Can anybody confirm this works?
Hi all,
I have found a way to remove the main Windows Live account associated with the phone and insert another one without having to Hard-Reset the device.
Removing the main WL account might be indicated in the following conditions:
Improper Region Selected with Your Account
Switching between 2 Windows Live accounts
Problem with Contact Sync through Windows Live
Problem with Contacts stored locally on phone
Requirement:
Dev-Unlocked Windows Phone
WP7 Root Tools
Procedure:
Goto WP7 Root Tools or any other file explorer on the device
Navigate to \Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore\
Rename store.vol to store.vol.txt (or anything else) - can be used as a backup
Restart the phone
WP might indicate that there was a problem with updating and all your messages, contacts and accounts data have been removed.
Now you can manually add them again.
Please note that, all your stored emails, messages, locally stored contacts and other data associated with your setup accounts will be erased from the device (can backup by restoring store.vol.txt to store.vol). Make sure you sync your contacts before proceeding with this.
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One of the biggest time wasters I have when I'm updating my rom to the newest version is going through all my contacts and linking my Gmail contacts with my Facebook ones. Is there a way to restore contacts with fb contacts already merged on nexusone and evo builds. Anyone? Because Google maybe restore 2 but I have to manually do the rest and delete the rest of the fb contacts! Please help someone
Anybody????
I've read about someone first doing a contacts backup to sdcard and then using that backup to restore the contacts on the new build without sync. I don't worry about it since I don't use FB but hope that helps you
thankyou, can u recommend a contact back-up app that back up fb links as well cause some dont
Hi.
Try this:
In winmo link all your fb contacts. After that you will need
Pim Backup (link: h**p://rapidshare.com/files/191036103/PPCPimBackup2.8__run_from_phone_.exe), a computer with internet access and a Gmail account.
1. Open PIM Backup on your Windows Mobile device. Select the Backup action and unselect everything but contacts, then hit Next.
2. At the "Select backup filename and folder" screen, unselect the "compress backup" and "binary backup" options, then hit Next.
3. Transfer the BACKUP.PIB file that you just made from your phone to your computer. Change the extension from .PIB to .RAR, then extract the file.
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account. All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail - just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
I did it this way, and my google account has saved the fb links, so when I change builds, after I set up my google account, it syncs the contacts with their fb links.
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that is how i originally did it but something in nexusone Google or maybe the native contact manager is braking the Links some how, wat will we do when nand get here, can't just boot to Windows to fix this, there must be other options............
Sorry, like I said I don't use facebook. I remember the guy stating he used the export option on the android contacts app. I'll try it on my gf's phone and report back.
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that is how i originally did it but something in nexusone Google or maybe the native contact manager is braking the Links some how, wat will we do when nand get here, can't just boot to Windows to fix this, there must be other options............
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i just use pim back up and it always work perfectly, i did read about people using microsoft my phone but never tried it as pim does the job for me.
I am giving away my phone to a friend, but how do I "clean" the phone?
Like, I want to erase/uinstall all the apps I've downloaded and installed, empty my messages, folders and camera files... Make it look like "new"..
Can I save my sms/text messages + contacts and their details on my PC or something? Or can I perhaps put them on my sim-card as I won't be giving away the sim-card?
I will be using another android phone, of course.
There are various programs on the market that perform sms backups/restores. I use SMS backup+ to backup my sms every few hours automatically to my gmail account under a label entitled "SMS." I think there is an option to restore SMS in that app too.
As for contacts, they should be backed up with your google account (email). Log into your google account on a computer and under contacts will be various groups. I've created a group specifically with phone numbers to appear under my contacts on android (Contacts [push menu]> display>click google account.and check the contact group you want on the phone).
By default, google will back up your contacts. Under settings, push accounts and sync, and manage your google account. There, the Sync contacts should be enabled and all of your contacts will sync to the google account (where you can edit the groups I've outlined above).
I would connect the phone to a computer, create a folder, and copy all of the contents of your SD card into that folder just in case. When you're ready to pass on the phone, wipe the sd card (on the computer or on the phone by settings>storage>erase sd card).
Reboot into recovery and wipe data, cache, etc. There might be a factory reset option as well. If you aren't rooted, I'm not sure, but there might be a key sequence that does the wipes for you. Try a google search for that.
elgy said:
I am giving away my phone to a friend, but how do I "clean" the phone?
