leave
your feedback on this page!
Bluetooth ID codes for the K750i/D750i found on bluetooth.org.
Thank you for supporting this site.
Where did it stop working?
Posted by
stefanl
at
2005-05-24 09:19
Could you be a bit more specific as to how far in the process things worked and where you experienced problems?
For example: Did your phone ask you to grant permissions to your Mac to access its objects?
For example: Did your phone ask you to grant permissions to your Mac to access its objects?
Worked only once and not 100%
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-05-26 18:45
I got it paired and then did a synk. It took about an hour ?
It managed to transfer about 60% of the contacts but reported errors on the rest.
No iCal info got transfered.
If I try to synk again iSybk stalls for about 30 secs at launch then shows the k750i. The k750i reports that a session ended.
And isynk will not connect and synk to the phone any more.
It managed to transfer about 60% of the contacts but reported errors on the rest.
No iCal info got transfered.
If I try to synk again iSybk stalls for about 30 secs at launch then shows the k750i. The k750i reports that a session ended.
And isynk will not connect and synk to the phone any more.
k750i and iSync 1.5 - k750i Not found
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-05 20:51
I followed the instructions to the letter as well, and everytime i try to add device my phone will say "synchronizing", then "session completed" but won't actually do anything, and iSync will say that it didn't find a device.
With the Bluetooth File Exchanger I can browse the phone just fine, I can even send my contact list from the phone to the powerbook, but that's it.
Any suggestions?
With the Bluetooth File Exchanger I can browse the phone just fine, I can even send my contact list from the phone to the powerbook, but that's it.
Any suggestions?
Mac OSX and K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-08 23:36
You need to pair the phone with the Mac, not the Mac with the phone...
K750i and 10.3.9 sync
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2006-12-07 18:57
it works perfectly, thanks for your ad, it's great
Using isync with K750i & Mac OS Tiger
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-06 17:32
I see a posting for pairing isync and K750i using Panther, what about Tiger? Has anyone been successful using 10.4 Tiger? Please post how you did it.
K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-03 12:40
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=92741
Doesn´t work with my system either
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-05-26 09:11
I edited the BTConduit plist in TextEdit and saved as plain text unicode 8. The phone appeared in the Bluetooth menu like this (Norwegian system):
Enhetsnavn: K750i
Enhetsadresse: 00-0f-de-9b-b7-17
Enhetstype: Telefon
Enhetstjenester: , OBEX SyncML Client, Dial-up Networking, Serial Port, HF Voice Gateway, HS Voice Gateway, OBEX Object Push, OBEX File Transfer, OBEX IrMC Sync Server, Mouse & Keyboard
Enhetsnavn: K750i
Enhetsadresse: 00-0f-de-9b-b7-17
Enhetstype: Telefon
Enhetstjenester: , OBEX SyncML Client, Dial-up Networking, Serial Port, HF Voice Gateway, HS Voice Gateway, OBEX Object Push, OBEX File Transfer, OBEX IrMC Sync Server, Mouse & Keyboard
No joy
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-05-28 12:16
Managed to get the icon to appear in iSync and managed to pair devices but iSync reports that the device is unavailable while attempting to sync Address Book and iCal.
The Bluetooth code appears to be for a K750. Would a K750i require a different code?
The Bluetooth code appears to be for a K750. Would a K750i require a different code?
Definately for K750i
Posted by
stefanl
at
2005-05-28 18:30
Since my own phone is a K750i the only reason I can see it's not working for you is that either your phone is some branded version of K750i (not the D750i) or that something else failed along the instructions.
Orange K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-07 18:52
It is a branded version of the K750i - it's an Orange version. As I followed all of the instructions precisely I can only guess that my problem is down to the phone. It's going back to Orange in exchange for a good old fashioned K700.
it seems to work
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-01 17:56
thats pretty cool, but I had to add www. to the beginning of your address..not rocket science sure but maybe clarify that on the apple discussions page for all the noobs.
any chance of a sweet icon as well???
thanks for all your hard work.
Danny
any chance of a sweet icon as well???
thanks for all your hard work.
Danny
Hoow to add the cute icon
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-09 23:37
This works great for me, thanks Jools!
