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Hi All,
I'm planning to move from Windows mobile to Android, but I have a few questions.
How about my textmessages, they are now saved on my device. Is there any way to place them on my sim card again. Or is there a backup program out there with wich I can move my text messages to my new android based phone??
I have the same problem with my contacts. There are to many to put them on my sim card. It only allows 33 contacts. Is there a possibility to backup them to my storage card or any other solution.
I always used pim backup for windows mobile, but I think this won't work on android.
I really searched for a solution but couldn't find any
can you please help me
thanks in advance
I've never used this myself, but have heard rave reviews about it. It sounds just like what you need...
http://www.fusionone.com/
Hope it helps!
i'm pretty sure gmail/google sync will handle your contacts no problem...
Use google sync http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=winmo It will transfer all your contacts to your gmail account, then use google sync on your android. As for txt messages I don't know why you would need to save them from one phone to the other. Try to foward them to your self via email on your winmo phone.
Thank you all for you're reply's
I just tried google sync but can't get it to work on my device.
I get the following error : 0x85010004
I googled for it but couldn't find a solution.
The program "johncmolyneux" named in his post is sadly enough only for paid users.
I found one other program wich could work, it's called: spritemigrate
http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/migrate/how-does-it-work-
Does anyone know this program, or does anyone have a solution for the google sync problem.
would be much appreciated
Hey guys. I'm a bit new to the whole Android scene. I am an iPhone 3gs user, and I am looking to switch to the EVO 4G when it comes out. The thing is, no matter how many Android sites I visit, I can not really figure out how to switch to Android. Basically, what I'm looking for is a website or information about the basic things. What do I use instead of iTunes (if I need to)?, how do I back up my info?, what is this whole rooting thing?, how do I transfer my information and contacts onto the EVO? So any and all information is appreciated. If there is another forum dealing with this, a link to it would work as well. Thank you, and have a nice day.
First of all your posting in the wrong section, as your question is not about android developing and or hacking, ask your question in this part of the forum, also next time make a little search around the forum, these and many other questions have been answered 1000 of times, and btw welcome to the xda developers community, enjoy your stay.
Sincerly
Rafyvitto
pashok99 said:
What do I use instead of iTunes (if I need to)?
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Multimedia applications for Android
Multimedia apps for Android
My preferred one is Meridian Media Player Pioneer
pashok99 said:
how do I back up my info? how do I transfer my information and contacts onto the EVO?
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I don't know anything about how the iPhoney works, but the Gmail help page says:
We support importing CSV files from Outlook, Outlook Express, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Eudora and some other apps. We also support importing vCard from apps like Apple Address Book.
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Hopefully you can find a way to export your contacts, if you have lots of them.
As far as backing up your contacts, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. A Gmail account is required to activate your phone.
Any changes you make to your contact information, it will sync with your Gmail & your phone. Edit a contact via your phone, it will sync with your Gmail account.
Is this what you were asking for?
How to backup SMS?
I use an app appropriately titled SMS Backup.
I've got SMS backups going back over a year. They get uploaded to my Gmail account for easy archiving.
Back up your apps?
There quite a few. My personal favorite is Titanium Backup root (root required)
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what is this whole rooting thing?
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A quick Googling yielded 2.6 MILLION results, with the terms "why root android".
Give it a shot.
I'm just gonna copy & paste from a very old thread.
* You can install a full Linux distribution, like Debian.
* You can run applications that require root, like Screenshot and Auto Rotate your Browser and or any other application.
* You can install the latest Android build directly from the Android source tree.
* Customize your boot image.
* Create full backups of the state of your phone.
* Create custom ROMs.
* Install Applications to your SD Card to save space.
* Use your phone as a tether to connect your computer/laptop to the internet.
* Turn your phone into a wireless router that provides internet access.
I hope I answered your questions.
Please make sure you seach. Bookmark alot of sh-tuff along the way, cause when you get your EVO, due to the fact you ARE HERE, you will probably be seeking root some short time afterwards.
SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH!
You'll get that answer 9 outta 10 times.
Best of luck to you, and Welcome to Android™
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What do I use instead of iTunes (if I need to)?, how do I back up my info?, what is this whole rooting thing?, how do I transfer my information and contacts onto the EVO?.
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Contacts are easy (if you are running a mac) you just sync your address book with your gmail account and it should get passed back down to the phone when you set up that gmail account on your phone. (i havnt done this yet because i dont have a nexus yet but should be getting one soon and the contacts are all showing up in gmail so it should work)
Be kind, as I am a geezer and our brains ain't as sharp as they used to be
Went from a windows HTC tilt to the iPhone and importing contacts was easy using oulook. Now I'm going from the iPhone to the Captivate. How do I import them onto the Captivate?
