i dont know if there is anyone who can assist but i have low emory and cant get my contacts to open due to an error with my downloaded app for pocket cm please advise and if anyone can post a kindergarden version of how to backup my phone and do a flash so that i can put a new rom on it for touch-it i would greatly appreciate it....
what you do is to get pim backup (freeware)
follow the prompt pretty easy to follow (it should save it to the storage card automatically)
it saves your messages n contacts any pictures and videos you will have to active sync your phone
flash your phone and rerun the pim backup and click on restore
then click on the the backup file and you should be good to go
you make it sound so easy i guess i will have to wait until i get with someone who can do it for me i am pretty savvy with comp but that all sounds like chinese to me...
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I just upgraded to the latest ROM's supplied by O2 (3.17.03), and now active sync says my backup was made with the wrong version of software.
Is there any way to get the data back on to my XDA? In particular my contacts, as they will be the hardest to replace?
If not, is it possible to go back to the old ROM? (the radio ROM upgrade warned not to downgrade roms)
ActiveSync backup can be only restored to the same ROM. The best way to backup contacts is to use Outlook. Yes, you can flash your ROM back to the previous version, restore the contacts, backup them to Outlook, flash the new ROM then sync with Outlook to get the contacts list
there ma ybe another way
So i was about to download the old ROM updates from http://www.sourceo2.com/O2_Developers/Devices/O2_Xda/xda_ROM_Archive.htm
When i read the readme on that page. It says that active sync can only restore to a device with exactly the same partnership/device ID. It says you must delete the existing partnership and recreate it.
So i have done that, and a resotre is currently in progress (restoring a full backup from an old rom, to the new rom version of my walaby).
I will post back in 10 minutes when it has finished to let everyone know what has/hasnt been restored.
check for reginal settings.
In case it was changes to customize your device before upgrage - change them now from default.
it is not recommended to restore after ROM upgrade, tho...
restore not reccomended
I suppose i can understand why, but in any case i dont use outlook. So i cant see me having much choice...
Btw, does anyone know of software to sync the XDA to mozilla (preferable under linux too!)
backup to SD card
Out of curiosity, the pdf i read regarding the upgrade said you can back up to a SD card too.
Is this any different to backing up via ActiveSync? Is it any less risky to restore such a backup after an upgrade?
Up to my information, it has the same issue ... SD backup can't be restored to a different ROM version.
http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/
sync with
evolution
cynce
Looks good... anyone tried to sync with Mozilla Thunderbird??
Restore worked
So the restore seems to have worked... kind of...
The thing runs, but the old sms messages are only in the index, and i cant seem to delete them or view them.
The new programs from the upgrade dont seem to be here, though they could be lying around in a folder somwhere i havent looked.
My Fiitaly install works, though the input method occasinaly tries to be the transcriber even though it shouldnt be.
All in all, its usable, but when i have time i will be finding a copy of outlook just to back up the contacts and then flashing the ROM again and installing everything else again.
A note to anyone else who might be trying the same thing, all your notes etc can be backed up just by activesync synchronising your XDA mydocuments with a sub-folder of your pc's mydocuments. Then hopefully outlook can do the contacts and appointments. Dunno what you'd have to do if you wanted to save your sms messages or call log or anything
Results
Well, instead od studying for my exams (yup, just like me to do this) I installed Outlook, synchronised the XDA, flashed it again, synchronised it again, installed my software and it seems to be pretty good!
Lost my sms messages, but thats no problem to me.
2 things that are odd:
I had to add a shortcut to notes.exe in the start menu because it didnt exist
Also, i cannot create new accounts, ie gprs email ones. Of course, this would only be useful if the new ROM supports encrypted IMAP connections. Does it? Is there a free (or maybe cheap) third party solution that does?
Hi there
I am planning to to flash the hard SPL followed by Duttys ROM for the firt time so can someone explain the easiest and foolproof way to backup everythingfiles,photos,videos). I have tried to download Pim backup 2.8 but when i try to install from Total comander nothing happens.
