ISync with new Motorola RAZR V3m

Have you checked to make sure the new phone is added to iSync, and the "Turn on Motorola phone synchronization" option is checked?

you got farther than i did....i can't even get my G5 to "find" my new razor. i go into the razr's setup "connection" menu, make it discoverable, the bluetooth is activated but the isync scan can't find the phone.

i came up with another solution.

i had isync "find" my razr by hooking it up to USB. From that point on, it was discoverable and sync-able via bluetooth. it would have taken me 12 hours to manually port over my address book, this saved me a TON of time!!

I have been able to sync with the motorola v3m but the data is corrupt. Have you had issues with this? It changes the address book, separating contacts, etc., and deleting phone numbers in the address book.

I have had no problems syncing, the trick is to reboot both the pc and the phone after you set it up (don't know why but it works).

I have two minor issues though, isync will not push the birthdays calendar out onto the phone but it places alll other read only calendars out to my phone (dont' know why not that one).

Also, if I change a contact on the phone the information gets changed back into the ibook address book but a duplicate entry is created. So if I add a last name to a contact on my phone, then I get two entries in the address book....etc.

Put an "end" date on birthdays -- or put birthdays in tasks with an end date. I found all recurring items with an end date will be accepted by the v3m. It does not accept open-ended items. As for the duplicate items: I read where Apple suggests only changing contacts in the address book. If you change an address on the phone, it will duplicate -- hope this helps

I just purchased a Razr v3m and isync did not detect it at first. So, I hooked it up with a USB cable and most of the time, it worked. BUT, I have since found out a flawless way for isync to recognize my razr with bluetooth, and contacts & calender sycn flawlessly. Here's what you do:
1. Go to Connections, then bluetooth, then setup on your razr. Click on "find me" and you have 60 seconds for your computer to recognize your phone.
2. click on your bluetooth icon at the top of your screen, and then click on "set up a bluetooth device."
3. Your mac will detect it, then give you a password. Your Razr will ask you if you want to pair with your mac, and when you click ok, you'll need to enter in that password.
4. Then, simply follow the directions on the screen.
5. If your razr doesn't show up in your isync menu, now let isync scan for a new device, and it should detect your razr. You should be good to go at this point.

Also, when you do get your razr showing up on the isync menu, make sure it's clicked on for syncing, and then go to "more options" and make sure the settings are the way you want them for "don't sync items before __" and "Dont' sync items after __"

Hopefully that helps! It was for me after several hours of frustration. Apple support, which is normally awesome, is not helpful in this regard, as they told me that the razr can only sync contacts.

I have been able to sync with the v3m; however, information will start to corrupt after repeated syncs. On the first sync the information is fine (no addresses -- just phone numbers and calendar) -- after that it will corrupt the information in the address book and calendar. I plan to use the computer as my main source and sporadically delete all information from the phone and then isync the data from the computer to the phone as if it were the inital sync. That may be a work around. Motorola says it is not listed as a compatible phone with Isync, so they don't address any questions.

I am syncing everything just fine with my Motorola V3m EXCEPT that my iCal does not show new events that I create on my phone. It's weird -- it will recognize anything I delete on my phone, and those deletions will show up on iCal, but nothing new that I create on my phone will show up. Has anyone had this problem and solved it?

I am syncing everything just fine with my Motorola
V3m EXCEPT that my iCal does not show new events that
I create on my phone. It's weird -- it will
recognize anything I delete on my phone, and those
deletions will show up on iCal, but nothing new that
I create on my phone will show up. Has anyone had
this problem and solved it?

Have you checked your ISync settings to see which ICal calendar you have selected as the bearer of new events created on your phone? If so, the make sure that the calendar you specified is is displaying in ICal.
My new events show up just fine for my Razr V3i.

12" PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

15" MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I was able to sync with my V3m exactly once. After that, it's corrupted the address book information every time I've tried to sync. I've used iSync's "reset device" option, I've tried the master reset function on the phone, none of it works.

I too have a two V3m that corrupts data transfers of iCal and the Address Book via a USB cable. Motorola tells me it knows nothing about Apple iSync, Apple says it does not support the V3m and Alltel ignores my emails. If I sync one phone and then the other I get totally different results. Sometimes it omits events from my calender, sometimes it omits telephone numbers. Very frustrating.

I've tried some of the suggestions above without any luck. I just migrated from a Mac Mini to a MacBook Pro. The Mini never had any problem syncing my phone. Now I can send and receive files with bluetooth exchange but I can't sync. I've re-set up my phone and rebooted. iSync will see the phone when I try to add a device but I get the message "iSync can not connect to this device." Any ideas?
Thanks
Sean

I just purchased the Motorola RAZR V3m and am trying
to Sync it with ISync. I previously had a motorola
phone, and had no problem. i.e., I have an address
book on my computer that I believe I should be able
to put on the new phone. However, even after setting
the phone for discover me, and asking ISync to find
it, no luck. Has anyone tried this new one for
compatibility with ISync, and if so, has it worked or
is there a workaround that can make them talk.
Thanks.

Tom

I have been syncing v3m for both iCal and contacts using bluetooth for many months. I have recently installed OS10.4.9. Still no problen getting bluetooth to discover phone, but can not get it to add to iSync. a dialog box appears showing a red dot in fromt of the phone icon. So Tom, it has worked for me and now it doesn't. I would appreciate ay suggestions!
Thanks

Deep