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Be kind, as I am a geezer and our brains ain't as sharp as they used to be
Went from a windows HTC tilt to the iPhone and importing contacts was easy using oulook. Now I'm going from the iPhone to the Captivate. How do I import them onto the Captivate?
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If you can export the numbers out of Outlook into a .csv file...you can import that file into your gmail account. I have a mac and had a similar problem. Exported my numbers out of address book and then uploaded to gmail contacts. Once you do that...you can select in the settings on the phone to allow show contacts with phone numbers. Hope that helps.
so, are the contacts floating in the clouds somewhere or do they get downloaded to the phone?
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so, are the contacts floating in the clouds somewhere or do they get downloaded to the phone?
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No, if you import your .csv file into your phone from your Outlook, the contacts are limited to your phone. If you, however, import your .csv into your Google Account, that puts your contacts into the cloud, which will sync with your phone.
If that sounds confusing I'm sure I could throw you a guide together if you like.
thanks, all is clear now
vCards Worked Better For Me
I had problems getting gmail to recognize my CSV even after I tried to organize it like some site said it wanted, so I dumped all of my contacts as vCards using a VBA script I found by searching and then loaded each one into gmail.
Samsung Kies
Did anyone use Samsung Kies for importing contacts?
I wanted to but I couldn't get my computer to work with kies (w7, 64bit)
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Did anyone use Samsung Kies for importing contacts?
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I wish I had done it originally, but I was able to sync my contacts back to Outlook using Kies. I would say that that is the way to do it.
I also had problems connecting with Kies on my W7, 64 machine until I downloaded the most recent version (1.5.1.10071_32), downloaded Microsoft .NET Framework 4, and removed my SD card. Now everything connects fine.
Old dude here too. Was going to post (may still if this get info) a new thread but found this thread. I currently rock an old HTC Hermes WM6.1 device. It Sync's all my Work Outlook Contacts & Meetings, and at home all my Outlook Contacts. The Meetings are important, as are the Contacts. I may wait until the WM7 devices start appearing, but the Captivate looks pretty nice and I can get a good premier price.
Will it/Can it sync that info using the Samsung Programs? I don't want to mess with CSV's and gmail, I work for a huge aerospace company and deal with meetings and new contacts daily, need my phone to handle that info on a daily basis. WinXP at work, Win 7 at home....
Thanks!
Kies imported my contacts just fine (it lost groups and photos though).
However it hangs on importing appointments
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If you can export the numbers out of Outlook into a .csv file...you can import that file into your gmail account.
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This is exactly what I did. Worked like a champ
Kies does work on Win 7 - 64 bit with Captivate
I wanted to post a reply to this one because I was frustrated to the extent of giving up on kies, but was finally able to get Kies see my phone (samsung captivate).
So first thing is, it works, you can set Kies to see your phone on Win 7 - 64 bit.
of course, I tried a lot of things back and forth, install and uninstall various drivers etc. but below is what I think will work, please give it a shot if you are unable to get Kies to see your phone on Win 7 - 64 bit.
1. Uninstall any drivers if you have installed (either the USB_Drivers_5_02_0_2 or usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64). [For the 5.02.02 there is a SSADUninstall.exe in the i386 folders, double check on the control panel and uinstall if you see a program listed as Android USB Modem]
2. Install Kies from the UK site samsungapps.com (cannot post URL yet) it does not matter where you download from, the same s/w is on various URLS. I am using Kies_1.5.1.10071_32
3. On the phone, under settings -> applications -> usb settings either select ask on connetion (this is how I have it), but I figure Kies would also work.
4. Plug the phone using the USB cable (I dont know if it really made any difference but I plugged the cable on to one of the back m/b ports as I read on a few forums that it wont work on the front port)
5. Now wait, your pc is going to play a trick, windows will try to install a driver for this and then say it could not find one. Ignore it ! In the meanwhile, you will also notice a warning saying if you want to run a program from Samsung electronics or something like tetrun, say yes and let it continue.
6. Have patience now and in due time, Kies will start (I have also set kies to run in win xp compatibility mode explicitly but it may not be required). You will not see your phone yet. but you continue to wait for another minute.
7. Eventually kies will say on the right side of the app that drivers need to be downloaded for the connected device and will start downloading them. Let is complete. It will then install them. windows will show you the bubble saying it is installing drivers (similar to one that failed earlier). You may click on it and you will see that it installs 3 drivers. I am thinking they are for the mass storage, modem and media player but not sure.
