After getting a rather angry phone call today from my girlfriend accusing me of not replying her SMS'es, I thought I would investigate it a bit further. I have not received a single SMS for the past four days (which is quite odd for me).
I first tried sending an SMS to myself from my gf's phone. The i-mate just sits there - no indication of anything going on. I then switch the SIM card to my old phone and send myself an SMS again "Test message 2". Surprise surprise, I get the message immediately!
So I know that the problem is with the i-Mate and not the network.
I did a search on these forums which suggested that a hard reset might fix the problem. So I backed everything up using Sprite Backup and do a hard reset, then reinstall everything.
STILL UNABLE TO RECIEVE SMS!
But that is not the end of the story ... the backup process ERASED every contact in my contact book after "H"! And it also erased it on MS Outlook on my desktop!
I am SO ANGRY that I feel like flinging this BASTARD PDA into the wall. I have had nothing but trouble with it since I bought it.
Well on a more sober tone ... any of you know how to fix this problem?
After quite a bit of fiddling I think I have isolated the problem.
After a hard reset (and without restoring anything using Sprite Backup), the PDA is able to recieve SMS without any problem.
ONLY when Sprite Backup does a restore do I get a problem with SMS. I then tried uninstalling every program and still could not get any SMS.
I suspect that Sprite Backup might have corrupted a registry setting or a setting in the inbox. Any of you have more clues?
I can post all my registry settings for SMS if that would help. Anyone?
I have had the same problem after Sprite Backup, and i solved it in 2 steps:
1) make hard reset
2) uncheck e-mail/SMS and Phone Databases before running Sprite Backup restore
OK i will solve your problem,
1)make hard reset
2)make backup with Sprite Backup(no install anything)
3)make restore old backup
4)make restore backup(no install anything)
[[ ONLY restore Email ]]
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5)soft reset
I am sure is ok but if you no , try restore Email one or two times
the email restore issue is a known bug in the current release of sprite backup, however if you email myself, or [email protected] you can get a pre-release of 2.3 which will restore email correctly.
Thank you for using our software. The problem that you are experiencing
has been identified and we will be fixing it with the next few weeks. We
currently have a version that has not been released to the public but
fixes this problem. This version is version 2.3 it has some issues that we
will be fixing shortly. This version hasn''t been completely tested and we
are offering very limited support but fix the SMS problem and allow you to
perform basic backup and restore operations. If you wish to use this
version.
I test two times for backup and restore, it perfect!!
Basic mode
Advanced mode
Pre release is available for download from
http://www.spritesoftware.com/downloads/SpriteBackup23PreRelease.zip
Wow! Thanks Sprite software for your response. I did not expect to hear from you on this forum. Thank you also to everyone else who replied.
I can confirm that after I wiped email backup on Sprite the problem went away. I can now recieve SMS'es normally.
I am waiting with keen interest for the full release of v2.3.
Fail to receive SMS'es
Thank god for this forum.
I have the same situation. Did a Sprite restore a couple of days ago and have not received any SMS'es since.
I have a new girlfriend and we are going to meet tonight. I SMS'ed her and had no reply. Only when I finally called her, did I realize that she had responded but I did not get the SMS..
grr.. Had it not been for Sprite's response in this forum, I would have uninstalled Sprite and looked elsewhere. I am evaluating Sprite and was ready to buy when this happened.
Waiting for 2.3..
Regards
Michael
Backup size: version 2.4
I tested Version 2.4 - and found two issues:
1. Backup file size increased from 37 to 56 MB for the same data.
2. Warnings about a large number of files not included, despite having 'Stop Processes Before Backup' checked.
Anyone else with similar experience.
For now, I will live with 2.1.3 and use xBackup to handle contacts and appointments - which it does nicely.
Regards
Michael
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Hello all,
Has anyone here used sunnysoft backup mananger 3.7 to backup and restore a whole machine?
What I mean by that is, install backup manager, backup the machine, hard reset it so all data is gone, then install backup manager and restore everything so it is as before the hard reset.
Any info would be great
Use the search facility and you should find a fair few threads!
