i cant believe i dropped a dumbbell directly on the screen at the gym and the screen is completely done. phone still seems fully functional (speakers,buttons work, screen lights up but cant see anything.) i managed to copy all files/folders by usb through "my computer" but from my knowledge theres still "hidden" data. i managed to backup the phone using kies 3 but how do i transfer my contacts to my spare phone (htc one x)?
how do i completely back up the whole phone so i can transfer to my new phone? my main concern is stuff like sms,contacts, call history,photos videos....
any advice will be greatly appreciated thanks. i will even "donate" for your advice/tips
somevietguy said:
i cant believe i dropped a dumbbell directly on the screen at the gym and the screen is completely done. phone still seems fully functional (speakers,buttons work, screen lights up but cant see anything.) i managed to copy all files/folders by usb through "my computer" but from my knowledge theres still "hidden" data. i managed to backup the s4 using kies 3 but how do i transfer my contacts to the spare phone(htc one x)?
how do i completely back up the whole phone so i can transfer to my new phone? my main concern is stuff like sms,contacts, call history,photos videos....
any advice will be greatly appreciated thanks. i will even "donate" for your advice/tips
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first of all,wrong thing to say - I will even donate,we don't help people to get donated.
Next thing,I think kies backup everything,contacts,sms,calender,videos,photos.. See for an option there,u will find it..
Once u have the backup done,go to the folder where kies saved every thing,then check if contacts are in .vcf extention,if so,then copy the file(s) to other phone and simply run the file,it will ask something/maybe directly place all ur contacts there..
That's all!
Sent from my GT-I9500
somevietguy said:
i cant believe i dropped a dumbbell directly on the screen at the gym and the screen is completely done. phone still seems fully functional (speakers,buttons work, screen lights up but cant see anything.) i managed to copy all files/folders by usb through "my computer" but from my knowledge theres still "hidden" data. i managed to backup the phone using kies 3 but how do i transfer my contacts to my spare phone (htc one x)?
how do i completely back up the whole phone so i can transfer to my new phone? my main concern is stuff like sms,contacts, call history,photos videos....
any advice will be greatly appreciated thanks. i will even "donate" for your advice/tips
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1. For manage the screen of your phone through your pc, you can use Droid Screen
2. Taking a look the step 1, you can backup sms and contacts with this app: HERE
3. I hope it helped you
Download ADB TOOLS & DroidAtScreen
make sure that you have java installed in pc
if you dont have usb debugging mode enabled you are out of luck if you have then continue
1- extract each zip files
2- open the DroidAtScreen folder and open the .jar file
3- locate adb.exe located at ADB tools folder
4- connect your phone to pc
and you are in
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Is there any way to boot a Wizard into a safe mode?
I dont want to hard reset , it boots, I put it my passcode and THEN it hangs, so it boots but something is killing it before it fully loads.
I think its the today screen itself that is hanging in, is there any way to disable/remove today plugins through active sync ? Add/Remove programs wont work, so am thinking I could probably disable the plugins and then reboot.....
If when you boot the phone and it hangs, it is still visible by Activestink, you could do in to your phone and remove the plugin files... then reboot, and if that in fact was causing the problem you might be ok.
Otherwise you'll be hard resetting. Hope you made a backup!
Yeah, it syncs if I dont put the password in. Only thing I would lose would be my SMS messages which haven't been backed up in a while. Bugger will be getting a new license for Opera.
Any idea where the plugins files are?
The thing that broke it was I installed O2 plus. I re-enabled RhinoStats cause I wanted to know how much CPU was taking, and I think it was the combo of these two things which broke it.
If I hold the power key down it does ask if I want to turn off my device, which is "nice"..... it's not dead but it certainly doesnt do much.
It wont add/remove programs, it gets half way through then dies.
ANd what happens if you break a today plugin? Does it fail to load and then have windows clean up after itself? Or does it royally break things?
Wont let me delete the rhinostats dll file and I dont know which O2 files I can delete so I shall not be touching those.
Have removed the sim card, will see if that helps get it into some sort of working state so I can fix the problems it seems to be having. -> Answer, no. Just shows a different screen when it gets round to breaking.
Any more ideas?
Ok, I dont know how I managed to do it, but this time (having now re-inserted my sim and removed the 2Gb SD card) it didn't immediatly die.
I cant explain it, I dont know if this is a coincidence, but I have now de-installed O2 plus and disabled all the today plugins I could find. I shall now be running a new backup.....
Now let's see if it dies.....
On a side note, anyone know of a way of exporting all the SMS messages in a format that is readable by a desktop computer (preferably via notepad/nano)?
if u want to backup ur sms msgs, there is a file called cemail.vol.
copy it to ur storage card, hard reset, then copy iy back again.
Mohammad
mohgdeisat said:
if u want to backup ur sms msgs, there is a file called cemail.vol. copy it to ur storage card, hard reset, then copy iy back again.
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Hi Mohammad, i can't copy/paste it as it is locked by something. How to do it?
