How can i make back-up after the WM2K5 upgrade? In Activesync 4, there is no longer the backup tool. And I tried Sprite Backup Premium, no chance! (it worked before with WM2K3SE).
Vincent
BA backup with WM5 upgrade
OK, I have tried the Sunnysoft Backup Manager, so far the back up process seems OK and the file stored in the SD storage card (.exe) . When I have time, I will hard reset, then test the Restore function, to see its effect as well as the impact with "persistant RAM". Vincent
Brilliant! I've asked the same question in the forum, and I didn't find any way to fix it. I'm crossing my fingers. Please post when you have tested it!
OK, I have tried the same, and I'm suspicious. A full backup of the unit only took 9 meg, and I have a lot more software on it than that. How big was your backup?
The suspicion was unfounded! It works!!! Just did a hard reset and then restored the backup, and even the TomTom GPS was where it should be! Only thing I see this far is that I have to set up a new partnership in Active Sync, and that the Today theme isn't shown correctly, but those are minor problems.
Edit: Warning: The contacts and calendar info doesn't seem to have survived. I keep them in my PC, so I'm not that worried, but of course that would be a problem on the road...
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The suspicion was unfounded! It works!!! Just did a hard reset and then restored the backup, and even the TomTom GPS was where it should be! Only thing I see this far is that I have to set up a new partnership in Active Sync, and that the Today theme isn't shown correctly, but those are minor problems.
Edit: Warning: The contacts and calendar info doesn't seem to have survived. I keep them in my PC, so I'm not that worried, but of course that would be a problem on the road...
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Worked here too flawlessly, I'm so happy, but... I need a full version of SunnySoft Backup Manager 3.5
Mastiff said:
The suspicion was unfounded! It works!!! Just did a hard reset and then restored the backup, and even the TomTom GPS was where it should be! Only thing I see this far is that I have to set up a new partnership in Active Sync, and that the Today theme isn't shown correctly, but those are minor problems.
Edit: Warning: The contacts and calendar info doesn't seem to have survived. I keep them in my PC, so I'm not that worried, but of course that would be a problem on the road...
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I have emailed them about the contacts and calendar issue, I also found that it doesnt back up emails either, maybe you could also send them an email as well so they get on with finding a fix?
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I've searched in the forum for my problem and i came up empty.
Anyhow, i just got my Kaiser last monday and ive been reading up on all the tweaks and what not. My phone came with sprite backup and i've been doing some regular schedule back up.
Today i decided to do a hard reset and learn how to do a restore from a card. I was successful, but there was a snag. I noticed that i have 2 programs of Video and pictures and Audio manager.
I tried deleting it under Remove programs but i figured this is from the ROM. Is there anyway i can get rid of the 2 excess programs? Or is this just 2 shortcuts?
If its the latter, how do i get rid of it?
thanks in advance
It's just two shortcuts. File Explorer to Windows-Start Menu-Programs and blow one away from there or the sub-folders.
Figured it out. Thanks.
I had the same problem, but my device is only thwo weeks so I decided to do a hard reset and to put everything again.
What is this problem, because I saw that there was also problems to change the items in the start menu.
This is a problem of backup or restoring and what can I do to not have this.
Sprite Backup ver 5 didn't do as well with restoring start menu items. Also, ver 5 was never fully WM6-compliant. Sprite Backup 6.x is the first WM6 compatible. Ver 5 works but it has some funny things left over after the restore. I also had issues with dup email and contacts with ver5. Using ver6 takes care of it.
And no, you can't get 6 for free. You have to buy the full version. One note, if you have purchased ver6 for smartphone, the license keys and the installer is the same for both SP and PPC, so you don't really have to buy again. I was lucky, I had bought sprite backup 6.1 for my blackjack, and sure enough I can use the same key on my Tilt.
I read in a post somewhere that you should just plan on doing a hard rest every so often. I also read that it's as simple as doing a backup, do the hard reset, do the restore. Is that accurate?
I was thinking I did that once, but I still had to do a bunch of setup for settings on some things.
I am having problems with my Tomtom working well with the large USA and Canada maps, so I'm thinking about trying the hard reset. But if it's going to require a lot of resetting up my settings, I'm not sure I want to go down that path until I have a bigger need.
(I do have the full Sprite backup manager software).
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I read in a post somewhere that you should just plan on doing a hard rest every so often. I also read that it's as simple as doing a backup, do the hard reset, do the restore. Is that accurate?
I was thinking I did that once, but I still had to do a bunch of setup for settings on some things.
