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SMS Backup, Restore, Export (+MMS, +Email)

Hi,
There is a new program with SMS Backup, Restore feature.
Let's try it now! http://xpocketpc.fw.hu
By

It would be more great if they add a feature that also can backup contacts, tasks and appointments.. and also can support wm2005..
btw, speaking of 2005.. is this working on wm2005?

thats Great
hey i downloaded it
sounds to be too great
wish i got it before i did a hardreset and lost my more than 1000 sms's
anyways thanks

...If you need to do backups of everything (all messages AND contacts etc.) and you're within range of a PC when you do it, Jeyo Mobile Companion seems to do a brilliant job...
http://www.jeyo.com

New smsBackup v1.1 application
New smsBackup v1.1 application has been released!
http://www.pdafresh.net/communications/sms/app_smsbackup.htm

restoring of messages after hard reset
Hi,
I need help on restoring my messages..I did a hard reset on my XDA IIs and reinstalled smsbackup but was unable to restore the messages back..I opened the directory where I stored my messages in my storage card (that’s where I exported and backed up the messages to prior doing the hard reset), I was able to see all the stored messages..
I’m not too sure if I did my settings right but here’s how the settings being configured:
Output directory : \storage card
Execute directory : \storage card
The 2 main .dll and .exe files were placed in \windows\smsbackup
Would appreciate if I could have your valuable advise on this issue..Thank You..

I'm getting errors with this.
xMessage:GetAttachments
Read failed.
I've got the settings right for the paths, backing up to \My Documents\Personal
Any ideas? Or have I come across a bug? Does this app have any logs that anyone knows of for tracing this kind of issue?

I've been getting the same error message ... smsBackup just doesn't seem to work on my IIs either, and I've tried installing it immediately after a hard reset just in case it was due to some other program!

When it fails without effort, it sucks
Fails on my Harrier. (XV6600). Same error messages.
I'd use Jeyo, but they don't grok folders other than the
default folders.
Ehud

Anyone know who the author is of the software and how we can contact them?
I think the failure I am getting is related to an email that contains another email as an attachment.

Re: smsBackup, smsHide, Allexport
Hello,
It will be available a new program (not a new version) in few hours: smsOrganizer!
You will be able to use all functions of smsBackup, smsHide, Allexport and much more:
· Message Blacklist and/or Whitelist
· Message Backup/Restore manually or automatic by rules/profiles
· Message Encrypt
· Export Messages
· Forward Messages automatic by rules/profiles
· Hide/Unhide Messages manually or automatic by rules/profiles
· Reply Messages automatic by rules/profiles
· Store Messages in custom folders manually or automatic by rules profiles
· Message Tone for Contacts/Category/Phone Number by profiles
You can use the smsOrganizer trial version for free.
This program is full compatible with the following programs:
smsBackup
smsHide
Allexport (messages function only)
When you will use the smsBackup and the smsHide functions then the trial version of smsOrganizer allows you free to use maximal 3 functions (rules) – perhaps one for the backup and one for the hide function. And of course you will be able to export and restore your messages too.
So please download the smsOrganizer trial version for FREE!
If you like it, you can buy the program and use all of the functions.

Download smsOrganizer!
http://www.zedsoft.net
:wink:

What about reading messages from and copying messages to the simcard itself? i cant seem to find software that can do that. kinda annoying, i cant read old messages from my sim. know any software that can do that?

Well...
Hi anevemkovacs...
...to be quite honest, I've had a disapointment with SMSOrganizer...
I've been using SMSBackup for some time... and I always used without a problem... but a while ago I was forced to change to SMSOrganizer (SMSBackup told me to go get a newer version and didn't let me use it anymore).
Well... I configured SMSOrganizer... and asked it to backup my SMSs (that's all I needed)... it took me ages and I wasn't able to finish the process!!!! When I used SMSBackup the process was completed in some 15 seconds (if it took that much)... Whit SMSOrganizer it was running for 15 minutes... and the process is almost at the beggining... :O((((
Do you think this is just some bug or does the increased funcionality of this new application makes it soooo slow?
Thanks for everything...

i like smsbackup whats with the forced upgrade? i'm curious to try smsorganizer but it may not sit well with some being pushed into it. is the smsorganizer trial version also time limited?
any chance making smsbackup available again? in case smsorganizer might not work out for me (angelito seems to be having issues with it).

