Old iPhone sync at odds with other cloud devices?
Hello
My wife's "old" iphone 3g has iOS 4 that does not support iCloud, and I guess Apple won't update the iOS for that model anymore?
All my other relevant devices and my main computer have been moved to iCloud and so my contacts etc are in the cloud.
BUT since I did not want all my cloud contacts duplicated "on my mac" and cause confusion about which one is the most updated, I deleted all the "on my Mac" contacts so when I search my entire address book it only should find one of any given person.
But now the old iPhone has no hardware-based contacts to sync with, so it is empty.
How do I have only ONE set of contacts, but also have cloud-enabled and non-cloud-enabled systems work???
This worked just fine in the old days of DotMac where there was local AND cloud versions that worked in harmony most of the time.
Hi sberman, while I realize that this 2009 phone will not support over the air effortless iCloud syncing, my main questions was how do I use it like it normally was synced during physical usb updating?
I plan on updating it at some point, but all I want is for my wife to have contacts that update when I plug in the phone every once and a while. At the moment it has NO contacts since it seemed I needed to delete my Mac-based contacts for me to enjoy the use of my Cloud based contacts without duplicates.
I wish that my adress book did not have "on the cloud" and "on my mac", but I don't know an alternative. I though iCloud was supposed to make life effortless?
Any setting or workaround that anybody knows of?
Similar Messages
-
spill water on my Iphone and I want to recover photos on my Ipad The pictures on the Iphone were not shared with other apple devices is it possible get my photos from the iCloud ?
Had you set your iPhone up to use Photo Stream?
Had your performed an iCloud backup of your iPhone before it was damaged?
If you did neither of the above, then your photos are not in the cloud, and they are gone.
If you performed an iCloud backup, then it would contain the photos in the iPhone's Camera Roll (taken on the iPhone) at the time of your last backup. You could restore this iCloud backup to a device.
If your iPhone used Photo Stream, those photos are immediately accessible to your iPad if you set it up to use the same Photo Stream. -
How can i update my old 2006 iMac Intel core 2 duo running 10.6.8 to OSX Lion so that I can sync using iCloud with my newer devices? Mountain Lion is not an option for my older model and Lion is no longer available at App store.
Call Apple's online store's telesales agents: 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or Customer Service and Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775. For Lion you'll get a redemptions code via e-mail and need to DL from the Mac Apple Store (requires SL 10.6.6+).
-
how do i know if my iphone has been syncronize with other device and how to remove it.?, cuz. I had found out that one of my co-work who was updatinng my phone was syncronizing to his name..in this case my photos is been syncronize to his acount.pls help...
thanksHey Cherielly,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Since you are having an issue with syncing to a different apple id. You may want to make sure you are signing in with the correct apple id.
iOS: Sign in with a different Apple ID in the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1311
Have a nice day,
Mario -
Having problems with pairing my Iphone 5 with other bluetooth devices
I'm having problem with pairing my Iphone5 with other Bluetooth devices like another phone and bluetooth headphone.
I followed all the right instructions of the other device, but the Iphone just would not pair with them!!You can not pair it with another phone at all. That's not a feature of the iPhone. Never has been.
As for the headphone, is it in discoverable mode? -
My iMessage only works with one contact in my phone. I text several people that have the iphone 4s, theirs works with other people. But mine only works with one person. Why?
about message http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
troubleshooting message http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755 -
My iphone 4 bluetooth does not discover any other devices or phones having bluetooth and ofcourse does not pair with other bluetooth devices or phones? How can i transfer files to other devices through bluetooth? Thanx
you can't tranfer files with the built in program that apple gives you, you may (i belevie) download an app that allows you
-
IPhone 3GS antenna interfering with other phones?
Does anyone know if the iPhone was known to cause "interferences" with other mobile devices? According to an employee at the iPhone provider in Saudi Arabia, Mobily, the iPhone 3G (released in late Feb 2009) antenna was interfering with other phones. They said that Apple didn't fix it with the 3GS so they can't release it.
Did anyone else heard of something similar? Did any other carrier say anything about the iPhone antenna causing interference?
(let me go on a quick rant about the iPhone 3GS release here):
Another employee claimed that Mobily didn't meet expected sales (their own fault, they are hurting the iPhone 3G).
What's really weird is all of the countries listed here
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/wwdc2009/wwdc2009-843.jpg
got their iPhone 3GS in August. Only exceptions are: Saudi Arabia (Mobily), UAE (Etisalat) and Jordan (Orange). I am trying the feedback form, but, does anyone have any idea on why are these countries missing?
ThanksIf FaceTime is available where you live... See Here for
Using FaceTime
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319 -
Touch screen problem - 3,5 jack in Iphone is not compliant with other 3,5 headset
Hi,
I have plugged a Beast head set in to my Iphone 5; 3,5 jack after that the touch screen is problem. Sometimes I can not select correct a application icon (Another app near by openned) or I can not type correct a character (one or some other character apreared) when I try to type.
I did all kind of reset, inclucluded factory reset. But the problem still remain the same.
How to fix this issue?
PS: Before I have same problem with my Iphone 2G when I try with a Ipod headset. I think that it is all Apple headset but it is diffrence. It seem the Ipod headset is not included microphone that why the pin is diffrence. After sometimes I try with Ipod headset then touch screen totally die and shop need to change for me a new Iphone.
