SOGo Android Sync

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Android Setup

The following steps list out how to set up data sync between your phone and SOGo server:

• Contacts
• Calendar
• Mail

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Contacts

DAVx⁵

The DAVx⁵ mobile app can be used to synchronise your contacts and calendar data between your Android mobile phone and other devices.

DAVx⁵ Set Up

1. Install DAVx⁵ on your Android device from https://f-droid.org/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid
2. Enable the permissions as shown below.

3. Add Account by clicking on the + Create Account button
4. Select Login with URL and user name. If there is a Security Warning, just proceed by clicking on the Log In button. The Base URL is https://mail.aunsw.88.io where axxvwjtboxwi is the User name.

5. DAVx⁵ will open and prompt to create an account. Select the account name and set Contact Group Method to Groups are per-contact categories. In the example below, the account name is axxvwjtboxwi@aunsw.88.io

6. Close the DAVx⁵ app and launch the DAVx⁵ app again.
7. Click on the icon for the account DAVx⁵ has just created, In the example below, the account created is axxvwjtboxwi@aunsw.88.io

Address Book

All the address books are shown on the CardDAV main page. By default, two address books are created automatically:

1. GAL aunsw.88.io
2. Personal Address Book

To add an address book, click on the button on the top right hand corner and select Create address book. Enter the Title and the Description and click on the button.

In the example below, the address book being created is called

If successful, the newly created address book will appear on the main CardDAV page

NOTE: once created, the address book name CAN NOT be edited but it can be deleted on the device where the DAVx app is installed, but not by an iOS device.

On Android devices, some of the names used are different to devices on iOS and Nextcloud

android	ios	nextcloud
first name	first name	name
surname	last name	name
title	job title	title
email	email	email
company	company	company
website	url	website
labels		contact groups

Shared Address Books

Shared Address Books can only be configured from Nextcloud, however once configured, they are also available on Android and iOS devices and the contacts inside the shared address books can be edited and deleted.

Category Fields

In the test below, the category used is the same, however the category name is different on different devices:

• Labels on Android
• Contact groups on Nextcloud
• Not supported on iOS

Title and Organisation Fields

In the test below:
Title: Dr
Company: Citymark

Dr (with capital D) appears exactly on Android and Nextcloud. However, on iOS, each letter is capitalised so it is DR

Citymark (with capital C) appears exactly on Android and Nextcloud. However, on iOS, each letter is capitalised so it is CITYMARK

Contacts Synchronisation

To sync, simply click on the button at the bottom right hand corner.

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Calendar

If the CardDAV account has been created successfully, the CalDAV account should have been created automatically as well.

Calendar Synchronisation

To sync, simply click on the button at the bottom right hand corner.

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Mail

Setup

The setup below applies to Android 12 or later. For other versions, the setup may be slightly different.

1. In the "Settings" app, navigate to the "Accounts and backup" or "Accounts" item.
2. Select the option "Manage accounts" or "Add account" on some devices. In the next window, select "Personal (IMAP)". If it is not there, select "Add account". In most devices, Gmail is the default email client.
3. Enter the details for the Incoming Server and the Outgoing Server. In the example below the email address is axxvwjtboxwi@aunsw.88.io

4. Click on the "Next" button to save the settings.