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My readers (see for example this post) probably already know about two Pocket PC Phone Edition-specific SMS export utilities, Jeyo Mobile Extender (which, unfortunately, has severe problems with more than a few hundred SMS messages stored on a given PPC PE device) and Dopod SMS Backup, which is pretty simple and only supports exporting. There has always been a third alternative, zedsoft.net's smsOrganizer, but, up to now, it wasn't WM5-compliant and, therefore, I haven't reviewed it.
The author of the latter, zedsoft.net, has just announced the WM5 version to be out.
Give it a try - it's by far the most powerful SMS organizer I know and is really worth giving it a try. It's available here.
How do you completely uninstall this program?
I get a dialog box that says: _wfopen failed. MycreateFile TimeOut!
and then the program crashes. Was working fine for a while. Tried uinstall/reinstall.
I think what happened was i deleted the file(s) in the "settings" directory.
Should there be something there?
Thanks!
SmsOrganizer Uninstall/Reinstall problems
I had the same problem. Only installed to test it, but when uninstalled, it just does not either reinstall, if does install cannot run it. I get the same message, something "_wfopen failed. MycreateFile" . I also made the same mistake of removing the files from the settings. Although I tried to create the same name directory, but has not worked. It seems to be a nice application, something that I searched for monthssssssss, now that I found one, it has problems!!!! Also, when you install and run it the application icon "O" keeps on moving one space to the left every time you start it. Cannot wait to get it working again cuz it seems to be such a handy tool the way its laid out. You can backup all the sms or specify your own created directories. I have not tried to restore the backedup sms's though as I don’t have a second WM5 device. Would like to backup my sms's and everything else first before I flash the ROM.
Would someone with a pristine installation be so kind as to zip up and post the "Settings" folder?
I believe this will alleviate the situation.
I tried copying the "settings" folder included in the cab file, believe it or not, it almost worked i got a lot closer to loading the app, but am still getting an error.
Anyone?
So.. this prog is the culprit....
armedmetallica said:
How do you completely uninstall this program?
I get a dialog box that says: _wfopen failed. MycreateFile TimeOut!
and then the program crashes. Was working fine for a while. Tried uinstall/reinstall.
I think what happened was i deleted the file(s) in the "settings" directory.
Should there be something there?
Thanks!
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I installed this program sometime ago, but did not realize this is causing the _wfopen failed. MycreateFile TimeOut! dialogs... If you guys get this, it means you are unable to receive new SMSes. I experienced this for several days before realizing that this error occurs everytime someone sends me a new SMS. The sender may receive a delivery report, but the SMS didn't show up in the inbox, but gave the 2 error instead. Had to hard-reset as I didn't know this prog was the culprit....
smsCreative has been released!
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We have put all our famous program (smsOrganizer, smsBackup, AllCleanup, smsRunner, StealSafe) together and rewrite almost all of the program code.
smsCreative has all the knowledge and features like smsOrganizer, but it works as fine as you wished to have by the first version already.
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Does it support Sheduled SMS sending?
I am having an issue with tasks syncing between Outlook and my PPC. I have searched XDA-Dev and couldn't find anything. Searched via Google and found a few others with the issue but no solutions.
Here's the scenario:
Edit: The below applies to Start Dates as well
Tasks are showing up with a Due Date one day less than what is on my PPC.
Change the Due Date on the PC and the PPC updates with the same (correct) date.
Change the Due Date on the PPC and nothing happens unless I manually force a sync or disconnect and reconnect.
When it does sync, the date on the PPC is correct and the date in Outlook is one day less (i.e PPC 04/14/07, PC 04/13/07).
Deleting on either PC or PPC deletes the task from both.
What I've checked & background information:
My time zones are consistent between the PC & PPC.
Appointments are not effected and sync fine.
Running Outlook 2007, WMDC and am using an Artemis (DST patched).
Syncing w/ home and work.
The other people that seem to have this issue are using different devices and different versions of Outlook.