8. Once it is done, it should show a bar oscillating and say 'connecting device'
9. And voila, after some more wait, you should see your phone on the right side in Kies.
Please be patient, it takes quite a while for all these things to go through and you may be start thinking it has gotten stuck.
Now, for the bummer if you want to sync with outlook, it missed out quite a few of my contacts and I am still unable to get the calendar on to my phone. Kies reads it and shows it well but my phone does not show the appointments yet.
But kies will allow you to get photos off or manage contacts etc. so it does help.
If it works for you please post your experience. so others can be more confident.
Best of luck.
I tried everything possible including these instructions, cannot get it to work on windows 7 64-bit.
oldfossil said:
Be kind, as I am a geezer and our brains ain't as sharp as they used to be
Went from a windows HTC tilt to the iPhone and importing contacts was easy using oulook. Now I'm going from the iPhone to the Captivate. How do I import them onto the Captivate?
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It was easiest for me to get the contacts on the phone through google. You should be able to sync the iphone contacts with google, then they should sync with the Captivate.
Try the New "Beta" Sprite Migrate"
I am running Win 7 Ult. 64-bit with Office 2010 64-bit and have an HTC Touch Cruise (WM6.1) and just got the Captivate. First, let me say that nothing seems to work with Outlook 2010 64-bit, so no syncing. I did get & Load .Net 4.0 and the UK version of Kies. All that works and I can load stuff onto my SD card. So far update.zip and some ePub eBooks. But as for moving stuff off the WM 6.1 and to the Captivate, the best and easiest option so far has been "Sprite Migrate" a new program, still in Beta. The web site is http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/migrate/how-does-it-work- It is an easy 3 step process. I was able to move almost 800 contacts. It did show some errors after I ran step 3, but all the contact information is there. Now none of my calendar info came over and I am not sure yet what else came over, but all that contact info was the priority and that worked. The program is free. If I find a log file for the errors in step 3 , I will send it to them.
Did it transferred photos with contacts and if it did what was the quality of photos?
Yes, it transfered my photos just fine. No luck on appointments
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I just went from a Tilt to a Captivate and the AT&T rep put all my contacts on the phone. I have been trying to use the voice dial but I am told I need to sync my phone with gmail? I recently created a gmail account but I cannot figure out how to get my contacts set up so I can use this feature...any advice?
Hi all,
I have searched for this application for a long time and tried whole bunch of them, but I am still looking for SOLID, SIMPLE, and STRAIGHTFORWARD application to save Call log entries into Outlook Journal.
My setup:
Windows 7 32-bit
Outlook 2007 SP2
HD2 with latest T-Mo ROM and Cookie Home Tab installed.
Applications I tried:
Maniac's SmartJournal - so far the best solution and worked flawlessly on the XP. Since I switched to Windows 7 it shows that the SmartJournal reads from the device, the notification disappears and nothing happens. Maniac's website is down, so I cannot find out what is going on.
Pocket Informant Outlook Extension - since it is now free as Informant stopped supporting Windows Mobile, I tried it, it seems that it works and does some synchronizing according to the log, but no entry shows up the Journal.
Jeyo Outlook Extension - they used to support Outlook Journal in their version for Symbian, but in their Windows Mobile they only synchronize SMS.
MobiTNT - I tried that software as well, but I am not able to enable the software on the computer.
I know that there is also some app for syncing call log into calendar but it seems way too akward.
I know that there are many threads about this all over the Xda, but they seem to be old for one and do not end up with comprehensive solution afterall.
I would like to this post to become comprehensive and one stop solution for somebody who is looking for the solution like me.
Any ideas are welcome.
Nobody? Really? Really?
I Feel your pain
I used to use Calls to Journal from Chapura with my windows handheld. Strangely it is now discontinued.
It was slick, and perfect. Dumped all calls to Outlook journal and tagged the outlook contacts (so that they showed up in activites). Was perfect in my business when someone denied that you called them.
I can't find anything that compares. Not even close. The other ones like "missing sync" try to do too much and do not include this very simple functionality.
Have you had any luck?
Well, I finally managed to make the Maniac's Smartjournal work and it works great. It transfers the calls into Journal and tags for the known Contacts so it shows in Activities.
If you would like to try it, I have the .exe files since the website is no longer active. The files are really small and the program is no memory hog by any means. I tried Jeyo and it just crashes Outlook.
