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ActiveSync wipes out data in version 4.X AC 04-29-2008
Posted by AC on April 29, 2008, 10:24 am
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How can you have version 4.x (4.5) of a product and it WIPES OUT ALL THE
DATA that should be synching ?!?!?!?!? There should be an automatic backup
of the data before doing something so stupid or better yet; just don't do
it!

Seriously. You should be ashamed you worked on this pile of crap.



Posted by Todd Allcock on April 30, 2008, 12:38 am
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At 29 Apr 2008 10:24:00 -0400 AC wrote:
> How can you have version 4.x (4.5) of a product and it WIPES OUT ALL THE
> DATA that should be synching ?!?!?!?!? There should be an automatic
backup
> of the data before doing something so stupid or better yet; just don't do
> it!


What circumstances caused the data deletion? Activesync has never deleted
data from my devices without asking me first.

If you're looking for help, we'll need more information. If you're just
looking to rant, sorry I interrupted...


> Seriously. You should be ashamed you worked on this pile of crap.

Who, exactly, are you talking to? This is a public users forum. AFAIK,
none of "us" worked on Activesync or any other Microsoft product.



Posted by AC on May 5, 2008, 11:02 pm
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inline ...

> At 29 Apr 2008 10:24:00 -0400 AC wrote:
>> How can you have version 4.x (4.5) of a product and it WIPES OUT ALL THE
>> DATA that should be synching ?!?!?!?!? There should be an automatic
> backup
>> of the data before doing something so stupid or better yet; just don't do
>> it!
>
>
> What circumstances caused the data deletion? Activesync has never deleted
> data from my devices without asking me first.
>
> If you're looking for help, we'll need more information. If you're just
> looking to rant, sorry I interrupted...
>
Basically a rant now since the data is lost !
>
>> Seriously. You should be ashamed you worked on this pile of crap.
>
> Who, exactly, are you talking to? This is a public users forum. AFAIK,
> none of "us" worked on Activesync or any other Microsoft product.
>
Talking to the dev teams at MS that have been working on this for 10+ years
!



Posted by Chris De Herrera on May 7, 2008, 12:20 am
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Hi,
Are you referring to the data on the device? Well if there was data on the
device and you chose to replace it from the PC then ActiveSync will delete
all the data on the device.

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> inline ...
>
>> At 29 Apr 2008 10:24:00 -0400 AC wrote:
>>> How can you have version 4.x (4.5) of a product and it WIPES OUT ALL THE
>>> DATA that should be synching ?!?!?!?!? There should be an automatic
>> backup
>>> of the data before doing something so stupid or better yet; just don't
>>> do
>>> it!
>>
>>
>> What circumstances caused the data deletion? Activesync has never
>> deleted
>> data from my devices without asking me first.
>>
>> If you're looking for help, we'll need more information. If you're just
>> looking to rant, sorry I interrupted...
>>
> Basically a rant now since the data is lost !
>>
>>> Seriously. You should be ashamed you worked on this pile of crap.
>>
>> Who, exactly, are you talking to? This is a public users forum. AFAIK,
>> none of "us" worked on Activesync or any other Microsoft product.
>>
> Talking to the dev teams at MS that have been working on this for 10+
> years !
>


Posted by AC on May 7, 2008, 11:52 pm
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>> inline ...
>>
>>> At 29 Apr 2008 10:24:00 -0400 AC wrote:
>>>> How can you have version 4.x (4.5) of a product and it WIPES OUT ALL
>>>> THE
>>>> DATA that should be synching ?!?!?!?!? There should be an automatic
>>> backup
>>>> of the data before doing something so stupid or better yet; just don't
>>>> do
>>>> it!
>>>
>>>
>>> What circumstances caused the data deletion? Activesync has never
>>> deleted
>>> data from my devices without asking me first.
>>>
>>> If you're looking for help, we'll need more information. If you're just
>>> looking to rant, sorry I interrupted...
>>>
>> Basically a rant now since the data is lost !
>>>
>>>> Seriously. You should be ashamed you worked on this pile of crap.
>>>
>>> Who, exactly, are you talking to? This is a public users forum. AFAIK,
>>> none of "us" worked on Activesync or any other Microsoft product.
>>>
>> Talking to the dev teams at MS that have been working on this for 10+
>> years !
>>
> Hi,
> Are you referring to the data on the device? Well if there was data on
> the device and you chose to replace it from the PC then ActiveSync will
> delete all the data on the device.
>
> --
> Chris De Herrera

hmmmm. chose? You can either have your head blown off or be suffocated.
Is that a choice? The "choice" was 'do you want to synch and lose all your
data; yes/no'. Not really a choice other than by technicality. I don't
know if the person did choose it on purpose, I was told they did not ! The
"product" has been around long enough to have a better choice. Can it
figure out the diffs and show them to me? That would be good and it's not a
feature that is unheard of or too difficult. See MS VSS which has been
around for ages too.

Regards



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