tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post7160592693775484010..comments2023-10-30T01:06:54.573-07:00Comments on Nuevasync: iPhone Calendar Color SelectionDavid Borehamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954598606424189873noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-31786324962979142932009-08-11T03:51:47.364-07:002009-08-11T03:51:47.364-07:00@Michael Ansel - I use the same technique to get m...@Michael Ansel - I use the same technique to get my colours right, but I use an easier method (for me). I use an SFTP client to grab a copy of the Calendar.sqlitedb file onto my desktop (so I've got a backup in case of accidents), and then use SQLite DB Browser (available from Sourceforge) to edit the table - much easier to do it in a visual tool. Then just reupload the sqlitedb file back to the iPhone. Might help someone not comfortable with commandline sqlite :)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Dave.tDkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783090714639434023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-88724416768419745412009-05-19T19:23:03.229-07:002009-05-19T19:23:03.229-07:00For those getting Google calendar synced using the...For those getting Google calendar synced using the Exchange ActiveSync, there is one way to do this. Go to calendar settings on the Google calendar page and export calendars as iCal files. This will save a copy of all events with all attributes saved onto your desktop. Following that you can safely delete the calendars from your account and sync your phone such that your iPhone calendar becomes brand new.<br /><br />You can then start to create new calendars with random names like 1, 2, 3... and then sync them all to your iPhone without adding or importing any iCal data. When they're synced to your iPhone you'll be able to see all the calendars listed with their assigned color. From there you can start renaming say, 1 (Red), or 2 (Yellow), to whatever calendar you wanted that color to be. This allowed me to "choose" whatever colors I wanted. When all of them were renamed with original names, I then imported all the data into each of them from the files on my desktop. Following that I deleted all the other randomized calendars that I didn't use. I could get most of the common colors like red, orange, purple, blue, green, but yellow, cyan and others did not appear (maybe I didn't create enough new calendars to hit those colors).<br /><br />Hope this helps.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609674971199292071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-38469346436853354852009-02-09T20:36:00.000-08:002009-02-09T20:36:00.000-08:00If you have a jailbroken iPhone, you can SSH in an...If you have a jailbroken iPhone, you can SSH in and manually modify the colors in the SQLite3 database. Because the colors are stored simply as RGB values, you can also specify any color you want instead of being limited to the standard Red/Orange/Blue/Green/Purple.<BR/><BR/>Here are my notes for anyone else compelled to do this (its been working wonderfully for me!). One side note, you have to exit Calendar.app and then reopen it to see the color changes. Enjoy!<BR/><BR/>###################<BR/><BR/>$ cd /var/mobile/Library/Calendar<BR/>$ sqlite3 Calendar.sqlitedb<BR/><BR/>sqlite> select title,color_r,color_g,color_b from Calendar; -- List calendars and current colors<BR/>Default|-1|-1|-1<BR/>Michael Ansel|181|0|13<BR/>School-Important|47|141|0<BR/>School-Studying|15|77|140<BR/>School-Class|229|98|0<BR/><BR/>sqlite> update Calendar set color_r=181, color_g=0, color_b=13 where title = 'School-Important'; -- Red<BR/>sqlite> update Calendar set color_r=229, color_g=98, color_b=0 where title = 'School-Studying'; -- Orange<BR/>sqlite> update Calendar set color_r=103, color_g=10, color_b=108 where title = 'School-Class'; -- Purple<BR/>sqlite> update Calendar set color_r=15, color_g=77, color_b=140 where title = 'Michael Ansel'; -- Blue<BR/><BR/>sqlite> select title,color_r,color_g,color_b from Calendar; -- List calendars and current colors<BR/>Default|-1|-1|-1<BR/>Michael Ansel|15|77|140<BR/>School-Important|181|0|13<BR/>School-Studying|229|98|0<BR/>School-Class|103|10|108<BR/><BR/>sqlite> .quit<BR/><BR/>$ exit<BR/><BR/>###################<BR/><BR/><BR/>RGB Values for the Standard Colors<BR/><BR/>Red = (181,0,13)<BR/>Orange = (229,98,0)<BR/>Green = (47,141,0)<BR/>Blue = (15,77,140)<BR/>Purple = (103,10,108)Michael Anselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01309306682393774612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-37849081287713159582009-01-24T15:58:00.000-08:002009-01-24T15:58:00.000-08:00Thanks Andy A, I managed to get my colours to matc...Thanks