Completely uninstalled and reinstalled WMDC.
Hard reset does not solve the issue.
I use Tasks constantly and an very disappointed with this bug. Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
db
Hmmm. Amazed that no one else is experiencing this. Would have assumed alot of this crowd would be on Vista & Office 07 and that at least someone else would have seen it even if they didn't solve it.
Oh well.
db
I'm on Vista and Office 07, and only time I've ever seen anything like this is when I accidentally altered the time zone on my PPC. Took me a while to realise and still not sure how I did it without noticing.
However you say you've checked these and they are OK, so I can offer no further advice.
Stupid Tasks
Thank God! I though I was the only person in the world fighting with this.
I'm in the same boat as you: Outlook 2007, Vista, WMDC, DST patch. I have a WM5 Axim x50. What the heck are we doing wrong? It isn't like this is some kind of bazaar configuration. I'm a full time student and also heavily rely on tasks. In the meantime, I have to make a note (using PhatPad) and try to remember to check it later so that I can create the task on my PC. Frustrating, to say the least.
So far, it seems that this is a recent phenomenon, but I have seen some posts detailing the same problem dated in 2005 (though this was probably a legitimate issue with misconfigured time zones).
I'm going to keep looking for an answer to this. One thing I have to do this weekend is reinstall Vista (trial period ending). I'll post if there are any updates.
Good luck to all (five) of us,
Tom
Edit: If it's not Outlook, and it isn't the device, then it may be the PST file. I remember reading about a lot of people with this issue who exported their PST from Outlook 2003. I don't know. When I do this reinstall, I'm going to have some serious controls in place to figure this out, maybe even a hard reset (as much as I hate the idea of it).
Excellent work. Easy to understand.
Only difference between myself and you two then is the DST patch. I never applied it. My suspicion is that is the culprit then.
Thanks for your feedback, guys. I'm still plugging away at trying to sort it but haven't had a lot of time to try some of the more labor intensive things like recreating my whole Outlook pst file, uninstalling/resintalling Office, etc.
One interesting thing I forgot to mention is that syncing with work is flawless (XP Pro, AS 4.5).
I am planning on spending some time screwing around with timezone settings tonight and we'll see what comes of it.
We'll see...
db
Changes timezones on both the PPC and PC. Not surprisingly, no change.
db
Potentially good news. Found some software called PocketMirror Professional. You can find it here: http://www.chapura.com/pmp_wm.php ($49.95 but worth it if you use tasks as much as I do). It can take over syncing for Calendar, Contacts & Tasks in place of WMDC (I am only using it for Tasks) but it works - dates show up as they should completely seemlessly. They have a 7 day free trial so I suggest giving it a go.
One minor caveat though;follow the installation instructions closely. It's not a big deal but you can end up create some dupes when you install it. After that is seems to run fine. Need to see what it will do with my work machine tomorrow and if I need to install it there or not. I'll keep you abreast.
db
Well, after deleting some duplicated tasks (all of 30 seconds) that were created when I synced at work, everything seems to be working great with the software I posted above.
Didn't have to install it at work which was working fine (although technically you could without paying twice as the downloadable doesn't have a key). I'll work with it for a few more days and report back any issues but so far I am relieved if not $50 poorer to get the functionality back that I never should have lost...
Hope this helps.
db
This is absolutely ridiculous.
So I ended up reinstalling Vista (as I mentioned before) and doing a hard reset on my Axim x50 this weekend. After Vista was up and running, I installed Office 2007 and the OS updates. I didn’t install the DST patch, any third-party software, or even restore my data at that point. It was a completely clean install on both my PC and Pocket PC.
I tested the configuration by creating a task on the device and performing a sync. Sure enough, the task due date was one day off on my PC. This seems significant to me: in the default configuration with the absolute latest software (except for WM6 that is), there is a fundamental problem that Microsoft, and even much of the community, hasn’t acknowledged. The only explanation I can come up with is that our crappy devices are to blame, or that they don’t play well with WMDC. We’re unique, which is probably why so few people have reported this problem.
