Hello,
First I thank Fred (PIM Backup creator) cause his very helpfull tool and his realy fast response about this problem (he gave me the solution).
So I paste the solution here if anyone need it
Question:
Is there any way to convert the pbc (binary backup) to any format that outlook recognize?
I ask because my mobile has broken and I have the backup in binary and i want to extract it to another mobile (not windows-mobile)
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Answer:
There is no converter tool so far, sorry. The only way is the use of a windows mobile device, by doing a restore then doing a text backup.
As you don't have a wm device, your only solution is the wm emulator. To get the wm emulator, you need to have Microsoft Visual Studio.
So download Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition which is free then download the windows mobile OS image and use the emulator to do the job like a real device.
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There is a way, you can use Windows mobile Emulator, i was able to
1) run PIMbackup
2) restore BIN backup
3) backup again as non binary
4) then PIB can be changed to zip, and csv files from zip can be upload to gmail contacts.
PIM backup
What version of PIM beckup did you used ??
Becouse on version 2.8.0. After aunpack inside is *.CSC file
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Hello @ll
finally i decide to flash my phone with the new expected BETA-ROM from Phil, but i would like to backup the existing ROM in case of any problem.
How I do this? could somebody help me?
Thanks in advance
Metanol
@Phil: Hi Phil, do you have the Beta version already done?
THX.
Dont worry you can flash your old rom using the offical rom from your manufacturer.
tejasphatak said:
Dont worry you can flash your old rom using the offical rom from your manufacturer.
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And where can i find it? THX..!!!
which brand?? imate?? qtek??? ???
Sorry, i have a QTEK-8310
Hi
But flashing the ROM loose all personnal data.
How can we do to dump all the phone, ROM + data (SMS, contact, file, etc....) ?
Thx
I found this on the forum:
This is the way i backup my phone
Your phone should be Registry and App unlocked..
Sync your phone, copy folders /Application Data - /Program Files - /Windows/Start Menu - /Windows/Start Up - to your Desktop (PC)
Install Registry Explorer with Resco Registry
Export HKCR,HKCU, HKLM then copy the .reg files on PC
Backup Contact, SMS, Call History with Jeyo Mobile Companion
--NOW DO YOUR HARD RESET OR REFLASHING THE SAME ROM--
Now, restoration...
App Unlock your device
Copy folders /Application Data - /Program Files - /Windows/Start Menu - /Windows/Start Up - to your Phone thru Active Sync. (Overwrite all)
Copy the .reg files from your PC to phone..
Install Resco Explorer with Resco Registry and Import the .reg files
Restore your Contacts thru Jeyo Mobile Companion
Restart device
there you go, you got now a clean setup of your device with all your apps and customizations. One thing, some apps wont work/launch with this procedure, you may need to reinstall them and if you try to, it will prompt that it couldn't be removed and if you wanna still continue installing, just hit Yes and install it on the same directory where it was on your previous setup.
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from User da_mayhem
But i just only want to backup the original ROM of my phone, without data (SMS, contact, file, etc....), i keep all that information on my Outlook and other programs
qtek_metanol said:
Sorry, i have a QTEK-8310
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download the latest qtek rom from xda:[email protected] and keep copy wid ya if ya need.
I believe that is enough simpler to make a backup with Sprite Backup before flash the ROM. If one becomes to the previous ROM (with which backup was made) it recovers the ready backup.
Although I have not proven it, I believe that also it would serve a copy done with ActiveSync.
Greetings
Sprite backup is the right choice! Just make a backup from your file system to the storage card, and if you want to downgrade your OS, just do that, and then run the backup file (it's an executable file). That's all!
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download the latest qtek rom from xda:[email protected] and keep copy wid ya if ya need.
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there is only the ROM for Qtek-8300 available, Exist another way to find the original ROM??
THX.
maybe this is good for you:
http://www.smartmobil.no/index.php?name=UpDownload&req=getit&lid=84
thx for your support, but I think this is the version for QTEK-8300
Or you can use XDA-Tools
Sprite backup shouldnt be used when going from WM5 to WM6, it will corrupt your PIM and mail databases...
As for the original ROM for the Qtek 8310:
http://www.modaco.com/Smartphone-ROM-Compatibil-t250510.html
Third post has all the tornado ROM links
Phil
Originally Posted by karhoe
Or you can use XDA-Tools
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THX karhoe, I got the right answer from Phil, i just was looking for the original ROM in case of a recovery of the phone to the original factory state.
@ Phil thanks a lot for the support. you're great
@ Phil thanks a lot for the support. you're great
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Your welcome
Phil
i have a backupfile of pimbackup, can i open it from windows?i must recover some phone numers but my wm pda is broken!!!
change the extension of the backup file to zip, Extract with winrar and you'll find a file called contacts_date.pbc, use notepad or excel to open this file and you will be able to see your contacts.
