Hello to all
I just upgrated my O2 Xda mini S to the latest K-Jam rom (no network customisations), it now runs much faster that ever and it seems stable enough apart from one problem:
After restoring my messages and contacts using Sunnysoft Backup Manager i cant open my text messages anymore. I can still see them in the inbox as if nothing was wrong, but cant get them to open. If i move them from the inbox i can open them again. but i would rather keep them all there. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance
After flashing WM6 to a HTC Artemis i have the same problem. I used PIM Backup version 2.1 for the backup and restore. Rom is PdaViet Black&Blue v2.
Is this a known problem? Can anyone point me to a solution?
Thanx!
I got the same problem when I upgraded from XDA to XDA Release 2. So found it interesting that you are experiencing the same but on a different ROM! So could this be a bug overlooked in the ROMs?
I'm about to downgrade the ROM and see what I come up with on the other side and then try to upgrade again.
not sure...but i think i read somewhere that pim backup can't be restored across roms as well...at least it was a major problem in the days of wm5 when we were playing with aku 3 roms from faria and molski. backups are better throughs syncing with outlook.
try reflashing the original that you backuped from and see if you can restore everything without a problem...
I finnally found a way out. Better to flash back to the original ROM before you try another one. That way, its stable and can restore messages. I still use PIM Backup for my stuff and I think its the best so far, as it can handle my needs.
Hope it helps
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I have a Tmo mda gen 3
task: upgrade rom to faria
So I wanted to try the new wm6 rom (faria) so I starting reading and reading here on XDA and other places for any and all information about the best way to do an upgrade, mind you I already upgraded to 2.24 so my mda is already unlocked and ready to get flashed.
So I did a backup with sprite, I didnt do a updatefile step which is suppose to make an upgrade file so when you do get the new rom on its suppose to help ,but anyways I got a backup.
I flashed the rom to my mda and I had it working, just like everyone said, it was faster, more toys and seemed to work!
Now I did a (selective) restore (only restoring needed stuff), well... sprite warned about rom versions ,but it restored my files including my registry.
low and behold EVERY one of my programs worked, GPS, google maps, etc
,but 2 issues I can not resolve.
timewizard.exe randomly pops up
voicecommand does not work
so it appears the only advice for the timewizard.exe was reflash , which I have done a few times in trying to get voicecommand working ,but the popup message seems to come back, mainly after a registry restore.
voice command is the bigger one, it appears when I restore the registry it blows away some voice command entries from the pre installed voice command 1.6 and then voicecmd.exe does not want to run.
So my question is I am sooooo close to being able to make a backup change roms and get EVERYTHING back WITHOUT reinstall of software I can taste it ,but I need some input!
anyone know some good registry tools / editing suggestions to backup the registry and restore it without killing voice command?
Jeff
Try flashing back and creating an upgrade file. I'd love to know whether it works ;-)
Thats what I did and it worked, however what I did first was
flash to the orginal rom, 2.24 xcel
I restored the sprite backup , however voice command didnt even work going back to orginal rom.
then I removed voice command 1.5 from installed programs.
cleaned up some file space only had 6 meg left on main storage.
then I create the updatefile and saved it to sd card.
finally did another complete backup
flashed to new rom and then did a restore and now voice command works, I will be doing some more testing ,but I think I got it.
if I would have had to install each program seperately that would have killed me!
jeff
well.. forget what I just said.... nothing works!
back to the drawing board......
all the files restored correctly ,but the registry did not restore when using the update mode AND the updatefile.
none of my programs appeared in the start menu and none of the registry entires were restored....
I'll try doing some manually restoreing and see what I get... maybe I missed something....
Jeff
well... I hope my ramblings help someone else!
so I think the key here was simpling removing voice command from the backup file and upon restore everything will work.
so in short, backup upgrade rom , restore works with sprite , but without using the updatefile mode as it seems it just ignores the windows folder and the registry , so whats the point?
I test some more and post my comments to help others who do not want to reinstall everything when they upgrade rom's.