Yes, I have, nothing sprung out at me, why did you think I started this thread.
If you know of the thread, why not post it here?
Well there was this one!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33688&highlight=sunnysoft+backup
Why dont you try it yourself and post your results!
I arent keen on the sunnysoft as explained in the previous thread!
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Use the search facility and you should find a fair few threads!
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I have, it even worked after a ROM upgrade, only drawback (did not bother me though) is losing all messeges.
Otherwize its perfect.
Sunnysoft backup manager
Works very good even after complete crash EXCEPT PIM !!!
I mean:contact,calendar etc
For these you'll need to synchronize again
Other small things not included in the backup:
- voice tags
-Speed dial
- Mobimate configuration
Thanks all, yeah saw that post didn't realy specify the situation of the restore, that is why I was a little more specific.
They have v.3.7 on their website. is that what everone here was using?
Yep it works great...
Morituri said:
Thanks all, yeah saw that post didn't realy specify the situation of the restore, that is why I was a little more specific.
They have v.3.7 on their website. is that what everone here was using?
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Yes thats what I have
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Hi
can someone that uses the Sunnysoft Backup confirm if this software works properly on the Xda Exec.
What I mean does it back up the system properly and then restores it propely.
I need an back up software so I can back up everything in my Xda Exec in case of any problems that I need to hard rest the pda so I can restore it back with all my software as it was.
Thank you.
Ciao
Gigino
My question is totally unrelated. I don't have Sunny Soft backup software installed at the moment. I am waiting to purchase another SD card before I start reinstalling everything. But here is my question: How do you enable the automatic backup option? It seemed to me that all it have is a manual backup option.
gigino said:
Hi
can someone that uses the Sunnysoft Backup confirm if this software works properly on the Xda Exec.
What I mean does it back up the system properly and then restores it propely.
I need an back up software so I can back up everything in my Xda Exec in case of any problems that I need to hard rest the pda so I can restore it back with all my software as it was.
Thank you.
Ciao
Gigino
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Gigino
Yes the restore is working perfectly,once again except the PIM stuff:calendar,contacts,tasks
But those can be restored from Activesync.
They are a few minor things that are not restored even by Activesync:
- voice tags
- speed dials
- Mobimate basic config.
About backuping the PIM itself there is a thread of Buzz how to do it without using Activesync:just find the file PIM.(something) and copy this file to SD
On Hofo there is a thread on a beta from Sprite, some issues with it still, but works better already than Sunnysoft.
I have SPB BACKUP and a 8 gigas microSD but the pda freezes when backing up to the microSD
ANY SOLUTIONS ?
I have no space enought to back it up to the PDA.
It will ask : should stop all running programs? --> Say no
It will backup things for you
NDUTU said:
I have SPB BACKUP and a 8 gigas microSD but the pda freezes when backing up to the microSD
ANY SOLUTIONS ?
I have no space enought to back it up to the PDA.
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Had the same problem. I removed the program, and reinstalled it.
For now it's working ok.
I had these problems too...
I would suggest using last version of Sprite Backup... it's much much better!!!
I would echo the same advice.
Despite getting past the 'stop all programs' etc.. section, SPB Backup would hang on me.
So I switched to Sprite.
My immediate concern with Sprite was that it didn't support self extracting archives (in case of real failure), but I was wrong. Sprite is stable and works well.
Problem with both
Hi,
I´ve got problems with Srite & SPB backup programs, latest version.
Has anyone ever done a full restore after hardreset?
Sprite and SPB couldn´t restore all files and settings
e.g. - lsoma0000.db (in \windows\lic)
Lost SMS and caller history ...
Any experiences?
you can try this on spb backup
make location my documents and AFTER FINISH move it to memory card
this is temp solotion an its work
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SPB seems a little simplistic in my view although it does get the job done.
I ran a backup on a 2.2 ROM of all my apps then reloaded a 1.1 ROM and restored. The device settings showed the 2.2 ROM and Radio stack not the older one's I restored.
For $300 it seems a bit expensive for something that only copies files and registry.