Does the 3,5 jack in Iphone is not compliant with other 3,5 headset?
Thanks,i restored as a new. I am facing following problems :
1. if iphone is locked then it won't get unlocked. I need to swipe/restart many times to unlock it. or need to use siri to unlock it.
2. after unlocking iphone, it will work normally for few mins then there is some abnormal behaviour in its working.
for e.g some applications will open without actually opening it. some applications will close automatically.
3. sometimes suddenly in the middle of work, iphone touch will stop responding.
There is no specific case for above problems. I m facing these issues in the middle of any applications at any moment of time. -
I cannot get my iPod Touch to sunc with my Bluetooth adapter. The adapteer works with other BT devices. I received a message stating "no device driver installed" I am presuming the message is associated witht eh iPod. Any help or ideas appreciated.
Thanks
Anthony127The BT profiles on the iPod do not allow pairing with a computer. See:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Supported Bluetooth profiles -
Why does bot apple enble bluetooth sharing with other OS devices ?
I have been using Iphone 4S for 6 months.The Only Problem i face is i cant share any kind of file via bluetooth with other OS devices.
I think Apple should include an update for bluetooth so that some users like us can shre files via Bluetooth.Good for you. I'm glad you think that. Now tell Apple, not us as these are user to user forums, therefore nobody here would know the answer as to why.
Http://www.apple.com/feedback. -
my house is 2 story and requires a wireless access point upstairs for full coverage, is this compatible with other wap devices?
If the main router on your network is also an Apple product, it might be possible to connect the Time Capsule using wireless only. Please post back to provide the model number of the product that you have in order to check for compatibility.
If your main router is not an Apple product, the Time Capsule will need to be connected back to your main router using a wired Ethernet connection in order to function as a wireless access point on your network.
While an Ethernet cable connection is ideal, a pair of Ethernet powerline adapters might be able to send an "Ethernet" signal over the existing AC powerlines in your home. There are more details to go over with these types of adapters if you want to consider them, because they tend to be "iffy", and not predictable in all situations. -
Personal hotspot isn't available on my iPhone, but my iPad sees other peoples devices just not mine.?
Hello IronCurtain
If the books were all purchased from the iBooks Store, then you should be able to download it again. On your iOS devices, check in Settings > iBooks to see if Show Purchases is turned on and then open iBooks and they should be there. The article below will walk you through download previous purchases.
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5357
Regards,
-Norm G. -
HT204387 Why My iphone 4 wont discover any other bluetooth device, including my ipad
Why my iPhone 4 wont discover any other bluetooth device, including my ipad?
It will not connect to your ipad. This has never been a feature of ipad/iphone/ipod
It supports stereo headsets/speakers, handsfree telephone devices, some keyboards, some apps from the app store, and internet tethering if provided by the carrier.
Other than these, it will not connect to another phone or computer. -
How do I get my old iPhone 4g to work with a new computer without losing all data on it?
I bought a new MacBook Pro with Retna display to replace a dead gateway running Windows XP. My iPhone 4 was always connected to the old gateway and I synced to the iTunes on it. Now I have my new MacBook up and running and have logged into its new iTunes and synced my new iTunes to my Apple ID and to the apple store. Everything looks good in the new iTunes. Problem is now when I connect my old iPhone to the new computer it's iTunes warns of my iPhone data about to be erased. How can I prevent losing all my stuff. I don't want to lose all my text messages on the iPhone. What can I do to prevent losing everything from my phone?
Ok thanks again for your reply, link to Apple article, and concern for my questions. That is very refreshing to have people willing to share their knowledge like you.
So why do you suppose we get this awful warning when we connect our iPhone to a new computer that all data on the phone will be deleted if we continue? Furthermore why don't we get a further explanation as to what to do sat that point?
I can not stand warnings like this that make me feel like I have done something wrong, that somehow I may be violating my terms of service. All that legalize is not customer friendly. Apple has always impressed my more that any company with excellent personal customer service but this is not good the way they scare you when you honestly are trying to move to a new computer with your old iPhone.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Formatting MicroSD card in Disk Utility-8GB card now showing as only 200MB!
Hi Guys I want to give my sd card to a friend and so I tried to secure erase the data in disk utility and somehow managed to turn an 8gb card into a 200mb one while trying to format it to FAT format. This has happened to two 8gb cards from different
-
Problem with scriplet variable as tag attribute
This question was already treated here but it doesn't help me. I have a .jsp page where I am using a custom tag written by me like this : <%! String thecategory= request.getParameter("category");%> <gamemarket:
-
Hi all, I have a strange problem with one user. We use an internal web site where users upload pdf files. Usually other users could open and view the files. What happened since a couple of days. One user uses Acrobat XI Standard to view and edit the
-
Adding Default Values to a Large Table in 11gR2
All, For 11g, I understand that the way that we add columns with default values is different. I'm running 11.2.0.3 on AIX 5.3. For instance, if I do this: ALTER TABLE mark_heavily_used_table ADD random_field2 VARCHAR2(10) DEFAULT 'Seven' NOT NULL; In
-
I want to update LR and can't. When I bring up my Adobe CC desktop app it is blank. I have unnistalled/installed it twice with thte same result. And yes, I am current with my payments.