Sony Ericsson m600i - iSync

This is what I found out finally (no need for exchange server), any of you may want to give a try:

What you need:
1. mac running OSX
2. SE M600i
3. a PC running windows
4. your previous phone that can sync with your mac

Steps:
1. Sync your mac with your previous phone (iCal and Address Book)
2. Sync your previous phone with the PC
3. Sync your PC with your M600i
4. It works another way round

Wish it may help.

?????

I need a PC to sync my m600i with my mac?

Just crazy, I bought a mac because it's ease of use. iSync has to work with my phone without any workarounds. I can wait a month extra for Tiger if it would make my phone work right now.

Are you seriously doing this?
Come on...

Hi Petvas,

I am just suggesting an alternatives for someone that don't have an Exchange Server e-mail account as you suggest. So that they can still sync with their M600i while iSync is not updated yet.

It is not very direct but before iSync update, it still a temperatory solution.... for those who really need to sync.

Yes, ok but still if someone wants to do this he has to have a pc and his old phone! I think its better to buy an Exchange Account (it costs around 70€ a year) and be done with it!

It's just hilarious watching this post...

All this would easily end if Apple supported the M600i...

Of course I also have to say that most of us bought the M600i knowing that its not currently supported by iSync...We just hoped that iSync will be updated to support it...

I've been using iSync with Sony Ericsson phones for long enough to be fairly confident the M600i will be supported. It's just a shame it isn't supported NOW.

Although I haven't exactly pushed my M600i to it's limits, I am very happy with it's performance and reliability. It is a significant improvement over the P910i which I was using for about 9 months before getting the M600i.

Thanks for the info.

Just wondering how you managed to set up the broadband connection?

Here's what I did:
- installed Ross Barkman Sony Ericsson 3G scripts ( http://www.taniwha.org.uk/)
- entered t-mobile network details (from Barkman, and from Sony Ericsson's sms based service, double checked with a number of other websites) into system preferences > network
- entered configuration for both USB and bluetooth
- tested the various scripts via either network port

Result in system log: "Error: Unable to start connection"

Since that immediately and invariably happens, I suspect there might be something wrong with the way the M600i links with my Mac?

Hope this isn't too off-topic, and thanks in advance

MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

One other work around for the iSync issue: you can import back-ups from the m600i into iCal.

more here: http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=937904

How to:
On the m600i, go Calendar > More > Calendar Manager > Backup
Make sure bluetooth is switched on, and that the phone has been paired with the Mac
On the Mac, go Applications > Utilities > Bluetooth File Exchange.app
In Bluetooth File Exchange.app, go File > Browse Device > [your phone's name]
Navigate to: External D/Other/Backup/Agenda/[your calendar name].vcs
Click get
Put it somewhere memorable on the mac
On the mac, double click the .vcs file
Select a good calendar to import the data into

Still not ideal, granted, but it would fit my usage patterns reasonably well: keep travel events on the m600i, and export to dedicated mac calendar. Scribbled appointments on the m600i can be copied to the right calendar on the Mac without retyping.

Wonder whether the plug-in people can make use of the 'restore' function on the phone to get Mac -> M600i synchronisation working. Would still be a palaver, though.

MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Just to answer my own question: the issues I had in connecting with any phone must have been some kind of fluke. A repair of permissions didn't help, but a restart did.

Connecting to the M600i over USB still doesn't work, but the 3G bluetooth connection I managed pulled more than 100 kbs, which is pretty near the 3G max. For completeness' sake, and anyone else who uses t-mobile in the UK:

Use Ross Barkman's sony ericsson 3G scripts and included instructions: http://www.taniwha.org.uk/files/SonyEricsson3G-2005-01.sit

From them, Sony Ericsson 3G CID 3 worked for me, lower numbers didn't

In the 'bluetooth modem' tab, Uncheck 'Enable error correction ...' and 'Wait for dial tone...'

In the PPP tab, don't worry if the requisite four character password ("pass") gets multiplied to 23 asterisks once you hit 'apply now' This seems to be normal. Ditto the ten asterisks (or balls) in the internet connect window. The telephone number is indeed 'general.t-mobile.uk' (not a number, nor 'general.t-mobile.co.uk'). Account name is 'user'. Curiously enough, in the 'PPP options' pop-up, enabling 'Send PPP echo packets' didn't make a difference for me. YMMV

Contacts: unable to import non-ASCII character.

I did successfully export address book as VCard and send as message via bluetooth to my m600i

But, as long as the address entry contains any non-ASCII characters, e.g. Chinese words, the vcard will not be imported to M600i.

anyone is having the same problem ? pls help

sorry, I figured out the UTF-8 setting in Address Book > perference.
it is working fine now. sorry!

One other work around for the iSync issue: you can
import back-ups from the m600i into iCal.

more
here: http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=937904

How to:
On the m600i, go Calendar > More > Calendar Manager >
Backup
Make sure bluetooth is switched on, and that the
phone has been paired with the Mac
On the Mac, go Applications > Utilities > Bluetooth
File Exchange.app
In Bluetooth File Exchange.app, go File > Browse
Device > [your phone's name]
Navigate to: External D/Other/Backup/Agenda/[your
calendar name].vcs
Click get
Put it somewhere memorable on the mac
On the mac, double click the .vcs file
Select a good calendar to import the data into

Still not ideal, granted, but it would fit my usage
patterns reasonably well: keep travel events on the
m600i, and export to dedicated mac calendar.
Scribbled appointments on the m600i can be copied to
the right calendar on the Mac without retyping.

Wonder whether the plug-in people can make use of the
'restore' function on the phone to get Mac -> M600i
synchronisation working. Would still be a palaver,
though.

MacBook Mac OS
X (10.4.7)

I had try it : backup from M600i to address book.
I'd got the backup file from M600i by Bluetooth exchange
but when I open the contacts.vcf , address book said there's only 33 contacts in this contacts.vcf. It should be 800+.
why?

I've got also that kind of problem, but my other pb is I can not connect my M600i to my Mac to use it as modem.

Is anybody can help me ?