[Captivate General] markcolclough:
Samsung Kies and Outlook 2010 64 bit on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Connection: USB no-name USB cable (1.5m)

For all you quick readers, here is the conclusion first, with the process following for the more patient readers:

Samsung Kies works 100%, but only AFTER I have made sure that Windows 7 detects the phone as a phone, and not as a mass media device. I can successfully sync my Galaxy S against Outlook 2010 64 bit on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, after applying a few tweaks.

I have tested on Darky's Rom 9.4.

Installing the Galaxy S on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

As I wasn't using a clean install, I downloaded "usbdeview-x64" to remove all USB references to my previous (and many) errors with the phone. Find it on Google

Before connecting the phone, I installed the "SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones(v1.2.910.13142)" Find it on Google

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After that, I succesfully connected the phone to Windows 7, and it correctly saw the phone as a phone, not as a USB mass storage device.

Darky Rom version 9.4 general settings:

"PC Connection only available in idle. Please close all running applications" meant that I could only sync when the phone was displaying the homepage

USB Debugging deactivated

Menu > Settings > Wireless and network > Usb Settings > Samsung Kies

Menu > Settings > Wireless and network > Tethering > Deactivated

Menu > Settings > Applications > Development Usb Debugging > Deactivated

Launcher = TW Launcher default

Google account set up on phone

I used the built-in calender that came with Darky's ROM, and I discovered that there are two calenders in one: To choose whether you wish to use a calender that syncs against Google, or to use "My Calender" that syncs towards Outlook, go on your phone to: "Applications > Calender > Menu > Settings > Calenders" and choose the one you prefer. I have successfully tested "Phone > Google", "Phone > Outlook via Kies", Outlook to Google and finally "Outlook>Google>Kies"

No External SD Card installed

And then I did it all again with an external SD card installed, no problems encountered

General PC settings:

Whenever I synced using Samsung Kies, Outlook 2010 was closed

I hacked "Outlook.exe" using the advice from here - venukb.com/2009/12/15/google-calendar-sync-with-outlook-2010

I then installed Google Calender Syn version 0.9.4.0 and set it to sync every 10 minutes

I synced all my events from Outlook 2010 to my Google Calender, making sure that the syn only went FROM Outlook 2010 TO Google Calender and not vice versa

Auto sync of contactpersons and calender works with outlook 2010 64 bit, even though Kies can't detect it

Test of contactpersons:

Initial sync of all contacts on PC to phone: Kies works

Create new contact on PC, then sent to phone: Kies works

Create new contact on phone, then sent to PC: Kies works

Edit existing contact on PC, then sent to phone: Kies works

Edit existing contact on phone, then sent to PC: Kies works

Delete existing contact on PC, then sent to phone: Kies works

Delete existing contact on phone, then sent to PC: Kies works

Test of Outlook and Kies:

Initial sync of all calender posts on PC to phone: Kies works

Create new calender post on PC, then sent to phone: Kies works

Create new calender post on phone, then sent to PC: Kies works

Edit existing calender post on PC, then sent to phone: Kies works

Edit existing calender post on phone, then sent to PC: Kies works

Delete existing calender post on PC, then sent to phone: Kies works

Delete existing calender post on phone, then sent to PC: Kies works

Test of Outlook to Google, all is fine,

Test of Google to phone, all is fine

Test of Google on the phone to Outlook, all is fine.

I hope this post helps others out there

All the best,

Mark Colclough