is there a way to back up just my contacts?
I want to hard reset my device and remove most of the crap that I had installed. then restore my contacts. I haven't found an option in SPB backup to do this. is there a file somewhere that I can save to my pc before doing the hard reset?
thanks
Use Pim Backup or copy pim.vol to your pc and when your done copy it back to your device.
thanks for the advice...it seems you can't copy pim.vol back again as you get a sharing violation!!
First copy it from your pc to your storagecard and from the storagecard copy it to the main memory of your MDA.
But maybe it's best to use PIM backup.
I have been using Spb Backup ever since it came out and find it better than other backup solutions such as those from Sprite.
EazyVG said:
I have been using Spb Backup ever since it came out and find it better than other backup solutions such as those from Sprite.
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It has no network backup ability. If you have 80% of your SD card full it's very useful.
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thanks for the advice...it seems you can't copy pim.vol back again as you get a sharing violation!!
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Rename the original pim.vol to say pim.vo and then paste old pim.vol and then it will work.
Use total commander or gsfinder to do this - it will not work with file explorer.
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It has no network backup ability. If you have 80% of your SD card full it's very useful.
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Is there an application to do a full backup and save this over wifi onto a shared folder on my pc on the fly??
bluchrome said:
Is there an application to do a full backup and save this over wifi onto a shared folder on my pc on the fly??
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Yes - Sprite Backup. It installs backup agent on PC and then you can make full backup over WiFi. I was making 1GB backups over WiFi for testing and it worked good. You have Sprite Backup on CD shipped with unbranded HTC P3300 (Artemis).
I don't know other pocket pc backup programs with this ability - let me know if you do.
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I'm gonna do a hard reset on my Qtek9090 anyone knows how to make a backup of my SMS:s ???? and how to restore them after?
in french i found this article
http://www.smartphonefrance.info/backup-sms.asp
with google traductor ...
i am french (my englis is poor)
if you understand ask mee...
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Hi the_erk!
But thats for smartphone only. :roll:
I think Sprite Backup may be able to do the job, here:-
http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/sprite_backup_premium.html
provided you know where the sms are stored :roll:
Try Sprite backup..
you can backup EVERYTHING, and restore selectively.
this includes mail, sms, settings, contacts, as well call list and such..
hope that helps..
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Hi AntiProxy,
Can you do selective backup instead of everything using Sprite Backup?
Thanks
You could also use Jeyo mobile companion or outlook add-in, available here:
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14070
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14071
These allow you to manipulate and send SMS messages on your device, including copying them to your PC.
how come when i send a SMS (text message) a copy isnt saved in the'sent folder' ??
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how come when i send a SMS (text message) a copy isnt saved in the'sent folder' ??
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From Inbox, go to Tools->Options and make sure Keep copy of sent mail in Sent folder is checked.
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FOSA said:
Can you do selective backup instead of everything using Sprite Backup?
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yup, you can choose to backup any of the following separately:
file system, Personal databases, mail, System Data
under File System, you may choose to backup individual paths
under Personal databases, you may choose any of the following individual DBs: Phone (Speed dials, Call logs), Categories, Contacts, Tasks, Appointments
under System data, you may choose any of the following:
Other Databases, File System, Registry.
so in short, yeah, you can backup anything and everything
i personally have it autorun at midnight taking a full backup onto the SD card, with 2 last backups retension..
i know it'll come in handy one day
with the generated backup files being self-contained executables, you can recover from a hard reset without a host computer
Try Jeyo
one of the BEST SMS utitlities for SMSing that I have used so far is the Jeyo Mobile Extender.
It allows you to backup all of your SMSes into the Outlook folders on your PC.
You can even send SMSes from the PC if your PDA is sync-ed.
It doesn't have the option of sending your smses back to the PDA though.
Check it out at www.jeyo.com
It didn't seem to work with my XDA, but worked just fine with the IIs.
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themarxx said:
one of the BEST SMS utitlities for SMSing that I have used so far is the Jeyo Mobile Extender.
It allows you to backup all of your SMSes into the Outlook folders on your PC.
You can even send SMSes from the PC if your PDA is sync-ed.
It doesn't have the option of sending your smses back to the PDA though.
Check it out at www.jeyo.com
It didn't seem to work with my XDA, but worked just fine with the IIs.
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Couldn't agree more its great I love it best little download yet
just to tell you, you can't backup subfolders of your sms
ie if you created any subfolders in the sms tree, jeyo doesn't back them up.
does anyne know how to back up incoming sms for XDA IIs?
Just re-read above post, it's already been explained....use sprite back up..mas
New Smsbackup Tool!!
Try this: http://www.zedsoft.net
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Try this: http://www.zedsoft.net
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Sorry for being off-topic, but I have searched and searched to my wit's end. Do you plan to have a version of SMS Organizer for the smartphone?