If you get this to work, that would be great, but I think you are playing with a loaded gun trying to do this. Many things are very different between WM5 and WM6. Depending on the type of backup done and what all gets restored, I can see corruption of the registry, and things just not being put in the right place.
Well... so far ALL my apps are working, gps, google, opera, etc about the only thing now is I am getting a Notification
TimeWizard.exe could execuite.
I am hunting that one down in the reg right now.
any ideas?
jeff
Well ... to follow up my thread with my self and maybe help a few others.
the last issue I had after a rom upgrade and a restore was the dreaded timewizard.exe notification popup when you turn on the mda or come back from power save.
after hours/days of messaging around I found that in the "Task Manager" tool you can view Notifications and in there I found timewizard.exe listed a few times, I just assume it had this as a warning/notification and was simply "Notifing" me of a "past" problem. after I cleared it out of there the mda has not shown any more Can not execute TimeWizard.exe popups!
I hope this help anyone else with this issue.
Jeff
Hi,
first at all... THANKS TO EVERYONE!!! ... I've reading everything during a few days, because I didn't receive correctly the calls... I finally I got to update the rom; now I have to check if I've chosen the right one.
The question is: I made a backup of everything when it was wm 6.0, can I restore it after upgrading, knowing it is a different rom, and the wm version is the 6.1????
Thanks again!!!
No,
Don't do it, you'll have to hard reset because there are too many differences between the Roms (even when changing between WM6 Roms).
I would only restore when going back to the original ROM that I backed up.
thanks guys!
it is great to find people who have fronted already the same problems
then I'll just try to create a few direct accesses to the programs I installed in the sd.
Thanks
Hi.
I have upgraded my phone with htc windows mobile 6.1
I have reinstalled original Sprite backup 5.1 shipped with the phone. I have followed the instructions to restore my latest back up with the added upgrade exe. from sprite site
The first time I tried my phone was frozen for over an hour until I restarted.
Second time reboot with a white and black screen scared the crap out me!
Third attempt phone freezes at my contacts
Any help will be awesome
AGY said:
Hi.
I have upgraded my phone with htc windows mobile 6.1
I have reinstalled original Sprite backup 5.1 shipped with the phone. I have followed the instructions to restore my latest back up with the added upgrade exe. from sprite site
The first time I tried my phone was frozen for over an hour until I restarted.
Second time reboot with a white and black screen scared the crap out me!
Third attempt phone freezes at my contacts
Any help will be awesome
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Wish I had a better answer for you, but when upgrading a ROM, assuming that you've upgraded from WM6.0 to WM6.1, it is not recommended to restore backups or problems such as what you've encountered *WILL* occur.
You will just need to install everything from scratch. Try out Tiermann's TierAutoinstall, Bengalih's SASHIMI or Sleuth255's User Customization for semi-automated installation. Search for it and you will find it!
I was try many software for backup whit my HTC TyTN II whit WM 6.1 like Sprite backup, HTC backup, SPB Backup and another cant remenber.
The only one work fine is the Resco Backup software.
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Wish I had a better answer for you, but when upgrading a ROM, assuming that you've upgraded from WM6.0 to WM6.1, it is not recommended to restore backups or problems such as what you've encountered *WILL* occur.
You will just need to install everything from scratch. Try out Tiermann's TierAutoinstall, Bengalih's SASHIMI or Sleuth255's User Customization for semi-automated installation. Search for it and you will find it!
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Alex
Thank you
I will give it a try. my only concern is my contacts
AGY said:
Alex
Thank you
I will give it a try. my only concern is my contacts
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Downgrade back to your original ROM, restore your backup and then sync your PDA with your computer so that your contacts are stored there. Copy off anything else before upgrading back to WM6.1. Once WM6.1 is on, sync with your computer again and contacts, emails, etc will be synced to your PDA. Then start re-installing your apps.
Long and tedious process unfortunately...
