Save Text Messages Before Hard Reset? - Palm Treo 750

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

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(Q) Freeware SMS+MMS Export Tool for WM5?

Hi all!
I know this issue has been discussed more often than necessary, for sure. Unfortunately the only messages in this forum that i have found are too old, to help me right. :-(
I am looking for a freeware tool to export my sms and mms from the Pocket Outlook into a textfile.
I don't want to sync it, only export it.
The software should run under WM5!
Does anyone know any suitable tool?
Freeware nada, but Kai has a tool to export SMS into spreadsheet. No restore however. Dopod has a free tool to export AND restore SMS under WM5 (see attached).
http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/index.html?seitex=http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/details.aspx?263
Dopod SMS Backup (translated from Chinese, rename .zip to .cab, install from machine only)
PS: Willkommen im Forum!
Hey thanks a lot. That seems to be ok. Now I only need to build an import script for my database.
Danke auch für's "Willkommen"
You can use Jeyo software, they have 2 applications available:
- a standalone version
- an outlook plug-in
I tried to the outlook plug-in, but don't like it so much because the sms that I get can't be stored on a IMAP folder after it.
I should have a look at the standalone version when I have some free time.
For information, I have WM5 it works fine with it.
SMSbackup by Dopod
SMSbackup is a great tool. Only problem is that it looks like sms in folders created under root "text messages" (example : archive/perso, archive/admin, ...)
Apparently, only inbox and sent items are saved.
Anyone got a solution to backup all the folders?
Lucas0511 said:
Freeware nada, but Kai has a tool to export SMS into spreadsheet. No restore however. Dopod has a free tool to export AND restore SMS under WM5 (see attached).
http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/index.html?seitex=http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/details.aspx?263
Dopod SMS Backup (translated from Chinese, rename .zip to .cab, install from machine only)
PS: Willkommen im Forum!
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hi,
Yesterday I made a back-up of my SMS and tested the restore using DOPOD cab attached. It worked well. Though could not read anything on the pop-ups .
Today I updated my ROM on Imate Jamin operting on WM5. Now I am unable to restore the SMS Backup. Can anybody help please?
Thanks
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mdejean said:
SMSbackup is a great tool. Only problem is that it looks like sms in folders created under root "text messages" (example : archive/perso, archive/admin, ...)
Apparently, only inbox and sent items are saved.
Anyone got a solution to backup all the folders?
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I dont have that problem, i have Inbox and then under that i Have another sub folder but it backs up the sub-folder too!
Ya just did a test and went 4 deep before i gave up as a good job, backed up and restored back to
normal!!!
Check to make sure that in the option that you have all folders selected!
does anyone know how to get this to work with WM6??? it says it is not made for this.
hi all,
Am new to this and apologise for this silly question.
I just did a backup and the file is something like this 2007-1-24-22-21-9-0.sms.
So does it mean I will have to do a full restore to see all these backup sms on my dopod ?
Not sure how this works. Appreciate any advice
TIA!
funman said:
I dont have that problem, i have Inbox and then under that i Have another sub folder but it backs up the sub-folder too!
Ya just did a test and went 4 deep before i gave up as a good job, backed up and restored back to
normal!!!
Check to make sure that in the option that you have all folders selected!
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Where exactly is this option to select sub folders???
When I opn the program, there is only a MENU option associated with the LEFT softkey.
When I click on that... all I can see is
1) ABOUT
2) ACTION --- Backup, Restore and Delete
3) EXIT
When I click on Backup under the Actions menu, there are only 2 check boxes
1) STORAGE CARD
2) STORAGE (Not selectable for the Wizard)
That's... there are no other options. The soft keys at this point have OK and CANCEL respectively. Where do you see the option to backup sub-folders??
M question also!
leepriestenator said:
That's... there are no other options. The soft keys at this point have OK and CANCEL respectively. Where do you see the option to backup sub-folders??
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I have the same question!
I've used once... and I think it didn't got the sub-folder... and I didn't saw any option to select or to ask for the backup of the sub-folders.
BUMP... How do you backup Sub Folders with this?
I found it works well, I dont have sub folders. But it dosent do the MMS. Is there a product that will back up all of the messaging?
Just having problems with my MDA Vario and wondered about backing up my text messages however the .zip file which is avail to download appears to be corrupt! Anyone have another version of the file they could post?
Cheers
lostinthewood
Insinr8 said:
I found it works well, I dont have sub folders. But it dosent do the MMS. Is there a product that will back up all of the messaging?
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Why don't you lot try PIM Backup v1.5
It backs up sms, mms & more (contacts ect), the output files are xml
Heres a link to the thread (the download is on this page)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705&highlight=pim+backup
If anyone tries it post your opinion on how well it backed up texts/mms with attachments/in sub folders. Thanks.
Mister B said:
If anyone tries it post your opinion on how well it backed up texts/mms with attachments/in sub folders. Thanks.
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I tried it, SMS backup/restore was perfect... however my MMS seemed to lose their attachments (yes, I did tick the save attachments checkbox!)
freakygeek said:
I tried it, SMS backup/restore was perfect... however my MMS seemed to lose their attachments (yes, I did tick the save attachments checkbox!)
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Stop wasting time to discuss further, the best is already mentioned by "MISTER B" above.
Lucas0511 said:
Freeware nada, but Kai has a tool to export SMS into spreadsheet. No restore however. Dopod has a free tool to export AND restore SMS under WM5 (see attached).
http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/index.html?seitex=http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/details.aspx?263
Dopod SMS Backup (translated from Chinese, rename .zip to .cab, install from machine only)
PS: Willkommen im Forum!
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Hey folksthnx for attaching the Dopod SMS Backup.
Could someone check it out though. Think the zip might be damaged.
Take cäre - Holla
Hey Lucas,
Thanks for sharing the great software.
really appreciate if someone could guide me through.
Here are the steps i took to install the SMSBackupEN101.zip but it was unsuccessful.
1) Download and convert SMSBackupEN101.zip to SMSBackupEN101.cab on my PC.
2) Connect Phone to PC through active sync 4.5.
3) Move SMSBackupEN101.cab to Storage card by the following path:
My Computer >> Mobile Device >> My Windows Mobile based Device >> Storage Card
4) Use FILE MANAGER in my phone to open SMSBackupEN101.cab
I got this error message>> "Installation of SMSBackupEN101.cab was Unsuccessful The installation is not intended for this device"
I'm using Dopod Smartphone 577w. Running on Window Mobiles 5.0. does anyone know what went wrong?
=)
Best Regards,
Guorong

