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Anyone know of PC software that can open a Backup.stg file, and let me extract the Contacts into a usable format?
I've tried STGViewer - but its doesn't seem to let me do anything with the extracted Contact files.
I've tried to download Mobile Vault from;
http://hometown.aol.com/anyware/wce/MobileVault/index.htm
but the download link isn't working.
Thanks in advance.
JD
Restore contacts
I've uploaded the demo version, which helped me out. See attached
other peoples exp with it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10885&highlight=stg
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=11626&highlight=stg
Big thanks for that. Mobile Vault did the trick and all my Contacts are back!
JD
I must just say PERFECT
thx for solution I can sleep ;-)
unable to open
Hi
i tried all above instruction , but i unable to open it, i m attaching the file,plz u can try to open it and reply me. the file does not have any extension its like " CompactFlashBackUpPim ".
thnx for advice
kareem khan
it does not sound like it's an activesync
backup at all
maybe an xbackup or someother kind
Hi all
I tried as per ur instruction, but i unable to recover
Actual it is not a ActiveSync backup, i backup this bye using the backup utility of ROM version 4.00.11 ,that only COntact and Appointment backup , its not full backup. Also i dont have the cradle of my PDA.
Any budy know how to open that file of restore, plz advice.
thnking u
CompactFlashBackUpPim - is XBackup
CompactFlashBackUpPim is made by xbackup.
To restore use x-Backup from your Programs and only restore contacts and Calendar
excellent thnx
excellent thnx
MobileVault not work
I downloaded the mobilevault in this post, but say "not is a win32 application".
I can't to restore contacts from active sync
Any idea???
Thx
hi, same here.
Actually my problem is more of a conversion problem.
I need to convert from CompactFlash format to XXXX.bak format as I've change my phone from O2 to Ethen.
Anyone can help in this? Ethen is not a widely used phone in Singapore & I'm facing problem...
need help with contacts
hi all used mobile vault to extract backup.stg from a friends cd to get his contacts for my dopod 838 now that i have found and extracted the contact file
i cant read it or open it please help its driving me nuts as he has 4 years worth of work contacts for me help newbie
Help me please! I have backup in CompactFlash format and i haven't the xBackup program. How i can open this backup? I need the address book!!!!!
BIG thanks to u and the creator of this software.
even activesync was unable to restore some of my data which included the contacts.
Please someone help...I've backed up my contacts using my windows 2003 second edition pocket pc in a STG file format...I lost my device and bought a new one with a windows mobile 6 edition..I used "mobile vault" to read the STG file , but I can't find the "Contacts" file database...could any one help please find my contacts & extract them from that STG file...Thanks for reading
possibe alternative solution
Activesync restore was telling me that the database files were in use. The running programs application in my 02 xda doesn't really show all running programs. I installed magic button and when the active sync tells restore tells me to check the running programs, I just ran magic button and killed everything except for activesync. Click on retry and the databases where restored successfully.
Hi all!
I know this issue has been discussed more often than necessary, for sure. Unfortunately the only messages in this forum that i have found are too old, to help me right. :-(
I am looking for a freeware tool to export my sms and mms from the Pocket Outlook into a textfile.
I don't want to sync it, only export it.
The software should run under WM5!
Does anyone know any suitable tool?
Freeware nada, but Kai has a tool to export SMS into spreadsheet. No restore however. Dopod has a free tool to export AND restore SMS under WM5 (see attached).
http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/index.html?seitex=http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/details.aspx?263
Dopod SMS Backup (translated from Chinese, rename .zip to .cab, install from machine only)
PS: Willkommen im Forum!
Hey thanks a lot. That seems to be ok. Now I only need to build an import script for my database.
Danke auch für's "Willkommen"
You can use Jeyo software, they have 2 applications available:
- a standalone version
- an outlook plug-in
I tried to the outlook plug-in, but don't like it so much because the sms that I get can't be stored on a IMAP folder after it.
I should have a look at the standalone version when I have some free time.
For information, I have WM5 it works fine with it.