I am having problems with my Tomtom working well with the large USA and Canada maps, so I'm thinking about trying the hard reset. But if it's going to require a lot of resetting up my settings, I'm not sure I want to go down that path until I have a bigger need.
(I do have the full Sprite backup manager software).
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Yeah.. thats how it goes down. The thing is if you restore a backup you made while having your tomtom problems they will still be there after the hard reset.
I suggest the latest version of Spb backup. It seems to be playing well with 6.1 roms..
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I am having problems with my Tomtom working well with the large USA and Canada maps, so I'm thinking about trying the hard reset. But if it's going to require a lot of resetting up my settings, I'm not sure I want to go down that path until I have a bigger need.
(I do have the full Sprite backup manager software).
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If you installed Tomtom navigator and the map(s) to your Kaiser using Tomtom Home 1.5 desktop software, then it's very straightforward restoring TT Navigator 6 and its maps etc with this program - thats how I do it. Have you seen the thread in this forum about hopeless GPS after WM 6.1 upgrade - does that affect you?
The thing is if you restore a backup you made while having your tomtom problems they will still be there after the hard reset.
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That makes sense. Actually, I have completely uninstalled Tomtom, reformatted my SD card, and reinstlled,and stil lhave the problem. So, I'm thinking it may be something else on the phone.
Regarding the general thought about hard reset: what I had read was that just doing the backup/reset/restore fixes many 'problems', but I have to say that it would seem just restoring would in fact just bring things back the way they were. So doing a hard reset, then fresh install of everything seems the right thing to do. What a pain.
Have you seen the thread in this forum about hopeless GPS after WM 6.1 upgrade - does that affect you?
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I've seen that thread, but as I'm not on 6.1, I haven't taken the time to read it. I may glance at it to see what it's all about.
Hello,
I had some freezes on bootloader.
Searching a solution on this forum, I updated my Kaiser 130 with a 3.29hard2 patched HSPL. I installed the PDACorner v8 rom, set my all stuff and made a backup with SPB Backup 2.
Since this time, every day, my Kaiser lose the contacts, the programs and calendar. The settings still remain. It happens while my ppc is USB connected to my PC, some hours after a sucessfull synchronization.
After each "crash", I restore the full system and settings with SPB backup.
Today, I thought the problem was on my Activesync 4.5. So, I removed it, reboot my PC and install Activesync again. I removed the activesync's settings on my PPC and launched a new partnership with synchronization.
But my PPCfinally "crashed" some hours after.
I hope you can really help me.
I tried HSPL 3.29hard2 and 3.34 ; radio 1.71 and 1.70 ; PDAcorner V8 rom and some others ; without success.
Greetings.
Restoring full setting might be a problem! What OS was your backup and what OS are you restoring it to?
I forgot to mention that.
Of course, I only used my backup on the same OS it was made.
Clearly, I didn't use the SPB backup's possibility to restore my settings on an updated or different rom.
The crazy thing is that the first synchronization is succesful and that my PPC seems to run normally until it crashes.
After each crash, I need to hard reset my Kaiser to reboot normally again (with all items in programs, Start, etc.)
I don't remember if I tried to set my all stuff manually instead of restoring with SPB. In fact, I'm just doing this try since this afternoon and all seems OK at the moment.
some bad news
I was trying my Kaiser's stability since yesterday afternoon, after a hard reset and without a SPB backup.
This morning I was thinking the problem was due to the restore of SPB.
But my PPC just crashes. So I have to search a new explanation.
Thanks for your help
strange... i have the same problem.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
i'm not alone !!!!!!!!
sorry... and welcome to my club !
Actually I have the following roms on the Kaiser :
- SPL 3.34
- radio 1.71.09.01
- PDA Corner V8 (win 6.1)
and Activesync 4.5 on the PC.
My ppc crashed so frequently during the last days that Activesync is totally lost with the two partnerships it can manage. I tried to completely uninstall this soft two days ago, but without success... for the Kaiser's stability, I mean.
I have to mention that I only attempted to create partnerships with the same PC, my work's one. Tomorrow I will connect the ppc only for synchronization instead of the usual all the day's connection.