I found a bit of a clumsy work around to get the nice k750i icon to work in OS 10.3
Simply download the graphic for the 10.4 package, (from here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=92741) then rename the graphic file SEK750.tiff to unknown.tiff (this is the graphic that iSync uses as default if it doesn't have a graphic for the phone it finds). Voila! next time you start iSync the nice black phone icon appears. It will also appear for every other non-supported phone, but how many phones do you really have? I've only got one so it works for me...
Don't forget to rename unknown.tiff before you overwrite it, otherwise you'll lose the graphic.
David.
I found a bit of a clumsy work around to get the nice k750i icon to work in OS 10.3
Simply download the graphic for the 10.4 package, (from here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=92741) then rename the graphic file SEK750.tiff to unknown.tiff (this is the graphic that iSync uses as default if it doesn't have a graphic for the phone it finds). Voila! next time you start iSync the nice black phone icon appears. It will also appear for every other non-supported phone, but how many phones do you really have? I've only got one so it works for me...
Don't forget to rename unknown.tiff before you overwrite it, otherwise you'll lose the graphic.
David.
So where do you put it?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-17 13:13
In 10.3 and iSync 1.5 where do you leave the new unknown.tiff icon? I cannot find the original.
USB?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-06 15:30
A bit off topic, but does the USB-connection work with os x? Is the phone recognized as a removable device so that you can transfer photos/music to/from the phone?
yes BUT...
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-06 15:34
yes, connecting the usb cable mounts the memory stick on the desktop. However, I get a KERNAL PANIC when i disconnect it, whether it's dragged to the trash or not.
syncing over usb?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-22 21:57
sorry - rooky question. Can I do this? or will I need bluetooth?
thanks
rsaum
thanks
rsaum
kernelpanik
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-09-24 14:32
see here:
http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/k750igrabber/
http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/k750igrabber/
proper way to get it working
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-06 20:26
The changes above do work but the way you add the device to your mac has to be done as follows. First, using the phone add the computer under the Bluetooth "My Devices". This allows for your mac to recognize that the phone supports contacts and calendar synching. Then they need to be paired and you can do this by trying to browse the phone from your mac. Once paired, add the K750i to iSync and synch away!
Hope it works for you too!!
Hope it works for you too!!
Still having problems
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-07 04:29
For whatever reason the services my k750i are showing my powerbook as supporting is just Object Push. Is this sufficient? It wont' do anything when I scan for devices in iSync other than say Synchronization, then "Session Completed" on my phone. What am I doing wrong? I really would love to get my contacts back to my phone :/
...
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-08 16:07
Try adding your mac onto your phone in "My Devices" first before doing it on your Mac. This helped my Mac recognize that my k750 could do contacts and calendars.
Thanks..works a treat!
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-09-22 08:20
Thanks for the help. Your method worked perfectly!
Geat Job
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-06 23:02
I´ve to redo this twice, but then it works.
K750i iMac G5 X.3.9 german
Thanks a lot Armin
K750i iMac G5 X.3.9 german
Thanks a lot Armin
Still Not Working - 4 tries later
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-07 20:17
I have followed the instructions to a "T" 4 times now and I cannot get iSync to see the phone, other than it saying (on the phone), "synchronization.. session completed"
Do i need to setup something else on the phone in the synchronization section of hte connections menu??
Someone please help me with this, I've got all of my contacts cleaned up and correctly done and I'd love to get them back to my phone.
Do i need to setup something else on the phone in the synchronization section of hte connections menu??
Someone please help me with this, I've got all of my contacts cleaned up and correctly done and I'd love to get them back to my phone.
K750i & isync - working
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-10 21:07
absolute skills for that! thought it was gonna end in tears when i couldn't sync my new phone with my powerbook.... but now, thanks to the above, isync and K750i working all good together. the only additional thing i had to do to get it working was to pair the mac with phone AFTER pairing the phone to the mac. pairing only phone to mac (as per instructions) didn't work - but after pairing the mac to the phone, it all became gravy ;-)
so yeah, follow all instructions to the letter, and if its not syncing through isync, try pairing the mac to the phone (after pairing the phone to the mac)
respect
so yeah, follow all instructions to the letter, and if its not syncing through isync, try pairing the mac to the phone (after pairing the phone to the mac)
respect
So läufts auf deutsch/ german
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-12 14:22
ibook G4 mit 10.3.9 mit Sony Ericsson K750i synchronisieren
war nicht ganz easy, aber so hat die Beschreibung auf diesem Link bei mir funktioniert:
durch suchen im Finder wurde das BTConduit_phones.plist nicht angezeigt.
