Help BB Q10 - syncing with windows 7 contacts

Question

I've just bought a BB Q10 (for me) AND a BB Z10 (for she who must e obeyed) Both are set up to sync via BB link (1.1.1.41) with windows 7 contacts on our respective laptops. The Z10 sync's without any problem BUT the Q10 will not sync and comes up with the error code of 2511 'error converting Unicode string to or from code page string'. A web search says this is a known fault and that a fix is on its way BUT this was dated March 2013. Does anyone know of a fix OR when the BB fix will be available?

Answer 1

Steve:
For my Z30...
I received the error code 5211 when attempting my first sync with BBLink and my Z30.  My data file included about 1400 contacts so I took a stab at parsing the task.  Rather than trying to synch the entire contact list I broke the task down to blocks of 117 and completed the task over multiple syncs.  I also suspected a mapping error so in conjunction with the "sync-in-nibbles" technique I also remapped some questionable fields that I thought may be confusing the process.  I don't know if both or just one of these was the remedy but I did get the sync completed and subsequent syncs have been trouble free. 
A caveate to the above....which may or may not apply to your situation.
BBLink would not recognize Outlook, ie, Outlook was not offered as a sync option via BBlink.  I was offered only Windows Contacts as a sync option and this folder is typically empty.  So, to skirt this problem I exported my Outlook Contacts as CSV to an intermediate folder.  I then imported the CSV file into Windows Contacts which, during the import, converted the CSV file into 1400 individual x.contact records.  I then used BBLink to sync my Z30 with the Windows Contact folder and transferred all contacts to the Z30 without a hitch.  To verify that contacts modified on the Z30 would update in Outlook, I performed another sync with Windows Contacts.  I verified that the changes did xfer and new contacts were added to Win Contacts as expected.  Next, I exported the Windows Contact files to a new Folder as a CSV file.  I then used Outlook to import the CSV file and I verified that the edits made on the Z30 did appear in Outlook.  Sync Complete! Whew!  Its really not that bad to perform once I had a process tuned.  
I purge the Windows Contact folder before importing each new CSV file.  Actually, I simply move thm to a purgatory folder until I am sure I no longer need them then I purge. 
Windows Contacts is available with Vista and Win 7.
For all you folks who have Win 7 or Vista and can't sync with Outlook, try the above process using Windows Contacts.  Hope it eases the pain.
Simon_Sinister
Recovering from hemiDroids.
PC: Win 7, BBLink: 1.2.3.56, Outlook 2010