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need to extract Contacts from backup.stg file

Anyone know of PC software that can open a Backup.stg file, and let me extract the Contacts into a usable format?
I've tried STGViewer - but its doesn't seem to let me do anything with the extracted Contact files.
I've tried to download Mobile Vault from;
http://hometown.aol.com/anyware/wce/MobileVault/index.htm
but the download link isn't working.
Thanks in advance.
JD

Restore contacts
I've uploaded the demo version, which helped me out. See attached

other peoples exp with it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10885&highlight=stg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=11626&highlight=stg

Big thanks for that. Mobile Vault did the trick and all my Contacts are back!
JD

I must just say PERFECT
thx for solution I can sleep ;-)

unable to open
Hi
i tried all above instruction , but i unable to open it, i m attaching the file,plz u can try to open it and reply me. the file does not have any extension its like " CompactFlashBackUpPim ".
thnx for advice
kareem khan

it does not sound like it's an activesync
backup at all
maybe an xbackup or someother kind

Hi all
I tried as per ur instruction, but i unable to recover
Actual it is not a ActiveSync backup, i backup this bye using the backup utility of ROM version 4.00.11 ,that only COntact and Appointment backup , its not full backup. Also i dont have the cradle of my PDA.
Any budy know how to open that file of restore, plz advice.
thnking u

CompactFlashBackUpPim - is XBackup
CompactFlashBackUpPim is made by xbackup.
To restore use x-Backup from your Programs and only restore contacts and Calendar

excellent thnx
excellent thnx

MobileVault not work
I downloaded the mobilevault in this post, but say "not is a win32 application".
I can't to restore contacts from active sync
Any idea???
Thx

hi, same here.
Actually my problem is more of a conversion problem.
I need to convert from CompactFlash format to XXXX.bak format as I've change my phone from O2 to Ethen.
Anyone can help in this? Ethen is not a widely used phone in Singapore & I'm facing problem...

need help with contacts
hi all used mobile vault to extract backup.stg from a friends cd to get his contacts for my dopod 838 now that i have found and extracted the contact file
i cant read it or open it please help its driving me nuts as he has 4 years worth of work contacts for me help newbie

Help me please! I have backup in CompactFlash format and i haven't the xBackup program. How i can open this backup? I need the address book!!!!!

BIG thanks to u and the creator of this software.
even activesync was unable to restore some of my data which included the contacts.

Please someone help...I've backed up my contacts using my windows 2003 second edition pocket pc in a STG file format...I lost my device and bought a new one with a windows mobile 6 edition..I used "mobile vault" to read the STG file , but I can't find the "Contacts" file database...could any one help please find my contacts & extract them from that STG file...Thanks for reading

possibe alternative solution
Activesync restore was telling me that the database files were in use. The running programs application in my 02 xda doesn't really show all running programs. I installed magic button and when the active sync tells restore tells me to check the running programs, I just ran magic button and killed everything except for activesync. Click on retry and the databases where restored successfully.

How to edit CAB files?

Hi,
yesterday my first pocketc phone arrived (BTW it's a german MDA compact); yeah, the first windows mobile of my life!
Thanks to this forum (which i've been lurking for a while) i was able to install the latest Italian Imate Jam ROM (1.12) flawlessly, i was even able to avoid extended_rom's cabs installation (by soft-resetting the device after a hard reset). As soon as i'll buy a new sd card and a card reader, i'll apply the big storage trick too.
Now I have a question: on this thread Sun75's talking about a modded extended rom where most of the CABs included have been modified by changing their default install location (from memory to storage).
Now i wonder: how can i edit my own CAB files to modify their install path or even their content (by, for example, replacing a program with another as Sun75 did)?
What program should i use? How can i 'mod' my own extended rom as Sun75 did???
Thanks u all,
Isidoro
PS: i've searched this forum for a similar post but found nothing; i used Google too; i've also RTFM. I apologize if this question has been answered somewhere but, if so, i wasn't able to find it.

WinCE Cab Manager
Go HERE

If u want to install cabs on SD card,then simply install a registry editor,then navigate to, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Apps/Microsoft Application installer,and change the DWORD Value of "fAskDest",to 1(Dec),then u will be asked each time u install a cab file of the desired destination....
But if u want to edit cab files,search for "WinCeCabManager 1.1"....
My advice will be to copy ur extended rom to the storage card,make a backup copy to ur pc hard disk,then performe the big storage,edit the Dword value mentioned above,then install the desired cabs,on the SD...
Good luck
RAGO :lol:

Extended ROM

hey Does any one have any tools to unlock the Extended Rom for my Magician (O2 xda2 mini), i wanna install some cabs in there pls do help.

