Need help. I`m going crazy for last 3 months!!! Needed to send my S100 for repair and did a backup. when got it back and tried to restore backup.stg file goes almost until the end, but.... then does not load 4 dll and some databases that I think are from from the outlook. I have set the Regional Settings as previously, but does not work. The fact is that I have everything back except all my telephone numbers and outlook contacts that I have collected for the last 3 years!!!
NEED HELP!!! Thank anybody!! :idea: ??
You shouldn't use ActiveSync for backup (often problems with restore), use SpriteBackup.
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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.
ym
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 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
Hi all,
got a QTEK S110, which is great. Recently done a backup, but when I then tried after a hard reset to restore, it could not, as it said it was for a different device!?!?!
Now I know this is not the case, so does anyone have any ideas what I can do.
I have also done a bit of messing about, and done different backups of my newly reset pda. This time it allows me to restore, but then stops and says some files could not be copied, because they could be in use, and to make sure all programs are shut. The only one open is Activesync, which I then shut And it says that it is all finished, but all my contacts along with other stuff has not been restored.
Activesync seems to be a bit lame. Is there another program I can use to restore the activesync backups?
Nick B
Hi Nick !
Had the same problem restoring with activesync. The backup i made was with country setting to "German - Austria" but the default after hard resetting the qtek is different so activesync quits restoring.
Solution:
After resetting your qtek set the country setting (Start/Settings/System/Country Settings) to the country you had set while you made the backup. The try the restore with activesync.
Good Luck,
Gerhard
Contacts & Calendar are somewhat problematic with backups. Next time use Sprite or another third-party product for backup/restore.
Now to solve the open programs try to boot in safemode. There are several programs to achieve this. I believe sbp pocket plus is one of them. Also you can try to empty the windows\startup folder. Just move the shortcuts somewhere else, especially poutlook.lnk is a suspicious one. I must say I never tried this myself when I had simular probs, at that time I didn't knew to much of the PPC.
Last resort try to synchronize with your desktop, this should give you the contacts & calendar data, which I think is most important at the moment. The other data will come from your AS backup.
Regards, M
Hi all,
First time poster, so go easy on me :wink:
I got a MDA Vario on T-Mobile here in the UK, just over a week ago. All in all, its been great, but after a few problems with it not receiving calls etc I need to get a replacement.
As such, I would like to backup the setting, pictures, messages, contacts etc from the current MDA Vario, so i can restore them to the replacement MDA Vario I get.
So can someone help? and tell me how this can be done?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Shaiboy_UK
SPB Backup seems pretty good, and you can use it 5 times in trial mode without having to pay for it. Don't forget to backup to a memory card or copy it to your PC!
I've not tried to restore from a backup yet, but I gather the output file it creates is an executable that will run the whole restore task for you. You can also use a PC program to retreive specific files & data directly from the backup file.
By the way, does anyone know how easy it is to restore such a backup after you've upgraded your ROM? Or would there be so many differences in the Registry, etc that you'd just have to re-install everything from scratch?
Andre
Hi there.
First, I don't know if this is the right place to open this thread, so if it isn't I apologise...
I'm having a slight problem in my wizard... a few days ago, I accidentaly erased some sms's I wans't supposed to, so I went to the Deleted Items folder, and copied the sms I wanted to save... in the meantime I recieved 3 more sms's...
I go to my inbox, and I can't see those... but I keep with the "warning" I have 3 new sms's, or SMS/MMS: 3 Unread, if you prefer...
after that I recieved lot's more sms's and they all appear like SMS/MMS: 4(or 5 or 6 it depends)...
I allready tried to reset the wizard, but it didn't work... is there anything I can do, besides hard-reseting or installing a new ROM ?
I use the ROM WM6.1 CLEAN & FAST from JvdSpank.
Thanks
Ok, problem solved.
I did a backup with PIMbackup, erased all sms's and then restored them... it worked...
sorry for any inconvenience.
thanks