I came across several solutions. All of them install on the desktop and on the movile device but is there any single .exe file solution that I can put on the SD card and run from there without any installation needed? Something like the GHOST.EXE DOS utility from Norton Ghost which makes a binary image of the partition that can be restored later...
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or another solution that i would think would be perfect is... starting the bootloader, and use a desktop pc tool, to leech an image of the mobile device... or to replace the rom with an earlier made backup image...
Sprite Back up allows you to create a self installing back up - well worth it, the HTC Artemis came with this program as part of the package, it is available for purchase - Mike
Ref: Easy backing up utility.....
I personally use SPB backup - has worked 100% EVERYTIME and it will let me either make a complete backup or just the info ie contacts & emails if I want !!!
Hope that helps ...
peace
tli
thank you for your suggestions, i tested both already. as a third alternative there is the sunnysoft backup manager, it creates selfinstalling exe files as well.but the backups are bigger than e.g. sprite
sprite backup can do selfextracting backups to, look in the options (and switch to the advanced mode before)
Hi All
I Have Problem With Pim Backup
I Flashed My Rom Black Satin And When I Wanted To Restore My Contact Pim Backup Doesnt Recognized My Backup File And When I Open Pim Backup To Find The Restore File Nothing Appers Concerning The File Of Backup
Plz Can Anyone Help Me I Will Be Very Greatfull
Thanks A Lot In Advance
I had a different problem. After restoration I found only few SMS messages! Luckily, the contacts were all there.
p.s. Check your backup settings before execution; also check the size of the backup file to get an indication if it contains anything.
Good Luck.
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I had a different problem. After restoration I found only few SMS messages! Luckily, the contacts were all there.
p.s. Check your backup settings before execution; also check the size of the backup file to get an indication if it contains anything.
Good Luck.
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Try to recover SMS only - that should put all of your SMS back - PIM Backup author said that in his thread.
Thanks KarhU,
I tried, alas; it did not work (197 records found in file... 0 message inserted in database...)
Originally Posted by bqtran
I am in a similar situation as enricong. I've backed up my wing to shadow, and most are moved over correctly (contacts, call history, etc), but sms messages are not restored even though the restore operation completed successfully. I have about 2100 sms records and either 0 or 33 messages are inserted depending on the option I choose (sms overwrite or append).
Otherwise, thanks for the great program.
This is indeed a bug, that has been fixed, but not yet released. Fortunately, there is a workaround for this problem with the actual version of pim backup.
The only thing to do during the restore of messages, is selecting only one account and do the restore.
So, for instance, if you want to restore your SMS, just select Text messages account and no other one and do the restore. If nothing is restored on the device it means that the account doesn't exist and should be created first.
I hope it helps...
Cheers,
Fred
This is the original message from dotfred, problem resembles that one of yours. Also the new version is available at his site. The message error should be fixed according to the changelog.
SETOUF said:
Hi All
I Have Problem With Pim Backup
I Flashed My Rom Black Satin And When I Wanted To Restore My Contact Pim Backup Doesnt Recognized My Backup File And When I Open Pim Backup To Find The Restore File Nothing Appers Concerning The File Of Backup
Plz Can Anyone Help Me I Will Be Very Greatfull
Thanks A Lot In Advance
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Are you using the same version of PimBackup...? I have had this problem only when using a different release... drove me nuts for about a week... I used v2.2 (I think) and then used v2.5 to restore and this is what I faced... used the earlier release and everything was fine.. Then used v2.5 to create a new backup and haven't had any probs since...
Thanks A Lot For Your Interest
Yes I Used The Sa%e Version Of Pim Nackup For Backup And Restore
But Nothing Found
When I Look In The File Conataining The Backup File With File Explorer It Appears But When I Want To Browse It With Pim Backup Nothing Appears
I Tried A New Backup And Change The Name Of The New With The Oldest But The Extension Is Still Unrecognized
Plz Help Me
Thanks A Lot For You
Thanks for the link KarhU.
In spite of using 2.5 to backup, using 2.6 to restore fixed it. I hope it will work for SETOUF.
HI
I THINK WHEN I UPGRADE MY OS VERSION THE FILE WAS ENCRYPTED BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO ENCRYPT DATA IN STORAGE CARD WITH THE OPTION OF ENCRYPTION BEFORE UPGRADING ,SO THE BACKUP FILE APPEARS LIKE THIS
PIMBackup_20071009.pib.f01e184e.menc
ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA TO DECRYPT THIS FILE TO READ IT CORRECTLY WITH ANY PIM BACKUP ?
THANKS A LOT FOR ANY HELP
HTC TYTN
SCHAPS ROM 4.22
OLIPRO 2.10
WM65.2.1948 BUILD 18548.0.7.0
Hi
Plz Someone Know How To Decrypt Files Encrypted With The Encryption System Of Wm6 On Htc Tytn?
