How to set up Google Sync & Latitude (Free Mobile Me Equivalent) FOR GOOGLE ACCOUNT HOLDERS

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First, before everything... Let me just let you know the benefits of having this set up.

1. All your contacts, calendars and emails will be completely synced between your iPhone, computer(s), and Google account. You never have to worry about syncing phone numbers or losing important information again!

2. If you misplace, or lose your iPhone. You can track it using Latitude, a free location service from Google.

3. You can then take it a step further, and easily take advantage of other Google services, such as Google documents, Google reader, and iGoogle!

What you're going to need...

You don't need to be jailbroken to take advantage of either of these services, but if you want Latitude to work correctly, a Jailbroken iPhone on v3.0 atleast is required.

A cracked version of an app called "Longitude" available from the Beyouriphone repo (Repo.beyouriphone.com).

A GOOGLE account
If you don't have one goto iGoogle and SIGN UP.

PART ONE, ENABLING YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT

1. After you have created your account with iGoogle and are signed in, goto GOOGLE CALENDAR and enable it for your account.

2. (IF YOU USE GMAIL) Goto GMAIL and goto "Settings" in the upper right hand corner. - Then click on "Forwarding and POP/IMAP".

3. Enable both "Pop Download" and "IMAP"

PART TWO, ADDING YOUR CONTACTS AND CALENDARS TO GOOGLE

CONTACTS

APPLE ADDRESS BOOK: 1. Goto File>export>export vcard - Save it on your desktop then goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.

Yahoo!: To import your Yahoo! Mail address book, save your file as a Yahoo! CSV. Instructions are available in the Yahoo! Address Book help section at: Import and Export | Yahoo! Address Book Help - Then goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.

Hotmail: Here's one way to export your contacts from Hotmail to Gmail:
o Using Internet Explorer: Sign in to your Hotmail account.
o Click the 'Contacts' tab.
o Click 'Print view.'
o Align the cursor with the first letter of the 'Name' column.
o Highlight your contacts by holding down the cursor and dragging it down the list.
o Hold down the 'Control + c' keys to copy the list.
o Open Microsoft Excel (or a similar spreadsheet program that supports comma separated values).
o Select cell A1 in Excel (the top square on the left side).
o Hold down the 'Control + v' keys to paste (don't use 'Paste Special').
o Choose 'Save as' from the 'File' menu, and select the type 'CSV (Comma delimited).' Make a note of where you saved the file.

o Using Mozilla or Firefox: Sign in to your Hotmail account.
o Click the 'Contacts' tab.
o Click 'Print view.'
o Align the cursor with the first letter of the 'Name' column.
o Highlight your contacts by holding down the cursor and dragging it down the list.
o Hold down the 'Control + c' keys to copy the list.
o Open Microsoft Excel (or a similar spreadsheet program that supports comma separated values).
o Select cell A1 in Excel (the top square on the left side).
o Right click in cell A1 and select 'Paste Special.'
o Select 'Text,' and click 'OK.'
o Choose 'Save as' from the 'File' menu, and select the type 'CSV (Comma delimited).' Make a note of where you saved the file.
Then goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.

Hotmail Live
o Sign in to your Hotmail account.
o Click the Contacts list on the bottom left of the page.
o Click the Manage drop-down menu at the top of the Contacts list and select Export.
o On the page that appears, click the Export Contacts button.
o When you're prompted to open or save the file, click Save.
o Select a location to save the file, and click Save.

Then Goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.

Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express: Here are some general directions to follow, though instructions may vary by version. For more detailed instructions, open 'Help' in Outlook or Outlook Express and type 'export' in the search box. Look for topics that include 'export wizard,' 'export information,' 'exporting contacts' or 'exporting address book contacts' in the title.
From Outlook:
o Select File > Import/Export > Export from the main menu
o Choose Comma Separated Values (Windows) > Select "Contacts" > Save exported file
Then goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.

Outlook Express:
o Select File > Export > Address Book from the main menu.
o Select Text File (Comma Separated Values).
o Click Export.
Then goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.
orkut: Log in to orkut, then click 'Friends' along the top navigation. Next, click 'Download your contacts' on the bottom of the page to save your contacts as a CSV file.
Then goto GOOGLE CONTACTS and import your contacts.
AOL: AOL doesn't have the functionality to export your address book, so you'll have to create a custom CSV file if you use this service.

