Remove everything from this directory, apart from 2 files:
/Library/Application Support/SyncService/501
(501 being by uid). The two files to keep are:
BTConduitDefaults.plist SymbianConduitDefaults.plist
The latter was full of shite so I made it look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.
com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
<dict>
<key>kNSSyncDeviceID</key>
<string>00-0a-d9-e8-b7-3a</string> <---- change this to your mac address
<key>kNSSyncDeviceName</key>
<string>P900</string>
<key>kNSSyncDeviceShouldSlowSyncCalendars</key>
<true/>
<key>kNSSyncDeviceShouldSlowSyncContacts</key>
<true/>
<key>kNSSyncDeviceUseCalendars</key>
<true/>
<key>kNSSyncDeviceUseContacts</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</array>
</plist>
Then try to repair the phone, it should find it and so does iSync.
Thanks to Steve for this fix
This will never work for a P900, it is a limitation of the Symbian and P900…
rely to:
I get my P900 to sync just fine after modifying the .plist-file.
But I do not get to send and receive SMS-messages on my mac(which is a great feature I used on my old phone, a T610)
Anyone solved that one?
>>I get my P900 to sync just fine after modifying the .plist-file.
<<
how did you modify the .plist-fiel?
my problem: since i updated my P900 to the newest version (R3D011-R5D-R5B02-R5A07) with newest version of apple-mac ISYNC DOESN
Hi,
can someone please send me the SymbianConduitDefaults.plist and BTConduitDefaults.plist? I have already deleted this both files before I read this postings.
Thanks.
I have a Sony Ericsson P900 (bought two days ago) and a G4 Powerbook with everything updated. I can’t get it to sync with Address Book or iCal. I can pair the phone with the Mac, but it does not allow iSync-ing. Even when paired, I am unable to find the devise in iSync. I thought this might be a B-tooth problem, but I can’t do it on a friend’s Mac either and he can sync his ohone easily (but a different model phone).
I note the changes to SymbianConduitDefaults.plist that have been referred to previously, but my libaray folder doesn’t contain this. I feel like I have wasted my money.
Any thoughts, anyone?
Simon
i am a non-techie too – do not know how to change a .plist file
i have a new P900 and an ibook
would like to sync and use address book
can someone walk me through this
it would be greatly appreciated
gamin8
Could someone send me the,
SymbianConduitDefaults.plist and BTConduitDefaults.plist files?
Im so tired of this problem….
My t610 works so well and p900 doesent…..
Many thanks
Hampus
I am also missing those two files… can someone please email them to me as well.
This is starting to REALLY get frustrating!
Does iSync and P900 only work with Bluetooth? or
Please help me
My P900 no longer showing up in isync
all above tricks don’t work for me
Thank you
Michael
Hey all…
I also have a P900, with original firmware that is going back to Sony for a flash, as we can not use the cradle to flash it. However, I am totally able to Sync with iCal & Address book, the trick (at least for me) was to either disable my OS X Firewall setting in the Sharing System Pref Pane when I sync, or to create an exception, with the ranges from about 3000-3004 (I’m pretty sure, as I am at work right now & not in fro.n of my computer to verify) I will admit though, sometimes it just works better with the firewall off while i sync. Has anyone looked at their firewall settings??? From the above posts it does not sound like it?!?!?!?!?!?!
As far as the question above about the MAC address, keep in mind, MAC stand for Machine Access Control, & it pertains to Ethernet, since the P900 does not have an Ethernet port, the answer is, you get the MAC address from your Mac relating to it’s Ethernet address / MAC address (same thing)!!!!
Could someone send me the,
SymbianConduitDefaults.plist and BTConduitDefaults.plist files?
I don’t have these files??? And can’t find them online as well…
Thanks
So i had syncing problems with my Ericsson p900 as well. I’m syncing from Entourage using GoBetween (but it’s not the problem). I can get contacts to sync, but not the Calendar and Tasks. Here’s the error:
|Pete P900| There was a problem syncing Pete P900. Try syncing again.
Conduit Pete P900 generated exception NSSyncConduitException: There was a problem syncing Pete P900. Try syncing again..
can’t connect to the device to synchronize Pete P900.
The last time I tried to troubleshoot this a few days ago, I re-paired the bluetooth devices. That did no good. The bluetooth connection is definitely working because I can do a file exchange and more importantly iSync syncs my contacts just fine, but not my calendar and tasks.
First, I tried disabling the keypad lock. No luck. I then re-enabled it.
Second, I tried turning off Salling Clicker’s listener from the p900 side. I then turned on the listener again.
So then I did the steps DMA recommended earlier:
1.) Install P900 Manager.
2.) Setup BlueShare in P900 Manager. Activate sharing just once Not sure why this works, but it does.
3.) Do everything it says on this page (if you haven’t already done so in other attempts to get this to work.)
http://chrismiles.info/mac/tips/addressbook_p900.html
Then I tried to sync again. Still no go.