In der Bash (Programme/Dienstprogramme/Terminal) gings, aber was dazuschreiben konnte man nur, wenn man als root angemeldet ist. Das Bearbeiten ging mit vi.
Als root anmelden geht so: Programme/Dienstprogramme/NetInfo Manager
unter „Sicherheit“ Indetifizieren: Kennwort eingeben. Dann unter „Sicherheit“ root-Benutzer
aktivieren.
Dann hats so funktioniert wie beschrieben! Göttlich...
war nicht ganz easy, aber so hat die Beschreibung auf diesem Link bei mir funktioniert:
durch suchen im Finder wurde das BTConduit_phones.plist nicht angezeigt.
In der Bash (Programme/Dienstprogramme/Terminal) gings, aber was dazuschreiben konnte man nur, wenn man als root angemeldet ist. Das Bearbeiten ging mit vi.
Als root anmelden geht so: Programme/Dienstprogramme/NetInfo Manager
unter „Sicherheit“ Indetifizieren: Kennwort eingeben. Dann unter „Sicherheit“ root-Benutzer
aktivieren.
Dann hats so funktioniert wie beschrieben! Göttlich...
Problems iSync - K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-14 14:30
I experience strange problems syncing my PB and my new K750i. Although I could add all my contacts from AddressBook to the "blank" phone, the sync will not work if I changed a contact in AB, the corresponding contact will not be updated in the phone, but deleted. During the next sync, the contact will then be deleted from AddressBook. The only workaround for that I could figure out was to delete all the contacts from the phone, delete the pairing from both devices, and re-add all contacts to the phone. Pretty annoying...
I strongly recommend the following when using the K750i with iSync:
-backup your AddressBook data often (and keep old backups!),
-enable all warnings in iSync,
-take care!
I hope Apple will support the K750i soon, ´cus working with important data (like contact data) needs reliable tools. And by now, iSync and the K750i are not reliable at all when it comes to syncing.
FYI:
-Salling Clicker v3.0 will support the K750i
(according to eMail from developer from June, 11th)
-PhoneAgent will support the k750i as soon as it is officially
released in the Slovak Republic
(according to eMail from developer from June, 12th)
I strongly recommend the following when using the K750i with iSync:
-backup your AddressBook data often (and keep old backups!),
-enable all warnings in iSync,
-take care!
I hope Apple will support the K750i soon, ´cus working with important data (like contact data) needs reliable tools. And by now, iSync and the K750i are not reliable at all when it comes to syncing.
FYI:
-Salling Clicker v3.0 will support the K750i
(according to eMail from developer from June, 11th)
-PhoneAgent will support the k750i as soon as it is officially
released in the Slovak Republic
(according to eMail from developer from June, 12th)
T-online?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-22 08:30
Kann es sein das du ein t-online handy hast? Mit vodafone funzt es leider nicht!
Einfacherer Weg
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-22 08:57
Es gibt noch einen einfacheren Weg als die plist zu modifizieren
1. Auf dem Handy den Mac als Bluetooth Gerät hinzufügen
2. Auf dem Mac das Handy hinzufügen
3. Isync öffnen, vom Handy nicht mit Isync syncronisieren (ablehnen)
4. Und schon erscheint das Handy unter Isync
1. Auf dem Handy den Mac als Bluetooth Gerät hinzufügen
2. Auf dem Mac das Handy hinzufügen
3. Isync öffnen, vom Handy nicht mit Isync syncronisieren (ablehnen)
4. Und schon erscheint das Handy unter Isync
klapppt- oder auch nicht...K750i in iSnc, aber keine Sync mgl
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-06 10:02
Die angegebenen Schritte funtkionieren bei mir bis genau zu dem Punkt, wo ich sync möchte. iSync sucht dann ca 10 Sekunden, bricht danach mit dem hinweis ab, dass die Sync nicht möglich ist da das Gerät nicht verfügbar ist. Beide Geräte kennen sich, beide haben BT an. any ideas?
korrektur
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-06 10:16
die obige Fehlermeldung kam dadurch zustande, dass iSync versuchte ein Handy zu synchronisieren, welches nicht in Reichweite war.
