My friend has a Qtek Wizard from Vodafone, which (as he's an apple mac user) he's never set up to use Activesync, and has never synchronised.
Now he's managed to break his usb connector, and so can no longer use the machine (can't charge it). Vodafone have offered to repair it for him, but tell him they'll wipe the memory when they do, which means he loses a year's important business contacts.
So, after having agood laugh at his non- existent back- up policy, I offered to help him get his data.
But I'm stuck - I can't find a way of getting the data off his Wizard.
Things I've tried:
1. Activesync via either bluetooth or infrared:
Didn't work - I assume because the first async relationship must be via USB?
2. copying his pim.vol file onto an sd card and transferring it onto my own wizard (02 ROM) (renaming the original pim.vol on my machine to pim-old.vol, and installing his into the root directory
couldn't get the contacts or calendar to open at all. Had to do a hard reset and wipe the phone completely to be able to sync back with my own PC again
- any ideas? I guess the ideal would be to find a way to conver the pim.vol file into a format that can be imported into outlook or whatever Mac users have that's equivalent
copy a backup app to a mem card. install from card to device and then backup device to mem card. restore to phone once vodafone have fix it.
Check his and your OS version. The 'pim.vol' method should work if both PPCs are using the same OS. From what it seems, it is likely to be different OS.
Look for the "PIM Backup" in this forum. It is an OS independant backup software for.. PIM stuff (e.g. including calendar and contacts).
jdl1306 said:
copy a backup app to a mem card. install from card to device and then backup device to mem card. restore to phone once vodafone have fix it.
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Thanks jdl - can you recommend a backup app? I've only ever installed apps using activesync before now - is it easy to do from a card?
hanmin said:
Check his and your OS version. The 'pim.vol' method should work if both PPCs are using the same OS. From what it seems, it is likely to be different OS.
Look for the "PIM Backup" in this forum. It is an OS independant backup software for.. PIM stuff (e.g. including calendar and contacts).
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Thanks Hanmin - I'll look for that software
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Thanks jdl - can you recommend a backup app? I've only ever installed apps using activesync before now - is it easy to do from a card?
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If you look in the ActiveSync dir (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Activesync), you should see a list of software that you've installed. Go into the backup software directory (get some clues from their names) and you ought to see some CAB files within (most of the time). Get the correct (if there are more than one CAB file) CAB file (e.g. choose based on the given name), and copy it into the memory card, and run it on your PPC.
Success!
Thanks Guys,
I ended up doing the following:
1) Downloaded the "PIM backup" utility - it's here on the forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705&highlight=PIM+backup
2) copied it onto an SD card on my phone.
3) moved the SD card to his (broken) phone
4) copied the file into one of his programs directories
5) Ran the app for a complete backup, with the backup data going onto the sd card.
6) Moved the SD card back to my phone
7) Backed up my phone using the same app, making sure I named the data file so I could recognise it later
8) "restored" my phone using the back-up date from his (broken) phone
9) Opened Outlook on my PC. copied my calendar, contacts and tasks to another folder. Deleted all my contacts and tasks from the "Outlook Today" personal folder.
10) Ran Activesync, changing the settings so that only the PIM data wqas syncronised (no internet favourites, no files) , and so that the phone overwrote the PC
11) Checked Outlook to see if the stuff had uploaded correctly (all except Calendar which merged the two did)
12) To be sure (well he does use a Mac) I exported the contaces as a CSV file
13) copied contacts & tasks to another, new outlook folder and data file.
14) emailed the new .pst file, the CSV file and the backup application and backup file to him to use now & when the phone is repaired.
15) On My phone, "restored" my old PIM stuff: Contacts came back well, as did calendar and tasks. For some reason I still have his sms messages ??
16) Deleted his sms messages
17) In outlook, deleted his stuff from the "Outlook Today" folder's contacts and tasks, and then copied mine back in.
18) Used activesync to get it all nicely synced.
- thanks again all!
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Hello,
Ive been having some problems that I dont recieve notification of a new calendar event reminders. It used to show a screen saying if I want to snooze or dismiss the event, however that doesnt show anymore.
HTC support told me to clear storage so that would replace all settings to factory default.
I did a backup using Sprite backup before doing the clear storage. My question is how does the restore process work? If I plug the phone to the computer then active sync will start restoring everything, but I rather used the backup software that restores even the programs.
Any recomendation from people that used this before?
Thanks in advance
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Hello,
Ive been having some problems that I dont recieve notification of a new calendar event reminders. It used to show a screen saying if I want to snooze or dismiss the event, however that doesnt show anymore.
HTC support told me to clear storage so that would replace all settings to factory default.