Andy A, I managed to get my colours to match properly using your method. Good job!Shai Vurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526897547636613825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-87029598267923598822009-01-23T11:48:00.000-08:002009-01-23T11:48:00.000-08:00I'm somehow having an issue I haven't read about a...I'm somehow having an issue I haven't read about anywhere yet. I've synced the calendar with ghost calendars on gmail and such to get all the colors right, and all has worked well, except that my default calendar (and ONLY my default calendar) has stayed yellow through the process. That's all and well, I don't care. However, the bigger issue is that over time I've had two other calendars randomly turn turquoise / baby blue, usually after I've edited them on my phone. Hitting reset on nuevasync fixes the problem...at least temporarily. Has anyone else experienced this?David S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11220321630775130033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-11065911236387228202009-01-21T15:38:00.000-08:002009-01-21T15:38:00.000-08:00Just to weigh in: I tried several different combi...Just to weigh in: I tried several different combinations / permutations of resyncing, incrementally adding calendars, adding Temp calendars, creating ghost appointments in the order I wished for my colors to display, and nothing worked properly.<BR/><BR/>In the end, what worked for me to get colors I desired: alphabetical order.<BR/><BR/>Go figure.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224320212681290158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-30120829645669121162009-01-16T18:08:00.000-08:002009-01-16T18:08:00.000-08:00andy a:Thanks so much for your suggestion. Not onl...andy a:<BR/>Thanks so much for your suggestion. Not only can I now sync my various calendars, but the color thing works too.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849756207285957619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-13732651625885084762009-01-16T15:10:00.000-08:002009-01-16T15:10:00.000-08:00I think I figured out exactly how to get the color...I think I figured out exactly how to get the colors the way I wanred them without relying on luck or randomness.<BR/><BR/>We already know the five color order: Red, Orange, Blue, Green and Purple. I figured out (by playing around) that the calendar that syncs with the first appointment TODAY gets the first color, then next calendar with an appointment today gets Orange, and so on (All Day Events count as the first appointment because they "start" at 12:00Am.<BR/><BR/>So, to get the colors I wanted (I should note that I wanted my main, default calendar to be Green), I created four temp calendars in Google (Temp1, Temp2, Temp3, and Temp4). <BR/><BR/>I created an 8:00AM appointment in Temp1, a 9:00AM appointment in Temp2, a 10:00AM appointment in Temp3, an 11:00AM appointment in my default calendar (luckily I didn't have any other appointments today), and a 12:00PM appointment in Temp4. <BR/><BR/>I then synced those five calendars with my iPhone using Nuevasync (turned off calendar syncing on the iphone and then selected the four temp calendars on Nuevasync and hit submit, then turned the calendar back on on the iPhone. I did this over WiFi, so if you're on 3G, it could take longer. With only one appointment to sync in the temp calendars, it went very quickly. Temp1 came in Red, Temp2 was Orange, etc and my default was green.<BR/><BR/>Now all I had to do was deselect the Temp Calendar on Nuevasync and launch calendar on the iphone to resyc (basically just had to wait until the first temp appointment was gone), then selected the calendar on Nuvasync that I wanted to be Red and relaunched Calendar on the iPhone and waited for the sync to finish. Rinse and repeat for the other colors....<BR/><BR/>Obviously, I then deleted the temp calendars from Google and my colors are right were I want them to be.<BR/><BR/>If you need more than 5 calendars, do the above for the first five and then add in the others as you want the colors to appear (i.e. the 6th calendar will be red, etc.).<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps everyone out!!<BR/><BR/>JimJim Kimmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152631530691890598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-33991208532111563642009-01-16T13:12:00.000-08:002009-01-16T13:12:00.000-08:00love nuevasync so far. I am concerned regarding t...love nuevasync so far. I am concerned regarding the color issue. Considering that you guys (Nuevasync) doesn't know how this happened, I'm concerned about security. I hope someone can say something that will ease my mind right now!LittleMeTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199727772794129311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-12541272086870405412009-01-16T09:33:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:33:00.000-08:00@TJRESH -- right now it appears that NuevaSync can...