Database Users

Where are the contacts stored on the phone?

Just wanting to know the location of where the contacts are stored when theyre on the phone?
For example, the text messages are stored in Windows > Messaging.
Thanks

Where are the contacts stored
all PIM data (contacts, appointments, tasks) are stored in the file 'pim.vol' which is located in the root entry.
Wolfgang

How to Manually Backup your Contacts, Appointments and Task or the PIM in WM2005?
Look here:
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=45

you also can use Sunnysoft Backup Manager to save all your data. You only have to rename the pim.vol to something else before restoring the data.
Wolfgang

presumably cemail.vol is the mail, will this work as well?
Flubster

Flubster,
if you can copy the file to another place it should work also.
Wolfgang

Just to say cemail.vol cannot be copied via file manager, resco file manager or windows. Any other way to get this file?
Flubster

OK, I wanted to backup the SMS's which was the main reason I wanted to backup the cemail.vol file. In the end I used the BackupSMS from a dopod WM2005 extended ROM and that worked fine
Flubster

SMS backup

Hi all,
I know this is a repeated and common problem, but I have to post this anyway.
this is the 3rd time that my Messaging in my wizard stops working for know clear reason, I can't read incoming sms, I can't send sms anymore.
I need to backup my sms file because it contains very important information, but cemail.vol can't be copied to another location...
What to do please???????????
Mohammad

use a backup program such as spb backup
and all the mails and sms are actually sotred under \windows\messaging as *.mpb files.
Those you can copy and rename as eml for mails or txt for sms.
the databases in cemail.vol is made up of pointers to these files
I found this quite by chance following a post of mine that never got any answer

Is it possible to backup only SMS's and not emails???
SPB Backup doesn't provide an option to backup specific Messaging Accounts

A utility to backup SMS ?

Hi,
sorry if it is not the right place for this but do you know any application that is able to backup the SMS messages from our Windows Mobile 5 (or 6) to a file (like a CSV, HTML etc...)
Thank you

You should habe a look at PIM Backup Link. AFAIK it has the chance to backup to a text file.

Thank you for your answer.
Unfortunately, PIMBackup doesnt provide me a way to read my SMS easily when I am not connected to my WM5.
It is a PIB file (zip file) with a CSL file that is not easily readable
If you know other application, please let me know

I just read this from his homepage:
"There are two kinds of backups. The binary based backup has been implemented in order to have a backup/restore process which is fast and more reliable, the disadvantage being that the backup contents cannot be easily modified or viewed.
The text based backup has been implemented in order to see/edit the contents on a pc for instance."
I think you should just select the text based backup and you have want you want. I just installed it at my girlfriends device, but never played with the options.

SMS export in CVS file readable in Excel or other

Hi,
After searching on the forum for any soft that would be able to do this, I'm posting this thread.
I'm looking for a tool that would allow me to export all my SMS in a text file (cvs or other) that can be easily modified, read, stored. Additionaly, I'd like to be able with that tool to import such a file.
reason is that I'd like to keep my SMS readable for ever, but also that I would be able to import on my Hermes the SMS from my SE K800i (for which I've got a tool to export in readable text format)
Thanks for your help

Jeyo Mobile Extender ought to do the trick.. you can download yr sms into outlook and export it to CSV format.. Cheerios

and can I do it the other way around ?
Reimport it from a CVS in outlook ?

yup. c'est possible!

Ca c'est cool
I'll try it
thanks again

karld said:
I'm looking for a tool that would allow me to export all my SMS in a text file (cvs or other) that can be easily modified, read, stored. Additionaly, I'd like to be able with that tool to import such a file.
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Another possibility (if you don't use Outlook, or don't want to use ActiveSync for this, or want it to happen automatically on the phone without needing to be docked) is PPC Pim Backup (also discussed here http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/299705/).
If you want a csv text file output, be sure to turn off the "Binary backup (faster)" option. The resulting file will be called <filename>.pib which you can rename to <filename>.zip and open. Inside will be a file called msgs_<date>.csm, which is a readable/editable csv file.
HTH. HAND. Cheers.
Addendum: Oh, and if you create a file called msgs_<date>.csm and zip it up into a file called <name>.pib, then you can restore (import) the messages back in too. When restoring, there is an option to either delete existing messages before import, or to just add imported messages.

I indeed already tried that one (that I run on a daily basis), but the format of the CVS file is not really correct. Some messages a spread on multiple lines if they contains carriage returns for example.
And also the message is most of the time on multiple lines, which makes it difficult to re-organise it and/or to create a file for import

brownianmotion said:
Another possibility (if you don't use Outlook, or don't want to use ActiveSync for this, or want it to happen automatically on the phone without needing to be docked) is PPC Pim Backup (also discussed here http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/299705/).
If you want a csv text file output, be sure to turn off the "Binary backup (faster)" option. The resulting file will be called <filename>.pib which you can rename to <filename>.zip and open. Inside will be a file called msgs_<date>.csm, which is a readable/editable csv file.
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Not for the letest version 2.8

Backup/Restore SMS

is there an app that i can install on my phone that backups SMS messages only, i dont need to back up anything else...i read that these messages are stored in PIM.VOL, so is there an app that extract the messages from it and save it, so i can restore it again if i have to?
i want a permanent free solution, so no shareware
btw, i have a tmobile wing wm6.1
AND I DONT USE OUTLOOK

Marth said:
is there an app that i can install on my phone that backups SMS messages only, i dont need to back up anything else...i read that these messages are stored in PIM.VOL, so is there an app that extract the messages from it and save it, so i can restore it again if i have to?
i want a permanent free solution, so no shareware
btw, i have a tmobile wing wm6.1
AND I DONT USE OUTLOOK
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Try PIM Backup. It's free and do the job. Besides it can backup many other things such as contacts, appointments, task, ...

I'm using Pim Backup and for some reason it won't open the .pib files it creates to back up my phone info. The website says you are supposed to be able to open the .pib file with Winzip (yeah right). Am I the only one going through this?

pickpocket said:
I'm using Pim Backup and for some reason it won't open the .pib files it creates to back up my phone info. The website says you are supposed to be able to open the .pib file with Winzip (yeah right). Am I the only one going through this?
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The file may be corrupted during the creation process. Did you tried on multiple files or just one. It never happens to me.

If PIM doesn't work, there is an app called Jeyo mobile extender and companion that will work. But it's not free though.