Address Book Sync Probs

Sounds like I'm having a similar problem. No matter what I try I can't get my addressbook to sync. I have...
- Reset my iPhone
- Erased my iPhone
- Deleted all my contacts in my addressbook
- Deleted my addressbook preference files

All other types of sync work jsut fine. Anyone else havign this problem?

i'm right there with you guys
i can't get contacts or calendars?
what versions of outlook are you running?

I'm not using outlook. Just the standard AddressBook 4 on Max OS X 10.4.10.

I'm now trying the Yahoo Address Book sync. It's been "Syncing" for 20 minutes so far... it might be broken too.

I'm not using outlook. Just the standard AddressBook
4 on Max OS X 10.4.10.

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me too. I got one load of the addressbopok (from OSX 10.4.10) but I could not get it to change (after making changes on the Mac).

I just restored the phone and am trying again.



iphone Mac OS X (10.4.10)

The Yahoo contacts sync took about an hour before I got the sync complete message. Just looked and I have no contacts. I wonder if the 16.1 MB of "Other" is all my contacts but there jsut not showing up. I've tried deleteing all the data on my iPhone but it still restores settings when I sync. Is there way to really restart your iphone and remove all data?

I'm not using outlook. Just the standard

AddressBook

4 on Max OS X 10.4.10.

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me too. I got one load of the addressbopok (from OSX
10.4.10) but I could not get it to change (after
making changes on the Mac).

I just restored the phone and am trying again.



iphone Mac OS X
(10.4.10)

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I finally got it all synced correctly.

doing an iphone "restore" did not help.

I don't know what actually did it but I did a .MAC sync (probably not relevant) and rebooted the computer containing the addressbook (I think this did it as the iTunes sync was acting kinda odd).

iphone Mac OS X (10.4.10)

I jsut tried...
- Deleteing the itunes iPhone backup (from preferences)
- Erasing the iPhone data
- Erasing the iphone network settings
Still no luck.

The info tab for the iPhone in iTunes is showing 3 contact folders that don't even exist anymore in my AddressBook. It's as if it's got it's own cache and I can't reset it.

Anyone have any ideas of what to try next?

I'm having the same problems as everyone here, everything synced great the first time, now I don't get a thing to work..

I also tried booting iSync separately and it just sits there bouncing at me.. I am downloading the 10.4.10 update again and will re-run it. Perhaps that will fix the problem.

The info tab for the iPhone in iTunes is showing 3
contact folders that don't even exist anymore in my
AddressBook. It's as if it's got it's own cache and I
can't reset it.

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I had this as well. I rebooted the computer, ran the .MAC sync and then it showed up properly in iTunes. I don't really think the .MAC part is needed but that is what I did.


PowerMac G5 Quad, iMac G5, Mini G5, PowerMac G3 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

I have just one group selected to sync but Alll Contacts shows up. I tried erasing all contents on iphone but when it restored all contacts was still there in addition to just the group i wanted. yep, it DOES seem like it has it's own cache and you can't reset it.

prpbably a bug. but if anyone's got an idea let us know!

I finally got my contacts to sync. To get things working again I had to sync to my .mac account from address book.

In my case, something was wrong with my address book. The first time I synced to my .MAC account all my contacts were deleted. I restored them and synced agin now my iPhone has no problem. I think my problem was related to a 3rd party app called AddressX that I use to sync my works outlook server contacts.

Please clarify, because I'm having the same problem.

At first, everything synced fine. But on subsequent syncs, neither Address Book nor Mail will sync, so I'm left with zero contacts in the iPhone, and no email showing up. It all worked the first time, but not subsequent times.

When you say THEY reinstalled the OS, I take it you mean you had a laptop which you also took into the store? I'd hate to think of reinstalling the OS on my desktop at home, because it would take many hours to reinstall all my other software after doing that. Are you saying that might be the only way to fix this bug? Any other thoughts on how to get my Mail and Address Book to sync?

I too have tried everything others have suggested, short of reinstalling my OS on the computer (imagine having to do that every time we sync!).

Advice?

The info tab for the iPhone in iTunes is showing 3
contact folders that don't even exist anymore in my
AddressBook. It's as if it's got it's own cache and I
can't reset it.

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I had this as well. I rebooted the computer, ran the .MAC sync
and then it >showed up properly in iTunes. I don't really think
the .MAC part is needed but that is what I did.

I am having this identical situation. I reset my sync to .Mac, over-riding from the computer > .Mac. This operation succeeded, but iTunes 7.3 still shows address book groups and iCal calendars that have long since been deleted, and any attempt to sync Contacts causes a process called SyncServer to gobble up all available processor power, revving up the fan on my PowerBook G4 (1.67 GHz, OS 10.4.10) to full speed. This continues even if I cancel the sync on the phone and/or in iTunes; until I open Activity Viewer and force-quit SyncServer.

I am considering bringing my 'Book and 'Phone to the Genius Bar for advanced assistance, though I suspect a iTunes 7.3.1 will be required to fix this....

PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) All software updates are current

find a file called "data.syncdb" in the folder ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local and pull it out to the desktop. Open iTunes, and the "stale" data is gone; I was able to sync my contacts to my iPhone!! yay!