Well...
Hi thorne...
Don't get me wrong... For what I've seen SMSOrganizer is quite complete... and it's a nice upgrade from the SMSBackup in terms of funcionalities... however... for me is way to slow (but it may be any bug or any configuration I have on my Qtek2020).
But I do, in fact, had all I wanted in SMSBackup... it was simple and fast.
(OH!!! I still wasn't able to do that backup since SMSBackup went on vacations )

Just to inform...
Hi thorne...
I haven't tried it yet... but there's an update to smsOrganizer (at http://www.zedsoft.net/, as usual). According to anevemkovacs it will correct the problem I had... I'll try it today, later at night... and I'll give a feedback on how it worked out.
About the time limit I really don't have a clue if smsOrganizer is also defined to last a certain amount of time... but I supose so... since both smsBackup and AllExport worked like that...
EDITED [06.09.2005 23h12]
I've tried the v1.01 and everything's OK now!
And the speed is just like smsBackup... I think you can migrate to smsOrganizer without fear now...
see ya!

thanks for the heads up dude! i'm gonna give it a try over the weekend

Wouldn't it be easier to just make a full backup from day 2 day?

I've tried the smsorganizer.. there's a new version online..
The backup bug has been fixed.. I've just manage to do a back up.
Export work as well too.. It creates a txt of the sms in the specified folder.
However store feature doesn't seem to work.. but that's secondary to me..
As long as I can backup and restore plus export them out.. I'm good to go..

ActiveSync4.5 & Contacts problem

Hello. I've checked the previous pages and didn't see anyone having the same question. That probably means i am the only one so dumb in here)))
Basically, last night i was playing with overclocking my XDA Orbit being insured that all the contacts are syncronized. At some point (273MHz) the device stopped responding so i had to soft reset it. Later i found that nothing got lost BUT my contact list with all the numbers. Next, I open Outlook and see that none of them were saved there. WTF is ActiveSync is doing then? And another problem is that i cannot use backup of my old WM2003 contact list because there is no such option as Backup/Restore in WM6. Any ideas? Please,HELP. I really need those numbers back...

dj NJoy said:
Hello. I've checked the previous pages and didn't see anyone having the same question. That probably means i am the only one so dumb in here)))
Basically, last night i was playing with overclocking my XDA Orbit being insured that all the contacts are syncronized. At some point (273MHz) the device stopped responding so i had to soft reset it. Later i found that nothing got lost BUT my contact list with all the numbers. Next, I open Outlook and see that none of them were saved there. WTF is ActiveSync is doing then? And another problem is that i cannot use backup of my old WM2003 contact list because there is no such option as Backup/Restore in WM6. Any ideas? Please,HELP. I really need those numbers back...
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The contacts in the Orbit are gone...
The contacts in the Outlook not sync'ed hence they too gone...
Cannot import 2003 backup into WM6 - different structure
Option 1 - if you have old outlook backup - you can re-import into new outlook file and they re-sync again
Option 2 - Manually enter all the numbers you remember
Option 3 - Nothing
Basically the fact is if you cannot see the contacts in the fone - they are gone! If you cannot see in outlook they are gone - only option is to get from another source!
You mentioned 2003 backup - what did you take the backup with? Maybe you can still read using the same software and try to retrieve the number - or use another 2003 model to import into it

The backup was taken using Backup/Restore feature of WM2003. But I really wonder now, WHY Microsoft decided not to include this option in WM6? If anything happens, you're properly f****d, like me now.
BTW, WM2003 Contact list backup can be accessed with Notepad, but the data looks a bit messy that way.

dj NJoy said:
The backup was taken using Backup/Restore feature of WM2003. But I really wonder now, WHY Microsoft decided not to include this option in WM6? If anything happens, you're properly f****d, like me now.
BTW, WM2003 Contact list backup can be accessed with Notepad, but the data looks a bit messy that way.
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Am not in the same situation...was letting you know your options....
Good luck with the retrieval...

don't take it personally, i meant "You" in general
I analyzed the chain of events and it seems like i found the root of the problem. It's was nothing to do with overclocking or the device itself. Its ActiveSync. As I usually don't use Outlook, the contact list there was always empty. And this blessed child of Microsoft instead of copying contacts from XDA to Outlook did it other way round thus erasing everything on the phone. Don't know what to do, laugh or cry, but it's so... so... ridicilous!

Thanx for your help anyway, much appreciated

Phone is jiggered after WM6 upgrade, what are my options?