Let me know.
Another one
I wish i could be more helpful but there is one applicatoin which i have used in the past but have since forgotten the name whichvery simply adds an appointment into outlook which lasts for the duration of the call, with the title of whoever the conversation was with.
this might be the one i was thinking of. I'm gonna check it now.
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Well, I finally managed to make the Maniac's Smartjournal work and it works great. It transfers the calls into Journal and tags for the known Contacts so it shows in Activities.
If you would like to try it, I have the .exe files since the website is no longer active. The files are really small and the program is no memory hog by any means. I tried Jeyo and it just crashes Outlook.
Let me know.
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post the files please & details you have on them & any special instructions on getting it working.
One of the biggest mistakes MS made was not having WM & its PC software linking together with complete harmony & user control.
Really are a clueless bunch at redmond HQ ...
I am attaching the rar file. There are two files. One is SmartJournal.exe and the other is SmartJournal Beta.exe Try first the SmartJournal.exe run as admin and compatibility with XP SP2. Sometimes it shows the error that the CallLog.csv cannot be dumped. If that is the case, uninstall the SmartJournal and install the Beta (again as administrator and compatibility mode XP SP2). Maniac had a great forum unfortunatelly that website is no longer active.
Let me know if you have any trouble.
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I just realised my previous post was totally useless since I never included the link. I've been using Call Calendar for the past few days which works really well, recording the time, duration, who the call was with and who called who silently into outlook, which will then obviously sync over activesync or exchange. you can get it here:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-call-calendar.html
then again while searching for that link i found this program, Phonelog- it's newer and seems to have additional features like recording incoming SMS. I think you can customise what is recorded too, it might be worth a shot:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-phonelog.html
I've never used Outlook journal, so I don't know how much functionality you lose as a result of these being purely appointments. Hope it oculd be useful though.
Thanks for the post and link. I prefere not to use the calendar for syncing, because than the entries eat up the screen when I view my calendar appointments. Also, I always felt siunce the Journal has a Phone log category it is more obvious to use it rather than calendar. Also, I make LOT of calls on given days and then my calendar looks like mess between the actual appointments and the phone call. Also, I checked the review section on freeware.com and lot of people complain about the SMS not working (which would be the only feature why I would consider this software). But great addition to the post and thanks for the links.
Karel
You can try MobileArchiver (mobilearchiving.com) - for me works perfectly and puts all call history in journal every sync.
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I am attaching the rar file. There are two files. One is SmartJournal.exe and the other is SmartJournal Beta.exe Try first the SmartJournal.exe run as admin and compatibility with XP SP2. Sometimes it shows the error that the CallLog.csv cannot be dumped. If that is the case, uninstall the SmartJournal and install the Beta (again as administrator and compatibility mode XP SP2). Maniac had a great forum unfortunatelly that website is no longer active.
Let me know if you have any trouble.
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If the call history is full, I mean 300 items, there is a great chance that the PC app tries to read the calllogdump.csv on the pda while it is already accessed by the pda (it is written) and therefore paralell reading fails.
Solution: backup call log, and after that, delete some 50-100 entries manually. Sync works then nicely...
Regards, G.
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If the call history is full, I mean 300 items, there is a great chance that the PC app tries to read the calllogdump.csv on the pda while it is already accessed by the pda (it is written) and therefore paralell reading fails.
Solution: backup call log, and after that, delete some 50-100 entries manually. Sync works then nicely...
Regards, G.
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Another possible solution is to run Smartjournal.exe on pc, it copies the dump exe to Device\Temp, and runs, and this creates the csv. Navigate to this folder (My Device\Temp) and make the csv read only.
Running the pc side returns an error on the PDA, but the log will be read and data transferred.
Now remove read only from csv, move to pc, leave only the last entry, delete all the rest, save, move back to PDA.
Run pc side, all should be good now. You will have a lastsync.txt created in the PC folder of Smartsync. Sync finished.
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Mobitnt PocketExport does the job for some days, no errors, I think I keep using this app
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Long time WM user, fairly new WP7.5 user.
Love the platform and for the most part, don't miss WM at all.
Except, I used to be able to attach files to my emails like MP3 and Wav files but I have yet to see a way to do that under WP7.5.
I have searched and scrolled through this section to see if I could find something however nothing really addressed the question. Based on some of the threads I read, it looks like this cannot be done.
Can it? Does anyone know if it is coming out in a relase fix?
