{"id":2154,"date":"2017-02-06T20:18:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2017-02-09T08:05:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T07:05:00","slug":"misc-fixing-annoying-synchronization-problem-outlook-android-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/2017\/02\/misc-fixing-annoying-synchronization-problem-outlook-android-app\/","title":{"rendered":"[Misc] Fixing annoying synchronization problem Outlook Android app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since my <strong>outlook.com<\/strong> instance was upgraded to the &#8216;new&#8217; experience, I&#8217;m having all kinds of issues. Two of the most annoying ones: my rules (junk sweep for instance) are not working. Not at all. Also, the synchronization on my mobile phone was pretty crappy, especially for people \/ contacts. It would not sync certain contacts (again: not at all) and others it would sometimes sync and sometimes delete. Being a nerd I could not stand this, so I went on to find a fix.<\/p>\n<p>I tried all the logical stuff first: reset the account (which is an option in the app). Switch on \/ off contact syncing. Remove and add the account. Remove the app and reinstall it. I really tried pretty much everything, nothing worked.<\/p>\n<p>With the update, legacy outlook.com account were moved over to a new infrastructure which is built on Office365 bits and pieces. It&#8217;s still Outlook.com, but it looks an awful lot like Outlook Online from Office365 now. And if you know Office365, you also know it&#8217;s basically Exchange behind the scenes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to fix the sync<\/h2>\n<p>That last sentence is a hint to the solution. Instead of normally adding my account as an Outlook account (which it is), I added it as an <strong>Exchange account<\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n<p>You need the following details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Servername:\u00a0<\/strong>m.hotmail.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>Username:\u00a0<\/strong>your full e-mail address. Can be @outlook.com or another Microsoft account name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Password:<\/strong> the password of your account. If you&#8217;ve enabled multi-factor authentication, you&#8217;ll need to supply an app password (<a href=\"https:\/\/account.live.com\/proofs\/Manage\">https:\/\/account.live.com\/proofs\/Manage<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After adding, give it some minutes to sync. Make sure you&#8217;ve got the contact sync enabled as well in settings. And as you can see below, I now have a properly syncing account on my phone. F-ing finally. Now for that rules issue&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/2017\/02\/misc-fixing-annoying-synchronization-problem-outlook-android-app\/screenshot_20170206-140418\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2155\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2155\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot_20170206-140418-576x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_20170206-140418\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot_20170206-140418-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot_20170206-140418-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot_20170206-140418-768x1365.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screenshot_20170206-140418.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since my outlook.com instance was upgraded to the &#8216;new&#8217; experience, I&#8217;m having all kinds of issues. Two of the most annoying ones: my rules (junk sweep for instance) are not working. Not at all. Also, the synchronization on my mobile phone was pretty crappy, especially for people \/ contacts. It would not sync certain contacts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,34],"tags":[186,158],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3KFR1-yK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}