While I am still in the process of testing this and some other methods of moving data back and forth from my u740, my understanding is that you can essentially sync your calendar if you have the ability to export the data into a CSV. This may be somewhat more technical than what most end users are comfortable with and it is NOT officially supported by Samsung or Verizon but it's worthwhile passing along. Thanks to
HowardForums for this info.
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BitPim, CALENDAR & CONTACTS
• Can be connected via BitPim to link the u740 to OUTLOOK for calendar and contacts.
• Until an officially supported version of BitPim is released for this phone, use the Samsung a950 profile to connect. Be forewarned, as mentioned, BitPim does not officially support this phone yet, so use at your OWN RISK.
• Connecting with BitPim is described below (thanks to TheMopedwhiz):
o MEK is the best way to get a cable & the phone drivers
if you have BT on your PC you don't need the cable but you do need BitPim.
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here to visit bitpim.org.
NOTICE: The phone doesn't sync with 'outlook' as far as I know but outlook 'exports' files that BitPim can import. So you export the list using outlook to a file (I think the extension is CSV). Then with BitPim you import the file, then send the file to the phone.
I never use outlook, but yahoo exports contacts in the same format so you can import them to outlook or vise-versa, and I did do the export import thing a few times with BitPim and a different phone.
Most people want to use BitPim with the 'previous' phone to save a contacts list, then using BitPim with the u740 to import that list and send it to the phone.
NOTE: it doesn't matter if you have an LG 8100, choco, V, enV, a sammy 950 990 or the u740.
BitPim, being free ware, is always a version behind on the phones with full support, but many things ( menu wise ) work the same way on all versions of BitPim with all phones.
The BitPim GUI/menus/windows do their work in the BitPim cache NOT directly on the phone.
Import a contacts file from your PC, then you check it, change it if needed, or accept as is, but its NOT on the phone until you SEND the data to the phone.
Same thing for pictures & ringers, but those functions are not yet supported in the GUI menus because we are using the support for the a950.
The contacts / phone book has been in a std format for several years, across most models of Verizon phones, which is why this function works with the NEW u740.
NOTE: if you shut down BitPim and unplug the phone, without/before sending the data to the phone, then the contacts list will not be on the phone. If you delete a name or change a number , but don't send the data back to the phone there will be NO changes on the phone same goes for delete wallpapers or ringers, (once the support is added).
The exception to this rule is 'file system mode' this reads and writes directly to the phone, directly into the directory tree.
NOTE: Put the wrong file in the wrong place and you can BRICK your phone, but IF your careful, it can be very handy.
Right now the file system tree is the only way to add custom ringers to this phone (via BitPim), it can't be done thru the BitPim GUI until the support as been added to BitPim GUI for this model.
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