Sync /seen flag from server to devices connected via ActiveSync possible?

[Konstantin Schorp]

Multiple Email folders via ActiveSync are supported in Android since 2.x or 3.x I guess. I started using Activesync with a 2.3 device and it worked at that time. However, multiple calendar support (crucial for collaboration) was introduced officially with Android 4.4.

The „ext_devices“-solution in syncroton should be changed from being an opt-in to an opt-out list for legacy devices. The Galaxy S 5 for example calls itself „SAMSUNGSMG900F“ instead of „Android". 

That being said, I am still stuck with my flag changes not being synced. It is not a problem with the device, as I am also connected to a Zimbra server and it works perfectly there. 

I switched on debugging for syncroton and I came over several strange issues (phone is set to push):

- When receiving an email via IMAP, it takes up to 5 minutes for syncroton to notify the device although the „ping“ messages show up in the log
- Update requests seem not to be handled properly. When flagging an email as „read“ on the PC, the phone shows „0 unread messages“ after a forced sync. The email remains flagged unread though. 
- In general, syncroton seems only to react on server-side changes if forced, and client-side changes (update) are ignored at all...

Are there any settings that could influence syncroton’s behavior (cyrus, wallace, php,…)?


Thank you for your support!

Konstantin




Am 21.05.2014 um 08:13 schrieb Aleksander Machniak <machniak at kolabsys.com>:

> On 05/21/2014 01:23 AM, Mat Cantin wrote:
>> On 2014-05-11 6:52, Konstantin Schorp wrote:
>>> The only modification (I guess) was adding „Android“ to the
>>> ext_devices list to enable multiple calendars.
>>> 
>> 
>> I don't mean to hijack this thread, but what is this exactly? I can't
>> find any other reference to it. Is this documented somewhere? I was
>> under the impression that Android just couldn't handle multiple calendars.
> 
> It's not documented because it's not a config option but code
> modification. It looks that recent Android versions support multi-folder
> to some extent, but I've never had time to test that carefully.
> 
> https://issues.kolab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2819
> https://issues.kolab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2844
> 
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