SyncCell - Configuring Basic Contact Synchronization for OneSync

Unlike Calendar Events, Contacts Entries are not set by default to synchronize when you run OneSync. In order to have your Contacts Entries synchronize every time you run OneSync, you will need to follow the steps provided in this How To.

1. Start SyncCell and click 'Settings' from the menu buttons on the main screen:

2. The 'Settings & Options' dialog window will appear. Click the 'Contacts (Basic)' configuration tab at the top of the 'Settings & Options' dialog box:

3. Locate the 'OneSync Settings' section on the 'Contacts (Basic)' tab of the 'Settings & Options' dialog window.

The 'OneSync Settings' section allows you to determine how OneSync will handle synchronization of your Contacts entries. You'll notice that this section has three possible choices with "None" being the default
selection - meaning that OneSync will not, by default, synchronize your Contacts entries. In order for your Contacts entries to be synchronized each time you run OneSync, you'll have to select one of the other two remaining options.

4. Backup Mobile Device Contacts Only - Choose this option if you only want to backup Contacts from your mobile device to your Outlook client.

Selecting the 'Backup Mobile Device Contacts Only' option means that - when you run OneSync - contacts that you manually entered into your mobile device will be copied to your Outlook Client. Any new Contacts you might have stored in Outlook will not copy to your mobile device.

5. Sync Contacts - Choose this option if you want OneSync to synchronize your Contacts between your mobile device and your Outlook client.

Selecting this option turns on the functionality that will allow OneSync to keep your Contacts synchronized between your mobile phone and your Outlook client, but further configuration is required. Notice that selecting this option displays a previously hidden frame allowing you to 'Select a Common OneSync Preset Configuration.'

At this point you have one of two options. You can either 'Select a Common OneSync Preset Configuration' or click on the 'Contacts (Advanced)' tab of the 'Settings & Options' dialog window to manually configure how OneSync is to handle Contacts synchronization. For the purposes of this How To guide we will only look at the common preset configurations. For more options and manual configuration, please refer to the Contacts Advanced How To Guide. How To Configure Advanced Contact Synchronization for OneSync

5-a : 'Click to Replace all phone contacts with all Outlook contacts'. Choosing this option will cause the following effect... Each time OneSync runs, all the Contacts on your mobile device will be replaced by the the Contacts stored on your Outlook client. This is the most common selection for people who never intend to manually enter Contacts to their mobile device.

5-b : 'Click to Replace phone contacts with Outlook contacts using Category "sync"' Choosing this option will cause the following effect... Each time OneSync runs, all the Contacts on your mobile device with a category of "sync" will be replaced by the Contacts stored on your Outlook client that have a category of "sync". This is the most common selection for people who wish to identify a specific set of Outlook Contacts to keep updated on their mobile device.

Note: Please refer to your Outlook documentation for assigning Outlook Contacts to specific categories.

5-c : 'Click to Add all Outlook contacts to phone, but never delete items from the Phone.' Choosing this option will cause the following effect... Each time OneSync runs, all of your Outlook Contacts will be added to your phone provided they are not already there. OneSync will only add new items to the mobile device and will never remove any existing name or numbers from the phone.