Help with MDA Pro

[Dandydan]

HI all,
Already have a MDA111 now have a Pro,
As far as active sync, how can I keep em both in sync with my PC, or do they need 3.8 and 4.0? i.e. 3.8 dont find the Pro, and as far as I know 4.1 dont run the MDA111, or as usual have I got it completely wrong.

Thanks in advance

[jmdrizen]

I've had the Beta of 4.2 working on both.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/activesync42.mspx

You can download it from that address. But remember it is a BETA release... so may have a few glitches (but then what MS software doesnt?!)

[richardlai]

HI all,
3.8 dont find the Pro, and as far as I know 4.1 dont run the MDA111, or as usual have I got it completely wrong.

Thanks in advance
I had an hx4700 running on WM2003SE, and now have the V1640 (Universal). ActiveSync 4.1 recognizes both, and it automatically "changes" back to an older version of ActiveSync when a WM2003SE device is connected. (you can see a change in the graphical interface)

[matt1971]

HI all,
Already have a MDA111 now have a Pro,
As far as active sync, how can I keep em both in sync with my PC, or do they need 3.8 and 4.0? i.e. 3.8 dont find the Pro, and as far as I know 4.1 dont run the MDA111, or as usual have I got it completely wrong.

Thanks in advance

For me I had a device on WM2003SE and WM5.

When using activesync 4.1 i needed to manually switch which device i was connecting via activesync before connecting to usb - this was the only way i could keep them both in sync using the same version of AS.

Matt

[Dandydan]

Hi folks,
All sorted, as said 4.1 Synchos a 03 and 05 device a treat. Reason I spent 3 hours on it is that no progress on Pro with win 5 shown, so I thought it was locking up, nope it was doing its job, with nowt showing.
Once you get both devices in to ASync it knows which one you connect and syncs accordingly, on 2003 shows progress on each part etc.
why great God MS didnt make 4.1 the same? maybe only Bill knows.

I'm just getting to old for all this hassle.
Thanks all

[Pooper]

Any ideas what's new in 4.2? Can't find a changelog on that site.

Also, is it me, or are there loads of features in 3.8, that arent present in 4.1?

[Dandydan]

AS 4.1 for me is now absolute rubbish, I thought I had it beat, now I have around 4 ea of my contacts X 780 each, plus all Birthdays and anniversaries X 4. All this is now on my PC and MDA111 and Pro, on top of that AS4.1 does not recognise the backup it made for the MDA111. and does not of course have a backup mode at all for the PRO.

I think T-mobile are gonna take the pro back as not fit for purpose as far as the software goes, unless there is a better Synch prog out there??

In answer to your question, yes 4.1 is rubbish compared to 3.8,