Hi all,
To make a long story short, I basically need to transfer contacts and calendar from a Samsung i700 (SD Card) to a Samsung i760 (microSD I believe) and I don't have internet on the phones and the phones will not sync to my PC (lets not get into that...long story short, remember). I need only basically those 2 items from the phone.
What I have thought of is backing up the PIM on the i760 then putting it on my computer through a card reader and using an adapter take the data to the i760 and using the same backup software, restore that file.
Here's my problem though (if you agree this is my best solution), the i760 will not see the .cab file for spb backup (which I tried to install for example to do the backup). Is there a reason? Does WM2003 not see cab files or was I maybe installing a version too new for the phone? Any other ideas? I saw an XML Contact backup utility before but then it skips over my calendar. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I would like to sync all the files on my phone (M600) storage card to my PC, so I have a backup. I have a sync app (good sync) on my PC and ideally would just like to set it to sync the storage card to a folder on the PC every night.
Is there a UNC path or similar that will let me access the storage card from a PC app? In explorer it just shows "\Storage Card", but that only works in an explorer window that is already 'inside' the mobile device.
I know there are backup apps that will backup the whole card, and I use sprite backup to backup the device memory, but creating lots of very large backup files (mostly with mp3s and map files on them) doesn't seem like a very efficient way of doing things.
thanks
mark.
If you really want to backup the whole card, how are you going to get away from having some very large backup files? (summing your card is very big too lol)
Depending on what OS you're using, there are various options for mapping the Storage Card to at as a USB Drive. It'll be assigned a drive letter, and you can backup normally through the PC.
There are free options on WM5, paid for versions on WM2003.
V
Thanks - mounting as a drive letter would be perfect. Could you please point me in the direction of one of these programs (for WM5) - I couldn't find any on handago or pocketgear.
Search for WM5torage
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=1702
V
Thanks. Unfortunately, I don't think WM5torage will work for me - you have to manually activate/deactivate it and when it is activated the phone can't access the card and activesync doesn't work. It's very much a manual solution, in which case it would be as easy to manually remove the card and plug it into my pc direct.
What I am hoping for is something that just runs permanently in the background without getting in the way of normal operation, so I can automatically schedule a sync each night.
What are the commercial options? I don't mind buying if the price is reasonable.
Haven't seen a commercial solution, but I guess you could use mortscript or skschema to schedule WM5torage, run it at say 11pm-12am, and at the same time cause your pc to do a backup of the now visible card.
After 12am, have your scheduler app disable WM5torage. All good hopefully.
There used to be 3rd party software for PocketPC that could map the storage to a Drive Letter, but I haven't seen it for many years.
V
Thanks vijay - that might be a workable solution. I'll give it a try. It would be nice if there was something a little more straightforward though!
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markauk said:
What are the commercial options? I don't mind buying if the price is reasonable.
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You can try Card Export II for pocketPC.
http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/
Unfortunatly wm5torage nor cardexport2 work on my TyTN
Anyone knows a suitable app for the Hermes?
Card Export II didn't seem to offer anything different from WM5torage.
I've tried using skschema and WM5torage and while it's a little 'manual' to set up, it works pretty well so far. Good Sync on my PC can be set to sync whenever it sees a specific new disc mounted, so all I had to do was schedule WM5torage to switch to USB drive mode at night, and then back again to normal mode 30 mins later.
Thanks everyone for the pointers!
My XDA Exec finally went the way of the dodo, with the screen getting totally knackered. Now I need to migrate all my contacts to a new phone. Fortunately, I had a backup of all my contacts from when I did a hard reset and I have them in a file on my computer called "pim.vol".
Does anyone know of some software that can read this file? I can't just transplant it onto a new handset because I'm not planning on getting a PocketPC again immediately.
It took me a while to work out how to use that emulator (after which I found out I didn't need to download it as I already have Visual Studio 2005...) but I managed to get my contacts data visible on it.
Thanks very much
Hello!
I've searched all the threads about that and haven't found anything that would pick my attention.
Is there a way to back my SMS up on my Vox without installing Outlook on my PC (Jeyo, hate Microsoft crap)?
Perhaps they are stored in a file? Or there is a freeware app that does it...
Thanks
Depending on what you mean by "backing up"..... this may be of use....
Desktop SMS Manager by InfoPete - Desktop SMS Manager​
It's freeware, but was originally written for PPC devices; the author has made a SmartPhone version, but is not sure if it's 100% - this is your opportunity to test and to offer suggestions for future enhancements
HTH,
Mark.
Howdy
I didn't want to make a new thread, so I posted it in my last one.
How to backup & restore pim.vol and cemail.vol files easily? There are errors due to access voliation.
I managed to copy pim.vol to storage, but when I restored it to phone memory after hard reset,
my phone couldn't start and I had to hard reset again. Is there anyone to help?
