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Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:35 am
by willfig
Hello,

I've recently started using BirdieSynch (1.6.9) to synch my Moto Q smart phone (WM 6) with Thunderbird (2.0) for contacts and calendar (lightning 0.8). My thudnerbird calendar is linked to my online google calendar via the google calendar provider (0.4). All seems to be working but it is very very slow. It takes from 10-30 seconds per calendar event, even when I only have 4-5 new ones. It doesn't seem to be nearly as slow with contacts. After searching previous forums I noticed this question before but was unclear what the resolution was. I do note that thunderbird is maxed out while this is going on. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks for your help.

Will

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:13 am
by Birdy
Hello Will,

I added a new section "Slow synchronization" in the thread mentioning the limitations with the Google calendar provider.

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:29 am
by willfig
Hi Birdy,

Thanks for the help. I may check into the alternate method you indicated or just wait for a solution from the google calender provider. Thanks.

Will

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:35 am
by Diplo95
Hello,
I'm a new user of this software I found very usefull, but unfortunately, I quickly had the same problem synchronising my pocket PC from google calendar. Is there any news for this problem ?
Thanks.

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:55 pm
by Birdy
Hello,

No news for the moment. Google hasn't provided the enhancement yet.

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:37 pm
by Diplo95
Hello,
does the new version of "google provider" and "lightning" change anything in the speed of syncronisation with birdiesync ?

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:15 pm
by Birdy
Hello Diplo95,

No, the new versions shouldn't improve the speed if you have a lot of events in your Google calendar.
The fix/enhancement should be performed by Google. And they haven't done anything yet...

Note also that Google is presently working to make calendars accessible with calDAV protocol.

Re: Synchronisation very slow

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:26 pm
by Birdy
Just to inform you that a workaround was found to speed up synchronization with Google calendars if you have a high number of events. You may install BirdieSync version 1.7.0.3.