I did a backup using Sprite backup before doing the clear storage. My question is how does the restore process work? If I plug the phone to the computer then active sync will start restoring everything, but I rather used the backup software that restores even the programs.
Any recomendation from people that used this before?
Thanks in advance
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did u takethe backup correctly? and if u did it correctly, where did u save the backedup file?
I believe I did take it correctly and saved it in my pc.
Cheers,
If you saved it on your PC, you will need to run the Sprite Backup Manager on your machine, it will allow you to select which backup file and then restore it via ActiveSync. I prefer to make and restore backups directly on the phone, it seems to be faster than over USB. Backup to SD (creating a self-extracting backup with Sprite) and after a hard reset you can restore it right away.
One more question,
If I clear storage, then I will delete all programs on the device.
If a program is installed on the SD Card, do I have to reinstall it when I clear storage?
What do you recommend?
gamesstate said:
One more question,
If I clear storage, then I will delete all programs on the device.
If a program is installed on the SD Card, do I have to reinstall it when I clear storage?
What do you recommend?
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I think you have to re-install most of the programs, because you delete your whole registry when clearing the device memory. Not many programs will work without their correct registry entries.
^^ Yep, however you can restore selective sections of your Sprite Backup. If you open it in Sprite Explorer, you can export sections that you choose - namely your HKLM tree which should have all the registry entries for installed software.
My phone is hosed, and I can't launch any applications. It opens and can make calls, but very little else works. I can browse the files using ActiveSync, but there's no way to back up all my other data before reflashing it. Is there any way to access the memory and back it up directly over USB? I know I've seen it before using WM5torage, but of course there is no way for me to launch that.
If you can browse the files with ActiveSync you can copy them to your PC. If you're looking to backup the PIM data it's in pim.vol in the root folder.
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If you can browse the files with ActiveSync you can copy them to your PC. If you're looking to backup the PIM data it's in pim.vol in the root folder.
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I copied that.
Does that include text messages, contacts, calendars, call logs, etc?
I cannot actually sync with ActiveSync ("Synchronization cannot be completed successfully"), but I can browse the files under "Mobile Device".
Is there a guide on how to back up all my important data before a reflash?
What exactly is contained in the pim.vol file? Will I be able to hard reset and then get my information back for a backup, and then reflash?
Hello
I had to reset my phone tonight and I backed up everything to the cloud and I backed up my SMS as well using the stock app, for which I have a HBK file sent to my email.
Now, I am having trouble restoring the SMS, the phone says : "no back up files found" . I did transfer the HBK file to the phone but its not working, Is there a specific fold for it ?
Thank you
Hell all, after a good night of sleep I was resolved the problem this morning
There is indeed a specific folder the HBK file has to go into, it's called "SMS_back-up" , it resides in the SD card menu, along Android, Pictures, etc...
I had to create a new SMS back in order to create the file folder needed to complete the restoration, after that I simply copied the HBK file into that folder and the restoration was done!
Hope this helps
Well since this was my first root I guess I made a mistake or maybe not?
So this is the case :
I have an HTC One S (Rooted using SuperSu Method)
What I did for backup is just copy all the content from the phone (in hard drive mode) to a folder on my pc (which ended up being around 7gigs)
My question is how do I restore all that data\pics\apps\profiles back to my phone?
(Tried to copy past it back into the phones SD-Card and rebooting, The phone doesn't recognize any of the data)
Any way to actually make this work? or is it a lost cause?
Thanks for the help! :laugh:
As far as apps and their data goes, only some info is saved on the sdcard, the rest is saved on the devices internal memory.
Only restoring the stuff saved on the SD card aint gonna bring back any apps. They need to be reinstalled properly.
Goatshocker said:
As far as apps and their data goes, only some info is saved on the sdcard, the rest is saved on the devices internal memory.
Only restoring the stuff saved on the SD card aint gonna bring back any apps. They need to be reinstalled properly.
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How about all the Contacts \ Messages and ect?
Because I have all the files on my PC (Exactly the same files that have been on the phone before the ROOT\Unblock)
Can I recover those back to the phone somehow?
Messages and contacts are stored on internal memory, unless you export them.
You dont have access to anything except /sdcard/ through the PC, unless you use ADB.
edit: What I mean is, if you have only backed up /sdcard/ (which seems to be the case), you have lost everything on the internal memory (such as messages and contacts etc).
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Messages and contacts are stored on internal memory, unless you export them.
You dont have access to anything except /sdcard/ through the PC, unless you use ADB.
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So basically even tho I copied all the content from the phone itself to the pc, All I copied is squat.
All the raw data I get is pictures.
So no encrypted data can be found on the storage partition and I have to just start over from scratch?
And the next time I root or flash, just use Recovery backup?
