Problems getting Outlook email and calendar items to synch on iPhone 4S's. Suggestions?

Many people in my office are having this problem...with a variety of different Windows versions and a variety of different generations of Outlook. (Our office is gradually upgrading.)
Ideas? I've studied the threads out there and none seemed to help.
Thanks very much.

Hey Bonesaw,
Thanks for the response. It's a mixture of different things -- for example, my email syncs (over the air) but not my calendar. Others are experiencing no syncing at all.

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I'm enjoying many of the improvements in the iPhone 3.0 release, but there is still a shortcoming of the iPhone that really nags me. That is the data detectors. For the most simple cases like a well-formatted address and a phone number without an extension the data detectors work well in emails and calendar items.
However, for numbers with extensions (e.g., 800-555-1234 x99) the data detector identifies the text as a phone number, but is then unable to dial it correctly.
Certain addresses with suite numbers or additional information are not handled correctly either. FOr example:
123 Main Street
Suite 3, Main Tower
Springfield, IL 12345
The city, state, and ZIP are identified, but the additional information on the second line prevents the address from being identified.
While these cases certainly are not the majority of phone numbers and addresses, they are certainly quite common (especially the phone extension case).
Trying to use the iPhone to dial into conference calls is also not easy. While the phone number is often recognized, I have to copy down or remember the code that must be dialed after the call is made. If an extension to the data detector for phone numbers could be added to look for things like 6-digit codes shortly following a phone number, or numeric strings following a phone number and the word "code", this would certainly help. Also, fixing the dialing extension issue above could allow people to provide the dial-in code as an extension (e.g., 888-555-1234 x123456).
Does this bug anyone else?

I should add that not only is the detector unable to dial a phone number with an extension, it actually breaks the ability to dial the number. The detector does detect the extension and underlines it as part of the phone number it detects, but when you tap to dial, you get a standard phone service message that the "number is unable to be dialed". Grrr!!!!
So not only does the detector not give you the ability to dial a number with an extension, it PREVENTS you from dialing the number at all if there is an extension following a phone number in your email/calendar item.
Hope this gets fixed soon -- this is a big complaint of "corporate" iPhone users that are used to the Blackberry dealing with these things easily...

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hello nokia, i have problem installing new email and calendar update version 3.6 (5) in nokia 701 fp2...i have download it when it appears in my software update and after download installation start and i waited for the installation to finish up but the phone switch off its self ...phone starts again n again i try to install but the phone switchng of itself ...i try many times but it didn't work...so need help guyz love nokia thnkz

Confirmed!
It's an anti-virus related issue. First tried to disable only protection, firewall, etc., but it did not work fine.
As suggested, so I deleted KMS (but keeping the application settings and objects in quarantine), and was finally able to complete the installation of the update.Then installed again KMS and everything still works fine.
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Yahoo Email and Calendar will sync to my iPhone, but Contacts will not. Selection for "Default Account" doesn't even show in the Contacts section within Settings on the iPhone.

I have always had my Yahoo Email, Calendar and Contacts synched to my iPhone. However, I noticed some Contacts weren't synching from the Yahoo account to my iPhone, so I thought if I just deleted the Yahoo account and added it back, I'd be fine. That worked fine for my Email and Calendar, but now I have NO Contacts from Yahoo on my iPhone. When I go to Settings, under Contacts, it doesn't even have the option for 'Default Account.' Help!

Hello Marsha,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
It's not clear exactly what you're trying to accomplish here. If you're wanting to set up SMS forwarding introduced in iOS 8, then please follow the directions below. Also, your Apple ID should be an email address.
To use Continuity for SMS and MMS with your iPhone and your Mac, iPad or iPod touch
Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch need to use iOS 8.1, and your Mac needs to use OS X Yosemite.
Sign in to iMessage on your iPhone, your other iOS devices, and your Mac using the same Apple ID.
On your iPhone:
Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You Can Be Reached By, and add a check to both your phone number and email address.
Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.
Your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch will display a code. Enter this code on your iPhone to verify the SMS feature.
Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support
Take care,
Alex H.

