ISync/Palm HotSync replaces w/old data

Hey. This may be better suited for Palm support because it doesn't really seem like an iSync issue, but I use iSync/e2sync to Sync my Palm-based phone (Samsung i500...R.I.P). I have been having an ongoing issue that if I don't sync almost daily, that if it has been, say a week or so, since my last sync, Hotsync overwrites all of my data with OLD data and reinstalls all my programs. VERY frustrating. It never did this before Tiger and DOESN'T do this on my work laptop when I Sync. At work I just use Hotsync with an Entourage Conduit for my Entourage data. This machine does NOT have Tiger installed. At home, where Tiger IS installed and where this strange overwriting is happening, I bought e2sync hoping that would mix this overwriting problem. I checked "do nothing" for "backup" in Hotsync Conduit Manager and it is still overwriting if it has been a while since my last sync. Is there ANY explanation for the overwriting?

NO, I am not using .Mac for anything.
NO, my intention is not transfer the data between the two computers using my device as a "transport device".
My intention is to have all my contacts and calendars on my device populated with information from my home and work computers. This is a problem that existed BEFORE I syncronized my device with two different computers. When I do sync and information conflicts it (iSync) warns me and asks me what to do. The overwrite problem is NOT coming from iSync it seems to be a Hotsync issue that may or may not be caused by TIger.

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< snip >
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I used to use iSync with my old palm, but disabled the conduit.
Now I have a new Palm Tungsten T5 and want to start using iSync again.
Do I just re-download the conduit?
Also, when I do the first Sync, I'd like to overwrite iCal with the DateBook info on the Palm. However I've been adding addresses to both the Palm and the Mac, so I don't want to overwrite the Mac addressbook, but synchronise the two. Is it possible to sync addresses whilst overwriting datebook? Or could/should I wipe iCal clean somehow first? How would I do that?
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• export your calendar and task data from the Palm Desktop in vCal format
• export your contact data from the Palm Desktop in vCard format
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• import the vCard data into the Address Book, replacing the current record set
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ISync palm conduit does not allow Mac overwrite palm, or does it?

A HUGE problem I am seeing with iSync is there is no way to force it to set one device to overwrite a flawed one.
I had my Palm loose its data. No problem thiis had happened once before and i set my palm desktop hotsync to have Mac overwrite Palm.
This time the iSync conduit does not allow that, it doesn't allow anything! so I tried it and wow, it synced the palm as NEWER data and wiped out my address book and calander, NOW that was useful.
I restored from a .Mac backup and tossed the palm aside.
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How can I get rid of iSync and use the Palm Hotsync
OR
How can I set a direction in iSync, none of the menus show anything like this.
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There is no explicit directional control for data flow in iSync under most circumstances, and this is clearly a shortcoming of the program itself and of the iSync Palm Conduit. This limitation can be overcome, but you need a thorough understanding of what your options are, and what your responsibilities should be to avoid data loss.
In general terms, iSync works to 'equalize' data sets on each device in your pool, by taking additions, changes and deletions made on any device and transferring these additions, changes and deletions to all other devices during the synchronization process. Understanding that, you can see that if you reset your Palm device in a manner which removes your calendaring, tasks and contact data, then a synchronization will remove the matching records from both iCal and the Address Book.
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11:13:23 PM Error File: Source/SyncEngine/FDODriver.cpp
11:13:23 PM Error Line: 411
11:13:23 PM Error INTERNAL ERROR: unhandled error (Assertion failure: File Source/SyncEngine/FDODriver.cpp, Line 411: fdoRet != fdoedatabase).
11:13:25 PM Synchronization complete
Can anyone suggest what is going wrong? I have some pretty important data trapped now in iCal calendar and To-Do list while my Treo's calendar and tasks remain empty. I am using OS 10.3.9, iSync 1.5, iSync Palm conduit package 1.2 (if I'm listing that last item correctly).
iBook g4/933 Mac OS X (10.3.9) Cingular Treo 650 with Palm Desktop 4.2.1 and latest firmware/software

With regard to memos: when the iSync Palm Conduit is installed, the script deactivates the Memo Conduit and Memos Conduit. You can reactivate them by dragging them from the Disabled Conduits folder back into the active Conduits Folder. Both are found here:
Macintosh HD:Library:Application Support:Palm HotSync
The installation process does not delete them from the Palm Desktop. They remain there, but are not updated unless and until you reactivate the conduits.
With regard to the iSync error: Warning: couldn't get record 338 for database DatebookDB, skipping the rest of the database
That error indicates that the corrupted record resides on your Palm device, and not in iCal. To correct that problem, you should remove your device from iSync, add it back again using the Enable Palm OS Syncing… option and choose to Replace the records on your Palm device, rather than Merge items with them.