@TJRESH -- right now it appears that NuevaSync can't control the colors of your calendars, it is done randomly. In one of their blog posts they mention this and say they are working towards a solutionScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045759063851630477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-55797151679114603072009-01-16T08:50:00.000-08:002009-01-16T08:50:00.000-08:00UPDATE:Now the colors switch when they go from Goo...UPDATE:<BR/>Now the colors switch when they go from Google to iPhone.<BR/>Red events turns to Blue and Blue events turns to Red.TJRESHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406811449756237867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-27005049195211027782009-01-16T08:44:00.000-08:002009-01-16T08:44:00.000-08:00The multi-calendar feature with iPhone and Google ...The multi-calendar feature with iPhone and Google Calendar is now working and sync'ing fine. Thanks for all the support.<BR/><BR/>One question: how do you maintain the original calendar colors in Google when they sync with iPhone. In my case, blue turns to red and red turns to orange when the events go from Google to iPhone.TJRESHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406811449756237867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-60387084177706000102009-01-16T06:56:00.000-08:002009-01-16T06:56:00.000-08:00I have colored calendars now and calendar sync is ...I have colored calendars now and calendar sync is working. I'm happy. There were a few glitches that others should be aware of: When colors got turned on, some (all?) of the events from calendars other than my main one showed up twice: once with the correct calendar color, and once with my main calendar color. If this happens to you, <B>do not delete the duplicate event</B>. Instead, reset: on the phone/iPod, go to <I>Settings|Mail,Contacts,Calendar</I>, select <I>Nuevasync</I> from the accounts list, turn off Calendars, wait, and turn them back on again. If you can wait to do this until it is night time in the US, I'm guessing you will put less stress on the servers. Note that this will assign all new colors to your calendars. <B>It is not necessary to delete the nuevasync account and recreate it</B>. Second glitch: my default calendar changed. Fix: on the phone/iPod, go to <I>Settings|Mail,Contacts,Calendar</I>, scroll down to Calendars, and choose your default calendar. Third glitch: A calendar that I never use showed up (and used a color slot). Fix: on the Nuevasync status page, click <I>setup</I> next to the calendar status and choose only those calendars you want to sync. BTW, in this process I discovered that Nuevasync has implemented one-way syncing for my read-only calendars since the last time I checked. Way to go! Great service and thanks for the upgrade!Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497414485092450978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-33178897758573259152009-01-16T05:11:00.000-08:002009-01-16T05:11:00.000-08:00My contacts are syncing and i now have colored cal...My contacts are syncing and i now have colored calendars! Love it! Looking fwd to new features like tasks sync from you guys :)Kanwalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809353010854317089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-35572262763632345212009-01-16T03:14:00.000-08:002009-01-16T03:14:00.000-08:00I know that Nemus Sync (http://www.nemustech.com/i...I know that Nemus Sync (http://www.nemustech.com/iPhone/NemusSync.html) synchronise color too and create readonly calendar (1-way sync). It's opensource and they have a google group, may be you can ask them ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206401359153068610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-89660318998537383932009-01-16T02:51:00.000-08:002009-01-16T02:51:00.000-08:00I can't find any "Reset Folders" on my nuevasync a...I can't find any "Reset Folders" on my nuevasync account, does it mean I don't have multiple calendar support as of today ?<BR/><BR/>Congrats.<BR/><BR/>TeryonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272358416468701443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-54399483381845308092009-01-16T01:56:00.000-08:002009-01-16T01:56:00.000-08:00I tried Andy's suggestion to force the correct col...I tried Andy's suggestion to force the correct colors to the iPhone, but I found that I cannot turn off syncing of the first calendar on the list (marked as Default). Any suggestions?