I'm using HTC Touch Diamond. Here's my problem: I used PIMbackup to backup my data before flashing but stupidly I saved the PIM file on the root of storage card so yeah it's lost after flashing. I've tried recovering it with a software but couldn't find the PIM file.
But maybe there's some hope: I also copied all of the files and folders from my phone before flashing. You know, folders like My Windows Mobile-Based Mobile, Business, etc. Do they contain data for my contacts and messages? If yes, where? Thanks.
problems solved for contacts. it's in the file called pim.vol now how about recovering messages?
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Lost ALL data on my XDA II. Now my PC recognises it as a divverent device. Anybody know how I can get the info from the old ActiveSync profile moved to the new one? There's no backup file. PLEASE reply to [email protected]
well do you mean the files ?
the contacts appointments and note and such ?
anyway all the activesync stuff are located in
documents and settings\USERNAME\Application Data\microsoft\activesync
and also in documents and settings\USERNAME\my pocketpc documents or what ever it's called
but if you dident backup anything then most programs will be requiring a reinstall
as the title states,
Where does a ppc running wm5 or 6 store the contacts?
my pc (with vista os) has stopped recognising all my ppcs and I want to send the contacts to a 'new' phone from my m3100 that has them all stored.....i just cant find where.
I copied the contact/lnk file but its a link file not the root folder where the files live.
any help is greatly appreciated
gurry
if i'm right, contacts are stored in the pim.vol file in the root of device. But do not expect miracles - pim databases from different versions of OS are not compatible! you may be lucky, but regullary it does not work. and you cannot simply rewrite pim db...
best way is to export contacts to completely different format (you will easily find some tool) an then import it back to new device using the same tool.
your vista may be cured by manually downloading wmdc and reinstalling it - i have already seen similar issue. or you can install xp to a virtual machine and connect device to virtualized xp...
nocturne is correct. Contacts and appointments and some other outlook stuff (not email) are kept in PIM.vol and it is different even between AKU versions.
You can overwrite PIM.vol once however, but if the file is of incorrect format your contacts app will fail to work. to fix this rename pim.vol to something else (like pim1.vol) then reset.
At this point a new empty correct pim.vol will be automatically created.
From what I read around the forum pim.vol from higher AKU versions (3 and up at least) is compatible with WM 6.
My Universal died a few days ago, so i desperately copied over most of the data from the phone onto my SD card (i couldn't sync, because the USB port was broken and my bluetooth dongle refuses to work on my PC... GRRRR).
So anyway, i did some googling, but i never managed to find out WHERE exactly WM5 stores the contact data?
I had a good look around, but couldn't find anything obvious, but i found a file called PIM (no file extension). I'm assuming that that's the file that contains the contact info?!
If so, can i simply copy this over to my new phone (running WM6) and not have to re-sync or do anything else?!
Thanks!
on my device it's called pim.vol
How big is it? I've just noticed that my old PIM file (which has got around 50 contacts) is 344KB.... and so is the fresh (empty) PIM file on my Kaiser! lol
I tried to update 2.23 RWE to 2.27 RWE (WM6) without using Outlook (on a side note, does anyone know a good alternative?) so I copied pim.vol to my PC as well as the SD card.
After the upgrade didn't work (both by SD flash and Desktop installer), the "upgrade" obviously erased pim.vol. I tried the old trick of renaming, copy and pasting... alas it didn't work.
Anyone have any idea as to what to do?
After an exhaustive googling, I'm still none the wiser. I'd be great if I could have the contacts (name, number, email, etc) exported out to a CSV. I found a parser written in perl, but it doesn't seem to like WM6's pim.vol
If anyone can save me from hours of editing a 4MB text file to CSV, please let me know!
Best solution to copy all PIM data between different versions is PIMBackup .
You can move all contacts, phone calls log and SMS's to new unit .
Hey
does there exists a reader respectivle an interface to gain access to EDB database files from microsoft over POOM? For example I need to reveal hidden contacts from my pim.vol after deleting my PCs partnership in activesync.
I know that the contacts and numbers are saved in plain text in the pim.vol - so, It can not be that hard?
thanks
nicky
why dont you use PIMBackup by dotfred?
thanks...'caus I guess PimBackup just copy the pim.vol to another location, like SPB Backup it does. Yesterday I tried SPB Backup without success... thats the problem: I need a tool that can establish a "connection" to the pim.vol and not just copy it.
nickaat said:
thanks...'caus I guess PimBackup just copy the pim.vol to another location, like SPB Backup it does. Yesterday I tried SPB Backup without success... thats the problem: I need a tool that can establish a "connection" to the pim.vol and not just copy it.
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Wrong.
PIMBackup DOES establish a connection. Copying over the pim.vol hasn't worked since WM5.
ah yeah, ur right. I checked it out. PimBackup gives me an compressed archive with all my pim items in plain text... but unfortunately it does just backup of the visible items... of course it does...^^
I called on dotfred regarding this matter, hope he can help...
thanks anyway for your suggestion!