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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?
Crash Override said:
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
hi ALL!
i dont know why.... but i dont receive all sms my friends send to me!i haved intalled the smart´s rom v2 ... and i have get back to WWE-2.20...but keeps in the same!!! :s i dont know why
is there any fix to this??? :s
P4k1t0 said:
hi ALL!
i dont know why.... but i dont receive all sms my friends send to me!i haved intalled the smart´s rom v2 ... and i have get back to WWE-2.20...but keeps in the same!!! :s i dont know why
is there any fix to this??? :s
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Where do you live? what is your telecom provider?
binky11 said:
Where do you live? what is your telecom provider?
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Portugal... my provider is TMN
i dont know why this happen...!!
can someone help??
my phone is in standby.... and after my friend send-me a sms...sometimes i receive and sometimes not... they send-me a sms, the screen goes on, but i dont receive.... can someone help.me??? please
sorry my bad englishh!! :x
So any ideia?? :S there is no fix to this?
Please people... i need help ... =S i'm continuing whit this problem!!
i have changed radio and roms to...but this is in the same!!
Please! i´m not receiving all sms people send to me!! :s
Try sms yourself see if it comes? test it from web? You can always call your provider ask them your sms is not working, dont have to say you installed a non factory rom. Right now you just need to figure out if it is your provider or your cell. If you have a phone u can borrow test your sim will be nice. Debug the problem one step at the time, dont rush into conclusions.
I've got a similar problem. Every now end then an sms hungs my phone. No matter what room I have. It hangs, it hangs showing a mini version of sms (I can still turn of the phone by soft) or it hangs I can't see a thing but if I wait long enough (about 2-3 minutes) when I reset my prophet the message is in my inbox(if i won't wait there's nothing there. It's annoying an haven't found a way pass it
koven said:
I've got a similar problem. Every now end then an sms hungs my phone. No matter what room I have. It hangs, it hangs showing a mini version of sms (I can still turn of the phone by soft) or it hangs I can't see a thing but if I wait long enough (about 2-3 minutes) when I reset my prophet the message is in my inbox(if i won't wait there's nothing there. It's annoying an haven't found a way pass it
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and you have solved the problem?? :s
if yes... how you do it???
or the problem is in the SIM card?
No, didn't solve anythin. Now when my PDA hangs I just wait 2-3 minutes before I reset it so I can read the sms I don't know where the problem is...
I thing that only my first rom didn't have such an issue (the oryginal one without BT support)
koven said:
No, didn't solve anythin. Now when my PDA hangs I just wait 2-3 minutes before I reset it so I can read the sms I don't know where the problem is...
I thing that only my first rom didn't have such an issue (the oryginal one without BT support)
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ohhh
ok...
but you think the problem is in pda?
or in SIM card?
don't know. havn't tried other sim card
Hi, i have the same problem them i resolve it by unistall the vcard software i have install on s200, ex: OS SMS Plus for XDA . In my case it was the problem.
ferreiranm said:
Hi, i have the same problem them i resolve it by unistall the vcard software i have install on s200, ex: OS SMS Plus for XDA . In my case it was the problem.
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hi
how i unistall vcard? what is that?? :S
and... can you give me the link to OS SMS Plus for XDA? please!
Hi P4k1t0,
The vcard program gives to possiblitie to send and receive vcards like nokia phones, if you search on xda you will find a lot of thead's related with vcards, in my case the problem i have with sms, was related with the two vcards software.
ferreiranm said:
Hi P4k1t0,
The vcard program gives to possiblitie to send and receive vcards like nokia phones, if you search on xda you will find a lot of thead's related with vcards, in my case the problem i have with sms, was related with the two vcards software.
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Seems to me he didn't install any software since he's been flashing the device a view times.
@P4k1t0
Since you've reflashed your device with a new ROM and new Radio ROM my guess would be it's either your SIM-Card or your network
Do you have a list of standard programs you install after every flash? Or did you, like I assumed, didn't install anything after the reset?
mccune said:
Seems to me he didn't install any software since he's been flashing the device a view times.
