Ok, I will explain this as concisely as possible. I saw a few posts that were related to this issue, but there were no actual SOLUTIONS to the problem. Here is my issue. I have an SX66 that had WM 2003 installed on it. I used the backup program on there called "XBackup" to back up the entire phone onto the SIM card that is in it. I did NOT use Activesync to back up the phone onto my computer. Yesterday, I installed the WM 6.1 on the phone upgrade (which is a GREAT upgrade by the way). I had assumed that WM 6.1 would have XBackup on it so I could retrieve all the info I backed up in WM 2003. Of course with my luck, WM 6.1 has NO backup or restore programs of ANY kind on it. So now this is my dilemma. The only information I REALLY need from the Xbackup is my tasks. There were many important phone numbers and other info that I put in the tasks. I don't care about the rest of the info. So how can I retrieve the tasks from the WM 2003 XBackup which is on the SIM card, and insert them into the tasks area on WM 6.1? ANY help regarding this matter would be GREATLY appreciated!
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Hello,
I've got a MDA-III and a MDA-Pro.
Sprite Backup doesn't work under WM2005, so how can I transfer my data
to my new MDA-Pro, especially the SMS folders.
Thanks in advance,
Dino
Sprite is preparing a beta. We (the testers) will see to what extent this will be part of the "device upgrade", but my hunch is that you should not hold your breath ... WM2003 are WM5 are strutcurally different to an extent that the databases even have changed location etc ... I don't see how they would be able to provide this as a feature.
ok, now I've copied everything manually to my mda3, except my SMS messages.
Does anybody know how I can transfer them?
Hello to all experts and ambitioned users
I just upgraded my Prophet to the newest QTEK ROM. Everything worked perfect.
But I am really sick of setting up the new installed programs. I tried to make backups with PHM Regedit and also tried to restore them.
PPC PocketProfiles was one of the programs. But after restoring the rbk file to registry I softreseted and nothing happened. While booting the Prophet always freeze at splash screen.
Another one was MortPlayer but I gained no better result.
Does anyone know a better working solution for such problems?
Thanks for your help
Everyone will tell you that it's not wise to use a backup from a different ROM. The reason is that when you have upgraded from AKU2.0 to AKU3.0 chances are big you have a completely different registry layout. Same for the new functions AKU3.0 provides above previous versions.
Some programs can just be copied when you want to create a backup. But most, like Windows, have scattered pieces all over the Program Files and Windows directories.
So first you have to see witch programs you actually use, are they easy copied for backup purposes? What registry tweaks do you use, aren't they available as a single CAB?
Upgrading always comes with installing/personalizing the complete system all over again. But that's why we’re here on this forum, right?
Thanks for your fast reply.
I backuped only the part which is especially for PPCProfiles or MortPlayer. So I thought it would work well.
I am quite sure about the ROM Upgrade problem and that it isn't possible to restore the complete regestry.
Maybe I didn't explained my issue not good enough, sorry
This should be easy to search for.. and yes I did find the PIM Backup thread.. and yes I wish I had used it...
Note: I do NOT have Outlook sync as an option.. so I need/needed a way to do this without going via a PC.
So I tried 2 methods:
a) Database backup with Sprite Backup
b) copied pim.vol to my Storage Card
What I'm finding post-WM6-upgrade is that I can read my PIM data.. but I cannot create new PIM data (appts, contacts).
Do I have any practical way to recover (short of flashing back to WM5 and using PIM Backup?)
Thanks,
Mike
Confused.
AFAI understand, you seems to have backed up with Sprite Backup and copied the pim.vol. And you have flashed into WM6, now unable to get these info back.
If so, you may want to try the WM5 emulator (from M$) for the PC.
Try PIM-Backup??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
works a treat.
mrvanx said:
Try PIM-Backup??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
works a treat.
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Aye, I found PIMBackup... but does it do me any good in my current state... or do I need to go back to WM5 1st.. PIMBackup, then back to WM6?
Thanks!
Mike
Have you already flashed WM6 then i take it?
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Have you already flashed WM6 then i take it?
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Yep. Held out all this time, watching the ROMs and finally thought it was worth the plunge.
Mike
The best thing you could do is start using exchange. Your PIM data is right there, all you do is sync once youve flashed and your contacts/calendar etc... is back on the device.
DeniaL's service is good, a $10 donation isnt much to ask for a good service especially with exchange 2007 (so you get HTML mail in WM6). Youl get push email aswell, if somebody emails you at (for example) [email protected] it instantly arrives at your device.
I do not want my personal PIM mixed into my work environment (which is my only PC). So I am mostly self-contained on the Hermes. Perhaps DeniaL's service would help me work around that... its a little beyond my knowledge scope (unix guy)
I use my work PC to install apps, and move things on/off the storage card. Not as convenient as it could be, but hopefully makes a little (if wacky) sense.
For the WM5 downgrade, I have the link to the "WM5 Downgrade guide v2".. could I cheat the steps by using ROM #3 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=302092 (since I was Cingular before, tho a slightly older version)?
