Just got my tp2 from Tmobile. I had them transfer my contacts from my other phone.
I put about 5 cab files on the phone and for some reason the synch was jamming so i restarted the phone and now everything is gone.
The cab folder i had in programs for all of the cab files the people i had saved on my main screen weather email etc.... Seems like it did a factory reset.
What did i do wrong? should i put the cab files on a micro sd card?
Anybody have a problem synching?
I really don't want to keep a phone that i have to worry about.
jaybirdy2k said:
Just got my tp2 from Tmobile. I had them transfer my contacts from my other phone.
I put about 5 cab files on the phone and for some reason the synch was jamming so i restarted the phone and now everything is gone.
The cab folder i had in programs for all of the cab files the people i had saved on my main screen weather email etc.... Seems like it did a factory reset.
What did i do wrong? should i put the cab files on a micro sd card?
Anybody have a problem synching?
I really don't want to keep a phone that i have to worry about.
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Nope sync works great ..
Q> should i put the cab files on a micro sd card?
A> Yes
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jaybirdy2k said:
Just got my tp2 from Tmobile. I had them transfer my contacts from my other phone.
I put about 5 cab files on the phone and for some reason the synch was jamming so i restarted the phone and now everything is gone.
The cab folder i had in programs for all of the cab files the people i had saved on my main screen weather email etc.... Seems like it did a factory reset.
What did i do wrong? should i put the cab files on a micro sd card?
Anybody have a problem synching?
I really don't want to keep a phone that i have to worry about.
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What was your former phone? If you were using a smartphone, I'd suggest you bluetooth your phone book. I just switched years of info and thousands of contacts from another platform to my TP2 via bluetooth and it worked perfectly for me.
I use "Microsoft My phone" when I upgraded from the Kaiser to the Rhodium I just signed on and got all my contacts ringtones contact photos SMS and everything, now my Rodium looks like I been using it all this time and the best part is all you have to do is just let it sync its all automatic
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1. I know I can import Contact information from SIM card to device, but is there any way I can do the reverse since over time contacts changes?
(I have a back-up phone which is nothing more then just a plain ole' Samsung - so if ever I need to switch from my BA device to the phone I have an updated phone book on my SIM card)
2. Recently the battery came off my phone for a few short seconds while in a purse. Upon putting it back on I realized the phone did a hard reset! (I don't know why either!) The purse was practically empty (two wallets and receipts) and had nothing in it that could have started the reset. When I got home and tried to sync, ActiveSync coudln't recognize the phone and wanted to start a new partnership. Anything I can do in the future to prevent this from occuring again - Activesync not recognizing the phone?? I had to delete the partership the computer and start over.
3. In Outlook I have two Contacts list (1 personal and 1 business). I would like to keep them seperate but it seems like Activesync will only sync one contact list at a time. I know I can assign categories and sort them but life is easier keeping them seperate. Any way to do this or a program that wil do this?
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Sorry to do this but some one out there can answer at least one of these questions right???
THANKS!
ms_guy99 said:
1. I know I can import Contact information from SIM card to device, but is there any way I can do the reverse since over time contacts changes?
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I have an MDA compact (Magician), and there I can simply mark the contacts I want to copy to the SIM in my list of contacts, then tap-n-hold and select "Save to SIM".
Anything I can do in the future to prevent this from occuring again - Activesync not recognizing the phone?? I had to delete the partership the computer and start over.
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Yes. Make sure that you regularily do backups using Active Sync. Then, next time a hard reset happens, connect your PocketPC to the PC and choose Guest Partnership. Now, just go to Extras - Save/Restore in Active Sync, and restore a backup. After the restore completed, disconnect the PocketPC, soft-reset it, then re-connect. It will now simply use your old partnership.
In Outlook I have two Contacts list (1 personal and 1 business). I would like to keep them seperate but it seems like Activesync will only sync one contact list at a time. I know I can assign categories and sort them but life is easier keeping them seperate. Any way to do this or a program that wil do this?
