every time ive done a backup to me PC in the past, followed by a hard reset.
when i try to Restore the backed up file from the pc to the XDAllls
it wont exept it, says its not the same phone or something like that.
Check your region settings, I owned an Ipaq h6365 and had the same problem until I found out that a hard reset changed my region settings. Once I set it back to English (UK) it worked fine.
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Hi guys
I have just got myself an XDA IIs ,I had to do a hard reset i.e. the power button /reset button sequence but before I did this I did a full backup of my XDA IIs using activesync
I have tried doing a restore but back to the phone after the thing reconfigured itself back to default factory settings
but I find out that it can restore every application but I can not restore my contacts
It comes up with a list of items which it says it can not restore because their are some applications using them and when I look at the task manager it shows programs activesync as the only applications running
read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=34508&highlight=backup+contacts
I upgraded my radio rom & did the hard reset and lost everything, I had previously made a full backup and by making some regional settings changes before restoring the backup and turning off my firewall I was able to get my contacts back.
if anyone can tell me how to do this manualy that would be realy nice.
Hi guys!
My baby (device) was acting strange and slow after an uninstallation that never ended and I had to do a soft reset. Then two days later on reboot it just stoped on the Windows Mobile logo screen (the one after the colored strips, I have WM5) and nothing else!
The phone led was blinking so I thought it was really screwed. I softreseted and made a "Registry Hive Clean". I leaved the storage because I have so many data on the PIM not yet synchronized (don't have office yet)....
So my question is: There's any way to save the PIM part and do a complet hard reset and reinstall all and restore that saved PIM data?
Thank you very much!
.vol files
I'm answering part of my own post:
To save the PIM data, I think I have to save the file PIM.vol and, in my case that I have Pocket Informant, also the file pocketinformant.vol
What I don't know is if afterwards I would be able to restore that file when I make a "hard reset".
More help would be greatly appreciated.
plisssss
Hey,
I want to mess around and most likely break things but i want to know i can recover from it ^_^
Soft reset = restart device yes?
Hard reset = ?? dose it have a backup rom in there or something what exactly dose this do
Can i backup and later restore the entire rom? as far as i can see i need to pay for something like this which seems to me like a very very basic feature...
Looking foward to putting my mind at rest so i can start breaking things =D
Cheers
Hello! Hard reset means that you reset your device to the manufacturer's default. Well, that means: after a hard reset:
- When you turn your device ON, it acts exactly as the first time you did it
- You won't loose the ROM
- You will loose everything you did after the first use. That means, for example: contacts, installed applications, pictures, sms, emails, installed applications, phone configuration, ect...
- What won't be deleted: contacts on SIM card, everything on Memory Card. I recommand you to save on your mem card: contacts, pictures, CAB files (so it's easy to re-install apps after hard reset), media files (music and video, but usually you won't put them on the device memory, so no problem there)
- Well, basically, after a hard reset, it's like you turn on your phone for the first time (except that your memory card won't be formated)
You can backup your contacts-email-contactspictures-sms using PIM backup. Just save the backup file in the memory card or on your PC. Then restore it after hard reseting your device. More informations here: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-pim-backup-v2-8.html
I hope that helps you!
Thx for the reply ^_^
So if i go into file explorer and delete everything, a hard reset will fix that?
Just want to know if its just resetting settings and del personal data/programs, or if its reloading all the files into the rom from.. somewhere else.
Trying to get an idea of what i cant recover from, or if i download something suspect, can it do any lasting damage
osarus said:
So if i go into file explorer and delete everything, a hard reset will fix that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well... no and yes.
No, you won't be able to delete everyting using File Explorer , and Yes a hard reset will clean up all your mess and "reinstall" Windows Mobile from scratch afterwards. It's more or less like formatting your PC's hard drive and then use the recovery partition or CD/DVD to rebuild everything up to the original state.
I would advise you to remove your memory card before hard reseting... just in case. Better safe than sorry.
MMMk i think i get how it works then ^_^
There is 1 rom and it just restricts access to origonal files and restores a copy of origonal settings? So its unlikely my curiosity will get the better of me by editing or deleting things, time for some fun =D
Thx for the replys!
"Sprite Backup" will not restore ROM (nor will any other backup software) - but Sprite will backup/restore *every* other setting, let you browse backup files, and makes self-restoring backups.
Hi I'm relatively new to android but have flashed WM & Symbian before and recently got a DHD unlocked on 2.33. Presently not rooted.
This was something I was just gonna look into and try customs ROMS. But now i have a problem from last night hopefully someone here can help with please.
The phone froze so i took out battery to restart, but on reboot the touch screen won't work so I cant unlock it or anything. I would prefer not to factory reset just yet as the last back up i did to export contacts and sync to windows (vista) contacts was a few weeks ago. So am trying to find another solution and more info from experts here.
I have restarted the phone in BOOT mode and now have 4 options:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
Is there a way to reset the phone to see if it is purely a software issue without wiping the contacts data? Or a way to access recovery mode to back up the contacts data, even if this means placing some file on an SD card and accessing it via recovery mode to copy contacts data from the phone to SD card? and are their any other options or tools i can use to back up the data.
EDIT
BTW the phone hasn't been dropped or damaged to precipitate the screen fault.
Rebooting from recovery mode didn't help, problem persists. In the extra options in recovery what does "wipe cache partition" do? could that help?
or is there a recovery image i can use to reflash from SD card without wiping the data?
As when one updates the rom from say froyo to gingerbread the data is kept intact.
Or is it possible to image the rom to sd then access the data before i hard reset.
Any advice or help gratefully received.
If you have usb debugging on, you can access your phone through ADB from your pc. Don't know if there are any other options.
Wiping the cache partition doesn't do anything to the contacts and so on.
Sent out of my Free-Candy-Van. Your kids are safe in there. Trust me.
tbh i cant remember if debugging is on or off now, i do remember enabling it at some point but whether i left it on i can't remember and have no way of telling. But am willing to give adb a go...do u have any more info or a link please?