Sony D5803/D5833 manual Synchronizing data on your device, Synchronizing with online accounts

Synchronizing data on your device

Synchronizing with online accounts

Synchronize your device with contacts, email, calendar events, and other information from online accounts, for example, email accounts such as Gmail™ and Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook™, Flickr™, and Twitter™. You can synchronize data automatically for all accounts by activating the auto-sync function. Or you can synchronize each account manually.

To set up an online account for synchronization

1 From your Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Add account, then select the account you want to add.

3Follow the instructions to create an account, or sign in if you already have an account.

To activate the auto-sync function

1 From your Home screen, tap > Settings.

2Drag the slider beside Auto-syncto the right.

To synchronize manually with an online account

1 From your Home screen, tap > Settings.

2Under Accounts, select the account type, then tap the name of the account you want to synchronize with. A list of items that can be synchronized with the account appears .

3Mark the items you want to synchronize.

4 Tap , then tap Sync now.

To remove an online account

1 From your Home screen, tap > Settings.

2Under Accounts, select the account type, then tap the name of the account you want to remove.

3Tap , then tap Remove account.

4Tap Remove account again to confirm.

Synchronizing with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®

Using a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, you can access your corporate email messages, calendar appointments, and contacts directly on your device. After setup, you can find your information in the Email, Calendar, and Contacts applications.

To set up an EAS account for synchronization

1Make sure you have your domain and server details, provided by your corporate network administrator, available.

2 From your Home screen, tap .

3Tap Settings > Add account > Exchange ActiveSync.

4 Enter your corporate email address and password.

5 Tap Next. Your device begins to retrieve your account information. If a failure occurs, enter the domain and server details for your account manually and then tap Next.

6 Tap OK to allow your corporate server to control your device.

7 Select what data you want to sync with your device, such as contacts and calendar entries.

8 If desired, activate the device administrator to allow your corporate server to control certain security features on your device. For example, you can allow your corporate server to set password rules and set storage encryption.

9 When the setup is done, enter a name for the corporate account.

When you change the login password for an EAS account on your computer, you have to log in again to the EAS account on your device.

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