@selfhosted Self host phone contacts sync
I am searching for something to sync my phone contacts between multiple phones for some time. Best case it shouldn’t use DAVx^5 and should support Android and iOS. Thanks for your suggestions!
What I found so far:
Nextcloud - but needs DAVx^5
Radicale - also needs DAVx^5
SoGo - needs some CARD-DAV application
I’ve used Nextcloud and DAVx5 for years (back when X5 was still called DAVDroid). Works great.
That works for me since I use Nextcloud for other things. If you want to sync just contacts and calendars, I’d go with Radicale as I used that successfully before implementing Nextcloud.
What’s your problem with DAVx^5? It’s completely and permanently free and fully-featured on f-droid. Only the PlayStore version costs money. The authors don’t want to make money, but motivate you to move away from Google infrastructure.
If you only need address/phone number sync, then nextcloud is probably overkill, but I use it, and it works great. Also for calendar sync and file storage.
(You don’t need to put the community name in the title, especially not with “@”, which signifies usernames. Communities are prefixed by “!”.)
I agree that DAVx^5 is really good. OP is from Mastodon, which might explain the funny post title.
(You don’t need to put the community name in the title, especially not with “@”, which signifies usernames. Communities are prefixed by “!”.)
They posted from mastodon though, so they do need to mention the community in order to cross post there.
Ah, I see. I suspected it might be something like that. I’ve never tried that.
really? that is cool. i did not realise that was possible. ah fediverse… so many possibilities!
You can even call mastodon bots here, e.g. @remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes
@redcalcium Here is your reminder!
Thank you my dear bot
Because Davx5 only works with Android and he stated he wants something that syncs across all of his devices. I came across this posting because I am also looking for a solution to sync contacts between my Android and iPhone. I am trying to get away from Nextcloud because it’s overkill for my use case… So far I have tried Radicale and Baikal but neither works for iOS.
You may be able to use ActiveSync protocol to sync contacts to mail server like exchange or mailcow, though I never use it myself.
If you really want to avoid CardDAV for some reason, maybe EteSync
Doesn’t SoGo use Activesync? This wouldn’t need an app on your phone.
I tried the same setup as you a few years ago. It worked, but I didn’t like SoGo for email so moved to Nextcloud/SnappyMail and DAVx/K9 on my phone. Have been using this fine since.
