[horde] ActiveSync and Nexus 5 / Kitkat

[simon at simonandkate.net]

Thomas_B=FChlmann?= <tomnet at tbuhl.ch> wrote:
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Buehlmann" <tomnet at tbuhl.ch> 
> To: <horde at lists.horde.org> 
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 6:07 PM 
> Subject: Re: [horde] ActiveSync and Nexus 5 / Kitkat 
>
>
> > Hi all 
> > Zitat von Robert Wagner <robert at duff.de>: 
> > 
> >>>> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>: 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Quoting Tom Seeley <horde at tomseeley.co.uk>: 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> Has anybody tried this? 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> I'm having all sorts of issue and I'd like to check if it was just 
> >>>>>> me. 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I don't have a device capable of running KitKat to any 
> >>>>> appreciable extent, so I have not tested this. What kinds of 
> >>>>> problems are you having? Do you have a sync log? 
> >>>> 
> >>>> I have 2 nexus 5's, both have had problems, although I appear to 
> >>>> have fixed one without any idea as to how. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Unfortunately problem occurs on the client side, and I've no idea 
> >>>> how to get a log of this: 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 1. initial sync appear to work fine: 
> >>>> a) all the contacts appear 
> >>>> b) recent inbox appears 
> >>>> c) calendar seems to be up to date, but there isn't much of this 
> >>>> so I'm not sure 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 2. then (probably a min after the initial sync appears to have 
> >>>> finished) the contents of the contacts vanishes. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 3. if I do anything to the client copy of the mailbox (ie delete 
> >>>> or read a message) and then try and sync the changes back to the 
> >>>> server, I get a blank mailbox (it says I have no messages), 
> >>>> sometimes "Exchange services" crashes on the device. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 4. even if I don't make any changes as above, the mailbox will 
> >>>> appear empty sometime later 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Note that this was happening on both Nexus 5's, so I doubt its a 
> >>>> broken device.  If its a client bug I'm guessing its software. 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Just FYI, received my Nexus 5 yesterday, i have exactly the same issues 
> >>> :( 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> Hello, 
> >> 
> >> i just upgraded my 2012 nexus 7 to KitKat (krt16s), also the same 
> >> issues. after working some time with kitkat here are my experiences: 
> >> 
> >> - E-Mail: Works most of the time, sometimes all mails dissapear but 
> >> come back after a resync. When deleting mails "Exchange-Services" 
> >> crashes on android device and the deletion is not synced to server. 
> >> - Calendar: seems to work 
> >> - Contacts: Not working at all, no sync. 
> >> 
> >> Robert 
> >> 
> >> 
> > AvtiveSync is imho unusable on Kitkat. 
> > On my updated  Nexus 7 (2013) Kitkat E-Mail is working more or less, 
> > stops syncing after some time, if manually refreshed, 
> > "Exchange-Services" crashes. 
> > Calendar: sometimes also not synced. 
> > Threse's also a problem with using ssl with certificats. 
> > Contacts: on my device ther is no contacts app, so i can't tell.. 
>
> Just found the contacts app.  No sync here too :( 
> > 
> > I now switched to imap and Caldav on horde until Google sorts this out :( 
> > Sorry for ranting, but at this time, i cannot recommend KitKat for 
> > syncing. 
> > My "good old" xperia z on 4.2.2 does show no problem syncing with horde. 
> > 
> > --Tom 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>

Just as extra info, I'm writing this in the email client from 4.4 installed on a 4.2.2 device (both the exchange connector and email apks) and they appear to be working fine. Also I ran up a 4.4 stock android in the SDK emulator and that connected to Horde with no obvious problems.

Calendar, contacts, email all syncing and update Ok. Server side searching is the only thing I have found not to work at this point.

Email is version 6.0-893803.

Simon