Now,
if it copied partitions, ROMs, data, files and Registry then *that* would be worth $300
HTH
Leon
I just wanted to share an issue that i ran into today
After flashing a new rom i used ti backup to restore all my apps and data. I was being lasy and didnt want to reset my homescreens and bookmarks. I genrally only restore apps on my phone.
After restoring system data my market broke. I would get a error when tring to download any app.
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So i wiped and refashed. Market worked. To duplacate the issue i restored system data. And bam same error
I love it backup for restoring my apps and saved data in those apps but do not restore system data i have heard of differnt problems but this was my first.
stillblood said:
I just wanted to share an issue that i ran into today
After flashing a new rom i used ti backup to restore all my apps and data. I was being lasy and didnt want to reset my homescreens and bookmarks. I genrally only restore apps on my phone.
After restoring system data my market broke. I would get a error when tring to download any app.
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So i wiped and refashed. Market worked. To duplacate the issue i restored system data. And bam same error
I love it backup for restoring my apps and saved data in those apps but do not restore system data i have heard of differnt problems but this was my first.
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Do you have the issue with the apps not appearing as installed on the market when restoring apps with titanium? This causes the apps not to be able to be updated. Havent tried myself on the tab but i have read of people having this issue with titanium and honeycomb.
I'm guessing that restoring system data from one rom to another is going to cause you some problems.
market doctor in the setting menu should find the the market keys. That seems to be working.
Coming from the evo 4g i only really heard of issuse if you tryed to restore a sence build to cm you would get a ton of f/c
So i thought tw to tw would be fine
After the update when I restored my tab with my google account, almost all of my apps were reinstalled except Titanium Backup. When I go into market and my apps I don't even see TB as an uninstalled program.
Now I am not even sure all of my apps are showing up there, I think most of them are but I am not sure.
Raistlin1 said:
After the update when I restored my tab with my google account, almost all of my apps were reinstalled except Titanium Backup. When I go into market and my apps I don't even see TB as an uninstalled program.
Now I am not even sure all of my apps are showing up there, I think most of them are but I am not sure.
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Free downloaded Apps showing up in the market. Is new to me. On all of my phones after I flashed only paid Apps would sync with my account. So ti backup was necessary.
It looks like the market is getting better. I still use ti to back up logins and saved games.
After the last flash I only found about 12 out of the 60 Apps not installed about the same amount of Apps I sideloaded (amazon and xda)
Hello
I have some problem with market on my NST. If I want download or update apps, Market write "starting of downloads..." and nothing happens!
I left my NST with turn off wifi for a few days - apps didn't install or update.
Help me please
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AvRS
Ok, thx
I choose wrong section of forum, didn't I? Maybe it must be in "Nook Touch Android Development"?
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Ok, thx
I choose wrong section of forum, didn't I? Maybe it must be in "Nook Touch Android Development"?
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No this does not belong in the Development forum as that is not for questions of any sorts so you posted in the right area. You just need to be patient for someone to help you and if they don't it's unfortunate that no one may be able to help so you may need to do some off site research.
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I have the same problem for a long time and couldn´t find a solution. Hope someone knows a way to fix it.
I've had this problem before on my phone and I removed my Google account and re-added it as well as clearing data for the Market/Play Store and everything went back to normal. I've never used a Nook Touch before but it's worth a go if you've not done it already.
I just experienced the same issue with my Nook Touch, but the problem has gone away since I just did a factory restore and rerooted it with TouchNooter. That's a drastic solution, but the previous post would probably do the trick too since the restore I did technically did the process that was explained. I was going to restore and reroot anyway in order to update the firmware to 1.1.2 and make a proper backup.
Someone on the #nookdevs IRC channel told me he experienced the problem once when the internal storage of the device was full, so that's something you may want to check if/when this crops up. I keep all my reading material on an 8gb card in my Nook and not the main memory itself, and according to the settings I still had 228mb of 240 free at the time (and 3gb on my card), so I don't know what was actually causing the problem.
