Completing AkrutoSync setup to sync over the Internet
Now, let’s continue with AkrutoSync configuration. Click “Continue” to go to the next screen.
If you have a third party firewall (such as Symantec, ESET, etc…) on your computer, you need to configure it to allow AkrutoSync to use the network. Our firewall configuration guide is available at https://www.akruto.com/firewall-configuration/. AkrutoSync configuration wizard tells you that you need to configure your firewall and provides a link to our firewall configuration instructions.
If you use the standard Windows Firewall (part of the Windows Operating System) you do not need to configure it manually, because it is configured as part of AkrutoSync installation.
Next, import an SSL certificate into your phone. Start the web browser on your phone and browse to the URL shown in AkrutoSync. As you type the URL into your web browser, the browser will suggest some web sites to you. It is important that you ignore the suggestions and type in the URL exactly as shown in AkrutoSync screen. The following two screenshots illustrate this step.
If you are setting up sync with an Android phone, AkrutoSync screen may looks like shown below.
If you are setting up Outlook sync with iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, AkrutoSync screen looks like shown below.
If you are setting up sync with the Windows Phone, AkrutoSync screen looks like shown below.
The web browser on your phone should load a web page that explains that AkrutoSync uses SSL to secure communication between your phone and your computer. At the bottom of the web page you will see a link to import the SSL certificate to your phone. Click the link.
The phone will then prompt you to install the certificate. Install the certificate on the phone, as shown below.
After installing the certificate, click “Continue” in AkrutoSync.
We recommend that before your first sync you make sure that your phone has no Contacts, Appointments, Tasks or Notes. This is not strictly necessary if you have good understanding of how your phone handles data from multiple accounts. Any data that existed on the phone before the first sync will remain on the phone and will not be synchronized to Outlook or participate in the two-way synchronization between Outlook and your phone. For this reason we recommend that most users make sure that all of their Contacts, Appointments, Tasks and Notes are in Outlook and none are on the phone before the first sync.
Next, AkrutoSync will ask you to choose credentials for your phone to connect to your computer. Note that at present, AkrutoSync does not check the user name; it only checks the password.
Decide what username and password you would like you use, enter them, and click “Continue”.
The last step is to add an Outlook or Exchange account to your phone using the email address shown in AkrutoSync screen.
Instructions for adding an account vary from phone to phone. Instructions are available at https://www.akruto.com/phone-setup/
ATTENTION: When prompted for an email address, use the email address shown in AkrutoSync screen. Do not use your actual email address, or the address shown in our screenshots.
After a few seconds, your phone should start syncing and AkrutoSync should show sync progress.