Guys,
Just bought a Qtek 8300 which I kind of find extremely slow.
I have also noticed, in the system info utility, that the available memory (ROM) is only 2.5 MB from a total of 17.95 MB...
I understand that the ROM is used for installed programs and docs but I truly haven't installed 14MB of programs yet and have almost zero docs saved.
Thanks for any tips/advice...
Waanz
Ok, just found where half of the storage went. There is a PIM file at the root, which is apparently where all outlook (calendar, contacts, todo, etc..) data are stored. That file was over 6MB.
I just changed the calendar sync option to only sync the past 3 months appointment and that file is now down to 4MB.
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I have a strange problem here, haven't seen it mentioned yet on the forums.
Calendar: creating and editing appointments gives "An unexpected error has occurred in this program".
Tasks: when I create a new task, it appears OK, but if I close and restart Tasks, the changes vanish! When I tick-off a task, I get the error "No program memory available".
Contacts: creating or editing contacts gives "No program memory available"
I am able to view entries without problems, but completely unable to create or edit...
There is plenty of memory available, 25MB storage + 50MB program. All other applications working ok, including Notes.
I have guessed that the problem might be in the Outlook databases.
I have tried:
1. Soft reset - no change
2. Restoring ROM backup - no change
3. Deleting the ActiveSync partnership and overwriting the device databases - no change
4. Hard reset - fixes the problem, But comes back as soon as I restore from ActiveSync backup. Sadly the only backups I kept were after the problem arose.
5. Deleting the Outlook databases using PHM PowerToys - but half of them I couldn't get rid of because "another application was using them", though apparently nothing else was running. Deleting the ones I could gave no change.
I DON'T want to do a hard reset and start again from scratch, because I lose a lot of data that will be hard to restore. E.g. a few very important progs that I haven't got the installers for, my SMS messages, the phone call history + timers, GPRS and network settings, and a huge number of program configurations, including photo contacts database, transcribe settings etc. (don't know of a way to back these things up).
I have an XDA2 (Himalaya/xscale/128MB) running PocketPC Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition. Please help! :x
Forgot to mention, I am able to create items on Desktop Outlook and sync them across. (I'm using ActiveSync 3.7.1)
I have also tried ScanPST.exe on Desktop Outlook, which finds no problems.
Not sure if it help, but I would recommend to export the files from Outlook on the PC, then delete Contact, Calendar and Tasks on the PC and synchronize - which should delete the data on the XDA as well. Then re-import the data on the PC from the exported files and sync again...
I tried to update 2.23 RWE to 2.27 RWE (WM6) without using Outlook (on a side note, does anyone know a good alternative?) so I copied pim.vol to my PC as well as the SD card.
After the upgrade didn't work (both by SD flash and Desktop installer), the "upgrade" obviously erased pim.vol. I tried the old trick of renaming, copy and pasting... alas it didn't work.
Anyone have any idea as to what to do?
After an exhaustive googling, I'm still none the wiser. I'd be great if I could have the contacts (name, number, email, etc) exported out to a CSV. I found a parser written in perl, but it doesn't seem to like WM6's pim.vol
If anyone can save me from hours of editing a 4MB text file to CSV, please let me know!
Best solution to copy all PIM data between different versions is PIMBackup .
You can move all contacts, phone calls log and SMS's to new unit .
You all are intelligent as heck- I am a newbie. And learning.
I am trying to free up some RAM in my TC. I am trying to, or wish to, have my Outlook inbox, calendar, and contacts download into my phone. I am getting a memory full message. And I see no method that I can see to move programs over to storage cards..
Is there a way to move some of my programs over to a larger storage card? And what is that process please....?!
Thank you all. This is my first HTC...and not real up to speed.....
Your Inbox might not fit into built-in memory.
There is a configuration option for outlook (and mail in general) to save Attachments to the Storage-Card.
This should free up the memory enough.
Hi, I have been happy with my T-Mobile Blue Angel MDA3 for some years. Now the battery is dead, time for a change.
Got the Jade but when syncing it runs out of memory. I do have a lot of contacts (4500) but the old Blue Angel had never any problems - how can it be that the new slick Jade can't do what the old machine does without complaining?
are you syncing using WMDC or activesync?
I am using Activesync.
Strange, I witnessed activesync syncing 2800 with no problems at all, which is the same as 4500.
Can you check how much memory you have while syncing?
Data Memory, total: 98.8 MB, free: 2.92
Program memory, total: 123.29, free 64.88
holy ****
this is very strange.
alright.. let's try something
try syncing ONLY contacts and see what happens with the memory
Hi, thanks for the tip! All contacts synced with 57 MB still free. I am now adding the calendar.
check which info drops your device's memory and we'll go from there
Ok, I synced category by category and it all went through with 35 MB still free! Thank you so much for your good idea! Is this standard behaviour or is there something strange happening?
Actually, having 4500 contacts isn't standard
so i can't really tell you what the problem is.
I'm not exactly sure how the synchronization process works... as long as it works, everything is alright.
I have a little question. My PIM databases are enormous (been growing since 1997 in fact!), and synching up after a flash is just so annoying.
The obvious alternative would be to use PIMbackup or similar to simply write those back after a flash. BUT! The problem is that since Activesync considers it a NEW device, once you sync, instead of realizing the PIM data is all there, it thinks that it's "foreign" data and you end up with double everything - double contacts, double meetings, and so on.
I am sure there's a reg entry somewhere that "remembers" the partnership with your computer, so that Activesync recognizes PIMbackup-restored data as your original PIM data.
In fact, if I use for instance SPB backup on a clean ROM, that's exactly what happens, Activesync/Outlook is sure it is exactly the same phone, and doesn't give me any duplicates.
I thought you might know what that would be? I am sure it is MORE than just the "Owner" settings in the registry.
I'd be grateful for any info you have.
Thanks and all the best!
Laz
You can back up active sync partnerships with the backup tool in sk tools. It's much more than just one reg entry, and it's totally worth it to backup/restore the AS partnerships. Over-writing pim.vol with a copy from your sd card is also a lot faster than syncing, although sometimes it doesn't take the first time (you need to soft reset after doing it).
I made my life a million times easier when i used google's free exchange server to sync my contacts, calender, and mail.
First thing i do whenever i flash a rom before restoring anything else, is go into activesync and establish the server. (use ssl, username is your email, address is m.google.com - only sync calendar, email, and contacts, nothing else).
Voila, all your contacts will be synced up. Takes me about 5 minutes and all of my contacts (complete with picture id's and every detail) are back on my phone. And as an added bonus, i can access my address book via http://contacts.google.com
From what i understand, there is even a way to save these settings to your XDA_UC folder on your storage card making it a part of the UC process (don't know if UC is built into FUZE roms, i upgraded to a Tilt2 a month ago, it wasn't the last time i was browsing the Fuze roms....)
But yeah, I found ActiveSync to my computer a total waste of time - duplicates are a PITA, data is lost, or in my case 2 years ago my phone was stolen - and activesync failed the last time i had synced my phone - loosing about 30% of the contacts I had gotten since my last sync!
Farmer Ted said:
You can back up active sync partnerships with the backup tool in sk tools. It's much more than just one reg entry, and it's totally worth it to backup/restore the AS partnerships. Over-writing pim.vol with a copy from your sd card is also a lot faster than syncing, although sometimes it doesn't take the first time (you need to soft reset after doing it).
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Hah! I knew there was a simple way to sort it out! Thanks Farmer Ted!