New phone; calendar sync no probs - contacts sync isn't happening

Sorry if this is old news... I have searched but cannot find the answer. I have selected the 'sync contacts and calendar with Outlook' but only the calendar worked so far. The option to select a sub-folder in contacts is visible but I cannot select it i.e. I actually only want to sync with 'my contacts' rather than the entire corporate database.
If anyone has advice or can direct me to a suitable thread I would be externally grateful.
Cheers

Getting the same problem, in my experience the synchronisation does end eventually but it can take several hours. If you allow the process to end then it does seem better the next time although you can't always arrange to have your phone tied up for a few hours a day.
Just for the record I've tried it using calendars without any recurring appointments and it is the same.
I am using iCal with shared calendars iCal server in case that is an issue.
Incidentally, I have also experienced appointments which do not appear to sync and one which seemed to disappear after a sync.
Overall the advice is: use calendars with care!

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