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Backup Device Info

Is there any way to backup the device info such as contacts, SMS, MMS, Email etc. and then restore it back to device.
I plan eventual ROM upgrade and i was interested in keeping my data.

osavioro said:
Is there any way to backup the device info such as contacts, SMS, MMS, Email etc. and then restore it back to device.
I plan eventual ROM upgrade and i was interested in keeping my data.
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Most of the Data (contacts, appointments, email) should be "backed" in your Outlook ...
And you should google for SPB Backup.

Thanks saminegm.
I have SPB backup now. Is it 100% safe to use. Does it preserve the infornmation ... anybody have comments ?
P.S. I was wondering whether it can backup settings like Data Connectivity, GPRS & MMS settings, Messenger e.t.c.

what you want is PIM Backup

SPB Backup backs up the entire PDA, i use it on my Alpine and backup to an SD card, from a hard reset i can then restore the Alpine to exactly the way it was before the reset.

Sprite Backup claims to work after a ROM upgrade but I have never tried that feature.

Thanks alot for Your answers.

deedee said:
SPB Backup backs up the entire PDA, i use it on my Alpine and backup to an SD card, from a hard reset i can then restore the Alpine to exactly the way it was before the reset.
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SPB backup whole device and cna restore whole device on the SAME ROM. Is is not advisable to restore a full backup made over a different rom. So, you can use SPB but doing a customized backup of just your pim data or you can use PIM Backup, or just use outlook + activesync to do the same.
I agree that PIM Backup 2.5 is the best solution, except for notes that you can backup manually coping files on you sd card.
Ciao

Backup?

Hi, everyone. I am tired of installing all the stuff to the phone every time i hard reset it. Is there a program that does a full backup? I want to hard reset it, run the backup program and have all the things working. Regardless if they are installed on the phone or on he memory stick.
Is spb backup well suited for the job. Remember i want everything to work.

Hi
What about the SPB backup ?
It cost a little, but it deserve it .

i prefer sprite backup

Spb backup is what I use...
It creates an executable backup file.
So after you hard reset, just run the backup. Nothing to re-install!
I always make a backup before I install any new apps!!
Stuart

Does Spb backup backs up messages and contacts?
or does it only backs up programs?

Spb will backup everything from contact, sms.... to anything/everything on your storage card!
Stuart

scl_electronics said:
Spb will backup everything from contact, sms.... to anything/everything on your storage card!
Stuart
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OK, thanks, i'm going to give it a try .

flext said:
i prefer sprite backup
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That one seems also great and profi.

i also recommend spb back-up

I think Resco Backup is the most complete backup / restore software, but as it's a new challenger in Windows Mobile, they still have some small issues. For me everything works except the SMS / MMS restore, which I backup / restore temporary with PIM Backup 4.8 (which is a freeware).

I have made a backup with SPB from R1 Generic_UK ROM and I'm trying to use the backup file for the R2 Generic_UK ROM.
After restoring I got the error message:
"MainWnd.cpp 198
Unable connect to server"
Any solution?

I had problems with spb backup as well. mine did install, but i ended up with flickering screen and as soon as I clicked on settings the phone froze, so i had to take the battery out. I have been reinstalling and resetting everything for the past 4 hours.

You need to remember, If you are updating your rom...
This is essentially putting an new version of the OS your Xperia!!
So the Only items you want to restore is Databases(contacts, datebook, sms...etc) and Data(my docs area)
You do not want to restore system files or registry!!!
This will conflict with the new ROM!!!
So You after you restore only the Data.... You need to re-install apps!!!
hth,
Stuart
btw, when you run your current SPB Backup file. It will give you the option of a full retore or choosing what you want to re-Install (selective restore)....stu

I recommend SPB Backup. I use it to restore my phone about 3 times and it works great.
Features I like:
- Very fast backup and restore!
- Backups *everything*, stand-alone restorer.
- Can compress the backup.
- Can choose what to backup/restore.
- And the best thing: SPB Backup Sync! It's basically an application like the Active Sync program on your PC. You can configure it to make backups everytime you sync and copy them to your PC automatically. Works great.

Myself had trouble with it, and I did try the Pim backup, small software perhaps do not backup all the programs, but, back-up, contacts and differents folders

orelsi said:
Hi, everyone. I am tired of installing all the stuff to the phone every time i hard reset it. Is there a program that does a full backup? I want to hard reset it, run the backup program and have all the things working. Regardless if they are installed on the phone or on he memory stick.
Is spb backup well suited for the job. Remember i want everything to work.
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I test drove a few of the backup programs out there a while back and posted my fave two here: http://xperiancer.blogspot.com/2009/01/data-backup-be-prepared.html
I recently was notified of HTC Backup utility - a free utility, as well as the new version of Resco Backup which is supposedly better than SPB Backup. I will be checking them out in the next day or so and posting more at the blog.