Like, I want to erase/uinstall all the apps I've downloaded and installed, empty my messages, folders and camera files... Make it look like "new"..
Can I save my sms/text messages + contacts and their details on my PC or something? Or can I perhaps put them on my sim-card as I won't be giving away the sim-card?
I will be using another android phone, of course.
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market - smsbackup - works great here, puts all your sms on your sdcard. then email them to yourself.
then
settings - factory reset (wipes everything you ever did off the phone)
if you make a TiTanium Backup of the device first, you can just move everything from the sdcard to your new phone, or let google take care of the settings (online backup). either way, it's pretty painless.
what are you getting next ?
should take
If you're rooted you can data wipe from within CWM and format your sd card and also for backing up you can use mybackup very handy application. It'll backup your apps, sms, call logs, contacts and your media(camera pictures, videos)
Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data Reset
Hello there,
I have a HTC touch HD that I recently formatted and installed WM6.5 ROM on, specifically this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671277
Anyway, all my contacts and messages were, of course, deleted, because I didn't know how to manually back them up using Sashimi or whatever.
I backed them up on a site called Bloove.com using my device before I formatted it, and I can view both the contacts and all the messages on Bloove.com from the PC, but I cannot restore them to the HTC for free, and I don't have any online payment method (visa).
The contacts aren't a lot, and I don't mind entering them manually on the PC and then syncing them to the phone; however, how do I go about doing that? What application should I use on the PC to add the contacts and then copy them to the HTC device? I have Windows Mobile Device Center which, I believe, can sync contacts between PC and HTC but I don't know how to go about using it.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
TarekElsakka said:
Hello there,
I have a HTC touch HD that I recently formatted and installed WM6.5 ROM on, specifically this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671277
Anyway, all my contacts and messages were, of course, deleted, because I didn't know how to manually back them up using Sashimi or whatever.
I backed them up on a site called Bloove.com using my device before I formatted it, and I can view both the contacts and all the messages on Bloove.com from the PC, but I cannot restore them to the HTC for free, and I don't have any online payment method (visa).
The contacts aren't a lot, and I don't mind entering them manually on the PC and then syncing them to the phone; however, how do I go about doing that? What application should I use on the PC to add the contacts and then copy them to the HTC device? I have Windows Mobile Device Center which, I believe, can sync contacts between PC and HTC but I don't know how to go about using it.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
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Can't you use WMDC?come on it's not hard, I never use it because I didn't need but it's user-friendly
You can take help of gmail
You can add your contacts on the contacts of your gmail account, then export it in Outlook .csv format (comma separated value)
In mobile you can download PIMBackup a freeware searching on google,
run the program and first backup your contacts using that program on your sd card, unchecking the binary backup
u will get .pib file, open with 7-zip another freeware compression management then extract contact.csc
rename the exported gmail t this extension ie, .csc, then zip it and change extension to .pib
put in memory card
run PIMBackup this time select restore, browse to that file and the contacts will be added..
Actually i have done the reverse process to sync with my gmail account so this process must work..
hello i have a lumia 950xl and recently got back from a insider build to the stock one using windows device recovery tool.
After getting back i reinstalled all my apps formatting sd card and configuring the device as a new one; whatsapp can't find my contacts and when i get to favourite contacts --> refresh i get nothing, i tried everything but nothing happens.
I tryied to reinstall whatsapp, check under privacy --> contacts if whatsapp had the permissions but i can't find a way to have back my contacts. Any ideas??
Update: i post how i solved, just in case someone else get into this problem
I've made a backup of my outlook contacts in CSV format, delete all contacts from outlook site and sync the phone and put the contacts back on outlook.com and everything was good
Hi all, I hope I'm in the right place.
I'm writing app with classes for backing up and restoring android data and settings for rooted device. I successfully managed to back up call and sms databases, home layout and rom (system) settings but now I need to understand if (and how) it is possible to back up exchange accounts in order to restore and reuse them in gmail app after new rom installation without manually setting. Found the file EmailProvider.db in com.google.android.gm package data folder in wich are stored accounts data and credentials but even after full restoring data folder the accounts are not displayed.
I think because accounts are system related, so my ask is where are exchange accounts (or accounts in general) information stored in android? It is possible to programmatically backup and restore them?
Thanks