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Downgrade back to your original ROM, restore your backup and then sync your PDA with your computer so that your contacts are stored there. Copy off anything else before upgrading back to WM6.1. Once WM6.1 is on, sync with your computer again and contacts, emails, etc will be synced to your PDA. Then start re-installing your apps.
Long and tedious process unfortunately...
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Alex
Thanks for the tip I just did it before your post and I got back my contacts!
I have a german Kaiser here, removed simlock with the tools from this site.
2 Questions:
After Updating to WM 6.1, will the simlock be still gone, or do I have to unlock the phone again.
Is the update worth it ? Htc tells on their site, that all stored data will be lost (ok i have to do a backup), but will WM 6.1 bring so much improvements that i should take the work ?
djtwok said:
I have a german Kaiser here, removed simlock with the tools from this site.
2 Questions:
After Updating to WM 6.1, will the simlock be still gone, or do I have to unlock the phone again.
Is the update worth it ? Htc tells on their site, that all stored data will be lost (ok i have to do a backup), but will WM 6.1 bring so much improvements that i should take the work ?
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Not sure about the Stock HTC ROM, but I am using The Lone Ranger's (TLR 6.1) and love it.. I would do it. BTW the sprite backup will not restore a 6.0 ROM to 6.1 ROM.
So there is no way to backup my data first and restore it to 6.1 ? Then i wont do it, too much calender entrys, contacts, etc. installed.
Edit: Sprite Backup Homepage says that it is possible to restore after a rom upgrade:
http://spritesoftware.crmdesk.com/answer.aspx?id=349&back=search.aspx?
i don't think i've seen anywhere that someone has succesfully restored a back up after upgrading, spb back up has a force restore after rom upgrade but i've never tried it personally, for me i would rather start clean and not risk any file corruption or problems right from the start.
I used a freeware app called PPC Pim Backup, it dosen't update your settings or files like Sprite Backup does, but it does backup all of your contacts, text messages, appointments, just about everything that would sync with outlook and a few things that don't.
I was able to use a backup created when my Tilt was at Wm 6.0 and successfully restore it to after I had reflashed my phone to WM 6.1.
The only downside was the first time I opened my inbox, I had to wait about 10-15 minutes or so for WM 6.1 to thread every single text message I had ever receieved or sent, but after that it worked fine.
Thanks for the tip with pim backup. worked great and the simlock is still gone after the update.
I wish I wouldve known about pim backup before I updated. anybody have a link to the 6.0 rom, so I can go back and start over?
KevinAlbrecht said:
Not sure about the Stock HTC ROM, but I am using The Lone Ranger's (TLR 6.1) and love it.. I would do it. BTW the sprite backup will not restore a 6.0 ROM to 6.1 ROM.
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Yes it does, I have restored all my contacts. mails, texts and diary when I went from WM6.0 to WM6.1 using Sprite backup, with no fuss at all.
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Yes it does, I have restored all my contacts. mails, texts and diary when I went from WM6.0 to WM6.1 using Sprite backup, with no fuss at all.
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Weird, mine gave me a black screen, then froze up, you must've been lucky, or something.
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Weird, mine gave me a black screen, then froze up, you must've been lucky, or something.
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No, I only restored the data and no other files. if you restore anything else your asking for trouble
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No, I only restored the data and no other files. if you restore anything else your asking for trouble
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How would you restore just data files?
sounds like he only restored files that sync, not reg hacks or system files, settings.
I'm new to this, but I ran Sprite backup on Q-Mobile 1.2, intending to upgrade to a WM 6.1 ROM. I tried a couple of WM 6.1 ROMs (Romeos 4.5.3, Garmin DK.3 Final, Dutty's NO4, and Virtual Vista 2.10), and was able to get my SMS messages, contacts and all that good stuff, but was unable to get my MMS messages.
Since I don't really know what I'm doing, I didn't poke around too much, but when I reloaded the Q-Mobile ROM back on, and ran the Sprite restore program, all of my SMS and MMS messages showed back up. I suppose it has something to do with the SMS/MMS directory structure in the WM 6.1 ROMs that I was trying out, but don't really know.