This is a culmination of my previous threads. I've realised I'm not going to get an answer to each of my current problems so I'm going to have to hard reset and start from scratch. Which is just what I needed.
Summary of my problems:
- Speed dial numbers tell me the number doesn't exist, but then calls it anyway
- Can't add new speed dial numbers
- Can't add new contacts full stop
- MSN doesn't work
- Can't sync contacts (or anything for that matter)
So I am going to hard reset - but my problem is I need a way to back up my contacts, I don't want to be manually typing in dozens upon dozens of names and numbers. I have tried PPCPimBackup, but this doesn't seem to back up those stored on my SIM (most of my contacts are on my SIM). I can't find a way to move my contacts to the phone from the SIM - "Save to contacts" in SIM Manager tells me it was successfully added, but it wasn't - there is no Outlook version of that contact.
What can I do about this? Is there a way I can back up my contacts, bearing in mind that syncing doesn't seem to copy them onto my computer and PPCPimBackup only seems to back up Outlook contacts? I do have an SPB Backup of my PIM stuff from when I was on WM5, but that's what has caused this problem, trying to restore it. I have tried searching these forums for other ways to back them up but it's like finding a needle in a haystack. Is there a program that can read PIM.vol?
What on earth should I do? Or is physically writing down all my 100+ contacts then typing them in (and losing all my stored SMS) my only option?
Device: O2 XDA Orbit, as out of the box in July, then upgraded to WM6 with the O2 official thing.
Computer: Vista Ultimate x32, Outlook 2007.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but surly if your numbers are on your SIM they shouldn't be effected by a hard reset.
If your worried take the sim out before you try it??

hard reset won't remove anything from your SIM

used active sync and lost contacts

Hi all,
I'm in serious trouble. I just used active sync 4.5 to sync my hermes to a new install of Outlook and have lost all my contacts.
Is there anything I can do to get these back? I'm using binky's verion 3.9 and version .25c of pocket cm..
I have no backup of the contacts, unfortunately... Am I in serious trouble and lost the lot?

Mmmm. This happpened to me a long time ago. One of the causes is that the date of your new outlook (date of your system) was younger than the date of what was on your PDA. The system thinks that you erased all in outlook and makes the modifications on the PDA accordingly. Moreover, most of the time the sync is in the mode "replacing the elements on the PDA". You end with all your contacts lost.
In my case, when i sync a new flash on the PDA, i take care that the date of the PDA is older than the date of my PC (just change the "year" for ex.) So outlook will update my PDA and nothing is lost. Moreover, when I do that, i copy the "outlook" directory (in user/yourname/appdata/local/microsoft. You have to enable the seeing of hidden files) somewhere. So i have at least a backup.
I believe you cannot recover your data unless you had a backup. But i am not an expert
Hope this helps

Are you sure your contacts isn't in the "deleted" folder in Outlook?

This is why everybody always says. Watch what you are doing and take a backup. When it was asking you what to do. You should have choose to combine items on both devices.
The only way now is to check in the deleted folder of outlook if you have not already reinstalled office. Or the only way is to check if you have any contacts left in your sim.
Or better to start over in getting all the contacts from the persons you meet. Hope you didn't lost the number you met in the club last night.
Chill

The funny thing is that I didn't get the usual popup asking the question if I wanted to combine like one does when first time syncing. I figured it kept my previous sync's data with the phone. Thought I had a backup but don't.

I got my backup working eventually...
All back working... Thanks for the comments.

i just had the same thing happen to me last night. i loaded a new system and put office on it and synced it to my phone and all gone. i really really hate activesync. i really wish there was a good alternative.

Pim Backup. 2.8 is the latest version. You will never lose your contacts again.

Pim backup is slightly different to Activesync though. It is more of a static backup (though you may be able to schedule backups).
Its always good though, to use a backup program as well as activesync for these little accidents that happen.

Pim Backup is faster (I have about 700 contacts), easier to use and eliminates all the problems you get when you have a new flash. It is my choice to use and many others. I no longer sync my contacts with ActiveSync. Oh yeah - I store my pim backups on my SD card.