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I do not know of any way to do that. Maybe someone else does - if yes, I would also be very interested!
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Daniel
First, yes, you can have 2 separate contact lists in Outlook. Just create new folder "that will contain contacts" or something to that effect.
Next, download the MS add-on that will let you sync 2 lists. Maybe part of the powertoys or something like that. Definitely out there. Seen it.
Outlook Add In
Thanks....Tadzio!!! Your info was a real big help!!
Has any one heard or found this Outlook add in? I searched all over Microsoft's website and couldn't find it???
What is a power toy??
Thanks!
Ok i've used PDA's for a good while now but the P3300 (XDA Orbit) is my first PDA phone that i've owned.
In regards to the SIM Card. how the hell do you manage the contacts correctly?
If i select copy all sim number to contacts, it shows up both the sim and contacts so everything is duplicated.
is there a way of stopping contacts looking at the SIM aswell?
Also, can you recommend the best soft keyboard?
for typing texts the standard one is rubbish for me.
Thanx guys
hmm..
i had this problem also with the duplication. i tried to go through the list and delete all the sim contacts but some of them wouldn't go away! i think my solution in the end was to back up the contacts on the PC using ActiveSync, then i think i put the sim in another phone, deleted all contacts, then put the sim back, and transferred the contacts back off my PC onto the phone (and i may have had to remove the duplicated from the backed up contact in Microsoft Outlook)
someone will probably have a better methodology, but this worked for me!
Ref keyboard
See#12 here
Viffer800 said:
Ref keyboard
See#12 here
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Nice one
Thanx
now using PocketCM to manage contacts. Doesn't support the SIM which is good
2 totally separate phones (dash's) one with Rogers and one with stock Tmo WM6. Hard restart all contacts disappear! Since in their infinite wisdom you cant disable the sim contacts from showing, I rely on them STAYING in the phone memory! Anyone else with this issue? It has happened only twice in maybe 4 months, but is very frustrating!
Thanks for any advice!
A hard reset will restore the phone to factory default (no contact list). It's supposed to do that. Keep your contacts synchronized via outlook and activesync.
Sorry, I was lying when I typed hard reset. I yanked the battery so it wasnt exactly a soft reset but I did not do the clear storage either I guess next time it locks up I will be more patient!
gospeed.racergo said:
2 totally separate phones (dash's) one with Rogers and one with stock Tmo WM6. Hard restart all contacts disappear! Since in their infinite wisdom you cant disable the sim contacts from showing, I rely on them STAYING in the phone memory! Anyone else with this issue? It has happened only twice in maybe 4 months, but is very frustrating!
Thanks for any advice!
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You should be syncing your phone with your contact list on your PC or exchange server if you are lucky enough to have one. This is one of the most basic things you can do on a smartphone. What if you lost your phone???
I do sync. But I dont take my computer with me either. So today, all day, I was without contacts. Now they are back caused I sync'd.
I guess we should be telling people that want louder call volume to get a hearing aid and people that want to run another ROM to buy the right phone
backup
I use Sprite Backup for said problem and its golden. Simply make backups of your data on the go and when things happen like say an impossible to stop boot loop or a data error, you can still restore everything.
I guess I am just the kind of person that would rather look at the root of the problem, not the band-aid repair after it happens again. I will look into the backup, but I will probably just carry my spare deactivated sim card so I can transfer stuff back if it fails me again.
So does anyone know a way to KEEP the contacts on the sim, yet hide them from view on the contacts list? It surpirses me that something my 8 year old Nokia does WM6 wont let you do . I have never accidentally lost my sim contacts- but the duplicate thing is annoying
The rogers rom for the htc s621 (dash) allows you to hide sim contacts without a registry edit. goto settings then phone... you'll find it there.
also there is a reg edit for said issue for roms that don't offer this option. I have not personally found a smartphone rom without this option but the regedit is: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Phone]
"ShowSIM"=dword:00000001 ->0 to disable, 1 to enable.
