Is there a way that I can do this or a file I can just save and copy and paste back whenever i flash a new rom
Maybe this is what you looking for
I have had to replace mine three times...along with reassign ringtones. I will download this app and give it a try tonight.
Thanks
onderduiker said:
Maybe this is what you looking for
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I use PIM backup (and yes it actually keeps the assigned ringtones which is cool) but does it have a way for the favourite contacts tab to be backed up? haven't figured out a way to do that
What does (and doesn't) the Sprite backup do?
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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?
hmmm
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!
How do I clear just the contacts or just the calendar entries from my WM 6.1 tytn?
I could not find any tool to specifically remove one or the other.
Any thoughts?
a semi automatic solution
use pim-backup's delete all option...i'm just not sure if it will work without at least single contact
this is how i would do it,make a backup of single contact and a single apointment,when finished run restore and select to delete all existing contacts and apointments...when finished manualy remove thoses 2 entries...
when i have doubled entries because of syncing...i just restore backup with delete existing option
or you can delete pim file...but you will lose all personal information data...maybe even more
try playing with pim backup...you can't loose anything...except your contacts maybe
farukb said:
try playing with pim backup...you can't loose anything...except your contacts maybe
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But, with PIM Backup you can get them back instantly!
There's this: http://oldsap.blogspot.com/2008/06/os-clean-calendar.html for the calendar entries.
l3v5y said:
But, with PIM Backup you can get them back instantly!
There's this: http://oldsap.blogspot.com/2008/06/os-clean-calendar.html for the calendar entries.
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yes it's true but it takes only creativity for solutions like this...well if you dont have an app
and the app seems to be modifiable...because it's probably just a few code lines
maybe we could change the target
but it would be easier to find a real app to do the work
hey what about deleting the pim file from windows folder...you would lose all personal data (contacts,apointments,tasks,messages,mails) which is why it's called pim personal information...something
With all of this ROM flashing, just wondering if anyone has come across an app that can save texts from one ROM, and load it onto another? I know it seems ridiculous, but its kind of annoying to have to reflash an updated ROM (when it says wipe and flash), and lose all of your texts. Some of the text messages have important info. Just wondering if anyone has come across something like this....
There is like 100 on the market..
search sms backup and 3 are on the top
has anyone found an app to backup farts for easy transfer from rom to rom?
check out txtarchive sms backup
stores sms on sd card
Can you load them on to a new rom? How would I back them up on my computer?
After reading through some.. Try "sms backup & restore"
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After reading through some.. Try "sms backup & restore"
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Cool, I'll definitely check it out, thanks
shahrukh817 said:
Can you load them on to a new rom? How would I back them up on my computer?
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the one i mentioned stores the on your SD card, so you can certainly back them up on your pc
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Can you load them on to a new rom? How would I back them up on my computer?
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Some of them, like the ones i just posted, save the text to the sdcard. You could move the files to your computer and have a backup.
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the one i mentioned stores the on your SD card, so you can certainly back them up on your pc
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You keep posting the same time i do and say almost the same thing im typing.. lol
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You keep posting the same time i do and say almost the same thing im typing.. lol
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bow before my psychic abilities mwhahaha
Jus10o said:
After reading through some.. Try "sms backup & restore"
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Yeah I agree with this, SMS Backup and Restore is great and gets the job done.
OsNaYa said:
Yeah I agree with this, SMS Backup and Restore is great and gets the job done.
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Yup, just tried it and I'm extremely satisfied. Thanks for the reco guys.
I like SMS B & R, but for some reason I can never view the backup file on my computer in a readable format, even though it says it can do xml in browsers. The only thing it can do is backup and restore on the phone.
SMS Backup
I've always liked SMS Backup. It may not be able to restore your text messages onto your phone, but it will back up all your messages to your gmail account, allowing you to browse through them at your leisure. Beyond that, if you enable the automatic backup feature, as soon as you send or receive an sms it will automatically push it into your gmail for you. If you don't want to clutter up your inbox, it can put them all into a separate sms folder, and mark them as read as well. Just my two cents.
When I first got the Hero, I looked into making a symlink to the SDcard for the SMS Database. I never really got very far with it - primarily just to lazy to edit the Apps2SD script to include it.
