Hi,
My HD2 is on WM 6.5.
I want to install a W7 rom on it but i have some questions before doing it.
How can i migrate my contacts ?my sms, my appointements?
The microsoft activation is obliged ?
Thanks
(sorry for my bad english)
First of all, its Windows Phone 7 and not Windows Mobile 7.
Your contacts can be imported from your SIM card if you have backed it up onto that, or Windows Phone also has the options to sync with your Gmail contacts and Windows Live Client and even Facebook contacts. SMS cannot be backed up but appointment's can likewise be synced with Outlook or from your Gmail account.
You only need the Microsoft activation if you want live services to be activated i.e, Marketplace, Zune and probably other stuff. I don't see the problem of going to Microsoft chat and politely asking for an activation code ... it takes probably 5 minutes at the most.
Give it a shot, Windows Phone is pretty fantastic and with the upcoming Mango update it'll be even better
I can second the Microsoft Chat for activation. It takes about 5min. Just tell them you have an HD7 that is asking for activation, your name, and number. You will have yourself a fully functional WP7 device. If you don't have it already, you might as well download ZUNE for pc (much easier to download apps and music).
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Hi guys,
I'm hoping someone can help me here.....
I've been trying out different ROMs with few issues, and have settled on using udK's 8.0 R1.
I had been saving my Windows Mobile contacts to Windows Live, which worked well for me, allowing me to edit all contacts - including those which were only phone numbers - in Windows Live Mail. However, a couple of days ago, I noticed a few contacts seemed to be missing - not a problem as I'd backed them using PIMbackup a couple of weeks ago. However, on restoration, I synced with Windows Live, which caused all of my Windows Live contacts to disappear. Note that all the contacts details are still available in my Windows Mobile contact list.
Can somebody help me restore my Windows Live contacts, so I can use Messenger again!
Hmm... try this:
Launch the "Windows Live" icon. Select Menu > Account options > 2 Switch Windows Live ID which will ask you if you want to replace the current Windows Live account on the device. Answer yes.
Then try to re-register your account on your device. This should re-sync the whole Windows Live story to your device.
Please report back if this solved your problem.
Thanks for that Schaggo, but I think I didn't make myself very clear. I got desperate in the end and made every single Windows Mobile contact a Windows Live contact by hand! Painful for my 170-odd contacts, could be a lot worse for someone else!
I think somewhere in the PIMbackup/restore process, all my Live contacts got overwritten by themselves as Windows Mobile contacts, therefore next time I did a sync, Live thought I'd deleted them all. I think next time I should restore my contacts from Live, don't you......
So... I'm 100pct up and running wp7 except for the SD card and I want to eventually set up dual boot with android off the SD card... but I know that's covered on here and I have more reading to do.
BUT... I've searched and browsed and googled and can't find anyone mentioning a similar situation.
I had a hacked tytnII which I used the myphone service for (I also used the it on the hd2 when it had the stock winmo6 on it.)
now that WP7 is on there it's VERY strange... a LOT of my contacts populated... but some were missing pictures and others were not there entirely.
I've clicked around the myphone website and tried to find any kind of settings for it and can't... then I swiped around the phone looking for anything but really can't see where/if there are setting for it.
Is this normal?
PS. I have not outlook install to sync the missing contact... it's not the end of the world but I'd definately prefer not having to enter the 30-40 contacts missing.
Soory to tell you that WP7 doesn't use and cannot access MS MyPhone.
I think, it will be easier to enter 40 contacts manually.
Another way if You don't have WM device:
- Download Windows mobile device emulator (You can find it on Microsft site),
download VirtualPC 2007
- Install both.
- Set up Your virtual WM device;
- Synchronize with Myphone;
- Synchronize with Your e-mail (I used google)
//All Your contacts will be present now on Your mail account
- Synchronize You HD2WP7 with this e-mail account.
it's worth it if You have few hundred contacts in Your address book.