You didnt copy all the content. You only copied what was stored on the /sdcard/ (which is more or less the only thing you have access to without root).
Theres a very slim amount of data android uses on the sdcard, unless the user specifically tells it to.
Next time you flash, you should back up all your apps you want to save with for example titanium backup (requires root, which you now have), save all the contacts to the sim card, and export all messages.
Then after you have wiped and flashed a new rom, just restore the backups with titanium backup again, and import contacts from sim.
The backup/restore in recovery backups/restores the WHOLE system, so when you restore it it will be exactly like the way it was when you made the backup. (edit: to clarify, if you flash a new rom, then restore a backup made on another rom, you will return to that rom the backup was made on)
Goatshocker said:
You didnt copy all the content. You only copied what was stored on the /sdcard/ (which is more or less the only thing you have access to without root).
Theres a very slim amount of data android uses on the sdcard, unless the user specifically tells it to.
Next time you flash, you should back up all your apps you want to save with for example titanium backup (requires root, which you now have), save all the contacts to the sim card, and export all messages.
Then after you have wiped and flashed a new rom, just restore the backups with titanium backup again, and import contacts from sim.
The backup/restore in recovery backups/restores the WHOLE system, so when you restore it it will be exactly like the way it was when you made the backup. (edit: to clarify, if you flash a new rom, then restore a backup made on another rom, you will return to that rom the backup was made on)
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Got it
I actually found some encrypted data such as : Whats up message history, Some Contacts, Specific apps.
And I recovered all my contacts VIA my google account.
Only thing lost is the applications, which I will reinstall in like 30 minutes.
Anyhow I am quite happy I got into the rooting business, Already feel the different abilities and the uncovered raw code + new line of root supported apps waiting to be savaged by me.
Thank you for the help anyways (and the quick reply as well)
And I think the original ROOT tutorial post should have a step which is a "back-up step" which explains how to back up most of the info before rooting, and the ability to back up with root.
Cheers!
Hello..
Rooted Or NON Rooted. This guide is usefull for all you
----------SUPER BACKUP----------
NEVER LOSE YOUR DATA AGAIN
This apps lets you to back up your contacts, SMS, bookmarks, Calendars, Call logs and also Apps.
Rooted Users get a ADVANTAGE here as the SUPER BACK UP APP allows them to back up the DATA also
NON - ROOTED Users can backup their APK FILES but not the DATA
If you intend to do a factory reset on the phone, please make sure default backup folder is in your external SD card before doing it. If not, please copy the entire backup folder ("SmsContactsBackup" by default)to your external SD card
Features:
-Backup apps to SD card
-Backup & restore app's data(need root)
-Batch restore apps from SD card (need root)
-Backup Contacts & SMS & Call logs & Bookmarks & Calendars to SD card
-Restore Contacts & SMS & Call logs & Bookmarks & Calendars from SD card
-Can select SMS conversations to backup
-Delete the backup data on SD card
-Schedule automatic backups
-Auto upload scheduled backup files to your Gmail
-Show last backup count & time
-User can change backup folder path in Settings
HERE YOU GO
LINK-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en
same as Titanium backup,rjght?
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sanjaykumar.sanjay69 said:
same as Titanium backup,rjght?
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better than that bro! have a look at the features
try it and leave a feedback man :good:
I have been using this for my sms contacts and call logs backup for a long time. I love this app.
rkmiks said:
I have been using this for my sms contacts and call logs backup for a long time. I love this app.
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real good app... cheers mate :good:
Files
For me, Trubackup scores higher because it backsup to dropbox rather than my SD, plus it lets me select the files I want to store. It has a 30 Day Trial free on googleplay, give it a whirl. Go to google play & search for turbackup and start using
Restoring problem and root.
So when i was on my galaxy s duos my device was rooted, i made some backups to my sd card, when i upgraded to the galaxy grand duos, i couldnt seem to restore anything from that sd card so then i decided to root it, now im having a problem that when i open the app, first off it doesnt ask for su permission, AND i still cant restore anything back from my sd card to the grand, im regretting using this app so much.. please if someone has a solution to this, share it with me.
I think Android Manager will meet your need. It is a management tool that can transfer files between computer and Android phone. You just need to launch it in you computer, and then connect your phone to computer. It will export files from MAC to Android and import files from Android to MAC. Just have a try! It will solve your problem.
This same app thread is available on XDA since 2013
Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084900&page=13
thank you
Maybe here someone can help me
i make a backup of calendar by superbackup app on my old phone honor 10
Now i buy POCO f5 where i don't have phone calendar, only google calendar
i'm trying restore calendar and it is fine, in google calendar i see account "phone" and my task events from honor
But when i close google calendar and turn on again "phone" account and tasks events from restore backup disappear- what is wrong ?