SMSbackup by Dopod
SMSbackup is a great tool. Only problem is that it looks like sms in folders created under root "text messages" (example : archive/perso, archive/admin, ...)
Apparently, only inbox and sent items are saved.
Anyone got a solution to backup all the folders?
Lucas0511 said:
Freeware nada, but Kai has a tool to export SMS into spreadsheet. No restore however. Dopod has a free tool to export AND restore SMS under WM5 (see attached).
http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/index.html?seitex=http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/details.aspx?263
Dopod SMS Backup (translated from Chinese, rename .zip to .cab, install from machine only)
PS: Willkommen im Forum!
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hi,
Yesterday I made a back-up of my SMS and tested the restore using DOPOD cab attached. It worked well. Though could not read anything on the pop-ups .
Today I updated my ROM on Imate Jamin operting on WM5. Now I am unable to restore the SMS Backup. Can anybody help please?
Thanks
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mdejean said:
SMSbackup is a great tool. Only problem is that it looks like sms in folders created under root "text messages" (example : archive/perso, archive/admin, ...)
Apparently, only inbox and sent items are saved.
Anyone got a solution to backup all the folders?
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I dont have that problem, i have Inbox and then under that i Have another sub folder but it backs up the sub-folder too!
Ya just did a test and went 4 deep before i gave up as a good job, backed up and restored back to
normal!!!
Check to make sure that in the option that you have all folders selected!
does anyone know how to get this to work with WM6??? it says it is not made for this.
hi all,
Am new to this and apologise for this silly question.
I just did a backup and the file is something like this 2007-1-24-22-21-9-0.sms.
So does it mean I will have to do a full restore to see all these backup sms on my dopod ?
Not sure how this works. Appreciate any advice
TIA!
funman said:
I dont have that problem, i have Inbox and then under that i Have another sub folder but it backs up the sub-folder too!
Ya just did a test and went 4 deep before i gave up as a good job, backed up and restored back to
normal!!!
Check to make sure that in the option that you have all folders selected!
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Where exactly is this option to select sub folders???
When I opn the program, there is only a MENU option associated with the LEFT softkey.
When I click on that... all I can see is
1) ABOUT
2) ACTION --- Backup, Restore and Delete
3) EXIT
When I click on Backup under the Actions menu, there are only 2 check boxes
1) STORAGE CARD
2) STORAGE (Not selectable for the Wizard)
That's... there are no other options. The soft keys at this point have OK and CANCEL respectively. Where do you see the option to backup sub-folders??
M question also!
leepriestenator said:
That's... there are no other options. The soft keys at this point have OK and CANCEL respectively. Where do you see the option to backup sub-folders??
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I have the same question!
I've used once... and I think it didn't got the sub-folder... and I didn't saw any option to select or to ask for the backup of the sub-folders.
BUMP... How do you backup Sub Folders with this?
I found it works well, I dont have sub folders. But it dosent do the MMS. Is there a product that will back up all of the messaging?
Just having problems with my MDA Vario and wondered about backing up my text messages however the .zip file which is avail to download appears to be corrupt! Anyone have another version of the file they could post?
Cheers
lostinthewood
Insinr8 said:
I found it works well, I dont have sub folders. But it dosent do the MMS. Is there a product that will back up all of the messaging?
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Why don't you lot try PIM Backup v1.5
It backs up sms, mms & more (contacts ect), the output files are xml
Heres a link to the thread (the download is on this page)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705&highlight=pim+backup
If anyone tries it post your opinion on how well it backed up texts/mms with attachments/in sub folders. Thanks.
Mister B said:
If anyone tries it post your opinion on how well it backed up texts/mms with attachments/in sub folders. Thanks.
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I tried it, SMS backup/restore was perfect... however my MMS seemed to lose their attachments (yes, I did tick the save attachments checkbox!)
freakygeek said:
I tried it, SMS backup/restore was perfect... however my MMS seemed to lose their attachments (yes, I did tick the save attachments checkbox!)