Oh well. Unless a magic patch comes along, it looks like we’re stuck. So DB, don’t feel bad about plunking down the 50 bucks; you didn’t have much of an alternative. On the bright side, it’s cheaper than getting a new device!
Thanks for everyone’s input,
Tom
I don't know if you're experiencing the same problem as I am... but here it is.
I just hard reseted my TyTN and reinstalled my appz, after an upgrade. All went well and I tried to sync it with my PC. After the sync... all my Calendar appointments, birthdays, rendez vous etc went back one day!. My Outlook was all right at first, but after the sync the appointments changed to one day back there as well.
The solution? First I erased all the wrong dates from my Outlook. Then I UNselected Calendar from ActiveSync, completed a full sync... The I REselected Calendar and did a full sync again... All was back to normal.
That was the firts time something like this had happened... I've been using Outlook & PDA's the last 6 years... with no problems... Go figure.
No, it's not quite the same problem. Only the tasks are being affected; calendar and appointments work as normal.
Creating a task on the PC results in a successful sync: all dates correct, etc. However, if a task is created or edited on the device and synced, the start and due dates are one day behind on the PC only.
Very strange and there seems to be no solution, except third-party syncing software.
Mythozz: Tried the same thing with tasks. It is usually a good strategy for sorting syncing problems. I also deleted and recreated the partnerships. Unfortunately in this case, neither helped.
My guess is that we're unfortunately in the forefront of what will likely be a growing number of people experiencing this. Sadly, I don't think we're at critical mass yet to get any attention from MS. That said, I can't imagine it will be long before it gets noisy enough to get their ear on this.
For now I, plucked down the $50 and am OK but no one should have to to get basic functionality. MS has to look at WMDC & get this sorted.
If I didn't sync in two places, this wouldn't be much of an issue since I don't do a lot of editing tasks on the PPC. But I sync between home and work and I am changing tasks & due dates constantly so the home PC treats them as if I created them on the PPC.
db
Not getting the folder selection dialogue in WMDC (PocketMirror & WM6)
dcbehan,
I'm on that 7-day PocketMirror trial with WM6 and WMDC. I like Chapura a lot. I used the product on Palm III & V waaay back then to sync with Outlook, and really want this to work.
I can check the PocketMirror conduit boxes through WMDC, but the links and double-clicking the icons are not working to get me to the place for selecting the Outlook 2007 folders.
Did you see behavior like that? What did you do to fix it?
Best,
After my last couple of ROM upgrades I have developed a new problem. When I try to use the highlight and drag method in Outlook e-mail, I cannot select multiple items. I can still use the Select Messages->Several option but then I have to highlight one message at a time and I usually do not have a use for the Select Messages->All or All Below options. I don't think its a ROM issue because this happens with both Romeo's ROM v1.10 and DCS v14 and I can't seem to find anyone complaining of a similar issue. The only other thing I've done different in my last two ROM upgrades is to use Sashimi to reinstall my cabs and some settings. The Sashimi thread does not address this topic. This is not a big deal and I can live with it, but if anyone has any ideas to fix this problem please let me know. Thanks.
SASHIMI thread doesn't address because it is not a SASHIMI issue.
SASHIMI doesn't install anything permanently on your system in and of itself (it just resides on the storage card).
Every change SASHIMI makes to your system is decided by you.
If you give SASHIMI 10 cabs to install and 3.reg files to import then it is doing nothing but that.
I can pretty much guarantee you that if you manually go through the files that SASHIMI is installing and do them all yourself you will have the same problems. If not, then you are skipping something.
Users have reported issues like this before (not specific to your problem, but in general) where they think SASHIMI is the problem but then they realize that they are providing bad files to SASHIMI to process (e.g. a REG file that contains entries that is causing the problem).
I highly recommend doing this manually. If the problem is not there, then you need to go through your SASHIMI directory with a fine toothed comb and make sure there aren't any .reg files or anything that it is importing that is causing the problem.