Regards...
try renaming the current cemail.vol to anything ..like cemail.volx then copy the old cemail.vol into the same directory where the new cemail.vol resides. soft reset.
da_mayhem said:
try renaming the current cemail.vol to anything ..like cemail.volx then copy the old cemail.vol into the same directory where the new cemail.vol resides. soft reset.
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but how can i backup the "old" one? as i said it is locked so i can't copy it...
btw: even renaming does not work because of the file being locked...
Tried checking it on my phone, and yes it can't, i guess this only works with Smartphones. I'm sorry for that.
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Is there any way to boot a Wizard into a safe mode?
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Read http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1255&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
I was tinkering around with the NFSFAN's V10 in the configuration setting and then it did a soft reset but now the touch function is not working so I cannot enter my password to begin using the phone....Is there anyway for me to retrieve the contacts and calender and texts on my phone without having to delete everything? Or any program out there that can extract the data even though my phone is currently locked?
I have the V16 which I have yet to install....
Any help will be greatly appreciated...Thanks
Also forgive me if this sounds as a stupid q...but my touch is with bell and is there any way to get the wifi going? Probably not I figure heheh?
Also is there a way I can send and receive files such as pictures with bell like an MMS file...thanks
mukan24 said:
I was tinkering around with the NFSFAN's V10 in the configuration setting and then it did a soft reset but now the touch function is not working so I cannot enter my password to begin using the phone....Is there anyway for me to retrieve the contacts and calender and texts on my phone without having to delete everything? Or any program out there that can extract the data even though my phone is currently locked?
I have the V16 which I have yet to install....
Any help will be greatly appreciated...Thanks
Also forgive me if this sounds as a stupid q...but my touch is with bell and is there any way to get the wifi going? Probably not I figure heheh?
Also is there a way I can send and receive files such as pictures with bell like an MMS file...thanks
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hey why dont you try plugging the phone into a computer and see if activesync works you should be able to get your contacts at least, but i am not sure. good luck
I can't get activesync to work...Only my sd card shows up...Also what program is best to use to transfer the contacts...Outlook express?
Ok I got it to sync after doing a hard reset but activesync says I don't have permission to access the files...Is the pim.vol all I need or do I also need the cemail.vol? As I don't have permission to copy the later....Lastly are the notes also saved in pim.vol or are they separate?
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Ok I got it to sync after doing a hard reset but activesync says I don't have permission to access the files...Is the pim.vol all I need or do I also need the cemail.vol? As I don't have permission to copy the later....Lastly are the notes also saved in pim.vol or are they separate?
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pim.vol should be your contacts not sure about cemail.vol(sounds like email to me idk)
Ok so I flashed to the latest stock rom from HTC...but the tapping on the screen is very bad...Some things are unresponsive and other things I have to press down really hard and It's really slow...Did I screw something up here? It was hard for me to get past the initial setup where I had to align the screen....
Also I am confused on the radio thing...What is the best one to get right now? And do I really need to install it with a 2Gb microSD? I have a 4gb
I have had my Hero just over a week. When I first got it I was given the option to mount the SD card every time I connected it to my PC. For some reason I no longer get the option (I don't know exactly when it stopped, but it could be since I installed HTC Sync, but that's now disabled).
Any help would be much appreciated.
Sounds like your drivers have become corrupted or somehow disabled...
http://download.cnet.com/USBDeview/3000-2094_4-10614190.html
Download the USBDeview, plug in your Hero, open it up and click the Description tab so they are in alphabetical order. Hold shift and highlight all the HTC drivers, right click and delete them. Then disconnect your Hero, reconnect it and the drivers should hopefully reinstall correctly.
Hope this works for you!
Thanks OGC313, I appreciate the answer.
The solution was even more simple than that; apparently not all USB cables are created equal...
Can anyone tell me how I can restore widgets to my phone on Axura ROM. Everything seems to be working fine but my phone doesn't even have a basic dialer widget and I can see no way to access the basic application list.
I deleted the google widget which I think I should have kept maybe? Probably needed to re-sync something but I"m not sure
Should I reboot into recovery and restore some kind of data?
I connect my Android HD2 to my PC via USB and copy files (APK) to my SD Card. I check to see that the files on on my SD Card and they show as being there. Then I disconnect from my PC.
1. Turn on USB Storage
2. Connect without Scan
3. Open Folder via Windows 7.
4. Recheck to see if the files are displayed on the SD Card - Yes they show again.
5. Close the SD Card view on PC
6. Disconnect USB
7. Sometimes I can see the files and install while other times I cannot see the files. It is not consistent. I have been trying to figure this out for over a week without any consistent results. It seems to be hit or miss.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
I generally boot into WinMo to transfer files to SD, takes a couple of minutes extra but saves me this kind of hassle
StephanV said:
I generally boot into WinMo to transfer files to SD, takes a couple of minutes extra but saves me this kind of hassle
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Thanks, I have done that and still do. However, I was trying to find a solution. Apparently you and I have this problem and I am sure others do, too.
asctony said:
I connect my Android HD2 to my PC via USB and copy files (APK) to my SD Card. I check to see that the files on on my SD Card and they show as being there. Then I disconnect from my PC.