Nachdem ich dieses aus BT-Einstellungen und iSync gelöscht habe, führte ich einen Systemneustart bei handy und iBook aus. Das K750i war immer noch in iSync zu sehen, dennoch wird die Sync leider noch immer, nun aber ohne spezifizierte Fehlermeldung abgebrochen. *seufz*
Nachdem ich dieses aus BT-Einstellungen und iSync gelöscht habe, führte ich einen Systemneustart bei handy und iBook aus. Das K750i war immer noch in iSync zu sehen, dennoch wird die Sync leider noch immer, nun aber ohne spezifizierte Fehlermeldung abgebrochen. *seufz*
bitte noch mal detailierter:
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-13 06:51
hallo, kann jemand nochmal detailierter beschreiben, was man wo ersetzen muss? weil ich kann im terminal garnichts öffnen. desweiteren hört mein pfad bei
/System/Library/SyncServices/BTConduit.bundle
auf. den rest scheints bei mir nicht zu geben. was kann ich tun? nutze ein PB G4 mit 10.3.9
/System/Library/SyncServices/BTConduit.bundle
auf. den rest scheints bei mir nicht zu geben. was kann ich tun? nutze ein PB G4 mit 10.3.9
Ja, bitte etwas genauer
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2007-05-04 21:10
Habe ganz genau das gleiche Problem. wer kann helfen?
Jawohl, so klappt es!
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2007-01-19 01:33
Nachdem ich als root angemeldet war, hat es bei mir auch funktioniert. Allerdings musste ich noch die Bearbeitungsrechte der Datei und des Ordners ändern. Ich habe den Eigentümer von "System" auf meinen normalen Benutzernamen geändert. Erst dann konnte ich die Datei auch speichern. Der Sync funtioniert hervorragend. Dabei habe ich folgende Punkte beachtet:
Der Verbindungsaufbau erfolgte vom Handy zum Mac Anschließend iSync gestartet und als Option angegeben: "Beim ersten synchronisieren auf dem Handy alle Daten löschen und anschließend vom Mac auf das Handy übertragen" (Heißt so ähnlich). Der sync lief dann ohne Probleme komplett durch.
MichaelR.
Problems iSync - K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-14 14:33
I experience strange problems syncing my PB and my new K750i. Although I could add all my contacts from AddressBook to the "blank" phone, the sync will not work if I changed a contact in AB, the corresponding contact will not be updated in the phone, but deleted. During the next sync, the contact will then be deleted from AddressBook. The only workaround for that I could figure out was to delete all the contacts from the phone, delete the pairing from both devices, and re-add all contacts to the phone. Pretty annoying...
I strongly recommend the following when using the K750i with iSync:
-backup your AddressBook data often (and keep old backups!),
-enable all warnings in iSync,
-take care!
I hope Apple will support the K750i soon, ´cus working with important data (like contact data) needs reliable tools. And by now, iSync and the K750i are not reliable at all when it comes to syncing.
FYI:
-Salling Clicker v3.0 will support the K750i
(according to eMail from developer from June, 11th)
-PhoneAgent will support the k750i as soon as it is officially
released in the Slovak Republic
(according to eMail from developer from June, 12th)
I strongly recommend the following when using the K750i with iSync:
-backup your AddressBook data often (and keep old backups!),
-enable all warnings in iSync,
-take care!
I hope Apple will support the K750i soon, ´cus working with important data (like contact data) needs reliable tools. And by now, iSync and the K750i are not reliable at all when it comes to syncing.
FYI:
-Salling Clicker v3.0 will support the K750i
(according to eMail from developer from June, 11th)
-PhoneAgent will support the k750i as soon as it is officially
released in the Slovak Republic
(according to eMail from developer from June, 12th)
Worked Perfectly
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-15 08:24
Connected from the K750i to the Mac as per instructions. The Panther machine asked for my iSync options. Used iSync without hitch. Many thanks.
Tiger also?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-17 19:48
Could anyone verify that this also works in Tiger? I Can't find the folder BTConduit.bundle on my tiger installation. 10.4.1 is the version number. Thanks!
No, this is for Panther only
Posted by
stefanl
at
2005-06-19 20:52
Tiger iSync has a slightly different architecture, so this hack won't work, neither will you find the file that is used.
For a Tiger hack, check out http://www.kinkykoala.com/macstuff/k750i/ instead.
Good luck!
/Stefan
For a Tiger hack, check out http://www.kinkykoala.com/macstuff/k750i/ instead.
