Sony Xperia Z2 - Synchronizing data on your device

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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 Home screen, tap .

2

Tap

Settings > Accounts > 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.

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To synchronize manually with an online account

1

From your Home screen, tap >

Settings > Accounts.

2

Under

Accounts, tap the name of the account that you want to synchronize with.

A list of items appears showing what can be synchronized with the account.

3

Tap the items that you want to synchronize.

To remove an online account

1

From your Home screen, tap >

Settings > Accounts.

2

Under

Accounts tap the name of the account that you want to remove.

3

Tap , then tap

Remove account.

4

Tap

Remove account again to confirm.

Synchronizing with Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®

Using 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 Home screen, tap .

3

Tap

Settings > Accounts > 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 what data you want to sync with your device, such as contacts and

calendar entries.

8

If desired, activate the device administrator to allow your corporate server to

control certain security features on your device. For example, you can allow your

corporate server to set password rules and set storage encryption.

9

When the setup is done, enter a name for the corporate account.

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.

To change the settings of an EAS account

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Tap

Email, then tap .

3

Tap

Settings and select an EAS account, then change the settings of the EAS

account as desired.

To set a synchronisation interval for an EAS account

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Tap

Email, then tap .

3

Tap

Settings and select an EAS account.

4

Tap

Check frequency > Check frequency and select an interval option.

To Remove an EAS Account

1

From your Home screen, tap >

Settings > Accounts.

2

Under

Accounts, tap Exchange ActiveSync, then select the EAS account you

want to remove.

3

Tap , then tap

Remove account.

4

Tap

Remove account again to confirm.

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