Julie's Journal

Reflections on my journey through life + some (hopefully) useful info

Preventing automatic data connection on my Palm Treo 750 (WM6)

I found that ActiveSync that was continuously connecting over my 3G mobile data connection. I only get 20MB/month data, so I’ve had to prevent WM automatically syncing.

This started happening once I had set up a connection to Microsoft My Phone and Google Sync (which emulates an Exchange Server).

This is how I’ve set up my Palm Treo 750 (running Windows Mobile 6):

ActiveSync
Menu | Configure Server

  • Server address: m.google.com {using SSL}
  • User name: my.name@gmail.com
  • Password: MyPassword
  • Save password [Checked]
  • [Advanced] Conflict: Keep item on my device
  • Synchronize: Contacts and Calendar {Tasks are not (yet?) supported by Google}

Menu | Schedule

  • Sync during: Manually
  • Send/receive when I click send [Unchecked]

Microsoft My Phone
Menu | Sync Schedule

  • Frequency: Manual

Incidentally, MS MyPhone is one of the few Windows Mobile applications that has an Exit option (under Menu).

Thu 22 Oct 2009 Posted by | Technical, Windows Mobile | , , , , , | Leave a comment