Good luck!
/Stefan
Company Names and Other Bugs
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-21 20:59
After folowing all the threads here I managed to make it work.
However so far I've found it will not work with the folowing
Entries that only have a company name
Contacts that have a 'Main' telephone number this mush be changed to work, home or mobile
And for a reason I've not yet been able to fathom some other contacts simply will not sync.
This is a superb temporary fix until apple support it.
And I think the phone is top.
However so far I've found it will not work with the folowing
Entries that only have a company name
Contacts that have a 'Main' telephone number this mush be changed to work, home or mobile
And for a reason I've not yet been able to fathom some other contacts simply will not sync.
This is a superb temporary fix until apple support it.
And I think the phone is top.
iSync with over 2000 contacts
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-25 13:58
Hello,
Does someone know how to synchronize my over 3000 contacts from my PowerBook to my cellphone, I know the K750i has only 500 entries.. and that is ample for my cellphone but I do not want to loose my contacts
Thanks
Lemvo
Does someone know how to synchronize my over 3000 contacts from my PowerBook to my cellphone, I know the K750i has only 500 entries.. and that is ample for my cellphone but I do not want to loose my contacts
Thanks
Lemvo
Sync a selection
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-29 19:23
As far as I understand there's no way to circumvent the limitation in the phone. There are two options, both available in the option panel in iSync:
a) Sync only contacts which actually have a phone entry.
-- This might reduce the number of contacts, depending on your Adressbook file.
b) Sync only a subset of your contact.
-- You can choose to ony sync a specific group from within your Adressbook. So set up a group with your most important fellows, restrict it to 500 contacts (or whatever the limitations of the K750i are), and sync that group only.
Hope this helps.
a) Sync only contacts which actually have a phone entry.
-- This might reduce the number of contacts, depending on your Adressbook file.
b) Sync only a subset of your contact.
-- You can choose to ony sync a specific group from within your Adressbook. So set up a group with your most important fellows, restrict it to 500 contacts (or whatever the limitations of the K750i are), and sync that group only.
Hope this helps.
500
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-16 08:24
There must be another wat the phone has 32Mb Memory?
Thanx a lot!!!
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-26 09:12
it works perfectly between my iMac G5 and my K750i!
NOT WORKING? Try rebooting, and...
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-29 19:15
After fiddling around with the phone without success, I noticed the K750i wouldn't accept any incoming bluetooth traffic (even sending files between phones), so I rebooted it. Since then it works!
I'm not sure what did the trick -- i tried the hack as explained above, and then the procedure some german fellow posted under "Einfacherer Weg", which doesn't involve any .plist manipulation. For the non-teutons here, i'll translate:
0. Delete all previous pairings on phone and Mac
1. ON THE PHONE, add the Mac as a known device
2. On the Mac, add the phone (via pop-up)
3. Open iSync
4. Wait a moment, the phone should appear
5. Don't sync, klick on icon to choose options*:
Syncronize (not Clear phone and copy from Mac)
Contacts only (no calendar)
* I'm not sure if step 5 is necessary.
Give it a shot, it seemed to have worked for me as I removed the .plist-hack again for this attempt.
PS: Only phone numbers and one e-mail address were synced, no physical addresses, birthdays and such... may Apple fix this in an iSync update for 10.4 AND 10.3...!
(My setup: Mac OS X 10.3.9, non-branded k750i)
I'm not sure what did the trick -- i tried the hack as explained above, and then the procedure some german fellow posted under "Einfacherer Weg", which doesn't involve any .plist manipulation. For the non-teutons here, i'll translate:
0. Delete all previous pairings on phone and Mac
1. ON THE PHONE, add the Mac as a known device
2. On the Mac, add the phone (via pop-up)
3. Open iSync
4. Wait a moment, the phone should appear
5. Don't sync, klick on icon to choose options*:
Syncronize (not Clear phone and copy from Mac)
Contacts only (no calendar)
* I'm not sure if step 5 is necessary.
Give it a shot, it seemed to have worked for me as I removed the .plist-hack again for this attempt.
PS: Only phone numbers and one e-mail address were synced, no physical addresses, birthdays and such... may Apple fix this in an iSync update for 10.4 AND 10.3...!