I prefer excel cause you will have a lot of strange looking characters to deal with...
Easier alternative, if you have the windows mobile emulator installed on your PC, just do a restore from PIM backup and you can see all your contacts...
my phone has been destroyed .
how can I return my contact from spb backyp file to windows pc.
Use the SPB PC app to open & view backup file contents & then go to PIM section open contacts & save them to a CSV file that can be used to import them across various softwares & platforms.
You can also load pim from the backup into Windows Mobile device emulator to view PIM & save it via varying PPC softwares you prefer for future restore to PC/PPC or other platform mobiles.
Mister B said:
Use the SPB PC app to open & view backup file contents & then go to PIM section open contacts & save them to a CSV file that can be used to import them across various softwares & platforms.
You can also load pim from the backup into Windows Mobile device emulator to view PIM & save it via varying PC softwares you prefer for future restore to PC/PPC or other platform mobiles.
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thanks a lot
My file didn't worked, since it's only an address book file....
I don't know what to do now.... OMG
i've the same problem .. someone can help us ?
thanks in advance
leodido22 said:
i've the same problem .. someone can help us ?
thanks in advance
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PM me the file & I will convert it to a CSV contact file you can easily use on PC, PPC, most mobiles ect.
Although if backup file is from SPB you should be able to view & export contacts with PC software in link in previous post.
Hi.. I have the same problem.. My Galaxy s phone is broken and replaced by the store and they offered me an LG optimus x2 instead.
The problem is that all my contacts is locked inside kies in .spb files and i haven't been able to transfer or convert to my new phone..
Do anyone have any idea how to solve this.
I would be very grateful if anyone has a solution to this..
Hi.. I have the same problem.. My Galaxy s phone is broken and replaced by the store and they offered me an LG optimus x2 instead.
The problem is that all my contacts is locked inside kies in .spb files and i haven't been able to transfer or convert to my new phone..
Do anyone have any idea how to solve this.
I would be very grateful if anyone has a solution to this..
Hi - i know this question has been asked many times but I was not able to find the correct one - so is there free and working way to backup my sms messages from winmo and transfer them to android ?
I don't know if there's a program for this in winmo, but SMS Backup+ backups your SMSs to your gmail account so maybe you can find a winmo program which does the same
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Sprite Migrate is the application you need
missparker76 said:
Sprite Migrate is the application you need
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Yeah i know but the beta is over and i cant find download link
You're right, I didn't know. I used it a few months ago.
I have no other solution. I remember I had spent much time searching how to transfer everything and had only found that solution for SMS.
Maybe there's a way if you can export your SMS to your SIM card then import them?
Use PIM Backup to backup
Do not 'compress' and do not 'binary backup' the file.
Rename the PIMBackup_xxxxxxxx.phb to *.zip
Unpack this *.zip
Rename any *.* to *.txt to view its content and start processing cq converting it device specific further on your road *cough* success,
SMS Transfer from Winmo 6.5 to Android ICS
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Do not 'compress' and do not 'binary backup' the file.
Rename the PIMBackup_xxxxxxxx.phb to *.zip
Unpack this *.zip
Rename any *.* to *.txt to view its content and start processing cq converting it device specific further on your road *cough* success,
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HI,
can you please explain in details "start processing cq converting it device specific" how to do it.
I have tried Mobiledit Phone Copier and successfully transferred all SMS from my WinMob 6.5 to Android ICS. but all SMS is showing only RECEIVED DATE but unable to show RECEIVED TIME....I have more that 16000 SMS since year 2009. All are very important to me....Kindly suggest if anyone have any solution for my query...:crying:
Hi, a bit of day ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S. The first thing that come to my mind is to copy all my contacts and sms from my old i600 ( wm 6.5 cooked rom) to this brand new device.
Reading other thread I found a tool called smsexporter, but this tool stopped its execution with an null pointer error. There were another tool called Pimbackup, but that wasn't an option since I got a smarthpone, not a touch device. The next try was with a tool called smsimport (hxxp://wince.nasenbaeren.net/smsimport/) that run flawlessy on my i600.
There is only one problem: the xml created by smsimport isn't compatible with SMS Backup & Restore by riteshsahu ( hxxp://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/sms-backup-restore).
So I created a small C program that convert the output of smsimport to sms backup & restore. To run this just compile using Makefile, the run it, with smsimport file called sms.xml ont the same dir of program. This will create another file called sms-converted.xml that you put on your Android device, so you can restore it by using sms backup and restore.
Hope my program will help someone, cheers