I'm thinking about upgrading to Windows Mobile 6. My big fear is loosing critical parts, such as all my current SMS messages, e-mails and Call Log. I've looked all over for them, and searched on here, but I can't find where they're stored.
I found a folder in \Windows\Messaging but there's only 2 files in there, and I don't think that's it.
Another question is: is there a backup software (or the free sprite backup) that will backup those things, as well as everything in \My Documents
MistrWebmastr said:
I'm thinking about upgrading to Windows Mobile 6. My big fear is loosing critical parts, such as all my current SMS messages, e-mails and Call Log. I've looked all over for them, and searched on here, but I can't find where they're stored.
I found a folder in \Windows\Messaging but there's only 2 files in there, and I don't think that's it.
Another question is: is there a backup software (or the free sprite backup) that will backup those things, as well as everything in \My Documents
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Backup "PalmMsgV001" from \Windows\ and put it back after you've upgraded your device. I must say I don't know if it works from WM5 -> WM6. But they look very similar
Did it with my 750 WM6 upgrade, SMS file was restored in it's entirety
Ahh.. thanks. I was thinking they'd show up as a directory.
Any thoughts on the call logs? I'm going to go look through the \windows folder see if I can't find anything interesting
Please take a look of this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
I success backup sms on WM 5 and restore on WM 6.
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Hey guys,
Basically... Running WM5, and looking to upgrade to WM6. I've been able to back up my SMS and contacts with outlook and jeyo.
But how can I back-up my MMS's? I'm not to fussed about having to restore them back on the phone, and ultimately I don't want to overwrite any new data files on the phone with old stuff from WM5?
So has anyone been able to successfully back up MMS before onto a computer? Or anyway at all?
gunigugu said:
Hey guys,
Basically... Running WM5, and looking to upgrade to WM6. I've been able to back up my SMS and contacts with outlook and jeyo.
But how can I back-up my MMS's? I'm not to fussed about having to restore them back on the phone, and ultimately I don't want to overwrite any new data files on the phone with old stuff from WM5?
So has anyone been able to successfully back up MMS before onto a computer? Or anyway at all?
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Consider to try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
But be sure to test it completely before upgrading, and keep a copy of your pim.vol
This tool is new and may contain bugs.
Cheers,
.Fred
dotfred said:
Consider to try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
But be sure to test it completely before upgrading, and keep a copy of your pim.vol
This tool is new and may contain bugs.
Cheers,
.Fred
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Looks good, thanks for that... Will it work purely with just MMS or does it have to restore the entire messages including SMS and emails and what not?
gunigugu said:
Looks good, thanks for that... Will it work purely with just MMS or does it have to restore the entire messages including SMS and emails and what not?
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All the existing accounts in the database are listed with their directories, all you have to do is select the account and/or the directories that you want to backup. No need to backup anything you don't want to. If a directory contains messages, the number is shown on its right side in brackets.
Cheers,
.Fred
hey have somebody a app for it ? (make a 1:1 copy of my mms,sms,emal)
I recommend SPB Backup: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
It backs up to self-extracting file (ie you don't need SPB Backup to restore from them)
However, it is a commercial peice of software (although there is a 30 Day trial)
(NOTE: Backing up lots of email (especially with attachements) can take quite a bit of time with it)
give me your email and i will mail you a application it creates a backup file of mms sms mails call logs and events tasks and all but not your applications that you have installed in your phone and the best part is it restore all this even if you upgrade your rom in which the spb don't work and its a freeware
its a exe file which works on windows mobile and not on normal pc windows you can put it anywhere you want and when you want to restore it just click on the exe file and select restore where backup is coming select restore browse to the place where you keep the restore file and start it simple
mandy_bikerboy said:
give me your email and i will mail you a application it creates a backup file of mms sms mails call logs and events tasks and all but not your applications that you have installed in your phone and the best part is it restore all this even if you upgrade your rom in which the spb don't work and its a freeware
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I would be interested in this as well...what is the name of it?
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me too, what is the name of it ?
site www.dotfred.net the backup program is called PIM Backup
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Haven't used it yet but have read about it...still doesn't do MMS.
I too have been looking for something to export MMS messages and gave up not finding anything. So I created a makeshift one for myself instead:
http://wargolet.com/wm6
Check it out... hopefully it'll help you too!
I want to save all my text messages, contacts, call logs, favorites, notes, tasks, etc.
I CANNOT install any new software on my phone, and even if I could, I couldn't run it. I can't start any programs on the phone except Calendar, Contacts, and search. Everything else is screwed up.
I can see the files in Mobile Device on Windows, but ActiveSync does not work, and some of the files are not accessible. Which files do I need to copy? I've got pim.vol already, but what specifically does that contain? Where are text messages stored? I plan to do a hard reset, and if that works, to copy the backups back onto the phone and then back them up through a normal method. Then I can re-flash with something newer to make it functional again.
When I look at Properties for \Databases\MSN Object ID, it says 356 bytes and 0 records, last modified 1/19/2008, which is around the date when I last flashed my phone to upgrade to WM6.
Oh! Is cemail.vol where the mail is stored? It's only 800 kB, last modified 8/12/2008, which is the day my phone crapped out and the day after I installed Funambol synchronizer.
Try PPC PimBackup, it will backup all your stuff and its realy easy to manage backups!
soololi said:
Try PPC PimBackup, it will backup all your stuff and its realy easy to manage backups!