(My setup: Mac OS X 10.3.9, non-branded k750i)
(continued:) Word of caution
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-06-29 19:48
As an addition to my post above, I am experiencing the same as another poster regarding edited contacts: The first-time sync works, but any editing of contacts leads to a deletion of the edited contact first on the phone, and with one more sych, on the Mac.
Use these hacks with caution, and just for a first-time sync -- and wait for the full support from Apple. And back up!
Apple, are you listening? ;-)
Use these hacks with caution, and just for a first-time sync -- and wait for the full support from Apple. And back up!
Apple, are you listening? ;-)
How do I edit the file
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-04 17:25
You assume knowledge of editing system files which I do not have - please please explain how I paste the text into the file you refer to.
Many many thanks
Many many thanks
little help how to do
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-06 11:14
at the very top of this site there is the file's location. i pasted it into safari and found the btcounduit..... .
after that i opened the btconduit_phone.plist - file with textedit, a program that u can find at "programs".
then you have to identify yourself as root. only as a root you can change files in such ways as writing sth into it.
for that please search inside the folder "applications" for the program "netinfomanager". here it ist possible to identify yousrself al root.
after it all changes inside the btcoduit_phone.plist can be saved.
use copy&paste to fill in the lines, erase the empty lines between (don't know if necessary, but so i did).
save your work and follow the instructions given up above.
my unbranded K750i works with this changes, the one branded with vodafone germany doesn't work at all.
good luck and thx to all inside here
after that i opened the btconduit_phone.plist - file with textedit, a program that u can find at "programs".
then you have to identify yourself as root. only as a root you can change files in such ways as writing sth into it.
for that please search inside the folder "applications" for the program "netinfomanager". here it ist possible to identify yousrself al root.
after it all changes inside the btcoduit_phone.plist can be saved.
use copy&paste to fill in the lines, erase the empty lines between (don't know if necessary, but so i did).
save your work and follow the instructions given up above.
my unbranded K750i works with this changes, the one branded with vodafone germany doesn't work at all.
good luck and thx to all inside here
hooking up G4 and K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-04 19:34
Firstly, I wish all companies got there act together and let mac users connect there phones to Macs much more simply, by providing software on a CD, I mean mac let you use Ipods on Windows now!!!
Anyway enough ranting.
Tried hooking up new phone and G4, to only charge my phone for a bit, which was nice. Will try all of your ideas to get my phone and my mac in perfect harmany. If i encounter more problems or any other quirkyness. Will let you know.
Thomas
Anyway enough ranting.
Tried hooking up new phone and G4, to only charge my phone for a bit, which was nice. Will try all of your ideas to get my phone and my mac in perfect harmany. If i encounter more problems or any other quirkyness. Will let you know.
Thomas
A PS
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-04 19:37
Why is Mac OS X only mentioned in the sony ericcson handbook only once, in a very vauge and strange place ( Page 70) and also, Does anyone know of any phones avalible in the uk at the moment that sync swiftly and easily to Mac OS X? Apart from very expensive palm ones!!
Phones that sync with os x and isync in UK
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-08-16 08:44
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/devices.html
Looking through the list there's the Motorola RAZR, the Sony Ericsson K750i, Siemens S56 which are current phones in the list. There are others there but I'll leave the work to you as I don't know exactly what's to your taste.
Looking through the list there's the Motorola RAZR, the Sony Ericsson K750i, Siemens S56 which are current phones in the list. There are others there but I'll leave the work to you as I don't know exactly what's to your taste.
UK phones that sync
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-09-08 17:48
Well, my old T610 was a dream for syncing with iSync 1.5 and MacOS 10.3. In fact, I'd been syncing contacts even before it was officially supported by iSync in the early days.
(But it recently died.)
It looks like things can be done easier with Tiger and iSync 2, but I'm not yet ready to upgrade to that.
(But it recently died.)
It looks like things can be done easier with Tiger and iSync 2, but I'm not yet ready to upgrade to that.
another PS
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-04 19:54
Been a bit of a fool, Was reading all about syncing K750i with OS X 3 and later, I am still running on OS 10.2.8 at home. which sucks seen as I am running G5 OS X Tiger at work, Yes I have noticed the differnce, and No I can't burn a copy and use it at home. if anyone knows how to sync phone to 10.2.8 I would be so pleased
It worked after some tweeking
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-09 07:40
GREAT! I just sync'ed my address book - what an easy move form Nokia to SE.