If you can recreate an issue where anything installed by SASHIMI is causing a problem that isn't caused via other methods (manual, UC, etc), then please let me know.... I've never heard of one.
thx.
I have a Note 10.1 2014 and have just picked up a Note Pro 12.2. While I am still debating whether to keep both and if not, which one to keep, I have run across an issue I ran into a long time ago. I am trying to keep LectureNotes synced between the two devices, and as happened with my original note and HTC Flyer (used only for backup purposes), using DropSync to keep both devices in sync with each other, causes an occasional delete on one device which seems to propagate to the other device. I have again lost a couple very important notebooks.
What is the best way to keep two devices in sync with each other? Perhaps I am not setting dropsync up correctly, are there suggestions for that? Perhaps there is a better / safer app than dropsync ..... Any and all suggestions appreciated.
I use FolderSync to do this. It has more flexibility to set up multiple sync processes so you can both sync and back up.
I have two sync folders in the cloud connected to my lecture notes folder, controlled by three "pairs".
The first pair does full sync, deletes included, two way. This is echoed on my phone so everything matches.
The second pair is a one way sync from the tablet to the cloud, no delete. This is the backup folder. So if the above situation causes a loss, the backup folder comes to the rescue.
The third pair is really same target folder as the second, but is one way delete only and manual only. Every week or so I confirm that I haven't lost anything from the sync folder, then run this to delete stuff I really wanted to get rid of. This one is optional if you go with a never delete backup approach.
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Reason for deletion - FEATURE REQUEST
Hi, I have done some tests and discovered why the sync problem occurs:
When inserting, deleting or moving pages in LectureNotes, the app simply renames the .png files in its system, but it doesn't change their "modified date".
For example, let's take the following scenario: You have pages P1, P2, P3. All created 12:00. You have used a sync program to sync these pages (two-way) to Google Drive. Their modified date in Google Drive will be 12:01 lets say, since you sync every minute as an example.
At 12:02 lets say you delete P2. What LectureNotes will actually do in this scenario is simply to rename P3 to P2, and it will delete P3. But P2 modified date will not be set to 12:02, instead it will remain at 12:00.
In the next sync cycle (let's say 12:03), the sync program will see that P2 in LectureNotes and P2 in Google Drive do not match. It will look at the latest modified date, and see that the P2 in Google Drive has a later modified date (12:01, vs. LectureNotes' P2 which has 12:00). Hence, it will copy over P2 from Google Drive and overwrite your P2 in LectureNotes.
So what you end up with is: In LectureNotes you will now have the P2 which is actually the original P2 you created previously, and the P3 you created will have disappeared.
I have attached a .png file (created in LectureNotes ) to illustrate the problem.
How to fix the problem:
The easiest way to fix the problem and allow people to seamlessly sync between multiple devices and cloud services etc. is to edit the modified date of the .png files when adding, inserting or moving pages.
(For example if I have P1, P2, P3 and move P2 to after P3, LectureNotes today simply renames the files to reflect their relative order - page2.png will be renamed to page3.png and vice versa - but no modified date is changed, which causes sync program to overwrite the files).
I have thought about various options, but there is today no automatic way (unless you want to use the previously suggested manual backup, checking etc. strategies) to create a seamless sync. The workarounds that exist today with the above limitation are:
1) Use only 1-way sync (which means you will just have a back-up system, not a sync system - meaning you can't sync between multiple devices)
OR
2) Don't use the move, insert and delete pages functions. This will make sync between multiple devices work, but is a severe limitation since you won't be able to delete any pages in any of your notebooks.
@[email protected]: You are right, LectureNotes renames files upon page deletion and insertion without updating the last modified date of the renamed file.
I am a bit surprised to hear that this causes problems with syncing. Actually, I would expect a syncing tool to be smart enough to handle cases of simple file renaming within a directory.
