Missing Sync and my Treo 700wx

I have read through these forums many times and found them very helpful. I thought that I would post this in order to try to help others who are struggling to make their phones talk to their computers via bluetooth.
I had, up until recently, been using the USB sync cable that came with my phone along with Missing Sync. This worked flawlessly with the latest version of both MS and OSX. The problem? I...uh...got a little bit of chocolate in the connector at the bottom of my phone. Now my connection is patchy at best.
So I have been using the Bluetooth connection instead.
In order to get my phone to connect to my computer I:
1) Enabled the Bluetooth on both my computer and my phone. On the phone I made my device "discoverable"
2) Initiated a connection from my Macbook and paired the devices. (Be sure to use the "Symbol Lock", or just push the black square button each time you need a number, otherwise the phone will type letters instead of the numbers that your Macbook made up for the pairing code)
3) Went through the connection screens...
Once the phone was connected, the trick was getting the phone to allow Missing Sync to talk to it. I figured out that my ActiveSync, which I also have connecting to my work server to sync my email and contacts, was set to use my phone connection. While this is good in general, it interfered with my Bluetooth connection. I told ActiveSync to use Bluetooth to sync everything. Then I hit the Sync option on my phone.
Missing Sync began to start up and whala! Connected. I was then able to Mount the phone and browse the folders, etc. I can send files, music, anything I want to my phone now.
I hope this helps someone else.
+When you are finished syncing, be sure to turn off your Bluetooth. Otherwise your battery on your phone will not last long.+

What service do you have? I have Sprint. I don't know if that matters at all, but I am still unable to connect. I have gone through everything a few times and it connects for a few seconds to ask me to check which services I want to use. The only option I ever get is to use my phone to connect to the internet through my phone's data connection. Even when I select that, my mac never stays connected. Any thoughts? Is there some service/update I need to download and install from Palm?
The two devices always pair successfully but will never stay connected for me to open and even try to use missing sync.
Thanks for the help!

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Most of 2007 was spent trying to get my Palm Lifedrive to Sync with iCal using Missing Sync version 5 thru 6. One day it was fine six days it was not. Nothing I have found to be more infuriating and frustrating as trying to sync my Palm with my Computer.
So, with the arrival of Leopard and the much promised improvements to Sync Services I decided to perform a Clean Install of Leopard on my Powerbook, and run just a few apps on my Powerbook leaving the rest on my new Mini Mac. At the same time I decided to upgrade my Palm Lifedrive to a Palm Treo 680. So, New OS, New Palm, Leopard ready Missing Sync.
1st Sync was spot on. All my data downloaded from .Mac for iCal and AB, sync'ed wonderfully with my Palm Treo. That was on January 7th. Since then iCal absolutely refuses to refresh. And already I am beginning to feel that 2008 and Syncing will be as frustrating as 2007.
Why cannot MarkSpace sit down with Apple and iron out all the crap. For the last couple of days I though I would see if iCal was not communicating with SyncServices by using Entourage. But this only synced with AB and did not touch iCal. To do this I had to use iSync and during the first sync only 144 of 1456 addresses were left on my Palm! iCal - no change!!
So I dumped iSync/Entourage and went back to Missing Sync own Conduits. I got my AB entries back but absolutely nothing from iCal
When I wiped my Powerbook, I cloned the hardrive. Whilst routing around, I found a folder called FileServices in ~libray. This folder was over 12gig in size. What is this folder for and why was it so big? This could explain why my Backup Sets were getting increasing larger than my actual Hardrive even though I was peforming just a daily incremental backup!
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You might have better luck getting support at Mark/Space the makers of the program. http://support.markspace.com
I did briefly look around there and found this article, not sure if its related to your issue or not.
https://support.markspace.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=395&nav=0,113

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Can anybody tell me if I would be able to use the Missing Sync with a WM5 device (XDA Mini S) to connect to the internet and download e-mail.
I don't want to stump up for it if it does not.
Cheers

Complicated two-part answer:
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ISync Failure working with Missing Sync and Palm Lifedrive

Since the begining of March I have failed to peform a sync between my Palm and G4 Powerbook via Missing Sync v5.2.1
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I bought BackUpBuddy, but this two has failed to sync.
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Now that the response is reposted above, this thread makes more sense…
The (0x400a) errors generally, coupled with an inability to open files on your handheld, suggests that you have insufficient memory on board to perform these tasks. There are several other issues involved, however, so you should address each one by simplifying your configuration to avoid the most obvious ones.
For the time being, turn off the following conduits which do not report errors:
• Install
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• ChronosNotes
• BackupBuddy
Do that simply by un-checking them in the main window of the Missing Sync for Palm OS. You might want to attempt once again to synchronize, just to determine if anything has changed as a result of turning off these working conduits.
Also, turn off the following failing conduits:
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To avoid some obvious problems with your LifeDrive and the conduits presently installed, you should install the LifeDrive Update 2.0 is you have not already done so. *Among other things, it contains a Documents to Go update:
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You must follow the instructions provided by Palm carefully, as the procedure removes all of the data from your device. Insure that your data is backed up elsewhere before performing this update.
Before attempting to update your LifeDrive, follow these instructions to determine if you need to:
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• on your LifeDrive, press <Home> twice, until the Applications Launcher—not Favorites—appears
• tap <Menu>
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Look for the application named WiFiLib [HINT: scroll down below the <Wi-Fi> items to <WiFi> with no hyphen.]
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• 1.0.6, 1.0.5 or below: you don't have the latest LifeDrive update. Install it
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Missing Sync vs. PocketMac For Synchronizing Data between Blackberry and MAC