CALENDARS

Microsoft Outlook Calendar

1. Open Outlook and go to File > Import and Export > Export to a file.
2. Select Comma Separated Values (Windows).
3. Select the calendar you want to export, save it to your desired location, then click Finished. (Note: When exporting more than one year's worth of data, we recommend that you divide your calendar into multiple, one-year segments and export each file separately; otherwise, you may encounter errors.)
4. Select the desired date range of events to export, then click OK.
5. In Google Calendar, ensure that you've created the calendar that you'd like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
6. Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
7. From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you'd like to import events, then click Import to complete the import.

Note: The exported file doesn't support recurring Outlook events. Individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you've selected.

Apple iCal Calendar

1. In Apple iCal, select the calendar from the list of calendars in the iCal window.
2. Select File > Export.
3. Name the calendar, then save it.
4. In Google Calendar, ensure that you've created the calendar that you'd like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
5. Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
6. From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you'd like to import events.
7. Click Import to complete the import.

Yahoo! Calendar

1. In your Yahoo! Calendar account, go to Options, then select Import/Export.
2. Click the Export button in the Export to Outlook section. (Note: When your calendar contains more than one year's worth of data, we recommend that you manually divide the file into multiple, one-year segments and import them separately; otherwise, you may encounter errors.)
3. Save the CSV file to the desired location.
4. In Google Calendar, ensure that you've created the calendar that you'd like to migrate events to. Then, at the bottom of the calendar list on the left, click the Add down-arrow button and select Import Calendar.
5. Click Browse and select the appropriate file, then select Open.
6. From the drop-down menu, select the calendar to which you'd like to import events.
7. Click Import to complete the import.

Note: The exported file doesn't support recurring Yahoo! events. Individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you've selected.

To migrate events from other calendar applications, export your events in either iCalendar or CSV format and import the file into Google Calendar.

Part Three- Google Sync iPhone and computer settings.

MAC ADDRESSBOOK/iCAL SETTINGS-

OPEN ADDRESS BOOK AND ICAL- In both programs goto Preferences>Accounts>AND CONFIGURE GOOGLE. Just follow on screen directions.

iPHONE

To set up Google Sync on your iPhone or iPod Touch device, please follow the steps below.

Requirements and Upload

1. Google Sync is only supported on iPhone OS versions 3.0 and above. You can check your current version by going to Settings > General > About > Version. To upgrade, follow the instructions at Apple - iPhone - New features in the iPhone 3.1 Software Update.. Please upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0 before setting up Google Sync.



2. Perform a sync with iTunes to ensure that Contacts and Calendars from your iPhone are backed up to your computer. Learn more.


3. If your business, school, or organization uses Google Apps, your administrator will first need to enable Google Sync before you can take advantage of this feature.

Getting Started

1. Open the Settings application on your device's home screen.

2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.


3. Tap Add Account....

4. Select Microsoft Exchange.



  

Enter Account Info

5. In the Email field, enter your full Google Account email address. If you use an @googlemail.com address, you may see an "Unable to verify certificate" warning when you proceed to the next step.


6. Leave the Domain field blank.

7. Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.

8. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.

9. Tap Next at the top of your screen.


9a. Choose Accept if the Unable to Verify Certificate dialog appears.

10. When the new Server field appears, enter m.google.com.

11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.



 




12. Select the Google services you want to sync.


13. Unless you want to delete all the existing Contacts and Calendars on your phone, select the Keep on my iPhone option when prompted. This will also allow you to keep syncing with your computer via iTunes.


If you want to sync only the My Contacts group, you must choose to Delete Existing Contacts during the Google Sync install when prompted. If you choose to keep existing contacts, it will sync the contents of the "All Contacts" group instead.



 
 



You've set up Google Sync for your iPhone. Synchronization will begin automatically if you have Push enabled on your phone. You can also open the Mail, Calendar or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start a sync.

Google Latitude

1. Goto this site, sign in with your Google account and enable latitude for your account.

2. Go to your iPhone, add "Repo.beyouriphone.com" as a repo and download Longitude Cracked.

3. Open Longitude, enter your google log in info and hit "test credentials" - There you go! Your location is automatically updated!

4. You can now goto google.com/latitude from your iphone or computer and add your friends- or just track your iPhone!

EVERYTHING SHOULD BE SET UP NOW...

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, GOTO iGOOGLE.COM AND ADD WIDGETS FOR YOUR NEW CALENDAR, CONTACTS AND LATITUDE APPS!

This puts all your info right on your google homepage!

ENJOY!

[defkult]

great post. I needed an alternative to that mobile me bullshit.

[polarunion]

Unfortunately the repo for that is out of date.

Years ago, and perhaps still eDonkey used to have a revolving repository listing. Is there any such app that does that? It's such a huge amount of work to find operating repos.