{"id":1273,"date":"2010-09-04T20:38:31","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2010-09-04T20:39:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T10:39:43","slug":"hotmail-activesync-quirk-with-android-leave-the-backslash-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/hotmail-activesync-quirk-with-android-leave-the-backslash-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotmail ActiveSync Quirk with Android – Leave the Backslash Alone!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may know, I have started to use a Samsung Galaxy S<\/a> instead of an iPhone and have been going through the process of settings things up and moving across my content.\u00a0When I got around to setting up my Hotmail accounts I wanted to use the newly available Exchange ActiveSync interface<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I found was that despite putting in the settings I believed to be correct it just didn’t seem to work properly. I was fairly sure I put in my e-mail address and password correctly for my Hotmail account as well as the server address of “m.hotmail.com”. \u00a0I even deleted and recreated the Hotmail account to no avail.<\/p>\n

Then I realised something.<\/p>\n

When setting up an Exchange account in Android, it precedes the provided username with a backslash (i.e. “\\” for those who get confused). Previously, I had deleted this as I thought this was a mistake but on my final attempt I left the backslash and put in my e-mail address after it and tried again.<\/p>\n

Eureka – it worked!<\/p>\n

So if you are facing a problem similar to the issue I faced then make sure you leave the backslash – it will make all the difference!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you may know, I have started to use a Samsung Galaxy S instead of an iPhone and have been going through the process of settings things up and moving across my content.\u00a0When I got around to setting up my Hotmail accounts I wanted to use the newly available Exchange ActiveSync interface. What I found … <\/p>\n

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