1.Download Resco Explorer or Total Commander (cos you will need either these 2 program to enable "Reveal all files"
2. To unhide the Extended ROM, after you reveal all files, go to your File Explorer (Start, Programs, File Explorer)
3. Using the File Explorer, go to Windows folder and find this file called LoadVDisk.exe and then just run the file
4. Next, using File Explorer again, and go to \My Device and you should see the Extended ROM folder
5. Click on the Extended ROM folder and find the necessary cab file and click on it..
6. soft reset
also the search function is also quite useful. try it once in a while...

hey thanks for the advice will check on it, thank you.

hey man it works so how do i place another program in ext rom and will it be installed everytime i hard reset, and yeah since its unlocked how do i lock it again. than for the help hoping for a reply soon.

u cant place any new programs in the ext ROM. that ROM is supposed to be inaccessible to u. ur ext ROM should be hidden after the soft reset. check it!

You may not be able to place anything in the ExtROM till you unlock it. You have only "unhide" the ROM by running that utility. Till you unlock it you can only read the contents not write into it....

so tell me how do i unlock the ext-Rom of a magician, has anyone got any idea, pls let me know if there are any possibilities, i want to unlock the ext. rom of my O2 xda2 mini, pls help.

There are more possibilities read its content, (unhiding it). One possibility to hard reset it (pressing the Power button while pushing RESET). This will erase every data+programs from the device.
When the 1st boot finishes the ExtROM cabs are beginning to install. You have to Soft Reset the device (pushing RESET) to interrupt it. No cabs will be installed and ExtROM will be readable.

asinan said:
so tell me how do i unlock the ext-Rom of a magician, has anyone got any idea, pls let me know if there are any possibilities, i want to unlock the ext. rom of my O2 xda2 mini, pls help.
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There are no unlockers for Magician AFAIK. But now most of the people go for big storage hack with which you get 27MB of extra space for storage. Put ExtROM on the SD card. Lots of material avilable on this forum for doing so..

what is the advantage of having a big storage other than ext.Rom, if i need to can i reverse the process back to normal.

The term “Big Storage” in a nut shell is the process of modifying the built in ROM file of the Magician and deleting its “Extended ROM” contents which frees up approx 20Mb of space. This new space or “Storage” can be used to install 3rd party apps etc and won’t be deleted after a hard reset. The only way to restore the contents is by “Flashing” the ROM again with a new complete ROM File. - excerpt from ampda guide

so what is the latest rom with the big storage for a magician. i surely would love to make a switch over. thank you.

The latest and last ROM for the Magician is 1.13 with Radio 1.12. Actually you can convert any ROM to BS.

help with adding Mod's

hi there,
As you will guess by my question and post count i am a fully fledged n00b and have just bought the o2 xda orbit.
It such a great forum and enjoying reading all these mod's however there is one slight problem...
...how do you add them all?! i can obviously download all the files etc to my desktop (PC) but how do i then get them to install and work on my xda? e.g. quickgps mod, emulators, themes etc?
i imagine its very easy to answer and thanks in advance

just sync ur pda to pc,some progs will require a simple click ,if this needs you to do more on the device it will prompt you
other will need transfering onto your memory card and activating from your pda
i used this method with trail and error
good luck buddy

yeah ive tried syncing it and it does connect but then unsure of where to put the files.
For example i have the file to update the quickgps to locate quicker. Its in a .arm file and inside that is one file which is quick~g.000. I dont know whether to put the .arm or .000 onto the xda and when i have found that out in which folder do it put it when on explore of the XDA through activesync?
Thanks for the reply.

massive help and all understood now. tried both cab and exe files and both work great, thanks alot
Chris

help to recover files SOS!!!!

Hi
I have made a foolish thing and i need help
I have topaz with windows mobile 6.5 greek rom
I install some dll files for the top bar and after reboot the windows fail to boot
I know i can do a hard reset to fix the phone but i have some files in the internal memory from a program that i need to save. There are important files from my work
Is there any way that i can save them?
Please i am desperate
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