Today I played around sync settings on my mobile and found out 1 thing. My previous understanding that "Manual settings don't work" is not entirely correct. I found out from OVI.com->Login->Add device You have to specify your Nokia Phone Model and then enter your mobile number. After this OVI.com will send you config settings , you will need PIN to open config setting, this PIN is provided on web interface. But I found that they have mentioned , if you dont get config settings due to some reasons, you can create settings manually. I tried that option and found that the Password which was mentioned there for Sync setting is different from actual OVI password. This password looks like auto generated and different every time you add device. If you remove device and try to add it again with same number/model, password changes. This is the reason why Sync doesn't work in SyncEvolution. I am going to try using this password in SyncEvolution. All other settings are same as you have also mentioned in Bug 3182. See the following which I have copied from Add Device procedure on OVI.com, I have masked my password.