So the last few days I found some .plist file on the net that goes in to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > SyncService > 501. But I just over-wrote it with the file I got from here:
http://homepage.mac.com/jasonlcarlton/share/FileSharing14.html
I downloaded just the mandatory file and the instructions and did those. Then I synced again. It STILL didn’t work.
So i downloaded the two optional files from Brandon’s instructions. I put them in the 501 folder as well and re-synced. Still not working!
I then followed these instructions:
http://homepage.mac.com/sspence/
It was mostly the same stuff, however in editing this file:
/System/Library/SyncServices/SymbianConduit.bundle/Contents/Resources/SupportedDevicesInfo
I had to change the value to BVP900. I made sure to restart iSync, then tried again, and failed again!
I then continued with sspence’s instructions. I started the Address Book app on my mac, and clicked the Bluetooth icon in the top-left. It prompted me for a BlueTooth password, like when you setup pairing. I re-started iSync and tried syncing once again. It didn’t work.
Then from iSync, i “Reset All Devices”, which forces a sync after deleting everything on the p900. The sync failed at the point it tried to sync the calendar, and failed with a blank error message.
I then synced again, and got a lot more error messages!
|P900| Could not connect to P900. Please check the pairing with this computer.
Can’t synchronize contacts to P900: device is not available
Can’t synchronize calendars and To Do items to P900: device is not available
An internal error occurred. Please try syncing again.
Assertion Failed!
Expression: fdoRet != fdo_e_database
File: Source/SyncEngine/FDODriver.cpp
Line: 411
INTERNAL ERROR: unhandled error (Assertion failure: File Source/SyncEngine/FDODriver.cpp, Line 411: fdoRet != fdo_e_database).
I synced again, and i couldn’t connect to the device at all any more for the contacts (much less the calendar). So I rebooted both devices. And synced again. It still wouldn’t connect.
I had to remove and re-plugin my bluetooth adapter in to my mac, then it synced my contacts. Then, a new error message!
INTERNAL ERROR: unhandled AOS error (Could not find isam keyno request).
iSync’s internal database has become corrupted. It is impossible to continue syncing. The database has been reset, but you must now re-synchronize all of your devices. Please try syncing again.
So I re-synced. And unbelieveably, it worked. And after all this, i don’t know what the fix was. The only thing I can gather from this last few steps is that when I did the “Reset All Devices” it cleared the db on the p900. Then my isync db got corrupted, and it emptied it. After both were cleared, the sync worked!
So my advice, follow the instructions from Brandon, and “Reset All Devices” and then see if it works.
Hope this helps someone else. I’ve spent hours and hours on this. I hope Apple makes this easier in the future!
Below is the list of things I didn’t do, but were on my list to try if I couldn’t get it working.
I had the same problem of performing Isync with my SonyEricsson P900. Being a non-techie, i just did simple things like updated all my isync,ical etc. Still my Powerbook refused to sync until I turned Bluetooth off then synched. Worked fine since then.
Turned on Bluetooth again after synch. Simple enuff for me.
cheers
Silly me, you need Bluetooth to sync. What I meant was turn off Airport, then it’s okay. I think there is a conflict between Airport and Bluetooth.
cheers
@steve
what do you mean with “change this to your mac address”. is this the bluetooth mac-adress of my phone? if yes, how do i determine this?
thanks chris
still struggling to sync my P900 with iSync, it’s been hell so far: the titanium would only recognize my P900 as “other device”. so i tried my other G4 and this went pretty well, but every now and then isync looses connection… you’ve probably heard that before…
anyway, i have no experience in editing scripts and tech stuff like that, but could you please help me out on where i should type these lines on the top of this page?
pretty neat apparatus though, the P900… pitty that it gets me frustrated more and more
I get my P900 to sync just fine after modifying the .plist-file.
But I do not get to send and receive SMS-messages on my mac(which is a great feature I used on my old phone, a T610)
Anyone solved that one?
hi will some one plz email me and tell me hot to get the sound to work on my p900 because i put a new screen on and when i try to play a track or listen to a ring tone ot dossent work but the diling to makes a sound if someone could email me on higgins_101@hotmail.co.uk and sort out the problem then i would be greatfull
thanks
Hi,
after much frustration with the p900 and both my macs, it is synching again (Yes it worked fine for me for a few months).
I tried several times doing all sorts of restore, reboots, re-pairing, firewalls, config files, etc etc.. and nothing worked until I removed the software (the sync agent that the Mac installs on the phone) , then tried pairing again and WOWOW it actually conected and told me that the software was missing, when thru the sending again, installed it, isync and MIRACLE!!…
Hope all of you have the same feeling..
By the way, even that my phone and macs did not sync for a while, Sailing clicker never stoped working, so I knew it was not a problem with either side’s bluethooth ..