[colug-432] Samsung Galaxy S3 and Addressbook/Contacts sync

[R S Prigan]

I looked into a simpler CardDAV/CalDAV server, *Baikal*
http://baikal-server.com/
works well in test on localhost  and on shared hosting (Dreamhost)

I used the "flat"package for Baikal, and set it up to use MYSQL
 (then I can back up data by backing up MySQL ... and perhaps even access
it in other ways
N.B. it stores vcf's in DB!)

ADDRESSBOOK / CONTACTS

Then I found for *Thunderbird* ...  !!
Inverse Sogo Connector 17.0.3 (adds CardDAV to Thunderbird addressbook)
http://www.sogo.nu/fr/downloads/frontends.html

Akonadi/KAddressBook can also connect, and
** CardDAV Sync free *Android* app **
so I can sync it with that too  ...  (the "Holy Grail" I've sought in
handhelds since Palm pilot days!!)

CALENDAR

I also found the CalDAV function of Baikal useful ... (a whole lot quicker
and reliable than remote connection to iCal file!)
I use a cheap but not quite free android app on the phone CalDAV Sync, by
the same guy who made the CardDAV Sync.  It also works great with
Thunderbird Lightning (and KDE stuff.)

NIGGLES

The only downsides with Baikal are that it cannot be set read only for some
users while being rw for me - e.g. if sharing a calendar.  (But I can
accomplish this with ical file on a web host).

Thunderbird's addressbook is also primitively limited in support for more
than 3 emails, and other things ... but apparently there is a project to
make a new TB addressbook from ground up.)


I'm still looking into a way to automate backups of AddressBook/Calendar.
I guess I'll have to rely on MySQL backups and manua backups for now.  I
found promise in carddav-util , a bucket of python scripts, but it still
has *issues*.

I really ought to post this for benefit of others ... maybe I'll get around
to it.

Scott





On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Judd Montgomery <judd at jpilot.org> wrote:

>  What works?  Which thing did you setup?
>
> Judd
>
>
> On 07/25/2013 02:32 PM, R S Prigan wrote:
>
> Just wanted to confirm it works very  well on CalDAV host.  FWIW I used
> MySQL instead of the default sqlite
>
> Scott
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:54 PM, R S Prigan <lordscotus1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I looked into a simpler CardDAV/CalDAV server, Baikal
>> http://baikal-server.com/
>>  seems to work well in test on localhost
>> for Akonadi/KAddressBook, and for CardDAV Sync free Android app
>>
>>  Then I found for *Thunderbird* ...  !!
>> Inverse Sogo Connector 17.0.3 (adds CardDAV to Thunderbird addressbook)
>> http://www.sogo.nu/fr/downloads/frontends.html
>>
>>  setup is tricky, but it works on localhost.
>>
>>  Now to see if I can get it to work on shared hosting with theoretically
>> variable IP #
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:18 PM, R S Prigan <lordscotus1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'm looking for reliable ways to sync (especially) my AddressBook from
>>> a
>>> > hosted site I control to my computer(s) and S3.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Maybe more than you need, but take a look at ownCloud:
>>> http://owncloud.org
>>>
>>> It's a self-hosted Dropbox workalike written in PHP.  It also supports
>>> CalDAV and CardDAV for calendar and contacts syncing, plus a number of
>>> other interesting things that may or may not be of use to you.
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