Had some challenges getting the authority to save the changes to the file on the Mac, but after some permission changes this worked as a dream.
You rule!
Had some challenges getting the authority to save the changes to the file on the Mac, but after some permission changes this worked as a dream.
You rule!
HELP!!!! Loosing contacts
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-09 07:59
HELP - when synching I loose contacts changed on the mac and the below error message display:
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Saturday, 9 July 2005 08:55
|K750i| Can't get modified records on device in fast sync : an unknown error occured (18)
Conduit K750i generated exception NSSyncConduitException: Can't get modified records on device in fast sync : an unknown error occured (18).
can't connect to the device to synchronize K750i.
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It does sync as it removed the contacts on both the phone AND in the Address Book on the Mac. This is not good!
Please URGENTLY help.
Thnks
Jesper
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Saturday, 9 July 2005 08:55
|K750i| Can't get modified records on device in fast sync : an unknown error occured (18)
Conduit K750i generated exception NSSyncConduitException: Can't get modified records on device in fast sync : an unknown error occured (18).
can't connect to the device to synchronize K750i.
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It does sync as it removed the contacts on both the phone AND in the Address Book on the Mac. This is not good!
Please URGENTLY help.
Thnks
Jesper
no chance
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-09 17:10
Hi there
sorry, I'm not able to isync the k750i and my mac. I did your advice twice, but no chance. I've got the k750i in the device, but everytime I start the iSync the phone and the mac connect and then the phone quits. session missed or - in german "Verbindung fehlgeschlagen". Any further advice? Tnx, I'm using 10.3.9.
Cheers Chris
sorry, I'm not able to isync the k750i and my mac. I did your advice twice, but no chance. I've got the k750i in the device, but everytime I start the iSync the phone and the mac connect and then the phone quits. session missed or - in german "Verbindung fehlgeschlagen". Any further advice? Tnx, I'm using 10.3.9.
Cheers Chris
RE: no chance
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-10 09:22
Chris, I had the same problem, however after restarting my mac it worked. Did you try this? Thnks Jesper
isync k750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-11 12:14
I tried all of your suggestions using 10.2.8 with isync 1.5 and kept getting messege on phone saying connection failed and isync would crash.Restarted phone and power book several times same problem. It finally synced but couldn't do it successfully. Finally i decided to sync my T610 again then syncd that to the K760i. Worked great with contacts as far as i can see, only had to sync the calendar 1 month at a time.For now it's a decent work around so that I use the phone for now until apple fix the problem. I suspect it will not be compatible with isync 1.5 and 10.2.8! Thanks to everyone on this forums you guys are wonderful!
isync
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-13 17:57
Thank you for providing this resource - it worked perfectly. 183 contacts uploaded. My heart had sunk when it looked as though my new phone was going to be more trouble than it was worth.
Great!
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-17 10:22
Thanks for the advice. It worked perfectly for me. Cheers
Why Oh Why...not?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-17 14:46
I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.5 and iSync 1.5. with SE K750i.
This doesn't work here. I tried all varieties of pairing.
Remarkable?:
When I pair from the phone the bluetooth connection doesn't stay. The phone name gets bold only briefly.
iSync takes quite some time before it gets connected with the phone and during that time the add device is not possible. Then suddenly the icon is there by itself.
Then the sync seems possible. I choose option to merge, but after some time it seems to be finished(bar is full), iSync tells me it didn't work.
When I delete the device and try to add it, it cannot be found by iSync anymore. Although in the BT prefs the device is still there and connected.
What the F*^%$##@#@@? I want my adresses back through iSync!!!!!
I don't want to drag and drop .vcf files.
Restarting didn't help either.
Additional pairing from Mac (as indicated by some people) didn't help either.
BTW: service list on phone only says: pushing objects, file transfers. Is this strange?
Who can really help?
This doesn't work here. I tried all varieties of pairing.
Remarkable?:
When I pair from the phone the bluetooth connection doesn't stay. The phone name gets bold only briefly.
iSync takes quite some time before it gets connected with the phone and during that time the add device is not possible. Then suddenly the icon is there by itself.
Then the sync seems possible. I choose option to merge, but after some time it seems to be finished(bar is full), iSync tells me it didn't work.
When I delete the device and try to add it, it cannot be found by iSync anymore. Although in the BT prefs the device is still there and connected.