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Stop wasting time to discuss further, the best is already mentioned by "MISTER B" above.
Lucas0511 said:
Freeware nada, but Kai has a tool to export SMS into spreadsheet. No restore however. Dopod has a free tool to export AND restore SMS under WM5 (see attached).
http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/index.html?seitex=http://www.pocketkai.net/asp/details.aspx?263
Dopod SMS Backup (translated from Chinese, rename .zip to .cab, install from machine only)
PS: Willkommen im Forum!
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Hey folksthnx for attaching the Dopod SMS Backup.
Could someone check it out though. Think the zip might be damaged.
Take cäre - Holla
Hey Lucas,
Thanks for sharing the great software.
really appreciate if someone could guide me through.
Here are the steps i took to install the SMSBackupEN101.zip but it was unsuccessful.
1) Download and convert SMSBackupEN101.zip to SMSBackupEN101.cab on my PC.
2) Connect Phone to PC through active sync 4.5.
3) Move SMSBackupEN101.cab to Storage card by the following path:
My Computer >> Mobile Device >> My Windows Mobile based Device >> Storage Card
4) Use FILE MANAGER in my phone to open SMSBackupEN101.cab
I got this error message>> "Installation of SMSBackupEN101.cab was Unsuccessful The installation is not intended for this device"
I'm using Dopod Smartphone 577w. Running on Window Mobiles 5.0. does anyone know what went wrong?
=)
Best Regards,
Guorong
Hi
I made the silly mistake of not backing up my contacts before updating ROM ( i know... very stupid)
I copied the entire device to computer prior to updating but for some reason, it didnt copy the windows folder from the PDA.
I'm guessing the contacts would have been stored somewhere in the windows folder. I was running WM6.
Have i lost the contacts...? or are they stored in a different location which would have been backed up ?
Thanks
what exactly did you copy?
the following directories and files
Application data
ConnMgr (empty)
Documents and Settings (empty)
Music
My Documents
Program Files
Pim.vol
WMPinfo
Thanks
as far as i know, if i am not wrong, the pim.vol is the one that contain your pim data especially contacts,.
but, you cant just changed it, or replace it, if i am not wrong you need to use mortscript to do that with force deleting the original one and replacing with the new one,.
i will try to look into it, just keep all your data that you have backed up,.
Thank you !
I really appreciate it.
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this topic has not yet been resolved. I simply said thank you to -G- for saying he will look into it.
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yup... pim.vol can't just be copied inside the root to be read.. it is somehow attached to your system.
BUT, if i'm not mistaken, you can use PIM Backup to load the info from the file.
try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
btw.. i think SPB Backup can read pim.vol as well.
heyy
nope didnt work. i tried both PIM Backup and SPB Backup but neither of them accept the pim.vol as a valid file to restore from.
Actually, you should be able to just do a copy and paste of this file wherever you got it from. Try to use File Explorer (might not work). The option that works best for me with System locked files is via ActiveSync. If it doesn't work, try soft resetting and replace the file right away before the system gets a chance to access the file. Give it a shot, it might just solve your problem.
Alternatively, read this. It pretty much says the same thing that has been said so far...
http://frommypocket.pocketprimer.com/2007/09/29/backing-up-and-deleting-pim-data-wm50-only.aspx
Good luck to you
strange. i'll get back to you on this..
Im confused.
so will it work to just replace the pim file like egzthunder1 suggested ? Or is that going to mess up contacts completely ?
Go there.. use the emulator.. and get your contacts back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=309351
also, please DO try to just put the pim.vol file in your root dir of your device to see if it's movable.. so other people could use that info.
Ooops, I am aware of the accidental double post, please delete it
Hello, I have tried EVERYTHING.
I have tried putting down the parameters you guys gave me and even using the registry change cab, I've tried Xperia Tweak, I've tried J.S. Advanced Config, I even used a registry editor myself to fix my file associations problem.
But it is impossible for me to open the bookmark aka URL file.
Can someone help me?
Is my only way to make URL files open via PIE or Opera Browser is to reformat and hardware reset my phone?
