I got that done easily 10 years ago with a separate device.Samsung Kies connects your PC to your phone, making it easier for you to synchronize dataand find new apps. But if the device cant do somehting as simple as help me easily update my contacts and calendar then tahts a big issue. I gave it up when I changed jobs and liked the fact that the S4 had a larger screen which helped my aging eyes. People may carry on about Apple controlling their ecosphere but frankly I never had an issue in the 3 years I had an Iphone. This is a black eye on the face of Samsung, Google and Verizon.
If not, I am going to look into the question of trading the phone into Walmart or one of those programs and see if I can get an Iphone that way. At this point, I am going by Verizon W today to see if they will allow me to switch to an Iphone for little to nothing. I tried Kies 2.6 again and it comes up and says it does not support the Galaxy 4 with 4.3.so I now have a new phone for business and personal use that is effectively not usable for those purposes. I got the same stupid interchange with SAMSUNG SUPPORT. This practice of forcing software and apps on to us, is precisely why I didn't chose apple in the first place. Unfortunately, relatively new phone and on contract, so I cannot change at the moment, but after many years putting up with this sort of c**p from Samsung, I will definitely consider a different manufacturer next time. The idea of an app to separate business from personal is not a bad idea ,but choice would have been nice with the add ons. Who the hell had the idea that we want something like this running in the background, blocking processes, and worse, leaving us unable to uninstall it, I already run anti-virus on the phone and don't need it. This has already caused me problems and time having to manually update diary information etc., and don't even start me on Knox. you would have thought they would learn the lesson and have it consumer tested and ready before releasing it. As I said before this is not new, when kies first came out it had the same issues. I hope someone from Samsung is viewing these posts. Re: Samsung Galaxy S4 - Kies Sync Problems after Latest firmware updates! "unsupported device alert" So i guess i'm stuck with purchasing a third party product as a solution. So i'm forced to go to Kies 3.0 which oddly doesn't have a sync tab anymore to sync Calendar, contacts etc. Latest: I've worked out that Kies 2.6 Doesn't support Android 4.3. Has anyone else been experience this problem, and can anyone offer a solution on how to Sync all my contacts, email accounts, calendar entries etc. it then asks me to install and use Kies 3.0 which does not support the S4, (as far as i could see) but further once i open the Kies 3.0 the sync tab which was the key functionality has now disappeared! As a result my S4 GT-I9500 doesn't connect to kies again, and gives the error message "unsupported device alert". Kies 2.6 was great until i recently, foolishly and innocently agreed to update everything firmware, software, etc. Integral to this ethos is being able to sync contacts, music, outlook calendar etc, Samsung Galaxy S4 - Kies Sync Problems after Latest firmware updates! "unsupported device alert"