I'm relatively new to WM "Standard" or smartphone. So some things which I've taken for granted on normal cell phones don't work the same way in WM.
For example:
SMS messages always tended to be saved to my SIM (I was a big Motorola user). - Now they are stored on my phone.
Are they stored in system memory, or is there a way to store it to the storage card?
Is there a way to make it default to use the SIM? This way I wouldn't lose my SMSes everytime I update to a new ROM. I know, I could back them up, but SMSes are the only thing I would need to back up (if I wanted to); everything else cn be handled by ActiveSync.
It's unlikely that I'll fill up my 2GB SD and there will probably be a new SDHC driver/workaround created by XDA denizens long before I run out, but if I give up my iPod in favour of an A2DP headset or clip, (which is possible, I'd use it for audiobooks as books for commuting are my biggest non-PIM/phoning use) then I might think that it a good idea to use the storage space on the SIM card (better yet, why hasn't anyone created an app to allow you to hide encrypted data there, like passwords etc?).
Why want to save on the SIM? Do you know that in Tornado, you can save unlimited, countless number of SMS depending on the capacity of your memory? I managed to save up to 3000 SMS and still counting.
It is not recomended to save SMS in storage card, the reason being that your storage card would get damaged, as in corrupted easily and you would need to reformat the card once in a blue moon.
So far, I dont think there is any tweak to save the SMS to SIM, but if you want to backup SMS, I would suggest PIM Backup, available in VJ's ROM, download in his first post, or you can use Jeyo Mobile Extender, I am using Jeyo and its very useful, SMS are integrated into Microsoft Outlook Express
The idea that the sim would be damaged/corrupted by sms seems unlikely as many normal cellular phones already do this as default. I have never heard of a corrupted sim card.
Backing up is not a practical solution. what happens if I have to do a hard reset on my phone because it has locked while I am out in the field? Information would be permanently and inconveniently lost. If stored by default on the SIM, they are persistant. Same goes for important phone numbers; store them to SIM, you can import them any time you need to. You can also bring that info to another phone if yours is damaged or out for servicing...
You see now why using the sim can be useful?
Where does your phone store its up to 3,000 messages? I assume that you you would set it to store them on the storage card. How do you set this? If stored on storage can you access your sms after a hard reset?
Thanks for a reply.
Well, I am actually saying that the storage card would get corrupted easily if we store the SMS there, not in the SIM
Well, why not you try PIM backup? If you have to do a hard reset in the field, at least you have the information all backed up in your storage card.
I stored 3000 messages in the main memory itself, took a couple of MB only, though it's considered alot on a device that has 20MB free after hard reset.
As for me, I do save important numbers to SIM as well.
I have been storing my sms and emails on SD (2gig) since WM2003 without any problem. Many people have cautioned me about the SD getting corrupted. But i have not faced such problem. Thank god! Probably i am just lucky.
To move messages to SD tweak the registry.
illi said:
I have been storing my sms and emails on SD (2gig) since WM2003 without any problem. Many people have cautioned me about the SD getting corrupted. But i have not faced such problem. Thank god! Probably i am just lucky.
To move messages to SD tweak the registry.
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Recall off-hand which regkey?
As far as I'm concerned, I'll probably have an HTC Touch Cruise or a Shadow before I damage my SD. Both those use SD micro, don't they?
Again, I have personally never heard of anyone having a corrupted SD. Consider people who have cameras (maybe not pros, I think they prefer CF, but but maybe snap-happy amateurs) and snap thousands of pics (or even bloggers using camera phones). I've only heard warnings here, not complaints...
karhoe said:
Well, I am actually saying that the storage card would get corrupted easily if we store the SMS there, not in the SIM
Well, why not you try PIM backup? If you have to do a hard reset in the field, at least you have the information all backed up in your storage card.
I stored 3000 messages in the main memory itself, took a couple of MB only, though it's considered alot on a device that has 20MB free after hard reset.
As for me, I do save important numbers to SIM as well.