Just my .02. If someone knows what's going on, I'd be very appreciative if they could clue me in. Thanks
So is everyone talking about the AT&T WM6.1 ROM update from HTC from here:
http://www.htc.com/us/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=67&cat=2&dl_id=94
If so, has anyone had any issues with it with how it works? Any issues with the radio, etc? I downloaded but have not upgraded my Tilt yet.
Thanks
Flandrel
Does PIM Backup back up texts generated with the stock 6.1 threaded-text app?
Sounds like a handy little util if so.
I suggest SPB backup. It is available from their website and the trial version has five free runs of backup.
I used it and restored all reg edits, dta, programs, mail, three email a/c's, contacts et al. It would freeze up and not restore *anything* at all the first few times but then I unchecked the 'stop all processes prior to backing up' in the advanced menu dialog before proceeding with the backup and it did the job.
I recommend creating a stand alone restorer so that you don't have to install SPB backup again on the 6.1 rom.
I went from a stock 6.0 unbranded to a stock 6.1 off the HTC website. Waiting on my warranty to legally expire in Feb before I start flashing my phone to other roms.
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So there is no way to backup my data first and restore it to 6.1 ? Then i wont do it, too much calender entrys, contacts, etc. installed.
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If it's just calendar and contacts that you are worried about, surely after you synchronize with a laptop or desktop those details will be stored with ms outlook.
So after you do an upgrade, if you synchronize your phone again with laptop/desktop you will get those contacts and calendar entries back again.
Programs and files installed is another story.
hookup activesync, transfer /root/pim.vol to your desktop..
install 6.1 rom..
boot into windows.. rename the current pim.vol (on your phone) to pim1.vol. Transfer the old pim.vol that you saved on your desktop onto your phone.
Reboot to phone to reveal all your contacts and call history restored.. simple and easy.
delete pim1.vol from your phone and bam your done!
YES, the official windows mobile 6.1 kaiser update is very worth updating IMO. Video drivers are much better.. switch views is easy.. moving around is much faster.
JEC
So I am taking it that this upgrade is worth the time to do then? Sounds like stability is better with this upgrade. Hopefully no other issues involved with it. I am still running the stock ROM from AT&T on my phone that came with it with WM6.0.
So upgrade would be good with this then?
Thanks
Flandrel
What is the fastest rom?
Now that the official Orange rom is out, I want to upgrade.
I'm no stranger to upgrading (I flashed my old tytn quite a lot), but I always hated having to set everything up again.
I know it will only take a couple of hours, but I'm lazy!
I use sprite backup to backup everything to the internal storage, and I know sprite has a 'rom upgrade' feature. As I'm only planning on upgrading the stock 1.37 to 1.93, I'd like to know how safe restoring the sprite backup over the top will be.
I assume that the way it works is that files changed in a rom upgrade (for example the camera app) aren't writable from within the device, so sprite will just ignore these. This way all my normal apps will work fine and new versions of updated apps which are part of the rom will be ok.
Has anyone actually tried this and got any comments? Should registry tweaks stick (ie enabling gps photo, fixing the phone call screen blanking etc..)?
Sprite has three restore modes - i cant remember what they all do exactly but it is something like
1. ignore that it is a ROM update
2. Think of it as an update to a newer version of a similar ROM
3. Think of it as a totally different ROM
One of them should work but either way you will have a back up of you texts, email, diary etc. and worst case your can install all your apps/tweaks again.
btw. where did you find the official orange update?
Cheers, I've seen the options but I'm always skeptical about something like that actually working!
You can find info about the official rom here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426120
(plus a link to download it directly from orange).
I think I'll just make a list of my installed apps, use pimbackup (as well as sprite) to back up the pim databases, and give it a go.
Worst case scenario is that it takes a while to get everything installed again (although if this is the case I might go for an unofficial rom)
sprite works better than pimbackup