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contacts not working!

What's Up? Just have a quick question about going from wm5 to wm6. I had tried to transfer my contacts by just moving the pim file over like I have always done in the past. This time it just makes my screen crash on wm6 has anybody else had this problem?

itsbuckyb said:
What's Up? Just have a quick question about going from wm5 to wm6. I had tried to transfer my contacts by just moving the pim file over like I have always done in the past. This time it just makes my screen crash on wm6 has anybody else had this problem?
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The PIM files of WM5 and Wm6 are NOT compatible. YOu have to go the normal way - syncing. So hardreset - new partnership and active sync.
SOrry - only way - i guess.

ahhh alright thanks

papamopps said:
The PIM files of WM5 and Wm6 are NOT compatible. YOu have to go the normal way - syncing. So hardreset - new partnership and active sync.
SOrry - only way - i guess.
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Or... you can install PIM Backup on WM5, take a backup with it, then install WM6 and then run PIM Backup there to restore you contacts, addresses, SMS, phone log, etc... This works since it does not restore the actual PIM but uses a CSV (or similar) type file to backup and restore from. Very handy for moving between versions and roms.

nice moved everything right over. thanks

where in the phone are the contact stored?

as the title states,
Where does a ppc running wm5 or 6 store the contacts?
my pc (with vista os) has stopped recognising all my ppcs and I want to send the contacts to a 'new' phone from my m3100 that has them all stored.....i just cant find where.
I copied the contact/lnk file but its a link file not the root folder where the files live.
any help is greatly appreciated
gurry

if i'm right, contacts are stored in the pim.vol file in the root of device. But do not expect miracles - pim databases from different versions of OS are not compatible! you may be lucky, but regullary it does not work. and you cannot simply rewrite pim db...
best way is to export contacts to completely different format (you will easily find some tool) an then import it back to new device using the same tool.
your vista may be cured by manually downloading wmdc and reinstalling it - i have already seen similar issue. or you can install xp to a virtual machine and connect device to virtualized xp...

nocturne is correct. Contacts and appointments and some other outlook stuff (not email) are kept in PIM.vol and it is different even between AKU versions.
You can overwrite PIM.vol once however, but if the file is of incorrect format your contacts app will fail to work. to fix this rename pim.vol to something else (like pim1.vol) then reset.
At this point a new empty correct pim.vol will be automatically created.
From what I read around the forum pim.vol from higher AKU versions (3 and up at least) is compatible with WM 6.

wm6 contacts and calendar problem

When i start contacs its just shows a little dot in the upper left corner and it doesn't start and the problem with calendar is, when i'm adding a meeting it just dont take it. I'm using phils wm6. Any ideas?

have you replaced the default pim.vol with WM5's pim.vol ? If yes, that's the problem

ok, yes i did replace it with a pim.vol from wm5. i didnt save the wm6 pim.vol so now i have to reinstall it then?

Most likely you need to hard reset the phone

if you have the contacts synchronized on pc or on the sim you may not hard reset. just rename the pim.vol to pim2.vol or whatever and reboot. a new pim.vol file will be created.
if you want to backup the whole information from pim.vol and use it on wm6, read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=323136
i've been too in your situation. and after a while i've found a solution.. i've succesfully backed up on a c500 with wm5 and restored it on my wm6 c600 with that application. it may work also with wm5 emulator .

Contacts restore

Is there a way to restore outlook contacts directly from a file via copy /paste?
I mean like a .pst file as used by ms outlook.

did you mean outlook contact on your PDA?
please backup PIM file.

you should do what the guy above me said, or copy/paste through activesync which will convert into phone format,
anywayz i reccomend pim backup for contacts =D schedule auto backup and less hassle
um almost 99.99% of all custom roms come with it.. give it a try

Thanx guys

[Urgent, f'd up situation] Where is contacts and messages located in Diamond?

I'm using HTC Touch Diamond. Here's my problem: I used PIMbackup to backup my data before flashing but stupidly I saved the PIM file on the root of storage card so yeah it's lost after flashing. I've tried recovering it with a software but couldn't find the PIM file.
But maybe there's some hope: I also copied all of the files and folders from my phone before flashing. You know, folders like My Windows Mobile-Based Mobile, Business, etc. Do they contain data for my contacts and messages? If yes, where? Thanks.

problems solved for contacts. it's in the file called pim.vol now how about recovering messages?