Hi guys,
I've recently upgraded my phone for a HTC Touch HD - Beautiful thing!
I originally had a Trinity/HTC 3600 and used Sprite Backup Manager to backup my data on it.
I have now connected up the Touch HD, and sync'd the outlook contacts (and their associated pictures) accross succesfully. So far so good, at least I got all my address book sorted. The active sync also copied my outlook calendar, notes etc etc - great!
I've copied all my pictures and ringtones accross manually from old storage card to new storage card - so im nearly there now...
Now im hoping to get my SMS messages/histroy/threads moved accross too. I know Sprite Backup Manager saves all this information, and i have the 14Mb file it created. Does anyone know how to get the SMS information from the backup file and save it onto the Touch HD? That would make my transfer from old phone to new phone complete.
Your help and guidence is always appriciated.
Thanks.
WizzKidd
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Hello,
I have one HTC Touch (wm6) with many apps and tweaks already installed and running.
My wife got another Touch (same ROM version) and gave me the job to install everything like to the mine.
Well, i'm thinking in mirror my SD card card to her SD and then restore my last SPB Backup from there.
Someone did it before? If i change the USER name before i sync to my PC it will be recognized as another device diferent to the mine?
Could be another things to be changed for her PPC works?
Thanks for the help...
And please, save my weekend 8)))
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CreativeBR
CreativeBR said:
Hello,
I have one HTC Touch (wm6) with many apps and tweaks already installed and running.
My wife got another Touch (same ROM version) and gave me the job to install everything like to the mine.
Well, i'm thinking in mirror my SD card card to her SD and then restore my last SPB Backup from there.
Someone did it before? If i change the USER name before i sync to my PC it will be recognized as another device diferent to the mine?
Could be another things to be changed for her PPC works?
Thanks for the help...
And please, save my weekend 8)))
{}s
CreativeBR
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I think it won't, but I'm not sure. Just restore your stuff to her PPC, change the owner name and let AS connect to it. If it still refers to the same PPC (I think it will), let me know and I look up the related Registry entry doing this.
Note that you can safely do all this - it won't mess up anything.
CreativeBR said:
Hello,
I have one HTC Touch (wm6) with many apps and tweaks already installed and running.
My wife got another Touch (same ROM version) and gave me the job to install everything like to the mine.
Well, i'm thinking in mirror my SD card card to her SD and then restore my last SPB Backup from there.
Someone did it before? If i change the USER name before i sync to my PC it will be recognized as another device diferent to the mine?
Could be another things to be changed for her PPC works?
Thanks for the help...
And please, save my weekend 8)))
{}s
CreativeBR
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Hi!
I have done this several times using SPB backup with success (HTC P3300). This is the steps I performed:
1) Create an complete backup in self extracting (exe) format with SPB Backup
2) Manually backup any necessary files and folders from Storage Card (i.e. Program Files)
3) Upgrade the target device to the same Rom version
4) Copy manually backed up files to the target Storage Card
5) Execute SPB backup file on the target device, excluding PIM information (this is an option when restoring)
6) Change owner name
7) Change device-ID (important because AS uses this to identify the device). The device-ID is changed from the about screen in settings.
8) Make a partnership in AS and transfer all PIM information.
Regards,
PK
Thank you both for the help.
I did the steps above and everything went fine. Great Paalkr !!!
I just forgot one thing before... The programs/configs are to be identical (and they are now) but not the PIM info.
When i first connected to the AS it restored all my PIM info (contacts...) to her Touch...
Off couse she can edit her contact list in the Touch but i guess the next time she connect her phone to my PC all my contacts stored in XP outlook will be cloned to the her PIM info.
I tried to uncheck the contacts in AS but it warned that this action will clear all the contacts in the next sync...
Well, Am i wrong or is there a way to bypass the sync problem???
Ps. Two things related to the problem. i can't create another WindowsXP user account for her and the contacts stored in the XP outlook arent important to me or to her (but if i uncheck the contacts option in AS i guess i will loose all my phone PIM info too).
Once more, thank you for this great help.
CreativeBR
CreativeBR said:
Thank you both for the help.
I did the steps above and everything went fine. Great Paalkr !!!
I just forgot one thing before... The programs/configs are to be identical (and they are now) but not the PIM info.
When i first connected to the AS it restored all my PIM info (contacts...) to her Touch...
Off couse she can edit her contact list in the Touch but i guess the next time she connect her phone to my PC all my contacts stored in XP outlook will be cloned to the her PIM info.