Any help appreciated
PIMBackup should be a cab and all you need to do is double click is from your device (I think but its been a long time since I installed it as it remains on my SD).
Not sure there is a best answer.
Myself I use Pimback up of SMS and call logs.
Outlook for contacts and calendar.
Pics are sent to SD card so I always have them.
E-mail I use on my PC and not on my devices so I don't have that problem.
There are a few backup applications (SPB, Sprite) that allow you to restore after a rom flash. My theory is a new rom will have new seetings, reg keys and files, so I don't like the idea of restoring stuff I don't understamd.
Thus I go for the data only and flash clean.
It helps that I use Sashimi to reinstall my apps thus its prity much automamted.
Hope that helps
I was tinkering around with the NFSFAN's V10 in the configuration setting and then it did a soft reset but now the touch function is not working so I cannot enter my password to begin using the phone....Is there anyway for me to retrieve the contacts and calender and texts on my phone without having to delete everything? Or any program out there that can extract the data even though my phone is currently locked?
I have the V16 which I have yet to install....
Any help will be greatly appreciated...Thanks
Also forgive me if this sounds as a stupid q...but my touch is with bell and is there any way to get the wifi going? Probably not I figure heheh?
Also is there a way I can send and receive files such as pictures with bell like an MMS file...thanks
mukan24 said:
I was tinkering around with the NFSFAN's V10 in the configuration setting and then it did a soft reset but now the touch function is not working so I cannot enter my password to begin using the phone....Is there anyway for me to retrieve the contacts and calender and texts on my phone without having to delete everything? Or any program out there that can extract the data even though my phone is currently locked?
I have the V16 which I have yet to install....
Any help will be greatly appreciated...Thanks
Also forgive me if this sounds as a stupid q...but my touch is with bell and is there any way to get the wifi going? Probably not I figure heheh?
Also is there a way I can send and receive files such as pictures with bell like an MMS file...thanks
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hey why dont you try plugging the phone into a computer and see if activesync works you should be able to get your contacts at least, but i am not sure. good luck
I can't get activesync to work...Only my sd card shows up...Also what program is best to use to transfer the contacts...Outlook express?
Ok I got it to sync after doing a hard reset but activesync says I don't have permission to access the files...Is the pim.vol all I need or do I also need the cemail.vol? As I don't have permission to copy the later....Lastly are the notes also saved in pim.vol or are they separate?
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Ok I got it to sync after doing a hard reset but activesync says I don't have permission to access the files...Is the pim.vol all I need or do I also need the cemail.vol? As I don't have permission to copy the later....Lastly are the notes also saved in pim.vol or are they separate?
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pim.vol should be your contacts not sure about cemail.vol(sounds like email to me idk)
Ok so I flashed to the latest stock rom from HTC...but the tapping on the screen is very bad...Some things are unresponsive and other things I have to press down really hard and It's really slow...Did I screw something up here? It was hard for me to get past the initial setup where I had to align the screen....
Also I am confused on the radio thing...What is the best one to get right now? And do I really need to install it with a 2Gb microSD? I have a 4gb
I ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｒｕｎｎｉｎｇ ｄ－ｔｗｏ＇ｓ rom for a while now and it is working great for me. Last night I tried to connect to live messenger and it went a bit crazy. Now it will only get to the today screen and then it hangs. I am looking around the site for a solution but I just wanted to ask here as well..
I know a hard reset will get me going again, problem is some text messages from last night that I really really dont want to lose.
I think it may be relatedto xpuscaler, but I dont really know. Activesync will not connect
The ideas I think may help me are:
1. can i use something like tty to get into the machine and either take the sms and contacts file or remove xpuscaler from the startup?
2. Can i use the clean registry without the format storage option from the hard reset menu? would this destroy my contacts and sms?
Please help
sim cards can store messages and as far as i know windows mobile (2k2 & 2k3) saves contacts to the sim card. check it in another phone if the stuff is stored there and if it is HR or reflash your unit.
