I maybe mistaken but isnt there a backup option somewhere in active sync to back up your whole phone and if so where is it located
huh? backup where.. on your PPC?
backup a copy of your ppc to your computer
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Which backup software/utility are you using and why :?: I've tried xbackup and am not impressed. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
philg
Sunnysoft Backup Manager.
Does what it needs to do.
I use it for FULL backups to be able to revert quickly to previous setup or recover fast from hard reset.
It is able to create self-executable backup files.
Sprite Back-up. Install it and forget it.
Restores superbly from executable back-up file.
Has saved me a few times and I wouldn't be without it.
hey guys any backup software which actually saves ur backup on the desktop pc and then restore it from the desktop pc itself ??
sprite backup (Y) AWESOME !! thats the one i was loookin for (Y)
thanks mindracing
Can Sprite backup SMS?
it didnt restore sms' messages wen i performed a hard reset... :s
How affective is using activesync for backups?
i used to use the activesync backup option but then had a few data curruptions
i now backup to my sd card using the xbackup program that came with the device.
it seems to restore my sms files aswell :wink:
xbackup restore
I did a xbackup on my device and then I went for the upgrade to the official final version UK O2 1.72.81 with Blackberry. Everything went smoothly but after the restore backup (it even restored sms, mms and e-mails, in short, the lot!) now my device is back in the original configuration although I now have Rom version 1.72.00WWE instead of the old 1.60.00WWE.
Is there an other way to restore a backup? I don't care about SMS MMS and stuff, I only want to keep settings as BT GPS, Internet GPRS settings, tt3 Navigator settings and so on. Contacts and Agenda are stored on the PC anyway. And I wanna use the Blackberry which was on it after the upgrade but is gone after the restore.
Or should I simply re flash the ROM and reenter all data for settings manually?
Thanks for helping
Cu
I backed up my Pocket PC with WM2002 through ActiveSync and then flashed it to WM2003. Now i have problem that I need to get back my contacts from that backup which I made. But PPC dont want to restore it because it is other system. Is it some way how to get the contacts back from that *.stg backup file?
maybe this will work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14634&highlight=stg
Hello,
Ive been having some problems that I dont recieve notification of a new calendar event reminders. It used to show a screen saying if I want to snooze or dismiss the event, however that doesnt show anymore.
HTC support told me to clear storage so that would replace all settings to factory default.
I did a backup using Sprite backup before doing the clear storage. My question is how does the restore process work? If I plug the phone to the computer then active sync will start restoring everything, but I rather used the backup software that restores even the programs.
Any recomendation from people that used this before?
Thanks in advance
gamesstate said:
Hello,
Ive been having some problems that I dont recieve notification of a new calendar event reminders. It used to show a screen saying if I want to snooze or dismiss the event, however that doesnt show anymore.
HTC support told me to clear storage so that would replace all settings to factory default.
I did a backup using Sprite backup before doing the clear storage. My question is how does the restore process work? If I plug the phone to the computer then active sync will start restoring everything, but I rather used the backup software that restores even the programs.
Any recomendation from people that used this before?
Thanks in advance
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did u takethe backup correctly? and if u did it correctly, where did u save the backedup file?
I believe I did take it correctly and saved it in my pc.
Cheers,
If you saved it on your PC, you will need to run the Sprite Backup Manager on your machine, it will allow you to select which backup file and then restore it via ActiveSync. I prefer to make and restore backups directly on the phone, it seems to be faster than over USB. Backup to SD (creating a self-extracting backup with Sprite) and after a hard reset you can restore it right away.
One more question,
If I clear storage, then I will delete all programs on the device.
If a program is installed on the SD Card, do I have to reinstall it when I clear storage?
What do you recommend?
gamesstate said:
One more question,
If I clear storage, then I will delete all programs on the device.
If a program is installed on the SD Card, do I have to reinstall it when I clear storage?
What do you recommend?
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I think you have to re-install most of the programs, because you delete your whole registry when clearing the device memory. Not many programs will work without their correct registry entries.
^^ Yep, however you can restore selective sections of your Sprite Backup. If you open it in Sprite Explorer, you can export sections that you choose - namely your HKLM tree which should have all the registry entries for installed software.
My phone is hosed, and I can't launch any applications. It opens and can make calls, but very little else works. I can browse the files using ActiveSync, but there's no way to back up all my other data before reflashing it. Is there any way to access the memory and back it up directly over USB? I know I've seen it before using WM5torage, but of course there is no way for me to launch that.
If you can browse the files with ActiveSync you can copy them to your PC. If you're looking to backup the PIM data it's in pim.vol in the root folder.
Wilhelm said:
If you can browse the files with ActiveSync you can copy them to your PC. If you're looking to backup the PIM data it's in pim.vol in the root folder.
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I copied that.
Does that include text messages, contacts, calendars, call logs, etc?
I cannot actually sync with ActiveSync ("Synchronization cannot be completed successfully"), but I can browse the files under "Mobile Device".
Is there a guide on how to back up all my important data before a reflash?
What exactly is contained in the pim.vol file? Will I be able to hard reset and then get my information back for a backup, and then reflash?
I am transferring my files from one computer to another, i would like my windows phone to also transfer its sync relationship with the new computer... but would i still be able to use the backup from my old computer??
If i place the back up file in the new computer's directory, would it be recognized??
Thanks
When you say backup do you mean a backup of the application/games data or a backup of your phone (made with the phone backup tool)?
Both of those should still work if you a copy them across to a new PC.
by backup i meant when you are updating ur phone OS, the backup that it produces. I havent used the backup tool yet
I am afraid that if i sync with another computer it wont recognize that backup.... as it could be computer specific...
Has anyone actually tried this?