@P4k1t0
Since you've reflashed your device with a new ROM and new Radio ROM my guess would be it's either your SIM-Card or your network
Do you have a list of standard programs you install after every flash? Or did you, like I assumed, didn't install anything after the reset?
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you are right... i dont install nothing after reset!!
i think it was about the sim card :s
I have to try!
Hi everyone i know im new here.
just been a nosey person before checking in on whats happening.
i decided to flash my MDA Vario. ive tried two different packages now.
Core_2.0n
XM6r3
but on both of them i get the same problem, my contact list wont load.
if i hit contacts it goes to load and shuts it again, i dont understand why?
would anyone care to share some light on the subject, or even better
have a solution lol !! i dont really wana go back to WM5 now.. but
not being able to add numbers, or get into my contacts is rather anoying!
-Groovedude
groovedude said:
Hi everyone i know im new here.
just been a nosey person before checking in on whats happening.
i decided to flash my MDA Vario. ive tried two different packages now.
Core_2.0n
XM6r3
but on both of them i get the same problem, my contact list wont load.
if i hit contacts it goes to load and shuts it again, i dont understand why?
would anyone care to share some light on the subject, or even better
have a solution lol !! i dont really wana go back to WM5 now.. but
not being able to add numbers, or get into my contacts is rather anoying!
-Groovedude
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Did you backup your contacts before upgrading and then restored back to your phone again after upgrading ?
By backup, I hope you mean via activesync?
no i didnt make a backup .. at all. do i need to make some kind of backup then to get the contacts menu to work???
as i cant even access the menu it goes to load but shuts itself ?
btw thanks guys for replies..
Oh dude, just hard reset your device. It'll be fine.
did you install pocketcm?
does your sms inbox still work?
ive tried hardreset... no difference.
yes my sms inbox works fine, this was with pocketCM and normal contacts list.
-Groovedude!
just go into the file explorer go to my device look for the pim file and rename it. then soft reset your device. it should work after that
does it matter what i should rename it to ?.... ?
i renamed the pim file to "c" soft reset... and HEY presto it works thank you everyone.
big thank you to thunda_chunky
no prob =] same thing happened to me b4
awesome just gotta setup my tmobile settings for mms etc now !
Hello.
I need help. My phone is unlocked and prepaid[cingular] so it always makes this noise when i send a message or recieve a message despite the fact that all sounds to the phone are silenced. I tried to silence all notifications and yet it still made the noise. I want to delete the tone all together and maybe put a blank file there that makes no noise. I found the tone its called notify and I tried to erase it but its locked aka the delete button is greyed out. I tried to install a windows unlocker on my phone but a pop up kept comming up saying that the file is not valid/permitted and it could not be downloaded[windows wouldn't allow it]. If you have any methods or solutions for me to solve this problem respond ASAP!!!
Thank yOU!!
Have you tried going to Start->Settings->Personal->Sounds & Notifications, clicking on the Notifications tab and changing your preferences there?
Listen carefully!!!
mizzdenver said:
Hello.
I need help. My phone is unlocked and prepaid[cingular] so it always makes this noise when i send a message or recieve a message despite the fact that all sounds to the phone are silenced. I tried to silence all notifications and yet it still made the noise. I want to delete the tone all together and maybe put a blank file there that makes no noise. I found the tone its called notify and I tried to erase it but its locked aka the delete button is greyed out. I tried to install a windows unlocker on my phone but a pop up kept comming up saying that the file is not valid/permitted and it could not be downloaded[windows wouldn't allow it]. If you have any methods or solutions for me to solve this problem respond ASAP!!!
Thank yOU!!
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I have change this notify.wma file to the one that has the diamond and it works....
First make a sound in wma yours or a blank noised ok?
Then sync your mda to activesync full sync (I mean say yes to all the windows of outlook, uncheck all options of sinced files, contacts, favorites etc etc) to make an association.
Open in activesync "explore" then open the windows folder and drag your file notify to overwrite the other one default file, it works! jeje.
Im from mexico and the noise makes me get mad.
Good luck!
whoa there gunslinger, how mad does it make you? (lol)
Mad
S.V.I said:
whoa there gunslinger, how mad does it make you? (lol)
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Mad as i needto change it!!!! LOL!!!!
so what da heck is gunslinger?
