Hi there,
I just upgrade my hd2 to Android (Mdeejay_eVo_sense), may i know how to use PIM Backup to restore all of my contacts, SMS, etc since i already switch to android? I haven't seen much information on PIM for Android so I was wondering if anyone else had other suggestions? Anyone have any experiences with them? The PIMbackup file is still in my SD card. How to retrieve and put in the Android?
I cant seem to connect to my laptop after install Android? Any idea?
Appreciate your help. Thanks a bunch!
What file type is you Pim backup? You can load some contact files straight into gmail using your browser, as for pc connection you need to activate it in android
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sync with gmail account then when you're on android, it will load all your contacts and agenda
Funambol is good for contacts. Haven't used it in a minute tho. Not sure of any new features. There is a winmo version and and android one, making the tranfer fairly painless
Try this: it's the method to convert pim backup files (pib) into some files android can read BUT you have to replace Step 4 with the following:
4. Put the csv file on the root of your SD Card.
5. When on Android (AOSP/Cyanogenmod builds) Home screen, press the phone icon, then go to the contacts tab, press the windows key (acting as the menu key), then select import contacts, import from sd card, and wait until it finds the csv file, then select it and wait (better plug your phone to the charger, it can take up to 10 minutes depending on how many small files you have on your SD card), et voila.
Done
p.s: it looks a lot like this, but it takes you 3 to 4 minutes to be to step 5.
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edit: you don't need to sync with Gmail if, just like me, you don't want Google to have a copy of all your contacts.
Thanks guys for the tips! Truly appreciate it!
I'm now using forelli's method, i followed the step till the 5th step. However, when i press "Import from SD Card", it shows that "Scanning Sd card failed (Reason" No vCard file found on the SD card)?? But i already inserted csv in SD card. any idea??
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how can i easily save all contacts to a back up sd card please.
i have a spare sdcard id like to use to back my contacts onto,ivetried going into contacts and highlighting them all but it wont allow me to copy,
ive also tried to find the file via file exp & windows to cop the file to sd
both attepmts fail
hads anyone got a simple solution
thanks you
Anyway I can easily copy my contacts to my SD card before i hard reset so I can copy them back afterwards???
You mean OTHER than using ActiveSync and Outlook????
Technically Jeyo Mobile Companion 1.1 can do it, though when performing my text backups I've always found that the Contact feature causes problems.
Pocket Informant or ContactBreeze probably has those functions, also.
Cheers
Ant
Just copy the pim.vol file at the root of your file system to SD. Use the internal file explorer to do this. Do not use resco.
To restore, rename the pim.vol pim.old before copying the old file to the root. Soft reset after this. Don't use any other program than internal file explorer or it won't work.
thaihugo, thanks that was the answer I was looking for
Regards
Problem with me (and perhaps many other) is that i chagne from on rom to other rom every day. im tired of backing up and restoring contacts from SD card. so i am instrested in a software that can save contact to SD card and search and load a contact from sd card again directly.(it my dream it may not be possible). but i hope at least someone may come up with a solution.
wow a reply after 6 years . as far as i can remember the good old WM times, DotNetFreds PIM Backup was the! solution for backup&restore questions.
ok, so in my attempt to format my SD card at 4 am because of corrupted data, i accidently went to CLEAR STORAGE under SYSTEM and i guess i just formatted my device =\
now i have 2 problems. how do i format my memory card and is there a way i can restore my contacts at all? Activesync help says go to BACKUP/RESTORE but i dont have that under TOOLS for some reason. i think i have a backup of all my files in my ACTIVESYNC dir and DOCS AND SETTINGS.
i really messed up this time. someone please help.
thanks in advance.
blazin-asian said:
ok, so in my attempt to format my SD card at 4 am because of corrupted data, i accidently went to CLEAR STORAGE under SYSTEM and i guess i just formatted my device =\
now i have 2 problems. how do i format my memory card and is there a way i can restore my contacts at all? Activesync help says go to BACKUP/RESTORE but i dont have that under TOOLS for some reason. i think i have a backup of all my files in my ACTIVESYNC dir and DOCS AND SETTINGS.
i really messed up this time. someone please help.
thanks in advance.
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I you have previously synced your contacts with Outlook through ActiveSync all you have to do is to Restore your contacts is to connect your device to your computer and the contacts are autmatically sent to your device. If you also want to sync all other files from your active sync folder on the PC back to your device you could to this: After you sync for the first time, ActiveSync will probably make a new ActiveSync-folder, using the new name of the device. Go to the old AS-folder and copy all files. Paste those in the New AS-folder a sync again.
i resyned and it kept the same ACtivesync name, but none of my information came back! im screwed!!!!
how do i format my miniSD card? it is corrupted and File Explorer wont let me delete the info and my laptop wont detect the card with the SD adapter.
Help!
Flashing rom.. how do i backup contacts and other information on phone? tried to search but it kept giving me links to other phones not our htc hd2 tmobile thanks!
Since your asking I'm going to assume you haven't read this walk though. Please read it.
READ THE WALK THROUGH
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
1.Download the recommended PimBackup program.
2.Copy/paste or Cut the pimbackup.exe file onto your storage card.
3.Open your phones file explorer and double tap on the program.
4.Follow the steps and backup contacts, messages, etc. etc.
5.Remove the SD card.
6.Flash the ROM and reinsert the SD card.
7.Open your phones file explorer and double tap on the program.
8.On the drop down menu find restore and press browse.
9.Look for the pimbackup_2010XXXX file in the root of your storage card and select it.
10.Press next and sit back and watch all the cool text pop up.
11.Your done. That's the fastest way for me to quickly back up my stuff and restore after flashing a new ROM.
I had to do a hard reset and I have lost all of my contacts. Before doing the reset I saved all the files on my HD2 to my computer.
Anyone know where contacts file is located so I can import it?
you can use pim backup to save your contacts and many other things
Wasn't aware of that one, will definitely use that in the future.
Given that I wasn't wise enough to back up with PIM first, and only saved all the files onto my computer...any idea how to restore contacts now?
What format did you save them onto your computer in? You might be able to import them into Outlook and synchronize them.
I just copied the folder in the root directory and the storage card folder and pasted them onto pc
Which folder? To my knowledge there is no such folder.
contacts are not stored in a folder. They are stored in a "database". The file is PIM.VOL located at the root of the device. Theoritically, I guess you could copy it to the PC (or SD card) and overwrite it after a hard reset. Except it's locked by the system, so you would first have to kill the handle to the file. Many tools allow this kind of trick on PC's but I haven't found one on WM yet
phone contacts
I am using HyperdroidV1.7 with windows Mobile Artemis V 50. Unfortunately I lost my phone contacts under windows. Using android all contacts are still there. Is there a way to copy them back to simcard using android or copy files back to windows mobile ?
Thanks for your help.