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PST Reader

does any one know is there is a PST reader for WM6?
Outlook can export contacts as a pst file, i was wondering if there was an app about that would be able to read a pst and copy the contacts into the contact list?
thanks

I've never seen anything that can do that but, and I hate to sound stupid here, why would you need it to do this?
Activesync can do that for you...?
Is there some particular ultimate goal you want to achieve by doing this?
Cheers,
Smiffy?

Lordsmiff said:
I've never seen anything that can do that but, and I hate to sound stupid here, why would you need it to do this?
Activesync can do that for you...?
Is there some particular ultimate goal you want to achieve by doing this?
Cheers,
Smiffy?
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yes, when my HTC TyTn trys to resync with outlook 2007 on Vista after A ROM flash it fails even though it worked before flashing, so i have to delete all contacts from my vista system, resync my phone with my XP system to get the contacts, then sync up again with my vista system.
I have not found anyone else with this problem, and i thought that there might be a little app somewhere so i could just store my contacts on my memory card as a PST and reload all contacts from my phone before the first sync.
I dont know y my system is being stupid but this is one or 2 annoying problems i have with vista!!

The easiest way to get your contacts back after a flash is using PIMBackup - it's free and can be found here
This will allow you to make a backup of your contacts onto your SD card (and restore them after a flash)
It should be a part of every flasher's toolkit It can lead to duplicate entries in your outlook though so you might need to delete them from your machine first anyway (but at least you can get them back on your hermes easy enough now)
As to the vista thing - are you deleting the sync profile out of vista after you've reflashed? I'm not even sure you can (only played a little bit with vista) but in activesync, I always delete my sync profile (but not syncd files folder), put the right name back into my hermes and re-setup the partnership and sync everything again.
Either way, I think PIMBackup should do what you're looking for
Cheers,
Smiffy.

Lordsmiff said:
The easiest way to get your contacts back after a flash is using PIMBackup - it's free and can be found here
This will allow you to make a backup of your contacts onto your SD card (and restore them after a flash)
It should be a part of every flasher's toolkit It can lead to duplicate entries in your outlook though so you might need to delete them from your machine first anyway (but at least you can get them back on your hermes easy enough now)
As to the vista thing - are you deleting the sync profile out of vista after you've reflashed? I'm not even sure you can (only played a little bit with vista) but in activesync, I always delete my sync profile (but not syncd files folder), put the right name back into my hermes and re-setup the partnership and sync everything again.
Either way, I think PIMBackup should do what you're looking for
Cheers,
Smiffy.
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Thanks alot m8 fixed the prob str8 away!!

Not that I'm nosey or anything but which bit in particular sorted your problem out (also helps when people search who have the same problem
Cheers,
Smiffy.

Using PIM Manager to back up all of my contacts instead of having some sort of PST reader, i didnt realise such a tool was available.
I am having afew strange problems with my Vista system and my TyTN, the one you helped with, and another strange thing (just on the off chance you have experienced this and can help) once i have sorted the sync between the phone and computer, when the phone is connected via usb it "messes" around with my windows (the open ones on the desktop), for example, when typing something, the cursor will disappear as if i have clicked of part of the screen OUTSIDE the window i am using, then a second or 2 later reappears and i can type again.
as soon as i disconnect the phone it goes away!! im sure there is somethign trying to play with my emotions in my system, its really annoying as when my phone is attached to my system i pretty much cant do anything with my computer because of this focusing out effect.
it sucks!! (the other annoyign thing i have found with alot of people on here is the fact that if you ask a question, everyone just *****es at you for asking or you get "n00bs suck,y are they allowd here!!" so i havent asked also how do you describe my problem lol!!

So it was a Vista issue then?
Since I am on XP and although my backup needs are pretty simple, ActiveSync not only backs up my calendar and my contacts but it also included the pics that I have associated to them.
Sure I do not need my old call logs, but for basic stuff active sync suffices.

agovinoveritas said:
So it was a Vista issue then?
Since I am on XP and although my backup needs are pretty simple, ActiveSync not only backs up my calendar and my contacts but it also included the pics that I have associated to them.
Sure I do not need my old call logs, but for basic stuff active sync suffices.
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after abit of investigation, it seems that (on my vista system anyway) WMDC 6.1 was inable to sync with Outlook 2003, i have updated to Outlook 2007 and it seems to sync ok now, but i still have the other problem i mentioned before, i have checked everything i can think to check and i cannot work out what it causing it!!

I cannot add contacts on B&B 4.1

Hi there, i upgraded my artemis yesterday and for some reason i was missing one contact i had to call today, the thing is that when i want to add the contact, so i open pocketCM new contact, i put the name, the file as and the number and when i click ok it gives me an error which states
"ERROR"
"An Unexpected error has ocurred in this program"
My only way out is by clicking ok and canceling the contact... is there anyone else experiencing this? how can i solve it?!?!
Thanks to all and specially to TOM.

