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need to extract Contacts from backup.stg file

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.

How I can do to backup the ROM of my phone before I flashing a new ROM?

Hello @ll
finally i decide to flash my phone with the new expected BETA-ROM from Phil, but i would like to backup the existing ROM in case of any problem.
How I do this? could somebody help me?
Thanks in advance
Metanol
@Phil: Hi Phil, do you have the Beta version already done?
THX.

Dont worry you can flash your old rom using the offical rom from your manufacturer.

tejasphatak said:
Dont worry you can flash your old rom using the offical rom from your manufacturer.
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And where can i find it? THX..!!!

which brand?? imate?? qtek??? ???

Sorry, i have a QTEK-8310

Hi
But flashing the ROM loose all personnal data.
How can we do to dump all the phone, ROM + data (SMS, contact, file, etc....) ?
Thx

I found this on the forum:
This is the way i backup my phone
Your phone should be Registry and App unlocked..
Sync your phone, copy folders /Application Data - /Program Files - /Windows/Start Menu - /Windows/Start Up - to your Desktop (PC)
Install Registry Explorer with Resco Registry
Export HKCR,HKCU, HKLM then copy the .reg files on PC
Backup Contact, SMS, Call History with Jeyo Mobile Companion
--NOW DO YOUR HARD RESET OR REFLASHING THE SAME ROM--
Now, restoration...
App Unlock your device
Copy folders /Application Data - /Program Files - /Windows/Start Menu - /Windows/Start Up - to your Phone thru Active Sync. (Overwrite all)
Copy the .reg files from your PC to phone..
Install Resco Explorer with Resco Registry and Import the .reg files
Restore your Contacts thru Jeyo Mobile Companion
Restart device
there you go, you got now a clean setup of your device with all your apps and customizations. One thing, some apps wont work/launch with this procedure, you may need to reinstall them and if you try to, it will prompt that it couldn't be removed and if you wanna still continue installing, just hit Yes and install it on the same directory where it was on your previous setup.
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from User da_mayhem
But i just only want to backup the original ROM of my phone, without data (SMS, contact, file, etc....), i keep all that information on my Outlook and other programs

qtek_metanol said:
Sorry, i have a QTEK-8310
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download the latest qtek rom from xda:[email protected] and keep copy wid ya if ya need.

I believe that is enough simpler to make a backup with Sprite Backup before flash the ROM. If one becomes to the previous ROM (with which backup was made) it recovers the ready backup.
Although I have not proven it, I believe that also it would serve a copy done with ActiveSync.
Greetings

Sprite backup is the right choice! Just make a backup from your file system to the storage card, and if you want to downgrade your OS, just do that, and then run the backup file (it's an executable file). That's all!

tejasphatak said:
download the latest qtek rom from xda:[email protected] and keep copy wid ya if ya need.
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there is only the ROM for Qtek-8300 available, Exist another way to find the original ROM??
THX.

maybe this is good for you:
http://www.smartmobil.no/index.php?name=UpDownload&req=getit&lid=84

thx for your support, but I think this is the version for QTEK-8300

Or you can use XDA-Tools

Sprite backup shouldnt be used when going from WM5 to WM6, it will corrupt your PIM and mail databases...
As for the original ROM for the Qtek 8310:
http://www.modaco.com/Smartphone-ROM-Compatibil-t250510.html
Third post has all the tornado ROM links
Phil

Originally Posted by karhoe
Or you can use XDA-Tools
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THX karhoe, I got the right answer from Phil, i just was looking for the original ROM in case of a recovery of the phone to the original factory state.
@ Phil thanks a lot for the support. you're great

@ Phil thanks a lot for the support. you're great
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Your welcome
Phil

[Q] HTC Sensation problems after some random reboot

Hello to all,
I need some help.
After some random reboots I don't have any of my contacts, all the widgets and icons from the panels are disappeared. :crying:
I attached a screenshot from my home panel.
It is any possibility to fix this problem ???
Phone: HTC Sensation
Kernel: Faux 123 010b7
Rom: Android Revolution 7.2 XE
Thanks.

try to flash the rom without wipe

rzr86 said:
try to flash the rom without wipe
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Hi there,
I try it like you suggested me, to reflash without wipe, but no changes
All my panels are clear like in the picture from the first post and no contacts.
I would like to save only the contacts .. and after to make a clean install.
Thanks for your help

DBDexter said:
Hi there,
I try it like you suggested me, to reflash without wipe, but no changes
All my panels are clear like in the picture from the first post and no contacts.
I would like to save only the contacts .. and after to make a clean install.
Thanks for your help
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try to download an app from play store(such as mobile backup II) and see if it will backup any contacts
also if you have stored your contacts in your gmail account don't worry you won't lose them

rzr86 said:
try to download an app from play store(such as mobile backup II) and see if it will backup any contacts
also if you have stored your contacts in your gmail account don't worry you won't lose them
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I used Mobile Backup II to backup my contacts but is only seeing what I have on my SIM and nothing more.
Are the contacts in a database ??? Where can I find this database and how can I recover it ???
I don't have any backup on google
Thank you again for your time and help.