Syncing Outlook contacts and calendar items to iCloud

I just upgrade my iPad 1 to iOS 5. Lots of fun stuff (although the upgrade process made me lose my application folder setup but this is not the subject of this message).
I currently have an Outlook mail connection with my iPad. It syncs all mails, contacts and calendar entries with my office server and my PC. Works great.
I had hoped that with iOS 5, I could have synchronised these same entries to iCloud.
But instead, I think that that you must store contacts / calander you wish to sync into the iCloud "account". If this is so, then I do not think that this would be a workable use case for me.
Any thoughts on how this could be accomplished?
Regards
Max

Kris,
I don't have an iPhone yet, but here is my best guess.
It's safe to assume you went into the iTunes options when your iPhone was plugged in to sync and you checked the options for Contacts and Calendars as you had the original sync occur. Have you gone back and confirmed both of those sync options are still checked? I know iTunes updates have goofed thing up before so I figured I'd ask...

Contacts and calendar items disappear when exchange server is off

Hi All
I've been having this problem for a few weeks now and it's most frustrating. My iphone is setup to sync over the air to our corporate exchange server. It seems that when the server is down for repair/patching ALL my contacts and calendar items disappear from my iphone. This doesn't seem to happen if the phone is out of signal?
I know that I can sync directly with Outlook, however this would then mean that the phone is only updated when synced with my laptop at work. If I sync both over the air AND with Outlook, I get duplicates of everything in my calendar.
I'm not restoring my iphone to factory defaults to get rid of the duplicates and go back to over the air sync only.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get calendar and contacts to work "offline" when the exchange server is down?
Main PC is running Windows 7 and exchange is 2007. This problem is only recent, I think in the last month of two. Nothing has changed other than the last few firmware updates from Apple.

hi, cheers for the info. That would make sense, however how come when I'm out of signal and not connected to wifi, the data doesn't also disappear as that too would render the server "unavailable".
Is there a way to make the iphone keep a copy of the data much the same as "offline mode" in Outlook where you can still browse your email, calendar and contacts when the server is offline, and it picks up where it left off when the server is available again?
I appreciate this may not be a "problem" as such, but is frustrating as all my contacts and calendar live in Outlook and I can't function without them
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IPhone 3G Email and Calendar times off by one hour (slow one hour)

My times which I send/receive emails or put appointments on the calendar are 1 hour slow as compared to my computers. I have Mobile Me and Mobile Me (on the computer) and my Outlook emails and calendars match and my current time is correct on all. On the IPhone 3G the current time is correct but the time a email is sent or received and all appointments on the calendar are both off by one hour (one hour slow on the IPhone 3G).
I have set time automatically in "settings" to on, and under "email contacts and calendar" I have time zones disabled. I have tried each possible combination of these settings but cannot get the email/calendar times to match between my computers and the IPhone 3G regardless of how these are set.
I have numerous computers and all times are correct on all. On the IPhone 3G the current time (the clock) is correct, but times in emails and calendar appointments are all off (slow) by exactly one hour no matter what I do.
Anybody else have this issue, and/or know what the solution might be?
Thanks
The Omega

I have tried that and it did not work. I am now trying it with everything set to enable DST, and see if that works. Everything, so far, seems to be in sync. The phone would be right for a second when you went into the calendar and then change to be an hour off. Strange. I think the settings I have now (all, Windows, MobileMe, and the IPhone 3G set to DSL on, the same) may be working. Only time will tell.
Thank you.
The Omega

When I create a Calendar Invite .... Example 3:00 ... the email the invitee receives says 7:00 pm GMT but when she accepts is shows the correct time of 3:00pm. How can this be fixed so the email and calendar are in sync?

When I create a Calendar Invite (Example 3:00 pm EST) ... the email the invitee receives reads 7:00 pm GMT. But when she opens her calendar the time is posted correctly. How can I get the email and calendar to show the same time?

Internally, all calendar items are based on GMT... That's how you can send an invitation to someone in a different time zone, for a conference call, for example, and end up on the phone at the same time even though you may be many hours apart by the clock...

HT4796 Why can't I see my email and calendar records after transfer is complete?