I could modify LectureNotes such that it sets the last modified date to the current date for each file it renames. But this could cause huge network traffic. For instance, assume that you have a 100 pages notebook and your insert a page before the first page. If LectureNotes sets the last modified date to the current date for each file it renames, all 101 pages will be sent over the network.
acadoid said:
@[email protected]: You are right, LectureNotes renames files upon page deletion and insertion without updating the last modified date of the renamed file.
I am a bit surprised to hear that this causes problems with syncing. Actually, I would expect a syncing tool to be smart enough to handle cases of simple file renaming within a directory.
I could modify LectureNotes such that it sets the last modified date to the current date for each file it renames. But this could cause huge network traffic. For instance, assume that you have a 100 pages notebook and your insert a page before the first page. If LectureNotes sets the last modified date to the current date for each file it renames, all 101 pages will be sent over the network.
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Thanks for responding.
I understand. Is it possible to fix the sync issue in other ways? Do you know any other syncing tool which handles this? I am using the tool called "FolderSync" and I would have expected it to be a good tool.
There are some options in it, such as "Use MD5 checksums" (default checked), "Use temp-file scheme" (default checked) and "Disable file-size check" (default unchecked) in it, would you expect that changing some of these may help?
If you are not aware of another syncing tool, would there be another way of modifying LectureNotes to make sync work without causing the problem you mention.
Actually files are quite small so I would not expect there to be a large network traffic, and moving/deleting and inserting pages is a quite rare occurrence, so I think it would be a good solution anyway. Currently, not being able to use any of these functions if you want to sync is a severe limitations (however I will still keep LectureNotes because it is the best tool in the market - I have tested Samsung S Note, FiiNote, Papyrus and many others but LectureNotes is simply the best and I really don't want to leave it).
Thanks for helping, and very much appreciate your comments. I would be happy to give you a 5-star review on Android market also.
@[email protected]: I do not use this app (or any other syncing app), so I cannot say much concerning your questions.
I do not know which algorithm this syncing app applies, but syncing solely based on last modified date is not a particularly good idea (in particular under Android, where the last modified date is notoriously unreliable), as being able to handle file renaming properly is crucial.
As I stated in my previous post, LectureNotes could set the last modified date whenever it renames a file. I would not like to make this the new default behavior, but I can add this as an option. I just uploaded v2.5.3 into the app stores (and I also need to think a moment about the implications of such change), so that I have to ask you for some patience.
Thank you, having this as an option would be fantastic. Please let me know what you decide and if you do upload a new version with this option.
I have done some research, and the app developer for this sync app says that it doesn't detect renames because that is instable and would cause battery drain:
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[This forum prevents posting links until a new user has at least 10 posts so I had to insert white spaces into the link - please remove white spaces so the link works.]
So it seems like this is exactly what is causing the problem.
I will research if there are other apps that detect renames, but with the above comments i doubt it and your "option to update modified date" would be greatly appreciated.
Solution found!!
Hi, I have tested the app "Autosync for Google Drive" developed by ttxapps and this solves the problem!
I have tested this:
1. Create P1, P2, P3 - sync
2. Delete P2 - sync
3. Insert P2(new) between P1 and P3 - sync
In all 3 steps, Drive Autosync behaved perfectly, replicating exactly on Google Drive what happened (while FolderSync - the old app - failed both step 2 and step 3 because of the issue I described previously.
Thank you for your quick responses.
@[email protected]: OK, thanks for the feedback, glad to hear that you could solve the problem.
I know this post is a little old at this point, but I've recently been testing the same thing,trying to get lecture notes to sync between two samain note devices. I'be tested with both dropsync and drive autosync and neither seem to be able to decipher how to sync lecture notes reliably. I get all kinds of anomalies like missing pages, missing text, page additions instead of overwrites.
At this point it looks like manual backups and restores are the only option. To that end it might be handy to have an auto backup function that dumps backup files to a synced folder at least. It's not super awesome,but I don't any other way to get my notes synced up. Lecture Notes is the best note tool on android so imuch definitely not going to stop using it!