Can someone please give step by step guide to do this. Someone has helped me before but it seemed to do nothing.
When I click on any url file, it brings me to the associated browser but than it brings me to an error page, WHY DOES IT NOT BRING ME TO THE ONLINE WEBSITE?
People please tell me that it is possible to open saved/bookmarked links on a phone's file explorer!
Is it possible?
BUMP, Is it possible?
Can someone just tell me what happens when they open a url file? because it takes me two hours to reformat and setup my phone.
Bump? (please tell me if it is illegal for bumping)
I am still waiting for an answer LOL.
Hi there,
I am writing to look for kind help from you guys on the i601 which was wrongly updated with a i608 ROM and was caused to possess no phone function at all, though it can be powered on to the home screen with some basic functions like file exploring. Now it has no phone function, and lots of other functions like power signal, user configuration menu, and etc. are not working either. The worst is it doesn't respond when I connect it with my PC via ActiveSync (seems the USB port is not funcitoning as well).
I'm not sure what kind of information should be given to let you guys better understand the symptoms but here is a few of information that might be a little bit insightful:
By keying in *#1546792*#:
Windows Mobile 6 Standard
CE OS 5.2.1620 (Build 18125.0.4.2)
Radio Version 0
RIL Version 2.002
... ...
By entering into Setting mode:
PDA Version
i608ZTGI2
Phone Version
(it is left blank )
Eboot Version
i608ZTGI2
I would love to see if you can shred me a light if and how I can fix it. All kind of help is highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Did You try flash with wce downloader? Your phone is recognized by Windows in BootLoader mode? correct? then flash with i601 rom
PS: sorry i don't use english - is not my default language... but i try
thorn_pl said:
Did You try flash with wce downloader? Your phone is recognized by Windows in BootLoader mode? correct? then flash with i601 rom
PS: sorry i don't use english - is not my default language... but i try
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Hi Thorn_pl,
I am always grateful and thankful to see a reply from someone who are trying to help others. Thanks a lot in advance for your kind advice.
To be exact, now the phone cannot be recognized by ActiveSync after plugging in through the USB port. I check through the files inside the phone and found that many sub-folders under Windows are empty, such as:
/My Device/ConnMgr
/My Device/Documents and Settings/default
/My Device/Documents and Settings/Samsung
/My Device/Program Files/Connections
/My Device/Windows/Activesync/ (only one file named CtrlLog)
/My Device/Windows/Systems/ (only some empty folders like CertDtls, ConfigMgr, DumpFiles, SQM, CabQueue)
Can someone be kind enough to teach me how to at least make it connectable with ActiveSync so that I can try flashing again a ROM to this phone?
Also if it can be done, I need to locate where i601 ROM would be available.
Thanks in advance!!!
hi
u are welcome
if u turn your smartphone in bl mode and connect to usb - is recognized? if is possitive then flash it
sorry but i go somewhere to drink becuase i have birthday today
greetz
thorn_pl said:
Did You try flash with wce downloader? Your phone is recognized by Windows in BootLoader mode? correct? then flash with i601 rom
PS: sorry i don't use english - is not my default language... but i try
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Hi Thorn_pl,
Sorry for bothering you again, would you tell me what you mean by wce downloader? Is it a program that I can use in my case? Where can I find this program?
What is BootLoader mode?
Where can I download official i601 ROM? I tried to search on web but couldn't find any info about this strange version - i601.
Thanks again.
thorn_pl said:
hi
u are welcome
if u turn your smartphone in bl mode and connect to usb - is recognized? if is possitive then flash it
sorry but i go somewhere to drink becuase i have birthday today
greetz
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Happy birthday to you!!! Have fun and a good time!!!
i believe the i601 is the same as the i607... try flashing a custom i607 rom.
dermann said:
i believe the i601 is the same as the i607... try flashing a custom i607 rom.
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Hi dermann,
Thankyou for the reply.