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Tungsten T5 iSync, HotSync, Missing Sync for iCal, Mail and Address Book

I have just been given an old Palm Tungsten T5 and have been looking at the various options available to make it do what I need with regard to syncing it with my G5 PPC iMac with 10.4.11.
I use the T5 only when I am away (from the iMac) and travelling and would like a set- up that allows me to sync, in this order of priority:
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Mail
Address Book, in which I really only have e-mail addresses
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Is there a single program that will sync all three of these Mac applications effectively? If not, am I going to have to (buy and install and then) uninstall Missing Sync and Palm Desktop (or HotsSync) alternately?
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Or is there some clever way of using one or more programs to start with and then switch over to just one?
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I don't know if you can do this with the Centro. I should have mention that I was talking about webOS (Pre and Pixi). To sync with webOS you need Mac OS 10.5 or later for iCal, and 10.6 for Address Book.

The Missing Sync for Palm OS v6.0.4 won't run with my Palm Tungsten E2

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There is some developer documentation available from Apple, but it has little direct bearing on anything like the issue you are seeing. Your crash logs should have provided an indication of what was going on, and - using them - Mark/Space should have been able to identify your issue pretty easily.
It's very difficult to troubleshoot unusual issues remotely. Common problems - which can be easily identified - are readily corrected just by following the instructions posted by some knowledgable person here in the Apple Discussions forums. Given the unique circumstances you report of total failure following the installation of the Missing Sync, it's very likely that the actual culprit in your configuration is NOT the Palm desktop, iSync, .Mac Sync, the Missing Sync for Palm OS or your Treo 600. Something unique about your configuration is likely responsible. Trying to eliminate the variables, though, is not an easy task.
One relatively easy way to troubleshoot such issues is to create a new user, reinstall the Missing Sync and attempt to synchronize using that new user account. If that process is successful, you'll immediately know that something involving your existing user account is responsible for the issue.

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i have googled and searched in apple discussions, i havent found good answers yet. (or perhaps i failed to find the right thread, sorry.)
Basically, I want to synchronize (seamlessly!) my treo 650, entourage, iCal, and addressbook.
I am using the sync update of entourage but i am disappointed by how my treo650 syncs with entourage. I would lose phone number/s and calendar events on my treo. All my Treo calendar events (except for birthdays) would not even "upload" into iCal and entourage.
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I am personally a fan of missing sync, when it comes to palm based devices (Do I recall right, when it comes to treo, that it is palm based?). Been using it since over a year to sync my Apple suite with my palm. This is my first choice for syncing a palm based device, rendering a lot more choices, option and better integration than Apple's Palm conduit. With Missing sync there are only in my opinin minor aspects to be taken care of while syncing these two different platforms.
Aside from Michael's suggestion you might want to take a look at:
http://www.pocketmac.net/products/gobetween/indexg.html
It puts Entourage as a "device" into the devices to be synced by iSync, incorporting it into these syncing features.
It's been two years that I last used it (I do not use Entourage anymore since). At that time, it worked well, with a few shortcomings regarding the then more profound choices of using multiple addresses etc. in the Mac apps compared to Entourage.
At the time I found there was more care to be taken of how to enter data in Entourage and the Mac apps than with Missing Sync / Palm. Fields in both sets of program (e.g. Entourage Address Book) did not comply as well.
There have been a couple of upgrade notices since, which I did not make use of, but they seem to have improved quite a bit. So, if I had to go back to Entourage, I would do it with a combination of Pocketmac and Missing Sync.
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Palm Tree 755p + iSync/Missing Sync for Palm/iSync Conduit 1.2

I'm lost! Being stuck with a new Palm Treo 755p instead of the iPhone until my contract runs out. How do I get my Treo to sync with my Mac? There's iSync, iSync Conduit 1.2 and even Missing Sync for Palm. I'm willing to pay anything just to get things to sync with the Treo & iBook. But, after reading anything and everything I can find even on Discussions ... I'm more confused than ever.
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OK, I finally broke down and purchased "Missing Sync," after waiting for Apple to fix this problem. I'm sorry to say that "Missing Sync" does NOT solve this issue completely. It will sync the Address book, but will NOT work with iCal.
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"THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO APPLE, INC. BY MARK/SPACE."
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USB connection problem for Missing Sync

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Hi and welcome to the forums!
You may be better served to resolve this thread and open a new one,
In the Blackberry's for MAC forum. I'm sure you will get more specific
answers there. Most people don't run Missing Sync, but it's popular on MAC.
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Problems syncing SDA using Missing Sync; Mark/Space support is unhelpful...

I've had a nightmare of a time trying to get my TMobile SDA (smartphone running Windows Mobile 5) to sync using bluetooth (or even the USB!!!) with my MBP.
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hi,
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Hello melemiller and welcome to the Palm forums.
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