I have an AT&T tilt 2 and I had an AT&T tilt prior to this. The tilt came with Sprite backup software for free that would take a backup and then let me install an app and if I did not like it restore from the backup and the application was completely uninstalled. This was great for testing out software.
Now the Tilt 2 did not come with the sprite software. I went out and paid for the Sprite software but when I tried to do a restore the application that I installed was still there.
Does anyone know of a good backup software that would act like the old sprite software did and reset all of the settings, more like a snapshot of the phone when you back it up? Free would be better.
dzbad said:
I have an AT&T tilt 2 and I had an AT&T tilt prior to this. The tilt came with Sprite backup software for free that would take a backup and then let me install an app and if I did not like it restore from the backup and the application was completely uninstalled. This was great for testing out software.
Now the Tilt 2 did not come with the sprite software. I went out and paid for the Sprite software but when I tried to do a restore the application that I installed was still there.
Does anyone know of a good backup software that would act like the old sprite software did and reset all of the settings, more like a snapshot of the phone when you back it up? Free would be better.
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If you are doing your backups to the SD card, then just hard reset, reinstall Sprite, and then restore.
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This is my first post and I must say that I'm totally impressed with the works of the guys here at this forum.
A couple of questions come to mind though before making that plunge to join in on the Windows Mobile 2005 bandwagon...
1. What is the best software (if any) to use to make a full device backup (including games, contacts, etc)
2. Is there a program that does an image of any XDA device (kinda like Norton Ghost) so that reverts can be done easily?
3. If there is no way to backup the device 100%, is there a way to save game progress (like bejeweled) so that when I upgrade to WM2005 and do a fresh install of games my game progress will be just when I left it?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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I did some digging and eventually came to Sprite software's backup program.
After reading the reviews, it seems that this is the best program to have. Any of you guys tried this one yet? Any feedbacks?
Here's the company's URL: http://www.spritesoftware.com/en/index.htm
the best way to backup is to use activesync and then reinstall everything you need...
Otherwise you'll run into problems..
buzz
Thanks.
Quick question though, What about my game files (im playing bejeweled and am at level 138 - endless mode) will these also be backed up via Activesync?
What is the best one out there for the wizard? Or any that are free would be great to.
Thanks in advance
no idea about best, or free for that matter!
but i'm using Sprite, its about £15 / €25 / $30 and worth every penny IMO - used to use the old one with ppc2003 all the time.
www.sunnysoft.com
The best. Works Great in WM5. All that you need for backups...
I've been using SPB Backup for a couple of weeks based on friends' recommendations. Seems to work beautifully. Only takes a few minutes to back up the entire machine (I have a T-Mobile MDA -- HTC Wizard variant -- wiza200) running 2.17 custom ROM courtesy of xelencin.
Very convenient: I use it to back up EVERYTHING periodically, generally after each new app install. It creates exe's, and I have it saving them to my miniSD card. If my system gets messed up (within reason), I can simply run one of the exe's on the miniSD card, and it will restore the apps, settings, data, etc. in a few mins. Very convenient, works well.
Thanks everyone I'm using the Spb trail version now, I did use Sprite, for my MPx220 and I didn't really like how it handled the sms's I had. Hopefully this works out fine?
canadian student said:
Thanks everyone I'm using the Spb trail version now, I did use Sprite, for my MPx220 and I didn't really like how it handled the sms's I had. Hopefully this works out fine?
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The achillies heel of Spb (unless they changed the functionality) is the ability to restore single files, folders, what-have-you when you are away from your PC. There are many times I have had to restore an accidently deleted or corrupted file and Sprite allowed me to do that away from my PC. From everything I have read thusfar about Spb you can selectively choose individual files and folders to backup but cannot restore them unless connected to your PC.
That feature and the ability to restore data after an ROM upgrade make Sprite the backup application of choice (IMHO).
Hello,
as there were news about a ROM upgrade coming up for the Blackstone in Asia and as we are getting the first wonderfull kitchen ROMs I wonder if there is a way to store settings and data (e.g. Exchange Server configuration, etc.) with a tool like Sprite Backup, which was shipped with the Touch Diamond but obviously not with the Touch HD (at least not with mine).
Are there any tools available? Or is there a chance to download this tool from the HTC website?
Eriol
No sprite with my phone either.
Thats terrible. The backup software (be it SPB or Sprite) is the foundation of a PDA phone.
I checked on HTC Club, the hot fix (for numerous taps) is the only hot fix.
I had a search and couldn't see anything relevant...
I just updated to the latest UK generic firmware and I'm having a bit of a strange problem. The phone will gradually slow to a halt, it mainly affects the start bar at the top and the soft keys at the bottom. For instance, at first I can get into the Start menu with no problems, then after opening and closing a few windows the start menu will take a couple of seconds to appear, then it'll just highlight but not open at all. Strangely enough the backlight will still dim but doesn't switch off as it's set to. At the moment I'm getting a few minutes of usability out of it before it freezes up.
Installed at the moment I have:
SPB Time
SPB Phone Suite
SPB Backup
Chartcross GPS Test
XperiaTweak
Advanced Config
Batti
Facebook panel
Total Commander
I used XperiaTweak to put the glyph cache up to 32768 and filesystem cache up to 8192, I have put them down to 8192 and 4096 but it hasn't made any difference. Other than that I haven't made any changes that I can think of.
I'm hoping that you clever people on here can spot what I'm doing wrong! (which hopefully won't involve a hard reset because I've just managed to get the GPS working for the first time!)
mine is slow after update too. everytime I hit settings, the phone hangs.
Strange
I'm on latest and have mostly the same stuff except or the SPB stuff. I havn't really got any GUI customisations excep HomeScreen++ and it all seems to work perfectly. Doesn't hang on me, runs pretty snappy, no problems really. I'd say try without the SPB stuff.
my problem ended being the sprite backup... sigh.... Sprite never worked that great on my Kaiser either.
mrbkkt1 said:
my problem ended being the sprite backup... sigh.... Sprite never worked that great on my Kaiser either.
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Sprite did a hard reset after I used it! then I switched to SPB backup and it works well.
I don't have hanging problem with R2A(Generic_SE) and i think it works better than R1A and very faster.
Which is better for backup? Sprite or SPB Backup?
I have read a couple of bad things about Sprite but not SPB.
SPB Backup for sure! work flowlessly on my HD (and previous PDAs). Sprite still yields errors and warnings (in the past it could not handle several (rare) file types)
Do some searching first. Been discussed on numerous phones.
Also a lot of reviews are available.
Very subjective thread. Previous poster is shouting SPB Backup. I prefer Sprite Backup so you can't say which is best.
On top of that you can get a trial of all the backup programs to test them yourself.
I agree I own both and prefer sprite to spb.