The first headache to me is now my PC doesn't recognize the phone through the USB port. I have been looking around on the web and found some Samsung USB Driver files and had them installed in my PC. But it doesn't help at all, my phone cannot be recognized correctly (a few times it was recognized as Unknown Device). So when I power on my phone on BL mode and link it with WCEDownloader trying to flash, the START button is disabled.
I don't know if there can be solutions to make my PC recognize the phone again and am really frustrated at the moment. The only good thing is now I basically know how to flash a Samsung mobile phone and have collected bunches of ROMs and software.
See if someone know how to troubleshoot it.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
ok I have an idea... but I'm at work at the moment. when I get home I'll see if my idea does anything. I'll let you know.
edit!!! was just thinking. what os is your computer running? xp, vista, w7...
if your phone comes up as unknown device, that's better than nothing. here's what i'm going to do... i'll up load the usb drivers from my 607, and we'll see if that changes anything.
edit#2!!! ok here they are, along with the usb registry. put .dll's in windows folder on phone and import the .reg using a registry editor. soft reset after you do all that. let me know how things go.
dermann said:
ok I have an idea... but I'm at work at the moment. when I get home I'll see if my idea does anything. I'll let you know.
edit!!! was just thinking. what os is your computer running? xp, vista, w7...
if your phone comes up as unknown device, that's better than nothing. here's what i'm going to do... i'll up load the usb drivers from my 607, and we'll see if that changes anything.
edit#2!!! ok here they are, along with the usb registry. put .dll's in windows folder on phone and import the .reg using a registry editor. soft reset after you do all that. let me know how things go.
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Hi dermann,
Thanks for the valuable advice.
My PC is running on XP.
Last night i just uninstalled all the SAMSUNG USB Drivers I installed with the following driver pack I could located on earth:
Samsung CDMA Driver
Samsung Composite Drivers
Samsung USB Driver MCCI 4.34 WHQL
Samsung CDMA Modom 4.34
etc. etc.
Typically a shoot in the dark. Haha...
Now I will try to re-install them one by one to find out actually which one would be that particular driver that did at least recognize an "unknown device" (if I have luck... haha...) and make it a likely viable connection first.
There is another symptom that I didn't mention before, and it is that the phone cannot read the Micro SD card, not sure if it is me that I don't know how to explore the content on the card or it is the phone that it card-reading function is disabled as well (It is always strange when I explore the content in different folders and find out many system folders are empty... as I said before).
Let me spend some time on "wrestling" with the USB connection symptom first and the next is to see if I can make something out with your attached file.
Wish me luck.
Millions thanks again to you dermann. Will keep you posted of my status until I officially announce it a brick. Haha...
Have a nice day!
Hi Dermann,
Yet I cannot find the right USB Driver to install on my PC running XP, though the phone can read the MicroSD card now. Unfortunately after I copied all your files in the card (putting into a sub-folder), the phone can show only one file named USB, all the dll's files are now shown. And therefore I cannot really copy them into the Windows folder as you recommended. Do you know what would be the cause to this situation and how I can tackle this issue.
Anyway, it is a step closer. Thanks again and look for your generous advice.
Have a nice day.
ok, if you can install programs. try installing another file explorer like Resco Explorer, or one like it. if you use the the original explorer than the files will be hidden.
dermann said:
ok, if you can install programs. try installing another file explorer like Resco Explorer, or one like it. if you use the the original explorer than the files will be hidden.
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OK!
I will find this program and try installing into my phone right after I get back home tonight. Got to go. Time to relieve myself from this headache... Haha...
Thanks again for your prompt reply. And will get back to you tomorrow and hopefully you still have patience to help someone who is not very smart and savvy with technical stuffs like me.
Have a nice day.
dermann said:
ok, if you can install programs. try installing another file explorer like Resco Explorer, or one like it. if you use the the original explorer than the files will be hidden.