Factory reset isn't fun Internal memory is free
Try to delete account: gmail->accounts->accounts settings -> book reboots itself
Somebody told me to reinstall market. But I don't know how install it again
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I had the same issue yesterday, this morning it was still doing it.
I also tried to download from the play-google website, but it did the same thing.
I removed google account, booted the nook, added google account, and ran synker and it is now resolved.
I am not really sure what caused it or if doing this resolved the issue or not.
How did you remove account?
When I go Gmail>Accounts> Settings my Nook makes reboot without errors
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Here is synker - try saving this to your sdcard and then running to install.
I have found it to be useful
Didn't help
Synker>Accounts & Sync Settings > device reboots
I'm sorry. Mine only did it once, and it is now resolved. it hasn't done it again.
Have you tried restoring your backup and going through the whole rooting process again. I know .. ugly.
But it doesn't seem to be a common problem.
I think I may have a solution for you - rename /data/system/account.db to /data/system/account.db.bak
reboot and then open market - itshould ask you to sign in again, which recreates the account.db file.
Hi guys,
i have the galaxy s8 G950FD, and i have used the smart switch software from Samsung on my laptop to backup my phone before, but now i want to use it again and every time i click on Backup i get a notification from the software (on the laptop ) saying " Data is being restored on the device. Please try again later"
the device is connected and recognized by smart switch
i have re downloaded the smart switch software from Samsung and re installed it and re installed the device drivers
but nothing helped
any thoughts ?
thanks in advance
Hi there shawqi_khoury
Wanted to find out if you have been able to solve the problem.
Im having same issue with my Samsung S8.
Thank You!!
Same problem
Same issue after Samsung software update on phone, but exact same phone without update works fine. Tried clearing cache and then deleting app on phone completely, tried deleting all previous backups on backup location on PC. Still get this message "Data is being restored on the device. Please try again later." when trying to initiate a backup.
Hi has anybody found a solution? Same issue on a S8+
I have the same issue on Note 8. Did you find a way to fix this?
shawqi_khoury said:
Hi guys,
i have the galaxy s8 G950FD, and i have used the smart switch software from Samsung on my laptop to backup my phone before, but now i want to use it again and every time i click on Backup i get a notification from the software (on the laptop ) saying " Data is being restored on the device. Please try again later"
the device is connected and recognized by smart switch
i have re downloaded the smart switch software from Samsung and re installed it and re installed the device drivers
but nothing helped
any thoughts ?
thanks in advance
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maybe the location of Path of the Backup files have been changed spontaneously.
The same issue with Galaxy Note 8
I had this issue today.
I had this issue today. On my phone I found a background service running "backing & restore" and hit force stop. That resolved it for me.
Maybe a little too late to reply but I fixed this issue today on my Windows 10 PC. Below are steps:
Start (cortana search) > Type Service.msc and click on Services > Say Yes to UAC (Elevated) Permissions > Find service called "Samsung Mobile Connectivity Service" > Right Click Stop and Right Click start the service.
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Auuugggghhh
Neither one of the last two solutions worked for me. No background service found and stopping and starting the windows service had no effect. I haven't been able to back up my phone in months now, yet have the same exact phone with no issues backing up. Anyone else have any other solutions. I'd throw out this phone at this point if I had an actual backup...
Spoken to Samsung USA & Australia, no one could help, I was advised to wait for a software update (Oreo will be released soon) backed up to the cloud and to my SD Card just in case.
I contacted SAMSUNG tech support.
look for "SamsungBnR_ " folder on the Phone memory and delete it from your Phone. Once you delete it, reboot the Phone and try to backup your Phone to PC again using Smart Switch. Worked for me after months of failed attempts.
rockytruelyrox said:
Maybe a little too late to reply but I fixed this issue today on my Windows 10 PC. Below are steps:
Start (cortana search) > Type Service.msc and click on Services > Say Yes to UAC (Elevated) Permissions > Find service called "Samsung Mobile Connectivity Service" > Right Click Stop and Right Click start the service.
Then try to use Samsung smart switch.
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I'm so sick of Windows 10. It's pure ****. I'm going back to 7 for Windows only stuff but I try to use anything else but Windows for everything else.