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The thing about backing up is that you have to remember to back up. Should I back-up every time I receive an important SMS?
I work in construction. Many of my peers have broken many phones. I've been pretty lucky, I've only ever had one mishap (dropped a phone down 4m a sump on a stormy day and couldn't get it out till the next afternoon, but it was a mil-spec Motorola and after dismantling it dry out, it worked fine - unbelievable).
I don't want to think about if it had an SD, it has moving parts and murky water would have left some form of particulate. A SIM is solid state, I could store a SIM for a week in a toilette bowl and it would probably be fine.
If you guys don't know, that's fine. It just seems to me another one of those stupid oversights on the part of MS not to have at least a minimal hardware usage similarity to a real phone.
According to this: http://www.htcclub.net/en/shownews.php?ID=179
AKU 3 was suppsed to have this functionality. Perhaps I need another SMS/Messenging version?
Currently I'm using EA's last Chinese ROM (I'm waiting for Nitro's next version and then I intend to cook it for personalised apps).
Exitao said:
Recall off-hand which regkey?
As far as I'm concerned, I'll probably have an HTC Touch Cruise or a Shadow before I damage my SD. Both those use SD micro, don't they?
Again, I have personally never heard of anyone having a corrupted SD. Consider people who have cameras (maybe not pros, I think they prefer CF, but but maybe snap-happy amateurs) and snap thousands of pics (or even bloggers using camera phones). I've only heard warnings here, not complaints...
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Here's the regedit but remember I was lucky not having my Sd corrupted. What can go wrong will go wrong. So backup your SD always!
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Inbox\Settings]
"CurServiceName"=dword:00630041
"ShowUrlConfSecurityDialog"=dword:00000000
"StatusTextDuration"=dword:000007d0
"PropertyPath"="\\Storage Card\\Inbox"
"AttachPath"="\\Storage Card\\Inbox\\Attachments"
Add the PropertyPath and AttachPath
What I have is a binary value:
"CurServiceName"=dword:5046355
Who's ROM are you using?
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What I have is a binary value:
"CurServiceName"=dword:5046355
Who's ROM are you using?
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vjgrace's ROM
illi said:
vjgrace's ROM
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So why the different service name?
I have no other strings or values, just that current service name.
Do I change the service name? Do I simply add those extra entries?
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So why the different service name?
I have no other strings or values, just that current service name.
Do I change the service name? Do I simply add those extra entries?
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Never notice and never bothered.
Simply add PROPERTYPATH and ATTACHPATH
thats it.
I still believe PIM Backup the better solution.
Retain quotations around address?
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NO quotations and one only \ instead of \\
I have posted a similar thread in android discussion but i was centered around Android apps to recover data, now im desperate for anything.
So a bout a week and a half ago, I was having trouble playing a movie over DLNA so I took my SD (Sandisk 64gb) card out of my phone and put it in an android tablet that I am able to connect to the TV via HDMI. Movie played fine and then I took it out of that tablet and put it back in my phone and went about my business using the phone again taking photos etc. Then about 2 weeks ago I was asked to send over a photo I had taken a few weeks ago. So I went in to look for it. all my photos were gone. everything else is still on the SD card but the photos.
I have tried recuva and photorec which has only recovered about 25-26 photos, and the photos are in a very small subset, it doesn't contain my most recent photos or my oldest but ones in the middle sort of. Any help is greatly appreciated. I am hoping that my photos are not gone for good since the photos that were recovered were in the middle section. I am considering the test disk partition recovery but I also dont know if that will do anything either, since I dont know if I "lost a partition". It seems most of these recovery programs are designed for "deleted" files, but I didn't delete these files, I dont know what removing without unmounting them did to it and why it only affected my photos.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
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I'm having the exact same problem nd im fliping out because all of my 1,000+ photos where saved to my micro sd card that is 32gb nd they just vanished out of no where... Then my dad took out sd with out unmounting... I really would like some help... If I am still able to get pics back... is there are apps that I can use to restore my pics please let me know I'm. Desperate to get my photos back. Email [email protected] please any advice at all.
