Relative newbie here!!! Don't know if what I want exists or not. I have my X51v at WM6 A01 and it is stable and has all of the programs I like currently installed.
What I'd like to have is some way of restoring my Ax to it's current state (software-wise) after a hard reset.
I'm going to attempt the A03beta ROM, but I would like to avoid the many, many hours of re-installing all of my programs and then unlocking them, one by one. Even if I have to unlock them separately that would be OK, if I could just run some program to get it back to where it was at before the reset.
Is there some program that's newbie friendly that will allow me to do this????
Bump. Does a program like this exist?
Sure there is. Try a program like SPB Backup. I use it every week to backup my whole x51v. I also used it to Backup my earlier A02 setup before flashing my x51v to A03 recently. Then just restore from the backup after the re-flashing / hard reset. It works simply everytime (except when I upgraded from A12 (WM5) to A02 (WM6)
backup from different rom version is always a BAD idea as you would get the old registry/file from yr previous rom. U may find it's working but you may not get fixes/update from the latest rom.
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Good morning! So, before updating to the newest dopod rom on my qtek 9000, I figured I'd be wise and cover my bases by backing my email/sms/mms up via sprite AND spb just to make sure of a good back up method, and even tested restoring them without incident. Well... that's where the goodness left off. I was silly and hand taken the time to read up on the restore process, and after the rom update, when I ran a restore, even of just the emails, it manages to hose the entire system. So, looks like I'm gonna be tryin to flash back down to the old rom and restore the stuff... and figure some way to export it all, then import it into the new configuration. Anybody got any ideas?
chainsawbeer said:
Good morning! So, before updating to the newest dopod rom on my qtek 9000, I figured I'd be wise and cover my bases by backing my email/sms/mms up via sprite AND spb just to make sure of a good back up method, and even tested restoring them without incident. Well... that's where the goodness left off. I was silly and hand taken the time to read up on the restore process, and after the rom update, when I ran a restore, even of just the emails, it manages to hose the entire system. So, looks like I'm gonna be tryin to flash back down to the old rom and restore the stuff... and figure some way to export it all, then import it into the new configuration. Anybody got any ideas?
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You may have missed the official tutorial on Device Upgrade mode - you MUST remove all POP3 accounts before backing up.
I want to upgrade to Schapp's new 4.31 ROM. I am now using 4.0 which is great.
Is there an easier way than reinstalling all the software and settings that are already on my Hermes?
Charlie
use spb backup - so you can save all your settings and apps before flashing
kingartus said:
use spb backup - so you can save all your settings and apps before flashing
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Whoa there buddy, you CANNOT use spb backup (or any other backup) to port settings from one rom to another. Different roms have different registries so while most of the phone will be functional, you will most likely encounter errors.
Ur best off reinstalling everything mrlease.
mcorrie1121 said:
Whoa there buddy, you CANNOT use spb backup (or any other backup) to port settings from one rom to another. Different roms have different registries so while most of the phone will be functional, you will most likely encounter errors.
Ur best off reinstalling everything mrlease.
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Not quite right sir,
If you are upgrading from WM5 to WM6 then dont use a backup utility since registry stuff is slightly different. HOWEVER updating to a newer WM6 ROM will be fine if you use a backup utility, aslong as you are already using WM6.
Correct - that´s the way it is!!
mrvanx said:
Not quite right sir,
If you are upgrading from WM5 to WM6 then dont use a backup utility since registry stuff is slightly different. HOWEVER updating to a newer WM6 ROM will be fine if you use a backup utility, aslong as you are already using WM6.
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How about moving from one build to another build in WM6? Will a backup utility like spb back up or sprite backup work?
Yer it should be fine, remember the core OS is still WM6, the builds just relate to bug fixes and later versions of dlls etc...
I use sprite backup, but one thing that's made me skeptical about using it for rom updates is updates to cooked in apps.
For example, I'm using schaps 4.01 but want to upgrade to 4.31. Loads of the cooked in apps are updated, but will sprite try to overwrite them with the old versions when I restore?
Plus what if my backup file has an app which wasn't part of the original rom but is in the newer one - will I end up with the rom version, or my previously installed version?
I suppose I could test these out, but if someone knows the answer it would be really helpful.
What the !
Oh, the countless hours I have wasted reinstalling all my apps and settings.
However, to be fair, SPBBackup always warns me against backing up from a different machine...
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What the !
Oh, the countless hours I have wasted reinstalling all my apps and settings.
However, to be fair, SPBBackup always warns me against backing up from a different machine...
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What the ! exactly. It takes me >>> hours to setup,customize,...etc after each flash. If someone can confirm this, it would be great. I'll flash more often. 8)
mrvanx said:
Not quite right sir,
If you are upgrading from WM5 to WM6 then dont use a backup utility since registry stuff is slightly different. HOWEVER updating to a newer WM6 ROM will be fine if you use a backup utility, aslong as you are already using WM6.
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Really? In my 6 mos of visiting this site I've never heard this before...it was always "only do it with the same rom." Well if there is anyone I'd trust on this, its prob you vanx. Just surprising.
Mrvanx is, of course, correct. I have used both Sprite and SPB to restore programs and settings between different WM6 versions. Sprite seems to work the best, and has "ROM Upgrade" and "New Device" options in addition to the basic restore function. When I upgraded my Axim from 5 to 6 I used Sprites ROM Upgrade and it worked perfectly. On Hermes I have only tested with various versions of WM6.