I tried to uncheck the contacts in AS but it warned that this action will clear all the contacts in the next sync...
Well, Am i wrong or is there a way to bypass the sync problem???
Ps. Two things related to the problem. i can't create another WindowsXP user account for her and the contacts stored in the XP outlook arent important to me or to her (but if i uncheck the contacts option in AS i guess i will loose all my phone PIM info too).
Once more, thank you for this great help.
CreativeBR
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Hi!
If you don't want do sync PIM info it is important to connect to AS in guest mode, just press cancel when AS detects the device for the first time. If you want to delete a partnership you can do this from the file menu in AS (in the PC) when there is no device connected.
I have attached a cab file that maybe you can use to delete all PIM data on the device. I have not tried it on WM6, so there is no guarantee.
Regards,
PK
Worked perfectly.
For someone that will follow this topic for the same problem in the future just one extra thing: - to connect as a GUEST you need to exclude the partnership on both PC AS and Mobile AS.
Thank you once more Paalkr.
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CreativeBR
I have a TyTn II and just got a Fuze (HTC TP) and I wand to transfer every saved message in my inbox, outbox, ect... to my new phone?
Can it be done?
IS there a image folder like outlook has .pst files or is there a folder I can copy?
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance
I use PIM Backup and have not had any problems with it at all!! Its free and have attached the file for you to make it easier!!
will this also copy over my calender as well? I would love to Xfer all the info from one device to the other. Caleender, Email, TXT, MMS ...
Will this do it?
Yes, it would. Here is the original PIM Backup thread.
HTH
Thanks!!! reading it now!
without reading I would assume...
I install this on my memory card on my old phone.. run iot and back everything up to my MEM card. - then I would install on Fuze with the same MEM card and just restore and DONE!?
Hi,
I had close to 300 contacts on my mobile until I got a new ROM update for Europe based HTC Diamond 2 systems. Once when I applied these changes, it wiped out all of my contacts with no trace...
I tried searching for options where I can store my contact details to my memory card but I couldnt find one option.
Can someone please help me as well as provide any other new alternatives to make sure that I dont loose my contacts the next time when I update my mobile...
Any help will be greatly appreciated...
Hey there,
Forget about trying to store contacts in other places, the best thing you can do before updating your phone in anyway is either backup your entire system using a good backup software such as Sprite Backup, or SPB Backup but this should NOT be used if changing ROMS.
What i always do is use PIM backup before a rom change. This free app backs up your contacts, emails etc and is simple to use and virually fool proof. I have enclosed the zip file for you, its a stand alone app, so just copy it to your programs folder or storage card and create a shortcut in your programs folder. (Thanks to its creator, such a brilliant app!)
Greetz
TIm.
awesome app mate... thanks a ton!!!
Hi i m looking for an app that let me backup contacts and thumbs (the little picture with the face of the contact),the last time i ve tried pim backup but i had some problems...In some contact i had bad quality thumb (lower resolution) and it duplicated almost every contacts
Do you know if there is a best one?
you can try, my phone from windows to windows
or some internet application like http://miqlive.com/
backup contacts
Axel85 said:
Hi i m looking for an app that let me backup contacts and thumbs (the little picture with the face of the contact),the last time i ve tried pim backup but i had some problems...In some contact i had bad quality thumb (lower resolution) and it duplicated almost every contacts
Do you know if there is a best one?
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Outlook. It restored the contacts inclusive the contact pics from my samsung omnia to my Acer f1 without any problems. Not to mention I'm still using an old outlook 2002 version as well
Or the build in acer backup utility
spb backup
Just copy file PIM.VOL from the root folder of device to the storage card or to the pc and when u need to get back your contacs (after hard-reset or installing another firmware) u must only copy this file where it was - to the root phone folder (with replacing). Enjoy.
Hi,
"MCoolSoft Contact2XML 3.0"
you can generate xml files of outlook contacts and save it in sd card..
or "Acer F1 BackupUtility" (you can found in this forum section)
Ciao!
Hi Guys
I am wanting to use a mozart7 as a 2nd phone, however, can I transfer my sms threads from my DS to Mozart through HTC Sync or an App.
I know I can copy contacts using sim card or Cloud , but was curious about the SMS threads.
Or is there an app that does it.
Cheers
Ok, scrub that question.. its not worth taking up mozart memory with old txts, so instead of backing them all up in the phone, is there a way of Viewing old txts (xml format) on my PC.
I still have the DS, but I want to clear out some old txts without losing them, so can anyone recommend a good free xml viewer for viewing txt messages in a readable format.
Thanks