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Yeah, but the OP says
I CANNOT install any new software on my phone, and even if I could, I couldn't run it.
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so PIM backup may not work...
@endolith
PIM.vol : PIM stands for Personal Information Management, PIM.vol contains PIM data like appointments, tasks, notes etc...
Sorry, but i don't know how to backup data without running any backup program...
soololi said:
Try PPC PimBackup
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I can't. Read my post.
The Reaper said:
PIM.vol : PIM stands for Personal Information Management, PIM.vol contains PIM data like appointments, tasks, notes etc...
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Is there a list of exactly what this file contains?
Sorry, but i don't know how to backup data without running any backup program...
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Well I can copy files like PIM.vol and cemail.vol, and then if I copy them back onto the same AKU I have heard that it will recover them (and then I can use something like PPC PimBackup before reflashing).
Hi All,
just a quick (and probably stupid) question. Can i copy the PIM.VOL file from my Serra to my SD card and then Hard Reset my Serra and then just copy it back and have all my contacts back ? Or is that just a little bit too easy ?
Thanks for your help !
It works, but you need to use Total Commander (or something similar) to copy it back (you need to over-write the stock pim.vol). I'm not 100% sure it's necessary, but if you first shut off TF3D (settings-today-items) and then restore pim.vol, when you re-start TF3D you will also get back all of your contact favorites in the Contact tab. This is the only way to do that that I'm aware of. Pim.vol restores all of your pim data except for messages. Those are stored in cemail.vol (I think), but it is a royal bugger to copy that file. If anyone knows how to do it, I'm all ears.
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It works, but you need to use Total Commander (or something similar) to copy it back (you need to over-write the stock pim.vol). I'm not 100% sure it's necessary, but if you first shut off TF3D (settings-today-items) and then restore pim.vol, when you re-start TF3D you will also get back all of your contact favorites in the Contact tab. This is the only way to do that that I'm aware of. Pim.vol restores all of your pim data except for messages. Those are stored in cemail.vol (I think), but it is a royal bugger to copy that file. If anyone knows how to do it, I'm all ears.
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Hi Ted,
thanks for that ! Yeah, i got total commander ... i've been messing about with Windows Mobile devices for a while now and that allways annoyed me that you have to spend 1 hour + every time i hard reset just sorting my contacts out ...
Thanks again, you just made my life a whole lot easier ... my Serra needs resetting and i was reluctant to do it coz of the contacts issue ...
MancOrbit said:
Hi Ted,
thanks for that ! Yeah, i got total commander ... i've been messing about with Windows Mobile devices for a while now and that allways annoyed me that you have to spend 1 hour + every time i hard reset just sorting my contacts out ...
Thanks again, you just made my life a whole lot easier ... my Serra needs resetting and i was reluctant to do it coz of the contacts issue ...
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You can always use Pimbackup. It restores everything, except for the contact favorites, and it's fast. If you do the pim.vol trick, though, make sure that you only restore messages with Pimbackup. Restoring contacts will remove your contact favorites.
I'm new to Sprite Backup, and not sure how it saves my sms. In custom backup there is only an option for email. where can i find my sms?
thx for help,
uxu
No one an idea ?
I haven't worked it out either so I use MyPhone to back up SMSs. That doesn't save MMSs though.
DrATty said:
I haven't worked it out either so I use MyPhone to back up SMSs. That doesn't save MMSs though.
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i use myphone too, but i don't realy like to have all the stuff online. According to the sprite backup website it saves sms, so why isn't there an easy way to show them ?
Thought I'd posted a reply here but now a little later I can't see it - well I am 64! Just in case I'll replay again (but damned if I know what I did witht eh earlier one!) I much simpler way I've found for maintaining backup and restore of SMS, appts etc is pimbackup - free download from here:
http://www.dotfred.net/default.htm
Recommended if you haven't seen it.
Thank you. I will take a look at PIM Backup. Otherwise, i like Sprite Backup. Hopefully someone knows where are sms stored
I did a bit of reading on this and SMSs are stored in pim.vol from what I understand.
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I did a bit of reading on this and SMSs are stored in pim.vol from what I understand.
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that's a beginning. thanks
I've found SMS data in the file \My Documents\SMS.MSGS.xml on my HD2 as well. This file doesn't exist on my older Windows Mobile phone.
I'm just blundering around and don't have any particular expertise with Windows Mobile, but, as you say, it's a start. I've been looking for a way to selectively back up and restore SMSs, and in particular, MMSs for a while now. The best I've come up with so far is MyPhone, but it doesn't save MMSs; nor is it likely to according to the Microsoft MyPhone forum.
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I've found SMS data in the file \My Documents\SMS.MSGS.xml on my HD2 as well..
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Mh, i didn't have that file.
searched the net and different sites say that the pim.vol is a database which stores contacts and stuff like that, but not the sms
SMS.MSGS.xml isn't hidden on my HD2 but it's worth checking.
The more I look into this, the more confused I get. Searching through my device I've found text from my SMSs in a number of places. SKTools is useful for browsing the databases on a device. In addition to the above, I have SMS data in cemail.vol. I suspect that this is the default store and that Pocket Informant and HTC's own application muddy the water. At least I'm able to back my SMSs up, even if I can't selectively restore them with Sprite Backup.