Now you can keep your contacts on your activated SIM.
THANK YOU!!! I had not realized Rogers did this!
Found the check box under Settings/Phone/Call Options
I just recently started having a problem where the CMyPhotos panel in CHome no linger shows photos... it just says "No Photos". I have photos in the /Storage Card/Pictures directory and My Documents/My Photos directory on my phone itself. it still doesnt show photos at all though... I can manually look at the photos, but i dont get the thumbnail view on the homescreen.
Anyone else had this issue before?
P.S. and yes.... i have rebooted my device. and i've tried it with and without my storage card. and yes, i know a hard reset will most like resolve this issue, but i'm looking for a fix without the hard reset.
I had the same problem and it went on and on, so I just got fed up with it and did a hard reset on it. I think that will probably be your best bet man.
This is worth a try, create on storage card root "Pictures" and place some pics in there, just notice your dir is named differently.
Might not work but worth a shot.
Try changing showing and hiding Chrome Configurator CMYPhotos a few times and soft reset. Just a suggestion never happened to me.
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Try changing showing and hiding Chrome Configurator CMYPhotos a few times and soft reset. Just a suggestion never happened to me.
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I tried that when it happened to me and no resolution so I ended up hard resetting... It just happened for me out of no where and I am not sure what caused it to happen...
Thanks, 4 your suggestions guys. I already had the "pictures" directory in the root of my storage card...i did hide and then show the CMyPhotos several times as well. I even tried putting pics on my phones root "my documents/my pictures" directory as well but it still doesnt show anything.
Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Pictures "folder" in the root of your storage card is the best solution.
i guess people don't read what i've already done.......
well here's the fix for it ( in case anyone else has this issue in the future)
you have to re-format your sd card. I tried re-formatting it with resco explorer, but it would not let me. so i had to use the WM5Storage option to let the PC recognize it as a removable disk (sorry, i don't have an sd card reader on my PC). I then copy/pasted all my files to my PC. formatted it (fat16) and then copied all the files back over to it. Now my pictures folder is recognized by the CMyPhotos and i can see all of the pictures on my phone and storage card.
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Thanks, 4 your suggestions guys. I already had the "pictures" directory in the root of my storage card...i did hide and then show the CMyPhotos several times as well. I even tried putting pics on my phones root "my documents/my pictures" directory as well but it still doesnt show anything.
Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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try renamin the picture folder to DCIM hope this helps
Dang I wish I would have done that before I performed a hard reset on my phone... Uhhhh that sucks...
Nice advice!
Hi all,
I have a problem that I hope you can help with. I have a TMobile Dash that isn't working. Well, everything works just fine except the screen...lol. The screen is totally black and I can't see what I'm doing. TMobile has sent me a replacement phone, as mine was still under warranty. In fact, since this is the second Dash I've had a similar problem with, they allowed me to upgrade to the Dash 3G!!
Here's my problem...My contacts were NOT saved to my SIM card and I can't see what I'm doing, on the phone. So, I've hooked the phone to my laptop, via USB, and am attempting to find my contacts, so I can at least see them, to type them into the new phone. Any suggestions where to look? ORRRR Anyway to give me button by button instructions for moving my contacts to my SIM card? LOL. I've also attempted to use Windows Mobile Device Center, but it won't let me chance Sync Content Settings because I don't have Outlook. The only Content Settings it will Sync are files, but not contacts.
Basically, I need my contacts in the new phone. I can't see the screen of the old phone. I can hook either phone to laptop though. I have Vista, so Active Sync isn't an option. I've heard that there's software, available on this forum, that will allow me to hook my phone to computer, and use computer monitor as phone screen.
Any and all suggestions would be well appreciated!!
My Mobiler
Will not sync but will allow you to see the screen and copy the contents, will still need to make a connection via active sync etc.
Stylez, thank you very much!! Worked just great!!