hi all;
i'm no techie and i'm curious. i tried upgrading to WM2003 4.00.01 - the installation woked well and i didn't have any problems using it. before i did the upgrade, i backed up all data using SD Backup.
when i used SD Backup to restore the data an error message came up (many apologies, i can't remember what the msg was) although the file explorer showed that the SD was intact. also, the option to update just the contacts were disabled.
now, i'm back to XDA-SERv1.2.
my questions:
1. could i restore everything from SD Backup to WM2003?
2. how do i restore the existing data files and info into WM2003? one option that i can think of is to sync with my PC but that seemed like such an un-elegant solution. :wink:
sorry, if this questions were asked before - i couldn't find these in the forum.
many thanks in advance.
- infineus -
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Hi there
I successfully backed up my 64mb xda I unlocked it successfully. Only problem is that during the process I ended up having to do a hard reset. Now I'm trying to restore the SD backup and the process keeps ending without finishing.
The sd backup file is 55 megs, and it seems that after a hard reset there is not enough memory available to restore the backup - Is it just me or is this situation not completely daft.
I've also had grief with activesync - it keeps on saying device unrecognised, and makes me "disconnect the port" I've even tried downloading activesync 3.6 in case it fixes the problem.
I havent changed the default "device name" either on the xda.
I'm beginning to wish I hadnt done this... can anyone offer any advice on how to restore such a large backup file, why does it need so much memory to achieve this.
And more imporantly, why do O2/microsoft provide a backup program which wont restore properly!
Help!!!
I've done a few tests, since my last posting - and I can only presume that if you install a lot of software and or registry tweaks (like the low battery fix) then perhaps the whole 64 megs of memory is downloaded.
Using the memory management slider it is impossible to achieve the 55megs I need to restore the backup
On my xda after being "wiped" a backup does work,
as long as it is "not too large" e.g. smaller than about 43 megs
it seems that the SD restore program needs too much operating overhead to restore a large file such as my previous pre-unlock sd backup of 55megs...
Anyone else tried this?
Hopefully I can resynch all the contacts and calendar again, using the cradle and activesync and obviously all the downloaded software can be re-installed.
Hi there,
Been reading these forums for a while and have found answers to most of my questions !
I have one regarding backing up the phone tho. I use Tomtom + a Fortuna BT GPS with the XDA and it all works very well, however yesterday i had to hard reset as the phone had totally locked . Now here is my little prob, as i will be using th GPS as part of my job if i had to hard reset while out in the car i would have no GPS :shock: If im home no issue as i can reinstall etc, i was wondering if there is a way to backup the main storage onto a SD card so if it happened i could restore it back to having tomtom on etc ? I have seen Xbackup on the phone and it appears to do it but im not sure !
Any help/advice would be great !
Sprite Backup can save the backup onto your SD card as an executable, so you can restore your system from the SD even if you had to hard reset it.[/url]
Hello,
Sorry of this question was already asked, but I did not find a post on this subject.
I have an rw6828 equipped with Windows Mobile 5. I would like to backup my data on one side, my systems on another side, and both data and systems in a single backup.
Is this something feasible plse ?
Thanks a lot for yur help.
Cheers,
SPBbackup
Or Sprite Backup :twisted:
They all begin with an S :lol:
Thanks for this answer. So it means that there is no 'native ' tool that HP would have provided with the rw6828... I remember having one with my previous Asus A620BT.
Bye.
yes, it is.
Hard reset
OK. I installed SPB Backup and it works fine. It is installed on the storage card. It generated a ".exe" file stored on the storage card. I had the opportunity to perform a restore yesterday and it's OK. However, In have a question. Has anyone tested what happened when a hard reset is done ? Could I still execute the ".exe" file, knowing the soft itself is installed on the storage card ? Or do I need to install SPB Backup because some files would need to be updated on the pocket pc ?
Thx for your answer.
Cheers
Re: Hard reset
sibertoul said:
OK. I installed SPB Backup and it works fine. It is installed on the storage card. It generated a ".exe" file stored on the storage card. I had the opportunity to perform a restore yesterday and it's OK. However, In have a question. Has anyone tested what happened when a hard reset is done ? Could I still execute the ".exe" file, knowing the soft itself is installed on the storage card ? Or do I need to install SPB Backup because some files would need to be updated on the pocket pc ?
Thx for your answer.
Cheers
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You can execute the *.exe(archive of backup data) stored on the storage card. Also you can execute *.exe(of SPBBackUp) w/o installation it after H/R.
Merci ;-)
Thanks.
Hello,
I am new to the Windows Mobile platform, used to be a proud and happy Palm OS user, so please bear with me...
I am trying to understand what would be the easiest way to backup everything from my device (settings, programs, data) to the SD card. So that even after a hard reset and when being away from my PC, I could restore everything from the SD card. On my PalmOS device, I use a program (BackupMan) to backup everything on the SD card and to restore when needed. Is there a similar solution for the Tytn? So far I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=277727
But it sounds like a complicated procedure involving several programs. Does it have to be so complicated?
Thanks for your advice!
I use Sprite Backup. It is pretty simple for a new user and can do automatic backups. It allows for complete restore even after a hard reset.
You just have to make sure a copy of Sprite stays on the SD card. Se Sprite instructions if you use it
Yep Sprite is good and so is SPB Backup that I use:
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=21046
http://www.spritesoftware.com/store/
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=21046
Mike
Thanks!
I installed SPBackup, seems to work fine.
Thank you
Hello
Please accept my apology if this has already been covered somewhere - I've looked and can't find an answer...
I have a modaco 2.2 modded Hero with the Cyanogen v1.4 Recovery Console. All has been fine but only recently I cannot create a backup using Nandroid 2.2 - I get an error saying 'Error running nandroid backup. Backup not performed'.
I also get an error when trying to restore from previous backups. I've tried deleting the Nandroid folder from my SD card and trying the backup again but this hasn't worked. The next thing I wanted to try was to remove the recovery console and reinstall it - but I simply can't find any instructions on how to do this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Try deleting some of the stuff on your sd card. I had the same issue and it turned out to be not enough room left on card to perform a backup.
padstar said:
Try deleting some of the stuff on your sd card. I had the same issue and it turned out to be not enough room left on card to perform a backup.
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Thanks hugely! That was the problem - I had recently partitioned the SD card so that I could use Apps2SD (not knowing that ModaCo's ROM has it included already) and as a result I was left with very little space on the card. So I've taken off a lot of stuff from it and it's now working!!
Happy days