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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

SPB Backup vs Sprite backup

I'm in the middle of choosing a backup software. Which of these 2 is considered the best? I tried SPB trial and backing up about 90mb (12mb on main memory and 78mb on microSD card) of data took only 6mb of space. I was thinking that this is incredible compression technique or SPB is just backing up what is on my device and not the external memory.
Is this a reliable way of restoring data should I need to hard-reset the device? Will progs still run off the SD card after restoring? Is backing up to PC safer?

Most of the reason searching is difficult is that people keep starting new threads on existing topics. There are probably a dozen that discuss this exact question, including
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=55070&highlight=spb+backup+sprite
which references earlier threads, too. Since I sync with two PCs, sprite doesn't work well; I use spb but it has had issues, too, but the current version is working well for me. Whatever you use, don't store the backup program on the minisd. Programs that run from the minisd don't even need to be reinstalled during a backup, they continue to run, but you lose the shortcuts.

I ended up getting SPB backup. Both programs backup everything that is on memory so in the event you need to hard reset you can restore everything back withou going through the hassle of restoring everything again. The problem with Sprite Backup is to do a restore you need to reinstall the sprite software onto the device which then needs a PC. Installing the application onto memory card doesn't help as it looks for certain registry entries which arn't there after a hard reset. SPB backup on the otherhad saves your backups as a executable file. So after a hard reset just click on the executable and a few minutes later you have your fully functioning XDA again.

ozziede said:
I ended up getting SPB backup. Both programs backup everything that is on memory so in the event you need to hard reset you can restore everything back withou going through the hassle of restoring everything again. The problem with Sprite Backup is to do a restore you need to reinstall the sprite software onto the device which then needs a PC. Installing the application onto memory card doesn't help as it looks for certain registry entries which arn't there after a hard reset. SPB backup on the otherhad saves your backups as a executable file. So after a hard reset just click on the executable and a few minutes later you have your fully functioning XDA again.
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Sprite backup will restore a backup file direct from Storage card - I have done it when my device went capput and i swopped for a new one.
There are options that allow you to create a self inflating exe file - hence you dont need to install the sprite software first.
After receiving my new device it was all back and working as i wanted it within 10 minutes!!
Matt

Actually, you don't need to install Sprite again.
When you first install Sprite, install it to the Storage Card. Then, if your device dies you can run the sprite program from the storage card, (get to it using FileExplorer) and Sprite will give you 10 days of trial. Restore during this time frame and you are fine.
Once you do the restore, all the registries are back and your Sprite is re-registered. I do this ALL the time, since I use backups to try out software and revert back afterwards.... it definately works.

Anybody used Sprite Backup? How to restore?

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.

Restore pim.vol from hardreset

on my x7500 i could backup pim.vol to storage card and on hard reset use the intiflashfiles.dat to copy back over the pim.vol and everything worked great but i can not do it on my fuze anyone have any ideas. I recreated all my contacts on my fuze before copying the pim.vol over to my storage card. as in i am not using the pim.vol file from my x7500. thanks for any help you can provide.

What about using the proggie Pim Backup? It does what its name said.... this might help you??
Greetz
Boris

borisku said:
What about using the proggie Pim Backup? It does what its name said.... this might help you??
Greetz
Boris
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well i use a thrid party ring/text app for audio notifications so me using the pim backup is the same as going to sim manager and hit select all copy to contacts but i really just want it all to be there from hard reset and i don't understand why i could do this so easily on my old phone but not on this phone

[Q]Question about restoring by Titanium Backup

Hi, pretty newbie to use Titanium backup here. I did fully backup after i installed, so everything saved in the sd folder, no problem. then i copied the folder to the pc. for trying some new rom, i wiped everything, even partitioned sd after wiping. after flashing and other setup, i re-installed titanium backup. To restore everything, i copied the folder from pc to sd then(folder name exactly match the main page shows in titanium), but it seems titanium didnt "reconize" those backup files. I mean, for the option in the menu-->batch, the counts for "Verify all your backup", or "Restore all your backups" doesn't match what i used to have.
So what should I do now for restore? did i miss some settings? Thanks in advance for instruction.

nv mind, it seems i figured it out

JvIo55iBl3r said:
nv mind, it seems i figured it out
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care to enlighten us as to how you figured it out mate?