In my HTC Desire SV mobile(Android), I wrongly encrypted my memorycard..so my all contacts erased from phone and memorycard which was kept as VCF files..Can anyone help me to recover the contacts from my memorycard?
You can try to restore data on SD Card.
here is a free app for PC, Mac, Linux: TestDisk
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you can use some file recovery application like paretologic application or if you always online you can check google contacks to see your backup contacks in there https://www.google.com/contacts/ :good:
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My friend has a Qtek Wizard from Vodafone, which (as he's an apple mac user) he's never set up to use Activesync, and has never synchronised.
Now he's managed to break his usb connector, and so can no longer use the machine (can't charge it). Vodafone have offered to repair it for him, but tell him they'll wipe the memory when they do, which means he loses a year's important business contacts.
So, after having agood laugh at his non- existent back- up policy, I offered to help him get his data.
But I'm stuck - I can't find a way of getting the data off his Wizard.
Things I've tried:
1. Activesync via either bluetooth or infrared:
Didn't work - I assume because the first async relationship must be via USB?
2. copying his pim.vol file onto an sd card and transferring it onto my own wizard (02 ROM) (renaming the original pim.vol on my machine to pim-old.vol, and installing his into the root directory
couldn't get the contacts or calendar to open at all. Had to do a hard reset and wipe the phone completely to be able to sync back with my own PC again
- any ideas? I guess the ideal would be to find a way to conver the pim.vol file into a format that can be imported into outlook or whatever Mac users have that's equivalent
copy a backup app to a mem card. install from card to device and then backup device to mem card. restore to phone once vodafone have fix it.
Check his and your OS version. The 'pim.vol' method should work if both PPCs are using the same OS. From what it seems, it is likely to be different OS.
Look for the "PIM Backup" in this forum. It is an OS independant backup software for.. PIM stuff (e.g. including calendar and contacts).
jdl1306 said:
copy a backup app to a mem card. install from card to device and then backup device to mem card. restore to phone once vodafone have fix it.
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Thanks jdl - can you recommend a backup app? I've only ever installed apps using activesync before now - is it easy to do from a card?
hanmin said:
Check his and your OS version. The 'pim.vol' method should work if both PPCs are using the same OS. From what it seems, it is likely to be different OS.
Look for the "PIM Backup" in this forum. It is an OS independant backup software for.. PIM stuff (e.g. including calendar and contacts).
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Thanks Hanmin - I'll look for that software
robbiec said:
Thanks jdl - can you recommend a backup app? I've only ever installed apps using activesync before now - is it easy to do from a card?
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If you look in the ActiveSync dir (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Activesync), you should see a list of software that you've installed. Go into the backup software directory (get some clues from their names) and you ought to see some CAB files within (most of the time). Get the correct (if there are more than one CAB file) CAB file (e.g. choose based on the given name), and copy it into the memory card, and run it on your PPC.
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Thanks Guys,
I ended up doing the following:
1) Downloaded the "PIM backup" utility - it's here on the forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705&highlight=PIM+backup
2) copied it onto an SD card on my phone.
3) moved the SD card to his (broken) phone
4) copied the file into one of his programs directories
5) Ran the app for a complete backup, with the backup data going onto the sd card.
6) Moved the SD card back to my phone
7) Backed up my phone using the same app, making sure I named the data file so I could recognise it later
8) "restored" my phone using the back-up date from his (broken) phone
9) Opened Outlook on my PC. copied my calendar, contacts and tasks to another folder. Deleted all my contacts and tasks from the "Outlook Today" personal folder.
10) Ran Activesync, changing the settings so that only the PIM data wqas syncronised (no internet favourites, no files) , and so that the phone overwrote the PC
11) Checked Outlook to see if the stuff had uploaded correctly (all except Calendar which merged the two did)
12) To be sure (well he does use a Mac) I exported the contaces as a CSV file
13) copied contacts & tasks to another, new outlook folder and data file.
14) emailed the new .pst file, the CSV file and the backup application and backup file to him to use now & when the phone is repaired.
15) On My phone, "restored" my old PIM stuff: Contacts came back well, as did calendar and tasks. For some reason I still have his sms messages ??
16) Deleted his sms messages
17) In outlook, deleted his stuff from the "Outlook Today" folder's contacts and tasks, and then copied mine back in.
18) Used activesync to get it all nicely synced.
- thanks again all!
the pc? similar to mybackup pro? but instead of sd card it can send it to PC and with ability to restore everything including sideloading?
I used My Backup Pro and just copied and pasted the entire SD card directory to the computer, pasting it back on the Sd card and overwriting everything when I wanted to restore
Titanium backup syncs to dropbox with can then be synced to a PC.
Sent from my HTC Inspire CM7
I mean restore it from of since I haven't been able to restore since sideloading is disabled
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
you can just create a nand backup, or many of them, and copy the nand backup to your pc. i have a few nand backups sitting on a pc somewhere just in case all hell breaks loose and i need one to restore my phone, i just grab it and restore.
