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pim restore

Hi all
I am trying to restore my pim file which i copied before upgrading to aserg latest rom,without sucess i have copied it to root of device renamed old file and nothing appears in contact list.
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks Neil

I have realised my mistake after a lot of searching,old pim file is not compatible with latest rom,easiest work aroundm is downgrade,back up using sms contacts back up and then re-upgrade

Backup Sms On Wm5

HELLO [sorry for my bad english]
I would like to know if somebody know where the sms are saved in wm5 ? in PIM file or an another files?
Else do you know a free software witch do that?
Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305886&highlight=SMS+backup

You can use PPC PIM Backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705

PIM Backup is the best

Restore Backup File From WM5 to WM6

Dear Friends
i'm just update my XDAiis from WM5 to WM6... i got a problem to restore my backup files *.dbk in WM6 because i didn't find any standards program can restore this file in my wm6. any solution to fix my problem. thanks.
Regards
hariyono

What program did you use to make the backups? Whatever you used to make the backups will be able to open them...
Does this help?
http://filext.com/file-extension/DBK

1st i'm using a standard program from wm5 call "backup" buat after i update my wm5 to wm6 the program backup didn't show in wm6.

Save Text Messages Before Hard Reset?

I am going to do a hard reset and want to know if there is any way to save certain things to restore them later. I want to save the following:
1. Test Messages
2: Call History
Is there any way to do this and what do I have to do to restore them back after the hard reset? Thanks.

A little bump for this.

Use PIM Backup. Works great.

hollywould said:
Use PIM Backup. Works great.
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Thank you.

I dont't think pim backup can store the msg of your treo..
but you can backup the file PalmmsgV001 (into windows folder) on your sd (or pc)
then you can restore it after hard reset

uvz said:
I dont't think pim backup can store the msg of your treo..
but you can backup the file PalmmsgV001 (into windows folder) on your sd (or pc)
then you can restore it after hard reset
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Thanks! Is there a similar file for the call log history so I wouldn't even have to install or use the PIM backup program? The text and call log is all I care about...

yes palmVol.vol (recent calls list) and pim.vol (Contacts, calendar and call history )
-into main directory-

uvz said:
yes palmVol.vol (recent calls list) and pim.vol (Contacts, calendar and call history )
-into main directory-
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Thank you very much uvz.

Does anybody know in which file SMS dictionary is stored? It's not in pim.vol, palmmsg.vol, palmvol.vol.
Thanks!

Would like to view txt messages on my PC
Thank you for posting the PIMbackup utility!! It seems to have worked great! Is there a way to look at that information on your PC vs restoring it to your phone?
Thanks again!

tool
Pimp backup :d

restoring sprite backup on different device

Hi All,
I need your help.
I had to send my HTC Haiser to service and I did a backup with Sprite Backup.
Today I received my phone back. They exchanged mainboard, so when I wanted to restore data it gave me the message that it is different phone and it needs some "upgrade files" - i don't have them - and the restoring did not work - my first mistake
Recently I had to reinstall my pc and after, I didn't synchronize with phone - my second mistake
Reasuming: I have a backup file, I want to restore my contacts. I've installed sprite explorer and recover pim.vol file but don't what to do with it?
How can I get my contacts back???
Please help!!!
Thanks
Piotr

boobuck said:
Hi All,
I need your help.
I had to send my HTC Haiser to service and I did a backup with Sprite Backup.
Today I received my phone back. They exchanged mainboard, so when I wanted to restore data it gave me the message that it is different phone and it needs some "upgrade files" - i don't have them - and the restoring did not work - my first mistake
Recently I had to reinstall my pc and after, I didn't synchronize with phone - my second mistake
Reasuming: I have a backup file, I want to restore my contacts. I've installed sprite explorer and recover pim.vol file but don't what to do with it?
How can I get my contacts back???
Please help!!!
Thanks
Piotr
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Hi,
Sprite BU can only restore data to the same phone with the same OS. Even an upgrade fom WM6 to WM6.1 is killing the backup. Best thing you try is sending the backup.exe file to your PC and try to open it with Universal Extractor .
Dirk

dirlan2001 said:
Hi,
Sprite BU can only restore data to the same phone with the same OS. Even an upgrade fom WM6 to WM6.1 is killing the backup. Best thing you try is sending the backup.exe file to your PC and try to open it with Universal Extractor .
Dirk
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Ok but when I extract pim.vol file how can I recover my contacts from that file?
Thanks,
Piotr

boobuck said:
Ok but when I extract pim.vol file how can I recover my contacts from that file?
Thanks,
Piotr
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Hi,
Check the properties, and try to open it in Notepad. Look at the structure and see if you can save it as *.csv which can be imported in Outlook and then synced by AS.
Dirk

If the PIM file has been extracted, should it not be the case just to copy to the device?