Outlook App and syncing a Live account on Android

tinpanalley · Feb 22, 2017

I keep contacts and calendar on my PC via my Live account. I like having these things available to me on my PC desktop, laptop and tablets. The problem is I have an Android phone but don't use the Google world for ANYthing. This is what I'd like to accomplish with Outlook on Android, is it possible?
- Have contacts on my Live account be the same on my phone, use them for texting and in the contacts list, and having them syncable and editable on my Android phone so that changes appear on my PC devices.
- Have the same effect with calendar
- I don't use Live for email I have a private server, so that part of it is irrelevant to me.

As an add-on Outlook for Android question, does anyone happen to know if you can set the imap path prefix in the app for your imap accounts?

Thank you!!

The_Chief · Feb 22, 2017

I don't blame you! I'm inching away from Google myself: but since Android is a Google product, it requires a Gmail address for account management. Their product, their rules. Even if you use that account for nothing other than the phone and its apps, it's necessary.

tinpanalley · Feb 22, 2017

The_Chief said:
I don't blame you! I'm inching away from Google myself: but since Android is a Google product, it requires a Gmail address for account management. Their product, their rules. Even if you use that account for nothing other than the phone and its apps, it's necessary.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand that the google account is necessary for basic operation of the phone but I just don't use it for anything else and coming from Windows Phone, the only thing I miss is having my calendar and contacts editable ANYwhere and having them sync up. I heard the Outlook app could do that which is why I'm asking.

The_Chief · Feb 22, 2017

I have the Outlook app but I really only use it for mail. I have other apps for my calendars. I'll have to play around with it and see what I can come up with.

tinpanalley · Feb 22, 2017

The_Chief said:
I have the Outlook app but I really only use it for mail. I have other apps for my calendars. I'll have to play around with it and see what I can come up with.

It's more the contacts I need to sync perfectly. I can live without the calendar.

tinpanalley · Feb 23, 2017

Well, just did a test. Used outlook to get my @live contacts onto my Android phone, added a contact to my live account but it didn't get added to the live account online. So you can get the MS contacts to your phone but you can't keep any new changes synced.
Shame.

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