I meant directly from pc
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tmt64 said:
Titanium backup syncs to dropbox with can then be synced to a PC.
Sent from my HTC Inspire CM7
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Ditto, or you could use TiBu and any other external synch utility like SugarSync and just synchronize the entire backup directory.
I am using Android phone for first time, It's a HTC Desire (unrooted), I have a 4GB memory card installed in it with lots of apps and stuff on SD card. Now I want to root my device and bought a new 16GB card. I want to transfer all my data from this 4 GB card to new one, and also want to partition it for rooting. what is the easiest way to do transfer all my data / sms / contacts / everything else to my new card. and my contacts are mess, they were saved on phone not syncd with gmail. I saved them as cvs file and uploaded them on gmail but now every contact is double. alot of crap going on in my phone. anyways want to fix all of it and install my new card and root my device with lee droid rom. can anyone help ?
Guys Sorry if this question have been asked before, I tried to search but couldn't find the answer.
First root your device and install titanium backup and backup all your apps and data. After this copy all the contents of your card onto hard drive. ( take special care that you get the folder named TitaniumBackup, it has all your app and data for restoring)
Then partition your card according to your requirements by any of the methods recommended( i used amon ra recovery) and flash your rom and setup your accounts and all. After all this you can just copy back the contents from your old card onto new one and install titanium backup and restore all your apps and data with it.
As for the doubles in your contacts. log into google contacts and it lets you remove 'doubles' pretty easy.
hope this helps.
thanks man, so rooting doesn't remove my apps / data from device ? sorry i m noob in android world.
Edit. Did it .. thanks
Hello..
Rooted Or NON Rooted. This guide is usefull for all you
----------SUPER BACKUP----------
NEVER LOSE YOUR DATA AGAIN
This apps lets you to back up your contacts, SMS, bookmarks, Calendars, Call logs and also Apps.
Rooted Users get a ADVANTAGE here as the SUPER BACK UP APP allows them to back up the DATA also
NON - ROOTED Users can backup their APK FILES but not the DATA
If you intend to do a factory reset on the phone, please make sure default backup folder is in your external SD card before doing it. If not, please copy the entire backup folder ("SmsContactsBackup" by default)to your external SD card
Features:
-Backup apps to SD card
-Backup & restore app's data(need root)
-Batch restore apps from SD card (need root)
-Backup Contacts & SMS & Call logs & Bookmarks & Calendars to SD card
-Restore Contacts & SMS & Call logs & Bookmarks & Calendars from SD card
-Can select SMS conversations to backup
-Delete the backup data on SD card
-Schedule automatic backups
-Auto upload scheduled backup files to your Gmail
-Show last backup count & time
-User can change backup folder path in Settings
HERE YOU GO
LINK-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en
same as Titanium backup,rjght?
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sanjaykumar.sanjay69 said:
same as Titanium backup,rjght?
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better than that bro! have a look at the features
try it and leave a feedback man :good:
I have been using this for my sms contacts and call logs backup for a long time. I love this app.
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I have been using this for my sms contacts and call logs backup for a long time. I love this app.
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real good app... cheers mate :good:
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For me, Trubackup scores higher because it backsup to dropbox rather than my SD, plus it lets me select the files I want to store. It has a 30 Day Trial free on googleplay, give it a whirl. Go to google play & search for turbackup and start using
Restoring problem and root.
So when i was on my galaxy s duos my device was rooted, i made some backups to my sd card, when i upgraded to the galaxy grand duos, i couldnt seem to restore anything from that sd card so then i decided to root it, now im having a problem that when i open the app, first off it doesnt ask for su permission, AND i still cant restore anything back from my sd card to the grand, im regretting using this app so much.. please if someone has a solution to this, share it with me.
I think Android Manager will meet your need. It is a management tool that can transfer files between computer and Android phone. You just need to launch it in you computer, and then connect your phone to computer. It will export files from MAC to Android and import files from Android to MAC. Just have a try! It will solve your problem.
This same app thread is available on XDA since 2013
Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084900&page=13
thank you
Maybe here someone can help me
i make a backup of calendar by superbackup app on my old phone honor 10
Now i buy POCO f5 where i don't have phone calendar, only google calendar
i'm trying restore calendar and it is fine, in google calendar i see account "phone" and my task events from honor
But when i close google calendar and turn on again "phone" account and tasks events from restore backup disappear- what is wrong ?
I mistakenly clicked on spam on whatsapp instead of blocking.
Now all media and messages are gone. I want to recover atleast media. So i want to connect the internal memory for recovery. As there is no sd card on my phone. Also guide if i can recover messages.
Did you make any backup? Try to search the online google drive backup if u ever did back up tho.
If u never made any back up, then its impossible to retrieve the media.