I used Migaration Assistant to transfer my MS Outlook email and calendar etc from a windows XP Pro laptop and expected to see the transferred content when I opened Mail and Calendar, but they are empty. Is there some action I need to take in my mac to make the content appear?

Try looking at System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if Migration Assistant created a new user. If so, what you want is probably in that account.
If you can log into that account, make the user library visible by holding down the option key while using the Finder "Go To Folder" command. Enter ~/Library. Move the Mail Folder and Calendar folder to the Public Folder. Look for other files you want and put them in the Public Folder. Log into your normal account, retrieve the two folders from the Public Folder, and then put them in the account's user Library. Test.
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
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Marking a calendar item as "private" on iPhone 3GS

Hi.. does anyone know if this is possible or if there is an app that can enhance the calendar so you can do this? I work for a UK corporate (and am based in the UK) and have my work Outlook email and calendar synched to my iPhone but when I create a new entry on the iPhone I can't seem to see how to tag it as "private" like you can in Outlook.
[Sorry if this has been posted before but I'm new to this discussion board so I am not sure where to find things just yet!]
Thanks people
Emilie

Thanks ckuan.
To clarify, I have 3 accounts configured on my iPhone. When i create a new calendar entry it defaults to being associated to my work account (as i have this set as my default account in settings) but i can change this easily. Regardless of which calendar i select there is not flag to set the entry as "private". As such when i then view this entry in outlook it is not marked as private so others in my company can see the detail.
I'm either having to go into outlook to set the appointment as private or create two entries on my phone - 1 simply with a title as private in my work calendar and then a real one in my personal account. This actually isn't that great either as i like to mark all my personal appointments as private too as i don't want these visible to anyone who has access to my personal calendars which are hotmail/gmail calendars.
Sorry if i missunderstood your response but if you know how i can see this working that would be great.

How do I automatically sync outlook contacts to iphone contacts? My email and calendar does this but even though in settings I have the contacts ON it does not.

How do I get my outlook contacts to automatically sync to my iphone 5? In settings I have it set up to do so BUT it does not. My email and calendar updates every 1/2 hour but I can't get my contacts to auto update. Please advise.

Start with your finger at the bottom of the screen (about even with the home button) and swipe in an upward motion. There should be a row of icons at the top of a grey field. if the quarter-moon icon is bright white, tap it. If it was (and still is) dark, take the iPhone in to be evaluated by a qualified technician.

My hard drive crashed, and I got a new one. How do I get my contacts and calendar from my Iphone back into outlook?, my hard drive crashed, and I got a new one. How do I get my contacts and calendar from my Iphone back into outlook?

My hard drive crashed. I have all my contacts and calendar in my IPhone. I now have a new hard drive and am trying to get my contacts and calendar into the reinstalled outlook on my desktop but can't sync. Suggestions? Thanks

Well, let's hope that nothing was jiggled out of place when you were installing the new hard drive. Your optical drive may just be out of alignment or the disc you have is "dirty." Get a lint-free cloth and some rubbing alcohol, then clean the disc as thoroughly as you can starting from the center and working outward in a concentric circlular motion. See if that helps. In particular clean the inner portion well.
If this does not help, then you have a problem. You have opened the computer yourself. That action voids all support from Apple. If you take the computer in for service the store may refuse to service the computer. This is not related to your now expired warranty.

What software other than outlook can I use with iphone 5c for contacts, email and calendar?

What software will work with iPhone 5c where I can manage all contacts, emails and calendar and sync with my business desktop computer? From what I have seen from co-workers Microsoft outlook and iPhone doesn't work well together.

But the problem is, that it Did used to do this. It synced for a year and a half and now only in the past four months has it not synced...
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Is there a way to connect my iCloud email and calendar to a pst file that is not my default Outlook pst file? I don't use the default pst file because I was having some problems with it and have set up a new pst file.
I use Outlook 2010 (on a PC) and haven't been able to sync with iPhone5 and iPad.

Howdy Ron,
Take a look at the article linked below, it will walk you through downloading iCloud for Windows and syncing iCloud information like contacts and calendars to Outlook on your PC.
Set up and use iCloud for Windows
Take care,
-Jason

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