[horde] Activesync both ways?

[Michael J Rubinsky]

Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>> Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   >
>>   >> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>   >>>> Quoting Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:
>>   >>>   >
>>   >>>   >> Might be a stupid question but active sync seems to be
>either
>>   >>>   >> randomly working or just in a very buggy way but basically
>I am
>>   >>>   >> wondering if active sync sync data both ways I.e. From my
>horde
>>   >>>   >> server to my iPhone and vice versa...
>>   >>>   >>
>>   >>>   >> I know that if I enter something in my calendar or
>contacts in
>>   >> horde
>>   >>>   >> it will eventually appear on m iPhone but I could not
>confirm
>>   >> the
>>   >>>   >> opposite.� This HAS to work otherwise having a smartphone
>is
>>   >>>   >> useless...
>>   >>>   >>
>>   >>>   >> Can someone clarify a for me?
>>   >>>   >
>>   >>>   > Yes. This works both ways. In fact, the iOS implementation
>is the
>>   >> one
>>   >>>   > that I had never had issues with - as opposed to various
>android
>>   >>>   > devices...
>>   >>>   >
>>   >>>   > --
>>   >>>   > mike
>>
>>   >> So here's what I did:
>>   >>
>>   >> Put some events in my iphone while I was disconnected from my
>local
>>   >> network
>>   >> Connected my phone to my network
>>   >> Opened Horde -> the calendar was not changed (i.e. the stiuff I
>added
>>   >> in
>>   >> the iphone was not sync'ed with Horde)
>>   >> in the iphone, I disabled the wifi connection and re-enabled it
>>   >> Horde sync'ed with my iphone.
>>   >>
>>   >> While connected to the network, I tested the setup by creating
>an event
>>   >> on
>>   >> one device and modifying it ont he other device to see if they
>both can
>>   >> pickup the changes.� Works as far as I know.
>>   >>
>>   >> I am just puzzled as to why it needs a manual sync....
>>   >
>>   > Sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say.  What is it
>that
>>   > is NOT working? You said the changes were picked up...and I don't
>see
>>   > anywhere in your description that says you did a manual sync.
>Yeah wasnt that clear... Sorry.  What I tried to say is that it works,
>but
>needed a bit of a push to get working.  I am pretty sure if I was not
>going to disable/enable the wifi (i.e. break the connection the horde),
>it
>would have not sync'ed.  I will keep an eye on it.


Yeah, that is the total responsibility of the device. Nothing Horde can do to tell the client when to attempt connecting again after a connection is lost. Sometimes on iOS I notice it usually attempts a sync after the calendar app cold starts.


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Mike
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