What the F*^%$##@#@@? I want my adresses back through iSync!!!!!
I don't want to drag and drop .vcf files.
Restarting didn't help either.
Additional pairing from Mac (as indicated by some people) didn't help either.
BTW: service list on phone only says: pushing objects, file transfers. Is this strange?
Who can really help?
It's working!
Posted by
Anonymous User
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2005-07-17 15:33
After deleting all pairings I switched the phone off and back on. Now it's working.
Only paired from phone. iSync again started to connect. I didn't have to manually add the device.
Only paired from phone. iSync again started to connect. I didn't have to manually add the device.
works
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-30 09:37
it works. 10.3.9
one step i did beforehand was to reinstall iSync 1.5, just in case ...
thank you
one step i did beforehand was to reinstall iSync 1.5, just in case ...
thank you
12" PB and K750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-30 18:07
Works perfectly on my PB 12"! Many Thanks!!!
It worked for me on 10.3.9 osx and 1.5
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-07-31 20:29
Great job, it all sync'ed up and work well for me.
Al
Al
Worked Fine
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-05 17:54
Followed the instructions and used TextEdit to change the BTConduit_phones.plist file and it worked fine.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cor Blinky Blimey IT WORKS gov
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-06 18:59
Well done! it works.
First attempt failed as I didn't finish the ON THE PHONE connection.
TIP:
Follow the Directions in order.
First attempt failed as I didn't finish the ON THE PHONE connection.
TIP:
Follow the Directions in order.
iSync + address book sms with k750i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-09 13:34
The tip for using isync with my k750i was great - took a couple of attempts but got there in the end....however, a really useful function which syncs your phone to your addressbook - you can see your sms messages and reply via address book (handy if you want to serupticiously txt while at work without drawing attention to youself), is not working anymore. does anyone know how to resolve this?
Will it work with w800i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-10 19:22
Hi,
Is there any possibility that this could work with a w800i, which is also not suppored by iSync 1.5?
Thanks,
Yan
Is there any possibility that this could work with a w800i, which is also not suppored by iSync 1.5?
Thanks,
Yan
Re: Will it work with w800i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-27 07:47
This could work with the w800i (and other phones), but you would need to find out the phone identity codes for the W800 and substitute them in the above modification.
Check out my site http://mobile.feisar.com/ for a tutorial on how to do this.
JoolsG4
Check out my site http://mobile.feisar.com/ for a tutorial on how to do this.
JoolsG4
and the V800i...?
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-09-08 17:25
I've been trying to do something similar for the V800i, Vodafone's variation of the *800, for which I think (following JoolsG4's instructions) its ID is AAD-3021022-BV.
But it seems to be no-go: iSync will normally crash either when starting (and discovering the phone) or when trying to sync.
Anyone had any success with that?
But it seems to be no-go: iSync will normally crash either when starting (and discovering the phone) or when trying to sync.
Anyone had any success with that?
W800i
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-09-01 20:57
Code for W800i is AAB-1022013-BV
(see http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=2356
(see http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=2356
Thank you
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-12-10 18:03
Thaks for this. W800i code and the istructins from this page worked as a dream. Cheeers chaps!!!
It does work!
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2006-10-24 23:14
The w800i is correct - I just tried it and unbelievable but true: It simply works! Hooray! Thank you!
You genius
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-12 20:43
you are an absolute gem!! Thank you thank you.
x
x
Half works
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-15 16:49
Got it mostly working but all day events seem to cause problems in syncing. Is there a solution, i've edited the plist file and paired. Syncing works in both directions but errors occur with all day events as mentioned.
Works, but only so/so
Posted by
Anonymous User
at
2005-08-31 10:07
Hi,
I have always been able to sync my k750i with my powerbook (running Panther). But the problem is that it only syns the name of the contact and there phonenumbers.
I want it to sync address and birthdays..
Is there any way I could "link" certain "parts" of the phones-adresbook and the one from my Powerbook? So that at least adresses and birthdays are sync'd aswell.
Thanks
Michiel
Belgium
I have always been able to sync my k750i with my powerbook (running Panther). But the problem is that it only syns the name of the contact and there phonenumbers.
I want it to sync address and birthdays..
Is there any way I could "link" certain "parts" of the phones-adresbook and the one from my Powerbook? So that at least adresses and birthdays are sync'd aswell.
Thanks
Michiel
Belgium
It does not work.