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Pimlical/Android are not syncing to Google Calendar |
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Pimlical/Android uses the same/identical database as the
built-in calendar application, so the first step is to make
sure that a newly created item in the built-in Android
calendar application syncs to Google, as if that is not
working, Pimlical/Android won't work either (make sure you
have sync enabled, etc.). Second, did you assign the item
created in P/A to a Google calendar? By default, P/A will use
the first calendar in the database and on some phones, there
is a local calendar (called things like Mycalendar etc.) which
does not sync. Make certain in the Edit dialog that you have a
Google calendar selected. You can set Pimlical/Android to
always create an item in a specific calendar by setting the
preference DefaultApptCategory to the name of the
calendar, prefixed with A_ (The A-Underscore signals that the
calendar is in the Android Calendar database). For example, if
you have a Google calendar called Personal, you would set this
preference to A_Personal.
Third - did you click on Refresh in Google Calendar to be
sure the item is missing. If you still have a problem, ensure
you have the latest release of Pimlical/Android and if it
still fails, contact tech support at the link at the top of
the page.
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| Google Calendar syncs
some, but not all items in the calendar to Android Calendar
that Pimlical/Android uses |
By default, the Android calendar sync routines do not sync the
entire contents of each Google Calendar. It appears that older
(more than approximately one month?) non-recurring events do
not get synced. You can temporarily force the Android calendar
sync routine to sync everything by going into Pimlical
Desktop, selecting all items in that calendar in Advanced
Find, then clicking on Find then Shift and
leaving the shift value at 0 and click on OK. That will
mark all items as recently modified. However, it appears on
some Android phones, this strategy only works for
a short period of time.
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Pimlical does not launch at all and indicates it needs to
be restarted |
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Pimlical/Android for the first time, this usually indicates
that either (a) you have an incompatible Android device (see
minimum requirements), or (b) you have something highly
unusual in your calendar that is causing an issue. In the
latter case, contact technical support right away, and
preferably arrange for the email address:
PimlicoSoftware@gmail.com to be granted access to the
calendar that is causing the problem. If this problem occurs
after Pimlical has been running previously ok, it indicates
that some major corruption is present. The fastest way to get
back up and running is to attach the phone to the desktop and
rename the Pimlical folder to say Pimlical-Problem.
Then relaunch Pimlical which will rebuild all the
standard, default preference settings. By renaming the folder,
you will then be able to communicate with Technical Support
and the cause of the failure can be determined.
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How do you scroll the display in the Day/Day+ views? |
Scroll by pressing down at top center of the screen and then
drag down the screen - an up/down stroke in the center of the
screen causes the display to scroll. In most cases it
is not an issue unless you are using very small time slots
(such as 15min) or toggled the display to show all 24 hours of
timeslots even though nothing is present in them. If you do
that, you can minimize the issue by selecting a briefer
duration between the Start time and End time for the day in
preferences. Also keep in mind there is a menu option to
toggle the display of untimed events on and off as usually the
problem is a large number of floating events at the beginning
of Todays' schedule.
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Items entered in Pimlical/Android are not appearing in
Google Calendar OR How do I set the default calendar for new
events? |
Make sure that the item is marked as being in a Google
Calendar in the Edit Dialog. By default, P/A will put items in
the first calendar it finds, and if this calendar is a local
or other calendar (such as PC Sync, or My calendar), it won't
appear in Google Calendar. You can set a permanent default for
the calendar that P/A uses by going into Menu | Preferences
and changing the preference DefaultApptCategory (or
DefaultFloatCategory for floats) to the name of the Google
calendar prefixed with A_ (so if the calendar is 'My Appts',
set this preference to 'A_My Appts').
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Sync with Exchange Server does not work, or only works one
way |
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The following post about this problem (which is not a
Pimlical/Android issue) may be helpful:
Some deeper digging in the internet showed that other users
have the same problem. They describe that the sequence in how
the accounts are added to the phone influence if Exchange is
showing up in the calendar app or not. Many users solved the
problem by completely resetting the phone and to set up the
Exchange account before setting
up the Google account.
This is not necessary! Here
is a solution which works without completely resetting your
phone:
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Delete the Exchange account under “Settings > Accounts
and Sync”
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Delete the calendar data by going into Settings,
Applications, and selecting both Calendar and Calendar
Storage, then “Delete data”
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Re-add the exchange account.
Please note that your Exchange calendar won’t be deleted; but
if you have items in your local calendar
they will be gone after these steps! |
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I want to Sync Pimlical Desktop to Pimlical/Android without
using Google Calendar |
For a few users this is a priority issue as they do not feel
comfortable syncing with "the cloud". Pimlico does plan to
provide a local USB sync with the Pimlical Desktop shortly and
at that time, the desktop Memos database will also be synced
to a memos database for Pimlical/Android.
