i just did a activesync backup of my phone, now when i connect as guest and try to restore my backup i get a error saying the backup file is not for the same device?! anybody know how to work around this? i need urgent help!
thanx!
Make sure that the regional settings are exactly like the ones when you did the backup.
e.g. if you changed the regional settings to english to swedish on the backup version, make sure that before doing the restore you first selected the swedish setting the regional setting.
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Hi, I am new in this forum, sorry in advance for my english.
Today the battery from my QTEK 2020 went empty and the backup battery also. The device restarted itself and all the data were lost.
I am regurarly backing up all the data each time I connect to the USB cradle, so I thought.. Hmm no problem, I will restore it from the backup file. Then came the problem...
The device ID from the activesync and from the Qtek doesnt match anymore, so I cant restore the backup file.
How/where can I find this data in activesync so that it thinks that this is the same device like before?
P.S. I am only sure that the device name was "Pocket_PC" on QTEK, but the description I dont remember.
Hi Pipi,
Please see whether the below steps can help:
1) Open Activesync (do not put your PPC into the cradle). Select 'File' > 'Delete Partnership' > 'Yes' (repeat until all the partnerships are deleted)
2) Hardset your PPC (hold power button and soft-reset at the same time)
3) After hard reset, put your PPC in the cradle and let it form a new partnership with Activesync (your should get the default PPC name as Pocket_PC)
4) In Activesync, select 'Tools' > 'Backup/Restore'. Select the backup file you want to restore. Go to the Restore tab, press restore and everything will come back.
Remarks: Please make sure the Regional setting of the PPC after hard reset is the same when you do the backup.
Hope it can help ......
THX I will try, but after i have searched the forum for solutions, i found out that, if you do progressive backup, it is impossible to restore the data, except the full backup.
Is it true?
Yes, you need to use a full backup image to restore as incremental backup does not contain the full image of the PPC and cannot be restored.
i restore inc backup's all the time on my device
if it could not be restored why have the inc backup option at all ?
There are three types of backups -
Full backup - backs up everything
Incremental - backs up everything changed since the last full or incremental
Differential - backs up everything changed since the last full.
So - when you restore with incremental you must restore the last full backup and then all of the incrementals since that last full (in order).
When you restore with a differential you need to restore the last full and then the last differental . . . at most 2 restores.
Incremental backups take up less space and time but require more time to restore the system, whereas differentials take more space and time to backup, but take less time to restore the system.
HTH
Different device type
After installing NYDITOT virtual display, my Himalaya crashed bigtime!
Only a hard reset would work.
The problem is, that when I try to restore the backup I get this error saying that the backup was made on a different device type..
Thus rendering me helpless!
I've allready lost 300+ e-mails this way, so I don't trust the backup function any more.
I use newest version of Activesync...
This has happened twice in two days now..
I don't use NYDITOT any more..
hi bonzo,
it's not a big problem: just set the device name AND the regional setting (probably Norwegian for you) to what it was at the time of your backup.
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Aha!
So THAT'S why I didn't make it work..
Those darned regional settings!
Thanks a million!
I had the device name down, but didn't know about the regional settings..
yeah it's in the help in activesync
i had that problem once but activesync's help
gave the solution
one of the first time ever windows help help'd me
It was in the help file?
I swear, I read that file five times...
Desperate for a solution...
Oh well.. At least I've got it now..
I had to perform a hard reset today after installing a crap piece of software, however now it will not allow me to restore my last backup, it gives a message to say that it was created on a different device but it wasnt?
Please someone help, I need my data back
choose the same reginal settings as in timezone as you did before thats teh typical reason behind the issues you have
Thankyou so much, it works
I will be unbelivably grateful if anyone could help me solve this problem I have with my XDA II
Basically few weeks ago I did a full backup of my XDA II using MS ActiveSync 3.8. (At this point I should mention my XDA II has been upgraded to WM2003SE although it has been backed up SINCE i did this not before i did this)
Anyway I have a small fault with my XDA II which i can't afford to get repaired right now in that the backup battery doesn't work. So when the backup battery dies i loose everything which is what has just happened.
Now however when i try to do a restore of my device ActiveSync keeps telling me that i have a 'Device Mismatch' and that
"Restore cannot be completed successfully. The selected backup file was created from a different type of mobile device."
Now I have tried using the restore function and that file on two different computers and both give me the same error. Is there any otherway of making ActiveSync....or another program restore this information to my XDA II I dont want to have to spend hours getting everything set up again.
(sensibly I do have a backup of my contacts list I did using XBackup on my SD card so at least ive not lost those!)
well thats possible
ok my device says that all the time cos of setting local setting
as on startup its on USA and i use it on local settings portuguese
will try to find out if you dont have it in that setting on the backup
change to your country and try a restore
tell me if it worked
more expecific
go to setting then system then regional settings
change that for your country and retry restore with a guest account
and if all that failed
use this prog at least you will get some of it restored
It worked!
Ahhh thanks so much for your help!
It worked, guess when I had backed up i'd set the regional settings to English (United Kingdon) as soon as I changed that back it let me do the restore....I would never have thought to check that on my own, very bizzare.
Thank you again for your help, much appreciated!
thats what this is all about
you are wellcome
and now you know can help others too
Flashed S100 with Imate rom ... made backup before flashing...
Flash was ok ... phone is working fine .. but.... now when i try to put backup file again in phone Active Synch always give me error it says backup file is not compatible with that kind of mobile phone???????????
Anyone can help????? i´m about to lose all my contacts etc etc etc
very very urgent...
Where's the problem? When you sync again you get all your contacts back. You can't restore an S100 backup to an iMate device, they may have the same base (HTC magician) but the firmware is very different. So the restore wont work. Time to reinstall the programs.
Why did you do that after all???
I did that in order to change language imate rom has portuguese....
so now i have to flash again to S100 and restore backup.... any other way to make backup ??? like backup everything to memory card???
Private-Cowboy,
what is differend between 2 firmware?
Wich is the better one? (i've go ti-mate Jam)
You can't restore your backup to a different language... ??....???? Am I right??
Or just change the country settings on your device.
getting desperated here.....
i can´t make restore ... anyone that can help????? i only need contacts from file......
can i open the file with other program???
just an idea.. why not reflash your old firmware back then do a restore.. then use a different backup program like sprite.. then reflash the new firmware again.. i think its worth a try if you got no other options
Already tryed with old firmware ..... same error????? i hate windows ...
gggrrrr shoud have used Xbackup software in phone.... stupid me..
any other solution guys????
Is there any program which can backup the settings I have in my Polaris. When I use new ROM I also lose all the settings I have previously made. Thank you for your help.
I've heard that is possible to extract the settings to .cab package and re-use them after ROM flash, but I don't know how to achieve that. Any ideas from the masters?