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How I sync Outlook to my LG G3

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Jules Smythe

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I used the HTC Thunderbolt for years before it died an ugly death. I loved using the HTC phone because it was so user friendly to sync my Outlook calendar/contacts both ways from my phone and computer.

Since I failed techno-lingo, reading - then re-reading - then re-reading instructions on this forum and other forums on how to sync my new LG G3 and Outlook left me frustrated.

I have never used an Exchange, but I spent almost 10 hours in the past few days trying to figure it out. I finally gave up. I didn't want to buy a 3rd party product - I just wanted to have a free simple, user friendly sync.

While I was doing yet another internet search for options - this time just moving away from Outlook (yes, I know a lot of you hate Outlook, but I have used it for years and am not looking to switch). While I was looking, it dawned on me to look for an app in the PlayStore and of course, I said, "DUH" - outloud, when I found the Outlook app.

I am not sure why I didn't see that option on here and/or why I didn't think to look, but it only took me 2-3 minutes to download the app and TA-DA, all of my contacts and calendar items appeared on my phone.

Again, I am not a techo savvy person, but this simple app worked for me, so maybe it will work for someone else (fingers crossed).
 
Jules Smythe said:
I used the HTC Thunderbolt for years before it died an ugly death. I loved using the HTC phone because it was so user friendly to sync my Outlook calendar/contacts both ways from my phone and computer.

Since I failed techno-lingo, reading - then re-reading - then re-reading instructions on this forum and other forums on how to sync my new LG G3 and Outlook left me frustrated.

I have never used an Exchange, but I spent almost 10 hours in the past few days trying to figure it out. I finally gave up. I didn't want to buy a 3rd party product - I just wanted to have a free simple, user friendly sync.

While I was doing yet another internet search for options - this time just moving away from Outlook (yes, I know a lot of you hate Outlook, but I have used it for years and am not looking to switch). While I was looking, it dawned on me to look for an app in the PlayStore and of course, I said, "DUH" - outloud, when I found the Outlook app.

I am not sure why I didn't see that option on here and/or why I didn't think to look, but it only took me 2-3 minutes to download the app and TA-DA, all of my contacts and calendar items appeared on my phone.

Again, I am not a techo savvy person, but this simple app worked for me, so maybe it will work for someone else (fingers crossed).
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And the name of that app is.........
 
daddyd302 said:
I had no issues using my hotmail account on the stock email.
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It was the outlook calendar on my computer that I wanted to sync with my phone calendar. Android had a computer program but they discontinued it earlier this summer.
 
For those that are jumping into this thread, thinking it's a SYNC from the Outlook program, I just want to clarify...we're talking about an Outlook.com email address, correct?
 
drexappeal said:
For those that are jumping into this thread, thinking it's a SYNC from the Outlook program, I just want to clarify...we're talking about an Outlook.com email address, correct?
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Yes, that's why I was wondering what the app was called, as I had looked for a outlook app in the past and could not find one. When I saw this thread I got my hopes up again. Google had a program for the computer that I think was called Google sync. For some odd reason, they discontinued it. Probably to drive you over to gmail. Thanks for the heads up. I just want to sync my computet outlook calendar with my phone
 
jhonb said:
Yes, that's why I was wondering what the app was called, as I had looked for a outlook app in the past and could not find one. When I saw this thread I got my hopes up again. Google had a program for the computer that I think was called Google sync. For some odd reason, they discontinued it. Probably to drive you over to gmail. Thanks for the heads up. I just want to sync my computet outlook calendar with my phone
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Okay, good. I just wanted to be sure people didn't get confused.

I know the app you are referring to also, cuz there was someone in the Note 3 forums that used it. If there is another app I happen upon, I'll let you know.
 
For what it's worth, when I started putting calendar items into my G3, I had to try a few different selections from the account dropdown list at the top of the new "New event" interface, before they would sync to Microsoft's exchange.

I noticed my new calendar events were not appearing in the Outlook.com calendar via my PC's web browser. What I had to do was go back to the calendar entry in the phone, open it, edit it and select a different email account from the dropdown list at the top of the "Edit event" interface. I had 3 options: [myself]@gmail.com; [myself]@Hotmail.com; and "Calendar [myself]@hotmail.com".

I don't operate out of gmail, but I think that was the default one the phone's calendar used (no surprise I guess and I had already turned on Google Now). I then selected the "Calendar [myself]@Hotmail.com" option which you'd think would be the obvious choice, but none of the events settled in Outlook.com using that option either. Finally selected the third option and the calendar events stuck, and I could now see them when viewing the calendar in IE11 and on my ipad.

Hope that helps someone.
 
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