Noone can help me?

Did you upgrade from WM5 to this ROM, and if so, did you use something like SPB Backup for your contacts, and restore to WM6? If you did, your contacts database will be broken on WM6, which may cause this...

demo2000 said:
Did you upgrade from WM5 to this ROM, and if so, did you use something like SPB Backup for your contacts, and restore to WM6? If you did, your contacts database will be broken on WM6, which may cause this...
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I upgraded from wm5 to wm6 bb 4.0. i couldnt add contacts there either, i was hoping it was a bug... so what can i do? extract the contacs and put them one by one?

I'm sure there's probably many ways to recover from this, but I used a copy of Outlook. I restored my contacts to the phone with SPB backup, then using active sync, synced them to Outlook. Once done, I did a hard reset on my phone to fix the contacts database, then again using active sync, copied the contacts back from Outlook.
As I say, probably just one of many ways of doing it, but worked for me.
Good luck!

Getting ALL contacts out of there

Hey guys, I just wanted to know if there was a way to get all of my contacts out of my phone into Outlook.
I just want to do this in case I lose my phone or something.
I have over 400 contacts, and putting them 1 by 1 is quite a pain in the beeeeeeeeeeeeeep lol
Any ideas?

Synchronize via activesync.

Working ActiveSync CAB??

Anyone got a CAB file for ActiveSync? or could someone create one for me please? I have installed Farias/DrP's ROM, their ActiveSync install won't sync up with my server, I have installed other WM6.1 ROMS which all work ok, I've tried a different Radio ROM just in case but it still doesnt seem to want to work. I like the ROM and would rather just replace the dodgy app if possible.

would suggest re-installing activesync on computer than stuffing around with your hermes. I've got Dr p/Faria's rom running and have no sync problems. As a point I generally try active sync after a flash but if it doesnt work re-install and delete all paired files. This wont get rid of your contacts because they're stored in outlook. Just remember NOT to replace all items on the computer when prompted as THIS MAY DELETE ALL CONTACTS. As I've said I've had no trouble syncing however. I've found that leaving the hermes on too long and not doing anything may corrupt the os resulting in me having to hard reset or reflash. Be warned.... Hope this helps..

I'm having somewhat of the same problem but my active sync sync's but when I look in my out box my mail is still there so every time I sync it continues to resend the mail that's in the outbox. So what I've been doing is deleting it out of the outbox once it's done syncing. Also I've noticed that when active sync is running it goes to a all white screen with a black outline around the screen never seen that before I’m use to seeing the green circular motion movement. "(I use ActiveSync to use the over the air PUSH capability from my corporate server )" Me too.

OK maybe I wasn't clear enough.... ActiveSync works if you have a cable plugged in e.g. you can set up a pairing with your PC and the Device over a wire, I use ActiveSync to use the over the air PUSH capability from my corporate server thus the cable is surplus to requirements unless I need to charge the device. There is another person in the Faria/DrP thread with the same problem.

Mods please delete, server probs at work, don't need this any more....

Tony, talk to your IT department, sounds like a server problem

It was, this is why I asked the thread to be deleted..

i have my rohdiumw synced with gmail and its not syncing properly anymore i think that its the version of active sync that mightyrom put in do i still need the active sync cab if anyone has one they can post

vistazifta said:
i have my rohdiumw synced with gmail and its not syncing properly anymore i think that its the version of active sync that mightyrom put in do i still need the active sync cab if anyone has one they can post
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I too could use a cab installation of activesync. does that even exist out there or is it something that is only ever cooked directly into the ROM? I love my current rom except for the ASync errors. Anyone with a cab, please speak up now...

No Activesync
I too am having problems connecting my phone to WMDC on a recently purchased imate 8502, I upgraded the rom to WM6.1 and the phone is no longer recognised by pc at all. Having looked through the programs on the phone and browsed the directories on the device, I cannot find activesync on the phone at all! The only hint is an empty folder, but there is no executable for activesync anywhere, which would probably explain why so many ppl can't get thier 8502's to connect to thier pc's after upgrading!
We need an activesync.cab to install!

Restore From Outlook

So my TP2 just got stolen and I had to get a brand spanking new one. I had backed up my contacts on my computer using Outlook. I'm trying to restore the contacts from Outlook to my phone, and for some reason I can't figure out how. Can anyone run me through this please?

active sync isn't working?

The phone is connected, but how do I tell the computer to send the contacts to the phone? I'm usually rather computer saavy, and I'm sure this is very simple to do, but I'm missing it.

I left ActiveSync for WMDC 6.1 when I switched to Win7, but I believe if you just sync once it is connected it should work. Since there are no contacts on your phone it should just copy them all over.
did you go through active sync device set up?

I got it. I'm a moron. Wow. Thank you anyway.