Im not from USA and i cant speak english well.
mizzdenver said:
Hello.
I need help. My phone is unlocked and prepaid[cingular] so it always makes this noise when i send a message or recieve a message despite the fact that all sounds to the phone are silenced. I tried to silence all notifications and yet it still made the noise. I want to delete the tone all together and maybe put a blank file there that makes no noise. I found the tone its called notify and I tried to erase it but its locked aka the delete button is greyed out. I tried to install a windows unlocker on my phone but a pop up kept comming up saying that the file is not valid/permitted and it could not be downloaded[windows wouldn't allow it]. If you have any methods or solutions for me to solve this problem respond ASAP!!!
Thank yOU!!
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You can remove the setting for sending and reciving mesages with snaps advance configutation or SK Tools
Other option is to change the settings by sounds & messages in the settings part personal
lemme help you out here
go here : http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm
download pocket commander and install it on your phone !
dont ever take it off
and do whatever you want to your registry and files .. wherever they may be
and dont ever let this pesky phone tell you that it cant do what you want it to do !
i cant do that!!
da_jojo said:
lemme help you out here
go here : http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm
download pocket commander and install it on your phone !
dont ever take it off
and do whatever you want to your registry and files .. wherever they may be
and dont ever let this pesky phone tell you that it cant do what you want it to do !
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WHY I cant do that with my total commander? with some files... like delete some ringtone. even overwrite.
hi all.
I am in serious trouble and i need help. i realized i did not have outlook, thus my contacts are all gone.
I had tried to update my software earlier by installing some .cab file. It was a file for my HTC home. The installation was 'successful', however after i did a reset ( they prompt me to ) i could not boot up my phone. It get hanged once it got to my wallpaper, and i cant tap or press anything. The htc home screen also does not come out.
=(
any kind souls?
So something is hanging right after windows boots... did you try to install HTC Home to a storage card? Try booting with the storage card out.
thanks for the prompt reply. i tried, however it never seems to work. I am using a HTC TYTN ii. running on windows 6.1
I did install it on a storage card. i tried means like switching on without memory card, sim card and did a million resets, but it doesnt seem to work.. =(
Actually i install the HTC Home was because the message counter on the HTC Home got screwed up. it showed 1 unread no although i had all messages read. but anyway, for now, tht's not my main concern.. =(
thanks all in advance ..
I guess I do not understand all of your issues besides the freezing at boot.
A hard reset should be an option, if you're ok with that... and then for the future, use sprite and pim backup to make sure you don't lose too much data.
Try searching the forum for threads like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320689
What caused you to lose your contacts?
my contacts are all saved in the phone, and it wasnt back up cause i am not using microsoft outlook.. and lets say i want to do a hard reset, how to do it?
and how do i do a soft reset with my phone.
Is there anyway that i can actually do a SAFE mode boot up? but my phone keeps getting hanged at start up. i dunno if its because it cant bring up a pin enter mode where I need to key in my pin each time i boot up.
0) What version of ROM were you using?
HTC TYTN ii
1) Applications installed when it happened
HTC HOME (old version ) i d/led and used HTC Diamond home, then it got screwed up cause the unread messages kept showing 1, although all messages were read. i thus wanted to reinstall the HTC home.
2) Radio ROM version (2.19.21, 2.47.21, etc...)
NONE
3) Device model (dopod 818, imate etc...)
HTC TYTN II
4) Device version (G3 or G4)
Windows 6.1?
5) How long it was since last hard reset (1 day,6 hours, etc..)
I never did a hard reset. how do i do it
6) Approx how many soft resets you already made (1-5, 5-10 10-15, etc...)
Soft refers to poking the reset button, would be more than 20 times after this issue
7) Approx how many shutdowns you already made (holding power button for 4+ seconds)
more than 10 times.
8) any other significant info you think will help:
My contacts are not saved syn with my com as i do not have windows outlook.
9) Do you have the HTC Homeplug today plugin enabled?
10) have you populated your PIM apps via pimbackup or via activesync?
11) Do you have the "HTC_default" today theme enabled?
yes.
for now, i cant boot up. the screen will hang at my wallpaper. i cant seem to press or click anything after that. My pin start up prompt does not apear too. please help =(
depressed ivy.
