Mobile Devices Configuration Guide

The recommended SyncML client for BlackBerry, Apple iPhone (for contacts), mobile devices based on Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone or Windows Mobile PocketPC, is the one provided directly by Funambol, which is free and open source.

For Microsoft Window Mobile, you must identify which kind of device you have ("Smartphone" vs. "PocketPC").

Once you’ve identified what kind of device you have, download the appropriate client from:

http://www.funambol.com/opensource/downloads.php

The version 8.5 GA or later is required. 

For BlackBerry and Apple iPhone devices, you can also use the SyncJe SyncML client from NextHaus (http://www.nexthaus.com/). This client allows one to synchronize contacts, event and tasks with SOGo.

The version 2.43 or later is required. For BlackBerry 7XXX devices, the required version is 2.25 but isn’t officially supported. You can install SyncJe on your BlackBerry device, over the air, by opening the following link from your BlackBerry device:

http://www.nexthaus.com/bb/syncjebb.jad

This will download and install the application on your mobile device. It’s important to use the Web browser application and not the WAP browser to perform this operation. Once installed, restart the device. This procedure can also be used to update the SyncJe application. Note that an update of SyncJe will not affect the state of previous synchronizations. It’s not necessary to perform a "slow sync" after an update of SyncJe. 

The Synthesis (http://www.synthesis.ch/) company provides a SyncML client for Palm OS-based devices.

"Over The Air" synchronization is possible, as well as synchronization through a cradle. For the latter, you must install Softick PPP using the Palm Desktop software. The version 3.01 or later is required and you can download it from http://www.softick.com/ppp/. Once installed, the desktop computer must be restarted.

Once completed, you must download the Synthesis client for Palm OS. The version 3.0.2.9 or later is required. Either the standard or the professional version can be used.

Once downloaded, uncompress the archive and install the .prc file on your Palm OS-based device. After, you should see a "SyncML" icon on your device.

Once the Funambol SyncML client is installed, start the application from your mobile device to configure it using the following steps:

From the Tools menu, choose Options…​:

To prevent the BlackBerry to automatically add a new event in the calendar when an invitation is received by email (IMIP message) on the BlackBerry device, you should delete the CICAL service from the Service Book. To do so, proceed with the following steps:

From the Options menu:

Once completed, you must restart the device by removing its battery for a couple of seconds. If you ever want to reactivate the CICAL service, follow those instructions:

http://support.appriver.com/KB/a205/how-to-resend-service-books-on-blackberry.aspx

Once complete, the client is ready for an initial synchronization.

Ideally, you should delete all data from the mobile device before the initial synchronization. To do so:

Finally, click on the Sync All button to proceed with the synchronization.

Once NextHaus SyncJe is installed, proceed with the following steps, from your BlackBerry device, to configure it:

From the Settings menu:

To prevent the BlackBerry to automatically add a new event in the calendar when an invitation is received by email (IMIP message) on the BlackBerry device, you should delete the CICAL service from the Service Book. To do so, proceed with the following steps:

From the Options menu:

Once completed, you must restart the device by removing its battery for a couple of seconds. If you ever want to reactivate the CICAL service, follow those instructions:

http://support.appriver.com/KB/a205/how-to-resend-service-books-on-blackberry.aspx

Once done, you’re now ready for your first synchronization.

Ideally, you must delete all data on the BlackBerry before proceeding with the initial synchronization. To do so, proceed with the following steps:

From the Settings menu:

After the initial Slow Sync, you can simply chose the Start Sync option if you do a manual synchronization to synchronize all changes. 

Once the Synthesis SyncML client is installed, proceed with the following steps to configure it:

From the Settings…​ menu:

The reload device value will delete all entries on the device during the initial synchronization and obtain contacts, events and tasks from the server. If you do not want to delete everything from the device, please choose normal instead of reload device.

Once ready, click on the Start button to proceed with the initial synchronization.

During the initial synchronization, the Palm device will ask you how to connect to the desktop system. From the Palm device, choose Windows RAS without specifying an user name or a password. This will allow the Palm device to establish a PPP connection between itself and Softick PPP and then communicate using its TCP/IP stack to the Funambol server.

Starting from iOS 3, Apple has added CalDAV support to the calendar application included in the iPhone/iPod/iPad.

To add a CalDAV account, follow those instructions:

On iOS 3.1.2 and later, you must also specify the range of events you want to have. 

Note that other options (Events 2 Weeks Back, etc.) do not work right now.

If you want to synchronize contacts with your Apple mobile device, use the native address book application with SOGo using the CardDAV protocol. To configure the address book application so it works with SOGo, create a new CardDAV account and specify your server name. In the Advanced Settings, set the port to 8800.

On iOS prior to version 4, you must install the Funambol client and configure the sogo-card source.