I have a T-mobile MDA (wizard). I dropped the phone and it is no longer working.
I cannot access my contacts via the phone. I cannot get activesync to detec the phone.
Is there any other way for me to get my contact list from this phone?
My laptop does detect the phone via IRD... is there some other 3rd party app that can simply download all the contacts to my laptop?
pj94z said:
I have a T-mobile MDA (wizard). I dropped the phone and it is no longer working.
I cannot access my contacts via the phone. I cannot get activesync to detec the phone.
Is there any other way for me to get my contact list from this phone?
My laptop does detect the phone via IRD... is there some other 3rd party app that can simply download all the contacts to my laptop?
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You can beam them
1, one by one from the built-in contacts
2, all of them at once with PI or AF
3, export them into CVS with either SKTools or PPCBckpContacts.exe and import them into Outlook. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279925 for the latter
just tell us how dead is your phone.. "I cannot access my contacts via the phone." <-- that is serious
How dead?
Well, it powers up...but cannot obtain service, I cannot make calls.
I cannot access my contacts. I cannot get to my Phone program.
I can use internet explorer and some other programs but that's it.
It will not connect via activesysnc - it gives me errors when I hook up the cable.
Menneisyys said:
You can beam them
1, one by one from the built-in contacts
2, all of them at once with PI or AF
3, export them into CVS with either SKTools or PPCBckpContacts.exe and import them into Outlook. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279925 for the latter
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Questions:
1, one by one from the built-in contacts
- What do I beam to? I only have 1 battery, so I cannot have both new mda and old mda on at same time....
2, all of them at once with PI or AF
- what is PI or AF ?
3, export them into CVS with either SKTools or PPCBckpContacts.exe and import
- i cant install any files or programs on the old phone..its pretty dead.
I'm just looking for the easiest way to get my contact list out...
thx
copy pim.vol into new phone
Quick question:
I beamed the PIM.VOL file from my old MDA to my laptop via infrared.
Can I simply just copy this PIM.VOL file to my new MDA and it will have all my contacts ?
hanmin said:
copy pim.vol into new phone
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damn! u beat me to it!! sweeeeeeeeeeet... I got the PIM file...now I'm gonna send it over to my new MDA and hope it works...
will post back in a few mins with results...
thx
hanmin said:
copy pim.vol into new phone
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OK, I'm using active sync and going thru file explorer.
I then drag and drop my old PIM.vol into my new MDA.
I get following error:
"source file is in use and cannot be changed"
???
Nooooooooooooooo!
I don't know what the hell happend... my new MDA phone was working fine all day.
I installed a few programs today and then did a soft reset.
And, boom - the phone is now dead, just like my old one !!!!
It can't make calls, it has no signal, i cant access any programs. It's behaving exactly like my old dead phone!
Unreal, I am now wondering if activesync screwed up something or maybe something with the programs?
O well, I had to do a hard reset in order to get the phone working again...
unbelieveable...
PIM file screwing up my phone
My new MDA phone gets screwed up if I try to copy the old PIM file to the new phone.
here is what I did:
I rename the orig PIM.vol file in MDA to PIMOLD.vol.
(after 10 seconds, a new PIM.vol file appears automatically in the MDA)
Then, I copy the PIM.vol file from my laptop to the new MDA.
Then, I wait 15 secs.... then I do soft-reset
Phone powers back and up and is use-less... no signal, can't use phone and can't access contacts.
So, does anyone have another idea on how to get my old contacts back?
Just a thought, if you do the same to your OLD MDA does it work again?
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Just a thought, if you do the same to your OLD MDA does it work again?
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Do you mean a hard-reset? If so, No...I have not tried a hard-reset on my old MDA.
Mainly b/c I got a new MDA phone from T-mobile only due to the fact that my old MDA was "dead"...therefore, If I hard-reset it ..and it stars working again.....then , they may charge me for the new MDA or return my old phone back to me...
But ya, I'm willing to bet that a hard-reset will fix my old phone...however, the contacts will still be gone...
Probably your orignial (eg old phone) PIM.vol is screwed too.
I was able to get my old MDA phone up and working again, heres what I did:
deleted the PIM.vol file then soft-reset. upon boot, it has new PIM.vol file and empty contacts!
Now, I'm trying to see if I can copy the orig PIM file I backed up from Old phone back to the old phone... and see if my contacts show up...
If they do...then I can use some app to do the backup ...... we shall see...
Good luck. Since your pim.vol can screw your new phone, it maybe the problem that is screwing your old phone.
pj94z said:
I was able to get my old MDA phone up and working again, heres what I did:
deleted the PIM.vol file then soft-reset. upon boot, it has new PIM.vol file and empty contacts!
Now, I'm trying to see if I can copy the orig PIM file I backed up from Old phone back to the old phone... and see if my contacts show up...
If they do...then I can use some app to do the backup ...... we shall see...
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I would suggest you to use the emulator in order to try to get your contacts back. You can break it whenever you want, if you do a hard reset, the emulator is clean as before!