What about a restore after a firmware update. Will it work?

orelsi said:
What about a restore after a firmware update. Will it work?
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I prefer to just backup pim.vol, cemail.vol, the weather database and a few other files. Then just let the new ROM run and install everything I want and put the backup files in play. It's fast and automatic. No fuss and it's all built in.

sprite backup does the same as spb backup,it has all the same features but i found it does not give me half as many errors as spb

How to do full backup and restore?

Hi,
I'm looking for a solution for backing up my HD2.
What I need is to be able to fully backup and then restore the current snapshot of files, applications, registry, pim data, etc. So I'd like to have the same data on my PDA after restore like it was at the time of the backup. For each and every bit
I know there is SPB Backup and Sprite and other stuff. I'm just not sure, they backup and restore ALL data there is on my machine. Is there sth like an image creator for WM like there is Norton Ghost and True Image for Windows PC?
Thx,
Bruce

I use Sprite Backup which has from the main screen 5 options.
1. Backup ~ which performs a one step backup of your device including the files you mention.
2. Restore ~ which restores your device to a known configuration.
3. Custom Backup ~ which allows you to break the backup down from areas:-
Pocket PC
PIM (inc sub sections)
Mail (inc sub sections)
My Documents (inc sub sections)
System Data (inc sub sections)
Storage Card (inc sub sections - basically the entire card)
4. Schedule ~ which performs a scheduled backup.
5. Options ~ Modifies Backup & Restore settings.
Just backup to your storage card and when the time comes to restore simply load the backup file.... no need to first re-install Sprite.

Beards said:
I use Sprite Backup which has from the main screen 5 options.
1. Backup ~ which performs a one step backup of your device including the files you mention.
2. Restore ~ which restores your device to a known configuration.
3. Custom Backup ~ which allows you to break the backup down from areas:-
Pocket PC
PIM (inc sub sections)
Mail (inc sub sections)
My Documents (inc sub sections)
System Data (inc sub sections)
Storage Card (inc sub sections - basically the entire card)
4. Schedule ~ which performs a scheduled backup.
5. Options ~ Modifies Backup & Restore settings.
Just backup to your storage card and when the time comes to restore simply load the backup file.... no need to first re-install Sprite.
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Well, I have tried SpritaBackup for ROM Upgrade and tried all avaliable methods.
None of them restored the Contacts and the Calendar data.
Other Overwritten the MultyLanguage support files which caused the MUI to act in unexpected ways.
I dont really know if there is any reliable backup software out there . . .

Som30ne said:
Well, I have tried SpritaBackup for ROM Upgrade and tried all avaliable methods.
None of them restored the Contacts and the Calendar data.
Other Overwritten the MultyLanguage support files which caused the MUI to act in unexpected ways.
I dont really know if there is any reliable backup software out there . . .
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I have not tried it from a ROM upgrade but from a normal Hard reset I can restore all my data with Sprite.
It would rather be a pointless piece of software if it did not restore your contacts and calendar don't you think.

Beards said:
I have not tried it from a ROM upgrade but from a normal Hard reset I can restore all my data with Sprite.
It would rather be a pointless piece of software if it did not restore your contacts and calendar don't you think.
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It probably is . . .
Thankfully I had it sync'ed with outlook, so I didnt lose anything,
but - I was VERY disappointed.

After ROM upgrade you don't want full restore. That would overwrite possibly new registry entries and files, undoing partially ROM upgrade.
You only want to restore all what you have installed and changed. AFAIK there is no way to do that.

Som30ne said:
It probably is . . .
Thankfully I had it sync'ed with outlook, so I didnt lose anything,
but - I was VERY disappointed.
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I've just checked the 'Custom List' and under PIM it lists:-
Speed Dial
Call Logs
Contacts
Calendar
Tasks
Categories
pim.vol
Under Mail it lists:-
cemail.vol
Messaging

Beards said:
I've just checked the 'Custom List' and under PIM it lists:-
Speed Dial
Call Logs
Contacts
Calendar
Tasks
Categories
pim.vol
Under Mail it lists:-
cemail.vol
Messaging
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On my list PIM.vol was set with a grayed out X
and the bottom line is - it just did not restore that data with whatever method I selected.
(It did restore the files in "My Documents" - at least the ones I looked for,
hopefully there are no files that were skipped or that I would find sometime in the future that files had disappeared)

Som30ne said:
On my list PIM.vol was set with a grayed out X
and the bottom line is - it just did not restore that data with whatever method I selected.
(It did restore the files in "My Documents" - at least the ones I looked for,
hopefully there are no files that were skipped or that I would find sometime in the future that files had disappeared)
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My Pim.vol is not greyed out.
I can tick/untick it if I wish.

Only Sprite V 6.5.5.6 supports WM6.5 so make sure you have that version. Sprites ROM Update routines have always been a little flakey, but a simple backup/restore from Hard Reset ought to work fine unless you finish up restoring the software fault that led to the need for reset.
Spb Backup does exactly the same things, but has a better ROM upgrade routine. Again, you must have the latest version to support Wm 6.5

Reference using Sprite Backup on ROM Upgrades:-
One of the items mentioned is.....
Upgrade Mode Recovery - Restore to a replacement device or after a ROM Upgrade

Beards said:
My Pim.vol is not greyed out.
I can tick/untick it if I wish.
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Hmmm . . .
Maybe as NeilM said, It's a version problem, although Im sure I had the latest version.

