ICal Sync Functionality

Testing my setup with Snow Leopard MBP at home, iPhone at home and Snow Leopard Server on Xserve at the office. I have iCal server setup up on my xserve at my office. I have push notifications enabled for iCal. I created a test calendar on my MBP at home to sync with iCal server and it seems to work fine. However, it does not seem to be syncing in a push fashion to and from my iPhone. I added the calendar to my iphone, and they sync with each other, but not in the "push" sense you would think.
If I put an event on one device, it seems that to get it to show on the other device, you either have to quit the app and restart it - or wait a sufficient amount of time before it appears. This is fairly disappointing, because I want to have confidence that every time I glance at my iCal on the iPhone that it's got the correct information- I plan to have my assistant manage my calendar. We have been doing it now, relying on a $10 utility and mobileme and it works better than our current server setup.
Also tested created an event from the web from home via the pages served by the server and same issues.
I may have misunderstood the iCal functionality? Anyone have any thoughts?

I realized I was in the wrong forum, so I am re-posting this in a Snow Leopard Server forum

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At a minimum please do something to replace the USB cable with wireless between the computer and the device. I'm constantly forgetting to leave my cable connected to my charger (at home) in the morning, and I can't sync my calendar all day.
Since I'm a software product manager by background, please allow me to suggest a small, prioritized functional description, as a way to express my prioritized list of wants. Hopefully it helps provide some insight into customer use cases.
Please, please, please.........
*Wireless sync - local*
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2) End-user functionality remains the same with regard to the sync.
3) The first time a user wishes to pair the iPhone with a computer, an authentication, configuration, and pairing step must be performed (from within iTunes) while the iPhone is physically connected (via USB) to the computer with which the user wishes to sync.
4) The iPhone will use a network-appropriate mechanism of continually monitoring whether it has come into network connectivity with a computer to which it is paired. When it does, it prompts the user whether the user wishes to sync immediately.
4a) If the user responds yes, a sync begins
4b) If the user does not respond before the end of a timeout period, a sync either begins (or not, depending on a preference setting; the timeout can also be set in a preference).
4c) If either the sync is completed, or the user declines a sync request, the iPhone will again execute this discovery/sync-request/sync cycle periodically. (The period can be set in preferences. Default: 10 minutes).
*Network support:*
1) 802.11: The first priority is support for an 802.11 network. Syncs will only be completed when:
1a) The computer and the iPhone have been pre-paired (via iTunes, above).
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Christina,
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When you say you unchecked all calendars did you mean in iCal? And what did you have your iCal settings at in your iTunes sync window?
I appreciate your help,
Andrea

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Hi,
Are you following these instructions (I have not done this):
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/calendar/yahoocalendar/sync/sync-03.html
Only the CalDAV calendar created with this process should sync.
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John M

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This doesn't help you, but I just recently started having the same problem, I just upgraded my 3G to 4.0 in iTunes so I don't know if that has anything to do with it but nothing on my phones calendar will sync to iCal. Events in iCal sync to the computer just fine thought. I hope someone can help me figure this out!

ICal sync prompts password which doesn't work

Dear support team,
Whenever my computer iCal syncs to my MobileMe, and thus to my iPhone, I get a prompt for a password that reads "Enter the password for your user account on 'End User's Computer'." When I type in my user account password it says "Sorry, you entered an invalid password. Please try again." I then type my keychain password and get the same message. I type my MobileMe password and get the same message, again. I have no other passwords to try. When I check iCal on my computer and phone, I see that the sync on iCal worked, regardless. Other than being annoying, the password prompt interupts FCP layoffs. So I set sync to manual, but forget to sync before I run to a location shoot with the incorrect unsynced info on my iPhone. I endeavor to find a solution.
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I just followed a support instruction to reset the login keychain I was unable to open, restarted and tried the iCal sync with the same result as before. I can't think of anything else.
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Hit "ENTER" key
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Mobile User iCal Sync not syncing

Hi,
I've got a mobile user account that doesn't seem to be syncing properly. It only seems to affect iCal sync, though.
On the user's MacBook, they have two calendars which are local calendars and one CalDAV account back on the iCal Server.
On the user's mac mini in the office, they aren't getting the local calendars from the MacBook despite the MacBook doing a full sync before they log in to the Mac Mini.
Does this mean that local iCal calendars are stored outside of the user's home directory? Has anyone else come across this problem?
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Stu

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This from iCal help using the search criteria "sync"
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HT3529 I have lost all data on my iphone and the back-up is too old. How can I restore iMessage chats on my iPhone 4? I have all the chats on my Mac, but there seems to be no sync function from Mac to iphone. Please advice.

Hi,
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The link below provides steps on restoring your device using iTunes as well as how to restore from an iCloud backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
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IPod to iCal sync not working - FOLLOW UP

2 things...first sorry for the length of this post, I'm not sure how to say all of this shorter. Second, this is a follow up post to my earlier question, possibly to help others as well.
The problem I was having was that the iCal would sync events to the iPod, but not the other way around. After MANY restores/restarts, etc., it still wouldn't work. Off to the genius bar...tried many things, the last of which was connecting a store iPod to my Mac...still wouldn't sync. After I got home, I realized all the calendars from the store were now on my touch!
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ICal syncing shared calendars

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Hi - can anyone help me....
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Sorry to be so long-winded
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