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PPCPimBackup corrupt backup

Hello all!
Yesterday I made a backup of my call logs and SMS/MMS messages with PPCPimBackup, and today I reinstalled my phone using the official T-Mobile ROM, and i used PPCPimBackup to restore the backup.
Too bad, it didn't work. The call log was restored, but with the text messages it gave the following error: "ERROR_CSV_BAD_RECORD at line 936"
So I opened the backup with winrar, opened the .csm file containing the messages, and deleted line 936, compressed the .csm file back in the backup file, but it still would work. It said the file was corrupt, so I probably haven't compressed it right or something like that. Any way to still restore my backup, or is it permanently lost?
I can still read the messages from the .csm file, so maybe there's another program that can make a new backup from this file?

Thaan.nl said:
Hello all!
Yesterday I made a backup of my call logs and SMS/MMS messages with PPCPimBackup, and today I reinstalled my phone using the official T-Mobile ROM, and i used PPCPimBackup to restore the backup.
Too bad, it didn't work. The call log was restored, but with the text messages it gave the following error: "ERROR_CSV_BAD_RECORD at line 936"
So I opened the backup with winrar, opened the .csm file containing the messages, and deleted line 936, compressed the .csm file back in the backup file, but it still would work. It said the file was corrupt, so I probably haven't compressed it right or something like that. Any way to still restore my backup, or is it permanently lost?
I can still read the messages from the .csm file, so maybe there's another program that can make a new backup from this file?
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Hi Thaan.nl,
You shouldn't have done that. Compression is nothing to do with the file corruption. Deleting line 936 has mentioned by the error is not enough.
Your backup was fine, I can assure you, the problem resides in the csv parser, I know it is not perfect, and I already mentioned it.
Don't worry, nothing is lost (except line 936).
BTW, get the .csm file out of the .pib, open it with an editor like ultraedit which can show each individual record and showing line numbers.
Try to remove the whole text message that couldn't be parsed by the parser and do the restore. You don't need to put the .csm back in .pib, you can restore it directly.
Did you use PIM Backup 1.5?
If you need any help to restore your backup, don't hesitate to ask...
Cheers,
.Fred

Beware of this product. I restored backup messages to my mail account. After that I will no longer be able to send out any mail. The system says that my outgoing smtp server is incorrect, although it is correct. I tried deleting the account and recreate it but it does not help. The only way so far was to do a hard reset. It happened to me and caused me to do about 10 hard resets before I finally pinned it down to this being the culprit. I am able to recreate the problem very reliably. The addresses and appointment parts are okay. It's just the messages part that you should not use.
I have gone through too much pain with this, so I thought I should share it with all of you and be warned.
Cheers

PPCPim BACKUP IS KING!!
eaglesteve said:
Beware of this product. I restored backup messages to my mail account. After that I will no longer be able to send out any mail. The system says that my outgoing smtp server is incorrect, although it is correct. I tried deleting the account and recreate it but it does not help. The only way so far was to do a hard reset. It happened to me and caused me to do about 10 hard resets before I finally pinned it down to this being the culprit. I am able to recreate the problem very reliably. The addresses and appointment parts are okay. It's just the messages part that you should not use.
I have gone through too much pain with this, so I thought I should share it with all of you and be warned.
Cheers
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Are u insane man!!
this program is the greatest thing since sliced bread!!!
One corrupt backup doesnt make the program suck
And if you search there is a fix for that
i do believe you need to delete the mailbox folders on ya SD card

Hi There!
I'm using PPCPimBackup (Version 2.8) to get all my contacts from my K850i to my new Xperia X1.
I created a whole phonebook-backup from the K850i in different formats:
contacts.csc, contacts.pib, pb.ldif, pb.vcf, pb.xml.
PPCPimBackup could only use contacts.csc or contacts.pib. When i try to restore one of them i use the field delimiter "," and map the values.
When i start the restore, i get the following error-message:
Error (ERROR_CSV_BAD_RECORD) : Bad record found at line 128.Nothing done.
Does someone know why this problem does occur?
EDIT: I solved the problem by reading other threads... Because the "corrupt Line" was the last line in the contacts.csc i added a "RETURN" to last line and now the program works great!

I solved the problem by reading other threads... Because the "corrupt Line" was the last line in the contacts.csc i added a "RETURN" to last line and now the program works great!

[Q] Is it possible to use old backup after updating with Chevron NoDo updater?