Sprite Backup ROM Upgrade
I tried Sprite Backup ROM Upgrade option to go to the latest Berds_4.31_SS ROM. I turned out to be pretty bad, some observations:
1. Comm Managers didn't get carried over - I am using Schap's Kaiser
2. Spb Mobile Shell completely failed. Customized menu were all lost.
3. Many others I couldn't recall.
I thought I share this for others' benefit. I later did the step by step installing everything. Perhaps others have success but it didn't work for this round for me.
MrVanx is right AS FAR AS REGISTRY IS CONCERNED. You can backup/restore registry setting as a whole or branches and entries of your liking easily even without SPB Backup. But restoring full ROM with all programs is like forecasting the weather - you can never know the exact result. I have tried both SPB Backup and Sprite Backup to restore apps between the different WM6 ROMs and the results were not very positive - from duplicated shortcuts in the Programs menu (New ROM included program I had to install to the old one by default, but in a different location), various apps not working correctly, or ultimately bricked device (hang at WM Boot screen - HR required) - it ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR SETUP. As a rule of the thumb I would say the more apps you have the more likely you are to encounter some problems.
About to flash my first new ROM on my USA T-Mobile TP2.
I've chosen the EnergyROM_23504_RHODIUM_08.Nov.2009_Standard as it appears to be getting good reviews.
My main concern though, having already installed so many extra programs, is can I still do a restore (using SPB Backup) from a backup I made on the stock T-Mobile 6.1 ROM? I would assume not, but man would it be nice if I could!
Please advise. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Jeff
You should not loose any data by trying. If it does not work then flash back to a 6.1 ROM. Another thing to try is by using the new free Microsoft program "my mobile" (I think that is what it is called, not by my device) before flashing back to a 6.5 ROM. The Microsoft backup does work when going to upgrade versions of the OS.
P.S. I am assuming that you are going from 6.1 to 6.5. If it is the same OS version then before, you should have no problems
SPB 2 has a "ROM Upgrade" mode. It should work. Sometimes a program or two may be finicky though.
Thanks to you both. I'll give it a go and report back on how it went.
Jeff
Just to close this out - I decided not to try, since I figured the only apps I really even needed to reinstall were Resoe Explorer (like the finger-friendliness of it), TV Guide, and CorePlayer.
Figured it'd keep it nice and clean to just reinstall them, which only took a couple minutes anyways.
Thanks for the help though!
Hello community,
first of all thanks for your great work here in this forum. I am using cooked roms in all my HTC (Universe, Kaiser, Trinity, Elf) but currently i am getting stucked with the question:
Is there a way i can backup a phone completely, meaning a complete dump of the ROM, contacts, messages, installed software etc etc...... So that I can try some other ROMs and in case i don't like them that i just can flash back the image and are 100% done.
I only found up till now that i need to dump my rom and in addition my software/contacts with e.g. SPB Backup.
Thanks in advance for every response.....
yeah, i was going to ask the same question...
Is that possible? Does anyone know it???
On one of the Poland boards about smartphones in Trinity section I've seen topic like this - one of the users made a full backup in SPB Backup in original 6.1 and restored it in one of the cooked roms, I think made by "great tomme45i" - he had errors, and he couldn't run his P3600. I think it's impossible to create backup with instaled appz, maybe it's impossible, but the roms have e.g. different languages - you install first WWE, then ITA rom. You can use PIM Backup and backup only PIM data - contacts, messages, tasks, calendar events.
Hi, for this purpose I am using Sprite Backup. It can backup everything so that when you test some ROMs and want to get back to original one you can then restore everything like it was before. It is not possible to make a full backup and then restore it on different ROM.
(Excuse me if this seems noobish, I'm used to nandroid )
I dumped my ROM and got Part00, 01, 02, 03.raw. The only ones I've seen used are parts 1 and 2, but judging by file size, I'm pretty sure 3 is the data partition, so if I flashed a ROM with 1 and 2, I'd get the OS back, but none of my files. Like a fresh install of Windows. Is there any way to put that part 3 into the nbh?
Or am I completely wrong about what the parts are?
This is a pretty convoluted way to go about making a backup, but it sounds like you're on the right track. I find it much easier to do a full backup with another application like SPB Backup or Sprite Backup. This would restore the entire ROM after flashing it back to how it was. This doesn't make a flashable ROM image, but it does allow you to flash the ROM you made the backup from and then do a full restore including registry entries.
Okay, thanks, but is there any way to make a flashable NBH out of those parts that you know of? I was going to try out the Android NAND boot thingy, but I wanted to be able to get back to Windows Mobile as soon as I could if things didn't work out, because the TouchPro2 is now my only phone worth using
By the way, the Albino Black Sheep link in your signature should be REQUIRED to watch before using any forum
Not as far as I know. It's not a long process to restore a backup. I do it quite often and it takes me about 10 minutes total to go from flashing the ROM to completing the restore process and rebooting. The only caveat to this is that the full backups will only function properly when used with the exact ROM that was flashed when the backup was made.
I got that link from when I was active in the Steam forums. I wish I could just hand it out to most of the new guys around here who have never been part of a forum before.
Thanks I vaguely remember the old Data Backup program from my iPaq 3600 of old, and I guess this is kinda the same thing.
Yes, but you may want to get a newer backup program. Most of the older ones that worked on WM5 do not work on WM6.5 and WM6.5.3.