If anyone has new ideas I'd love to hear them.
I use BTSync and I have never had any problem with sync between my Note 3/ Note 10.1, plus I have a copy of files on my PC through BTSync pc app.
Has anyone tried syncing notebooks with Syncthing?
Old, but interesting thread...
Witch app(s) will sync Lecture Notes... today in 2020...?
GOAL - a universal backup and restore solution that can take ALL device accounts and ALL their related passwords - back them up - and restore them to ANY version of android - including Phones, Tablets, and Emulators such as bluestacks, memu, nox etc. even from different android versions.
This is primarily to get all EMAILS - google - outlook - etc loaded into a new device *This is NOT for apps as there are plenty of solutions for apps already but none for ACCOUNTS
This software should basically have a database, preferably in an easy to edit CSV format - which would never need to change as it would always have ACCOUNT_TYPE,USERNAME,PASSWORD,RANDOM_DATA
-you could manually populate this via your computer or you could have the android software export it via coding magic. Maybe use a different format and have it load a spreadsheet or a different database type...
Importing would be trickier- you'd have to have a drop down asking questions like - What android version are you importing to- so that the code could be properly inserted...
I intend to ask for advice here and see what solutions you all have; I will edit this first topic to help others if a solution exists.
Some people spend 50 hours of labor installing hundreds of apps on their phone; each needing custom configured, many require having an Account to access data through the app.
What if you have to load 50+ emails into the phone; each of them having huge complicated passwords.
What if you are always buying new devices, changing roms and having to set this all up again?
=Some Solutions exist but none have worked for me.
1. Built in google 'set up new device' -
This only seems to work when you have reset your phone.. once the phone is active and you've actually used it -- there appears to be no way to turn this on and attempt to bring new accounts over...
q. How can you activate this after the fact?
If you have more than a few accounts on the device, say.. 4... maybe you have 20 or 40 email accounts loaded.. it is almost guaranteed to fail.
q. What causes it to fail? Is there any work around.
If you are on android versions too far apart its also likely to fail
q. Why? is there any work around.
*Here is a site with code related to the account transfer API; I'm not sure how accurate it is:
Account Transfer API | Android Developers
developer.android.com
2. Samsung Smart switch
This only copies ONE account - but it also does a fine job of moving text messages, SOME apps and other info over.
*Is there any way to get it to copy all email accounts; and other random app accounts to the new device?
3. Titanium backup - for non root and root.
I've played with this numerous times over the past 10 years and never successfully. I dont think it is capable of taking all accounts and backing up / restoring to different devices.
More to be added later.
Reserved for random info so I can update later;
One month later and no replies...
Anyone?
1. Is there any app on the planet that can do this - or close? ((samsung smart switch - sometimes - though it mostly fails -- Googles built in set up - which fails 95% of the time) - I know of no other solutions.
2. Is there any desire for this? have any of you been annoyed with the menial task of setting this stuff up again and again?
another month goes by.. now I have a new android tablet.. and guess what?
Samsung smart switch wont copy my accounts...
I cant seem to get the built in google 'set up device' to start == and I'm not looking forward to adding 50 email accounts and various other accounts into this manually.. thats gonna take ages...
Buying a new device every couple months.. is a grueling task when it comes to account transfers...
Nobody has any suggestions on a solution for this? I'm searching around randomly again and finding Nothing.
what is your concern?? reading your thread give me headache
I have the same issue. I am "bored" in getting another mobile because i have to setup from beggining soooo many things
IIRC then account details are stored in SQLite database named accounts.db, its location depends on Android version.
Wi-Fi passwords are stored in file named wpa supplicant.conf.
@jwoegerbauer thanks for the tip. using your filename I found a tutorial that listed the location as follows:
/data/system_de/0/accounts_de.db
I've verified this on Nox; my bluestacks still isnt rooted and it seems the phones I have with all email accounts loaded == are not rooted either== I'm going to need to find a workaround for that or make time to root bluestacks to get the account data out of it...
