Now I can't edit contact and add new contact to outlook.com account on my Android phone.

Anonymous
2013-01-16T06:29:35+00:00

I have 2 problems:

  1. The option to edit contacts on my Android phone is no longer listed as an option. I can only view the contacts.
  2. When I want to add new contact on my Android phone, I can only add to my Gmail account.

Any work around for these problem? Apart from switching to WP/Apple.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-21T06:42:10+00:00

    Setting up my email as an exchange server fixed the problem! Thanks heaps

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-18T23:26:21+00:00

    I found a solution by combining Outlook.com app and the the Exchange account type that comes with Jelly Bean. In fact, I would probably have used only the Exchange ActiveSync account but it doesn't support multiple Windows Live Calendars.

    The way I did it is to configure Outlook.com to sync only calendars, not contacts then I created the ActiveSync account and requested it to sync only Contacts and Tasks (not Calendar and Email). This way, I can modify / add contacts and (any) calendar events and I take my emails in Outlook.com app.

    Hope this can help.

    Very cool. I did exactly this, and it worked perfectly. Thanks!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-14T18:33:38+00:00

    Hi Bkqc

    Tried this and it worked. Superstar. Why o Why could Microsoft not advise the same is beyond me. Keep up the good work

    Bob

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-09-03T21:44:24+00:00

    I found a solution by combining Outlook.com app and the the Exchange account type that comes with Jelly Bean. In fact, I would probably have used only the Exchange ActiveSync account but it doesn't support multiple Windows Live Calendars.

    The way I did it is to configure Outlook.com to sync only calendars, not contacts then I created the ActiveSync account and requested it to sync only Contacts and Tasks (not Calendar and Email). This way, I can modify / add contacts and (any) calendar events and I take my emails in Outlook.com app.

    Hope this can help.

    => yes, this is what I have been looking for for a long time !

    many thanks !!

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