Maybe TrevE would think about looking into moving SMS to the SDcard???
This would be the ultimate solution, assuming that the ROMs you are switching between don't require an EXT wipe and will all use the same A2SD version.
Seems like most of the SMS backup apps I have found don't restore at all or don't restore well to the native SMS app.
I really like "sms backup by christopher studer"
It's free, and backs up seamlessly to my gmail account.
Here ya go took me all of five secs to find it
http://tinyurl.com/2adrjyo
I've been trying to restore my old text messages to my M8.
I tried before rooting and it didn't work.
I tried after rooting and it didn't work.
I tried after doing the MicroSD hack and it didn't work.
Anyone else having this problem??
please help, thanks!!
Try MyBackup in play store. Worked for me. Hope it helps.
Hmm sms backup has my backup sms saved to Gmail. MyBackup will restore my sms from there??
Thanks for the reply
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Try changing it to the default messaging app before restoring. When I used my SMS backup app it told me it has to be default for it to restore the messages. After its done you can go back and change back to whatever messaging app you were using. You can find the option to change apps in settings then more towards the top where the WiFi and Bluetooth selections are.
I use Hangouts as my SMS client and restoring via TiBu does restore my texts.
Hancent has a backup built in but it saves them as xml files I believe.
Never determined how to backup GO SMS.
For me, I want to use TiBu to restore all my texts and have now gotten use to the interface.
YMMV
adavit said:
Try changing it to the default messaging app before restoring. When I used my SMS backup app it told me it has to be default for it to restore the messages. After its done you can go back and change back to whatever messaging app you were using. You can find the option to change apps in settings then more towards the top where the WiFi and Bluetooth selections are.
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Tried it, still doesn't restore my old sms. Thanks
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barbaraswee said:
Use CWM/CTR then select recovery option then back up your all data or sms, apps etc.
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I should say im trying to recover my SMS but i dont have it on my old phone anymore. It is only saved on my gmail account. Thats how SMS Backup+ backs up the SMS.
thanks
SMS Backup and restore has been working flawlessly for me from the thunderbolt to
DNA to the M8. Great program and even can upload/backup to Dropbox or Google drive.
If you have your old phone prior to the M8..I'd extract those old texts you want on it..then use another program to back them up on the older phone..then get that new program on the M8 and extract the text backup
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SMS Backup and restore has been working flawlessly for me from the thunderbolt to
DNA to the M8. Great program and even can upload/backup to Dropbox or Google drive.
If you have your old phone prior to the M8..I'd extract those old texts you want on it..then use another program to back them up on the older phone..then get that new program on the M8 and extract the text backup
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It has always worked for me as well. Going from GN, to S4, to G2, but for M8 it hasnt restored it.
I have tried a few times and it just says "8548 restored (8547 duplicate)" something like that.
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It has always worked for me as well. Going from GN, to S4, to G2, but for M8 it hasnt restored it.
I have tried a few times and it just says "8548 restored (8547 duplicate)" something like that.
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I think you are using a different program than I do. Mine is SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu....I think yours is SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel?
So if you have your old phone still, I'd restore all the texts on it (I am assuming that would still work)...install the program I use...back it up and upload the backup file to dropbox or google drive.
Then on your M8, install the program I use and then bring down that backup file from Google Drive (or Dropbox) and get all of your old texts on the M8
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I think you are using a different program than I do. Mine is SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu....I think yours is SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel?
So if you have your old phone still, I'd restore all the texts on it (I am assuming that would still work)...install the program I use...back it up and upload the backup file to dropbox or google drive.
Then on your M8, install the program I use and then bring down that backup file from Google Drive (or Dropbox) and get all of your old texts on the M8
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Ya mine is SMS Backup+
But good idea i still have not sold my G2, so ill try to restore it and use ur app.
thanks!!
CtK4949 said:
Ya mine is SMS Backup+
But good idea i still have not sold my G2, so ill try to restore it and use ur app.
thanks!!
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Hope it works! And as previously stated...to restore messages in Kit Kat..
SMS Backup and Restore will prompt you telling you it needs to be the default messaging app. Allow that and then you can restore....then go back into your settings and change the default messaging app to whatever you use for texting...probably the stock messaging app I presume.