//You'll certainly spend more than one hour doing this
If You have another WM device things will go easier - synchronize it with myphone service and e-mail. than synchronize wp7 to that email
That's insane... what I don't get either is in the settings for the accounts Hotmail says you can sync calender contacts mail etc... but when you click into the submenu the only selectable check box is email.
Under google I can sync contacts and calender.
It turned out that the missing contacts were in fact my google contacts that were not included under "my contacts" (on android you can search for the name and it comes up even though it's not displayed in your list of contacts... I use this for contacts at work that I don't want cluttering up my people list but need to have their numbers accessable... I've just moved them to my contacts in google contacts.
It's insane to me that windows has an online backup system in place that they didn't impliment on their "new" os... what a bunch of idiots.
WP7 has been continuously shocking me with how crappy it is.... I better get reading on how to set up a SD card to boot android... or maybe even just nand it... wp7 looks like it's not going to be worthwhile for at least another year... This OS really kind of sucks. I can't believe Nokia hoped on board.
Thats a pitty youre not able to use WP7, oh well never mind hey.
Now, "My phone" has nothing to do with WP7 it is not linked in anyway, its a service built for WM6, the my phone team are working on a WP7 version
To be honest, im not sure exactly why you are getting workd up with MS on this one, Its live service works fine, it does sync calenders, conacts etc, setup a live account, install outlook or Live mail, sync all existing calender, contacts in to outlook / live, sync live to phone. Its not very hard.
the only thing its really lacking is SMS backup, and some kind of app/settings/files skydrive intigration would be good too. but thats why they are making a new cloudbased backup solution, "my phone" was very limited in its uses, id consider it a test if anything, cloud is the future and myphone was not using all of its potential
anyhow, as i said, its a shame you cant use it because it is actually very good, but thats why our HD2s are so good, we all have a choice.
Hi,
I want to get WP7 on my HD2. I'v read that there is no LIVE services unlesss you call MS to activate, which I understant not working very well these days...
What is missing with those live services?
If I don't have the marketplace, I understant that I can install XAPs via computer. Can I find any app as XAP? to what extent apps are eveilable as XAPs?
Thanks.
You can get every app out there, so Marketplace is not a must. If you live in an unsupported country that will be the only way to get paid apps anyway.
Hotmail can work without Live activation if you set it up manually. XBox Live is also not available although it's purpose is questionable
To put it short: WP7 is perfectly functioable without Live services. They are nice but not a must.
On another note: Try getting a key. Most ppl still get them easily.
It's true you don't need the activation services, but the operating system is much more fun and it backs your applications, calendar, emails etc.. up so you can easerly flash a new rom.
If you have a such easy possibility to get the key (you can either get it when you tell Microsoft that you have a HD2 but you have to catch a cool agent ) you should do it.
I have switched too and I am using it as OS now since a few months.
I don't want to live without my HD2/7.... ^^
Thanks guys!
Yes I live in an unsupported country (Israel), so it's comforting to hear that is not such a big deal (as I tought).
You said that LIVE is required for hotmail. I'm planning on setting the phone with both my work's Exchange, and Google Apps account, hopefully both with ActiveSync Push for Email\Contacts\Calendar, should I expect any problems with that?
I just tried setting up two exchange accounts (GMail and Hotmail) and they seem to be working alongside each other. Email, contacts and calendars sync.
Only tested for an hour or but so far so good.
OS making the move to WP7.
Whats the easiest way to transfer my contacts to WP7?
I've sync'ed my email contacts but the phone contacts not sure about.
Also i have a number of sms' saved that i'd like access to can these be transfered?
thebranded said:
OS making the move to WP7.
Whats the easiest way to transfer my contacts to WP7?
I've sync'ed my email contacts but the phone contacts not sure about.
Also i have a number of sms' saved that i'd like access to can these be transfered?
