I just upgraded to the latest ROM's supplied by O2 (3.17.03), and now active sync says my backup was made with the wrong version of software.
Is there any way to get the data back on to my XDA? In particular my contacts, as they will be the hardest to replace?
If not, is it possible to go back to the old ROM? (the radio ROM upgrade warned not to downgrade roms)
ActiveSync backup can be only restored to the same ROM. The best way to backup contacts is to use Outlook. Yes, you can flash your ROM back to the previous version, restore the contacts, backup them to Outlook, flash the new ROM then sync with Outlook to get the contacts list
there ma ybe another way
So i was about to download the old ROM updates from http://www.sourceo2.com/O2_Developers/Devices/O2_Xda/xda_ROM_Archive.htm
When i read the readme on that page. It says that active sync can only restore to a device with exactly the same partnership/device ID. It says you must delete the existing partnership and recreate it.
So i have done that, and a resotre is currently in progress (restoring a full backup from an old rom, to the new rom version of my walaby).
I will post back in 10 minutes when it has finished to let everyone know what has/hasnt been restored.
check for reginal settings.
In case it was changes to customize your device before upgrage - change them now from default.
it is not recommended to restore after ROM upgrade, tho...
restore not reccomended
I suppose i can understand why, but in any case i dont use outlook. So i cant see me having much choice...
Btw, does anyone know of software to sync the XDA to mozilla (preferable under linux too!)
backup to SD card
Out of curiosity, the pdf i read regarding the upgrade said you can back up to a SD card too.
Is this any different to backing up via ActiveSync? Is it any less risky to restore such a backup after an upgrade?
Up to my information, it has the same issue ... SD backup can't be restored to a different ROM version.
http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/
sync with
evolution
cynce
Looks good... anyone tried to sync with Mozilla Thunderbird??
Restore worked
So the restore seems to have worked... kind of...
The thing runs, but the old sms messages are only in the index, and i cant seem to delete them or view them.
The new programs from the upgrade dont seem to be here, though they could be lying around in a folder somwhere i havent looked.
My Fiitaly install works, though the input method occasinaly tries to be the transcriber even though it shouldnt be.
All in all, its usable, but when i have time i will be finding a copy of outlook just to back up the contacts and then flashing the ROM again and installing everything else again.
A note to anyone else who might be trying the same thing, all your notes etc can be backed up just by activesync synchronising your XDA mydocuments with a sub-folder of your pc's mydocuments. Then hopefully outlook can do the contacts and appointments. Dunno what you'd have to do if you wanted to save your sms messages or call log or anything
Results
Well, instead od studying for my exams (yup, just like me to do this) I installed Outlook, synchronised the XDA, flashed it again, synchronised it again, installed my software and it seems to be pretty good!
Lost my sms messages, but thats no problem to me.
2 things that are odd:
I had to add a shortcut to notes.exe in the start menu because it didnt exist
Also, i cannot create new accounts, ie gprs email ones. Of course, this would only be useful if the new ROM supports encrypted IMAP connections. Does it? Is there a free (or maybe cheap) third party solution that does?
Im just in the process of installing all the hotfixes for this phone and ive managed to install all but one; the sim contacts update.
When I try to install this over active sync it brings up a rom utility to upgrade the rom.
It also says it will delete all the data on the phone (which is expected from a rom upgrade)
Is this hotfix supposed to actually updgrade my rom???
Will it actually remove all my data?
Cheers Guys,
Crapbag
there is a threat about this already, yes it updates and no it wont delete the data
thanks Richy
is there any way to save contects in memory card, because most of them won't copy on my sim card?
thx
you have option for import/export in contacts.
I see only import option.
People-->and then press menu.
Or im wrong about this?
I have similar question.
Before loading a custom ROM I made a sync to outlook express with HTC sync to save contact list. After that I successfully loaded fyodor AOSP Tattoo v0.6.4.2 ROM version but was not able to recover contact list.
- With original ROM I prepared a google account and enabled regular sync but I could not found any item in contact list in that gmail account.
- Custom ROM had no option to use HTC sync.
Is there any possibility to save and recover contact list locally?
you can save your contacts as i know on rooted and flahed rom by opening:
contacts/import or export/and export to SD card.
this is it,about HTC sync the froyo don't support HTC sync,only on 1.6.
if this not work you can try Android sync for contacts,calendar...
Goran!
i'm successful upgraded to Mango 7720, connected with LiveID with activation code, but when open up Marketplace, HTC APPS list is lost... how can i do to get it back??? plz help me, i really nees HTC applications!!!
You can either install operatorpkg_*****_**.cab from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250869 (require a hard reset)
Or manually tweak registry, referring to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911309
I'm having a specific situation that I need help with.
Marketplace has just been opened in Croatia. So now i need to switch my liveID, and put my real, Croatian one as the main phone account. The one I have now was just a token one made registered to UK just so that I could have access to free marketplace.
I have a Samsung Omnia and I's been updated via Zune to the 8107 firmware. Windowbreaking after hard reset is not an option than.
Can I just restore the phone via Zune, hard reset, enter my croatian ID and windowbreak, OR
Do I need to flash my phone with and older firmware manually?
In other words, will zune restore also remove the samsung patch for windowbreak?
I think that should work.
I did the same, except I never did the hard reset because I wanted to keep the same live ID linked to the phone.
When you did the latest samsung update on Zune, it would've created a restore point for you automatically. Now if you plug in your phone, open Zune, click settings/phone/update, it will check for a new update, say there is none, and then give you the option at the bottom to restore.
Naturally you should make sure your contacts are synced to some other place (I use an Outlook account) and all your new photos and videos have been synced to zune.
Then do the restore, and make sure you don't allow your phone to update again after the restore. Hard reset, enter the new liveID and then windowbreak.
Hope this answers your question...
Thanks for the reply. Jaxbot already said it would work, but i appreciate a confirmation. i'm just getting ready to do it