User's Manual

4 ActiveSync

4.1 Data synchronization

Some applications on your phone (Contacts and so on)

give you access to the same personal information that you

can add, view, and edit on your computer using Web

applications. This means that when you add, change, or

delete your information in any of these applications on the

Web, the updated information also appears on your phone,

and vice versa. Also, if you lose your phone or if your

phone is destroyed, your personal information is not lost

and will appear, as before, on a replacement phone.

This mirroring of information happens through

over-the-air data synchronization, or data “syncing”. Data

syncing occurs in the background and shouldn’t ever get

in your way. You’ll know your data is being synchronized

when you see this icon in the status bar:

Because sending large amounts of data back and forth

over the air can take time and require considerable

bandwidth, there are some settings on the phone that allow

you to control data sync.

Sync by application

To control synchronization Contacts, you can do the

following:

1. On the Home screen, then touch

and select

Settings.

2. Select Accounts. When any of the applications are

synchronizing, you will see the “sync” icon

. You will

also see the last time your data was synchronized.

3. By default, the personal information in Contacts will

sync whenever you make a change or receive a new

message. You can change this behavior:

Auto-sync: When selected, Auto-sync will sync Contacts

automatically, as you make changes or receive new

messages. When OFF, information will not be synced

automatically, although you can force sync by using the

individual application check boxes described below.