Sorry, but I'm pretty sure you need an app to use safe mode. You might need to loose your contacts, but don't give up... research and you might find an answer.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=The%20Safe%20Mode%20Bible
And if you've already tried booting without a sim and storage card, you might need to hard reset, which is easy enough after reading the wiki.
e.g. press both softkeys while resetting, or you could even flash a new rom via sd card by naming the .nbh file KAISIMG.nbh and putting it on your storage card root directory.
Read the wiki before you make any decisions and good luck, good news is your phone sounds like it's fine, just install a safe mode program next time.
Hi. I did research like wht you adviced, i managed to log into bootloader mode, i downloaded MTTY program and got my phone to the USB mode. I like to ask the following:
1) can i retrieve and save my contacts as i saved them all in my phone and none in my sim card?
2) Wht can i do next as I'm badly stuck at the HTC home page with only my wallpaper, i cant click on any buttons.
Thanks in advance to all.
I really hope that some GURUs here are able to help solve my terrible situation and i would really appreciate it. My contacts are all save in the phone and i need some help in retrieving it.
Thanks all.
asdfgh123 said:
I really hope that some GURUs here are able to help solve my terrible situation and i would really appreciate it. My contacts are all save in the phone and i need some help in retrieving it.
Thanks all.
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At what exactly point does it freeze?
What is your radio version, it should appear after you turn on the device in red letters on the bottom right.
What is your SPL Version, you should be able to see it from the bootloader?
Dave
Hello friend. When I suggested research, I meant things like this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2732337
I found this thread by clicking search in the top right to use google, and typed "save contacts" which if you've gone into MTTY research (be careful by the way) then you might be able to backup your data.
MY SPL : 3.29.0000
MY radio: 1.65.16.25
When i boot up, i suppose to have some password protect, to enter my pin before there is reception and stuff. For now, I can only see my wallpaper, the start button, contacts and calander buttons.However i cant touch on anything, it just simply hangs there.
SIM card and memory card are off. I tried SYNC, but it says cannot detect device.
=((
asdfgh123 said:
MY SPL : 3.29.0000
MY radio: 1.65.16.25
When i boot up, i suppose to have some password protect, to enter my pin before there is reception and stuff. For now, I can only see my wallpaper, the start button, contacts and calander buttons.However i cant touch on anything, it just simply hangs there.
SIM card and memory card are off. I tried SYNC, but it says cannot detect device.
=((
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By "SYNC" you mean active sync? Try an Actice sync re-install, maybe?
Sounds like this protect stuff is beggared.
Ta
Dave
i meant active sync, it says it cant detect my device. Is there anyway from MTTY, i cant retrieve my contacts?
All this actually happen after i installed .cab file the other day, and the installation was fine and i was prompt to restart. It hanged after that till date. sigh =( I'm desperate.
GURUs,
I cant get my device to go any further than hanging right at the wallpaper of HTC Home, the usb doenst recognize my device, so i cant enter or do any thing.
I just wish to retrieve my contacts now, and do a hard reset on my phone.
Thanks.
If you never saved your contacts from and to your sim card without any kind of backup from outlook or pim, etc. you might be ****e out of luck. Gone from a ****ty samsung to a equally ****ty razr, hermes, and now kaiser with the same sim...Always copy your contacts to the sim; or at least a Backup folder on your desktop or lap. flashing erases the main memory, which of course includes contacts. That's why we have a program called sim manager, to backup contacts everytime we erase our systems. Hope you find a workaround though, as a former Iphone owner, reinputting your contacts is a giant *****
sigh.. does tht means i'm so dead now? I did ever did a PPCPimBackup, but its stored in the phone memory too? any sort of help you can assist?
asdfgh123 said:
sigh.. does tht means i'm so dead now? I did ever did a PPCPimBackup, but its stored in the phone memory too? any sort of help you can assist?
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Possibly, I've tried to get hold of someone who might know, but it's looking grim.
Storage Card backups and Active Sync are the best way to backup.
*DaveShaw closes barn door after the horse has bolted *
Ta
DAve