Synchronizing Data On Your Device; Synchronizing With Online Accounts; Synchronizing With Microsoft® Exchange Activesync - Sony Xperia XA User Manual

Synchronizing data on your device

Synchronizing with Online Accounts

Synchronize your device with contacts, email, calendar events, and other information
from online accounts, for example, email accounts such as Gmail™ and Exchange
ActiveSync, Facebook™, Flickr™, and Twitter™. You can synchronize data automatically
for such accounts by activating the auto-sync function. Or you can synchronize each
account manually.
To Set Up an Online Account for Synchronization
1
From your Homescreen, tap
2 Tap Settings > Account sync > Add account, then select the account you want to
add.
3
Follow the instructions to create an account, or sign in if you already have an
account.
To Synchronize Manually with an Online Account
1
From your Homescreen, tap
2
Tap the name of the account you want to synchronize with. A list of items appears
showing what can be synchronized with the account.
3
Tap the on-off switch next to the item you want to synchronize.
To Remove an Online Account
1
From your Homescreen, tap
2
Tap the name of the account you want to remove.
3 Tap , then tap Remove account.
4 Tap Remove account again to confirm.
Synchronizing with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
If your company uses a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, you can access your
corporate email messages, calendar appointments, and contacts directly on your device.
After setup, you can find your information in the Email, Calendar and Contacts
applications.
To Set Up an EAS Account for Synchronization
1
Be sure to have your domain and server details available (as provided by your
corporate network administrator).
2
From your Homescreen, tap
3 Tap Settings > Account sync > Add account > Exchange ActiveSync.
4
Enter your corporate email address and password.
5 Tap Next. Your device begins to retrieve your account information. If a failure
occurs, enter the domain and server details for your account manually and then
tap Next.
6 Tap OK to allow your corporate server to control your device.
7
Select a synchronization method, a synchronization interval, and what data you
want to sync with your device, such as contacts and calendar entries.
8 Tap Next, then select the type of notification received for new mails.
9 Tap Next again. Enter a name for the corporate account, then tap Finish setup.
10
If prompted, activate the device administrator setting to allow your corporate
server to set certain security rules on your device, such as disabling voice
recording and using storage encryption. Otherwise, the account setup fails.
When you change the login password for an EAS account on your computer, you have to log in
again to the EAS account on your device.
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