Oooo , im using SPB Backup & it works great from HTC Touch Pro to HTC Touch HD and now HTC Touch HD2 . I have restore my PIM and ringtones as well from time to time without any problems . Im using full backupas well , but more preferable restore to same built .

bronson25 said:
Oooo , im using SPB Backup & it works great from HTC Touch Pro to HTC Touch HD and now HTC Touch HD2 . I have restore my PIM and ringtones as well from time to time without any problems . Im using full backupas well , but more preferable restore to same built .
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I have heared that SPB backup has problems with backing up and restoring SMS and mail accounts (the content is fine, but the account is added but does not show and cannot be accessed).
And from my own experience with the SPB backup -
It had problems saving the sync ID of ActiveSync - meaning each time I restored a backup the ActiveSync (On the the desktop computer) said that the device is already Sync'ed with another computer, although Im sync'ing with a single computer, and the definitions on the mobile device shows the computer name assigned to that single computer.
So I had to sync as-if Im sync'ing with a second computer, and then - delete the "old" computer - and this causes mail sync problems, since you can only sync mail with a single computer.

I know SPB Backup restored my HD2 perfectly. have done this many times when testing betas. It also have a ROM upgrade feature but I normally prefer to install afresh after upgrades except for PIM data which SPB BU allows me to restore on its own.
I am not sure about syncing SMS and email accounts with PC since I only use the PC to install programs. All my emails are accounted for each time I do a restore to the same ROM. I had issues with Sprite, that was why I switched to SPB BU from my Omnia-HD-Omnia II and now HD2, all with no issues.

How to Backup SMs when upgrading from M2.1 to M2.5

How to Backup SMs when upgrading from M2.1 to M2.5
I have tried searching the forum and discovered you cant just restore sms via PIM backup, is it possible to keep sms messages when upgrdaing from manila2.1 to m2.5.
Any help would be greatly appreshiated
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try using microsoft my phone?

Install pimbackup on your phone or just run it as an application (.exe)
You can find it everywhere on the internet
After that start the program and select backup....
Give the backup a location (I'm always using storage card)
After that just do your thing, flash rom or manila as you suggested.
Now start PPCpimbackup and "restore" search on sd card your backup and finished. That's all.
Good Luck

pim backup is ok, but not satisfing... I encounter a strange order of threaded sms in titanium edition.
with SPB backup.... it worked fine.
ok, it is a commercial product, so you may investigate further, but I did the trick for me.
beside: it may not be the greatest idea to import mass of sms into manilla 2.5.

I've tried PimBackup and Sprite Backup.
Both backup and restore fine the SMSs, but PIM when restoring, when using the HTC Messaging client, don't put the pictures of the contacts in convertation mode. With Sprite Backup I have no issues...

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Thankyou for your replies I intend to flash my phone tonight - I have flashed my phone many times, It will be the first time using manila 2.5

Backing up for Rom Upgrade

I know when I was using the myTOUCH 3g there was an option to backup all my files settings of that nature with nandroid, is there something similar? Or will it just wipe it all off and have to do all the settings n etc?
Just flashed the n spl for the TMOUS

If you are flashing a new rom then it will wipe everything out. Save you PIM data with PIMBackup or similar program, contacts and emails should be okay when you re sync. You will have to reload any programs as well you have put on.
Not sure you would want to save registry settings etc from one rom to another as they may not be applicable to the new rom and cause you more issues than you would want.

InRBigness said:
If you are flashing a new rom then it will wipe everything out. Save you PIM data with PIMBackup or similar program, contacts and emails should be okay when you re sync. You will have to reload any programs as well you have put on.
Not sure you would want to save registry settings etc from one rom to another as they may not be applicable to the new rom and cause you more issues than you would want.
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Ok thanks, another question, if installing a new rom wipes it how does PIM backup? Does it do it to the SDCard?

djdant said:
Ok thanks, another question, if installing a new rom wipes it how does PIM backup? Does it do it to the SDCard?
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it saves the backup database to wherever you tell it to.
Save it among my documents and it will be synched via activesync.
Save it to SD and it will be ready to be restored after flash.
Pimbackup only saves PIM tho, that is contacts/calendar/sms/call records

ephestione said:
it saves the backup database to wherever you tell it to.
Save it among my documents and it will be synched via activesync.
Save it to SD and it will be ready to be restored after flash.
Pimbackup only saves PIM tho, that is contacts/calendar/sms/call records
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Alright thanks, its been a while since i used an WinMO device thanks for all your help

SPB backup will save all your contacts, email accounts etc.
You can save it to the Storage Card.
After you install new ROM, install SPB backup and restore
your contacts and whatever else you saved with it.
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