Just go on microsoft site in order to have it ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A5-183A-4A1E-A7E2-CC500ED1F19A&displaylang=en )
Cheers,
.Fred
Hey i'm kind of new to syncing I wanted to know if activesync for pocket pc can handle more than one phone and if it can have 2 sets of data, because my brother has a pocket pc and I also do and he says if I sync my phone on our computer, it can erase all the contacts off of his phone the next time he syncs, is this true?
and I had my phone at one point synced to another computer, is there atleast a way that I can copy it to this computer? like is there a file or anything that can be coppied?
I just flashed my phone and all my contacts and appointments etc. were on that computer
can anyone help me?
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Hey i'm kind of new to syncing I wanted to know if activesync for pocket pc can handle more than one phone and if it can have 2 sets of data, because my brother has a pocket pc and I also do and he says if I sync my phone on our computer, it can erase all the contacts off of his phone the next time he syncs, is this true?
and I had my phone at one point synced to another computer, is there atleast a way that I can copy it to this computer? like is there a file or anything that can be coppied?
I just flashed my phone and all my contacts and appointments etc. were on that computer
can anyone help me?
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Yes, just set up partnership for each phone. So when activesync will recognize each phone when plug the usb in.
i apologize i meant to say that I have done that before, but more or less if outlook can have two sets of contacts......
and is there a file that I can copy from the other computer to this one with all the contacts and other info?
throwback1718 said:
Hey i'm kind of new to syncing I wanted to know if activesync for pocket pc can handle more than one phone and if it can have 2 sets of data, because my brother has a pocket pc and I also do and he says if I sync my phone on our computer, it can erase all the contacts off of his phone the next time he syncs, is this true?
and I had my phone at one point synced to another computer, is there atleast a way that I can copy it to this computer? like is there a file or anything that can be coppied?
I just flashed my phone and all my contacts and appointments etc. were on that computer
can anyone help me?
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Not that I know of. I have 3 ppc's and if I let them all sync contacts, tasks and such they all have the same info.
You would have to set up seperate profiles for each phone and just uncheck the parts you dont want contacted.
If you absolutely must sync them both to outlook you can set up a seperate user account that way outlook will treat that particular log in as a seperate user and you can have him sync on one log in and you on another windows log in.
-Asb
okay I may have to set up another windows user, but is there atleast some sort of file that I can copy? i have no contacts on my phone and I need to atleast get them on this phone...
the computer with the info isnt syncing to my phone since I tried to update it to activesync 4.5
PLEASE help me
I think the problem, is that it isn't very clear what you want to do. Are you looking to copy the outlook data file to another computer? Or are you trying to copy the outlook data file directly to your phone w/o syncing? If you are trying to copy the outlook data file from one computer to another, then yes...that is the Outlook.pst file. It is located in C:\Documents and Settings\{Profile Name}\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
Simply copy this file from one computer to the next replacing the old outlook.pst, or if you want to merge it b/c you have info on the other computer perform an import.
I'd like to start flashing my phone, putting on that Mobile Hotspot program, and other stuff. I want to make it awesome.
Lately it's been going REALLY slow, the camera feature practically crashes my phone, and whenever I open it and click on, say messaging, it goes back to the TouchFlo 2D screen and I have to press it again. My phone is acting up, and I haven't done any messing with it. So I want to flash it, probably with the NATF one.
So, can anyone tell me how to back my SIM stuff up on my computer just in case, and then tell me how best to go about this without breaking my phone? Thanks.
This is what I get for posting at 5 AM. Bump
search pim backup it will backup your sim and your contacts
youre sim shouldnt be in your phone when you flash a new rom onto it
or jeyo mobile companion is cool too, tho you have to have it active synced to work
but its not free
What about any flashing advice?
Anyone? Anyone?
You wouldn't actually need to back them up to your computer.
Use PIM backup and save them to your storage card. Many roms have PIM already installed. As for flashing advise i would look in the Wiki section under the Raphael, there is loads of infomation there.
Remember to Hard-SPL your device first. After that it's easy!
Hi Guys,
I'm Using an HTC HD?
My touch screen and LCD screen NOt working! Phone Switches ON and comes to standby mode. (i hear all the booting dings and dong melodies)
I neeed to take a backup of my device. to do so i thought i'll use my mobiler and see the phone screen through the PC! unfortunately the last time i used i used the phone as the 'storage device' option. so every time i connec the phone to the pc windows open up my phone's storage card.
Is there a possibility i can change this back to active sync without using the phone's screen.
Or are there any other suggestions for me to take a full backup??
Hey there,
The solution to your problem is pretty simple. Goto settings/all settings/connections/usb to pc and check active sync ( i always select ask me every time as i use all diferent options).
You will then be able to active sync no problems.
Word of caution though, if you back up everything including registry, you may re-introduce the problem when you restore your backup (as an app maybe causing this conflict), so you may be best to do a selected backup or just backup you contacts and emails using PIM backup.
Good luck.
I recently upgraded to a new PC and want to activesync and transfer my phone contacts/calender etc TO my computer. i recently just tried to do this and it basically deleted everything on my phone. How can i make sure i get the option to put the contacts from my phone ONTO my CPU and not the other way around?
Thanks
Nobody can tell me???