I've updated first with the waiting and stopping the WiFi hack, and naturally i had a backup, witch I capt. After a while i decided to go back to the backup (v7008) and check if there was an official update (there wasn't). And I thought that I'll go back to NoDo with the waiting hack but no luck ... neither of the hacks posted here worked and I tried with Chevron NoDo updater.
So my question is: After I capt the backup files, can I put them back and be able to restore to that backup again, after updating with Chevron?

kainy said:
I've updated first with the waiting and stopping the WiFi hack, and naturally i had a backup, witch I capt. After a while i decided to go back to the backup (v7008) and check if there was an official update (there wasn't). And I thought that I'll go back to NoDo with the waiting hack but no luck ... neither of the hacks posted here worked and I tried with Chevron NoDo updater.
So my question is: After I capt the backup files, can I put them back and be able to restore to that backup again, after updating with Chevron?
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Well, why don't you try and let us know?
Chances are you might be one of the few who have to do this.

EnderPsp said:
Well, why don't you try and let us know?
Chances are you might be one of the few who have to do this.
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The thing is ... I've saved the backup file but i don't remember where was located exactly :S I know it is in "C:\Users\ACCOUNT_NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\DEVICE_ID"
But I don't recall how ware the files located meaning there are one folder "0FDA666F..." very long name and in this folder I have folder named "Data", and I have one more file "ActiveId.dat" and I can't recall where this file was located ... in the folder with the big name or in the DEVICE_ID folder ... so if someone can check it on his PC and tell me how it is with him I'll be very grateful

kainy said:
The thing is ... I've saved the backup file but i don't remember where was located exactly :S I know it is in "C:\Users\ACCOUNT_NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\DEVICE_ID"
But I don't recall how ware the files located meaning there are one folder "0FDA666F..." very long name and in this folder I have folder named "Data", and I have one more file "ActiveId.dat" and I can't recall where this file was located ... in the folder with the big name or in the DEVICE_ID folder ... so if someone can check it on his PC and tell me how it is with him I'll be very grateful
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list the files ascending by 'date modified' and then look for the date you made your backup

Pfff didn't seem to work damn...

using another phone's backup

I played with the OEMName reg settings as posted here to tinker with the other oem apps, and it stopped all my applications from working, I had to hard reset to get any apps to function again. Luckily, I had saved my 7008 backup files and I used the method posted [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060103&highlight=backup+file+locations+zune]here[/url] to revert my locked 7392 Focus to the 7008 backup. I had saved the backup. These are some observations:
- When I updated to 7390 and created the backup, my phone was already unlocked and prevent unlock was done, when I restored my backup, the unlock was preserved
- the unlock retained through my subsequent update to 7392 (expected, but nice to know)
- The sideloaded apps on the phone at the time of the 7008 backup also installed with the backup
Even with my phone on the pin lock, as soon as I connected it to the PC, Zune opened and synced and prompted for the update. Is this new bahavior?
I was able move the saved backup files into the Windows Phone Update folder after the phone was connected and synced.
Once I was back to 7008, I hard reset the phone and updated again without setting up my Live Account info to create a "pure" 7008 backup for the purpose of posting here for others to tinker with.
If there is interest, i will post the files when I get home.

That backup could be very handy to have around! Please post it!

Backup is for one phone only, not all around. I know, you can change the DeviceId, but it will fail when you try to restore to another phone. I guess a backup is useless for others.
The best backup is the firmware itself.

I do believe this will work. There are two .xml files in the restore point. Each of these has a deviceID field. I believe that if you change these fields to your own unique device id number and wait until after the phone is connected to zune to replace the files, you may be able to use someone else's backup files on your phone.
Also, I reverted my phone to 7008, but once there, I was unable to get the chevron unlock to work. I'm not sure why this is or what I did wrong.
Later tonight, I will try to restore my wife's phone using my restore point as a proof of concept