DBDexter said:
I used Mobile Backup II to backup my contacts but is only seeing what I have on my SIM and nothing more.
Are the contacts in a database ??? Where can I find this database and how can I recover it ???
I don't have any backup on google
Thank you again for your time and help.
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when you were storing a contact where you were choosing to store it?
google account,sim or phone?
go to dialer if you can in contacts tab and in the top you will see options for showing contacts
there you will see where they are stored

rzr86 said:
when you were storing a contact where you were choosing to store it?
google account,sim or phone?
go to dialer if you can in contacts tab and in the top you will see options for showing contacts
there you will see where they are stored
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I always saved my contacts on the phone, not SIM or Google.
On the contacts tab I have selected SIM ( 9 numbers from my Carrier ) and Phone ( 0 )
Can you tell me please if the contacts are saved in a file and if so, what is the name of the file and what is the path to the file.
Thanks.

DBDexter said:
I always saved my contacts on the phone, not SIM or Google.
On the contacts tab I have selected SIM ( 9 numbers from my Carrier ) and Phone ( 0 )
Can you tell me please if the contacts are saved in a file and if so, what is the name of the file and what is the path to the file.
Thanks.
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select also your google account and see if the conatacts are stored there too
unfortunately i don't know where the file could be or what is the path

rzr86 said:
select also your google account and see if the conatacts are stored there too
unfortunately i don't know where the file could be or what is the path
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I found it one of itsme_4ucz's posts:
The contacts are stored in a SQLite3 database file so the file format is ".db"
The development tool Android Debug Bridge (ADB) can be used to extract the file from an EMULATOR
ADB can also extract the file from a phone but it must be rooted first AND the ADB drivers must be installed on your machibe as well
(Rooting is NOT for beginners though)
The contacts.db file is stored in the protected system memory, the file path is:
data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db
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In << /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/ >> I have no contacts.db file
This is the list of the files from my databeses folder:
Code:
contacts2.db
contacts2.db-journal
contacts2.db-mj073D7E1F
profile.db
profile.db-journal
Can I recover my contacts from this files ???

DBDexter said:
I found it one of itsme_4ucz's posts:
In << /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/ >> I have no contacts.db file
This is the list of the files from my databeses folder:
Code:
contacts2.db
contacts2.db-journal
contacts2.db-mj073D7E1F
profile.db
profile.db-journal
Can I recover my contacts from this files ???
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probably with an adb command but i don't remember that command

rzr86 said:
probably with an adb command but i don't remember that command
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I used Sqliteman-1.2.2 to open contacts2.db and after a basic query to contacts table I can only see the contacts from SIM

DBDexter said:
I used Sqliteman-1.2.2 to open contacts2.db and after a basic query to contacts table I can only see the contacts from SIM
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see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726051
second post it has an adb command
best wishes

rzr86 said:
see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726051
second post it has an adb command
best wishes
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I don't know why I have contacts2.db instead of contacts.db.
Is correct what I have?
Thank you for your help.

DBDexter said:
I don't know why I have contacts2.db instead of contacts.db.
Is correct what I have?
Thank you for your help.
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i don't know mate
maybe a second back up or something like that?

Restoring db files back to Android phone

Hello gang,
Its been a while since I got on this site. Here's my situation; I was able to back up my sms and it was saved as a db file. I had lots of important messages and pics that were sent to me and I would like to retrieve it. I have an Android phone at the moment and installed Airdroid and sms backup & restore app, but I just can't seem to get this to work. How do I get my db files back on the Android phone and be able to see my messages?

Hmmm ...
How did you backup the messages in DB ?

karandpr said:
Hmmm ...
How did you backup the messages in DB ?
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Its been a while since I did this so I forgot how. I thought I backed everything up on a SD card.

johnny quest said:
Its been a while since I did this so I forgot how. I thought I backed everything up on a SD card.
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Hmmm..... What kind of database is it ?
Sqlite or something else ?
Encrypted or open?
Can you upload the db here ? (or atleast the db with one record.)

karandpr said:
Hmmm..... What kind of database is it ?
Sqlite or something else ?
Encrypted or open?
Can you upload the db here ? (or atleast the db with one record.)
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I've downloaded apps to open db files and I can see some of the text but there were pictures which I can't see. All I know its all db files, has either a "exec" icon or a "document" icon.

SPBM File converter

Hello everyone,
i have a bakup and this i need to read.
the problem is that the backup filename is contact.spbm
Samsung Kies dont let me to see it
What should i do with that?
Thx

Same here..
My Galaxy doesnt come back yet.. and there's no way to read *.spbm file.
Please advise..

tonychou said:
Same here..
My Galaxy doesnt come back yet.. and there's no way to read *.spbm file.
Please advise..
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I opened Smart Switch, connected another Samsung phone, selected restore, selected the file for restore maually (the spbm file) and now see a button to save contacts in csv format