ms = s&*^
yeap new laptop then connected my htc and now want to bin all ms disk and apps i have, i can dream but need it for my work , unfortanly they now have a box that says ok no sinc but no contacts as i have had above problem but unticked the box to get round it before but no ms have f^&* that up now u dont even have to sync it to lose them well done ms.. fyi all ms serport to rant to cost £1.50 a min lol this is a big joke and its not funny "im a pc and i wish i could have linux" although ms is now going the way of self develipment as there help site is just others that are in the same boat and try to fix ms problems ow and yes no backup well on a working pc that is, any one know how to rip off old hdd? come on team linux, now i have no contacts, going to have a look at that pda google linux on here from what i remember looks good allthough i will lose copilot
ow any one want to join a jount law sute under the banner of dpa (fail to handle personal data responsably) and lose of time at cost of wages and extra programs to protect agenst this problem, i think each of us at one pount has lost a fuw hours with this and maby even lost custom becouse of this, that big contract that you bump in to that key giy get his info and now no lead companys can not be allowed to make such programs as to be poor function. i would be so mad at my self if i had made this program with out redundance or thort. anyway rant over any help with old hdd out look rescue i would be most greatfull

I agree, I use Pim Backup to my storage card every time before I flash a new ROM. It even saves all your call history as well as calendar and contacts

ActiveSync/Outlook and issues

Hope somone can help me with this:
I've currently got 1 HTC Touch HD (standard Orange ROM), roughly 400 contacts and a lot of calendar/notes/tasks etc, and 2 laptops (both WinXP).
1 Laptop was previously used as the ActiveSync partner for the Touch HD - no problems, I was using ActiveSync merely to back up all my calendar/task/notes/contact entries on the phone - I didn't use Outlook (where the PIM data was copied to) for anything.
I now want to transfer my "backing up" to the 2nd laptop and this is where I'm running into problems. I cannot seem to setup ActiveSync to understand that it is to copy information into the 2nd laptop. I cannot turn on the "contacts" checkbox at all (it's greyed out) for the 2nd "desktop" (ActiveSync's terms), and it won't Sync any of the other items that are checked (calendar/task/notes) - it tells I've logged into Outlook in the wrong "profile" (whatever that is*)
If I try to remove the 1st laptop ActiveSync profile, or uncheck the contacts checkbox, I get a warning error that this will REMOVE all contacts on my Pocket PC - something that I REALLY do NOT want to do!
I found the "pim.vol" file in the root directory of the Touch HD, which I thought was an uptodate copy of all PIM information - but it isn't - somehow in checking that, or messing about with all the Outlook and Active Sync stuff, I've lost "some" information - a couple of repeating tasks have lost information from the associated "notes", and I deliberately deleted a couple of contacts (no loss) to see if the "pim.vol" was indeed a copy of the information - and in copying "pim.vol" back from the storage card those contacts haven't returned.
What am I missing? (apart from a Polaris hardware locked onto the Redmond campus)
Can someone help me here - I'm going to be losing laptop 1 to my daughter soon (so will have to strip all personal info off it), and I really need somewhere to backup my Pocket PC PIM data. (I can't afford to buy SPB Backup (I would prefer to backup the data to a seperate device anyway) - yes I know it's not much - but I can barely afford to pay the Panther45 bill at present - everything is getting more expensive, and wages are static, and I need to eat! )
* secondary rant - why can't Outlook split itself over different WinXP user accounts?? is it just me, or is this a major failing??

Riceburner said:
........................... Can someone help me here - I'm going to be losing laptop 1 to my daughter soon (so will have to strip all personal info off it), and I really need somewhere to backup my Pocket PC PIM data. (I can't afford to buy SPB Backup (I would prefer to backup the data to a seperate device anyway) .........
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Why don't you try PPC PIMbackup 2.8 (http://www.dotfred.net/default.htm) ? It's free

ok - this gets weirder...
My Work pc is a Vista machine with "Windows Mobile Device Center" on it - I have NOT setup any relationship between this Pc and the Touch HD, and (up until now) I've been able to connect the two, and be able to access the ROM on the Touch HD via the windows explorer UI - it's handy for copying CABS and other files down - but there's no Sync relationship.
NOW this connection just fails utterly, and ActiveSync on the phone won't even run!
has anyone any idea what's going on here?? is it hard reboot time??
Ktsak - cheers - will check that out.

ok - after failing to connection to the Vista machine I did a soft-reset, and now my PIM data has TOTALLY disappeared!!
Diary and Contacts GONE, and TouchFlo will NOT boot!!
What the **** is going on here??? (please pardon the term, but I'm getting very near to lauching this thing through a window. I RELY on the diary on the Touch HD, now Microsoft have destroyed it!! )

ok - getting close to launching this thing now.
I've done a soft reboot and lost EVERYTHING in the PIM. Contacts and Calendar are EMPTY.
I also have some odd things going on with my connection - I'm in a 3g available area and (apparantly) getting no reception - so something has happened to the connection as well.
Any ideas????