Are your crash's conditions similar with mine ?
similar issues
i have had similar issues, I never worked out what was causing it exactly... it happens if i sync with active sync and even worse i have lost my whole sd card once (it's ok i backup, phew). I assumed i had caused the problem by using advanced config to move some of the basic file storage and caching to the sd card. in the end i have switched to Google sync for my contacts and calender and use Bluetooth to transfer files between pc and ppc. I had initially also thought it had something to do with sprite back up, so i had stopped using it. wondering if you have moved cache and default file locations too? cos maybe active sync has an issue with this (maybe a delay writing to the sd card?) jst speculating really. since i switched to google sync i dont have a use for active sync at all....
wondering if you have moved cache and default file locations too
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No, I didn't.
I usually only change minor settings (regional settings, owner informations, ringtone, etc.) after a flash or a hard reset.
I made backup to speed up my ppc's customization, especially since crashes happened more and more frequently (ppc was under non patched HSPL 3.56).
I really think that two problems are chaining in my case. The first was my Kaiser's instability, due to the couple HSPL & TPCElite rom, which caused a great shake in my partnerships. The second is due to Activesync, I think, but I don't have any evidence at this time.
So, I just made two synchronizations today.
I have disconnected my Kaiser after each one.
And the ppc didn't crash again.
Hey guys,
Just moved this over to kaiser general, Wanted to keep the rom dev section a bit cleaner since this isn't really related to rom development.
Peace,
Josh
Joshkoss :
Sorry, I firstly thought my problem was a rom's one.
Finally, it appears that my crashes became from my PC's connection even I don't know why.
So, you are right !
This post shall not stay in rom section anymore.
Hi all... This is not realyl a question or anything... I just wanted to share with SOMEONE that Sprite Backup MAJORLY saved my backside!... LEt me explain...
I never used the program, but i did soem readign and checked it out a month ago.. I ran a backup and saved it on my computer just to see how it was.. actually suprised I didnt; delete it.. a few weeks ago quickGPS stopped working... I thought nothign of it becasue it has stopped working before... Today I was out and about.. and TomTom was giving me a "No GPS Device" message... I have had TomTom since I had my HP iPaq 2210 w/ BT GPS, and many devices since so I knew this was not normal behavior.. I figured a soft reset would do the trick, as it usualyl does with an GPS problems... But no luck... I tried 5 times... still no luck... checked GPS settings, etc.. everything was as it was supposed to be.. I use my GPS a lot, so this was no acceptable..
When I got home I tried a few other programs that use the GPS, Navizon, GPStest, etc, all with the same result... Not only no GPS device in any, but when COm4 was scanned, it would hang up my device.. I figured I had no choice but a hard reset.. so I did it, and then ran the backup file... and IT WORKED PERFECT! GPS works again, etc... Thank you so much to whoever created this program, as it really saved me a LOT of work with all the custom software and tweaks I had on my WM 6.0 Stock Rom (insert laughter here). This may have been the oppertunity for me to finalyl check out a new rom, but no need to now.. took all of 20 min.. me hard resetting, running the backup, installing my SNES emulator, checnge my theme to the current, and running a sync with the computer... And it is like I never had any of the problems again...
I HIGHLY reccomend any others like myself who never really gacve Sprite Backup a 2nd look, to jsut run the backup and keep it in a safe plac,e just in case....
Teej
I'm hoping the great folks at XDA-Developers can help me with this weird network issue. I have an AT&T Tilt with the stock WM6.1 ROM. It started this past weekend. Fortunately the important programs work like Skyfire, Opera Mini, IE, Outlook, and Google Maps. But nothing else can communicate with the internet. It started with QuickGPS. Press download to get the updates and in less then half a second pops up a message “Connection Failed”. I spent a lot of time searching and trying all the fixes for registry, remove hidden proxy, restore proxy, etc., etc. All no good. I suspect because the problem is not with QuickGPS because I have now found that other programs that I use to use don't work anymore either. I use programs like WeatherWatch, GPSRadar, OggSync, etc. Non of them are able to connect anymore. The errors pop up quick, like they didn't even try. I have tried everything I can think of. Checked all the settings, and options and all not good. There is something that I'm missing and I'm hoping someone can help. Thanks so much.
I don't know if I stumped everyone (77 views and no one commented) or if this was the wrong place to post this problem. If it was the wrong place, I apologize.
I did solve the problem, but not the conventional way I would have liked. I found a full system backup that was dated three weeks prior to the time this problem appeared. I made a current full system backup as well as a separate full PIM backup. Hard Reset. Restored the three week old backup. Restored the current PIM backup. Did some other miscellaneous updates that I had done in the last three weeks. All works perfectly now. Most of me is glad that I'm back 100%. But the IT part of me is frustrated that I don't know what went wrong and didn't get the chance to fix it properly.