Restoring SMS from backup

Hi there
I was having some problems with my Tytn (MDA Vario 2) so did a full backup, hard reset, and reinstalled my software/contacts. I don't want to duplicate the problems I was having before so didn't want to restore from the backup.
However, the thing I would really like to replace from my back-up is my SMS history. I am using the Palm Messenger app, and I am sure that I just need to restore a specific file, but can't work out which one.
Can anyone help?
Richard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283360&highlight=.stg+extractor
you can view edit and extract from the stg file
Rudegar said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283360&highlight=.stg+extractor
you can view edit and extract from the stg file
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Thank you for your response. My issues is not restoring the file, but I don't know which file restore....

where are saved the account settings ?

Sometimes i need to hard-rest my htc cruise and everytime i've to set again my 5 email accounts: do you know in which file are saved (in order to set them again quickly) ?
Excuse me for my poor english...
nobody knows it ?
cemail.vol
You can use PIMbackup to restore...
Olioaglio
Hello
I tried make a backup of the file with Spb Backup but with this soft I can't see the file, with Resco Explorer I see that it`s a hide file and I can't modify it.
Regards
I use Sprite Backup to do a main backup of all files and settings, incase of a hardreset. PIM backup is usefull for contacts and emails etc if you flash ur rom and cant use a full backup due to different os.

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?

PIMBackup HELP

i backed up my phone using the pimbackup before the rom upgrade. is there any way that i might be able to open this "file" or whatever it is, to look at the contacts i saved?

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