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HI
I THINK WHEN I UPGRADE MY OS VERSION THE FILE WAS ENCRYPTED BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO ENCRYPT DATA IN STORAGE CARD WITH THE OPTION OF ENCRYPTION BEFORE UPGRADING ,SO THE BACKUP FILE APPEARS LIKE THIS
PIMBackup_20071009.pib.f01e184e.menc
ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA TO DECRYPT THIS FILE TO READ IT CORRECTLY WITH ANY PIM BACKUP ?
THANKS A LOT FOR ANY HELP
HTC TYTN
SCHAPS ROM 4.22
OLIPRO 2.10
WM65.2.1948 BUILD 18548.0.7.0
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If you encrypted the card and THEN flashed a new ROM you can not decrypt the file (because encryption keys are stored in main memory and get overwritten/deleted by the flash - and you should not be able to decrypt any other data on the card rendering them effectively lost). If you encrypted the card after flash you can try to decrypt it in the settings. If you sync your device with outlook you can get your contacts back. Otherwise there is nothing else on my mind. Sorry.
Thanks A Lot
Anyway Do You Know How To Crack An Aes128 Encryption ?
Brute force attack. Fast computer and tons of time (weeks to years depending on the passwork/key lenght). Do you have older backup, or backup on the desktop PC, or did you synchronize it with desktop outlook - that can get at least a part of your data back.
SETOUF said:
HI
I THINK WHEN I UPGRADE MY OS VERSION THE FILE WAS ENCRYPTED BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO ENCRYPT DATA IN STORAGE CARD WITH THE OPTION OF ENCRYPTION BEFORE UPGRADING ,SO THE BACKUP FILE APPEARS LIKE THIS
PIMBackup_20071009.pib.f01e184e.menc
ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA TO DECRYPT THIS FILE TO READ IT CORRECTLY WITH ANY PIM BACKUP ?
THANKS A LOT FOR ANY HELP
HTC TYTN
SCHAPS ROM 4.22
OLIPRO 2.10
WM65.2.1948 BUILD 18548.0.7.0
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errrm... you may want to send the developer a pm or go to his website... maybe someone there has already posted a solution for this issue...
EDIT: Sorry, I didn't know that Karhu had already answered this question...
REALLY THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST
IF YU GET A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM THANKS FOR E MAILING ME TO [email protected]
ANYWAY HERE IS A COPY OF MY ENCRYPTED PIM BACKUP
SETOUF said:
Hi
Plz Someone Know How To Decrypt Files Encrypted With The Encryption System Of Wm6 On Htc Tytn?
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I also have an encryption dilema.... my encrytped files can still be read by copying the files via active sync on to a desptop PC... if the device gets lost anyone can have access to the data on the storage card!...is this normal or my device isnt working?
Thanks ya all
william-johnson said:
I also have an encryption dilema.... my encrytped files can still be read by copying the files via active sync on to a desptop PC... if the device gets lost anyone can have access to the data on the storage card!...is this normal or my device isnt working?
Thanks ya all
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Please read this.
whats the best program to use to back up all my text messages and ring tones and contacts ?????
sprite backup or the backup utillity of sktools should work
PIM Backup is a free option available on XDA in the Dev and Hacking forum. Wont do ringtones but you can just copy them to comp via async, other options SKTools or for full backup SPB Backup or Sprite.
does sprite or spb do an image of your phone (i.e. all programs ,etc)? i'd really like to have that so i don't have to keep installing stuff after a rom release update.
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does sprite or spb do an image of your phone (i.e. all programs ,etc)? i'd really like to have that so i don't have to keep installing stuff after a rom release update.
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I use SPB and yes it images the whole phone you can choose the locations etc, i will say you do not want to use a backup after a ROM update as all you are doing is reverting to the previous ROM as core files are replaced, the way backups really help is if you say install something and it screws up your setup or any other error, you can hard-reset and use your backup.
The way i make it eazy for install after a ROM update is have an install directory on your storage card then you can just blat the programs on, generally leave the programs that need to restart the system till last
I recently used SPB to do a "full backup" but it only took 5minutes and the resulting backup file was only 41.7MB...my internal memory has 160MB in use so was this a complete backup and does it usually be this quick? The compression level is set to normal.
I previously used Sprite backup but when I recently wanted to restore it and clicked on the self-restoring file it said "The file cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file"...?
I even tried opening it and my previous 2 backups via opening up sprite -> restore, however it did not find the backup files? Anyone else had this problem.
Lastly, is it best to backup my storage card at the time of the backup? Just that if I ever need to do a hard reset and then restore, won't my system need the files on my storage card to be as they were at the time of my backup? (I have many programs installed on there)
Thanks for your thoughts
Make sure in settings you have the backup choosing the correct files.
I don't backup my storage card simply because it'll save it back on the card.
I can't speak about Spb on the HD but I had problems with it on my Diamond so I switched to Sprite and have no issues.
HTH's,
Mark