Thanks,
Mike
I've been playing with PIMBackup... what I've found so far...
I can rename the WM6 compatible pim.vol to temp name and copy in my old pim.vol
PIMBackup will extract and save off the Appts and Tasks. I can see them with Verbose. It does not seem to be able to read the Contacts.
The WM6 contacts program also barfs.
PI2007 is able to read the contacts, but doesn't seem to have any way to backup/export.
Back to some more fiddling...
Mike
Hi,
I just flashed my Hermes to the Dopod WM6 ROM and performed an Spb backup recovery. Now my contacts do show up in the phone app, but my contacts app is shutting down immediatly after I start it up!
Anyone a solution?
Same Problem with contacts after SPB Backup!
I get the exact some problem... I don't know how to fix it, I can't even add contacts! I like new friends but not I can't even use my cool phone to get numbers anymore! Can anyone help me?
Solution to this problem!!!
Hey,
I've found a solution. The problem is that WM6 uses a completely different format to store contacts because of the tight messenger integration.
You can do 2 things to get your old contacts from your spb backup on your wm6 device:
1.) If you've got a second wm5 running device, load the spb backup on that device and sent them over to your wm6 running device through bluetooth or IR.
2.) Haven't got a spare wm5 device? Download the wm5 SDK including the wm5 emulator from Microsoft. Install the package on your desktop, reset your computer and run the emulator. You've now got WM5 running on your desktop pc! You can install cabs and also the spb recovery cab works fine. All your contacts will show up in the emulators contacts app. You can now manually copy the contacts to your wm6 phone (lotsa work!!! The way I did it...) or make a wm6 compatible backup on the emulator on your desktop and run it on your wm6 device. Sorry, but I can't advise you about which program you should use for that, but I know they exist!
Good luck!
Rahza
Yeah, SBP doesn't play nice between rom changes...
Another option is this:
Download PIM backup from here. See attached.
Reflash your old rom, use SPB backup to get it back to the way it was.
Install PIM backup to your old rom, and backup.
Flash new rom, reinstall PIM backup, then restore.
Worked for me!
Hi everybody.
I really need your help on this!
After a fresh PC install I synced my phone with Outlook via Mobile Device Center.
Problem is, my Outlook addressbook on my PC was almost empty - and now, all my phones contacts have been deleted!!!
And I don't have a backup of the newes contacts.
I know it is possible to restore deleted information on most storage devices.
Does anybody of you guys have experience on how to possible do that on a WM6 device?
Where does WM6 normally store the data? What software could I use to restore deleted Information?
PLEASE HELP.
Thanks a lot,
t.
You might be out of luck, since it probably didn't delete the PIM file. It only deleted records in the table of that file. Have you sync'd with any other computer? MS Live? etc. Your contacts still may be on the other devices.
Otherwise, I think your outta luck. Sorry
Chris
I had this once and i found back my contacts in MSN in the "deleted contacts". If you haven't synced with MSN, i think you better start to look for some new friends
trialbin said:
Hi everybody.
I really need your help on this!
After a fresh PC install I synced my phone with Outlook via Mobile Device Center.
Problem is, my Outlook addressbook on my PC was almost empty - and now, all my phones contacts have been deleted!!!
And I don't have a backup of the newes contacts.
I know it is possible to restore deleted information on most storage devices.
Does anybody of you guys have experience on how to possible do that on a WM6 device?
Where does WM6 normally store the data? What software could I use to restore deleted Information?
PLEASE HELP.
Thanks a lot,
t.
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there isnt any data recovery software for windows mobile trust me ive looked there is software to recover simcard info
http://www.datadoctor.biz/sim-card.html
I had the same problem kinda.. were your contacts on your simcard at anypoint?
If so you could always get a simcard data recovery software and usb thumbdrive for simcards. U need to instal the recoverysoftware on your pc and to get you simcard to recognise on your pc thats were the thumbdrive come into play.
This happened to me when I switched to Vista, totally unexplained loss of all contacts. I feel for you man, I was lucky and had most of them backed up on an online service.
thx for all your replies guys - managed to restore most of my older contacts - but the newer ones seem to be lost - dammit.
well, lets move on
I use the PIM backup to backup my contacts/sms's/recently called lists.. I set it to back my things every day and to keep 3 recent backups. I keep my backup files in storage card so if I have to do a hard reset -ill get my contacts etc. back without computer. Thisway I avoided similar problem(just had to restore the backup with PIM backup).
PIM Backup is the best choice. Synchronization with Outlook only is dangerous - have bad experience too...
Hi
Check your deleted items in outlook on your pc. I have sometimes found activesync deletes items from my phone but they go into the outlook deleted items.
Shaks
I recently upgraded from XP to Vista and the same thing happened. I didn't back anything up either. I got lucky though, my old files from xp were saved in a folder called windows.old, went in there and found my .pst file(outlook) and placed it in the vista outlook folder and got everything back...now I backup with PIM Backup daily.