4 activesync – Verykool s5014 User Manual

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4 ActiveSync

4.1 Data synchronization

Some applications on your phone (Contacts and so on) give you access to the

same personal information that you can add, view, and edit on your computer

using Web applications. This means that when you add, change, or delete your

information in any of these applications on the Web, the updated information

also appears on your phone, and vice versa. Also, if you lose your phone or if

your phone is destroyed, your personal information is not lost and will appear,

as before, on a replacement phone.

This

mirroring

of

information

happens

through

over-the-air

data

synchronization, or data “syncing”. Data syncing occurs in the background and
shouldn’t ever get in your way. You’ll know your data is being synchronized
when you see this icon in the status bar:

Because sending large amounts of data back and forth over the air can take time

and require considerable bandwidth, there are some settings on the phone that

allow you to control data sync.

Sync by application

To control synchronization Contacts, you can do the following:

1. On the Home screen, then touch

and select Settings.

2. Select Accounts & sync. When any of the applications are synchronizing, you
will see the “sync” icon

. You will also see the last time your data was

synchronized.

3. By default, the personal information in Contacts will sync whenever you

make a change or receive a new message. You can change this behavior:

Auto-sync: When selected, Auto-sync will sync Contacts automatically, as you

make changes or receive new messages. When OFF, information will not be

synced automatically, although you can force sync by using the individual

application check boxes described below.

4. Sync problems:

If you see this icon

to the left of the sync check box, then there was a

temporary problem with the data synchronization. Check your data connection

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