Problem is;
1 there are no passwords included here. Where are they? mine are all crazy long and I have no clue what they are... its very time consuming to manually input them via my password managing tool.
2 Once I export; and change the CSV into a spreadsheet to include all the other missing email /google accounts; how do I replace the accounts_de.db file on each device
3. Why isnt there an app that can do this already; lol?
EDIT
Titanium backup does have an 'accounts' export option that -sorta - works... problem is how picky the app is about using root plus super SU and refuses to work with Magisk (sometimes) or will constantly crash on (some) devices - or will fail to export/import unless you try (5 different file managers that can eventually figure out how to import their file type) - or is otherwise NEEDING root access to function...
Would be nice if a solution existed via ADB or simply in an un rooted device to do this; sorta like how google ''set up nearby device'' was supposed to work (and will; if you use only 5 or less accounts... but its also buggy and fails)
Any ideas on how we can export/import accounts?
Still no successful solution.
1. Notes regarding Titanium:
I've tried about 15 versions of bluestacks using android 4.4.2 and have had mild success with titanium to backup/restore =
however it seems to randomly restore less than all the accounts (missing a few different ones each time)
it also seems to randomly miss the google password tokens randomly =forcing me to log into 10% of the imported accounts with each restore.
It also seems to fail 100% when trying to restore a bluestacks 4.4.2 accounts file on to android 7 bluestacks; or nox / or memu
It has limited success importing into a proper non emulated tablet (again missing about 60% of the accounts randomly)
all in all Titanium doesn't appear to be a good solution.
2. Perhaps a direct edit of the Accounts DB file would be wiser;
I've attempted to export it a few times and am not sure yet how to edit it ...
HeidiSQL has errors when accessing the file
Oracle's sql developer is WORSE; most of the text is gibberish.
*Any ideas on how to edit this?
3. Other xda searches lead me to:
The google password isn't a real password. After first successful authentication, an Auth Token is downloaded to device which is stored in accounts.db.
From the Auth Token is impossible to guess the password.
So I guess I answered my own question on that... I was hoping the passwords were stored on the device database so I could import/export them via a text editor.
4.
*File manager for super users allows one to explore and edit (to a point) a sql database - but one can not add new entries; only edit existing entries.
one can only export to csv; not import.
so this is only a partial solution.
5. an open source XDA solution looks promising but will not work.
Each OnAndBackup version uses different file extensions that are not compatible between versions... so yuo can't backup one android version and restore to another.
OAndBackupX is a fork of the popular open source backup app for Android
Looking for an open source solution to backup individual apps and their data? OAndBackupX is a handy Android app for the job. Check it out!
www.xda-developers.com
Blombardo said:
2. Perhaps a direct edit of the Accounts DB file would be wiser;
I've attempted to export it a few times and am not sure yet how to edit it ...
HeidiSQL has errors when accessing the file
Oracle's sql developer is WORSE; most of the text is gibberish.
*Any ideas on how to edit this?
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In post #7 you were told it's a SQLite database. Hence use a SQLite browser.
Downloads - DB Browser for SQLite
sqlitebrowser.org
It appears that the art of editing the database file on this is more complicated than it should be...
1. Taking the old DB file from 4.4.2 with a million accounts loaded... -- Export the 'accounts' table into csv
2. taking the new DB file from 7.1.1 with one account loaded - delete existing and then import the old 'accounts' table -
Swap original .db file with new edited one...
and congrats you too have a bootloop...
Anyone know how to PROPERLY export / import the accounts information ?
The sql table otherwise appears the same.. but I'm by no means an expert on these databases so perhaps I missed something simple.
Can't wait to see what happens from nox to bluestacks to memu to real versions of android on multiple devices with multiple android versions...
There HAS to be a better way to do this.?
Edit: 20 plus hours and many weeks into this problem
delving deeper into Titaniums site they have a suggestion for use on emulators that I did not notice; I will try and report back.