Proof of Concept failed...
this is what I did...
1. First, I located the existing backup files on my computer.
C:\Users\#USER#\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update
In this location, there is a folder with a long name that looks like this:
B12da62f - d8d2d122 – 81d60512 - 6aaa3f12
This folder holds your restore files. This number is your unique device ID number.
2. I copied this folder and its contents to a safe place in case I needed it later. I have made it a practice to make a backup copy of all my backups so I can restore to any point. Restoring your own backups definitely works. I’ve done this several times with many old and new backups. See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060103&highlight=backup+file+locations+zune for details on how
3. Next, I got a backup file that didn’t belong to my phone and I edited the .xml files
- in the properties folder, you’ll find properties.xml
- I opened this file using notepad and change the #’s in the DeviceUrlId field to my unique device ID number
<DeviceUrlId>zune-tuner://windowsphone/XXXXXXXX%20-%20XXXXXXXX%20-%20XXXXXXXX%20-%20XXXXXXXX</DeviceUrlId>
- in RestorePoint\5372F2DE-F333-4717-9CB8-1846BE19900E\Data there is Manifest.xml
- I alsoopened this file using notepad and change the X’s in the DeviceId field to my unique device ID number
<DeviceId>XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX</DeviceId>
4. I connected my Focus to the computer and opened and waited for Zune to open
- waited for it to finish syncing
- left my Focus connected and Zune open.
5. Then I replaced the authentic backup files with the edited files from the other phone.
- Opened the backup file location on your computer from step 1
- Delete the existing Properties and RestorePoint folders
- Copied the Properties and RestorePoint folders from step 3 into this folder
6. I returned to Zune, went into Settings, then go to Update
- Wait for Zune to finish looking for an update
- It indicated that I had a restore point
- I selected to restore and followed the prompts
- All appears to be going well
7. On Step 3: Restoring Backup, the phone restarts, the and the Backup fails
- It spits out error code 801812E0
- I can't find anything on this code anywhere
At the beginning of step 3 it must be checking something in one of the other files?
IDK...
I do think this could work if we knew what Zune was checking that gives it the fail.

A quick look at the data files suggests to me that they may be encrypted. This would make sense, since otherwise you could overwrite the OS at a very low level by modifying your backup and then "restoring" it.
I bet the encryption key is stored in the device somehow, though.

GoodDayToDie said:
A quick look at the data files suggests to me that they may be encrypted. This would make sense, since otherwise you could overwrite the OS at a very low level by modifying your backup and then "restoring" it.
I bet the encryption key is stored in the device somehow, though.
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they are encrypted and sighed against your imei and CID from the sd card.
and it could be that it is sighed online when you are downloading the update (but I don't know that for sure)
but the main problem is that you can't use another his backup because the activation email adress is stored in the backup.
and it is way to complicated to get that out because it is stored on to many parts of the backup.
so if there was a way to hack the encryption you could only use it on your own phone.

ceesheim said:
they are encrypted and sighed against your imei and CID from the sd card.
and it could be that it is sighed online when you are downloading the update (but I don't know that for sure)
but the main problem is that you can't use another his backup because the activation email adress is stored in the backup.
and it is way to to get that out because it is stored on to many parts of the backup.
so if there was a way to hack the encryption you could only use it on your own phone.
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I don't think the email has anything to do with it.
I have tried all variables of restore files to phones with live activation set up and not set up.
With the false restore files, it fails the same regardless.
With restore files from the phone, it works the same, regardless of what live account is activated on the phone or in the restore.
Sent from my Focus using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

As I mentioned, it is not the way we can walk. One phone, one backup, another phone, another and so on. Sad but true.

well, FWIW, here are the 7008 backup files...
7008_Backup.zip
the file is 515 MB.
There is no Live account associated with the backup and I've already replaced the device ID info in the two xml files with X's

munkeyphyst said:
well, FWIW, here are the 7008 backup files...
7008_Backup.zip
the file is 515 MB.
There is no Live account associated with the backup and I've already replaced the device ID info in the two xml files with X's
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It would've spared you some time, I did it before you and it's not working. As ceesheim said, they are tied to hardware.
I'm looking now to patch Zune to bypass that.

Thanks, I didn't see that. I hope the "clean" 7008 restore files are of use.

Is there the possibility to extract specific files ie those related to SMS and use them in another backup?

efjay said:
Is there the possibility to extract specific files ie those related to SMS and use them in another backup?
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Not at the moment, as the backup files are encrypted. Different people (myself too) are working on various approaches, to try to access or unpack the rom files (from backups).

EnderPsp said:
Not at the moment, as the backup files are encrypted. Different people (myself too) are working on various approaches, to try to access or unpack the rom files (from backups).
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Thanks for the reply.

I wrote something about this topic overhere.

EnderPsp said:
It would've spared you some time, I did it before you and it's not working. As ceesheim said, they are tied to hardware.
I'm looking now to patch Zune to bypass that.
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it isn't zune that check it but the ULDR that validates it , so it doesn't bring you anywhere to patch ZUNE I think.

7008_Backup.zip
7008_Backup.zip multiuplood link please

ranya said:
7008_Backup.zip multiuplood link please
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There is no way (yet) to use another phone's backup so a link would not help you.

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but maybe all we would need to do is change the activeid and the folder, that goes 8-4-4-4-12 with random numbers. Is there another 7008 backup to compare that number with? maybe all you need is the activeid for your phone, if phones have seperate active ids.