Thanks,
Rick
The EmailComposeTask class does not support attachments which is ridiculous and it's been a long time complaint. Microsoft doesn't seem to bothered by it and I haven't heard anything about them supporting it. I think it's part of their strategy to get devs to start using the cloud more.
Just noticed this wasn't the developer forum. My post is development related and doesn't really apply to question.
I agree about the cloud but you still need to be able to send a link in an expeditious way. Openning windowslive and finding the folder/file and then specifying share and sending an email is a PIA.
I do like the cloud for my contacts and other stuff since it is not taking space on my phone. I like it until I travel into the boonies of Texas and want to make a call but the contact list is not there cause there is not connection to 4G, 3G but to whatever was there before God created cell phones. Not looking forward to that day.
For most things it is done under the application. For example, in office word, you can hit share and choose the email account. Same within most apps. Zune though does not have this option. probably because your not supposed to pirate them to your friends.
Yet more prof that Windows Phone sucks and Windows Mobile still rules. What a damn shame. I tried to email someone and attach my resume but couldn't I had to go through the stupid office hub to do it, what a bunch of B.S. And they wonder why their sales suck ass.
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For most things it is done under the application. For example, in office word, you can hit share and choose the email account. Same within most apps. Zune though does not have this option. probably because your not supposed to pirate them to your friends.
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You're not trying to imply that I would send MP3's that are illegal are you?
Just kidding.
Actually they are my own files and sometimes ring tones that I created and want to share.
As for the resume email... kind of hard to attach a file to an email when it is not located on your phone. I am liking the fact that the cloud has the files and not the phone. There just needs to be a simple way to access and send it. Like Sinister1, I would prefer to have it attached to an email that I authored like we have been doing every since email allowed attachments rather than going to the file on the cloud and sharing it with an individual.
Is there any way to extract files from our phones and store them in Dropbox or Skydrive? for example pdf files or mp3.
Office files will sync on SkyDrive, or if opened on the phone (from email or web) can be saved to SkyDrive or to the phone itself. In either case, you can then send them as attachments (but only that one file at a time) in email.
Sadly, though, that's the only way I know of to send email attachments other than pictures. Microsoft really needs to either add the API for attachments, or they need to allow Outlook Mobile to open files from the public parts of your phone.
Irony-mode: Zune (the hardware, all the way fromt he HD to the original 30GB model) allowed sending files by WiFi - a feature MS has not bothered to add to WP7 even though I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be difficult (both run on some variant of CE, both have WiFi, the HD even used a touch interface similar to the phone...). Instead, forget sending music, forget sending video, and you can barely send a Word doc!
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Office files will sync on SkyDrive, or if opened on the phone (from email or web) can be saved to SkyDrive or to the phone itself. In either case, you can then send them as attachments (but only that one file at a time) in email.
Sadly, though, that's the only way I know of to send email attachments other than pictures. Microsoft really needs to either add the API for attachments, or they need to allow Outlook Mobile to open files from the public parts of your phone.
Irony-mode: Zune (the hardware, all the way fromt he HD to the original 30GB model) allowed sending files by WiFi - a feature MS has not bothered to add to WP7 even though I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be difficult (both run on some variant of CE, both have WiFi, the HD even used a touch interface similar to the phone...). Instead, forget sending music, forget sending video, and you can barely send a Word doc!
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Is there another way to extract pdfs, zips or mp3s of our phones even through data cable?
My PDF files are adding up. Whenever I open up Adobe reader, the files are pilling up. I know I can press and hold on any one of them and delete the file but some I want on my PC and this just is too funky.
@Rickgig, what phone do you have? Some WP7 devices are able to use apps that will access the phone and move/copy/transfer files.
Alternatively, don't you have other copies of those PDFs? I mean, they got onto the phone from somewhere, so wouldn't it be easier to get them from there? Then you could safely delete the unneeded ones off the phone.
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@Rickgig, what phone do you have? Some WP7 devices are able to use apps that will access the phone and move/copy/transfer files.
Alternatively, don't you have other copies of those PDFs? I mean, they got onto the phone from somewhere, so wouldn't it be easier to get them from there? Then you could safely delete the unneeded ones off the phone.
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I have a Titan with AT&T.
You're right... I can get them from someplace else. They are mostly menu's from restaurants but then they are business documents too. I have since learned to upload them from my PC to Skydrive and access them there.
There's a work around for everything I just wanted some of the WM features to be here. Like the file that prompted me to start this thread in the first place. My son did some work on his car and took a short video of the results and MMS'd to me. I can forward it to others but that is about it. Can't save it, can't email it to myself... if I deleted the text thread, it's gone.