12. I have an Android device that is x86 based, and rooted. Can I use Titanium Backup ?
YES. Please ensure that you have a working BusyBox on your device and make the following changes in TB preferences:
enable the “Force use external BusyBox” option (under Troubleshooting) then hit MENU -> Reload application.
1. I've noticed there are two places for saved account info; I still have no success in getting my edited database to properly recognize in the emulator.
system DE on older 4.4.2
and
system CE on 7.1 (also has the DE folder)
2. No luck on titanium either.
a. I've tried making busy box work on the emulator; it pretends to install successfully but when running shell commands it doesnt seem to work; therefore the number 12 from Titanium FAQ is something I can't seem to accomplish either... so Titanium will not work yet; maybe due to the busybox fail.
Blombardo said:
@jwoegerbauer thanks for the tip. using your filename I found a tutorial that listed the location as follows:
/data/system_de/0/accounts_de.db
I've verified this on Nox; my bluestacks still isnt rooted and it seems the phones I have with all email accounts loaded == are not rooted either== I'm going to need to find a workaround for that or make time to root bluestacks to get the account data out of it...
Problem is;
1 there are no passwords included here. Where are they? mine are all crazy long and I have no clue what they are... its very time consuming to manually input them via my password managing tool.
2 Once I export; and change the CSV into a spreadsheet to include all the other missing email /google accounts; how do I replace the accounts_de.db file on each device
3. Why isnt there an app that can do this already; lol?
EDIT
Titanium backup does have an 'accounts' export option that -sorta - works... problem is how picky the app is about using root plus super SU and refuses to work with Magisk (sometimes) or will constantly crash on (some) devices - or will fail to export/import unless you try (5 different file managers that can eventually figure out how to import their file type) - or is otherwise NEEDING root access to function...
Would be nice if a solution existed via ADB or simply in an un rooted device to do this; sorta like how google ''set up nearby device'' was supposed to work (and will; if you use only 5 or less accounts... but its also buggy and fails)
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Thanks for the tip just used Titanium Backup to transfer accounts backup generated from one phone to another (using the generated backup files) both N916K rooted with Magisk version 23.0 (23000) without issues!
So is there any Progress or Solutions found yet?
A good thing would be to see all the accounts and then retype them manually if needed.
Else it would be much better to have something like Smart Switch.
Problem I noticed with SmartSwitch, when you try to transfer the Accounts. Samsung trys to grab and upload all the accounts to their server!! Why? I don't know, but it always asks for Internetconnection etc. ONLY when you want to transfer accounts, everything else works more or less.. some appdata not included sadly anyway.
Swift Backup doesn't seem to or did someone manage it to work with it?
Tipps and possible Solutions would be greatly appriciated.
It seems to be especially problematic with Android 12...
Hello, I'm having the same problem. I'm "bored" with obtaining a new phone because I have to set up so many things from scratch. real estate istanbul
A shame there still doesn't seem to be a good solution for this. TB only tries to backup the non-existent location, while the correct is /data/system_de/0/accounts_de.db
Manually moving just puts me into a bootloop, even after setting the correct permissions.
I dont know if this works, someone should test it.
GitHub - cluk33/android-multiuser-backup: A set of scripts to backup and restore apps and data of multiuser android devices.
A set of scripts to backup and restore apps and data of multiuser android devices. - GitHub - cluk33/android-multiuser-backup: A set of scripts to backup and restore apps and data of multiuser andr...
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akhilkhan said:
I dont know if this works, someone should test it.
GitHub - cluk33/android-multiuser-backup: A set of scripts to backup and restore apps and data of multiuser android devices.
A set of scripts to backup and restore apps and data of multiuser android devices. - GitHub - cluk33/android-multiuser-backup: A set of scripts to backup and restore apps and data of multiuser andr...
github.com
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I spent hours trying to get the script to work, but it will not backup anything in A13. I even disabled DFE on the device and started it over to test.