[Q] People I call cannot hear ms

Helo all. So when I make a phone call, lately, 1 in every 4 calls, the person whom I call cannot hear me. This is the same for speakerphone as well. It all started about a week ago. Any help would be great, thank you.

re: audio issue
jc0187 said:
Helo all. So when I make a phone call, lately, 1 in every 4 calls, the person whom I call cannot hear me. This is the same for speakerphone as well. It all started about a week ago. Any help would be great, thank you.
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If your phone is STOCK or STOCK rooted and you want a fast and sure fix then
simply copy the contents of your internal sdcard to a new folder on the desktop of
your computer and use a backup app to backup your apps to external sdcard.
If you don't have an external sdcard then copy all files and folders internal sdcard
and copy the backed up apps to a new folder in your computer's desktop.
Then go into the settings>accounts in the phone and perform "factory data reset".
Doing that will solve the audio problem you have been experiencing.
If you are using a custom rom then I would suggest to ODIN flash the stock firmware
but make sure that the firmware is the correct onf for your specific phone's model number.
Best place to get the correct stock firmware is from SamMobile.com.
Good luck!

Hey thank you. Ive never done any restoring before. I just installed Helium on my desktop. Is there any way for me to be 100 percent certain that all my info will save properly? Im scared that I will lose all data trying to do a backup. Also, will doing a system restore fix the keyboard issue I am having? Heres what it does; word suggestions in the top area of keyboard will contain the correct word, but also contains the word before the correct word. Not sure if that makes any sense.

re: backups
jc0187 said:
Hey thank you. Ive never done any restoring before. I just installed Helium on my desktop. Is there any way for me to be 100 percent certain that all my info will save properly? Im scared that I will lose all data trying to do a backup. Also, will doing a system restore fix the keyboard issue I am having? Heres what it does; word suggestions in the top area of keyboard will contain the correct word, but also contains the word before the correct word. Not sure if that makes any sense.
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If you go into settings>accounts - and have it backup it will back up all your contacts,
mms, data, and other personal information and send it to your google/gmail account.
Then if and when you need to restore those items you can go into settings> accounts and
click on "Restore Data" after you are sure that you have a good wifi or data connection.
As far as music/videos/documents/photos you will not loose anything either since the
process of flashing a rom does not touch any of those files or folders in your phone.
It's a lot easier to flash a clean stock rom than it is hunting down trying to find a fix for
all these issues you are having with your phone.
When you do backups using apps from the playstore you will have no problem restoring
them after you re-download and install them again from the playstore.
Just be sure that the destination of any backups you make using playstore apps is setup
to be on your external sdcard or copy them to your computers desktop into a new folder.
These backups above are only for games and applications which you installed from the
playstore and has nothing to do with the personal DATA backups using your gmail account.
Good luck!
Don't forget that it takes less time to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"

Hey thank you for the help. Oh, btw, im running stock. I would hit the "like" button, but um, shoot, I cant find it. I know, I must be an idiot. Lol

Whatsapp files

Hello everyone,
This is my first post, so excuse me if I have put it in the wrong subforum.
I switched from windows phone to android last week. While setting up my new phone, I found out that I can't move my whatsapp chat history from wp to android. After a bit of searching, I found out how to get full fs access to my windows phone. But I can't find the location of the whatsapp messages database, or the encryption key file. Does anyone know where I could find these?
thank you,
phoneShock

phoneShock said:
Hello everyone,
This is my first post, so excuse me if I have put it in the wrong subforum.
I switched from windows phone to android last week. While setting up my new phone, I found out that I can't move my whatsapp chat history from wp to android. After a bit of searching, I found out how to get full fs access to my windows phone. But I can't find the location of the whatsapp messages database, or the encryption key file. Does anyone know where I could find these?
thank you,
phoneShock
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make backup in WhatsApp and you see folder WhatsApp....

I dont think that is compatible with android.

augustinionut said:
I dont think that is compatible with android.
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That's the whole point of my idea. I'm trying to manually copy the backup database to a backup made in Android. But these windows phone back-ups seem to be encrypted so I need the file containing the encryption key. That's file is somewhere to be found in the system files of Whatsapp. Furthermore, I've read somewhere that the databases in the system files are not encrypted. Which would make it significantely more easy to copy it's contents.

then use this tool to backup data from app http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...-apps-data-manager-windows-10-mobile-t3523048
if phone not interop unlocked, then copy from phone memory to SD. you can try Pocket File Manager http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3627872&d=1454167413, this file manager have access to WPsystem folder on SDcard
for example, i make backups for Viber with first tool without problem. for restore must move Viber to SDcard because 950XL cant enable MTP full system access...