Monday, July 18, 2005

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ActiveSync fails with error 0x8004010f on Pocket PC

ActiveSync on my Pocket PC failed after a few days on vacation. It gave the following error whenever I tried to synchronize with the Exchange server at work :



Synchronization failed. Try again later.
Error code: 0x8004010f


I had a look when I came back but most of the posts I found were related to corrupted PST or mail boxes. Moving all mails from my inbox to a temp folder did not work. In the end I fixed the problem by:



  • disabling the synchronization with the server in ActiveSync on the PC

  • synchronizing

  • re-enabling the synchronization.

My Pocket PC Inbox is still sick though as it shows: 8 messages, 12 unread...

13 comments:

  1. It has happened to me too.

    I fixed it doing the same (it seems to be the only way).

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  2. ActiveSync on my Pocket PC failed on 1/22. It gave the following error whenever I tried to synchronize with the Exchange server :



    Synchronization failed. Try again later.

    Error code: 0x8004010f



    I searched the internet using that error code, but the resulting hits related to corrupted PST files or mail box size problems. I finally fixed my problem by:



    Opening ActiveSync on my i730, tools, options, server, uncheck Inbox. This deleted all the e-mails stored on my handheld.

    I synchronized. Calendar and contacts are all that sync'ed - logical.

    I then re-enabled inbox synchronization and performed a sync. It brought back all 197 messages from the past month as well as the 40 file attachments less than 2048k, per my inbox settings.

    It seems to be oaky for now.

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  3. Same problem with i730. Occurred just after an Exchange 2003 SP2 upgrade and/or installation of ActiveSync Admin Tool.

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  4. Same thing happened to me - O2 Xphone II SmartPhone - the fix described above seemed to sort it out

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  5. I had the same problem and none of the above worked

    However this did

    on the pockect PC

    open the my device\windows\activesync folder

    delete the synckey and srvrSync files

    re sync

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  6. I have a Qtek 8020 smartphone with the same problem.



    Did what Doug suggested.



    Worked !



    :-)





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  7. My customer had same problem



    I did uncheck inbox in Synclist then Activesync is success.

    check inbox, inbox and resync is success.



    He had a wrong mail message.

    It doen not delete.

    Blank subject message, any action doen't work







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  8. Ryan Sr. Network AdminJanuary 18, 2007 at 2:07 PM

    I unchecked in box and resynced and then re checked in box and resynced. Wow I wonder why that happens. I'm glad it happened to me before the General Manager. I have 50 smart phones on my net work and if this happened all at once I'd be running around. Thanks for the help!

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  9. I had the same problem, unticked the inbox in ActiveSync on the mobile and then checked it again. Re-synced and bingo!! It worked

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  10. My Treo 700W has the error message. I went into Active sync, options, unchecked all the boxes, the message asked if i wanted to erase all of the messages in outlook and i checked yes. Then i resynced the unit and it worked.

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  11. Did the same as zigzeg. I had a treo 700wx, unchecked inbox while configuring activesync. Synced. The checked the box again. No idea why it happened, but the emails synced fine afterwards.

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  12. I have a Motorola Q. Unchecking check boxes fixes the issue. Go into Active Sync, press the Menu key, select Options. Uncheck E-Mail checkbox, press OK to remove all mail on your device. Synchronization should succeed. Go back into Options, put the check in the E-Mail checkbox and all should work fine again.

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  13. Uncheck and Check works even now on Mobile 5

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