Wi-fi Sync on Windows Mobile 5.0

quote:Originally posted by revjeff

I just purchased a new iPAQ 1950 and would like to syncronize my PDA with my computer using wi-fi. Unfortunately I learned after puchasing the unit that Microsoft has disabled this feature on ActiveSync 4.0 for security reasons. (Does this bother anyone but me?)

FWIW...It bugs me also, but there is not a whole lot we can do about it except rant...[8D]

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"When all else fails, read the instructions..."

Al Jarvi
MS-MVP Windows Networking (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com)
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1, you can only use 4.0+ ActiveSync (AS) with WM5.

2, you can't sync via Wi-Fi, only via BT, as far as wireless synching is concerned. (Incidentally, AS 4 has other, TCP/IP/Networking-related synchronization limitations too, explained throroughly in Chris De Herrera's excellent article on AS4. Note that it says backup/restore is missing from AS4 - it certainly isn't.)

Unfortunately, there're no known methods/3rd party apps of circumventing this limitation.

Additional threads worth checking out on this:

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?p=846771 - what I've said above

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2005/05/22/420884.aspx - an MSDN blog; it explains how VS can communicate with WM5 PDA's via Wi-Fi, by avoiding using AS. That is, it's useless for Wi-Fi AS synching.

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39975 – mostly an "opinions" and "ranting" thread; still, worth checking out