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400641884252024635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-21023918085344387362009-01-16T01:44:00.000-08:002009-01-16T01:44:00.000-08:00I hope I get my colored calendars today (friday)!F...I hope I get my colored calendars today (friday)!<BR/><BR/>For a moment t thought about creating an extra account just to get it sooner, but that would be stressing the servers even more (I think that's the reason for the explosive number of new accounts).<BR/><BR/>Can't wait!<BR/>Keep up the great work!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030432042654942282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-38743310090544309712009-01-16T00:29:00.000-08:002009-01-16T00:29:00.000-08:00I wanted to share as well that everything is worki...I wanted to share as well that everything is working great for me. <BR/><BR/>I have colored calendars and my contacts are syncing perfectly.<BR/><BR/>Thanks from Spain for the great service!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00150662315276229522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-2500332762727024922009-01-15T23:33:00.000-08:002009-01-15T23:33:00.000-08:00No colored calendars here either. Hope it gets fix...No colored calendars here either. Hope it gets fixed for me soon. Great service, can't believe this is free, not gonna complain though, thanks again!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211653855187169262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-13702258750652558272009-01-15T23:03:00.000-08:002009-01-15T23:03:00.000-08:00I wanted to share that everything is working great...I wanted to share that everything is working great for me. I have colored calendars and my contacts are syncing perfectly.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great service!Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607881607275299179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-25698337637287645562009-01-15T22:17:00.000-08:002009-01-15T22:17:00.000-08:00There ought to be a way to send colors to the iPho...There ought to be a way to send colors to the iPhone/Touch since syncing with iCal or even Outlook does allow this. I don't know anything about how it's done in Outlook, but it seems to work. Thought I'd mention for the nuevasync folks to possibly investigate.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139282965977471166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-44715341524877410282009-01-15T21:53:00.000-08:002009-01-15T21:53:00.000-08:00I still haven't seen any colors. I do have all 4 ...I still haven't seen any colors. I do have all 4 of my google calendars synced up. Is there something I need to be doing on my end? I'm not sure what the "reset button on the server" is I keep reading about. Any advice?Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062962007737065295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-40862095295709561202009-01-15T21:34:00.000-08:002009-01-15T21:34:00.000-08:00@Phillip: no luck, still single calendar after a r...@Phillip: no luck, still single calendar after a resynchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395509964398889605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759507341420259744.post-62223704483236771062009-01-15T21:23:00.000-08:002009-01-15T21:23:00.000-08:00I had problems all day. I could see all of my cal...I had problems all day. I could see all of my calendars, but they all were yellow. Now everything is working correctly (although slow), i.e., all calendars appear and all have different colors. Here is what I did, hopefully it will help some of you:<BR/><BR/>1- Make sure all your calendars are selected on the server.<BR/><BR/>2- Click on the reset button on the server.<BR/><BR/>3- Turn off syncing of nuevasync on your iphone/pod, then turn it back on.<BR/><BR/>4- Then select the calendar application and let it sit.<BR/><BR/>The trick for me was to wait for all of my calendars and their events to load before I messed around within the calendar application. Before, I would either click the calendar link to see what calendars were loading or I would click on the add calendar event button. Every time I did this everything would turn back to yellow eventually. I figured this out after I decided to click the calendars button within the calendar application after half of my calendars completely loaded. The ones that did not completely load yet turned to yellow. <BR/><BR/>So, once you do the steps above, just let it be. Let everything load. The servers seem to be slow so it may take some time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07375112077932690044noreply@blogger.com