Notification of birthday events set in contacts

[pitaXDA]

Hi everybody!

I've noticed that the birthday information set in Contacts is not displayed in the Today screen of the TF3D.

Does anybody knows about a solution for this?

Note: an obviously solution is create a calendar event for every birthday but I'd rather use information in contacts

[Addicteddddd]

For some reason my birthday information works, and i had no events set!
I'll look into it and report back as to why it works.

[heretic]

For some reason my birthday information works, and i had no events set!
I'll look into it and report back as to why it works.
That's because you've synched your device with Outlook. Doing so automatically creates reminders in your Calendar.

I sync with Exchange Server and it doesn't create automatic reminders. So, I'm screwed, like the thread starter... I wish there were a way to create reminders for contacts birthdays without having to sync with Outlook.

[pitaXDA]

That's because you've synched your device with Outlook. Doing so automatically creates reminders in your Calendar.

I sync with Exchange Server and it doesn't create automatic reminders. So, I'm screwed, like the thread starter... I wish there were a way to create reminders for contacts birthdays without having to sync with Outlook.

Mmmm... I sync with Outlook 2003 and I have no reminders... But I used to have Outlook 97 and I remember that in some contact information (probably those created in Outlook 97) I've seen shortcuts to calendar events (probably I have reminders just in those ones):confused:

May be Outlook 2003 doesn't create reminders automatically any more... Or may be there's an option to activate in order to create them.

Anyway that could be a solution for me... Let's investigate! :cool:

[sirx]

I'll check too.
I belive that once I set the birthday in contacts (outlook 2007) it works fine. I'll let you know

[sirx]

I belive mine works, but I'm not sure I'll investigate too

[CreativeBR]

I have a similar problem.

I sync with outlook 2003 at work (but dont check the contact option) because this outlook has "n" work contacts that i dont want in my personal mobile.

At home if i sync the contacts (could not check the calendar because its synced with other computer - work) i dont get the allday events from the birthdays.

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CreativeBR

[pitaXDA]

Ok... The fact is that REMINDERS WORK! As simply as it is...

So... Why did'nt I get the reminders in the Today screen? Easy... I did got the reminders but I DIDN'T SEE THEM. :confused:

The problem is the Today screen. The clock is sooooo BIG that covers almost all the usable surface of the screen, so the Diamond only shows you one event at a time.

If you want to see the rest of them you have to scroll down. But, what if you don't know that there are more events in the list? You won't be notified!!! :eek:

I think I would be enough if the Today screen would show then number of events that happens today. So the user would be notified and our reminders would do the job.

Any ideas?:rolleyes:

[anubis.genix]

mine doesn't work as well. using bepe's 0.99dx rom. i don't use outlook at all. pimbackup does the backup job for me :)

[tuem]

stupid slow connection...

[tuem]

i tried different things out, and it seems to be working fine for me. when i add birthday to a contact in outlook on my pc, it shows up in the calendar as an all-day-event, and syncs to the diamond. same thing if i enter birthday on the diamond and sync it back - it appears in my outlook...

however, those events are only created for the future, so if you created now a birthday for somebody, who was born on, say, August 1., it would first appear starting from 2009.

the only problem that i have is that for some contacts there are multiple birthday "events" in the calender, but this might be somehow caused by me cross-syncing my contacts first with neo/elf, then with touch, and now with diamond...