Thanks
MY TMOBILE WING LCD IS CRACKED...THE SCREEN IS COMPLETELY WHITE WITH TWO BIG 'pressure points'...THE PHONE SEEMS LIKE ITS STILL FUNCTIONING AS FAR AS MAKING VOICE AUTOMATED CALLS "CALL ANGEL" "CALL HOME"...BUT I CANT SEE/HEAR ANY INCOMING CALLS OR TEXT...IS THERE A WAY TO REPLACE THE SCREEN OR DO I NEED TO BUY A NEW WING??? IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER TO TRANSFER ALL MY DATA i.e CONTACTS/PROGRAMS/FILES...PLEASE HELP
Yes screen can be replaced, try to find service company for HTC somewhere around your location. There are some pictures of HTC communicator dismantling here. The screen is a separate part. Your phone (HTC Herald) should not be an exception.
awesome...thank you i was afraid i was goin to have to replace the entire device...
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awesome...thank you i was afraid i was goin to have to replace the entire device...
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I think it should be possible to get data off the device via active sync ansd some backup program. If you use something like my mobiler you can even emulate your device screen on PC to be absolutely sure you will not lose any data even if they repalced the device entirely. Good program to backup messages/contacts is PIM backup - does not need install - just one .exe.
EVEN BETTER...im gonna try running the 'my mobiler' on my pc and see if i can just /view tranfer the data that way..
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awesome...thank you i was afraid i was goin to have to replace the entire device...
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sorry for double post. My mobiler runs automatically on ppc so there should be no need to use the screen for install. Let me know if it works for you.
how do i use/download the PIM backup if my screen is blank, can i run the exe with the mymobiler on my PC?
pim backup is exe file - you can copy it to your device via active sync/windows explorer (it does not need to be installed in any way, just copied). then you can use my mobiler to work with your device - you need to find the Pim backup exe with devices's explorer and run it. it backs up to the memory card by default. should be straightforward.
You can download pim backup here.
THANKYOU KarhU...you have no idea how much help you have been...i will let you know the results
You can also use full fledged backup programs. They can backup everything - even your programs and so on. PRoblem is that they are paid, and need installation (should not be problem if mobiler works).
If mobiler does not work you can copy the PIM.vol from the root directory of the device to your PC - this is a database containing all of your PIM data. Restore from it is fairly simple too.
Guys
I need help as well. I'm using HTC_Tytn with Rom Version : Schap's 3.60a, ROM Date : 08/09/07, Radio Version : 1.47.00.10 . Protocol Version : 32.80.7020.20H ExtROM : 3.60.20070822. I'm having a problem with the bluetooth issues whereby it always can be turn on ( you need to restart and it will automatically turn on) , phone siddebly hang ( when received call) and another major issues is I can't do Video Call ( I can see the other party but my front camrea is not working). Can anyone help?? Should I upgrade anything or maybe there's another ROM that you guys may suggested?
Someone I know had a TMO MDA given to them with a cracked screen. They went directly to TMO and was quoted $100 for the screen. Just stop by a TMO store and ask - even if they tell you you're boned, you're only out the $400 dollars for the gas you burned to get down the block and the 10 minutes it took.
Or just try calling 611 from a TMO phone and ask them. Never hurts.
how do i retrieve the data 'backed-up' by the PIM exe...everything is running great (mobiler, sync) i ran the PIM exe from mobiler and it took a while but finally said completed...so where or how can i view the data (messages/contacts etc) saved or backed up??? thank you again for all your help, i know these are problem simple questions that everyone knows...
timace said:
how do i retrieve the data 'backed-up' by the PIM exe...everything is running great (mobiler, sync) i ran the PIM exe from mobiler and it took a while but finally said completed...so where or how can i view the data (messages/contacts etc) saved or backed up??? thank you again for all your help, i know these are problem simple questions that everyone knows...
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PIM Backup saves the backup file to the root directory of SD Card by default. File name is PIMBackup_date.pib. This is a place to look. You can also backup all of your programs/settings etc. with commercial backup utilities like SPB Backup or Sprite Backup - these can restore your device to the exactly same state like before e.g. when you do the Hard reset. Note that PIM Backup does not save MMS messages.
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i have the same problem with my wing. i've downloaded my mobiler but when i install it nothing happens. it refuses to connect to my phone. active sync (or windows mobile device center, whatever they call it on vista) is working just fine so i know the link with the phone is good. any suggestions? PLEASE HELP!!! my life is on that phone.
Hi guys ....
I just reflashed the phone with crc32 winmobile 6.1 version.
Normally I have in my SIM card duplicates like this (that came from my motorola before this):
name1 mobilephone1
name1 homephone1
name1 someotherphone1
name2 mobilephone2
name2 ...
and so on. I try to transfer them with SIM manager, select all, copy to phone, but the duplicates it either wants to overwrite or skip. that's over 50 entries, so it's pointless to copy by hand, I can forget something.
Is it possible to do real copy of them without losing data?
Second question: Is it possible to somehow correctly sync (SyncML protocol) to gsmsync.net ... I could not find any free tool, the only one I've found (that MIGHT) work asks for 60$ My Motorola V3X was able to do it out of the box ... really useful for synchronizations, since I'm not using ms windows on my computer.
Also, SyncML *might* be the solution, as on the syncml server all contacts are correctly organized
My phone is AT&T 8525 if this matters
thanks in advance