Redneckgal said:
I'm having the exact same problem nd im fliping out because all of my 1,000+ photos where saved to my micro sd card that is 32gb nd they just vanished out of no where... Then my dad took out sd with out unmounting... I really would like some help... If I am still able to get pics back... is there are apps that I can use to restore my pics please let me know I'm. Desperate to get my photos back. Email [email protected]. please any advice at all.
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there are some options for you to explore here.
I take mine out all the time and never had that happen to me. Sorry to here that.
I have an HTC One and when I was trying to download an app onto my phone, suddenly I get a message saying that there is no more storage space available. I went into my settings and went into storage and tried to make more space. I saw that my Program Data folder was taking up a large amount of space. Little did I know that ALL OF MY PRECIOUS MEMORIES WERE GONE! After deleting the program data folder, I went onto Hide It Pro to check out my pictures and as soon as I enter my pin and get through, I end up in the biggest shock. No, this has nothing to do with explicit sexual images, it had all the precious memories of me and my girlfriend and they had all just been erased. I tried using disk digger and other recovery software but no luck BTW, My phone is rooted and running revolution HD with Clockwork Mod Recovery. I have tried almost any and every method I could search up or think of, If there is anyone that can help me out I would greatly appreciate it!
ok heres what happened, i have a huawei y201 pro australian carrier(telstra). ok so i had some pictures and they got sent to me via text
i screenshotted those pictures but then deleted them i have tried numerous software to recover them form mini sd but i cant
is there a software that could recover overwritten data
oh and extra question my old phone which is the same as my current one had the same pictures on it is there a way i could maybe swap the qualcomm processor ad data to my new phone
oh and i dropped my old phone in war the continued uising it. one day i left it on the charger and when i woke up it wasnt working,any fix?
thank you in advance
WonderShare Photo Recovery is the best software to recover images (used this many times to recover files form my DSLR sd card). Give it a try.
So i lost my device first, thought i wouldn't get it back, so out of frustration i used find my device and locked first, then erased the data.
Now i have the device with me, and i am too nervous for giving it access to wifi. What should i do? i don't have energy to backup photos, progress of the read books/watched movies. etc..
Is there a way to reverse or cancel this? i have tried to remove the google account from the device and sign out, but still nervous to start wifi and see what will happen
please help ?
What were you thinking? No data backup?
When you lock or encrypt a device you are the one most likely to be locked out!!!
Try taking it to a Samsung Experience center at Best Buy or a data recovery specialist.
i have access to the tablet, i just don't know how to do the best backup with less steps, i will look into it, but for now, i don't want to lose any data, is there a way? i have access to the tablet as long as i am not using internet/wifi
METAL66 said:
i have access to the tablet, i just don't know how to do the best backup with less steps, i will look into it, but for now, i don't want to lose any data, is there a way? i have access to the tablet as long as i am not using internet/wifi
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App settings are lost unless they provide the ability to create a exportable backup copy like Poweramp does. Copy all critical data, folder by folder by copy/paste to the PC. Verify the data size and that files are readable.
Make sure you know the Google account password and any other critical ones. Backup contacts and messages. Bookmarks.
Make at least 2 copies of this data to 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. You can never have too much backup... time staggered backups to multiple hdds are a good strategy. Keep backup hdds isolated from each other and the PC so one event can't take them all out. Store in separate locations preferably in an earth grounded metal box or safe. Keep clear on all magnets.
NEVER trust SmartSwitch to backup critical data.
Develope a plan now... put some thought into it.
If the device has a SD card slot use the SD card as your data drive. All critical data goes here. Then simply backup the SD card regularly. Do Not encrypt the SD card or any backup hdds!!! On the internal memory only apps, and the download and dcim folders go on it. Manually backup the two latter folders regularly to the SD card. There can only be one folder with the name "dcim" in it on the device! Rename backup folders something else ie Pic Master, etc.