1. as far as i know, there is no way to access files or folders remotely unless the device is fully booted, so, no mtty, no accessing in bootloader mode
2. yes you can use that option, that is a pretty good idea actually, because while the registry might contain startup information, it does not contain your sms or contacts.
another thing is, always keep your contacts synced, so they can never be the issue, and for sms, i recommend either to sync them too, or regularly make a backup with pimbackup, of course, this advise does not help you right now, but it might avoid issues like this in the future. since we are not carrying around normal phones like nokia, SE, ... and play around with custom roms, we must always be ready to perform a hard reset.
but back to the topic, unfortunately, the BA offers no "Safe Mode", as known of windows pcs, so avoiding the startup. you can try tricking the BA to do something else first, if the registry clearing does not work, you could put an extrom to your SD card and maybe the extrom startup will be first. maybe an extrom containing the same or a newer version of xcpuscalar will uninstall the current version and install the new version with the standard settings, and since the extrom shuts down everything else, it might just work.
and kind as i am, i actually built an extrom for you, just unzip and copy to the sd card, if it does not work, rename the folder from EXTROM to 2577 and it will work.
here you have the download link, it's pretty small: http://rapidshare.com/files/335389705/EXTROM.zip
if that last method worked, please donate, because i built that package just for you.
Thanks Chef,
I am having a go with your extrom now..
In the time since last post I have been able to get it working at the today screen but nothing will load.. maybe 520mhz made the processor die? have been running at full speed for a few weeks now..
You are right about the backup, I usually have pimbackup automated to backup to my sd everyday, but I hadnt got around to it since I installed this ROM. Typical luck! I wouldnt really care but I have some important sms that I need to recover..
@ares93 unfortunatly I dont save to my sim card as I have too many contacts to do that. And I dont think my sim could store my four years of sms that I seem to still have...
Will post more as it goes...
Well unfortunately the extrom didnt help so I bit the bullet and did a registry clean from the hard reset menu. It now boots and I have removed lots of apps to try to get rid of any clashes.. at the moment It appears to be completely normal until you try to run anything. mshome is working smoothly, the start menu is working, some settings panels will load, but I cant get it to run anything..
anyone seen this before?
Does anyone know if i can take a complete image of the device at this state and restore it later after i start really messing with things
Does anyone know if i can take a copy of the files on it and just restore the entire sms database after a hard reset?
I will think about how I can donate, its about time i did...
In the end a hard reset didnt work, so I reflashed and its all running smooth, lost some important documents, but it was all i could do.
lesson learned, remember to schedule back ups for everyday to sd
that's what i was talking about, pimbackup is great for that, you can find it here: http://www.dotfred.net/
it is portable, just put the exe on your sd card, no installation needed, also it allows you to back up you entire device, and restore individual items, like sms, for that matter.
if you want to make a full backup that would completely restore your device after a hard reset, with all settings, programs...
you should try SPB backup. there is a trial version at http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/backup/ that lasts for 14 days, that should be enough for your matters now. the only thing you need to know about spb backup is: you cannot restore a backup on another rom because it also saves the entire windows folder and that varies from rom to rom.
pimbackup, however can make universal backups that can be restored on other roms, other windows mobile versions from wm2003 to wm6.5.3, even other windows mobile based devices.
Hello guys, im looking for someone who can help me really.
I need someone who have already installed Windows Mobile Device Emulator and know how to work with it..
Because i try several hours and i cannot set up and understand it.
Here is the problem.
I change my device with Android one.. and i did some S off etc Updating ROM`s and etc and all my contacts was removed around 300 contacts from the SIM card.
SO i don`t have from where ot get them back But...
The good news still is that befor when i was with WinMo i use Pimbackup and i did a PimBackup.pib file...
So what is the point..
Now if someone want to help me its a job for a minute.
Just to run the PimBackup on the virtual machine and to restore the contacts from the pib file that i will provide.
After the contacts are restored the person need to do a back up again
but this time not binary one just plain Backup hen PIB can be changed to zip, and csv files from zip can be upload to gmail contacts.
Please!!!
Really thankfull.