ISync/Palm Zire 21 question

Please forgive me if this has been answered. I searched the board and don't see my question answered.
Palm Zire 21: for the first 3 days, everything was fine except everytime I did an iSync, I had to reset the Palm (change the date, fix the time, etc.). I do not use, and hope I don't need to use, the Palm Desktop software.
I have Hot Sync 3.2 (Enabled) and iSync 2.3 (Palm Sync Enabled).
In an attempt to fix this/start from scratch, I got the following message: "In order for iSync to work properly with your Palm OS device, the following HotSync conduits need to be disabled.
Address
Calendar
Contacts
Datebook
etc.
After hitting "OK", those conduits no longer show up in the HotSync>Conduit Settings window (they are all in the Disabled Conduits folder now)
Now iCal and To Do lists sync just fine, but no addresses show up in Palm AND I have to RESET every single time.
Can you please help me understand why this would be so? What is markspace.com and do I need to get the "missing sync" there?
Thank you Thank you Thank you in advance.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Something clearly isn't right. Likely several things, actually.
The contents of your active Conduits folder show no conduit conflicts. A couple of thoughts, though…
You should move the Memo, Memos, Note Pad, Photos and Voice Memo temporarily to the Disabled Conduits folder to eliminate the possibility that any of these (maybe extraneous) Palm conduits are the root of the reset problem. The result will be that your Palm memos will no longer synchronize with the Palm Desktop, but that can be restored by moving the later Memos conduit back into the active folder. If the reset problem is no longer apparent when these conduits are not active, then one issue may be resolved.
Open the HotSync Manager application on your Macintosh and check to see that the following conditions are true:
• HotSync is set to Enabled in the HotSync Controls tab, and
• USB is checked in the Connection Settings tab
What does your HotSync log—as opposed to the iSync log—say about these events?
Have you configured the synchronization parameters for your device in iSync by pressing the device icon labeled with your HotSync name to drop down a pane in which you select various contact and calendaring options? Are both Contacts and Calendars enabled?
When you say, "… the only thing that's now uploading to my Palm is my To Do list" are you sure that in fact, it is to do and not memo information that is being transfered? I ask, because with the iSync Palm Conduit, to do or task data is synchronized by it with iCal, whereas there is no provision in iSync to synchronize memos. And, if iCal task data works, one has to wonder why event data does not synchronize…

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There are apparently several issues in play here. So long as you are willing to live the the limitations of the iSync Palm Conduit and synchronize via only one path—either USB or Bluetooth, but not selectively moving back and forth between the two—you can configure iSync to synchronize contact data with the Address Book and calendaring and task data with iCal.
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• Backup
• Install
• Memos Conduit [only if you want to continue to synchronize memos to the Palm Desktop]
• any non-conflicting third-party or additional conduits you want to use
Other conduits should reside in the Disabled Conduits folder.
You add a Palm device, either via USB or Bluetooth, using the Enable Palm OS Syncing… option under the Devices menu of iSync. You set the synchronization parameters for your device in the drop-down configuration pane exposed when you press the Tungsten icon in the main window of iSync.
You did the right thing by installing the Palm Desktop software using the bundled CD-ROM that shipped with your Treo 650. But, you should have upgraded that application by applying the Palm Desktop 4.2.1 revision D, available here:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/macintosh/macdesk421revd.html
If you elect to upgrade your copy, just run that installer. Do not attempt to remove any existing components of the Palm Desktop. And keep in mind that though you may not choose to use it at all, its HotSync Manager and Transport Monitor components are critical to the operation of iSync.

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