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Hi dermann,
I copied the unzipped folder to the root directory of my MicroSD card, run the "Explorer" and now it can display the content inside folders. However, the strange thing is:
I copied the unzipped files you gave me yesterday into the MicroSD card, when I use the new explorer to browse the files, still only the one named "USB" is shown and all the dlls files are hidden. I can see them only when I use the "Find" Command in the menu of Explorer (find *.*). By doing so they can be visible together with that USB file in the same folder. Unfortunately in the "Find" Menu I cannot find any command such as COPY or CUT so that I can copy them into the /Windows as you instructed.
So now I am kind of stuck at how to copy these files into the folder of \Windows.
Would love to get some kind advice from you.
Thanks a lot.
ok, sorry for the late response. just getting off a 14 hour work day. ok the file explorer... head to menu\options\general\browser, and uncheck everything. then head to the folder you have the files in and click action left soft key, and their is the copy, move, ect.. to move everything over at once click your star key "*" and check mark all the files, then copy or move them. you'll want to overwrite the files that are already their.
dermann said:
ok I have an idea... but I'm at work at the moment. when I get home I'll see if my idea does anything. I'll let you know.
edit!!! was just thinking. what os is your computer running? xp, vista, w7...
if your phone comes up as unknown device, that's better than nothing. here's what i'm going to do... i'll up load the usb drivers from my 607, and we'll see if that changes anything.
edit#2!!! ok here they are, along with the usb registry. put .dll's in windows folder on phone and import the .reg using a registry editor. soft reset after you do all that. let me know how things go.
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Dear Dermann,
Thanks for your generous advice.
The EXPLORER works exactly the way you told me. Now I've succeeded into copying all the files (named USB and the other 5 dlls files) into my phone's /WINDOWS folder.
But I cannot quite understand the next step you wrote "... and import the .reg using a registry editor..." How can it be done or it has been done already by copying all the files into /WINDOWS folder?
Maybe you can advise the next step when you are free. Sorry to have bothered you with this. You needn't give me reply when you are busy with your work or enjoy your leisure time. Just write me when you are really free and don't have better things to do, I can wait very patiently.
Thanks again and you have a nice weekend.
sirs...
i hav d sem problem hir. Cant connect my device to d computer. Iv followed d suggestions like installing a file explorer jst so usb driver and d dll's b manually installed bt d prob is, it cannot even see my files! Damn! It seemed dat my case s even worse. There r no files n my folders. Will anyone help me please...
wthayd said:
Dear Dermann,
Thanks for your generous advice.
The EXPLORER works exactly the way you told me. Now I've succeeded into copying all the files (named USB and the other 5 dlls files) into my phone's /WINDOWS folder.
But I cannot quite understand the next step you wrote "... and import the .reg using a registry editor..." How can it be done or it has been done already by copying all the files into /WINDOWS folder?
Maybe you can advise the next step when you are free. Sorry to have bothered you with this. You needn't give me reply when you are busy with your work or enjoy your leisure time. Just write me when you are really free and don't have better things to do, I can wait very patiently.
Thanks again and you have a nice weekend.
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send me the reg file, i'll make a .cab for you for an auto-install!
Thekn said:
send me the reg file, i'll make a .cab for you for an auto-install!
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Thanks so much for your kindness.
Actually after my post Dermann was kind enough to help me by sending me a CAB file that would let me "import" the registry into the system of my phone. I guess it did import the registry successfully. Unfortunately, after copying all the dll files and importing that particular registry, it didn't change the overall picture - my phone still cannot be recognized when connecting via the USB port, just "Unknown Device" is shown.
It is still a deadlock to me.
Anyway, thanks for the offer and I appreciate it very much.
Thanks.
wthayd said:
Thanks so much for your kindness.
Actually after my post Dermann was kind enough to help me by sending me a CAB file that would let me "import" the registry into the system of my phone. I guess it did import the registry successfully. Unfortunately, after copying all the dll files and importing that particular registry, it didn't change the overall picture - my phone still cannot be recognized when connecting via the USB port, just "Unknown Device" is shown.
It is still a deadlock to me.
Anyway, thanks for the offer and I appreciate it very much.
Thanks.
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i think the only option that's left is to go to a samsung service center! they have the hardware for it to restore your device to the original firmware!