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If it were me i would sync all my contacts in to outlook, setup a live or gmail account and import them all from outlook, either by using the outlook connector or by exporting them all to a CVS or something, live and gmail provide a way of importing these files , when you setup WP7 you just sync the live/gmail account and bobs your uncle
as for SMS, i think your out of luck im afraid, if you want to back them up and still have access to them i would suggest using Microsoft My Phone, that will allow you to transfer all your SMSs to an online backup utility, you can then just connect to it on your phone to look at them, but there is no way of transfering them to your phone....at the moment anyway
you'd think Ms would make it easy for users to upgrade from wm6.5 to 7!
thanks for the procedure i'll try that way.
i currently use Myphone, sux its not wp7 compatible
thebranded said:
you'd think Ms would make it easy for users to upgrade from wm6.5 to 7!
thanks for the procedure i'll try that way.
i currently use Myphone, sux its not wp7 compatible
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i cant find it now but on one of the many MS blogs out there i read that the My Phone team are making a new version with WP7 in mind, dont know if its true, and i cant find the link, i stumbled on it a while back by mistake, but anyhow, it stands to reason that they will have something like that at some point, perhaps they are waiting for Mango which already has several large changes over NoDo, who knows! just need to wait and see
yeah there were a few rumurs a while back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13973440&postcount=6
but nothing recently. only things im missing is the call recording feature and MyPhone, but at the moment i'm having to get live without each.
I hope Mango has Myphone, it was one of the best services (if not THE best service) that MS had for WM.
After seeing pdaimatejam's version of WP 7.8, i must ask this question again, now updated to the 7.8 version:
If i update my HD2 to this version or another version of WP 7.8, can i fully sync my outlook (2007/2010) with WP 7.8, namely email, calendar, tasks & contacts? And what program to use? WP 8 was supposed to have a new version of activesync, WP 7.8 will use this new version?
And if you don't mind: will it be necessary, with this new version of WP, to do some trick to activate WP on HD2 and to use live services?
TIA
lrmmf said:
After seeing pdaimatejam's version of WP 7.8, i must ask this question again, now updated to the 7.8 version:
If i update my HD2 to this version or another version of WP 7.8, can i fully sync my outlook (2007/2010) with WP 7.8, namely email, calendar, tasks & contacts? And what program to use? WP 8 was supposed to have a new version of activesync, WP 7.8 will use this new version?
And if you don't mind: will it be necessary, with this new version of WP, to do some trick to activate WP on HD2 and to use live services?
TIA
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always is same answer and no need to every time ask same questions....
if you want sync Outlook contacts save to cvs file then import to Live or Gmail account and sync with phone...
only Nokia phones have option with new Nokia Suite beta to sync Outlook with phone
with Live activation code is same procedure as in last 2 years: once when you get code you use it every time when flash new ROM to activate Live service
dxdy said:
always is same answer and no need to every time ask same questions....
if you want sync Outlook contacts save to cvs file then import to Live or Gmail account and sync with phone...
only Nokia phones have option with new Nokia Suite beta to sync Outlook with phone
with Live activation code is same procedure as in last 2 years: once when you get code you use it every time when flash new ROM to activate Live service
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Thanks for your answer.
Can I conclude from your third sentence that actually i can't fully syncronize any HTC/Samsung phone, neither MS WP 7.x ROM's in this site, with MS Outlook (only contacts via live or gmail)?
If this is true it amazes me, because we are speaking of 2 pieces of MS software and the obvious advantage of PC/phone sync....... anyway, from what i've heard, MS will have a new version of active sync (yes, active sync) in WP 8.
Regards
Update from Nokia official foruns: it doesn't exist any Nokia suite for "direct" sync between Nokias 8xx/9xx and Outlook.
lrmmf said:
Update from Nokia official foruns: it doesn't exist any Nokia suite for "direct" sync between Nokias 8xx/9xx and Outlook.
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in hurry i write wrong...
Nokia Suite only support contacts sync....
http://betalabs.nokia.com/trials/nokia-suite-beta