>On 6/25/10 9:08 AM, "Ohly, Patrick" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 16:51 +0100, h2oz7v wrote: >> I have a Sony w890i phone that I will be using for synching, which >> unfortunately, there is not an existing template for. >> >> Following <http://syncevolution.org/development/sync-phone> seems >> straightforward, except for the rather innocent looking... >> >>> Be aware that when invoked like this, the tool needs to wipe out the >>> contacts, events, tasks and memos on the phone. >> >> (p.s. this should be made much more prevalent on the wiki i.e. bold >> and red font and above the command (so that people don't run the >> command first only to notice it after it's too late!)) > > I agree, and I had already thought about making this more visible. But I > didn't know how to change the markup of this paragraph. > > Mike, do you know how I can turn a <p> into a warning? Is there > something like <p class="warning">? There is a div.warning or .error class that can be used for this. Just experiment with each to see what works best for you. Mike >> ... warning. This seems very counter-intuitive: I need to *delete* all >> my contacts, events, tasks etc. before I can synch my phone?! Is there >> absolutely no way of avoiding this? > > You can try without --advance. But then there is no guarantee that the > resulting config really is correct, because that depends on sending and > receiving test data. > > But note that even then a backup of your data on the phone is a good > idea. We've had one report here where a Nokia phone apparently wiped out > all its data during the initial sync even though SyncEvolution didn't > ask for that. > >> Meanwhile, I will try to configure my phone manually (and referring to >> another Sony template in the wiki). > > That is always better than running the config test tool. Another > prominent paragraph should be that the tool really is the last resort > and brute-force method of finding a working config. > > -- > Best Regards, Patrick Ohly > > The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although > I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way > represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak > on behalf of Intel on this matter. > > > _______________________________________________ SyncEvolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.syncevolution.org/listinfo/syncevolution