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I see a new version in Menu | About | What's New, but
Upgrade button says I have latest version |
When a new version is released, it is first posted on the web
site along with an updated Revision History, but not marked as
an official version. The Pimlical Forum is then notified of
the new release so that highly experienced users download it
first. That way, if there is any unexpected issue say on a
particular phone, it can get addressed before the entire user
base starts downloading it. If no major issues are found,
Pimlico then marks it as an official upgrade and at that
point, the Upgrade button will recognize it as a new
official release.
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Alarm Preferences in P/A do not seem to be working properly |
At this time, Pimlical/Android uses the built-in calendar
application to handle alarms - that's why when you click on a
notification, the built-in calendar application is displayed.
The Pimlical preferences are only applicable to versions of
Pimlical that handle alarms directly (like the desktop).
Custom alarm handling is a feature that will be added fairly
shortly and at that time, the alarm preferences will then be
applicable.
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How can I change the number of days displayed in the Day+
view? |
Go into Menu | Views and do a
long press on the view button for either the
Day+/week/Month+/list views and you can change the default
number of days/weeks/months that are displayed. You can also
set up a filter in Pimlical Desktop, export it and copy it to
the Pimlical folder on your phone and then use the import
feature to import it into Pimlical/Android. The format of
filters in Pimlical/Desktop and Pimlical/Android is the same.
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How can I change the color of items or set a default? |
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Normally calendar colors are set from whatever Google Calendar
is using. You can override those colors by changing the color
of a calendar, or by setting the preference
UseGoogleCalendarColors to false.
Go into Menu | Select calendars and briefly tap the
calendar in the list. A dialog then appears where you can set
the default foreground and background color for the calendar,
as well as a default icon. Pure white (255,255,255) and pure
black (0,0,0) are treated as default values and are the
default settings. To set an explicit white, use (254,254,254)
or for black (1,1,1) so Pimlical realizes it's not a default
setting for the color. To set the color of just a single
item, go into the edit dialog and towards the bottom of that
dialog (scrolling down if necessary), you will see a small F
and B (for Foreground/Background) to the right of the
Private checkbox - click on that area and you will get a
color selection dialog where you can set the foreground and
background color for the item. As noted in that dialog, you
can preset any color you like into the selection palette
through the [Colors] section in Preferences. A custom color
set for an event will always override the default color
setting for the calendar.
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The times of my events are shifting by one hour (or more
than one hour) |
Check the timezone settings carefully. In particular, there
are two places in Google Calendar where timezone
information is set - globally in the main Settings and
in the setting for each individual calendar. Make sure this
matches the timezone setting in Pimlical as well as the
timezone setting for your phone itself. If your phone is
resetting to the wrong timezone (some phones reset to Mountain
time when in fact it should be Arizona Time), then change the
preference AutoSetTimezoneFromPhone to false and
manually set the timezones in the Date/Time Items sectdion of
Preferences.
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An event in Google that was changed from timed to untimed
remains untimed in Pimlical/Android (Only with Android 4.0) |
This is a known bug in Google's Android calendar sync software
for Android 4.0 - apparently Google's sync software fails to
explicitly clear the AllDay flag when syncing a timed
event (which might previously have been untimed) to the
built-in Android calendar database that Pimlical/Android also
reads. Only way to work around this bug is to duplicate the
appointment, with the correct time and then delete the
original appointment.
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How do I link an appointment to a contact? |
There are many commands available as a popup when the Event
Selection List is displayed (this list pops up whenever a
brief tap is made on a day in any view). The popup commands
are accessed with a long press on the event. Scroll
towards the end of the list to access the commands that allow
you to add and view a linked contact (there is no limit on the
number of contacts you can link). Note too that you can
change the order of the popup commands and also choose which
ones are displayed.
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How do I schedule an event that repeats on every other day
of the second-to-last week of every month that has a new moon
in the first two weeks of that month, (but not if there is a
lunar eclipse in that month)? |
In the Repeat dialog, tap the center of the screen 11 times in
rapid succession and then stroke the Kanji character for the
Moon at top left, then press the back button for exactly 273
seconds and a dialog will open allowing you to enter this
event (Be sure to check the box saying 'skip event if new moon
coincides with lunar eclipse'). And time it carefully as if
you hold the back button down for more than 275 seconds it
causes a hard reset and engages a normally unused stepup
transformer that converts the 5v from the internal battery
into 440V at 10 amps which can cause a bit of a surprise to
the unsuspecting novice and likely result in dropping the
phone).
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