Configuring ActiveSync between Windows Mobile 6.0 and Ubuntu on Sony Vaio

This article will take you through setting up an ActiveSync connection between Windows Mobile 6.0 on T-Mobile MDA II (called WM from hereon) and Ubuntu Heron running on Sony Vaio FZ31S/Z.

When connected via USB, Ubuntu Heron on Sony VAIO laptops does not recognise WM. So our first task is to make Ubuntu see WM. This can be accomplished by installing usb-rndis-lite driver as shown

svn co https://synce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/synce/trunk/usb-rndis-lite
cd usb-rndis-lite/
make
sudo ./clean.sh
sudo make install

Now, run dmesg | grep rndis to see if `rndis’ is actually recognising to your mobile device

The next task is to install software that can communicate with the WM. Do this by adding the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list and running sudo apt-get update afterwards.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ubuntu hardy main

Once we have done that, the next step is to install software that can actually sync our mobile with Ubuntu. `Synce’ and `odccm’ are the two sync engines and `synce-kpm’ is the user interface tool that we are going to use here. To Install all this follow the step below

sudo apt-get install synce-sync-engine librra0-tools librapi2-tools odccm synce-kpm

Having done all that, you can now check the ActiveSync connection by running synce-kpm and creating a partnership between your WM and Ubuntu Vaio. If nothing seems to work try..

a. reconnecting your mobile

b. soft resetting your mobile

c. restarting your laptop and then connecting your mobile.