Mobile Devices

Wirelessly synchronize your FGCU Faculty/Staff e-mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks in real-time to your mobile phone using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync with your mobile device.  See below for complete recommendations and instructions.

Prerequisites

• You must have a data connection via the Internet or Wi-Fi.
• You must have a mobile device that supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
• You must have an FGCU Faculty/Staff E-mail account

 Set up Synchronization

1. On a Windows Mobile based phone, click Start > Programs > ActiveSync > Menu > Add Server Source or Configure Server.
2. Enter your FGCU e-mail address.
3. Select "Attempt to detect Exchange Server Settings automatically," and click Next.
4. In the Server Address field, enter webmail.fgcu.edu
5. Put a check in the box beside "This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection," and click Next.
6. Enter your FGCU user name, password, and domain name (FGCU_PRIMARY).
7. Put a check in the box beside "Save password", and click Next.
8. Put a check in the boxes beside the information that you want to sync with the Exchange server.
9. Upon initial synchronization, accept security policies for the device.

Customize Synchronization Settings

1. To change synchronization settings, select the type of information, and click Menu > Settings.
2. To set rules for resolving synchronization conflicts, click Menu > Advanced.
3. Click Finish.

Start, Stop, or Check Status of Synchronization

1. Click Start > Programs/All Programs > ActiveSync.
2. Click Sync, or Stop (sync), or Menu > Status.

Cell Phones with Exchange ActiveSync per Carrier

***Disclaimer: Carrier/device support for Exchange ActiveSync may change at any time without notice.  This list is not exhaustive, and it has not been independently verified.   Use it as a guide, and verify Exchange ActiveSync support with your carrier prior to purchase.  This list was last updated on 6/10/09.*** 

AllTel Phones with Exchange ActiveSync (Direct Push)  (Now owned by Verizon) 

• HTC Touch Diamond 
• HTC Touch Pro 
• Motorola MotoQ 9c 

Sprint Phones with Exchange ActiveSync (Direct Push)

• Samsung ACE
• Motorola MotoQ
• Motorola i920
• HTC Touch Diamond
• HTC Touch Pro
• Palm Treo PRO
• Samsung Instinct

AT&T Phones with Exchange ActiveSync (Direct Push)

• iPhone 3G
• LG INCITE
• Pantech Matrix ProSamsung Propel
• Samsung Epix
• Samsung Jack
• Samsung BlackJack
• Motorola MotoQ
• HTC Fuze

Verizon Phones with Exchange ActiveSync (Direct Push)

• Some phones can connect with ActiveSync using an application called REMO Sync that needs to be downloaded.
• According to Verizon Wireless technical support, they do not currently offer any phones that support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.  Verizon’s Windows Mobile based phones do not have ActiveSync.
• Verizon has an ActiveSync application called RemoSync that works with some of their phones.

T-Mobile Phones with Exchange ActiveSync (Direct Push)

• T-Mobile Wing
• T-Mobile Dash
• T-Mobile Shadow
• T-Mobile Sidekick LX

MetroPCS Phones with Exchange ActiveSync (Direct Push)

• None
• According to MetroPCS technical support, they do not currently offer any phones that support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.