1. Turn on USB Storage
2. Connect without Scan
3. Open Folder via Windows 7.
4. Recheck to see if the files are displayed on the SD Card - Yes they show again.
5. Close the SD Card view on PC
6. Disconnect USB
7. Sometimes I can see the files and install while other times I cannot see the files. It is not consistent. I have been trying to figure this out for over a week without any consistent results. It seems to be hit or miss.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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LOL, Senior member please search....you are the 1000th person who asks this question...
You can see my replies to these questions n my profile....
Use droid explorer here...don't use the windows explorer
http://de.codeplex.com/
It is the most reliable way so far....
PLEASE SEARCH NEXT TIME OR IF YOU ARE LAZY,PRESS ALT+F4,it is the special feature....
asctony said:
Thanks, I have done that and still do. However, I was trying to find a solution. Apparently you and I have this problem and I am sure others do, too.
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Once you've transferred your file to your phone, disconnect the USB cable, go into setting and unmount your SDcard and then mount it again. Now you should be able to see all your transferred files.
sylau90 said:
LOL, Senior member please search....you are the 1000th person who asks this question...
You can see my replies to these questions n my profile....
Use droid explorer here...don't use the windows explorer
http://de.codeplex.com/
It is the most reliable way so far....
PLEASE SEARCH NEXT TIME OR IF YOU ARE LAZY,PRESS ALT+F4,it is the special feature....
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Thank you! However, when you enter a Title a screen does come up with suggested like titles. If I am the 1,000th person to ask this question, it must be buried amongst the other 1,000,000 postings that have been asked again. If we stopped all the BS about people going back and forth and simply provide a link instead of a lecture, maybe this forum would be cleaner. Example:
1. How would I or anyone else know to check your replies to these questions in your profile? Who R U????
2. Use Droid Explorer here instead of Windows Explorer. I use the search function.
3. Know your facts before you get bent out of shape the next time.
4. If you would have taken the time to try and help instead of trying to play 'KNOW IT ALL' you could have saved some time.
5. If you think I am lazy, Tough Stuff.
6. MYOB!!!
10507 said:
Once you've transferred your file to your phone, disconnect the USB cable, go into setting and unmount your SDcard and then mount it again. Now you should be able to see all your transferred files.
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Thanks for your time and help. I will try that.
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Thanks for your time and help. I will try that.
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You could always just go up a level then back down, dunno if this will work though.
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You could always just go up a level then back down, dunno if this will work though.
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Thanks, I did try that and it did not work either. I even unplug USB, then 5 minutes later, plugged USB back in and still it works (shows file) some times and not all the time.
to be honest i never got this working.. when i want to transfer files i usually boot into wm or turn off the phone and take the card out..
aarons6 said:
to be honest i never got this working.. when i want to transfer files i usually boot into wm or turn off the phone and take the card out..
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I have used the option of Rebooting into WM then copy files to SD and that always worked. However, I have never turned off phone and take out SD Card. Try it without turning off phone and removing card.
Just reboot into WM, USB to PC, copy files to SD then go into your File Explorer and install from there without - turn off phone and removing card.
Let us know if that worked for you.
Hi,I wonder if anyone can help me out - I factory reset my GT-I9505 (stock rom -Android 5.01 Lollipop - never rooted).
The problem is that I would like to recover my sms messages - and I didn't use an app from the Play Store to backup first.
I did though make a copy of my 'Phone' folder onto my Linux desktop. I thought this would give me a complete copy of the phone's internal memory including hopefully the sms messages that I need - and that I could copy the files back to the phone.
I can't see any sms / mms database in this copy - I can't even see any sms database in the phone currently when connected to the computer - probably because phone is not rooted.
I was able to recover a lot of other files and photos from this 'backup' - perhaps the sms database was not permitted to be copied to the PC.
Is there any way that I could restore the messages do you think?
I would be happy to root the phone or use adb or other software - I suppose it all depends on whether I actually have a copy on the computer ( not sure if I have or if it is hidden in some way - I thought Linux would see all the files.
Grateful for any advice you can offer.
Power Ranger
Your "backup" consisted of copying files from the internal storage and/or microSD card to your computer. However, text messages are not saved on any of those. They are saved on the /data partition of your device, in an XML file, which you have wiped during your factory reset.
Long story short, your SMS are forever lost. Next time use an app for this.
Thank you
Pwnycorn,
thanks for replying to my query.
I know I messed up but just wondered if there was still a way to recover the sms.
No-one would want a phone that left personal data still on the phone after a factory reset, so I think I knew the answer all along - but sometimes it's worth asking someone with expert knowledge of these things, just in case there is something that can be done.
Anyhow I appreciate you taking the time to reply and advise.
Thanks
Power Ranger